First Space Nation invites the most creative Asgardians to pitch their designs and ideas on how the gold medal ‘For Achievements in Space Exploration’ should look.

On this occasion we invite you to share your ideas on how one of the award's elements — the gold medal — should look.

Upload your prototypes before 30 July 2019 00:00 CET.

The medal will become a part of the National award, which will go to individual or organization for extraordinary contributions to the advancement of human civilization in space. The award also includes an Asgardian pin and a certificate.

Unity day that happens on the 1st of Asgard (18th of June) every year is significant for all Asgardians. It got its name after the ‘unified voting day’ when Asgardian citizens were called upon to vote on the Constitution and the national symbols. The Constitution went on to pass with an overwhelming majority and the Declaration of Unity was enshrined by the Asgardian people. Unity Day is seen by Asgardians as a time to come together and celebrate in the spirit of the declaration of unity and Asgardia’s slogan “One Humanity, One Unity.” This year is shaping up to be better than ever as the Mayors of Asgardia and candidates that have paid their registration fee are set to take to the stage and rally their followers and host events, gatherings and celebrations across the world. To participate in the contest Mayors must come up with celebration ideas that could range from a cosy café meeting to a car rally. They'll be organising events and rounding up potential Asgardians to participate. During the celebration, the Mayors will arrange for quality videos to be recorded to mark and capture the occasion. All the videos will be published on the website where all followers and residents can vote for the celebration that they thought was the best of the bunch. Selecting the best videos from all the submissions will rest in the hands of the residents and followers. There will be limited Asgardian memorabilia awarded to top participants and the Mayor behind the video that is voted as the top submission will be invited as a guest to attend the first ever Asgardian Scientific and Investment Congress that will be held in ESA’s European Space Operation Center in Darmstadt, Germany, October 14-17, 2019.

Ever wondered why pearls are so expensive? Well, I certainly did and here’s what I found out. Pearls are a great example of the simple though irrational principle according to which we humans behave when it comes to prices. When a vendor places an item in the same row with other items of a certain category, we tend to estimate it accordingly.
The moral of all this — sometimes in order to market something one just needs to tell everyone that it’s precious even if the initial costs are very low and the prices are ridiculously high. And place that thing near those with comparable prices. It’s not a silver bullet though but just might work.
The prices are not intrinsic but are just what we people are ready to pay for stuff.
Take that, homo economicus!

After public tech demos, leaks and teases, a video teaser has been released for what appears to be the latest game in the Borderlands series.

Publisher 2K says more will be revealed at the Gearbox PAX East panel tomorrow, March 28 at 2pm EDT / 11am PDT at Borderlands.com for Gearbox’s PAX East livestream.

International Times:

March 28th - 11:00am PDT / 18:00pm GMT / 19:00pm CET / 20:00pm EET

March 29th – 2:00am GMT+8 / 3:00am JST/KST / 5:00am AEDT

I, for one, can't wait to see what this is all about! I will be bringing more details about it in full on my blog here and on the upcoming SciFi Sunday article!

This might be pretty early on, but it might be a good idea to assemble teams endorsed by the government to experiment with independent self sustaining systems with the implementations of technologies such as Hydroponics, Aquaponics and Aeroponics, and oxygen generation with the help of algae or phytoplankton. I am aware that the point of this is to be completely independent of earth.

It would be considerably helpful to our progress to organize some kind of government centralized, remote education program accessible by the internet or by downloadable or physically distributed offline archives, so that people can have easy access to master sciences like physics, astrophysics/orbital mechanics/propulsion, stoichiometry, electronics principles and engineering, computer science, structural engineering, differential and integral calculus, and languages.

I have a lot of input in regards to how many of these subjects could be communicated/taught.
Resources for all of this obviously already exist, easily accessible on the internet, but it should be formatted, standardized, and all in one place, formatted so that it is clear to everyone that the source is from, unique to, and for Asgardia. Much like a vault or knowledge arc like they plan on doing with biological material in attempts to preserve biological diversity.

Since this hopefully will result in colonization, it should also be a priority to compile a digital database of influential literature throughout history, for both preservation and enrichment of knowledge of culture and our species.

I would love to hear comments and opinions on how this is or could be presented and implemented in the near future for widespread use. I may expand on this much more in the future or even start my own project since I have a lot of free time.

When I 1st noticed that Asgardia was being considered as a country, I basically giggled a tiny bit and moved on to other news... I noticed it mainly due to the 'witch hunt' on the 'orange one'... I keep up on American politics for 2 reasons: a) the impact 'the Drump' is having on Canada and b) it's the biggest cartoon ever!!! A 'Looney Tunes' marathon is slightly funnier, far less dangerous, yet the politics of the current admin comes close...

Then on Monday the 25th of June, Asgardia announced itself, and I became interested in getting more information about it... As I read through the constitution, I became convinced that joining was imperative and thus became a citizen/member of the community... I will convince others to join... Once they see that we need a community of people who truly can take the tenets of the 'constitution' as real and humane, they will not see this as a joke as I did at 1st... My mistake!!! I am glad that I am a member and a part of the community...

Francis Oliver...

Hello everybody!

My name is Davide and I'm Italian. Recently I moved to Canada for studying purposes.

I write in English only, so the majority of people can understand.

I'm very excited about this future space colony. I really wanted such a thing to happen one day, and hopefully that day came (even though there are some implications).

Since I was a kid I dreamt about having a normal life in another planet, or moon, or elsewhere in the space. Moreover, I fantasized a lot about it and about the possibility to encounter an alien lifeform, but well... I'm truly happy with just the possibility of becoming an Asgardian citizen!

Long life to Asgardians and I hope for you the best!  :)

Some portion of dependable homeownership incorporates, obviously, customary home support. Furthermore, there are a few assignments that, if conceded, can prompt a home system that is wasteful and exhausted, which can bring about issues and costs. One such assignment is changing the channel of the home's HVAC system. It's basic and economical, and dealing with it no less than at regular intervals can mean the distinction between ideal solace and avoidable HVAC repair services .

What Can Go Wrong

Most homes have a type of heater or warmth pump, and a large number of those homes (particularly more up to date ones) have joined warming, ventilation and aerating and cooling or HVAC systems. Each write utilizes some kind of air channel or screen to counteract bigger airborne particles (up to 40 microns) from entering the system and stopping up delicate apparatus. A system that has a messy channel can experience the ill effects of weight drop, which can prompt diminished wind stream, or "victory," bringing about no air invasion by any means. Any of these conditions can make the system work harder to keep the home warm or cool (contingent upon the season and the setting). Also, any mechanical segment that needs to work harder to run effectively puts undue weight in general system, which can prompt untimely disappointment, bringing about repair or substitution.

Likewise, a grimy channel that is presented to buildup can wind up clammy, which can prompt shape development that can be spread all through the home by the HVAC system. This can prompt genuine wellbeing outcomes, also a bargained unit that will probably require adjusting and may require substitution, contingent upon the seriousness of the dampness issue.

Kinds of Filters

Most HVAC and heater channels are dispensable, made of biodegradable paper or comparable media, and molded in cells, screens or balances intended to trap however much airborne garbage as could reasonably be expected. Channels can ordinarily be acquired in conservative multi-packs, and there are numerous writes that will fit distinctive models of heater/HVAC units. It's critical to utilize the fitting channel for your unit; utilizing the wrong channel that doesn't fit the unit legitimately can make an indistinguishable sort of issues from having a grimy channel. Your HVAC installer can demonstrate to you where the channel goes and how to expel the old one and introduce another one. Your unit may likewise have a joined name with headings for simple channel substitution.

How Often?

Your HVAC or heater professional should benefit your unit once per year. Since a heater/HVAC unit contains moving parts, it's vital that belts are not split and dry, ventilation work isn't gapped, broken or rusted, and segments, for example, loops and fans, obstruct free and satisfactorily greased up for an unobstructed task. This kind of assessment is best left to the expert unless you've had the fitting preparing.

The channel of the unit, particularly if it's an HVAC unit that will have a tendency to get almost year-round utilize, ought to be changed by the property holder no less than like clockwork, yet perhaps more regularly.

Check your channel's condition and change it once per month if:

1. You run your unit a half year a year to year-round.
2. You have pets. Pet dander can end up airborne and flow through the home's ventilation system similarly as the run of the mill family unit clean does.
3. You have a vast family. Greater movement implies more family unit clean, soil and flotsam and jetsam.
4. You smoke inside.
5. You or somebody in your family unit experiences hypersensitivities or a respiratory condition.
6. You live in an especially blustery region or experience high breezes for expanded periods, particularly if there are no close-by bushes or trees to give a characteristic windbreak.
7. You live in a region inclined to or having as of late encountered any rapidly spreading fires. Airborne fiery remains outside will, in the long run, discover its direction inside.
8. You have a chimney that you once in a while utilize.
9. You live on a working homestead or farm. Tidy and earth that gets kicked up by outside work movement or potentially expansive creatures can be maneuvered into the home's ventilation system, particularly through open windows.
10. You have an expansive garden. Contingent upon its size and how regularly you function it, working soil, planting, pulling weeds, utilizing herbicides and pesticides, and notwithstanding watering imply that earth, chemicals, and buildup can be maneuvered into your home's ventilation system.
11. There is development occurring around or close to the home. You might introduce another rooftop or a pool, or maybe a neighbor is building a home or expansion. Regardless of whether the action is just impermanent, tidy and trash from worksites contiguous or close to the home can be sucked into the home's ventilation system, and this expanded movement can charge your HVAC system.

Change the channel quickly if:

1. The channel is harmed. A harmed channel won't fill in as planned.
2. The channel is clammy. A channel influenced by dampness interruption, system buildup, or even high indoor stickiness can rapidly wind up rotten and spread airborne shape spores all through the home by means of the ventilation system.
3. There is proof of microbial development or form on the channel. Shape spores as of now invading the home by means of the HVAC system are terrible for the unit itself, as well as they can represent a wellbeing risk for the family, going from an aggravated respiratory system to a genuine unfavorably susceptible response.

Tips on Changing the Filter

1. Kill the unit before supplanting the channel.
2. Utilize the correct channel for your unit and ensure it's not harmed out of the bundle.
3. Take after the headings for your unit to ensure you're introducing the channel appropriately. For instance, numerous channels utilize diverse hues for the front and back (or upstream and downstream stream) so they're not introduced in reverse.
4. Ensure there aren't any holes in the channel outline. If so, you may have the wrong size channel, or the channel itself might be inadequate or harmed.
5. Utilize a cloth to tidy up any lingering dust when you supplant the channel.
6. Safely supplant any levers, gaskets and additionally seals.
7. Turn the unit on and watch it while it's working to ensure the channel remains set up.

Call a appliance repair service specialist for overhauling if:

1. Your unit neglects to betray.
2. The fan is moderate or influences unnecessary to the commotion, or the balances are twisted.
3. The loops are too much dusty or obstructed.
4. You see dampness interruption from an obscure source anyplace in the system.

Mortgage holders who deal with the simple undertaking of changing their HVAC channel can help anticipate system downtime and avoidable costs, and also keep their families living and breathing serenely.

We don't have 60,000-mile registration for our machines as we improve the situation our vehicles. Notwithstanding, there are things that we can do is provide washer repair service to them all the time.

Here some snappy tips on the most proficient method to keep up your washer and dryer for long life and incredible execution.

Washer

On the off chance that you have a High Efficiency (which can be either Front Load or Top Load, you should utilize washer repair service .

The dominant part of users still utilizes excessively cleanser. Regardless of whether you think you are utilizing next to no you are most likely as yet utilizing excessively! Just 2 tablespoons are all you require.

Keep in mind fluid is ideal. Make sure to shake the compartment of cleanser! The fixings settle, and the cleanser companies need you to utilize a great deal, (the more you utilize the more they offer).

Cleanser companies upgraded the elements for a cleaner, however, the washing machine utilize less water so again next to no cleanser is all you require. 2 tablespoons of cleanser are all you require regardless of need size and how filthy.

Make certain to shake the conditioner also. A portion of the conditioners is thought so you can weaken by half with water, at that point shake!

Make sure to not over-burden and ensure you have an adjusted load. Towels with towels, pants with pants, the texture or the heaviness of the material are essential.

Utilize the Washing Machine cleaning tablet (we like and utilize "Affresh") month to month which will keep the tub clean and keep the likelihood of form and smell.

On the front load when not being used keep the entryway open marginally and the cleanser distributor hauled out only a little, the air can flow and dry out.

Dryer

The dryer is a simple one. With only a little upkeep, the dryer is set.

Make a point to clean the build up screen each heap.

On the off chance that you utilize dryer sheets no less than at regular intervals drench the build-up screen in white vinegar and scour the screen clean. The dryer sheets leave a film on the screen and can cause the wind stream to end up less, and make an interior part come up short.

The venting in the back of the dryer ought not to be squeezed. On the off chance that the venting goes to the rooftop or a long separation to the outside it ought to be appliance repair service about each 3 to 5 years by an technician pipe cleaning company.

The dryer with the build-up screen on the best is a more proficient plan. On the off chance that the build up screen is in the entryway region the dryer ought to be adjusted about at regular intervals. Dryer fires are a typical reason for house fires.

Dear Asgardia,

Apparently ad hominem attacks are perfectly reasonable among the plethora of "great minds" that make up the average citizenry, but I shouldn't be surprised, because this is the Facebook era, where fake news is whatever you decide it is, not what it actually is; yes, where echo chambers constitute authority, and appeals to authority are only alright when YOU do it.

This is supposed to be a Space Nation, is it not?

I have spoken about my own, personal experiences.  I have seen undeniable UFOs, on at least 4 occasions, and have conducted actual, empirical studies using the pendulum, that blew the minds of the people involved, because the only LOGICAL and RATIONAL conclusion was either that I'm secretly and unknowingly psychic/ telepathic, or that I'm dealing with higher density beings who are.  Unfortunately, this is "just too much" for some of you.

Well, guess what?  The world's governments are releasing their databases of UFO files as we speak, and disclosure is happening, whether you like it, agree with it, believe in it, or not.

Personally, I look forward to first contact, so that all of the Reddit-esque "skeptics" among you can eat crow.  Yes, I just went there.  A good skeptic remains skeptical of his own skepticism, lest he (or she) commit the fallacy of observer bias, for one.

The amount of people who talk about critical thinking and logic, while committing logical fallacies, is just profound, but... that's what passes as "intellectual" in the common place world of today.  No, it doesn't matter that I hold multiple degrees, that I'm accredited in neuroscience, philosophy and religious studies, or that I continue to research the topics of quantum physics, cosmology, astronomy, and cutting edge science, no, all that matters is that your personal peers disagree RABIDLY with what they call "pseudoscience."

Having actually COME from a scientific background, and having never expected to have experienced what I have experienced, or to accept what I now understand as being actually true about our universe and our own freaking solar system, it bothers me how much information is rejected by "science" and "scientists."  Did you know that any extreme (called an outlier) in a study is rejected, lest it skew the standard deviation and the rest of the statistical outcome?  This information is rejected because it's inconvenient.

Then, if somebody decides to study those outlier results, it's called "fringe science" or "pseudoscience."  Well, guess what, friends?  Rejecting that information makes you a BAD scientist and makes what you practice BAD SCIENCE, or "scientism."  The SCIENTIFIC METHOD should not discriminate against information because it's inconvenient, and this is exactly what we are experiencing today.

No, a revolution is coming, to replace this classical nightmare with something that actually makes sense of the observer influence, of entanglement, of "spooky" action at a distance, of consciousness, of "FTL" travel, of antigravity, of nonconventional propulsion, etc, etc, etc.  So, enjoy when it hits, because it'll change humanity forever, and for the better.

Sincerely yours,
Sean Gratton
B.A. Hons Psychology
B.A Philosophy and Religious Studies
C.C.H.P. (Certified Clinical Herbal Practitioner)
Researcher
Politician

Hello Asgardia,

For those of you who may not know me, I am the Head of Community Affairs for Asgardia. I have been overseeing the social media and volunteer teams for Asgardia for the last year. Recently, I was given the mandate to help in the process of increasing Asgardia's image to the greater public and bring in fresh ideas and services to the Asgardia community. I wanted to update you on what has been and is still in progress to work towards these goals.

Firstly was to restructure parts of Civic Asgardia and the volunteer teams to help with the new direction. The first emphasis was to offer support administrative wise to the Central Election Committee. "Nikari" Steve Miller was loaned out as Elections Manager and volunteer teams were brought on board to help with the final weeks of the elections to offer logistical support. Seondly was to bring up email and social media response time to help public and community questions. Third was to begin applying best practices to the volunteer intake and training process in order to start better caplitalising on existing and new volunteer skillsets. Finally, several projects were planned on new online presences for Asgardia to bring information and new services to the nation as well as add greater communication and transparency of Asgardia actions.

One of the first projects that we worked on was the new Asgardia Space News website in which Asgardia endeavors to bring news about Space, Technology, Science, Engineering, and related topics of interest. This site will be going through some evolutions in the coming weeks, firstly to launch translations of the articles into the other twelve languages of Asgardia starting with Spanish and then to the others once the process is smoothed out and we have reliable and accurate translators for the other languages. We are looking at new avenues for content for the website and to slowly work away from syndication of news to producing our own original news stories. We hope that the community will visit this site, comment on articles and continue to give us feedback on the type of content that you would like to see on this site.

Another project that is nearing completion is a unified web contact form. This form will be attached the the new websites and will be adapted for use on the existing Asgardia.space website. This contact form is to allow the community and public easier access to support avenues so that we can help them better with any issues they have and answer their questions in a more timely manner.

Also, there was the creation of an opt-in monthly newsletter. This newsletter will allow us to communicate closer with the community and keep them 'in the loop' on Asgardia news and events.

Our biggest project, however, is still currently in progress and we hope to launch in part after the elections are over. It is a new Asgardia community site, a 'home' for Asgardia where Community and Business based services and functions will be offered. We will be launching an online roadmap for this site which will be publically viewable and updated regularly with progress of this site. To give you an example of the services that will be offered on this site are:

- The Asgardia Business Center. A multiphase project that will allow businesses of all sizes to connect with consumers, allow for start up and charity funding initiatives, job boards for businesses to recruit talent, mentorship opportunities, and incubator projects.

- Asgardia Community Activity and News. Listings for Professional Asgardia Associations, professional and interest guilds and clubs.

- National Community Center activities and news from Asgardia centers around the world.

- Online resource library for scientific papers and other open resource literature.

- All ages Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), a resource to offer education for all Asgardians no matter the age they may be. Eventual plan is to partner with accredited institutions in order to offer high level accredited courses.

- Asgardia Publication House which would offer online and hardcopy versions of written materials created by Asgardians.

- Asgardia merchandise store so that Asgardians can buy official Asgardia branded items to show their Asgardia pride.

- New and improved forums and online collaborative tools to allow Asgardians to communicate and work more closely together.

... and many more services that will help bring our community together and show the world what we have to offer as a nation.

I plan on having discussions with members of Parliament and with the Ministries about this site and how it can work in concert with the future laws and projects yet to come.

I would like to thank everyone who has already stepped up and offered their help and expertise in getting these endeavors off of the ground. We still have a lot of work ahead of us but I know that if we all (Volunteers, community members, MP's, Ministers) work together we can show the world that Asgardia is a leader to the stars and show that what we bring can benefit all of humankind.

Cheers!

Rebekah Berg
Head of Community Affairs
Asgardia

My fellow Asgardians,

It is nearly the end of the election, and we can feel the stress in the air as each of us candidates strives to reach as many people as possible!  Personally, I have had a frustrating time reaching anyone, as I cannot access my notifications or the basic chat function of my profile, and the social media options seem to be quite limited.

This is something that elected candidates, that Parliament and the newly formed government of Asgardia, will have to focus on resolving, so that civilians can connect with their elected officials, and so that future elections are much easier to accomplish, as candidates.  We will have a lot of work to do, and we will need more efficient means of communication in order to do so.  That being said, here's what I feel that I bring uniquely to the table, as a candidate of the English district:

1.  My focus on cryptocurrency, and the need of Asgardian civilians to maintain control over its mining, dispersal, and eventual valuation.  I believe that, for the time being, only civilians should be able to mine the currencies (SOLAR and LUNAR), until a certain critical mass has been achieved, at which point, we can open it up to the rest of Earth's population, in order for it to compete with the other available cryptocurrencies, in order to gain actual monetary value, and to thereby also compete with, or be worth anything to, the rest of the global economy.

2.  My focus on exopolitics, which are a branch of geopolitics that deal with... external realities.  This would include issues like airspace, the rights of international entities to access various orbits (ie, low Earth orbit, high Earth orbit, lunar orbit, Martian colonization, etc), but it also focuses on how we deal with the very likely reality of interspecies communication.  When first contact happens, as the first Space Nation of the people of Earth, we will need to be on the front lines, and that means that we need to think of and develop policies, action plans, and contingencies.  I believe, strongly, that we will have a peaceful first contact, but we will be met with the realities of intergalactic politics, and will have to be prepared to "land running."  Having studied this for the past decade, and having had experiences of my own, I believe that I offer something truly unique in this particular area of politics, namely exopolitics.

3.  My specialization in neuroscience comes with accomplishments that I have not published.  Namely, I discovered the locus operati of all mood disorder, and our nation could be the first to step away from the corruption of "Big Pharma," in order to focus on the well being and mental health of our people.  The fact is that mental health is a highly overlooked, taboo area of human psychology and medicine, and our nation could make put mental health of its citizens at the forefront of its collective interests.  We must be a nation that looks at the collective happiness of its people, rather than just the GDP.  A successful nation cares about the best interests of ALL of its people, not just those with the most money.

4.  When it come to the economy, and based on what I have already written above, I believe that we must be a nation that takes the financial wellbeing of all of its citizens seriously as well.  There should be no "haves and have nots" in Greater Asgardia, but rather we should look out for one another.  Those who chose to mine the currency, and those who make decisions about SOLAR and LUNAR, should have certain perks for being directly involved in the development of our economy, but we should not allow some citizens to HOARD our national currency, especially not at the disadvantage of other civilians.  What society at large forgets is that the people who keep the infrastructure working and moving forward, be they janitors or basic laborers, are truly just as important to the success of a nation as its doctors, politicians... and especially its bankers.  As such, policies must be implemented to ensure that those who contribute to the well being of Asgardia are themselves taken care of.  We must work together, with altruism as a guiding principal.

5.  The arts and culture are of fundamental importance to the identity of any nation, and Asgardia is no different.  We must put as much emphasis on the arts (in all their various forms) as we do on the sciences.  Philosophy is as important to understanding cosmology and quantum physics as is the math behind it.  You can not have one without the other, and our educational model must make certain that no area of thought is ignored among its academic community.  When we have opened up a university/ post secondary institution of our own, it must focus on learning for the sake of learning, not just education for the sake of jobs.  We must have a well educated population, and that education must be well rounded.  Not everybody thinks in terms of arts, but it is important to at least understand the nature of the arts, of philosophy, and of history, in order to put the sciences, mathematics, politics, and even theoretical cosmology into perspective.  Our education system can also be a beacon of light for the world.

6.  I try to educate myself in all areas, as everything fits together.  Likewise, Asgardia must recognize that it is a holistic entity.  No one area can go overlooked, as it will come at the expense of the entire whole that is the organic nature of our nation.  Asgardia will be a living, breathing entity, with its citizens working as the cells of a greater body.  As such, candidates must work together, and civilians must participate in the process of growth and development of the Asgardian "Space Kingdom."  We are all in this together, and we cannot allow ourselves to be divided, but must find ways to compromise, and to overcome the problems that are inevitable in the formation (especially in the early years) of any nation, especially ours, being so unique and original, being forged from scratch.  Each and every one of us is an important, vital part of the whole, and Asgardia, whether we are speaking of economics, politics, science and education, etc, is a holistic entity that must be treated as such.  We must work together, in ways never before seen on Earth.

This is just off the top of my head, and I am always available to communicate.  Should you wish to discuss any of my policies, you can reach me at millionthmonkeymusic@gmail.com, and please remember to cast your vote for me, if any of this is to your liking.  I am approachable, and will always look to find the common ground in any dispute.

" Vive Asgardia, Libre! "

Sincerely,
Sean Gratton
B.A. Hons, B.A.
Hamilton, Canada