November 9, 2015
Uncategorized Africa, Aviation, Gambia, peter singhateh, Peter Singhatey, skyglobe, transafrica Leave a comment
Source: Skyglobe – Trans-AfricanSkyglobe – Transafrican | Homepage
A major new aviation event, The Skyglobe Challenge TransAfrican Air Race will see scores of private jets race around Africa, departing from Banjul, Gambia on 1 January 2016 for a 12,000 nautical mile lap of the continent.
November 4, 2015
Uncategorized Aviation, Aviation Safety, Flying, peter singhateh, Peter Singhatey, Pilot Leave a comment
So what is it, and how does it affect your plane?
If you want to understand parasite drag, you’ll need a little background on what “drag” is in general. When two masses are in contact, they resist each other’s motion. In the case of an airplane, air resists the forward motion of the airplane. So when it comes to flying, drag is the resistance of an aircraft’s movements through air….
October 25, 2015
Uncategorized Airsports, feel the freedom, Flying, Gambia, Madox, peter singhateh, Peter Singhatey Leave a comment
Afraid of stalls? You’re not alone. In fact, nearly every student pilot is apprehensive about stalls – especially full stalls.
Source: Kick Your Fear Of Stalls With A Falling Leaf | Boldmethod
Afraid of stalls? You’re not alone. In fact, nearly every student pilot is apprehensive about stalls – especially full stalls.
Think about it… Your stall warning horn’s blaring in the background (a sound that clearly indicates you should stop doing whatever you’re doing), your aircraft’s nose suddenly jerks down and a random wing drops. You try to correct and everything gets worse. No wonder nearly every student pilot has sweaty palms during their first (and second, and third) full power-off stall.
October 22, 2015
Uncategorized A380, Flying, Helicopters, peter singhateh, Peter Singhatey Leave a comment
A crew member onboard a helicopter captured the moment an A380 flew under their helicopter while filming a stunt for an Emirates promotional film
Source: Video: Watch: Amazing moment A380 flies under hovering helicopter – Telegraph
A video has emerged of an amazing moment the world’s biggest passenger plane, the A380. flew underneath a hovering helicopter.
The manoeuvre was perfromed near Dubai in the UAE as part of a promotional film for Emirates Airlines.
The helicopter was being used as a filming platform, however, the footgae from the video above is from a mobile phone from the flypast.
In the video, the plane can be seen swooping in from the right of the helicopter and then flying underneath and exits on the left.
October 21, 2015
Uncategorized Africa, Arab Spring, Democracy, Egypt, peter singhateh, Peter Singhatey, Tunisa Leave a comment
The Arab uprisings had a surprisingly small effect on attitudes of ordinary citizens towards democracy, likely because the uprisings were not really about democracy in the first place.
Many hoped the protests associated with the Arab uprisings would unleash a democratic wave in the region, sweeping out autocrats who had withheld political voice from generations of Arabs. Yet rather than producing liberalized polities, with the possible exception of Tunisia, the uprisings primarily led to either devastating civil conflict or the resurgence of authoritarian regimes.
How have these events affected how Arab publics think about democracy? Has the nearly universal failure of the uprisings to yield democracy lead citizens to give up on democracy as a system of governance? My forthcoming article in the Journal of Democracy, argues that the uprisings had a surprisingly small effect on attitudes of ordinary citizens toward democracy — likely because the uprisings were not really about democracy in the first place. However, it also finds some notable shifts in public opinion, particularly in Egypt and Tunisia.
October 19, 2015
Uncategorized Education, Facebook, Gambia, Hacking, NSA, People & Society, peter singhateh, Peter Singhatey Leave a comment
Facebook has announced it will send a notification to users if it believes that suspected attackers working in behalf of a nation-state have compromised their accounts. The company believes these attacks are more dangerous and advanced than others.
Facebook has incorporated a feature that its users do not really want to see in action: a notification that will alert them if the company believes that suspected attackers working in the interest of a nation-state have gained unauthorized access to their accounts.
A blog post has been shared by Facebook on Oct. 16, saying the protection of its users accounts is more important than anything else, which is why it continuously monitors malevolent activities and provides a multitude of options to safeguard user accounts.
“While we have always taken steps to secure accounts that we believe to have been compromised, we decided to show this additional warning if we have a strong suspicion that an attack could be government-sponsored,” says Alex Stamos, chief security officer at Facebook.
October 15, 2015
Uncategorized Culture, Low pay, People & Society, peter singhateh, Peter Singhatey, restaurant workers, Tipping, Tipping is wrong Leave a comment
For decades, tips have been the excuse not to pay restaurant workers even a minimum wage.
Source: Why Tipping Is Wrong – The New York Times
BERKELEY, Calif. — THE announcement on Wednesday by the New York restaurateur Danny Meyer that he was eliminating tipping at his restaurants shows that he understands the impact tipping really has: It has created a two-tiered wage system with deep social and economic consequences for millions.
Mr. Meyer’s move to establish a transparent, fair salary for his staff is laudable, and I hope it will help set a new standard for the industry. But to achieve change across the restaurant business nationwide, we need reform to the law that has created a lower minimum wage for tipped workers…
October 15, 2015
Uncategorized Africa, Carcasses, cyanide poisoning, Education, Elephants, Forest Rangers, peter singhateh, Peter Singhatey, Poachers, Zimbabwe Leave a comment
Park rangers in Zimbabwe have discovered the bodies of 26 elephants who died of cyanide poisoning. The discovery comes a week after poachers killed 14 elephants using the same method.
Source: Forest rangers discover 26 elephant carcasses in Zimbabwe | News | DW.COM | 14.10.2015
Park rangers in Zimbabwe have discovered the bodies of 26 elephants who died of cyanide poisoning. The discovery comes a week after poachers killed 14 elephants using the same method…
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