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COP24: U.S. Joins Saudi Arabia, Russia and Kuwait in Blocking Crucial Climate Report
The Russia pavilion at the COP24 conference in Katowice, Poland. Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto via Getty Images
The U.S. has thrown its hat in the ring with three other fossil-fuel friendly nations to block the COP24 talks from “welcoming” the landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report that warned that we must reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 45 percent of 2010 levels by 2030 in order to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, BBC News reported.
The report, released in October, was commissioned by a 2015 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, but now the roughly 200 countries gathered for the 24th conference in Katowice, Poland have failed to formally acknowledge it.
The failure hinged on language. The majority of delegates wanted to “welcome” the report, but the U.S. joined with other oil-producing countries—Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait—Saturday night to insist the report be only “noted,” The Guardian reported. Because UN rules insist on consensus, delegates were therefore not able to publish any text relating to the report.
“It’s not about one word or another, it is us being in a position to welcome a report we commissioned in the first place,” Ruenna Haynes from St. Kitts and Nevis said, BBC News reported. “If there is anything ludicrous about the discussion it’s that we can’t welcome the report.”
UN: Could you write us a report on global warming of 1.5C?
IPCC: It will take years of volunteer effort from scientists.
UN: We understand. It's important.
IPCC (3 years later): Here's your report.
UN: Er, right, about that report. https://t.co/5h5kn3M8MZ
— Simon Donner (@simondonner) December 9, 2018
The move tenses the atmosphere for the last five days of talks at COP24, during which ministers, who arrive Monday, will work to establish a rulebook for implementing the Paris agreement to limit global warming to “well below” two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. It also raises concerns that the Trump administration is evolving from simply withdrawing the U.S. from international efforts to fight climate change to actively disrupting those efforts.
“It is troubling. Saudi Arabia has always had bad behavior in climate talks, but it could be overruled when it was alone or just with Kuwait. That it has now been joined by the U.S. and Russia is much more dangerous,” Union of Concerned Scientists director of strategy and policy Alden Meyer told The Guardian.
Indeed, Saudi Arabia had fought to limit the conclusions of the IPCC report when it was released in Korea earlier in the fall, but eventually agreed to let it be released as is, BBC News reported.
The scientists who worked hard on the report also expressed dismay at Saturday’s failure.
“What is so disturbing in our [report] … that four governments cannot even ‘welcome’ its findings?” French climate scientist Val. Masson-Delmotte asked in a Twitter thread. “A 1.5°C and a 2°C worlds are VERY different in terms of mean climate, extremes, sea level rise, and climate-related risks, with the emergence of climate change hotspots challenging basic water, food, economic security and the risk of irreversible loss of wildlife,” she continued, hinting at the real-world stakes of ignoring the report.
A 1.5°C and a 2°C worlds are VERY different in terms of mean climate, extremes, sea level rise, and climate-related risks, with the emergence of climate change hotspots challenging basic water, food, economic security and the risk of irreversible loss of wildlife
— Dr Valérie Masson-Delmotte (@valmasdel) December 9, 2018
Former UK climate negotiator Yamide Dagnet of the World Resources Institute expressed hope that the arrival of the ministers Monday would turn the tide and persuade COP24 to acknowledge the report after all.
“We hope that the rest of the world will rally and we get a decisive response to the report,” Dagnet said. “I sincerely hope that all countries will fight that we don’t leave COP24 having missed a moment of history.”
— EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) December 3, 2018


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Just Because: Trumpeter Al Hirt was former Super Bowl halftime staple
Al Hirt could blow the heck out of a trumpet.
Those who have played the Super Bowl halftime show in recent years have made up a glorious list that includes Beyonce, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and U2. Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will add their names to that list on Sunday.
But let's, just for a moment, remember a day when the biggest stars in the world didn't create such a spectacle of intermission.
Like, for instance, in Super Bowl I when trumpeter Al Hirt was the headliner of the halftime show that also featured marching bands from Arizona State and Grambling State (as well as a high school drill team).
And just for the heck of it, here's Hirt playing on Johnny Cash's TV show.
Hirt turned out to be a popular act. He was back for the halftime shows in Super Bowl VI and Super Bowl XII.
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The opportunities that artificial intelligence provides are limitless and construction companies have found something for themselves. While scientists haven’t created AI that can build properties, they are making the process management more effective. With the increasing need to give an accurate time of completion in construction, companies are utilizing machine learning and computer vision to speed up and increase the accuracy of the inspection process.
Buildot, an American company that specializes in collecting, analyzing, and leveraging data on construction sites is leading the charge. With the aid of a camera, they can take pictures of the site and take, it back to their lab to analyze with the aid of the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and give even more accurate data about process management.
“Not every camera application needs live video,” Aviv Lebovici, the CPO & Co-founder of Buildot told Forbes magazine in a recent interview. “By minimizing the frames per second, we are able to provide a light, wearable, camera while still capturing the necessary details for our artificial intelligence engine.”
Forbes says that “by using AI to match images to the software models, the system can provide architects and construction teams the ability to understand the progress and accuracy of the project, minimizing cost and time overruns.”
While many have asked why drones are not just used instead, Forbes argued that due to the complexities of construction sites with lots of moving parts and the bulkiness of drones it is most unlikely to provide more reliable data than with CAD.
“Large construction sites are complex, with lots of moving parts and constant change. Drones will need to become both more intelligent and smaller before they can be safely and cost-effectively applied to the construction industry.”
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I want to talk about Fat, which is a subject we’ve been fed a line about for the past 60 or 70 years, with devastating consequences. Here’s something I think everyone’s heard by now: (1) partially hydrogenated fats/trans fats are really really bad for you, and (2) the average American eats way too many Omega 6s, and not nearly enough Omega 3’s.
Here’s something you probably haven’t heard though: saturated fats from animal and tropical fruit sources are GOOD FOR US. Saturated fats make up at least 50% of every single cell membrane in our body. (saturated fats make a whole bunch of other things in our body too, and I’m not referencing fat cells.)
I’m going to stick to Margarine and Butter today. Here are the facts.
In the late 1890s, Proctor and Gamble needed an alternative to expensive Lard and Tallow they used to make soap and candles. By 1907, they’d bought 8 cottonseed plants in Mississippi, and their scientists had learned how to fire cottonseed oil with “hydrogenation”. Unfortunately, right around then, electricity was replacing candles. What to do with their hydrogenated cottonseed oil? Well, it looked like Lard, so they decided to sell it as food. Seriously!
In 1911, it was introduced as a healthier, cheaper, and cleaner product than butter or lard. P&G promoted the white vegetable spread in womens magazines and gave away free cookbooks. They branded their new product “Crisco”.
In the 1950s, the Vegetable Oil Industry (by that time it wasn’t just P&G ), spread the word that “animal fats cause heart disease.” Food companies and restaurants quit using coconut oil, butter, and lard, and that is how , waa-laa, Polyunsaturated, Omega 6 loaded, Partially Hydrogenated Trans fats came to be so incredibly prevalent in our food supply.
Here’s how you make Margarine:
“Begin with polyunsaturated, liquid vegetable oil, rancid from extraction under high heat. About 85% of all hydrogenated oils are from soybeans. Mix with tiny metal particles, usually nickel oxide. In a high pressure, high temperature reactor, shoot hydrogen atoms at the unsaturated carbon bonds. Add soap-like emulsifiers and starch to make it soft and creamy. Heat/steam away foul odors, bleach away gray color, dye with artificial dyes, and add artificial flavors.” (Real Whole Food, Nina Planc)
And this ladies and gentlemen, is what we all grew up on. And many people still eat. Do not be fooled at Big Foods latest attempts at healthier margarine’s. They’re still loaded with Omega 6’s and hydrogenated fats (made from Trans Fats). They stay under the FDA allowance of disclosure for trans fats when mixing the ingredients, but they’re in there.
Here’s a little fact: heart disease exploded in the 1950s, but by then US consumption of saturated fats had already declined, and the consumption of polyunsaturated vegetable oils was much much higher. Before WW1, Americans ate 12 grams of trans fats daily, by 1985, it was 40 grams a day. Today, the average American eats 81 grams of trans fats a day. OMGOSH. By the way, you ONLY get that much by eating processed and refined foods. RWF contain almost 0 trans fats. The average American eats 70% of their diet from processed and refined foods. Processed and Refined foods are LOADED with Trans Fats. (Am I drilling this in enough?). No wonder we’re in such a health crisis.
If you ask the Scientific Experts who study this stuff, which is worse: the Sugar/Carb consumption, or the Hydrogenated Fat consumption, you’ll just get a big argument. And both have plenty of ammunition for their case, because Sugar and Hydrogenated Oils are both bad.
All margarines, and healthy spreads, are composed of trans-fats. What happens when we eat them? Well, these fats are ALWAYS chemically unstable, damaged, and oxidized. Always! Their chemical structure is wrong for our body. But if that’s what we’re eating, our body USES these damaged fats to make up our Cell Membranes. This is Bad Bad Bad! Also, some doctors and chemists refer to Trans Fats as Frankenfats, because they can MORPH healthy fats into an unhealthy structure.
So what about butter? It’s been vilified for decades. Unrightfully so. It’s actually a health food, and there’s PLENTY of science behind that statement. First of all, butterfat helps the body digest protein, and saturated fats help the bones lay down calcium. Cream contains great amounts of fat soluble vitamins A and D. You need D to use Calcium and Magnesium. Butter also has carotenoids and antioxidants. Find butter from grass-fed cows (KerryGold) and you’ll get Omega 3’s, more A, more D, more carotenoids, and more antioxidants. You’ll also get CLA – a fatty acid that has enormous Cancer Fighting potential (CLA comes from grass). All butter also has lecithin ( this does too many jobs to even list), anti-inflammatory fatty acids, and medium chain triglycerides – which encourage fat burning. Butterfat also contains: manganese, zinc, chromium, copper, selenium, and iodine. Butter also contains Butyric Acid, which has strong anti-fungal properties as well as anti-tumor effects.
How in the heck did this become such a Taboo food all these years? Big Food, Big Money.
Again, Eat Real Whole Foods. Pay attention to what you put in your body. What we eat affects our health, our weight, our mind and our moods.

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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-founder Jack Ma urged business leaders yesterday to help poorer nations and smaller businesses benefit from global trade, and he called for "a third world war" to eradicate poverty, climate change and disease.
Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Manila, the chairman of China's biggest e-commerce company touted his vision for a new trade agreement, dubbed "e-WTO" or "WTO 2.0", formulated without considering political interests.
One way to help "the small guy" would be to exclude duties on goods sold by companies with less than €1m of annual revenue, Ma said during a presentation. "Trade is a freedom, trade is a human right," Ma said.
"Trade should not be used as a tool against other nations."
China's second-richest man also discussed climate change with US President Barack Obama and a Philippine engineer who developed a lamp fuelled by salt water. Ma is a proponent of environmental awareness in China
Ma said he will take up an offer from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to invest in clean energy technology.
Ma has pledged to devote 0.3pc of his company's revenue, which came to about $12bn in the last fiscal year, towards combating climate change. Alibaba also will promote startups focused on preventing climate change, he told Obama.
"Where is the opportunity? The opportunity always lies where people worry," he said.
Ma reiterated his vision for helping small businesses by enabling e-commerce, which in turn furthers his company's ambitions to expand outside China. "The businesses agree, the governments follow," he said. "If the governments agree on a business treaty because of political reasons, because the governments hate each other, all the businesses go nowhere."
Ma also described his shock at seeing violent protests against globalisation at the World Economic Forum in 2001, though he said developing countries hadn't benefited enough from global commerce. While the World Trade Organization has buoyed larger companies in the past 20 years, the next decades should be used to empower "the small guys," he said.
"If we cannot change it, it will be disastrous for everyone," Ma said. "Small guys are the most innovative companies." (Bloomberg)

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The first fermented feed products have been sold to Iranian farmers, securing promising results, Dr Akbar Taghizadeh, head of the government-run National Livestock Fermented Feed Project, told a local news outlet, IRNA.
Fermented straw was sold for the first time to feed dairy cows at the Moghan Agriculture and Industry Complex, Dr Taghizadeh said.
Roughly 16 million tonnes of agricultural waste are generated annually in Iran. As part of that volume could be used to manufacture fermented feed, helping the cash-strapped Iranian budget to save much-needed foreign currency. These efforts will eventually contribute to building a self-reliant economy in Iran, Dr Taghizadeh added.
He expressed hope that the practice of using fermented feed will be scaled up in Iran in 2024. In addition to saving the country “billions of dollars” in currency needed to import feedstuff, it offers further benefits.
For example, fermented feed has proved effective in preventing and treating bloody diarrhoea in calves and some other health conditions. As a result, he said, fermented feed can lower the livestock industry’s requirements for veterinary drugs.
Dr Taghizadeh revealed that Iran is implementing a national plan to popularise fermented feed use among farmers. East Azerbaijan has been chosen to become a pioneer in switching to innovative practices due to a massive volume of agricultural waste.
Expanding fermented feed production could lead to major structural changes in Iranian agriculture in the coming years. For example, Dr Taghizadeh assumed that farmers could switch from growing alfalfa to wheat since straw could be used much more efficiently for fermented feed production.
According to IRNA, fermented feed production in Iran has been limited to a few pilot projects so far. In Moghan, the first product was obtained from wheat straw, while a group of researchers at the Sarab Agricultural College manufactured a marketable product from potato waste. Azrangin Tabriz Company, in turn, produced fermented feed from sugarcane waste.
In every case, the potential use of fermented feed products looked promising, IRNA said, not providing additional details.
Iran has been increasingly looking into food and agricultural waste, as the government lacked foreign exchange currency to meet the demand of the feed industry in raw materials during the past several years.
The crisis has led to dire consequences. At least in some farms in Iran, poultry is gaining less weight than before due to problems with feed supply, Hossein Fatemi, the former head of the National Poultry Industry Union, disclosed in January 2024. He estimated that the weight of slaughtered chicken ranged between 1.8 kg and 2.5 kg, against 2.5 kg to 3 kg in previous years.


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The Hey Duggee Cinema Experience will have its national Family Fun Day preview screenings at select cinemas on November 12th, rolling out nationally across Australia from November 16th.
In these exciting new adventures, see Duggee and the Squirrels earn all new badges. Join in on the fun as they set sail to deserted islands, rocket into outer space, paint with their favourite colours and head to a party with a difference – a fancy dress party! Who will they all go as?
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Did you know that the video game industry hit $91 billion in revenues last year? For a little perspective, the worldwide box office achieved less than half this amount in movie ticket sales during the same period - a mere $38.6 billion.
This goes to show that videogames are becoming our go-to choice for escapist entertainment. Hardly surprising when you consider the incredible graphics and immersive environments modern-day titles provide.
For Jumbla, the size and scale of the industry is not what impresses the most. It’s the opportunity to work on fun-filled video game cinematics.
Here’s what Jumbla Creative Director Callan Woolcock had to say about our latest video game cinematics showreel.
Why does Jumbla love creating video game cinematics?
“We really enjoy doing video game stuff because it's a bit more in the entertainment sector, which generally means we get to have fun. A lot of our artists and animators love games too, and for them to be able to work on these projects is a dream come true.
“Some projects often allow us to have a little bit of creative freedom so we can push our stories, styles and concepts to come up with the best result.
“And the clients we deal with are great - it's usually quite a collaborative effort and that's how we make the best cinematics.”
How does Jumbla go about creating video game cinematics?
“Same as every job really - we have the concept phase where we come up with ideas, stories and styles, then refine those and essentially turn them into animations,” Cal said.
“The big difference is we get a bit more time to work on these projects, which allows us to put more people on them.
“A lot of the bread and butter work we do here only requires one designer and often has small budgets with a tight turn-around. Although you'd like to be super creative on every project, it's just not entirely possible and you have to do the best you can in the time given.
“But because the majority of video game stuff has bigger budgets with larger time-frames, this allows us to do much more creative, collaborative, and higher-quality work.
What techniques and programs do Jumbla use to create video game cinematics?
“We've used a lot of After Effects and Element 3D for stuff in the past, mainly as the studio is full of AE users and Element has really suited our work previously. This allows us to stay within the same program to integrate our 3D and 2D elements, and the overall workflow is much easier,” Cal said.
“We're using Cinema 4D for a lot of stuff as well, now we have a more solid team of 3D guys on board who are great with that software. We like to take a motion graphic-type approach to [video game] projects and these tools are best suited for that type of work.
“We can also use Maya and 3D Studio if required, but often it just depends on what the best solution is for that specific project.”


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INTERFAX-AVN - Information from a number of media outlets that Russia can ship a batch of Tu-22М3 long-range bombers to China seems doubtful, Vasily Kashin, an expert at the Center for Strategy and Technology Analysis, told Interfax-AVN on Wednesday.
“At present, the delivery of new Tu-22М3 bombers to China, reported by the media, is hardly physically possible. Production of these aircraft was discontinued in 1993 and was no longer resumed. Nor are the NK-25 engines installed on this aircraft. The resumption of production of these aircraft after a break in 20 years, if it is technically possible at all, will require huge investments and many years of hard work, ”said V. Kashin.
So he commented on the information of a number of media that China can buy 36 Tu-22М3 in Russia for $ 1,5 billion.
“Rumors about the sale of Tu-22М3 bomber by Russia to China appear on the Chinese Internet and Western media regularly over the past 10 years. As far as we know, China has previously shown interest in these aircraft, but negotiations did not lead to a result, ”said V. Kashin.
According to him, “Russia could technically supply the Chinese only the old Tu-22М3.”
“But even in this case, significant repair and retooling works would be required for compatibility with Chinese weapons systems, communications, control, etc. And even in this case, China would have an old aircraft with old engines with very significant costs,” - said the expert.
He noted that “the project looks all the more doubtful, given that China is currently implementing a program to produce upgraded H-6K bombers, under which large-scale purchases of D-30KP2 engines in Russia are made.”
“Although the H-6K is based on an even older basic Soviet design (Tu-16), it has undergone a radical redesign, has a significantly increased range, modern cabin equipment and advanced onboard radio-electronic equipment. As a carrier of cruise missiles (which is the main function of modern bombers), it is hardly inferior to the old Soviet Tu-22М3, ”said the expert.
Earlier, an official representative of the press service and information department of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense for the Air Force told Interfax-AVN that the Russian Air Force had 100 missile-carrying systems Tu-22М3.
“Today, the Air Force has more than 100 missile carriers Tu-22М3 in service. Until 2020, they will be upgraded to modify the Tu-22М3М around 30 units, ”he said.
Tu-22М3 aircraft participated in combat operations during the Afghan war. “Restrictedly, Tu-22М3 took part in antiterrorist operations in the North Caucasus and in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict in August 2008,” said a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry.
In operation, the Tu-22М3 can be used with more than ten weapon variants. Moreover, the transition from one version of weapons (missile, bomber, or mixed) to another is provided in operation as soon as possible. Conducting tactical flight exercises using Tu-22М3 in various regions of the country showed that the aircraft can be operated from operational aerodromes with minimal expenditure on the preparation of equipment and weapons.
“All this makes it possible to effectively use the complex in any theater of operations, in various latitudes and climatic zones, both at the base and at the operational airfields,” the official representative of the Ministry of Defense said.
The first flight of the Tu-22М3 made 35 years ago, 20 June 1977 year. After completing the flight test program, the Tu-22М3 was launched from 1978 onwards into mass production, which was discontinued in 1993. Since 1991, under the program of small modernization of the serial Tu-22M3, a new flight navigation system and rocket control system have been introduced weapons, said the representative of the Ministry of Defense.


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In January 1820, John Preston, Comptroller of His Majesty’s Customs in Great Yarmouth, published The Picture of Yarmouth, an illustrated account of the public establishments in the town. This book became an important historical and cultural reference for Great Yarmouth. His words have resonated down the centuries and the book’s illustrations
have been constantly reproduced in other works and adorn the walls of both homes and hotels in Great Yarmouth even today.
In 2018, the society was successful in its bid to the Heritage Fund to commemorate the bi-centennial of its publication. The Picture of Yarmouth book, published by the society in 2021, is one of the outcomes of that project.
How to Purchase The Picture of Yarmouth: 200 Years of Built Heritage
Hardback edition (RRP £15 + p&p)
online from Bittern Books: https://bitternbooks.co.uk/product/the-picture-of-yarmouth/?bbaf=234
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African leaders on Sunday endorsed a new roadmap that will see Malaria eliminated from across the continent by 2030.
The roadmap dubbed Catalytic Framework to end AIDS, TB and Eliminate Malaria in Africa by 2030, was adopted during a meeting held on the sidelines of the African Union summit that is underway here in Kigali.
The meeting was held under the auspices of the the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA).
President Idriss Deby Itno of Chad, the current Chair of the AU and of ALMA, urged leaders to redouble their efforts to sustain existing donor funding and ramp up domestic resources to ensure the success of the roadmap and implementation of innovative health solutions to eliminate malaria.
“Today, Africa’s leaders have again shown their commitment to the fight to end malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB by adopting the Catalytic Framework to end AIDS, TB and Eliminate Malaria by 2030 with clear targets and milestones.
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Brake for Breakfast!October 22, 2012
A Breast Cancer Awareness Event
Friday, October 26th, 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Waynesburg Yamaha Parking Lot
The Brake for Breakfast event will take place at the Waynesburg Yamaha Parking Lot located at the intersection of Elm Drive and Route 21. Drive through for a free to-go breakfast, breast cancer information and a chance to win prizes.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — UAB officials have issued an "all clear," as the active shooter situation has ended. Officials are conducting a secondary search to ensure no further threat.
The active shooter situation at UAB Highlands is over, and UAB Police have issued an all clear. Shooter has been subdued. Updates to follow.— UAB (@UABNews) March 15, 2018
Two people were shot during an active shooter situation at UAB Highlands hospital, Birmingham Police confirm.
Police say the suspect is down. The extent of the victims' injuries is currently unknown, as this is a fluid situation.
Law enforcement have asked the public to avoid the area, but students are no longer being asked to shelter in place.
This is a breaking news story which will be updated with additional details as they are available.


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Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and NAFSA: Association of International Educators today applauded the introduction of the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Act by U.S. Senators Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.). The bipartisan bill would vastly expand study abroad opportunities for U.S. undergraduate students and increase the share of students who graduate with study abroad experience.
Despite opinion polls that indicate more than three-quarters of Americans believe it is important for children to learn other languages, study abroad, and attend a college where they can interact with international students, there is growing concern about Americans’ lack of preparedness in engaging and communicating with the world today, particularly when only less than 2 percent of U.S. college undergraduates study abroad each year.
“The United States needs to vastly and rapidly increase the number and diversity of its students studying abroad. The Simon Act would help do exactly that,” said APLU President Peter McPherson, who served as Chair of the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Commission. “Study abroad experience is indispensable in today’s global economy. And crucially, the Simon bill would increase the number of students studying in non-traditional countries, especially in the developing world. We thank Senators Durbin and Wicker for their work crafting bipartisan legislation that would significantly strengthen America’s economic and strategic standing in the world through more skilled, globally fluent college graduates.”
“This legislation is mission-critical to America’s efforts to secure its economic future and launch a new era in our country’s global engagement,” said NAFSA: Association of International Educators Executive Director and CEO Marlene M. Johnson. “To become more globally competitive and to build partnerships around the world, we urgently need Americans with a much deeper understanding of and ability to communicate with the world beyond our shores.
Cross-cultural competency and global experience are widely recognized as essential skills in today’s job market and the keys to innovation in the global economy. We need to invest wisely in our colleges and universities, and therefore our students, to meet these national needs. We applaud Senators Durbin and Wicker for their strong leadership and urge Congress to act quickly to advance this very important and visionary bill.”
The concept of the legislation is based on the recommendations put forth by the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program and the vision of the late distinguished Senator Paul Simon whose fundamental belief was that a global experience should be part of every student’s education and that Americans must know more about the diverse world in which we live.
The Simon Act stresses the critical importance of preparing America’s college students with the foreign language skills and cross-cultural competencies necessary to be prepared for the global economy. It sets out the goal that in 10 years, one million American undergraduate students, fully representative of the college demographic, will study abroad annually on quality programs in locations across the globe, particularly in the developing world.
Under this cost-effective model, higher education institutions could apply for competitive grants, individually or in consortium, to help them institute programs that would expand access for study abroad across the country. A report NAFSA recently released, “Moving the Needle: Leveraging Innovation for Institutional Change in Study Abroad,” found that even the act of applying for a leveraging grant encouraged colleges and universities to make a more long-term, sustainable investment in study abroad.
The Simon Act would encourage higher education institutions to address the on-campus factors that most heavily impact study abroad participation – curriculum, faculty involvement, institutional leadership, and programming – by making a commitment to institutional reform a prerequisite for access to federal funds. The legislation would create a national program within the Department of Education to establish study abroad as the norm, not the exception, for undergraduate students. By leveraging institutional reform, the bill aims to democratize study abroad in the United States and to make it an integral part of the 21st-century education of American college students.
Legislation to establish this program has been introduced in two previous Congresses. The bill was passed twice by the House and introduced in the Senate by Senator Richard Durbin (D – Ill.) and it has enjoyed strong bipartisan support.
APLU and NAFSA are joined by a growing number of organizations that support the Simon legislation, including Partners of the Americas, the American Association of Community Colleges, the Association of American Universities, the American Council on Education, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, and the Forum on Education Abroad.


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Scuba Gear Reviews by Robert Peterson
NAUI Snorkeling For Kids DVD Kit
Rating: Great way to get kids started 02/16/2007
My kids love snorkeling while we dive. THis was a way to educate them and introduce them to the skills they should know for snorkeling and of course to prepare them for scuba in the future.
NAUI Nitrox Diver Online eLearning Educational System
Rating: Great Educational Kit 02/16/2007
The NAUI Nitrox education kit comes in a nice package and contains the book and dive tables for recreational NITROX diving.

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LG is expected to unveil the Optimus 3D smartphone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona soon, but we can all get a sneak peek earlier thanks to a leaked commercial.
Published by Pocket-lint, the very dramatic promo reveals the look of the new smartphone, including a 3D display and dual cameras. I think we all could have guessed that 3D would be implemented somewhere on this smartphone given the placement of "3D" in the product name.
Nevertheless, it's a short and fun clip. Hopefully the Optimus 3D can live up to its promises, such as being a "smartphone that sees the world like we do."
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With the release of New York Times reporter Michael Moss’s new book, “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us,” and his Feb. 24 New York Times Magazine article adapted from the book, new questions are being raised about how food industry is preparing addictive products loaded with salt, sugar and fat – including products such as Lunchables.
On the other side of that equation is David Dukcevich, one of the third-generation of family owners of Daniele Foods in Pascoag, making dry-cured gourmet meat products in a traditional manner.
His products are available through Farm Fresh Rhode Island, at Persimmons Market and at Farmstead market and restaurant, and at Dave’s Markets, among others/
Providence Business News asked Dukcevich to talk about the economic and health business drivers of his enterprise, which is branded as “food, family and passion.”
PBN: What are the processes used by Daniele Foods for your local brand of finely cured Italian deli meats that make them healthier than other forms of processed meats?
DUKCEVICH: All of our products are gluten-free. Also, unlike most salamis in the market, our local line doesn’t use ingredients like MSG, Sodium Ascorbate, BHA, BHT and other chemicals. Always check the ingredients statements of your food! When you see those ingredients appear, put that product down.
PBN: What are the economic benefits of locally supported agriculture, from your perspective?
DUKCEVICH: The biggest economic benefit of our local line is that we buy pork from local hog farmers. This added business will hopefully allow farmers to invest in their land and equipment.
The best thing about this project, if it works, is that it is based on a sustainable business model. There’s no charity involved. We pay the farmers for their hogs, we use those hogs to make and sell our salamis, which will then enable us to buy more hogs.
PBN: How would you recommend that your finely cured Italian deli meats be integrated into a healthy diet?
DUKCEVICH: I always pair our charcuterie with fruits and vegetables. In the summer I eat prosciutto with melon and figs.
Capocollo is delicious when wrapped around roasted asparagus. I love dicing salami and using it as a salad topping.
And our pancetta, i.e. Italian bacon, is great when wrapped around seafood; I like wrapping it around shrimp and grilling it.
We had Johnson & Wales chef instructor Ray McCue develop healthy recipes for us, which you can find on our website, www.danielefoods.com.
PBN: What are the different kinds of products that you make? Are they all made from traditional recipes?
DUKCEVICH: We make about 20 different products, the core being prosciutto, salami, sopressata, pancetta, mortadella and bresaola. Everything is based on ancient recipes. The very first product we ever made was a Hungarian Salame. My grandmother Carolina would smoke it and use paprika. We still make that one!
PBN: Are you planning to collaborate with other local farmers and food producers in projects, such as Farm Fresh Rhode Island?
DUKCEVICH: We already are working with local farmers and Farm Fresh Rhode Island, and we hope to do more with each. We’ve invested a lot of time and effort in this project and we hope it will turn out to be a success. Support local business!

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Hartz Mountain Industries Buys Prime Baltimore-Washington Corridor Industrial Asset for $18.7M
- Jul 14, 2014
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
Another industrial property has recently changed hands in the Greater Baltimore area. Last week we reported about several acquisitions in the submarkets located to the north of I-95 where the industrial market is performing very well. Now, it’s the Baltimore-Washington Corridor’s turn to make the headlines.
Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., one of the largest private real estate owners and developers in the U.S., has expanded its portfolio of industrial assets with the acquisition of a warehouse in Hanover. CBRE Global Investors, LLC sold the property for $18.71 million. CBRE Senior Vice Presidents Jonathan Beard, Bo Cashman and Ed Harris worked together to represent the owners in the transaction.
The Class A industrial property is located on 20 acres of land, at 7448 Candlewood Road. It offers 278,586 square feet of space, 28-foot clear heights, loading on three sides, parking for about 330 cars, and ample truck courts. The warehouse is currently occupied by Coca-Cola Refreshments USA Inc., but the beverage company plans to vacate by fall.
“Industrial investors are now focused on finding value-add opportunities in core markets, and the Baltimore-Washington Corridor is no exception. Pricing for the market’s stabilized industrial assets exceed 2007 levels, and opportunities such as 7448 Candlewood, where a re-tenanting initiative is needed, are highly desired,” CBRE Senior Vice President Jonathan Beard said in a press statement.
CBRE reports that demand for industrial space in the Baltimore area has remained flat in Q2 2014, although the overall vacancy rate decreased 0.3% since Q1, to 8.9%. Compared to the previous quarter, the Baltimore-Washington Corridor saw an increase in renewals. The overall vacancy for warehouse properties in the submarket was 11.8% at the end of Q2. For flex properties it was 8.3%.
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Gene Seymour says Tony Scott films were adrenaline shots injected into the audience
He says scholars will see them as emblematic of jittery U.S. mindset at dawn of 21st century
He says films' protagonists -- Washington, Cruise among them -- faced impossible deadlines
Seymour: Few could orchestrate maddening elements into metal rock flow like Scott
Editor’s Note: Gene Seymour is a film critic who has written about music, movies and culture for The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post.
Can I level with you? The guy made me nervous. All those flashy jump cuts and strobe-like visual progressions from one scene to another! I don’t go to movies to make myself more nervous. I go to movies to slow time down or make it vanish altogether.
The movies of Tony Scott, who jumped to his death Sunday from a bridge in Los Angeles, were high, hard adrenaline shots injected into the audience’s collective nervous system to make time (and your head) explode. His name on the credits virtually assured the moviegoer of a ride that rivaled Disney World’s Space Mountain for gut-wrenching, head-spinning thrills that would leave you wobbly at the end.
They weren’t to everyone’s taste – and not always to mine. And yet, I am altogether certain that over the next several decades, Scott’s movies will be among the very first pored over by cinema scholars tracing the development of the action-movie genre, cultural historians seeking clues as to the jittery mood swings of the American mindset at the turn of the 21st century and aspiring filmmakers who simply want to know how the hell he mesmerized people in the first place. Establishing Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington as action movie icons, however considerable (or unlikely) that achievement, isn’t even half of Scott’s legacy.
Unlike his older brother Ridley, whose credits roamed the categorical countryside from science fiction (“Blade Runner,” “Alien”) to period adventure (“Gladiator,” “Kingdom of Heaven”) to contemporary bloodbaths ("American Gangster,” “Black Hawk Down”), Tony Scott maintained a signature style throughout his career that arguably yielded a steadier rate of success.
His first feature, the 1983 erotic vampire mood piece “The Hunger,” ended up a relative anomaly (except in sheer style) to such high-octane thrill machines as “Top Gun” (1986), “Revenge” (1990), “The Last Boy Scout” (1991), “True Romance” (1993), “Crimson Tide” (1995), “Enemy of the State” (1998), “Man on Fire” (2004), “Domino” (2005), “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3” (2009) and “Unstoppable” (2010).
Most of these movies – and their protagonists – were governed by seemingly impossible deadlines. To watch “Last Boy Scout,” “Crimson Tide,” “Enemy of the State,” “Pelham” and “Unstoppable” is to feel pressed for time. Their heroes had no time to think, and neither did you. Propulsion, urgency, energy-for-the-sake-of-its-expenditure were the only guiding principles of Scott’s movies, and yet as you were pressed against your seat by their momentum, you somehow couldn’t help being transfixed by the images.
The change of each frame from oily to sooty, from sleek to parched, from cramped to wide-open, seemed at once abrupt and flowing. Maybe the din and distortions weren’t your flagon of grog. But few filmmakers before or since have been able to consistently orchestrate such maddening elements into a metal rock flow.
Having a good script always helps – and Quentin Tarantino’s contributions to both “True Romance” and “Crimson Tide” make those the Tony Scott movies that the smarty-pants critics like to single out. “Top Gun” will remain the first thing people mention when they mention his name, and there’s a lot to be said for the charm and efficiency of the relatively laid-back but no less riveting “Unstoppable.” (It’s almost as if he was starting to calm down at last.)
But grump that I am, the Scott movie I’m going to single out for special scrutiny is one of his least successful – at least, financially.
“Domino,” whose story was inspired by the real-life adventures of a movie star’s daughter turned bounty hunter (played by Keira Knightley) is one of the more subversive action epics ever made, precisely because of the things that drive you crazy about it: set pieces that make you dizzy and giddy at the same time, patchwork plot devices that literally veer all over the map, lighting and scenery oozing raw menace and hyperbolic performances that somehow stay fixed on the narrative core.
I didn’t always enjoy it as I was watching it. But parts of it stuck with me long afterward. I could say the same for most of Tony Scott’s films – and, for that matter, his entire career.
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After increasing the PlayStation 5 price in other regions, Indians will also have to spend more to buy a PS5 console. For now, only the PS5 console – both the disc and digital versions – have gone up in price and accessories such as the DualSense controller, charging dock and PS5 HD camera are still sold at their current MSRP.
On Sony India’s ShopAtSc website, the PlayStation 5 console now shows the updated MSRP of Rs 54,990 for the disc console and Rs 44,990 for the digital console. Accessories, including the PS5 DualSense controller, HD camera, Pulse 3D headphones and PS5 DualSense charging dock, will still be sold at the current suggested retail price of Rs 5,990, Rs 5,190, Rs 8,590 and Rs 2,590 respectively.
While there has been no official communication from Sony India, and unless the new price on the ShopAtSc website is a pricing error (unlikely), it’s more than clear that the company is waiting for the God of War Ragnarok launch on November 9 before it releases. makes the new price official.
The price increase is in line with other regions around the world, including Europe, Middle East, Canada and more. However, there is speculation that the price hike may not have a long-term effect on PS5 sales in India.
The development also comes right after the rival brand’s Xbox Series X took a third price hike in India. The Xbox Series X now costs Rs 55,990 in India.
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The Secretary-General is shocked and deeply saddened by reports that a ship carrying as many as 700 migrants and refugees has capsized off the Libyan coast.
This tragedy is just the latest in a line of incidents in the last week, in which hundreds of other migrants and refugees are reported to have died. These are urgent reminders of the critical need for a robust search and rescue capacity in the Mediterranean. The Secretary-General encourages European Member States and the European Union to accelerate their ongoing efforts to comprehensively address the plight of those seeking refuge within their borders.
With record numbers fleeing war and persecution, more people are trying to reach Europe by boat and more lives are being lost. At least 3,500 people died in 2014 and if today’s figures are confirmed, they bring the number of those who have died so far in 2015 to some 1,600. This makes the Mediterranean the world’s deadliest route used by asylum seekers and migrants.
The international response to this must be comprehensive and collective. The challenge concerns not only improved rescue at sea and access to protection. It is how to ensure the right to asylum of the growing number of people worldwide fleeing war who need refuge and safe haven. Their journeys are fraught with risks including discrimination, violence and exploitation, and they urgently need our protection during their hour of greatest need.
The Secretary-General recognizes the heavy impact the arrival of so many migrants has on Italy and is grateful to the Government of Italy for all its efforts. The Secretary-General appeals to the international community for solidarity and burden-sharing in the face of this crisis.


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WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman of the House Oversight panel on Thursday formally invited President Joe Biden to testify before his committee as a part of its impeachment probe.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who leads the committee, proposed in a letter Thursday that Biden appear on April 16, and cited testimony at a public hearing last week from former business associates of Hunter Biden — Tony Bobulinski and Jason Galanis. Comer said their testimony contradicted statements the president has made about his involvement in his son’s business dealings. He first announced his plans to invite the president to testify at the end of that hearing, which also included former Ukrainian businessman Lev Parnas.
“In light of the yawning gap between your public statements and the evidence assembled by the Committee, as well as the White House’s obstruction, it is in the best interest of the American people for you to answer questions from Members of Congress directly, and I hereby invite you to do so,” Comer wrote.
The proposed testimony would come at a pivotal moment for Biden’s main 2024 challenger, former President Donald Trump. The trial for Trump’s New York criminal case is set to begin a day earlier, on April 15.
Comer’s letter specifically cites President Gerald Ford’s testimony before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the House Judiciary Committee in 1974 as precedent.
In response, the White House pointed to a post on X from spokesman Ian Sams last week when Comer made the public announcement that he planned to invite Biden to testify.
“Comer knows 20+ witnesses have testified that POTUS did nothing wrong,” Sams said in the post. “He knows that the hundreds of thousands of pages of records he’s received have refuted his false allegations. This is a sad stunt at the end of a dead impeachment. Call it a day, pal.”
Democrats on the Oversight panel wrote on X Thursday that Republicans “couldn’t find an impeachable offense,” and called evidence in the probe “comically distorted and twisted.”
“The GOP impeachment inquiry has been a circus. Time to fold up the tent,” they wrote.
Bobulinski and Galanis testified during a hearing last week that the president participated in schemes to help Hunter Biden’s businesses, which the White House has denied.
“The public is left with two irreconcilable narratives. The first — asserted by you — is that you did not engage in influence peddling in exchange for payments to your family,” Comer wrote on Thursday. “The second — asserted by witnesses and a body of evidence I will briefly review below — is that you were indeed involved in these pay-for-influence schemes.”
Comer’s letter pointed to loans Biden made prior to his presidency to his brother, James Biden. The president’s brother last month testified behind closed doors that the loans were “short-term” and quickly repaid.
Comer also said the committee has testimony saying the president “regularly joined meetings by speakerphone” with his son and his business associates. Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, testified in July that the president joined roughly 20 calls with his son and associates, but that they were brief conversations that did not address official business. Archer also testified that he was not aware of any wrongdoing by the president.
Parnas, who was invited to appear as a witness by Democrats on the committee, testified last week that there was no evidence of Biden family corruption involving Ukraine and that the Russian government had pushed the false claims. He later told NBC News in an interview that the Republican-led hearings were “pushing the same Russian narrative and propaganda.”
House Republicans have repeatedly taken aim at Hunter Biden as part of their impeachment inquiry into his father, which has not provided any evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the president.
The Republican-led probe faced a significant setback last month when former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, whose claims played a major role in igniting the probe, was indicted and accused of feeding false information to the FBI about Biden and his son during the 2020 presidential campaign.
In his own closed-door deposition with the House Oversight and Judiciary committees last month as part of the impeachment inquiry, Hunter Biden testified that he did not involve his father in his business dealings, and condemned the probe as a “baseless and destructive political charade” based on “MAGA-motivated conspiracies.”
Rebecca Kaplan reported from Washington and Zoë Richards from New York.
This article was originally published on NBCNews.com


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Underrated album of the year 2015 Archives - Producers United
2015 Best Produced Album Of The Year – Add-2’s “Prey For The Poor”
October 3, 2015
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The Ministry of Transport has approved an increase in the speed limits on the HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway and Thang Long Boulevard and Belt Road No.3 in Ha Noi.
Vehicles can now travel at up to 120 kilometres on these roads.
Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Sai Gon)
Viet Nam sends 83,000 guest workers abroad
More than 83,360 guest workers went abroad to work in the last nine months, meaning 95 per cent of this year's target has been achieved, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs' Overseas Labour Management Department.
In September more than 9,600 workers left, including 5,420 for Taiwan.
Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times)
Delta province earmarks US$9m for wetlands
The Tram Chim National Park in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap has assigned top priority to the conservation of 57 endangered species, including 17 aquatic creatures and 32 waterfowl species besides eight species of plants.
Nguyen Van Hung, the park's director, said the province approved a programme for conservation and sustainable development of the wetlands ecosystem at a cost of more than VND207 billion (US$9.85 million) in 2013-20.
The project will focus on protecting the red-headed crane and the 32 waterfowl species besides other endangered animals.
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The Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC) is collaborating with Nasdaq Dubai on a scheme to cement Dubai’s status as a domicile for sukuk issuance.
The DIEDC was established in 2013 as part of Dubai’s “capital of Islamic economy” initiative. In April 2017, Dubai’s sukuk issuance reached $53.1 billion, the highest in the world.
The plans were announced at a session attended by Dubai dignitaries including the crown prince and chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
The proposals include introducing more retail instruments for individuals to invest in the sukuk market and a pledge for Nasdaq Dubai and the DIEDC to provide more technical support for the issuing and listing of sukuk.
The UAE’s minister of economy and chairman of the DIEDC, Sultan bin Saeed Al Maktoum, said sukuk have become a preferred instrument for financing international development projects because of the “respect for the ethics of economic activity” and a basis on “the principle of contribution rather than debt pressure”.
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New identity for the architecture studio Peris + Toral Arquitectes. Based on a radical simplicity, the identity seeks to inhabit space with minimal elements. The concept is focus on keywords such as habitability, simplicity, honesty, radicality, austerity and timelessness, which define very accurately the work and trajectory of the catalan architecture studio.
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This appealing, youthful wine wraps bright raspberry fruit in a fragrant blanket of toasty oak. It's lively, detailed and impeccably fresh, with the balance to age gracefully through at least 2021.
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Paul Gregutt is a Contributing Editor for Wine Enthusiast magazine, a founding member of the magazine’s Tasting Panel, and reviews the wines of Oregon and Canada. The author of the critically-acclaimed Washington Wines & Wineries—The Essential Guide, he consulted on the Pacific Northwest entries in current versions of The World Atlas of Wine and The Oxford Companion to Wine.

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ArticleStover, MarkOver the past 25 years, evangelical Christian authors have written dozens of popular novels across a spectrum of genres that have one theme in common: Jewish characters interacting with Christians during and after the Holocaust. In this paper, I will . . .
PresentationFictional Jews at the end of time: conversion narratives and Jewish suffering in evangelical apocalyptic novelsStover, MarkThis paper analyzes contemporary evangelical apocalyptic fiction with respect to the portrayal of Jews and Judaism. It examines thirty-eight novels published in the United States between 1991 and 2008. The author concludes that these novels, which inc . . .
ArticleMeasuring Information Fluency Instruction: Ethical Use of Images in Engineering Student PresentationsJanssen, AmberThis paper presents a study examining the ethical use of images by students in presentations given for a Mechanical Engineering senior lab course. The objective of this research project was to determine if, and to what extent, integrating information . . .

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Taking a JR train to Naruto, and bus to the port for the Whirlpool sightseeing boats, and enjoy a cruise.
Going to a resort hotel, Aoawo Naruto Resort, to have a wonderful buffet style lunch.
Also, visit the Otsuka Museum of Art and see life-size art ceramic reproductions of the world’s famous artworks, including a full-scale replica of the Sistine Chapel.
Taking a bus to return to JR Tokushima Station.
*The schedule for the whirlpool tour depends on the time at which the tide changes, and it may be done in the morning or afternoon. The itinerary might have to be changed to accommodate this.

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SHARP & Acura
A well-honed performance car and a sharp-shifting manual transmission were synonymous back in the ‘90s. Whether it was a high horsepower supercar tackling the Nordschleife or a tuned hatchback buzzing around Main street, it’s a good bet the driver was rowing through the gears on their own. Today, manual transmissions are a dying breed, but cars like the new 2023 Acura Integra are keeping that old-school analog spirit alive.
Of course, when Acura revived the fan-favourite nameplate, giving it a manual transmission was a no-brainer. The new Acura Integra joins a long line of stick-shift-equipped sports cars and has a lot to live up to. Three pedals and a shifter are necessities with ancestors like this.
The First Integra
The original Integra embodied the true spirit of a pared-down, front-wheel-drive sports car. Like the new Integra, the first model in 1986 came with a manual transmission (arriving in the Canadian market in 1987), boosting the driver’s experience by requiring that little extra involvement. It was an instant classic amongst enthusiasts and the main source of inspiration for the newest member of the family.
The Integra GS-R
In ‘92, the Integra GS-R was one of the first cars to get Variable Valve Timing technology, more famously known as VTEC. Using the lightweight Integra as a foundation, Acura set about improving power delivery. Instead of using forced induction like its rivals, VTEC allowed the Integra engine to change its cam profile and boost horsepower at higher RPMs. There are few better things in the world than having the VTEC kick in and then shifting gears at a lofty 8,400 RPM.
The Mighty NSX
With a name like New Sportscar eXperimental (NSX), Acura knew it had an engineering masterpiece on its hands. Lightweight, analog, powered by a 3.0-litre V6 attached to a five-speed manual, and developed with input from Ayrton Senna himself, the NSX was the giant killer of its time.
As the spiritual successor to the Integra, the RSX carried the torch for the peppy FWD two-door sports car in the Acura family. The RSX gained modern styling with softer edges but maintained the approachable performance and character that made the Integra such a hit.
The Integra Type R
The Integra Type R is easily the pinnacle of the previous Integra model range, as it builds on an exceptionally balanced and sharp-handling platform. In Type R guise, weight is reduced, suspension is tightened, brakes are upgraded, and its engine received a host of improvements as well. Its engine now revved up north of 8,000 RPM, making 195 horsepower in North American specification — the Japanese market version hit 200. From 1997 to 2002, the Integra Type R dominated the SPEED Touring Car Championship, capturing 23 race wins, five Drivers’ Championships, and four Manufacturer Championships. With a pedigree like that, they Type R is hard to ignore when visiting this list.
Photos courtesy of Acura Canada


Mike & Jennifer Tour The Newly Renovated State CapitolRenovations of the Minnesota State Capitol wrapped up earlier this year, but the party is this weekend.
Minnesota Adds 22 All-Electric Cars To State FleetThe Minnesota Department of Administration announced Thursday that it’s added 22 all-electric Chevy Volts to its ranks.
Lt. Gov. Tina Smith Visits Cuba To Build Agricultural RelationshipThe lieutenant governor of Minnesota has become the first U.S. state official to make an official visit to Cuba since President Donald Trump announced the new U.S. policy toward the island.
Lt. Gov. Tina Smith To Go To Cuba Amid Trump Policy ChangesDays after the president announced new travel restrictions with Cuba, Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith is headed there.
Lt. Gov. Tina Smith: I Won't Run For GovernorMinnesota's lieutenant governor says she will not be seeking the state's highest office.
Dayton Administration Proposes 50 Percent Renewable Energy By 2030Minnesota's current standard, enacted 10 years ago under Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, set a goal of 25 percent by 2025.
Walleye Fishing Season Gets Off To A Chilly StartMinnesota's walleye season is off to a chilly start. Temperatures in the 20s and 30s, and even snow flurries in some places, greeted anglers as they took to the lakes and rivers on Saturday morning. Freeze warnings and frost advisories were out for a large part of Minnesota.
Lt. Gov. Smith Tours Water System With Southern Minnesota Town's MayorThe lieutenant governor says the water supply in Minnesota needs a major makeover. Tina Smith, along with Gov. Dayton, want $220 million for the project.
Dayton Talks Iron Range, Economy, Racial Inequality In State Of The StateGov. Mark Dayton delivered his 6th State of the State address Wednesday evening at an unusual location.
Police Arrest Man Suspected In Burglaries, Mosque VandalismMinneapolis police arrested a 56-year-old man they say was involved in a series of burglaries, including one that included vandalism at a mosque. Police say Edward Zahi Moses Saad has been taken into custody.
Governor Dayton Visits Islamic Center After BurglariesGovernor Mark Dayton and Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith visited the Umatul Islam Center in south Minneapolis Sunday morning. Last Wednesday, that center was burglarized and doors and windows were broken.
Rubio Brings Campaign To Minneapolis; DFL Leaders Gather For Clinton EventOne week before the Minnesota caucus, Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio is visiting Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon. The senator from Florida spoke to about 1,600 people at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis before heading to Michigan.


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This is the list that I used to beat Dagdan. I was having difficulty beating him with Yellow Flyers, so I made a ranged deck with bargain effects.
The goal is to set up a ranged attacker and protect it with War Yak and Exalted Ogre. Both the Yak and Ogre are great because they’re not “double-red” costed and can be easily cast to defend your orb the turn after Dagdan nukes your lands. They’re incredibly sturdy as well, and can withstand most of Dagdan’s attackers.
Bargain effects help you cast Boulder Thrower and Siege Engine, as well as Hellfire to nuke Dagdan’s creatures (and Dagdan himself). The deck can outlast Dagdan and will deck him out, thus giving you the win.
Note: Dagdan nukes lands after every third turn. Most of the time, you only need 2 lands in play. So it’s much more economical to tick the +1 faeria every third turn instead of dropping land/s.
Land type(s): Neutral, Mountain
Faeria cost: 5.2
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2x WAR YAK (5f)
3x KOBOLD WARLORD (7f 1M)
3x UNDERGROUND BOSS (5f 2M)
3x EXALTED OGRE (5f 1M)
2x BOLD BARGAINER (7f 2M)
1x SEIFER, BLOOD TYRANT (5f 2M)
3x BOULDER THROWER (7f 1M)
3x FLAME BURST (3f 2M)
3x SEIFER’S WRATH (2f 2M)
3x OGRE DANCE (4f 2M)
3x HELLFIRE (7f 2M)

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Red Hat, the largest Linux vendor, and Ubuntu-maker Canonical have both rejected calls from Microsoft to forge a deal similar to the one the Redmond giant signed with Linux distributors Novell, Xandros, and Linspire.
Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical's CEO, said in a blog posting on Saturday, that Canonical has declined to talk to Microsoft about any agreement that provides legal protection to Ubuntu users related to "unspecified patents".
"Allegations of 'infringement of unspecified patents' carry no weight whatsoever. We don't think they have any legal merit, and they are no incentive for us to work with Microsoft on any of the wonderful things we could do together," he wrote.
Shuttleworth said these patent agreements create "a false sense of security" and do not effectively protect the user from a patent suit from a big company like Microsoft.
Canonical is a commercial company that sponsors free-software projects and provides services for the Ubuntu Linux distribution.
Following Microsoft's wide-ranging deal with Novell last fall, Microsoft in the past month has announced similar deals with Xandros and Linspire. They cover technical interoperability and offer legal indemnification to some customers who use those Linux distributions.
Microsoft has not yet sued any of those companies but has said it has identified 235 Microsoft patents on which Linux infringes.
Last week, Microsoft's general manager of interoperability and standards, Tom Robertson, said Microsoft is eager to extend these types of arrangements to other Linux and open-source companies, calling it an "issue of coexistence".
No deal between Microsoft and leading commercial Linux distributor Red Hat has happened. After the announcement of Microsoft's Novell contract, Red Hat said it would not pay an "innovation tax" to Microsoft.
Red Hat remains unmoved
Red Hat said there would be no such deal. Referring to previous statements distancing itself from Microsoft, the company insisted: "Red Hat's standpoint has not changed."
The company referenced a statement written when Microsoft revealed it was partnering with Novell, saying that its position remained unaltered. Red Hat director of corporate communications Leigh Day added: "We continue to believe that open source and the innovation it represents should not be subject to an unsubstantiated tax that lacks transparency."
Many open-source followers argue that Red Hat, as the largest Linux vendor, would have a lot to lose from partnering with Microsoft.
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Ubuntu cold on Microsoft Open XML
In the same blog post, Canonical's Shuttleworth said pursuing technical interoperability between rival document formats Office Open XML and OpenDocument -- included in the other Linux deals -- was not worth the effort. He did say Ubuntu stands to benefit from investments to improve interoperability between Linux and Windows.
"I have no confidence in Microsoft's Open XML specification to deliver a vibrant, competitive and healthy market of multiple implementations. I don't believe that the specifications are good enough, nor that Microsoft will hold itself to the specification when it does not suit the company to do so," Shuttleworth said.
OpenDocument Format, or ODF, is better, and Microsoft should improve its support for that standard, he said.
Shuttleworth did not rule out working with Microsoft in some capacity but made clear that the makeup of its existing Linux partnerships held little interest for Canonical.
"All the deals announced so far strike me as trinkets in exchange for air kisses," he said.
Linspire and Xandros
Microsoft has already made deals with Novell, Linspire and Xandros, but the latter two are much smaller companies.
Linspire will work closely with Microsoft in a number of areas, including instant messaging and Web search. Although Microsoft has said that open source infringes its patents, the software giant has agreed not to sue users of Linspire.
Microsoft's deal with Xandros, a distributor, is based on both technical and legal considerations. They will work on improving interoperability between their servers to improve systems management.
Microsoft's pact with Novell is rather more complex. The two companies are marketing each other's products and are working on product interoperability. Their pact is subject to a series of sales- and patent-related payments worth hundreds of millions of dollars.


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Our son woke up screaming at 4am and screamed until 6am.
I changed his diaper, and I tried feeding him (multiple times), then I rocked him, and I played his favorite music and I gave him Tylenol for teething. Nothing worked. And I felt like I was backed into a corner with no way out.
I raised my voice and cursed. And I messaged my husband and said “I’m about to lose my shit”. I NEVER thought I would be that kind of mom, but my emotions got the best of me.
And I failed.
I was overwhelmed and exhausted.
And I should have just put our son down and went in a different room to scream and cry, but I didn’t want to. I wanted to FIX what was wrong, but with trying to fix it came me getting even more overwhelmed.
Husband And Support
When my husband got home that night, we discussed what happened. While I was talking to him, I had tears in my eyes. He told me “as parents we can’t always fix things” and he is right. As parents, we always want to fix things and have high expectations for ourselves, but we can’t always fix everything. Some things resolve themselves and sometimes it takes time.
Getting overwhelmed sucks. Anxiety sucks. Loneliness sucks. Hormones suck.
It wasn’t my husbands fault. And it wasn’t our sons fault. It was my fault.
Postpartum Rage And Depression
I have recently been researching Postpartum Rage – which is linked to Postpartum Depression. So I decided to make a Dr appointment to discuss the potential of having it and how to cope with it. And I don’t ever want something like this to happen again. I want to be the best mom I can be.
Someone reminded me that just because you had a bad day, doesn’t make you a bad mom and they are right.
Being a mom, comes with a lot of emotions. Being a stay at home mom and a married one at that, comes with not receiving a lot of outside help. Motherhood comes with high expectations. No matter how often a mom says “I got this”, we need help.
Yesterday I had a bad day, but I am not a bad mom.
Don’t ever be ashamed to get help or confide in others. You are not alone in this battle of motherhood.

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A motorcyclist died Tuesday night in an Avra Valley wreck.
Pima County Sheriff's deputies say the crash happened at 9:15 p.m. A truck towing a trailer ran a stop sign while heading westbound on Marana Trico Road, hitting the motorcyclist, who was heading south on Trico.
The victim was 41-year-old Michael Robert. The investigation is ongoing. Impairment is not believed to be a factor in the wreck.


For his first presentation at Paris Fashion Week, South African designer Thebe Magugu created an immersive experience. Guests entered a dilapidated screening room in the basement of the Palais de Tokyo to discover mannequins wearing African masks sitting on chairs facing a screen projecting a short film.
All around the room were oversize images shot by Kristin-Lee Moolman, featuring items from the fall collection against the backdrop of the Ipopeng township in the mining town of Kimberley, where Magugu was raised. The name of the suburb translates as “beautify yourself” in Setswana.
Committed to manufacturing in Africa, the winner of the LVMH Prize for Young Designers produced just 10 looks for his “Anthro 1” fall line as he works to upskill his suppliers.
There were variations on shirtdresses — some with sheer lace insets at the elbow — and feminine pantsuits. A lilac logo trenchcoat came in a check print inspired by the tablecloth in his grandmother’s kitchen, while a shirt and cropped pants featured a stripe motif made by photocopying strips of denim.
Leather bags were handcrafted in Johannesburg and featured the brand’s new logo designed by Commission Studio in London. An emblem of sisterhood, it shows the silhouettes of two seated women facing each other and holding hands.
Also new this season were knit dresses and scarves produced in Cape Town. In one image, Annah Seroalo modeled a green-and-white ribbed version in the dining room of Magugu’s childhood home, suddenly transformed into a theater of high fashion.
The photographic project was personal and political for the designer, who noted that Ipopeng’s histories and people remain largely ignored — though that won’t stay the case for long.
Magugu was among the designers invited to the Élysée Palace on Monday night for a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron to kick off Paris Fashion Week. “That was crazy,” the designer said. “He came up to me and we spoke for quite some time.”
Macron shared some of his government’s planned projects with South Africa.
“There are so many people back home on the continent and also in South Africa across so many disciplines who are incredible at what they do, but they don’t really have that visibility, so with him looking at the continent and lifting people up, I really think that’s a win-win situation,” Magugu said.