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from The Archive
If the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has piqued your interest in the kings, queens, princes, and princesses of bygone eras, then you’re in luck. The following books about royalty explore the history of the Tudors, doomed Russian czars, Buckingham Palace, and the other crowning glories of the world’s monarchies.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Competition Is Launching a New Golden Age of Space Travel
Despite facing several setbacks, SpaceX successfully launched the world's first privately funded and developed rocket in September 2008. Several months later, SpaceX was awarded a NASA commercial cargo contract to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS), and its share of the launch vehicle market has been increasing ever since. While SpaceX lists its Falcon 9 rocket starting at $62 million a flight, the US Air Force budgeted $422 million for a single ULA flight in 2020.
How Governments Hijack Corporate Self-Regulation
Many companies have “self-regulated” by launching initiatives that improve the marketplace, e.g. setting ethical work standards or by providing consumers with more information. These policies are particularly encouraging because they are completely voluntary. However, governments are continuously perverting self-regulation for their own narrative. It is important to call out the attempt to portray all executives as ruthless monsters, as downright cynical, and not reflective of reality.
Seventeen States Are Flat-Out Ignoring Federal Hemp Laws and Markets Are Thriving
The feds are just playing catch-up. With so many states already effectively nullifying prohibition, Congress has little choice but to relent. The federal government simply doesn’t have the personnel and resources to maintain its ban on commercial hemp farming with so many states refusing to cooperate. It also faces growing public opposition to its hemp policy. Overlooking Reykjavik’s harbor, Ocean Cluster House is home to 120 new marine start-ups, all of which are focused on “100 percent fish utilization.” In other words, they are businesses developing ideas that use fish meat, oil, skin, bones and intestines, to draw value out of produce that would otherwise be trashed. “From one cod we can maybe get $12 for the fillet. But if we use the whole round we can get $3,500 for each cod,” explains Ocean Cluster’s founder, Thor Sigfusson. The “value-added approach challenges the notion that a fish’s primary purpose is a fillet,” he notes.
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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website
Something odd has happened to Iceland’s fisheries. In Icelandic waters, cod numbers have hit a historic high. But rather than taking advantage of this bountiful fishing opportunity, the annual catch has decreased by 45 percent since 1981. Over the same period, the total export value of Icelandic cod products has increased by more than 100 percent. The cause of this peculiar and seemingly contradictory trend is partly explained by Iceland’s Ocean Cluster House or what is commonly referred to as the “Silicon Valley of White Fish.”
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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