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UFC 225: World stunned by Robert Whittaker

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UFC 225: World stunned by Robert Whittaker Kiwi Robert Whittaker is emerging as the most indestructible man on Earth after walking away from the impossible. Robert Whittaker walked away with the full US$100,000 fight of the night bonus for his stunning, controversial UFC... Reported by New Zealand Herald 7 hours ago.

US FCC expands market access for SES O3b MEO constellation

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US FCC expands market access for SES O3b MEO constellation Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 11, 2018

SES has been granted, by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), authorization to serve the U.S. market using a significantly expanded O3b fleet in the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). The FCC grant opens significant additional frequencies to SES for use in its non-geostationary (NGSO) constellation and enables it to deploy O3b mPOWER satellites into inclined and equatorial orbits, deli Reported by Space Daily 5 hours ago.

Priests and scientists talk neuroscience, cosmology, and philosophy - with pie

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Washington D.C., Jun 10, 2018 / 05:00 am (CNA).- A Thomistic philosopher, an evolutionary biologist, and a Harvard astronomy professor walk into a bar. Well, not a bar.

But they did walk into a Washington, D.C. symposium this week, at which graduate students, professors, religious sisters, and other curious Catholics discussed highly technical scientific questions over bourbon and pecan pie, late into the night.

The three-day conference, co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Society of Catholic Scientists, brought together nearly 70 professors and graduate students from Princeton, Harvard, Yale, MIT, the University of Chicago, and other universities across the country to examine the intersection of faith and science.

“The typical contemporary view assumes that there is going to be some deep tension between faith and science. From our perspective that's an illusion. There is not really a conflict there, but it does require you to work carefully through some of these issues,” said Fr. Dominic Legge, OP, the Thomistic Institute’s director.

The idea behind the conference was to bring high-level scientists together with some very good philosophers and theologians to talk through questions about integrating specialized scientific research with a broadly grounded philosophical perspective, Legge told CNA.

Scholars presented lectures on neuroscience, physics, cosmology, biology, and philosophy. The Thomistic Institute plans to post lectures from the symposium on iTunes.

Dr. Karin Öberg teaches astrophysics at Harvard University, where she researches the interstellar medium and star formation. Öberg seeks to discover “how chemistry and physics interact during star and planet formation to shape the bulk and organic compositions of nascent planets.” She is also one of the founders of the Society of Catholic Scientists.

At the Thomistic symposium, Öberg lectured about exoplanets and the possibility of extraterrestrials.

“The big scientific development that has happened in the past 10-20 years is that we have found out that planets are very common around other stars. Basically, every star that you see in the sky is its own solar system, so that's a change in the cosmology that we live in. This obviously for most people begs the question, 'Are they also living systems like our earth?'”

Öberg told CNA that it would be “super cool” to discover even non-rational life because “it would teach us something about how you go from inanimate to animate matter, which is currently very poorly understood.”

“But I think from a spiritual point of view what people are excited about is the possibility of other intelligent beings that could potentially inhabit some of these worlds,” Öberg continued.

“That's where you get into some of the most controversial and exciting meeting points of the scientific pursuit of what may or may not exist, intelligent extraterrestrial life, and what we can deduce from Scripture or Church teachings on the likelihood of their existence. What kind of aliens would be compatible with the interpretation of Scripture?”

Neurology professor Dr. Stephen Meredith from the University of Chicago; Dr. William Carroll, a research fellow at Oxford; and Dr. Daniel de Haan, a divinity professor at Cambridge, also presented lectures.

Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP, presented on evolutionary theory.

“My question is how do you explain the appearance of novel traits in the biological realm from a biological perspective that appeals to four causes, one of which is efficient?” said Austriaco, who received his Ph.D., in biology from MIT.

“To invoke a first cause would make no sense to many of my colleagues at MIT who are doing science, but the attempt there is to try within a particular conceptual framework to make intelligible sense of what is actually happening,” he continued in a discussion among all of the lecturers.

On the theory of evolution, Legge explained that God's creative activity is not in competition with explanations for the origins of being that are framed with the created universe.

“Creation means not just a first moment in time, but a relation of radical ontological dependence on God as creator. And, at the same time he endows creatures with the power to cause, and that means that creatures really can cause things to change in the world,” said Legge.

“We can investigate what's happening with creaturely causes, including a theory of evolution about how you have the diversification of species over time and the emergence of more complex forms of life. That doesn't threaten in any way the fact that God creates the world or that God has a providential plan,” he continued.

Dr. Jonathan Lunine, vice-president of the Society of Catholic Scientists and a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, elaborated on that point.

"Science provides us with a way of understanding the natural universe, the processes that occur, how that universe has evolved through time, but it doesn't give us the metaphysical question of why are we here and what is behind it all," he told CNA.
 
Unlike most scientific conferences, this symposium included an option for daily Mass and a holy hour, giving it a distinctly Dominican flavor.

Catholic speaker Matt Fradd, who has a graduate degree in philosophy, told CNA that the meeting “has been like drinking water from a fire hydrant with people who are about 17,000 times smarter than me giving talks on neuroscience and evolutionary theory, so it has been great."

Legge told CNA that the symposium aimed to help participants grow in love for God through scientific understanding.

“To learn to love the Lord with your mind means to devote everything, all of the resources of your mind, to understanding what God has created and, ultimately, trying to understand as much as it is possible for us -- God himself,” Legge told CNA.

“I think that is an important thing for every Catholic who is engaged in the life of the mind,” he said. Reported by CNA 6 hours ago.

Cleeve Hill is collapsing: Battle to save major route in Gloucestershire from landslips to last 13 weeks

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Cleeve Hill is collapsing: Battle to save major route in Gloucestershire from landslips to last 13 weeks Expect delays on the B4632 into and out of Cheltenham as huge galvanised steel micropiles are drilled into the Cotswolds earth Reported by Gloucestershire Echo 5 hours ago.

Social media users react after earthquake shakes Lincolnshire

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Some say the 'earth moved' Reported by Retford Times 4 hours ago.

The June solstice is almost here — here's how it works and why it starts both summer and winter

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The June solstice is almost here — here's how it works and why it starts both summer and winter· *The June solstice** of 2018 happens Thursday, June 21, marking the first day of summer for the northern hemisphere.*
· *Earth's tilted axis and orbit around the sun — not the planet's rotation — is the driving force behind a solstice.*
· *A summer solstice in the northern hemisphere marks the arrival of winter in the southern hemisphere, and vice versa.*
· *A solstice is either the longest or shortest day of the year, depending on where you live.*

--------------------The June solstice of 2018 will happen on Thursday, June 21, at 6:07 a.m. ET.

To people who live in Earth's northern hemisphere, this marks the longest day of the year. It also signals the end of spring, the arrival of summer, and a gradual retreat toward the fall season, which is marked by an equinox.

For those in the southern hemisphere, it's exactly the opposite: The June solstice marks the start of winter, when days have reached their shortest and darkest, though daylight will last longer and grow stronger as the September equinox approaches.

Two things drive this all-important seasonal clock: Earth's tilted axis and the planet's orbit around the sun.

*How the summer solstice works*

Earth orbits the sun once every 365 days and six hours, and our planet rotates once per day around a tilted axis.

That tilt is about 23.45 degrees (for now), and it bathes different parts of the world with various intensities of light over the course of a year. Meanwhile, Earth's rotation around its axis keeps the sun's heat even, sort of like a 7,917-mile-wide rotisserie chicken made of rock and a little water.

From the view on the ground, the June solstice is when the sun's high point in the sky, called a zenith, reaches its maximum of the year. From space, it's when the sun's most direct rays creep the farthest north, to a line called the Tropic of Cancer:

If you stand on the Tropic of Cancer around noon on June 21, the sun will appear more or less directly overhead. Your shadow will also be at its absolute minimum. (Solstice literally means "sun-stopping," according to TimeAndDate.com.)

The length of daylight will be at its longest, too. This gets more extreme the more north you go, since there's more of Earth's atmosphere to refract sunlight the farther you are from the equator.

But this moment won't last, since the Earth makes its way around the sun at a speed of roughly 66,600 mph.

*How Earth's axis and orbit drive the seasons*

Our planet's orbit is elliptical and its center of gravity slightly offset from the sun.

This means the time it takes to cycle through the seasons isn't perfectly divvied up:

As the graphic above shows, it takes 93 days and 16 hours after the June solstice for Earth to reach the September equinox — that's when the most direct rays of the sun have slipped back down to the equator. Another 89 days and 19 hours later, it will be the December solstice. At that point, the sun's most direct rays reach the Tropic of Capricorn, winter starts for the northern hemisphere, and summer begins for those south of the equator.

Then it takes 89 days for the sun's zenith to get back to the equator and kick off the March equinox, followed by 92 days and 19 hours to complete the cycle with the June solstice.

During each of these phases, certain regions of Earth's surface get more sunlight, leading to the creation of seasonal temperatures and weather variations.

*What the seasons look like from space*

Some satellites fly around Earth in a geosynchronous orbit, which means they move fast enough to hover above one spot on the planet.

This creates a great opportunity to photograph the Earth over the course of the year and see how the the angle of sun changes.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center created the animation below using geosynchronous satellite images taken over Africa, and it clearly shows the seasonal progression:

*SEE ALSO: The space between Earth and the moon is mind-boggling. This graphic reveals just how big it is — and what's out there.*

*DON'T MISS: 25 photos that prove we're all stowaways on a tiny, fragile spaceship*

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This founder created a $2,500 shower that never runs out of hot water, backed by former Tesla and Skype bigwigs

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This founder created a $2,500 shower that never runs out of hot water, backed by former Tesla and Skype bigwigs· *When you think of technology that came from NASA, maybe you think of orange flavored Tang or freeze-dried food or space blankets.*
· *But how about an endlessly hot shower with a full, high-pressure waterfall?*
· *Orbital Systems, a startup from former NASA industrial designer Mehrdad Mahdjoub, has created a shower system that does exactly that, while using 90% less water than a typical shower.*

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When Mehrdad Mahdjoub was in college, he landed an internship at NASA's Johnson Space Center working in the Mars program. Those in the space industry are deadset on sending humans to colonize Mars, and the notion has taken on an epic, even romanticized aura.

But what people don't realize is that life on Mars, especially for those early colonists, cannot possibly equal the lifestyle humans have on Earth, given the lack of infrastructure. 

"The whole notion about going to space is attractive," Mahdjoub told Business Insider. "But if they tell you'd have to wear a diaper and you could never take a shower again, you would think twice."

Therefore, NASA works with industrial designers like Mahdjoub in a variety of ways to help create human-friendlier environments that take into account the total lack of resources in space, or on Mars. 

They don't take showers on the space station, exactly — astronauts sort of wipe themselves off with a soap-like substance. One problem that engineers were able to solve is how to recycle every drop of water. Americans go all-in, too. Not only do they recycle so-called grey water used on washing up, they even turn their urine into drinkable water.

To do this, the designers for NASA created a special high powered filter. It removes any stray particles, as well as bacteria or other dangerous things, and returns just potable water.

When Mahdjoub left NASA and moved back to his home country in Sweden, his time at NASA inspired him to create his own version of that filter, and build it into a shower for earthlings. His design uses far less water than a typical shower, while maintaining its heat and water pressure.

He has since launched a company called Orbital Systems to manufacture the shower and sell it worldwide.

Instead of a stream of water going down the drain, this shower constantly and instantly recirculates a fixed amount of water, typically a mere 5-10 liters, filtering it as it goes. It saves up to 90% of the water of a typical shower, Mahdjoub says, and it tracks such statistics for homeowners with an app.

The shower, which is more than a shower head but is a whole kit-and-caboodle shower, currently costs $2,500 and is usually installed during new construction or a bathroom remodel.

But as Mahdjoub grows the company worldwide, he hopes to bring costs down to $700- $1,000 per unt, he says. and to make it affordable to enough to sell in some of the water-starved developing nations. 

"We get a lot of basic reactions, like 'eww, is the water clean? What if you pee in the water?'" he laughs (to which I pointed out that this is a question that, as an adult woman, never occurred to me to ask). The answer is the same, regardless. "We sterilize water." 

Orbital Systems has won an armload of awards for its design and has been certified by the Space Foundation as being a business built on space technology.

Plus, as a hot startup in Sweden,Mahdjoub attracted the backing of two of the country's most famous tech moguls-turned-investors: First Skype founder Niklas Zennström, who became a seed investor and mentor. Zennström sold Skype twice, first to eBay in 2005 $2.6 billion. He and others bought it back from eBay and sold it again to Microsoft for $8.5 billion, and now runs VC firm Atomico. The other big early investor is Peter Carlsson, a former Tesla exec.

Orbital has raised raised $35 million so far.

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Cosmic Rival? Astronomers Spot Enigmatic System with Three Earth-Size Planets

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Reported by RIA Nov. 1 hour ago.

A new 'Halo' game was just announced for the Xbox One: 'Halo Infinite'

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A new 'Halo' game was just announced for the Xbox One: 'Halo Infinite'· *Microsoft announced "Halo Infinite" on Sunday afternoon.*
· *"Halo Infinite" is a new Xbox One game starring the supersoldier Master Chief.*
· *A brief teaser of the game showed what looked to be Earth.*

--------------------A new "Halo" game was announced on Sunday afternoon: "Halo Infinite" is a new game for the Xbox One.

A brief teaser was shown, which depicted returning supersoldier Master Chief on what looks like Earth. 

Developing...

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A legendary game series is coming back to life once more with 'DOOM Eternal'

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A legendary game series is coming back to life once more with 'DOOM Eternal'· *A new entry in the legendary video game series "DOOM" is in production.*
· *The game is named "DOOM Eternal"— it's a direct sequel to the 2016 refresh of  the "DOOM" franchise.*
· * Like the original "DOOM 2," the game is set at least partially on Earth.*

--------------------For over 25 years, the "DOOM" series has been giving players a chance to rip through every single demon Hell has to offer.

"DOOM" is back once more, and now those demons are all over Earth in "DOOM Eternal"— the sequel to 2016's excellent refresh of the franchise.

A brief teaser shows a destroyed city, rife with the distinct demons of "DOOM," before the rage-filled supersoldier from the last game appears. He loads a shotgun, cocks it, and takes aim.

And that's all we've got thus far — but if the last game and the series' history have anything to tell us, "DOOM Eternal" could be a new take on the original "DOOM 2: Hell on Earth," which launched in 1994. The title tells you a lot right off the bat given what's depicted in the trailer. That said, given how 2016's "DOOM" offered a fresh take on the original game, "DOOM Eternal" is likely to take the same route.

There's no release date, nor are there announced platforms for "DOOM Eternal" just yet.

Take a look at the brief teaser right here:

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Exhibit of Rare Italian Master-Crafted Violas to Coincide with Primrose Viola Competition in Los Angeles Announced

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Preeminent violin shops Reuning & Son Violins and Benning Violins will host a five-day exhibit of rare violas crafted by old and modern Italian masters. The exhibit coincides with the 2018 Primrose International Viola Competition held from June 12 to June 16 in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) June 11, 2018

Two prominent violin shops – Boston-based Reuning & Son Violins and Benning Violins – have announced a joint viola exhibit at Benning’s Los Angeles-based violin shop. The exhibit, “The Viola: An Exhibition of Sound, Form and Beauty”, will feature a collection of master-crafted Italian violas and coincides with the prestigious 2018 Primrose International Viola Competition. Both shops are renowned internationally for providing service and sales of fine violins, violas and cellos.

“We’re pleased to present a number of notable violas to this extraordinary exhibit,” said violinmaker and preeminent dealer Christopher Reuning. “It is extremely uncommon for this many important instruments to be assembled for sale in one place."

The exhibit, held from June 12thto the 16th, will bring together an extraordinary collection of fine Italian violas by Amati, Maggini, Tononi, Scarampella, Guadagnini and other old-world masters. Bows crafted by noted French makers Sartory, Peccatte, Ouchard and many of the finest contemporary makers will also be exhibited.

The 2018 Primrose International Viola Competition is held every four years in Los Angeles and is sponsored by The Colburn School and the American Viola Society. The competition is named after the late renowned Scottish violist, author and teacher William Primrose.

“Among the participants, judges and attendees, the competition will attract some of the greatest violists and viola enthusiasts to Los Angeles,” stated Eric Benning. “With this collection of violas we’ve assembled just a few miles away from the competition, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Earth trembled a bit."

Benning, a distinguished third generation violinmaker, recently completed a bench copy of a historic viola crafted in 1545 by famed luthier Peregrino Di Zenetto. The Los Angeles Philharmonic commissioned the “Zenetto Viola” in 2017.

All violas and bows on exhibit will be available for examination, trial on the premises and purchase. Players will be provided facilities to examine and play the instruments in a private showroom.

“For enthusiasts of the viola, Los Angeles is the place to be in June,” stated Reuning. “Important figures in the viola world will be there. While the size of the exhibit itself is modest, in the world of the viola, this occasion, in context with the competition, is significant.”

A partial listing and gallery of exhibited violas is available online. Reported by PRWeb 11 hours ago.

"Only" - cast: Freida Pinto, Leslie Odom Jr., Chandler Riggs, Jayson Warner Smith

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*Release date :* TBA 2019
*Synopsis :* The film follows Eva (Pinto), who might be the only woman left on Earth. After a mysterious plague threatens to ... Reported by AceShowbiz 5 hours ago.

Gulf Island Shipyard Receives Contract Modification From OSU for Second Regional Class Research Vessel

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HOUSTON, June 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (“Gulf Island” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:GIFI), announced today that through its Shipyard Division, it has received a contract modification for a second newbuild for the construction of an additional Regional Class Research Vessel (RCRV) for Oregon State University (“OSU”). The first vessel was awarded in July of 2017 which included options for two additional vessels. These state-of-the-art ships will be highly flexible, multi-mission platforms that maximize energy efficient design concepts. The vessels will be built in Houma, Louisiana. These vessels will be ABS Ice-Class C0 and DPS-1, Green Marine-Certified, acoustically quiet, and carry up to 29 crew and embarked scientists per vessel. Revenue and man-hour backlog associated with this award will be included in the second quarter’s report.Kirk Meche, President & CEO of Gulf Island, commented, “We are very pleased that OSU has exercised their first option for the second RCRV. Our shipyard team and the OSU team have been working very closely since the first vessel contract award back in July of last year and we look forward to continuing these efforts with the second vessel. Our shipyard has now been successful in adding over $350 million in new orders to their backlog since early last year with awards coming from commercial transportation, government research and transportation, and the defense industry including the U.S. Navy among other markets.”

Dr. Roberta Marinelli, Dean of OSU's College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, commented, "OSU has enjoyed working with Gulf Island Shipyards over the last several months on the first vessel and we are excited to move forward with the second vessel. We are also looking forward to delivering the nation's newest class of oceanographic research ships to the National Science Foundation and the ocean science community. Gulf Island's reputation for quality work and customer service are a perfect fit for this important project."

*About Gulf Island:*
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is a diversified fabrication and energy service company. The Company is a leading fabricator of complex steel structures, shipbuilder of a variety of marine vessels, and is leading the way for offshore wind power developments in the United States. Gulf Island also provides related installation, hookup, commissioning, repair and maintenance services with specialized crews and integrated project management capabilities for EPC projects. For more information, please visit our website at www.gulfisland.com.

*About Oregon State University’s Marine Research Program:*
For more information, please visit: http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/ships/rcrv/.

*Company Information:*
Kirk J. Meche
Chief Executive Officer
713-714-6100

*Investor Relations:*
David S. Schorlemer
Chief Financial Officer
713-714-6106

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India at bottom of 2018 global environment performance index

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The SoE in Figures is an annual compendium of environmental statistics put together by Down To Earth magazine, which Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) helps publish. The number of environmental crime cases being disposed per day stands at 9.3 on an average, according to 2016 data. Reported by IndiaTimes 4 hours ago.

2nd India-US colloquium on Earth Observations & Sciences for Society, Economy inaugurated

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The second India-US colloquium on Earth Observations and Sciences for Society and Economy was inaugurated at the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), Dona Paula, Goa today. US Consul General in Mumbai Edgard D. Reported by All India Radio 4 hours ago.

MIT experts pioneer a way to recover drinking water from power plants

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Water accounts for around 70 percent of the Earth's surface, but it's still not reaching those who need it most: three billion people live in water-stressed areas or lack access to drinking water. Things are starting to look up, however. Recent effor... Reported by engadget 3 hours ago.

The Largest Ever, '1st Global Blockchain Jump-Start Meetup in Singapore' Successfully Ended

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The Largest Ever, '1st Global Blockchain Jump-Start Meetup in Singapore' Successfully Ended· *Over 300 investors and influencers from around the world present at the meetup, the largest ever in scale*
· *Introduction of various blockchain 'blue chips' with great potential for growth in the global market such as AI Crypto, Alphacon, iCROWD Coin, NiX BLOCK PROJECT, SEED, WeSing Coin *
· *Great reviews on South Korean blockchain projects from global investors, including Ian McKee, CEO of Vuulr and Shiva Venkatraman, CEO of Varidus*
· *'Business Agreement Ceremony' for South Korean blockchain companies to make inroads into the global market*

SEOUL, South Korea, June 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Hahm Shout, Jenga K, the Korea M&A Center, and ICO PLATFORM PTE. LTD. co-hosted the '1st Global Blockchain Jump-Start Meetup in Singapore' on June 5th at the Spectrum in Singapore.Business Agreement to Support Global Blockchain Project from Korea

This Meetup was joined by about 300 influencers in the blockchain field such as Moon Soo Kim, the founder of MC Payment, Crypto Analysis™ and investors from various global investment companies such as Golden Equator Capital, Varidus, IO Group, etc. It was the largest event ever in Singapore where most blockchain meetups are smaller in scale with only 30 to 50 participants.The Global Blockchain Jump-Start Meetup in Singapore was held in order to introduce South Korean companies' projects to global investors and influencers in Singapore to help South Korea's promising blockchain companies, selected carefully, to advance into the global market.As the keynote speaker of this event, which opened with welcoming speeches by Jessica Kim, Hahm Shout CEO, and Tammy Ahn, Jenga K CEO, Chul Min Pyo delivered a message about investment value and growth potential of blockchain projects in South Korea under the theme of "The dynamism of Korean block chain companies and competitiveness in the global market."

After the keynote speech, the blockchain projects of participating companies from South Korea such as AI Crypto, Alphacon, iCROWD Coin, NiX BLOCK PROJECT, SEED, WeSing Coin, and ESC LOCK were introduced, drawing attention from the audience. In the case of NiX BLOCK PROJECT, the company arranged a special event during its presentation where the audience was given a chance to directly mine coins.

The Meetup ended with a special event where participating companies and investors networked with one another and actively exchanged their opinions, which led to successful results such as forming partnerships in the investment meetings on the spot.

Choi Rak Jae, Global Sales Director of AI Crypto, AI blockchain project for decentralized economy, said, "It was a great event because I was able to attract direct and indirect investment through networking time and meet investors who said they want to introduce our project to other countries such as Japan and China as well as Singapore.

Kim Sang Dong, CEO of WeSing Coin, a blockchain-based live networking music platform, said, "In order to attract investment we need to make connections with investors and have good PR & marketing strategies besides good ideas and technology. This event provided us a great opportunity to introduce our WeSing Coin project to many investors and some of them showed interests in our project.

Investors also applauded the event.

Local ICO organizer Dr. BK Kim, CEO of 'ICO PLATFORM PTE. LTD.' in Singapore said, "I have visited blockchain related meetups in Singapore more than 100 times to attract investment for ICO, but this is the first time for me to join blockchain meetup of this scale. I have no doubt that this is the largest ever in Singapore."Ian McKee, CEO of Vuulr, a blockchain-based video content supply chain project, expressed satisfaction, saying "I was able to find a partner in the entertainment field for business in Korea through this meetup."

Shiva Venkatraman, CEO of Varidus, a venture capital company, which operates businesses in Singapore, Silicon Valley, and India, said, Korean market is the third largest in the world in terms of Bitcoin transactions. I hope we can see more of South Korean blockchain projects enter the global market through meetups like this one ('Global Blockchain Jump-Start Meetup in Singapore').

Meanwhile, co-hosts of the meetup, Hahm Shout, Jenga K, the Korea M&A Center, and ICO PLATFORM PTE. LTD. concluded a business agreement to utilize the expertise of each company so that blockchain companies in South Korea can successfully enter the global market.

Through this business agreement, global meetups will be held on a regular basis and services such as PR & marketing, consulting, and investment opportunities through the network will be provided to promising blockchain companies in South Korea to tap into expertise of each company.

'Hahm Shout' will provide PR & marketing services, including domestic and overseas media PR, influencer marketing, support for ICO events, etc. 'Jenga K' will provide support in the establishment of overseas entities for ICOs, legal consulting services, and network with global investors. 'ICO PLATFORM PTE. LTD.' will provide a separate crowdfunding platform for ICO to raise funds. 'Korea M&A Center' will pursue M&As for synergy effects to attract Korean investors and expand businesses.

*APPENDIX – Blockchain Company Projects
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*AI Crypto: AI Blockchain for a Decentralized Economy*

AI Crypto is developing an AI ecosystem based on blockchain. The primary goal is to make AI researches easier and cheaper to conduct. They expect AI researchers and data providers to be more connected on a global basis with our platform, resulting in a huge AI revolution. AI Crypto are looking forward to various attempts in developing and utilizing AI applications through blockchain technology, starting from the AI Crypto Ecosystem. The AI Crypto team is open to all kinds of technology if they fulfill the idea of 'righteous usage of impartial resources' and are willing to include them in the AI Ecosystem where other members agree.

*Alphacon: Blockchain-based Healthcare Big Data Platform*

Alphacon has adopted blockchain technology and cryptocurrency for the big data revolution in healthcare. Through this, they will create an ecosystem in which individuals can freely exercise their rights in all value chain stages from processing, storage, distribution to utilization, giving back the ownership of healthcare data. And it is Alphacon's goal to provide health solutions optimized for each individual based on these healthcare big data, ultimately opening 120-year-old Alpha Age.

*iCROWD Coin: Blockchain-based Crowdfunding Platform *

ICO PLATFORM PTE. LTD. is a blockchain based crowd funding platform to be accompanied by Cryptocurreny Exchange & Collective Human Intelligence Portal. ICO PLATFORM PTE. LTD. introduce only promising corporate clients who has good business model and good team members selected by hyper due diligence based on AI deep learning and human experts. They serve two kinds of clients: corporate client and investor client. Corporate client is a startup or existing corporation who needs fund to accomplish its business goal. In other words, promising Crowd Sale (ICO) project owner is the corporate client of ICO Platform. Investor client is an investor who wants to make profit with less risk to lose money in cryptocurrency market.*SEED: Profitable Environmentally Friendly Campaign*

SEED grafts each node in the digital ecosystem connecting whole world based on blockchain, encrypted trusted platform, upon Eco-friendly business being conducted in real ecosystem. General users can invest into the Eco-friendly project developed, built and operated by the SEED group through SEED. As users invest into the Eco-friendly energy business, users can indirectly participate in improve the earth environment as well as get investment returns. SEED group maximizes the return on investment of the Eco-friendly energy business and participates in CDM business through systematic operation and investment management, providing additional revenue.*WeSing Coin: Blockchain-based Live Networking Music Platform*

WeSing Coin is the project encouraging "Let's sing together" and the project has 600,000 users who enjoy singing together while watching videos in real time through the internet using smartphones, PCs and Set-top-boxes. It is called, "Live Music Networking Platform". All the participants joining "WeSing Platform" will create, register and share various music contents that are communicated with Chatting, Reply, Like etc. by other participants. The participation level will generate "WeSing Coin" by the method of SNS mining and the Coin will be utilized in "WeSing Platform" as the utility coin for singing, gifting and broadcasting.*NiX BLOCK PROJECT: Combination of Augmented Reality and Blockchain for E-Trading & Mining*

The NiX BLOCK PROJECT is a project that enables password-based exploitation through smart phones. It is a fusion of augmented reality and blockchain technology to create a new concept in electronic trading and mining. In the case of the NiX BLOCK PROJECT. It is advantageous to use the augmented reality and the blockchain to easily dig into the passwords on the smartphone.*ESC LOCK: ICO Investor Protection Model*

ESC LOCK, launched by the Korea M&A Center, is an ICO investment model with an investor protection system. It combines the ESCrow system, which is used in financial markets such as electronic commerce, with ICO and locks investor investments and the cryptocurrency issued by ICO companies for a predetermined period of time.

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500 million-year-old claw-faced sea monster was a killing machine

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if you could dip your head into the oceans of Earth as they appeared 500 million years ago, you might see what looked like a spiny, disembodied claw cruising through the depths while trying to stuff an unfortunate piece of prey into its circular, fang-filled mouth. If you were lucky, you might even see a teeny-tiny baby claw bobbing along behind it. Reported by FOXNews.com 1 hour ago.

KT to Bring Next Tech Revolution to Space and North Korea

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KT to Bring Next Tech Revolution to Space and North Korea - South Korea's Space Industry Leader to Expand Service to Satellite Platforms

- KT SAT Aims for Seventh in the World by 2025 with Latest Technologies

SEOUL, South Korea, June 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- KT Corp. (KRX: 030200; NYSE: KT), South Korea's largest telecommunications company, said today that its satellite business operator will gear up efforts to bring the next technology revolution to outer space as well as the Korean peninsula.KT SAT employees inspect satellite antennas at the Kumsan Satellite Service Center on June 7.

KT SAT Co., Ltd., Korea's only satellite service provider, aims to become the seventh-largest satellite operator in the world by 2025, up from its current 18th rank. To achieve this, it will focus on using latest 5G mobile technologies in outer space, applying quantum cryptography to satellite communication, and providing a blockchain service for secure data sharing.

As two Koreas move toward peace recently, KT SAT expects to launch its satellite service in North Korea, a potential market for communications and broadcasting networks. KT Corp. has created a special task force to support inter-Korean cooperation and expand exchanges in ICT following April's landmark summit between North and South Korea.

"KT SAT is leading Korea's space industry in the global market for satellite business, writing a new chapter of the country's satellite history," Chief Executive Officer Hahn Won-Sic said in a press briefing on June 7, at the Kumsan Satellite Service Center, Korea's first satellite earth station. "If things go well, KT SAT can provide telecommunications and broadcasting infrastructure in North Korea by using its satellites."

Hahn stressed that his company is working on providing parent KT's 5G mobile service via satellite to remote areas where Internet access is not available, removing barriers between onshore, maritime and space telecommunications.

KT SAT is also pushing for commercializing quantum cryptography with its satellites by joining KT Group's drive to participate in the national project of research and development on the latest secure method of transferring data.

To improve customer convenience, Korea's leading satellite operator is seeking to use blockchain technology, another promising innovation on cryptography, for maritime satellite services, such as getting real-time information on the use of data, service charges and settlements.

KT SAT was established as a KT subsidiary specializing in satellite services when Korea's top telecom provider spun off its satellite business in 2012. With the launch of KOREASAT-7 and 5A last year, the company is strengthening its position as a leading global service provider.

KT's first satellite operator currently owns five satellites. The latest, KOREASAT-7 and KOREASAT-5A, were launched in May and October in 2017, respectively. KOREASAT-5A extended KT SAT's coverage from the Korean peninsula to the Philippines, Indochina, the Middle East and parts of South Asia. KOREASAT-7 covers the Philippines, Indonesia, Indochina and India.

KT SAT's main business was satellite transponder leasing in the domestic market until it started a global advance in 2015. The company's customer list now has 22 in seven countries, up from 13 in three countries, and its satellite coverage has expanded, boosting sales.

As an ICT pioneer, KT SAT is striving to bring high-speed Internet service to places where it remains mostly unavailable, such as in-flight WiFi service, also known as in-flight connectivity. The market is expected to grow at an annual average rate of 20 percent or more over the next 10 years.

The company is currently consulting with air carriers at home and abroad as it prepares to build global commercial networks via KOREASAT-5A communications satellite.

KT SAT provides unhindered round-the-clock satellite service management around the year, using its own system, the Global Network Operation Support System (GNOSS), in 24/7 operation. With its two-decade experience of providing stable service to customers and managing its global network, the company now pursues a greater competitive edge in the market through localized, custom-tailored and exceptional services.

KT SAT is also Korea's largest provider of maritime telecommunications service thanks to a two-way satellite ground station, known as a "maritime very small aperture terminal", or MVSAT. Ships at sea are provided unlimited access to data at a fixed rate in contrast to previous charges based on the amount of data used.

Currently serving some 500 ships that operate in international waters, KT SAT expects the number of its clients to increase sharply, particularly because a growing number of young people manning Korea's deep-sea fishing vessels demand stable telecommunications and access to information.

In the domestic MVSAT market, KT SAT provides service to 35 percent of the ships in the 500-ton class, or 700 vessels, which operate in coastal waters. The goal is to have a 50 percent share, or 1,000 ships, by 2020.

Targeting smaller vessels as well to expand its customer base, the company started a pilot service with portable MVSATs in January this year. To gear up for competition against its rivals, the company will also add various services such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE), closed circuit television (CCTV) and satellite broadcasting for those ships.

For overseas expansion, KT SAT is exploring the global MVSAT market through its KOREASAT-5A, whose high-powered, dedicated beams for global maritime communications cover Korea's East Sea, the South and East China seas, the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.

*For more information, please visit our English website at https://corp.kt.com/eng/

*MEDIA CONTACTS*

For inquiries, please contact our Foreign Media Relations Team at kt.fmrt@gmail.com

- SIM Sung-Tae, Team Manager, +82(10)4489-0113, st.sim@kt.com
- LEE Ji-Young, Senior Manager, +82(10)4551-7035, chloe.jiyoung.lee@kt.com
- KANG Da-Som, Manager, +82(10)9777-2984, dasom.kang@kt.com

*ABOUT KT CORP. (KRX: 030200; NYSE: KT)*

KT Corporation, Korea's largest telecommunications service provider reestablished in 1981 under the Telecommunications Business Act, is leading the era of innovations in the world's most connected country. The company leads the 4th industrial revolution with high speed wire/wireless network and innovative ICT technology. After installing 4.5 million fixed lines for 20 million users in just 12 years, KT was the first telecom provider to introduce 5G broad-scale trial service in 2018. It is another step in KT's continuous efforts to deliver essential products and services as it seeks to be the No.1 ICT Company and People's Company.

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Thank the Moon for Longer Earth Days

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Thank the Moon for Longer Earth Days We could all use a few more hours in the day—to work, to sleep, or to find ways of avoiding work and sleep. Well, that wish is very slowly coming true. According to […]

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