The Economist and Forbes have both declared 2019 as “Year of the Vegan”. More and more experts are hailing the benefits of a plant-based lifestyle. There has been an explosion of new dairy free and vegan products put on the shelves.
We’re putting all the hype aside and giving you 5 reasons why people switch to a plant-based diet.
We all know that eating fruits and vegetables are great for us and can lead us to a healthier lifestyle, but just how exactly does that impact our bodies in the long-term? Is the recent hype about the wonder cure that is a plant-based diet true?
If you’ve seen documentaries like Forks Over Knives, Food Choices or What the Health, they all explore the question of the impact of animal products on our long-term health. In these documentaries, they claim that plant-based diets can reverse hypertension, type 2 diabetes and heart disease among other diseases.
Just how big of a problem are these chronic diseases? According to the World Health Organization, the top 3 causes of death globally are CAD, stroke and COPD, which together accounted for 18.2 million deaths in 2016. Diabetes also made it into the top 10 for the same year.
So what’s the link between diet and these diseases? Studies have shown that all 4 of these diseases link to our dietary choices. In these studies, consumption of animal products can lead to increased risk for chronic diseases, increased insulin resistance and links to weight gain, whereas a plant-based diet helps reduce this risks.
How do these facts, figures and studies translate into experience? Health was my reason for switching to a plant-based diet, and it’s one of the many that I’m still eating this way for almost 2 years now. As someone who didn’t have any glaring health issues when I switched, I still have great health benefits including more energy, better workouts and faster muscle recovery times. If you’re an athlete, you can check out how switching to a plant-based diet impacted my performance here.
However, I’d like to share my partner’s experience, who actually saw a powerful change in his health. At 23, Jeff was a regular weight lifter at the gym. He trained consistently, focused his diet on protein (chicken primarily) and stayed away from junk foods. Even on the stereotypical weightlifter brown rice and plain chicken diet, he could not seem to escape his family history of heart disease, which seemed to be apparent in his blood work. At 23 years old, doctors were already advising him to go on preventative medicine, despite having a clean diet and working out regularly. After switching to a plant-based diet and completely eliminating all animal products from his diet, Jeff (now 30) was able to completely erase all evidence of heart disease in 6 months, returning blood work with optimal or near optimal levels in all categories.
If you’re looking to switch to a plant-based diet for either disease prevention or reversal, it’s stories like Jeff’s that prove it is possible. If you’re looking for more stories, I would highly recommend watching Forks Over Knives, in which they detail how two individuals were able to eliminate their chronic diseases by using this diet.
Whenever you’re switching diets, it’s very important to make sure it’s done under the supervision of a medical professional to make sure that you’re doing it safely, even more so when health issues are involved.
Eating plant-based can not only be great for you and the animals around you, but also the environment as a whole. It seems that almost every day we’re confronting with the growing mounds of plastics in the ocean, loss of animal habitats and the polar ice caps melting at an alarming right. While these changes did not happen overnight, there are certain things that you can do to help slow emissions. Other than bringing your own shopping bags to the supermarket, shaving a few minutes off your shower and reducing your waste among other things, eating plant-based can be a great way to help fight climate change.
Since the rise in popularity of veganism and plant-based diets, more and more scientific research has come to light about the effects of a plant-based diet not only on your health, but the environment as well. According to a study done by Oxford University, eating vegan can cause up to a 73% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Why is the impact of our dietary choices so severe on emissions? Until recently, the effect of the agricultural sector on the environment has often been overlooked. As Dana Hunnes at UCLA points out, the domestic raising of animals (also known as animal husbandry) produces more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector in a single year. While the figure is slightly less than the global average for the United States according to the EPA, animal products do certainly contribute to emissions.
Even if we’re not eating animal products, won’t we still have to use that land and possibly more for farming? According to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, approximately 30% of Earth’s land (ice-free) is used for animal husbandry, while 8% is used for crop production directly for human consumption.
Another additional factor linked to land and animal consumption is water usage. As published in the New York Times, vegetables use on average 11,300 gallons/ton, while beef needs approximately 145,000 gallons/ton and pork 120,000/ton.
Other factors associated with animal husbandry can also include deforestation as a result to clear land, disposal of animal waste and other issues impacting biodiversity.
In short, there’s a lot of evidence to suggest right now that if you want to save the planet, then switching out your animal products for plant-based alternatives can help.
3. Animal-Friendly Lifestyle
Though this may go without saying, a plant-based diet may be a great fit for animal lovers. Animal cruelty is a predominant factor as to why people switch to veganism as opposed to eating animal products.
However, veganism goes far beyond the kitchen. Though vegans and plant-based people have the same diet, vegans will not use any product that has been tested on animals or contains any animal products whatsoever. This can include leather, furs, as well as a multitude of household and beauty products. Along with the explosion of food products, there are now many other vegan alternatives for make up, skin care and other products.
4. Great Tasting Vegan Food is Not a Myth
A huge misconception about vegan food is that it doesn’t take as good or it’s just downright awful Before I switched to a plant-based diet, I was definitely guilty of believing that. In reality, it’s just like any other dish, taste relies on the quality of the ingredients, skill of the chef and of course, your personal preferences.
While we’re talking about taste, it is important to note that a lot of people undergo a change in their taste buds when switching to a plant-based diet. If you’ve ever seen Forks Over Knives, Food Choices or various other vegan documentaries, experts mention how your taste buds become more intune with the natural flavors of food. One example often mentioned is how a carrot tastes. While eating animal products, a carrot often tastes...well like a carrot. It’s not really anything special on its own. After switching up your eating to a plant-based diet, you can absolutely taste the natural sweetness. It almost tastes like dessert it’s that sweet - no joke.
I’ve personally had the so-called carrot experience and noticed a huge shift in my food cravings. I was no longer craving cheese and chocolate, but baby spinach and oranges. When you’re switching to a plant-based diet, it’s important to note that your food preferences may change and may find a dish that you previously didn’t like now is making a recurring appearance in your meal plan.
So, my point in all of this is to keep an open mind in your food preferences, experiment and just have fun creating your food.
For those of you who are still on the fence or maybe know that a full-out plant-based lifestyle isn’t for you, vegan food can still be great tasting. I’ve made many holiday dishes or even just food for get together with my animal-product eating friends, and they’ve really enjoy it. So, please don’t feel like vegan food has to be a polarizing experience.
5. Get Creative
Experimenting with plant-based meals does not necessarily mean that you need to stop eating animal products all together. Whether you’re just trying one dish or looking for your next “meatless Monday” inspiration, cooking plant-based foods can be a great way to get creative and vary up your diet. For seasoned vegans and plant-based people, we also need to expand our pallets every so often and get a little creative.
When I first started out, I thought it was going to be very challenging to find ingredient combinations that were not only going to taste great, but be sustainable in terms of calories, macros and just overall feeling full. Even as someone who cooks a lot, I was really hesitant about my abilities to come up with something week after week. Once I started switching my cooking to this style, it pushed me to begin using ingredients such as lentils, chickpeas, and even nutritional yeast (I had never even heard of it before I switched to a vegan diet) that I normally would not use in my cooking.
This can also be a great opportunity for you to find a new favorite food. My partner, Jeff, is a seriously picky eater before and after deciding to eat vegan. However, this experience pushed him to try new foods, and in the process, he found his favorite new food - lentil parm. I would absolutely encourage you to explore foods that you haven’t tried before and give it a try.
Let me tell you, there are chefs out there doing some crazy amazing things to make incredible plant-based creations. If you had asked me two years ago if I would be blending up chickpea patties, I would have told you were crazy. Now, I find myself concocting up ways to make my vegan meals even more unique and of course delicious.
If you’re interested to switching to a plant-based diet or even just trying it, this is a way for you to have a lot of fun in the kitchen and find something new and interesting you like.
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Boeing and the New York Stock Exchange have pulled out of the East Asia Economic Summit to be held in Hong Kong at the end of the month. Philip Condit, chairman of the Boeing Company, and Richard Grasso, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, cancelled their trips to the SAR, said a spokeswoman for the summit's organiser, the World Economic Forum. 'For the New York Stock Exchange, you know what happened last month, so it's obvious he has to stay there. As for Boeing, I can't speak on their behalf,' she said. Mr Condit and Mr Grasso were originally co-chairs of the summit, which will be attended by Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and World Trade Organisation director-general designate Supachai Panitchpakdi. The forum has had to change its Web page regarding the event 'in these times of great uncertainty'. It said the summit would address 'the multiple regional and global challenges confronting our societies', as well as the way forward after the US terror attacks. Invest Hong Kong director-general Mike Rowse said it would also tackle the direct impact of the attacks on the world economy, particularly Asia's. Robert Broadfoot, managing director of the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, said it was not surprising the pair had pulled out. 'If you consider other meetings they also cancelled, such as the World Bank and IMF [International Monetary Fund] conferences in Washington last week, you won't put too much importance on this meeting,' he said.


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Now, in a normal year, paring down a top 10 list is a torturous process for me. This year, it was just ridiculous. Oddly enough, in some ways, having to be so ruthless with the cuts made it easier. What I've compiled below is a very
idiosyncratic list. I'll tell you right now, from an objective viewpoint, these are not necessarily the best books I read this year. There were a lot of highly acclaimed novels that I read and loved that surely deserve to be on this list more. A few examples:
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides was the 11th book on my short list. I thought it was fantastic. But it didn't effect me as strongly as some of theses others that I did choose.
And I wrote a review of The Art of Fielding, the acclaimed novel by Chad Harbach, the other night. I read the book months ago, but reflecting on the book in order to finally write the review, I realized more than ever how much I'd enjoyed reading it, and what an accomplished debut it is.
And I read Haruki Murakami's massive and impressive 1Q84 this year! And I enjoyed it so much! The language, especially, was just unbelievable. I still want to carry the tome around and make people listen to me read from it. But truthfully... It was just a little too much work to make my top 10 list.
So, what did make the cut? And how did I choose? Well, simply put, these are the books that I felt that I had the strongest response
to. Perhaps I can explain that a little better in the notes that accompany each pick. What you'll notice is that about half of these books are on every mainstream reviewers' list, and about half of them are on no one's. That seems like a good balance to me. But the single most interesting thing about this collection of titles? Seven of the ten are debut novels. Me and the NYT, we're simpatico, yo. (And we are. Three of their five fiction picks overlap my own.)
As is my tradition, only the #1 pick is ranked. The rest are in no particular order. And without stalling any further, here are my top ten books of 2011:
1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- I started hearing the buzz about this book months and months before it was published. Months before the galley was in my hands. And I believed it. I passed it on, forcing other reviewing friends to read the title before I'd ever picked it up myself. But when I finally did, wow. Magic. I've known that this would be my top pick of the year since I was about midway through the book, and when I've tried to explain how I feel about this book, I tell people, "This book didn't entertain me; it made me happier to be alive
." It's true. You can tell me that it needed more character development, or that debut novelist Morgenstern is still learning her craft, but I don't care. What an imagination! What beauty! It made me happier to be alive. And that's not just rare in books, it's rare in almost everything.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Okay, this is the pick on my list that I'm most uncomfortable with, so I may as well get this over with first. It's arguably insane to list this book rather than Eugenides, Harbach, Murakami, or any number of other serious literary novelists I read this year. This debut is not a brilliant literary work. But it is probably the most out and out fun I've had reading any book in years. It's an homage to my formative years, and it was just a nostalgic blast! Shoot me; I think reading should be fun.
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
- Okay, I'm regaining a semblance of literary street cred with this pick of this year's Man Booker Prize winner. It will be no surprise that this novella is beautifully written, but what really elevated it above other major literary works I read this year was that kick in the stomach that the novella's end evinced. Wow. I did not see that coming.
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
- I didn't love this debut novel when I started reading it. It's told in three parts, and I had a fairly mixed reaction to part one. It wasn't what I expected. It was a lot sadder, for starters. But things picked up a lot in part two. By part three, you couldn't have pried the book from my hands. by the end, I was won over completely by this quirky story full of humor and pathos. It is truly unlike anything I've read in recent memory. But more than anything, I loved the language, which was beautifully crafted and unexpected at every turn. This book has been highly polarizing among readers, who seem to have a love it or hate it response. Clearly I'm in the "love it" camp, but this won't be the only polarizing choice on my list.
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
- I'm right on the bandwagon with this one. Early in the year, this became one of the most acclaimed debut novels in recent memory, and the young author something of a wunderkind. All hype aside, I thought this was a gorgeous, beautifully-written book. Unlike some readers I know, I'm not turned off by a little magical realism. In fact, in my book it's a plus.
I'll Never Get Out of this World Alive by Steve Earle
- I was not familiar with Renaissance man Steve Earle in his incarnations as a musician, playwright, political activist, or actor. And the description of this novel's plot--dealing as it does with junkies, dealers, prostitutes, and the ghost of Hank Williams on a Texas Skid Row in the early 60--was distinctly weird and unappealing. I'm pretty sure I only picked it up because it was so short. Well, thank goodness I'm lazy! This was surely the surprise of the year. It was heart-warming, bittersweet, and uplifting. I loved it.
The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard
- This was another short debut novel to which I brought absolutely no expectations. It was also a book I read in the first week of the new year, in a single day. This is what I remember most about the experience of reading it: By the time I finished, I felt like I was going to jump out of my skin if I couldn't discuss it with someone--immediately! (This is a very rare response. And a problem; the novel had not yet been published.) This book has been compared to Eugenides' debut, The Virgin Suicides, and it is likely that had I read that novel, this one would not have affected me so powerfully. But I haven't, and it did. I thought the strange first person plural voice and structure of the novel was fascinating, effective, and beautiful.
11/22/63 by Stephen King
- As I wrote in my review of this book, it's amazing and awesome that Mr. King is still finding inventive ways to tell new stories at this stage of his career. This was just great storytelling pure entertainment. And there are few authors as adept at character development. All of his characters wind up feeling like friends--especially when you spend nearly 900 pages with them.
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
- Two of my favorite literary genres are thrillers and literary fiction. It is incredibly rare to find the two blended in the manner that Ann Patchett did with this book. Really, this was like my dream novel, and unlike some others, I thought she did an amazing job pulling it off.
The Submission by Amy Waldman
- This one sneaked up on me. If you had asked me at the time I read it, I would not have expected it to make my top 10 list. This is one of the most provocative novels I've read in years. It made me angry. It was totally fictional, but so realistically (and yet still somehow satirically) depicted that I fumed for weeks over an imaginary situation. This one is really going to stick with me for a long time, and that counts for something.
So, for better or worse, those were my top 10 for 2011. Agree? Disagree? Feel like sharing your own list? I'd love to get the year started with a good discussion!

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The Victorian government is aiming to not only host the Boxing Day Test and Australian Open, but for crowds to attend both sporting events. Victoria has been devoid of live sport during a winter of Covid-19 discontent, but as case numbers continue to drop there is growing hope for the two jewels in the city’s summer sporting calendar.
Cricket Australia is in the final stages of finalising tweaks to its 2020-21 schedule and the growing expectation is the MCG will remain host of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and India, with Adelaide Oval to serve as CA’s back-up plan.
Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley indicated last week he is hopeful that Melbourne Park would have crowds of some description during its grand slam, and on Monday premier Daniel Andrews suggested his government was aiming for crowds to attend the Boxing Day Test and Australian Open.
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As the nation approaches the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, families of the victims — people who have suffered grievous losses — have one last request. They want answers — answers about the possible role of Saudi Arabia, answers still locked in government vaults.
The 9/11 families have made their case to three previous administrations — Bush, Obama, Trump — all to no avail. But they are not giving up. Some 1,800 family members, survivors and first responders involved there on that day have let the Biden White House know that if this president can’t put “the values of truth, justice, and accountability before the interests of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” then he should not show his face at the 9/11 memorial services this year.
Part of the Saudi linkage is well known. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Flight 93 brought down in Shanksville, Pa.,were Saudi nationals as was their mastermind, Osama bin Laden. But the possible involvement of people within the Saudi government chain of command has remained the source of speculation, fueled in part by our own government’s unwillingness to declassify information deemed too sensitive.
That includes portions of a 2016 FBI report, Operation Encore, which once again examined the notion the hijackers had on-the-ground help from Saudi nationals with ties to their own government. Portions of a congressional report declassified in 2016 added two names to the list of potential Saudi links, both identified as Saudi intelligence officers.
Of course, Saudi Arabia remains a strategic, if still rather problematic, ally. The 2018 murder and dismemberment of Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of a Saudi hit squad is a more recent case in point.
And so the diplomatic dance over disclosure continues.
Last October, then-candidate Joe Biden, in a letter to representatives of the 9/11 families, rapped the Trump administration and Attorney General William Barr for invoking the state secrets privilege “to prevent the discovery by the families of FBI information that could shed light on actions that Saudi officials may have taken to assist the hijackers who carried out the 9/11 attacks.” He promised to direct his own attorney general “to personally examine the merits of all [such] cases” and “to err on the side of disclosure in cases where, as here, the events in question occurred two decades or longer ago.”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki now insists Biden “remains committed to that pledge,” but added, “Of course, any steps would be taken by the Department of Justice.” Yes, the new administration has a lot on its plate, but surely the department can make those steps a little quicker.
Last week Democratic Senators Bob Menendez of New Jersey and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut urged the Biden administration to give the 9/11 families the information they have fought so long to get. But their Plan B is the September 11th Transparency Act of 2021, ordering the director of national intelligence to oversee a full declassification review of the government’s 9/11 investigation.
“Let’s get real here: We’re talking about the declassification of evidence relating to an attack that took place 20 years ago,” Menendez said at a news conference, “and not just any attack, an attack that claimed nearly 3,000 American lives.”
The bill also has the support of Republican Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Chuck Grassley of Iowa.
A lawsuit accusing the Saudi government of complicity in the attacks filed on behalf of some of the families has been allowed to gather testimony under oath from some Saudi officials — but that, too, has been kept under seal, not to be shared with the families themselves.
It has only added to their frustration and their anger.
“Prior administrations have promised ‘reviews’ only to use them as delay tactics to protect the Saudi government and keep the American people in the dark,” said Brett Eagleson, an advocate for 9/11 families who lost his father in the attack, in a statement.
For Eagleson and others who lost loved ones on 9/11, this is no academic appeal for government transparency; it’s about truth and about justice. On this, the 20th anniversary of their loss and a national tragedy, full disclosure is the least their country owes them.
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BENGALURU: The biggest software upgrade in the crypto world- the Merge-has been completed. The second-largest cryptocurrency Ethereum has undergone a technical upgrade and this upgrade is called the 'Merge'.
The upgrade is said to be crucial as it cuts down over 99 per cent of energy consumption. Now, Ethereum has been transitioned from the Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus method of setting transactions to the Proof-of-Stake (PoS).
Also, this is said to be a complex technological event, and this is considered a big moment for the Ethereum ecosystem.
Ashish Singhal, Co-founder and CEO, CoinSwitch said Ethereum Merge is a pivot of unprecedented scale and complexity in the crypto ecosystem. Ethereum's successful transition to a greener and energy-efficient blockchain will, in the long term, lead to the greater adoption of the technology.
Ethereum today has the highest adoption among developers and DeFi (decentralised finance) projects—it is the primary infrastructure layer of Web3. But for greater adoption of blockchain among enterprises, energy consumption needs to be drastically reduced as businesses are striving for carbon neutrality. This is precisely what the Merge will achieve, he said.
The Merge, therefore, is significant not just due to the technical complexities involved. It could well be the catalyst for the greater adoption of the technology, Singhal said.
After the Merge, Ethereum’s core developers will continue working on the open-source network as they did before, with improvements to network fees, speeds and security slated for the months and years ahead.
However, even after the successful Ethereum Merge, ETH was trading flat at $1,601.17 on Thursday afternoon.
"Post the merge, Ethereum Foundation will be aiming to increase its transaction speed and decrease the gas fees by spreading the network. Investors will get some trade-off opportunities but the merger and fancy for Ethereum will make it a more viable option in the longer run," said Dileep Seinberg, Founder & CEO, MuffinPay, Bill Payment & Utility Crypto.
However, Mohammed Roshan, CEO & Co-founder of GoSats feels a Merge is an over-hyped event that has very little substance. According to him, Proof-of-stake will push Ethereum towards centralisation and it makes the blockchain less secure.
"The biggest benefactors would be day traders since this is a speculative industry," Roshan said.


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While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has envisaged a port-led economy for India, an audacious campaign by New Delhi to create a deepwater shipping lane between the southern tip of India and Sri Lanka is turning out be self-defeating.
The Sethusamudram project, for which the previous Indian government, led by the National Congress party, sanctioned $124m on June 30, 2012, has stalled due to opposition from environmentalists, political parties and religious groups.
Before winning power in 2014, Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party was a staunch opponent to Sethusamudram, with Subramanian Swamy, one of BJP’s senior figures, even filing a petition to the Supreme Court to block the project in an unsolved case.
However, with an agenda to build up a strong maritime economy, the BJP is now seeking ways to revive the project, but remains hesitant in overturning its earlier stance.
Surrounded by controversy
The Sethusamudram project, first proposed in the year 1860 by a British officer of the Royal Indian Navy, involves extensive dredging to create a 83km long deepwater channel linking the shallow Palk Strait with the Gulf of Mannar.
But the waterway project has been extremely controversial.
Its construction would require the removal of an 18-mile-long coral and limestone shoal linking Pamban Island near Rameshwaram in South India with Mannar Island off Sri Lanka.
That shoal is seen as a mythical bridge by Hindus and Muslims based on old mythology, aside from the environmental concerns.
Several futile attempts have been made to build the canal since 1999.
The efforts were in part because a canal would reduce travel distance, allowing ships sailing between the western and eastern coasts of India to have a straight passage through Indian waters, circumventing Sri Lanka.
As an example, the canal could in theory reduce the distance between Kenyakumari, the southernmost tip of peninsular India, and Chennai by 400 nm, which would cut sailing time by about 36 hours.
“As it would give India a firm grip on one of the world’s most strategic and busiest sea-lanes, the Sethusamudram Project has a very important geo-political dimension,” a Chennai port official who wished to remain anonymous told Lloyd’s List.
There is also the belief that a canal would attract international shipping trading to and from Europe or the Middle East and the east via the Malacca strait.
In 2011, a study conducted on the socio-economic impact of the project pointed out it would generate revenue from dues levied on ships transiting the canal that would subsequently add to the national economy.
The study also mentioned that the canal would enhance coastal shipping in a very large way besides accelerating the development of Vizhinjam, Vallarpadam and Tuticorin ports in the region.
“Major impact by way of cost savings should come for trade between the east coast and west coast of India,” said Mantrana Maritime Advisory director Anand V Sharma.
However, political opposition to the project by the ruling party is expected to remain a major roadblock to the project, despite Mr Modi’s stated maritime ambition.
India’s media reported Union Surface Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari as saying there was no question of demolishing the mythical bridge while implementing the Sethusamudram shipping channel project.
BJP has now proposed to dredge the canal through an alternative route across the Pamban Sea, yet none has come to fruition.
Also, the canal’s economic benefits are not completely without doubts.
“This project is a commercial disaster. Technically the money spent on the project will not be recovered for a very long period of time,” Progressive Maritime Consultancy senior shipping analyst Sarangan Govindrajan said.
“Except for Tuticorin port, which is handling coal for the Tamil Nadu government, it won’t immediately have any significant effect for the shipowners in the initial years as they have to pay huge fees to cross through the canal. Also, even if the project starts this year, it would take around 10 years to build the canal.”
Trying to put the matter into perspective, Mr Sharma added that passage through this route is not going to come cheap.
“Annual maintenance dredging, cost of pilotage and towage has to offset the cost of fuel savings by using this route. Only then would it would be viable and worth it”, he said.
“If that holds, this project could be developed by private funding or multilateral institutional funding. The controversies with the project have happened more on the religious and political grounds. Any project should be decided based on economic benefit and national interest.”
Ancient Hindu scriptures professed that Ram Sethu, the mythical bridge once said to span between India and Sri Lanka, was constructed by the Monkey god Hanuman for Lord Rama to walk into Sri Lanka and rescue his wife Sita, who had been kidnapped by the demon king Ravana.
The defeat of Ravana is an ode of victory of good over evil which is celebrated as Diwali — the autumn festival of lights in India.
Islamic legend has suggested that Adam used the bridge to reach Adam’s Peak in Sri Lanka, where he stood repentant for unknown reasons, on one foot for hundreds of years, leaving a large hollow mark resembling a footprint.
As such, Muslims have named both the peak and the bridge after this legend. To them, Ram Sethu is Adam’s Bridge. (Llyods)

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In this piece, I’m going to discuss the subject What Is The Bar In VRChat Called?, and I’m going to do my best to provide as much relevant information as I can.
The Great Pug is a public establishment found within the metaverse/land of polygons of VRChat. It is a popular and familiar destination for many VRChat players.
Are there bars in the metaverse?
The Great Pug is a bar in the metaverse Come visit in VRChat. The Great Pug is owned and operated by OwlBoy.
Dog Bar: What is a dog bar
Dog bars are full-service bars that have both indoor and
outdoor play yards
that are entirely fenced in , which means your dog is free to run around and play with other dogs while you enjoy your adult beverages.
Vrchat World: What VRChat world does Mully use
Does Mully Use? Mully has an
htc vive pro vr system
This high-quality model of VR headset is a popular choice for gamers, as it has a high-resolution display and spatial audio with noise cancellation to create a more immersive experience free of distractions from the
Vrchat Worlds: What VRChat worlds does JoshDub use
What VR Headset Does JoshDub Use? JoshDub uses the HTC Vive Pro
headset , which he pairs with the HTC Vive wireless adapter to connect the headset to his PC without extra wires. Instead of using the HTC Vive controllers that come with the headset, he switched them out for Valve Index Knuckles.
Can you get drunk in metaverse?
Heineken has brought the metaverse hype crashing down with a sobering acknowledgement that you cannot get drunk in virtual reality (VR).
Can you open a bar in the metaverse?
Enter the Meta Lite Bar, the first brand-hosted bar in the metaverse, opening on February 7th, 2022 at 8 a.m. ET Patrons (21+) are invited to enjoy an immersive, communal experience with interactive features like darts, billiards, a photo booth, a jukebox, and more!.
How do people eat in the metaverse?
To join, people purchase a season pass token for about $300 in Ethereum, which goes into the
and funds dinners over the course of three months. Eight members join a token-activated Discord channel and vote on restaurant options.
How do you sit down on VRChat?
If you hover your hand over or point at a place you can sit, and then pull the trigger , you’ll sit there.
Great Pug: How do you get to the basement of the great pug
Whiskers at the Pug.” Place the bag in the storage room shelf full of promotional holiday event bags and the chest behind the first floor bar counter will open, revealing a key. Use the key on the safe in the storage room and press the “UNLK BSMNT” button The door to the basement will now be opened.
Can we eat in the metaverse?
The metaverse is a virtual world that continues to exist and evolve even if you’re not around by way of some virtual reality device. You can get in and out while the world carries on. You can create, buy and sell goods. And you can order and virtually eat food in a digital economy.
Metaverse Bar: What is a metaverse bar
The Meta Lite Bar entered the metaverse on Monday, and it will now be the only place you can catch Miller Lite’s “Big Game” ad. The bar, which officials call the ” first-ever brand hosted bar in the metaverse ,” will be located in the virtual world platform Decentraland, according to a news release.
Can I buy food in the metaverse?
Visitors can’t buy food there , but they can play a basketball-themed game located near the digital restaurant. Metaverse this.
Ree Kid Use: What headset does REE kid use
ree kid’s Tweets 2 x HTC VIVE Cosmos Headsets !.
How old is Mully the YouTuber?
Wiliam Jonas (born: January 7, 1994 (1994-01-07) [ age 28 ]), better known online as Mully, is an Australian VR YouTuber.
Joshdub Vr: How old is JoshDub VR
Who Is JoshDub? JoshDub is a 30-year-old
of VR games such as VR Chat, Hellsplit: Arena, Beat Saber, Pavlov VR, etc. When making his content he has a hilarious group of friends that make his content entertaining. He was born in Adelaide, Australia on October 11, 1990.
Joshdub Vr: How tall is JoshDub VR
King of his so-called family friendly content on Youtube, Joshdub is a virtual reality creator. This figure stands at 4.7 inches tall, wearing a headset and holding a handgun in both hands.
Where is the Metaverse?
Basically, a place parallel to the physical world, where you spend your digital life A place where you and other people have an avatar, and you interact with them through their avatars. Some also argue that the metaverse in the truest sense of the term doesn’t actually exist yet.
What is Medverse?
Essentially, it’s a world of endless, interconnected virtual communities where people can meet, work and play, using virtual reality headsets, augmented reality glasses, smartphone apps or other devices.
Food Nft: What is food NFT
GourmetNFT.com is another marketplace where chefs can turn their recipes into digital collectibles Like Recipe NiFTy, the platform uses smart contracts to ensure anyone who turns their recipe into an NFT can earn royalties every time it changes hands.


Did you know that the "night skies," aka "starry skies" or "dark skies," are a critical natural resource? Aside from the stunning beauty of these skies, animals rely on natural cycles of light and dark for navigation, protection, mating, and predation. Light pollution disrupts this, which is why our National Parks are working hard to maintain this resource. The night skies in many National Parks are so spectacular that we decided to create a Bana series featuring this special view. Shenandoah National Park hosts a Night Sky Festival in August.
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MANATEE COUNTY -- Three teenagers were reportedly robbed while walking home early Sunday.
According to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, the group was walking in the 200 block of 70th Street Northwest shortly after 1 a.m. when an SUV stopped and one of the passengers got out. Someone punched one of the teenagers and demanded property from the three.
He stole about $600 and fled in the vehicle.
Attack and robbery end smoke break
MANATEE COUNTY -- Sheriff's deputies are investigating a robbery allegation after a 30-year-old Bradenton man said someone punched him and stole $180 while he was outside smoking early Sunday.
According to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, the man went outside his home in the 5000 block of Fifth Street East around 4:30 a.m. to have a cigarette after tending to his newborn.
An unidentified man approached in the driveway, the victim told investigators, and punched him in the head, knocking him unconscious for nearly 30 minutes. When the man awoke, he said he was missing $180 and his pack of cigarettes, according to the report.
in two-car collision
SARASOTA COUNTY -- A 40-year-old Tennessee man was seriously injured Sunday after another driver struck his vehicle.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Concetta Angela Leach, 29, of Sarasota, was stopped at Maceachen Boulevard waiting to turn onto Bee Ridge Road around 12:30 p.m.
Jose Daniel Maldonado, of Maryville, Tenn., was headed east on Bee Ridge Road in the outside right lane. Investigators say Leach failed to see Maldonado approaching and attempted to turn left onto Bee Ridge Road, according to the report.
The front of Maldonado's 1991 Chevy Camaro struck Leach's Nissan Altima, causing the Camaro to spin out of control before coming to a final rest on the road.
Maldonado was flown to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg. Leach, who sustained minor injuries, was cited for violation of right of way.
Manatee pharmacy robbed in daylight
MANATEE COUNTY -- Sheriff's deputies were searching Sunday for a man who held up the CVS Pharmacy at 5310 Lockwood Ridge Road.
The suspect is described as 5 feet 8 inches, 160 to 180 pounds, with a shaved head. He wore a black shirt and khaki pants.
At about 4 p.m., he demanded prescription pills and threatened that someone would get hurt if he did not get the pills quickly. He did not show a weapon. He fled west on a bicycle with about $670 worth of medication.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (866) 634-8477.


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|Title:||Ultrasonic liquid metal processing: The essential role of cavitation bubbles in controlling acoustic streaming|
|Keywords:||acoustic streaming;acoustic cavitation;nonlinear acoustics;modelling;aluminium;particle image velocimetry|
|Citation:||Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2019|
|Abstract:||The acoustic streaming behaviour below an ultrasonic sonotrode in water was predicted by numerical simulation and validated by experimental studies. The flow was calculated by solving the transient Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations with a source term representing ultrasonic excitation implemented from the predictions of a nonlinear acoustic model. Comparisons with the measured flow field from Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) water experiments revealed good agreement in both velocity magnitude and direction at two power settings, supporting the validity of the model for acoustic streaming in the presence of cavitating bubbles. Turbulent features measured by PIV were also recovered by the model. The model was then applied to the technologically important area of ultrasonic treatment of liquid aluminium, to achieve the prediction of acoustic streaming for the very first time that accounts for nonlinear pressure propagation in the presence of acoustic cavitation in the melt. Simulations show a strong dependence of the acoustic streaming flow direction on the cavitating bubble volume fraction, reflecting PIV observations. This has implications for the technological use of ultrasound in liquid metal processing.|
|Appears in Collections:||Dept of Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Engineering Research Papers|
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When you chat about Alaska with aviation enthusiasts, there’s no shortage of things to talk about; perhaps the mind-boggling volume of east-west cargo flowing through ANC, or the the world’s largest floatplane base next door at Lake Hood. Military buffs will know about the goodies at Eielson and Elmendorf, and civil aviation folks will lament the recent demise of Alaska Airline’s combis on the fabled milk run.
What if you’d like to get a little farther off the beaten path? What if you’d like to see dozens of DC-6s in America’s northernmost boneyard? What if you’d like to spot seaplanes operating alongside commercial airliners? Well, you’d need to visit Fairbanks, of course! If you can’t make it up yourself, follow along as I share my recent journey.


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This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
S E C R E T SANAA 000213
1. (S) At the conclusion of a meeting with Presidential
Special Guard Commander Tarek Mohammed Abdullah Saleh at the
presidential palace, President Saleh, who recently returned
from a visit to Germany, asked to see DCM on several matters
related to Saada fighting and requests for military aid.
Saleh complained to DCM of Iranian "blatant" interference in
Yemeni affairs, saying that they were behind the most recent
flare-up of fighting in Saada. Saleh said, "I came this close
to sending their Ambassador home and cutting off relations."
When DCM said, "As you know, we are in a rather
confrontational phase with them right now over the nuclear
issue," Saleh said, "Yes, yes, and we are now completely on
your side." DCM asked for clarification, "Will you then vote
with us on referring them to the UNSC?" Saleh replied in the
2. (S) We caution that Saleh is temperamental and has been
known to make quick decisions and then, just as quickly,
rescind them. It does seem to us, however, that it would be
good to strike while the right mood is upon him, and ask for
confirmation from Yemen's rep to the IAEA, Dr. Bahran -
currently in Vienna. We also endorse the notion of a VP call
to Saleh, as suggested by NEA, to seal the matter. We
caution, in this regard, that Saleh may use the opportunity
to ask VP Cheney for speeding up a year-old request for M113
armored vehicles (recently approved by Congress) to help the
ROYG in current fighting in Saada.


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Yesterday, we moved our v-ball game from outside to indoors. The indoor game is quite different; much faster, higher jumping, harder hit balls (yeah, that just happened), and the playing surface has no give. Apparently the Volleyball Gods desired a sacrifice, and they got a little skin off of my left knee. Thus is the penalty I must pay.
Then the ever demanding Running Gods required I sacrifice a run. So, I attempted a 6M tempo run. I was about 30sec slow per mile, with snot as thick as Jell-O (eat that Bill Cosby…on secondhand, don’t go near it). But I had to do the run, even knowing my illness would prevent a solid effort. I’ve run through sickness before, and the Running Gods always require at least one run. There, take it. Just leave me alone come October 11, 2009.
Outside of these two activities, I’ve been sleeping, and watching movies. Nothing else, I swear.

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Over the last few months, we’ve seen protests, and even riots, break out all across our country. While everyone might not agree on what kind of change we want to see in the world, one thing that is for sure, people seem to understand that there are some things, like injustice, inequality, and an out-of-control government, that need to change. But as individuals, how can we change the world?
Have you seen what’s going on in Australia? If not, let me paint the picture for you: this country has some of the strictest lockdown rules in the world right now. For starters, two of Australia’s largest states are testing out an app that would force citizens to check in by sending location data and facial photos to local police, proving adherence to quarantine requirements. To make matters even more terrifying, the state of Queensland is rolling out quarantine facilities called “WellCamps,” where those who test positive for Covid must stay until they’re deemed safe to return to their normal lives… or what’s left of them. Police are even monitoring TikTok to bust people who dare to defy their lockdown orders. The scariest part? We’re not talking about these horrific abuses of civil liberties where you might typically expect them: say, Venezuela, Cuba, Soviet Russia, or China. You know, authoritarian


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I don’t envy Nancy Pelosi.
The base of her party has been apoplectic for the better part of three years. Not without help — from the moment that Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton, elected Democrats have carefully built up a sense of panic and scandal around the Trump administration, a sense that, in fairness, has been unwittingly and clumsily abetted by the behavior of the president and his aides. Escalated by the breathless outrage of the media, a shroud of illegitimacy has enveloped the Trump White House from Day 1, and this shroud has, in turn, allowed the base of the Democratic party to avoid facing democracy’s colder realities, such as: Sometimes you lose. And it’s not necessarily anyone’s fault — not Russia, not racism, not rednecks — but your own.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t try to pretend otherwise.
First came efforts to undo the Trump presidency via the Electoral College by flipping enough electors to reverse the result (watching progressives, I must add, make use of the electoral college’s anti-democratic features was quite a sight to behold). After that failed, a California Democrat launched an “Impeach Trump Leadership” PAC, meant to coopt the impeachment pretexts du jour — emoluments-clause violations, speculative mental ailments, Representative Al Green’s impassioned say-so — and give each of them something like professional sanction. Then, of course, came the Russia probe, with all its unseemly partisan pomp: the trivial “bombshells,” the seething media firestorm, the discursive public hearings, the televised predawn arrest of Roger Stone (helicopters in the air!), and the theatrical build-up and relative inconsequence of the Mueller Report.
All the while, the adult wing of Pelosi’s party sat idly by, never drawing any substantive line between itself and the ceaseless outrage and hyperbolic furor that so characterized their fellow Democrats. Pelosi, for her part, realized the electoral harm that had been wrought by a rabid, vindictive coterie of progressives in her party. She told The New York Times Magazine:
Yes, on the left there is a Pound of Flesh Club, and they just want to do to them what they did to us. . . . I have those who want to be for impeachment and for abolishing ICE. Two really winning issues for us, right? In the districts we have to win? I don’t even think they’re the right things to do. If the evidence from Mueller is compelling, it should be compelling for Republicans as well, and that may be a moment of truth. But that’s not where we are.
But now that House Democrats might — might! — finally have sufficient predicate to pursue impeachment, Pelosi faces another challenge: to convince the American people that this iteration of Trump hysteria is the genuine article, and that this animal is different from the one that gave birth to Rob Reiner, Keith Olbermann, and the rest of the farcical hyenas who made such a mockery of the Russia probe.
The latest pretext for impeachment has, at minimum, the whiff of impropriety: President Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky includes references to military armaments (Zelensky brings this up, saying, “We are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States”) and reciprocity in the same conversation where Trump solicits an investigation into his political opponent. Much of the alleged quid pro quo occurs in the conversation’s subtext. Ukraine needs our aid for its conflict with Russia, which, as Michael Brendan Dougherty points out in these pages, is a ubiquitous reality in American–Ukrainian diplomacy. But both Pelosi and the American electorate know that even if this Ukrainian phone call serves as an adequate predicate to impeach a duly elected president, that impeachment — whether it’s because Trump is a boor, because he’s trying to “take away health care,” because he’s a serial philanderer, because he allegedly slept with a porn star, because he has a “mental illness,” because he lost the popular vote, because he is ignorant on most matters of domestic and foreign affairs, whatever — has been the stated goal of much of Pelosi’s caucus from the day Trump was elected.
It’s hard for me to shake the feeling, in other words, that impeaching Donald Trump has always been the Democrats’ intended end, begging for sufficient means from the moment he won the White House.
Pelosi knows that. She also knows that, barring a pro-impeachment consensus in both chambers, a Senate acquittal could well redound to the president’s electoral benefit in 2020. But after seven moderate members of the House cosigned an op-ed in the Washington Post voicing their support for impeachment, she also knows she could lose her caucus. “Just impeaching Trump for his bad behavior isn’t worth it,” she told the New Yorker. “But, if he challenges our system of checks and balances as he is doing, if he undermines our democracy, our electoral system, as he is doing, if he undermines his own oath of office as he is doing, it is a challenge to our Constitution.”
Pelosi hopes this latest allegation meets muster. Perhaps the seventh time will be the charm.
Editor’s Note: This piece has been emended since it first appeared, to note that President Zelensky, not President Trump, raised the topic of military armaments.


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You would not think it possible, you would not dare to dream it but Tarentaise Tours has created it for you - the ultimate ski experience! You will start in the Tarentaise Valley heading towards Italy. From the top of the Pointe Helbronner cable car, you ski down 15km on the glacier of the legendary "Vallee Blanche" all the way to Chamonix. Skiing in the heart of Mont-Blanc massif you will end you day on a very special touch... Exclusively with Tarentaise Tours.
You will start your day in La Rosière 1850 in the Tarentaise. From there you ski in the San Bernardo ski area all the way down to La Thuile (ITA). After a short transfer you reach Courmayeur at the foot of Mont-Blanc and you will take the Pointe Helbronner cable car. From the top, you ski down the 15km of the legendary "Vallee Blanche" glacier at the heart of the Mont-Blanc massif. Moutains in all their great magnificence! You route will take you down to Chamonix for a late lunch in the capital of alpinism. The biggest names have climbed or skied here. After an exceptional day, an helicopter will fly you back to Tarentaise where you will have an unforgettable view of the giants of the Alps... A must have.
- Taxi transfert from La Thuile to Courmayeur
- Helbronner cable car skipass
- Supervivion by a certified professional (ski instructor or mountain guide)
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- Helicopter flight to return from Chamonix
- "Impact Multisport" insurance covering off-piste skiing (offered)
- Skipass "La Rosière-Hélisking" to reach Italy in skiing
- Transfer (round trip) from your place in Tarentaise to the skiresort
Price does not include:
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- Personal expenses
The program is given as a guide. It can be modified at any moment by the certified professional supervising the group according to the weather and snow conditions. These modifications could occur on his own judgment.


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For the first time, representatives from more than 80 of the world’s largest cities have revealed the barriers that are limiting their ambitions to tackle climate change, in a new analysis released today by C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40). Unlocking Climate Action in Megacities also presents a corresponding set of innovative and replicable solutions to overcome these challenges.
C40 released the analysis ahead of the Climate Action 2016 Summit convened in Washington D.C. by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. On Earth Day, 175 countries took the important step of signing the historic Paris Agreement, bringing nations one step closer to deploying carbon reduction strategies on the ground. Today’s Summit indicates that cities are one step ahead, and are already at the stage of operationalizing action and implementing the Paris Agreement. The analysis will give Summit attendees and city officials around the world a practical approach for delivering meaningful action through new research, programmes and policies.
The research is backed by a comparative analysis also released today by the Compact of Mayors that sheds light on the power that different cities wield over their building sector. The findings from The Power Behind the Paris Climate Agreement reveal that where cities have the power to act, they report taking 30 percent more action than those without, reaffirming they are more likely to implement solutions that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Nearly 500 cities have pledged to deliver on ambitious climate change targets through the Compact of Mayors, based on the powers they already have. The analysis concludes that even more can be achieved by identifying and overcoming the barriers to action identified in the C40 analysis.
“Mayors around the world face similar challenges in achieving their climate ambitions, and identifying those common challenges is the first step towards solving them,” said C40 Chair and Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes. “By understanding the barriers and working together with C40 and partners in the business, national government and energy sectors, cities will continue to lead the way in tackling climate change.”
“Cities are key actors in the global fight against climate change and mayors are taking a leadership role in implementing action on the ground,” said C40 Executive Director Mark Watts. “Yet mayors are not always able to achieve the scale of their ambitions. Thanks to Unlocking Climate Action in Megacities, we now have a much deeper understanding of the barriers holding mayors back. This is a vital step in overcoming these obstacles and realizing the scale of action needed if the world is to deliver on the 1.5-degree target of the Paris Agreement.”
The report features case studies and interviews with city government officials that have faced each of the challenges; it also details the initiatives that C40 is working on to reduce these barriers. One such initiative is the Coalition for Urban Transitions, announced today by New Climate Economy, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and C40, which aims to improve decision making on urban transitions at the national level, linking city-level strategies with broader economic planning. Another is the C40 Cities Finance Facility, which will provide technical assistance to help cities unlock up to $1 billion worth of funding for sustainable infrastructure projects. Similarly, a research-based partnership between C40 and Novo Nordisk is seeking to establish an evidence base that green policies in cities are beneficial to both the state of the environment and the health of their citizens.
The key barriers to effective city action on climate change identified in Unlocking Climate Action in Megacities are:
- A lack of co-ordination between city, regional and national governments;
- Green projects falling through the cracks between different arms of city government;
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URBANA-The University of Illinois will receive a $10.1 million increase in its
base state operating appropriation to $708.2 million total under a fiscal year 2007 budget
approved by the General Assembly. University initiatives across the three campuses will
receive an additional $2.4 million in grant funding from the state, and Illinois
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University of Illinois President B. Joseph White applauded the governor and the
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- $800,000 for the Hispanic Center for Excellence at UIC;
- $500,000 for library digitalization at Urbana-Champaign;
- $350,000 for the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center through the Urbana-Champaign College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences;
- $350,000 for the Pathways to Health Professionals program; and
- $300,000 for campus-based work force development programs.
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violent crime deterrent in Chicago area neighborhoods, will receive $6.4 million in
community grants through the state Department of Corrections, and CFAR's grant
funding was increased by $1 million to $4.5 million. CFAR is the Council on Food and
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food and agricultural industries. CFAR is based in Champaign; researchers at the U of I
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total of $354.3 million. A new grant program, called MAP Plus, would give $500 grants
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be used for college costs such as books and room and board.
A capital budget was not appropriated for the third year in a row.
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A massive trade shocked the NBA world on Wednesday, September 27. As the NBA and fans across the country patiently awaited news on the ongoing Damian Lillard trade saga, the Milwaukee Bucks seemingly swooped in and snatched Lillard as the Miami Heat and Portland Trail Blazers never ironed out a trade.
A trade between Portland and Miami loomed for months, as Lillard made it known that Miami was his only preferred destination. Apparently, Milwaukee made Portland an offer they couldn't refuse, with the Suns also sending a valuable asset Northwest.
Grade the Trade: Mavericks acquire star perimeter defender in mock blockbuster
Let's unpack the blockbuster here. Milwaukee receives the aforementioned Lillard. While Portland receives Jrue Holiday, DeAndre Ayton, Toumani Camara, a 2029 first-round pick, and two pick swaps. And, the Suns receive Jusuf Nurkic, Grayson Allen, Nassir Little, and Keon Johnson.
The Trail Blazers are finally beginning their rebuild, giving the keys to Scoot Henderson, their second-overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Aside from Henderson, Portland has filled the rest of the roster with some solid pieces.
New Blazer DeAndre Ayton's wish has finally been granted. The big man heads to a young team with more touches to go around. Rather than remaining the fourth option in Phoenix, Ayton can become a go-to scorer in Portland.
And despite shipping out their starting center, Phoenix has received the former Trail Blazer big man Nurkic and a few depth pieces from the Blazers and Bucks, respectively.
However, one player remains on the trade block. Veteran guard, Jrue Holiday, who was shipped from Milwaukee to Portland in the trade. But due to his age and still-appealing skillset, the Blazers will likely send Holiday to a contending squad to recoup additional assets.
That's where the Dallas Mavericks come in. Of course, Holiday is a guard, which Dallas doesn't necessarily need. But, the Mavericks have had their sights set on a perimeter defender ever since the offseason began.
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We'll dive into the trade, now with Dallas in the fold, and grade how each team fares after the whirlwind trade has finally settled.


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The news that Big Ben will fall silent during Margaret Thatcher's funeral has almost pushed Twitter over the edge. Jokes-wise, that is.
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The VW Group is stepping up its game in the U.S. with a brand tailored for truck models: Scout. A Scout electric truck (pickup) will be the inaugural launch, and here’s everything we know about the first product from Scout Motors:
When Volkswagen Group acquired Navistar in 2021, it inherited the rights to the iconic Scout brand (International Harvester Scout). For about five years, the company sought an opening in the truck (pickup) segment in America, showcasing two concept vehicles. In 2021, it sensed a great opportunity with the badge that reminds people of the country’s first off-road SUV, former CEO Dr. Herbert Diess told TechCrunch in an interview (via YouTube).
Volkswagen Group has established Scout Motors, a new company independent of Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA). The latter markets models from the Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, and Bugatti brands in the country. Scout Motors will report directly to the HQ in Wolfsburg, Germany. Scott Keogh, previously the President and CEO of VWGoA and the CEO of Volkswagen North American Region, is the President and CEO of Scout Motors since September 1, 2022.
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The video embedded above shows Heiko Perlick discussing the Scout revival with Chong Lee while driving the Harvester Scout II from 1980. Perlick and Lee are the German conglomerate’s top executives overseeing its strategy and strategic business development. The Volkswagen Group feels that the revival is a great opportunity in the United States.
Volkswagen dealers left concerned after Scout announcement
Volkswagen Group’s decision to launch its pickup truck in the U.S. under a separate brand while keeping local Volkswagen dealers in the dark has not been well received. According to Automotive News, Volkswagen dealers are seeking an explanation from the company.
North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association President Robert Glaser wrote to Keogh that the Scout announcement “produced instant dismay and concern among all VW dealers.” Glaser said that Volkswagen dealers getting the first opportunity to become Scout dealers would be “the clear expectation.” These dealer-level developments are also coming from Automotive News.
The Ohio Auto Dealers Association said in a letter that the situation is “untenable.” Texas Automobile Dealers Association President Darren Whitehurst wrote in a letter that introducing Scout models and not launching a VW pickup truck “is disconcerting and discounts” the Volkswagen brand portfolio. The Scout line-up “belongs with the VW dealers,” Whitehurst said.
Keogh has suggested the “rugged” platform of the Scout models could present an opportunity to launch similar non-Scout models from other brands. Needless to say, the Volkswagen brand would be the top contender for such a project.
Volkswagen Group is looking to make its electric Scout truck and SUV as American as possible. The designing and engineering of these models will take place in the U.S. The German conglomerate had earlier only stated that the Scout pickup will sit on “a new technical platform concept” that offers “credibility beyond the existing Volkswagen Group portfolio”. The CAR Magazine report on December 23, 2022, has uncovered that the electric pickup truck is known internally known as SC417.
On March 3, 2023, Scout Motors confirmed that the Scout electric truck will be based on a dedicated EV platform that offers great off-road prowess. The company will focus on the main American pickup aspects like ground clearance, approach angle, axle robustness, payload capacity, etc.
The British report, citing the company insider, disclosed that the Scout pickup truck’s chassis is a steel & aluminum monocoque and that it will be a Double Cab configuration. Similarly, it’s equipped with all-wheel drive and two electric motors capable of producing up to 469 horsepower.
According to an Automobilwoche report dated October 5, 2022, Magna will develop the first Scout EV, which will be a full-size pickup. Incidentally, Kurt Bachmaier, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Magna Steyr, had told the German publication in September 2022 that the company wants to step into the U.S. market. Magna International has already developed the Fisker Ocean‘s platform and is manufacturing the SUV in Austria since November 2022. Magna International’s involvement in the development of the electric truck should help accelerate the process and ensure a timely launch.
Scout Motors briefed its plans to a small group of people, most likely International Harvester Scout owners or fans, to get feedback. A post from Facebook group Friends of the Binder Planet member Jeff Blade dated October 3, 2022, has some details. Blade found the official video shown to the group more intriguing than every Super Bowl commercial he has seen so far! According to Blade, the Scout electric truck will be truly American, very off-road capable, and aftermarket-customizable.
The Scout electric truck will look nothing like any existing Volkswagen Group model. The company will design it from a clean sheet and ensure it looks like one of its toughest and most rugged models ever made. An official sketch has revealed this electric truck will feature a flat hood that could hide a voluminous ‘frunk,’ an upright face, a tight front overhang, vertical tail lamps, a sleek greenhouse, straight lines, and smooth surfaces.
The Scout pickup would sit on a bespoke electric platform, which would allow using its dimensions more efficiently. Like most electric trucks, it will come in a crew cab version. That said, there could be a market opening up for single cab and extended cab (light duty) electric trucks during the second half of the decade. Even though Scout will likely be a lifestyle brand, Volkswagen Group may not compromise on the capability of the trucks. From the initial sketches, it looks like it is designed to handle anything that comes its way.
The official teaser (above) shows the front design concept of Scout electric SUV, a lot of which would apply to the Scout electric truck as well. Tall and wide tires, a high ground clearance, a high and flat hood with ribs, pronounced wheel arches, and rectangular mirrors clearly communicate the vehicle’s tough and rugged character.
We don’t have a reference point for its dimensions, but it looks like the Scout electric SUV will be quite a big pickup truck like the GMC Hummer EV SUV. However, it might not be as wide as the electric Hummer, as it doesn’t have clearance marker lights on the roof.
Dr. Diess had suggested that the Scout electric truck will be Volkswagen Group’s most technologically advanced pickup. Speaking to TechCrunch, he hinted at features like a solar roof, vehicle-to-load (V2L), and rear-wheel steering for Scout models. A solar truck bed cover (as an accessory) could offer tangible range benefits, whereas features like rear-wheel steering and the ‘Multi-Flex Midgate’ have been implemented already by GM on Ultium-based electric truck models.
Production of the Scout electric truck will take place at a new Scout Motors dedicated EV plant in Blythewood (South Carolina), USA. Located on the Blythewood Industrial Site, which spans approximately 1,600 acres, the factory will cover an area of 1,100 acres and have an annual production capacity of over 200,000 units. The first unit should roll off the assembly line in the final months of 2026.
Volkswagen Group will invest USD 2 billion in the Scout Motors plant in South Carolina. The company may even manufacture Audi EVs, including an Audi pickup truck based on the same platform as the first Scout EV, at the new U.S. factory.
The U.S. launch (and global launch) of the Scout electric truck should follow in 2026.
The Scout electric truck has the potential to be the next American workhorse. Pure-electric and performance-focused, it could be ideal for customers who spend most of their time outdoors and in worksites with challenging terrain. Scout Motors should make sure that it is affordable for the masses despite its capability and being all-electric, unlike the GMC Hummer EV Pickup that only a few can dream of owning.
Also Read: VW Group’s Scout electric SUV: Everything we know
Scout electric truck FAQs
What is the Scout electric truck release date?
The Scout electric truck will enter production in 2026 and should arrive at dealers the same year.
What will be the Scout electric truck price?
The Scout electric truck should start below USD 50,000.
Which models will be Scout electric truck rivals?
Rivian R1T, Tesla Cybertruck, Chevrolet Silverado EV, and the Ford F-150 Lightning are the potential rivals.
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