Adam Ondra ci crede e crea Disbelief 9b in Canada

    Il 25enne climber Ceco Adam Ondra ha liberato una placca di 9b, Disbelief nella falesia di arrampicata sportiva Acephale in Canada. Una delle caratteristiche principali di Adam Ondra è l’incondizionata fiducia in se stesso. Ma persino il 25enne aveva iniziato a dubitare nel progetto ad Acephale in Canada, troppo aleatori i movimenti sulle micro tacche…

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      A currency war will spike dollar’s value

      When the US declared China a currency manipulator, long-building trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies spread to the combustible realm of currencies — with potentially huge consequences for the global financial system should the escalation continue. There was just such an escalation. ### Central banks in India, New Zealand and Thailand cut interest…

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        ‘Mission Mangal’ makes Vidya Balan’s world go round

        Indian National Award-winning actress Vidya Balan remembers being absolutely moonstruck when she saw an iconic image of a bunch of sari-clad women scientists, identified as the staff of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), looking jubilant as their spacecraft entered the Mars orbit for the first time in Indian space history. ### The year was 2014…

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          Off the Cuff: Luck, just a loosely-defined term

          There’s a saying, ‘Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation; bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.’ That may sound clever, perhaps in the context of getting (or not getting a job), but when it comes to life, that doesn’t quite work. ### My friend Barney says he’s been thinking about luck a…

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