The consequence of success is a massive target on your back. This has never been more apparent than in the electric vehicle space, because the industry leader — Tesla — has more heat on its tail than a Spitfire during the Battle of Britain. From Lucid Motors to Porsche to Chevrolet, everyone wants to take Tesla's spot at the top, but few brands are making bigger waves than Faraday Future. At CES 2017, the brand made its biggest wave yet.
The Chinese-backed, California-based startup has officially revealed its first pre-production vehicle, and it's called the FF 91. With unprecedented connectivity and capability, the aerodynamic crossover looks to change the way we look at mobility. And although it isn't quite the jaw-dropper the FFZero1 concept was, the car should give Elon Musk plenty of reasons to lay awake at night.
One reason is simple — performance. The FF 91 is powered by a massive 130kW battery pack that produces a whopping 1,050 horsepower and provides up 378 miles of driving range. For reference, the range-topping Model S P100D offers a 100kW battery pack with 315 miles of range. Faraday's incredible powertrain gives the FF 91 a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.39 seconds, which is faster than any Tesla, any production Ferrari, and most sport bikes. That's not ludicrous, that's downright unbelievable.
So yes, the car is fast, but that's only part of the FF 91's story. Faraday says the crossover is "the world's first ecosystem connected car," meaning it links to all your mobile devices and can stream incredible amounts of data to its HD screens through a dual antenna WiFi system. That essentially makes the car a rolling hot spot.
Occupants will have plenty of time to navigate the digital world inside the car, because the FF 91 is predictably packed with autonomous features. It wears a dynamic sensor system that would make the USS Enterprise jealous, with 10 cameras, 13 radar sensors, one 3D lidar sensor, and 12 ultrasonic sensors in total. With these systems working together, the FF 91 can drive and even park itself, although the system admittedly had a few issues during Faraday's live demonstration.
Just how much will the FF 91 cost? According to a report by Reuters citing former executives, the FF 91 will sell for anywhere between $150,000 and $200,000 when it goes on sale in 2018. Interested parties can go to Faraday's website, register a unique FFID, and plop down a refundable $5,000 deposit to reserve theirs.
The FF 91 is undoubtedly big news, but Faraday Future wants to prove it isn't just a flash in the EV pan. The manufacturer's Variable Platform Architecture is modular, so by adding or removing "strings" of batteries from the vehicle floor, the brand can produce automobiles of varying size and character. Tack on more strings, and you have a battery-powered SUV akin to Tesla's Model X. Remove them, and you'll have a smaller hatchback or sports car, with front-, rear-, and all-wheel drive configurations available. Eventually, the brand hopes to release smaller, more affordable cars that will compete directly with Tesla, but for now, Faraday is aiming for a demographic well above anything Elon Musk and Co. currently produce.


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Paris: Versailles Palace
The Palace at Versailles. I doubt there is a greater symbol in the world to decadence and power than this. Built by King Louis XIV in the late 17th Century, the Sun King showcased his power through this new capital. It was far removed from Paris and the crowds of people. It was a place for the King and his court to withdraw and where the King could keep a close eye on his noblemen to ensure that his power was absolute and unchallenged. The infamous Hall of Mirrors, a splendid room specifically designed to showcase the opulence of Louis' wealth and power has the dubious honor of being the site of the end of both the Franco-Prussian war and World War I. Ominously, however, both conflicts helped fuel worse conflicts than they ended.
Versailles, France
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Thursday | February 2 | 2023
9.6% of the EU population spent 40% of household income on housing
Many households have experienced steep falls in their disposable income during the current coronavirus pandemic, due to e.g. unemployment, furlough, reduced working time or less clients or turnover.
Housing costs are generally fixed in the short term, and will inevitably leave less for other costs when the household's income falls.
The housing cost overburden rate for the EU was 9.6% in 2018
However, there were large differences between the different EU Member States. In 11 Member States, less than 6.0% of the population lived in households being overburdened by housing costs.
It was particularly rare to experience such problems in Malta (only 1.7% of the population) and Cyprus (2.0%).
In contrast, the housing cost overburden rate stood at 10% or more in Romania, Germany, Denmark and Bulgaria.
The overburdening was most widespread in Greece, where 39.5% of the population lived in households spending more than 40% of the disposable income on housing.
These differences may, at least partially, reflect differences in national policies for social housing or public subsidies and benefits provided for housing.
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April 19, 2016 – Wealth is a Mindset . .
Everything at Doha was about politics. After taking over defense and economic planning, Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has now stamped his authority over oil policy.In so doing, the 30-year-old son of King Salman upended the Saudis' decades-long approach of separating commercial from political considerations. Over the weekend, Saudi officials revoke an agreement among … More Sunday morning at Doha , what happened ?


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Guilt by Association: All Are Punished for the Faith of One
(From INternet)
The CCP forces believers to give up their faith by implicating their families, threatening to deter education or employment opportunities, revoke state benefits.
The ancient Chinese tactic of guilt by association was used to punish entire families of offenders in the name of crime reduction. The CCP regime now employs this tool to suppress religious beliefs, implicating many for the alleged "crimes" of one.
A member of a house church affiliated with South Korea told Bitter Winter that in August 2018, her daughter applied for a job at a state-run press agency. After examining her records, officials learned about her mother's membership in the church because she was summoned by the police in April that year for downloading a video by a South Korean pastor and designated as a person "colluding with a foreign country to overthrow socialism." The young woman was immediately disqualified.
The son of a house church member from the southeastern province of Jiangxi was also punished for his mother's religious belief. In August 2018, he passed entrance exams to an aviation college. Still, the young man was denied admission. He was told that "three generations of the immediate family of believers cannot enroll in this college." The woman was given an ultimatum: If she wanted her son to attend the college, she had to sign a statement renouncing her faith and pledging her loyalty to the Communist Party. Forced to choose between her son's future and her religion, the woman was in a dire predicament. In the end, she refused to write the statement, for which she was abused by her husband and rebuked by neighbors.
The CCP's religious persecution through guilt by association has resulted in numerous broken families. Many members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG), the single most persecuted religious movement in China, can attest to that.
A CAG believer from the southeastern province of Fujian, who has previously been detained for her faith, told Bitter Winter that her husband had been a government employee for more than ten years. His superiors always praised him for being a conscientious worker. Last October, they informed him that as part of a nationwide campaign, families of all CAG members with a criminal record are being investigated, and those who work for the government would be dismissed without exception. On top of that, three generations of descendants would be deprived of opportunities to work in state-run institutions. If they wanted to keep their jobs, government workers must persuade their family members to sign statements pledging to leave the CAG. Since the woman refused, her husband was fired.
Video: A female guard at the gate of the Penglai City Detention House in the eastern province of Shandong declares: "The moment you enter, you must consider that because of your fault, you, your family members, and your relatives are restricted from going to college, joining the army, getting a job, taking exam for civil service, and so on."
【中国公安宣传片被吐槽】
【"执法者无知无畏最可怕"】
中国网络流传一条山东烟台蓬莱市看守所的宣传片,一名女警站在看守所前,给大家"普及法律知识"
但她的说法,被中国网民形容等同"连坐法"和"株连九族",也有中国律师批评,她的说法有违"依法治国"精神,甚至有网民批评"执法者无知无畏最可怕" pic.twitter.com/Mkgu9AQW1d
— 自由亚洲电台 (@RFA_Chinese) October 31, 2019
An elderly CAG member from the eastern province of Zhejiang passed away at the beginning of last year. In August, his grandson applied to join the army and passed the mandatory physical examination. During the investigation of his family background, his grandfather's membership in the CAG was uncovered, and the young man was disqualified. When his parents tried to reason with government officials, one of them proclaimed that being in the CAG is more serious a crime than thievery and robbery, and their son could not join the army even though his grandfather had died. He added that this was a "hard" policy from the central government, and no exceptions are allowed.
A CAG member from the central province of Hunan told Bitter Winter that her son's wedding was canceled after his fiancée's parents learned about her faith. They became worried that if the couple had a child, his future could be ruined because the grandmother was a member of the CAG. "In the past, my son did not object to my belief, but he started protesting after his marriage plans were wrecked," the woman lamented.
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Sadiq Khan calls for immediate autonomy in bid to protect business-friendly environment in nations capital.
REUTERS - London should swiftly be granted more autonomy to help it ride out the economic uncertainty unleashed by Britain's vote to leave the European Union, Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Tuesday.
"On behalf of all Londoners, I am demanding more autonomy for the capital - right now," Khan, who last month became the first Muslim mayor of a major Western capital, said in a speech to business leaders.
"London has to take back control too. Londoners, who voted for a different path to the rest of England, need more self-determination," he said. "We need to control our own destiny."
"You will be pleased to know I am not planning to blockade the M25," he quipped, referring to London's orbital motorway. "Greater devolution is the best path towards reuniting our country."
Thursday's Brexit vote has sent shockwaves through the EU, wiped more than $3 trillion off global stockmarkets and increased the risk that the United Kingdom will divide after Scotland said it was highly likely to hold a new referendum on independence.
"More autonomy in order to protect London's economy from the uncertainty ahead," said Khan, 45, who grew up in public housing in inner-city London.
"The speed of our exit from the EU looks likely to be decided in Brussels, Paris and Berlin rather than in London," Khan said.
He added that London, which is ranked as the EU's largest and richest city, must have a seat in the negotiations with the EU over Britain's future relationship with the bloc.
"Britain must remain part of the European single market," he said. "Remaining in the single market needs to be priority one, two and three of our negotiation with the EU."
Banks based in London rely on a so-called EU "passporting" system which allows them to operate across the 28-country bloc's capital market unhindered. Some banks have said they would shift operations to the euro zone if Britain left the EU.
Khan, who succeeded Conservative lawmaker and leading Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson as mayor, said he had the support of local authorities and the City of London financial center and called on business leaders to back his plan to get more control.
"Your voice matters ... so that we can ensure that London thrives over the years ahead. So that we can ensure London remains the best place in the world to do business," he said.
"It is now absolutely crucial that we move fast. We can't hang around for the outcome of the EU negotiations before we give London more control - it needs to happen now."


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Victor Wooten Featuring the Wooten Brothers Band Live in Concert-Postponed
Victor Wooten is a multi-talented bass guitarist, record producer, educator, and recipient of five GRAMMY Awards.
He has been the bassist for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones since the group's formation in 1988 and a member of the band SMV with two other bassists, Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller. Not one to be limited by genre, Wooten has also played bass for the metal band, Nitro. He has won every major award given to a bass guitarist including being voted Bassist of the Year in Bass Player Magazine's readers poll three times (the only person to win it more than once) and in 2011, Rolling Stone
He has been the bassist for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones since the group's formation in 1988 and a member of the band SMV with two other bassists, Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller. Not one to be limited by genre, Wooten has also played bass for the metal band, Nitro. He has won every major award given to a bass guitarist including being voted Bassist of the Year in Bass Player Magazine's readers poll three times (the only person to win it more than once) and in 2011, Rolling Stone Magazine voted Wooten one of the Top Ten Bassist of All Time. His sought-after skills and growing popularity have led to recordings and performances with artists such as Chick Corea, The Dave Matthews Band, Bootsy Collins, Branford Marsalis, Mike Stern, Prince, India Arie, Keb Mo, Susan Tedeschi, Gov't Mule, Bruce Hornsby, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and many more.
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