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East China's biggest hydropower plant in full operation

China Daily 01 Jul 2022

The project has already set a number of world records. For example, it has a water head of up to 756 meters, the highest among all commissioned pumped storage power stations in the world. In addition, the station's units have a rated speed of 600 revolutions per minute – the fastest in the world.

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India close to finalizing a nationwide battery-swap policy for electric vehicles | Mint

Live Mint 01 Jul 2022

... swap stations, the 40-page document shows ... Replacing expended batteries with fresh ones in a matter of minutes has the potential to expedite India’s push toward electrifying the world’s biggest two-wheeler market, where lack of charging stations is a key hurdle to EV adoption.

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Major project of China's west-to-east power transmission program starts operation

China Daily 01 Jul 2022

... project transmits clean hydropower from Baihetan, the world's second-largest hydropower station, in the southwestern province of Sichuan to east China's economic powerhouse Jiangsu Province.

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World War II re-enactment, 'Motorama' planned at Au Glaize Village

The Crescent News 01 Jul 2022

The first — a new World War II re-enactment — is scheduled from 10 a.m.-5 p.m ... forces in World War II — and bazookas ... Besides battle re-enactments, visitors will be able to observe different stations around Au Glaize Village that will explain various aspects of World War II and the participants.

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China Focus: Major project of China's west-to-east power transmission program starts operation

Xinhua 01 Jul 2022

It is the world's first UHV direct current power transmission project using a new approach that combines the conventional direct current and flexible direct current technologies, according to the State Grid Corporation of China ... Sichuan is home to the project's powerhouse Baihetan, the world's second-largest hydropower station ... ■. China Focus ... .

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Op-Ed: Is Hydropower a Faustian Bargain?

The Maritime Executive 01 Jul 2022

The Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydropower station, which became fully operational in 2012, displaced more than 1.4 million people ... But the world’s love affair with dams continues ... Since then, the dam boom has become more apparent, with the developing world now a global hotspot of such construction.

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The highs and lows of Brad Pitt

The Spectator 01 Jul 2022

Pitt is easily the best thing in Guy Ritchie’s cringingly titled cockneys vs travellers vs gangsters movie, which has aged badly since its release back in 2000, suffering as it does from the director’s contrived public school take on the London crime world ... World War Z (2013), Amazon Rent/Buy.

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1st offshoot of underground transit loop opens at Resorts World

Las Vegas Review-Journal 30 Jun 2022

Resorts World guests can now directly access the convention center’s three stations via the tunnel system built by the Boring Co., the resort announced Thursday, June 30 ... Hours of operation for the Resorts World station will vary based on the convention center’s events and convention calendar.

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RESORTS WORLD LAS VEGAS AND THE BORING COMPANY OFFICIALLY OPEN PROPERTY'S PASSENGER STATION, PROVIDING DIRECT ...

Victoria Advocate 30 Jun 2022

The Resorts World Las Vegas passenger station will be the first of over 55 stops anticipated to form the Vegas Loop, which aims to eventually transport thousands of passengers per hour throughout the resort corridor ... Hours of operation for the Resorts World Las Vegas Passenger Station will vary based upon the LVCC events and convention calendar.

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Vancouver's KiSS FM playing Rage Against the Machine on repeat. Why?

Canoe 30 Jun 2022

Vancouver radio station KiSS Radio was giving listeners déjà vu on Wednesday by playing a Rage Against the Machine song on repeat ... It means the world ... In 1992, a station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin played R.E.M.’s It’s the End of the World for an entire weekend as a precursor to switching the station to a hard rock format.

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Vancouver's KiSS FM has been playing Rage Against the Machine on repeat. Why?

Toronto Sun 30 Jun 2022

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Boring Company's underground Loop now runs to the Las Vegas Strip

Engadget 30 Jun 2022

Lucky for us Al Pastor enthusiasts, this traditional CES taco trek is now far more convenient as the Boring Company and Resorts World Las Vegas announced the official opening of the latest Loop station at Las Vegas Convention Center.

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Take a ride on the London Tube and witness the start of a new Elizabethan age

Stars and Stripes 30 Jun 2022

There's a new glass-fronted station building for the arrival of the Elizabeth Line, and, beyond that, this outer suburb is very different from when he knew it before the Second World War ... Turning north from the station, you pass first the Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, a ...

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Portrait fills last vacancy on Sept. 11 memorial photo wall

The Bryan Eagle 30 Jun 2022

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Does the media have a bias toward bad news? | The Ethical Life podcast

The Bryan Eagle 30 Jun 2022

4 in College Station Franklin police ... Texas A&M baseball team defied odds during College World Series run College Station City Council discusses off-leash ordinance At least 40 migrants found dead in Texas semi-trailer Local leaders react to Supreme Court's Roe v.