Fashion

27 SEP 2018 Clever and strange, octopuses are fascinating creatures with incredible problem-solving skills and breathtaking camouflage. But overall, they are short-lived, typically around for just one to two years. That’s because they’re semelparous, which means they reproduce just once before they die. With female octopuses, once she’s laid her eggs, that’s it. In fact, …

28 Sept, 2018  South Korea’s biggest shipping line Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) said Friday it has placed orders for the construction of 20 large containerships worth $2.84 billion. The orders are spread out among South Korea’s ‘Big Three’ shipbuilders: Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine …

27 SEP 2018 Psychologists call it the dark triad: an intersection of three of the most malevolent tendencies of human nature – psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism. But the truth goes deeper, and darker. There’s also  egoism, sadism, spitefulness, and more. And behind this rogues gallery of all our worst inclinations on the surface, a …

26 sept 2018 Recently, Captain Michael Junge published a book on why and under what circumstances the U.S. Navy relieves commanding officers. His book, Crimes of Command, begins in 1945 and proceeds through numerous historical case studies up to the modern era. Nelson: Would you briefly describe what the book is about …

Russia, China and the EU are designing a way for their businesses to continue to conduct trade with Iran, despite renewed U.S. sanctions.  The new entity, called a “special purpose vehicle,” or SPV, would provide a way to barter for Iranian imports and exports, without running afoul of the American prohibition …

26 SEP 2018 We all know that Earth is old, but it’s hard to put into perspective just how old it is. After all, what does 4.5 billion years really mean? How do you even comprehend that amount of time with our short-lived human brains? Well, Business Insider has done a pretty …

26 sept 2018 On Thursday, the International Maritime Organization will celebrate the 70th annual World Maritime Day. The day’s theme for this year is “IMO 70: Our Heritage – Better Shipping for a Better Future.” Seventy years ago this March, an international conference in Geneva adopted a convention establishing the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, …

25 SEP 2018 Kelly Thomas woke up in a Florida hospital four years ago with no recollection of the car accident that had robbed her of the ability to walk. Thomas, an active college student who had barrel raced in rodeos, moved to Kentucky for a year to try out …

25 SEPT 2018 Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) has published a new report that explores the nature and extent of cabotage laws around the world. The report, Cabotage Laws of the World, has identified 91 member states of the United Nations that have cabotage laws restricting foreign activity in their domestic coastal trades.  …

25 SEP 2018 He had rations to last just one week. But somehow an Indonesian teenager who drifted out to sea in a floating wooden shack managed to survive 49 days before being rescued by a passing freighter. Aldi Novel Adilang, from the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi, endured a …