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Trying to make healthier food choices can sometimes feel overwhelming and frustrating. But it doesn’t have to be. Eating well is possible. The more effortless we make it, the better chances are that we actually stick to it.
We asked Charlotte Furman, a registered dietitian and Technology and Wellness Manager in the Department of Food and Nutrition at UW Medical Center, to help us understand what a healthy breakfast should look like. Furman loves breakfast—it’s her favorite meal of the day. The goal is not to feel like you are depriving yourself of anything, but instead rewarding yourself—with new patterns, new flavors, and hopefully renewed energy and improved mood and health.
Why is breakfast important?
Breakfast is important for several reasons. Eating a meal in the morning provides necessary fuel for your body and brain. It can also help regulate hunger, reducing the urge to snack throughout the day. For children, eating breakfast has been positively associated with academic performance, as well as a decreased risk of obesity.
What foods make a nutritious breakfast?
For the most nutritious breakfast, try to choose whole, unprocessed foods from each of the five food groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, protein foods, and dairy. Try to include proteins from foods like yogurts (look for varieties with less sugar added), eggs, nuts and seeds or legumes. Also try to include complex carbohydrates such as whole fruits and vegetables, and whole grains (i.e. oatmeal) that provide fiber and will help you feel full longer.
What should my breakfast never lack?
As with any meal, it’s important to focus on your overall diet and not on any one meal in particular. Making sure your breakfast usually contains a vegetable and/or a fruit serving is a great way to make sure that you are getting in enough fruits and vegetables throughout the day.
What foods should I limit?
The main foods that I would recommend limiting in the morning are processed cereals or pastries which contain a lot of added sugars and little nutritional value, as well as breakfast meats such as sausage and bacon which have been shown to increase risk of some cancers when eaten regularly, and which are also high in saturated fats, which increases risk of heart disease.
So, what are some examples of a balanced, healthy breakfast?
Here are some ideas:
- Oatmeal with fruit and flax or chia seeds
- Whole wheat toast with peanut butter and banana
- Whole wheat toast with pesto, avocado and egg
- Whole wheat crepes with yogurt and fruit
What would you recommend for someone like me who is never hungry early in the morning, and only feels like eating a very light meal?
The great thing about breakfast is that its timing can be flexible. Even if you don’t eat immediately after waking up, try to make sure to space your meals out so that you don’t get too hungry at a particular time, which can lead to eating too fast or too much.
Breakfast doesn’t have to be large or complex. Start with something simple like a banana & peanut butter or a cup of yogurt with fresh fruit, or make a smoothie using lots of fresh fruits & vegetables. You can even add in some ground seeds (flax or chia) for added fiber and omega-3 fatty acids.
Do you have any tips on how to plan in advance?
Many breakfast foods can be prepped in advance, or require very little preparation. One of my favorite breakfasts when I have little time is overnight oatmeal. Oatmeal can be combined with fruit & milk (any kind) and put in the refrigerator the night before and is ready to eat in the morning – no cooking required!
Usually I use blueberries and a banana, but any combination of fruit works fine. Another great option when you are in a time crunch is a piece of fruit like apple or banana with some nut butter or Greek yogurt with granola; these can be made ready in minutes. You can also make breakfast scramble wraps or mini-frittatas that can be frozen individually and microwaved in the morning for a quick breakfast.


At the start of 2021, we’ve had the opportunity to witness the great expanse of institutional investment in cryptocurrency — Bitcoin, specifically.
The amount of money companies are spending on Bitcoin can be measured in millions and even billions of dollars.
Most recently, Tesla, Inc. made headlines by investing $1.5B into Bitcoin and announced to hold or acquire the cryptocurrency from time to time or long-term. Moreover, the company will be one of the first to start accepting payment for its products in Bitcoin in the near future.
According to Guy Hirsch, US managing director at eToro, this latest example of big companies buying crypto is further proof that smart money is still buying Bitcoin when others have started shedding their $BTC holdings.
“Musk and Tesla move markets in a way few others can, and this may be the point where we look back and realize Bitcoin went mainstream,” he added.
Is it enough for large companies to add liquidity to various cryptocurrencies to enable mass adoption of blockchain technology in general?
While the ongoing wave of institutional investments in Bitcoin seems like a good starting point, this is most certainly just the beginning.
The advantages of purchasing cryptocurrencies are obvious — greater choice afforded to companies and their consumers, independence, and opportunity in both parties’ finances.
Blockchain’s open-source nature helps “eliminate the weak points of the modern banking system by bringing access directly to consumers,” states Claire Lovell, Associate Director of Product Management at Gemini.
As a result, we are seeing a constant price increase in many cryptocurrencies accompanied by milder fluctuations which are encouraging masses to hop on the bandwagon with the hope that the train leads to the “Massive Gains” station.
Nevertheless, with access to decentralized financial markets, institutional investment banking is reinventing itself.
In time, this should significantly facilitate the mass adoption of blockchain as a platform where numerous innovative projects live and offer solutions to modern problems, such as securing identity in the digital world.
After all, there is more to blockchain than just buying and selling cryptocurrencies. The further the blockchain technology is developed as a whole, the more it will become indispensable for both companies and their growing customer bases.
And establishing crypto assets as a viable institutional investment opportunity is paving the way for accepting blockchain as a platform in general.
Forward-thinking companies who keep up with the market requirements are dedicated to optimizing their processes by integrating new technologies like blockchain and thus ameliorating customer-facing product/service risks without compromising user experience. This disruptive movement couldn’t have been possible if not for the popularity of blockchain technology contributed to by large purchases of cryptocurrency.
For example, AIKON’s identity management solutions integrated with Algorand technology — ORE ID and ORE Protocol — offer numerous advantages to companies invested in securing their user base identities:
- Backend operation optimization by moving to the blockchain
- Safeguarding user digital identity via tokenization
- No compromise on user experience.
With ORE ID, users can utilize their existing social logins and email addresses to access the blockchain and authorize transactions without leaving the app. That way, access to blockchain DApps is gained via the most popular OAuth providers — Google, Facebook, GitHub, LinkedIn, Twitch, and Twitter — with minimal information sharing.
However, blockchain is not just “backup technology” for keeping identities safe — it is the future. And it is here.
By enabling businesses to transfer their infrastructure, assets, and processes to the blockchain on a large scale, we are one step closer to achieving our goal of having 100 million first-time blockchain users by 2025.
And while it is ambitious, Team AIKON believes that users do not need to have a deep understanding of blockchain to access and use it.
However, it’s largely recognized that institutional investment in Bitcoin and other blockchain projects is making the space more approachable to all potential future users.
And we are here for it.
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Fondue + kids = fun
A friend gave me one of Rachael’s fondue sets for Christmas last year. I used it right away for a New Year’s dinner for my husband and me – we had a cheese fondue feast that we thoroughly enjoyed. Away it went in a somewhat out of the way cupboard until over the holidays this year when we had another family over for New Year’s Eve.
We made Rachael’s chocolate fondue recipe for the kids for dessert (it couldn’t be easier) – and the adults couldn’t resist and dove in as well (even though we hadn’t had dinner yet….oh well). What a hit. I put a platter in the middle of the table with cut up strawberries, bananas, pineapple, plus graham crackers, pretzel rods, brownies and yes, even marshmallows.
I gave each kid a skewer, gave the “no double dipping” speech, and let them go to town – closely supervised, of course. Fondue is hot – the chocolate and the pot, plus it is over a sterno flame – so parents must be at the table with young kids.
The kids loved it and the most interesting part was that they preferred the fruit I had cut up to the sweet treats – bonus. We had so much left over that my kids enjoyed it the next day as well (it reheated over a low flame perfectly) and I learned that no fruit is off limits when it comes to chocolate fondue – they loved the cut up apples as well (see above:-)). I have now moved my fondue set to a very accessible cabinet because I know I will use it on a regular basis – if you have one, dust it off during these chilly winter nights – your family will love it. (Rachael’s fondue set is available at http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodli.asp?Keywords=rachael+ray&CurDept=1000&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Erachaelray%2Ecom%2Fshop%2F)
Here is Rachael’s Chocolate Fondue Recipe (I omitted the liqueur and the nuts):
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream, reserve 1/4 cup to thin if fondue begins to thicken
- 4 bittersweet chocolate bars, chopped, 3 1/2 ounces each
- 2 tablespoons Frangelico or Amaretto liqueur, optional
- 1/4 cup finely chopped hazelnuts or almonds, optional
Suggested Dippables, choose 3 or 4 selections of the following:
- Hazelnut or almond biscotti
- Salted pretzel sticks
- Cubed pound cake
- Sliced bananas
- Stem strawberries
- Sectioned navel oranges
- Ripe fresh diced pineapple
Heat 1/2 cup cream in a heavy non-reactive saucepot over moderate heat until cream comes to a low boil. Remove the pan from the heat and add chocolate. Let the chocolate stand in hot cream 3 to 5 minutes to soften, then whisk chocolate together with the cream. Stir in liqueur and/or chopped nuts and transfer the fondue to a fondue pot or set the mixing bowl on a rack above a small lit candle. If fondue becomes too thick, stir in reserved cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, to desired consistency. Arrange your favorite dippables in piles on a platter along side chocolate fondue with fondue forks, bamboo skewers or seafood forks, as utensils, for dipping.

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Two Middle Tennessee football players are being investigated for animal cruelty after being captured on a Snapchat video hitting a dog repeatedly, according to local NBC affiliate WSMV.
Police say linebacker Shalom Alvarez is seen hitting the dog at least five times while the dog cries in pain. Teammate Justin Atkins posted the video on his Snapchat with the comment "[Expletive] said you don't pay rent."
The dog did not belong to either football player.
Video of the incident was recorded on another person's iPad being being reported to authorities. Snapchats disappear after 24 hours.
Coach Rick Stockstill was made aware of the incident and issued the following statement to WSMV:
"I am aware of the situation and have talked to the players involved. The players explained to me that the puppy urinated inside and they were simply spanking it as a form of discipline. They told me there was never any intent to harm the dog. This was an important teaching moment. I talked to them about other approaches that should have been considered in this situation. And I pointed out how disciplining a pet in such a manner could be misconstrued, especially with the impact of social media."
Both players remain on the Middle Tennessee State football roster.


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Lack of affordable, accessible early childhood seats and support from employers can actually cause parents to become the working poor.
Brilliant Detroit, Early Works LLC, IFF and Kresge Foundation along with 300 community partners are working to change this reality for families in Michigan.
“The financial crisis marked a turning point for working families. Employees became expendable and more fearful of losing their jobs. De Beaufort says that we’re more fragile as a society.”
Read more on how Hope is building momentum and why we are all in this together!

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Hydra’s fascist Captain America has the heroes on the ropes, but with a little inspiration, they’re going to stop him. And now it’s our turn.
Secret Empire #10 (of 10)
Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Steve McNiven with Rod Reis, David Marquez, Paco Medina, Juan Vlasco, Jesus Aburtov, and Ron Lim
Published by Marvel Comics
Cover by Mark Brooks
Captain America has long meant Inspiration. For me, there was no better panel than the one in Infinity Gauntlet. Thanos has murdered everyone. Captain America has no shield, but he’s the last one alive. And he stands up. Tall. Brave. Against an angry god. He’s going to die, but he’s not going to bow. Not going to hide. It’s my favorite single panel in Captain America’s history.
And when Nick Spencer brings his epic to a close today, he takes us all back to that panel. Hydra Cap is in control. He’s got most of a Cosmic Cube in his command. He’s conquered the country and is working on rewriting the whole planet. But it’s Sam Wilson’s turn to draw inspiration. To stand tall. Brave. Against an angry god.
I will freely admit to starting to get chills right there. And I freely admit to crying as the heroes pull off their final strategy, pitting Steve Rogers against the one man who might beat him. The last few years, I’ve seen my neighbors hating each other. I’ve seen racism and violence seethe throughout this country I still call home. I have felt powerless and scared.
And Nick Spencer knows that. He narrates the final battle with Steve Rogers as an instruction to all of us. “You do not run. You do not hide. You stand. And you fight. You stand. And you fight. Stand. And fight.”
What comes next?
I won’t spoil the ending (well, not until my recap column tomorrow). It’s good. It keeps the tone Spencer has worked on for years of this story, and it leaves us in a safer place but with obvious scars. But most importantly, Spencer knows that this was never about superheroes punching each other.
It’s about us. About how we treat our neighbors. So in the final scene, the last images to summarize this event, the team chooses to focus on neighbors saying they were wrong to hate each other. To work to rebuild what they broke. To look to the inspiration of the heroes around them and live up to that.
And now it’s our turn. What do we do next?
We stand. And fight.
We become heroes.


A week ago today, we witnessed a long-anticipated threat to social and economic justice coalesce into a victory for people power.
Last Friday the White House and Congressional Republican Leadership failed in their attempt to gut the Affordable Care Act.
Amid escalating threats from the Trump Administration—not to mention seven years of misinformation, over fifty proposed bills, numerous largely unsuccessful legal challenges and millions of dollars in lobbying to eliminate the ACA—Speaker Ryan failed to wrangle the votes they needed.
The proposed bill to repeal Obamacare would have eliminated health coverage for an estimated 24 million Americans while handing tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. On top of it all, it would have kept intact profits for insurance and big pharmaceutical companies at the direct expense of affordability for patients.
Congressional Democrats unanimously opposed the measure. Far-right conservatives did so as well because the legislation did not go far enough in reducing health care funding for lower income Americans. More moderate Republican Congressmembers also opposed the measure, ultimately ensuring its failure.
The ACA was a landmark advance for economic justice, furthering the vital social value that people should have health care regardless of their income or preexisting conditions. Now it seems the challenges ahead will include a more insidious effort to thwart Obamacare by a slew of executive actions intentionally aimed at undermining its success. Meanwhile, progressive leaders are gearing up to introduce greater expansions to healthcare.
Locally, we have been fortunate to have significant support for expanding access to healthcare.
In this fight over the future of the ACA, we saw highly-effective grassroots phone and email advocacy efforts across Santa Barbara County. These groups lobbied key members of Congress throughout the country—local groups such as the newly-galvanized chapters of Indivisible, the Santa Ynez Valley Community Action Alliance, the recently-reignited Progressive Coalitions in North and South County, as well as long-established organizations such as Planned Parenthood, Health Care for All and others.
These groups, among many more, organized and joined hundreds of concerned community members. They held informational sessions around healthcare policy, organized phone banks, letter-writing sessions and more. Congressmember Salud Carbajal hosted town hall meetings on the subject throughout the 24th Congressional District with each event turning out hundreds of stakeholders.
It’s important we recognize that here in our region we have a long, rich history of advocacy expanding access to quality healthcare for everyone.
Click here to see a partial list of community health groups the FUND has recently supported:
Groups such as these and many others across the nation are diligently tracking health care policy and beginning efforts to help shape legislation to improve the ACA.
Others who have been working on these issues for decades, such as Healthcare for All, are seeing this as an important moment in building momentum behind a single-payer, or Medicare for all, system for California. Just today, the CA State Legislature officially published the initial text of SB 562 (Lara/Atkins), The Healthy California Act, which you can read here.
Yes, we have many more fights ahead of us. And we must remain strategic and steadfast in our values. Let us learn and draw strength from this victory and others to come as reminders that our strength and perseverance lies in the relentless action of people speaking truth to power.
We want to hear from you! Please keep us updated on your local efforts around expanding access to healthcare.


Fixing Blind Spot Problems
I have a 2018 X5 with Blind Spot.
The indicator is hard to see at times.
Help Appreciated: I am thinking of ordering the 2019 mirrors for the X5. These are much brighter Blind Spot, plus much easier to see.
The 2019 works much better than 2018.
My 2nd Generation Nissan Leaf has a better Blind Spot than the 2018 X5.
The 2019 is much easier to see and interpret.
Am I an idiot?
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By Matt London
Published December 13, 2019
"The month began with a stunning jobs report. It confirmed that America has the best-performing economy in the world. That's quite a statement. But with massive job creation, sharply-rising wages and historically low unemployment, the statement is justified," Varney said as he ticked off some of the biggest news events of the past few weeks.
The U.S. economy added 266,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate stayed steady at 3.5 percent, according to the Labor Department. The numbers blew away estimates that the U.S. economy would add roughly 180,000 jobs last month.
"Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi called the president a king and vowed to bring him down," Varney continued. "Yes, impeachment is a blockbuster event, but I get the feeling it's turning into a bust. It's totally partisan. The Democrats are split and scared stiff that they'll frighten away moderate voters. For the Democrats, December may turn out to be the month they would rather forget."
The House Judiciary Committee voted Friday along party-lines to send two articles of impeachment to the full House, for an expected vote next week. Democratic House leaders reportedly expect to lose as many as a half-dozen votes from moderate Democrats representing swing districts or those that backed President Trump in 2016.
Looking overseas, Varney argued that the landslide victory of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's party over the left-wing Labour party in Parliamentary elections was another good sign for Trump. The Tories won their biggest majority in the lower chamber of Parliament since the days of Margaret Thatcher and Labour turned in its worst showing since the 1930s.
"Another bombshell: Boris [Johnson]. He won big in the U.K. election," Varney said. "He will take the Brits out of the European Union and he really will move toward a big trade deal with President Trump. That's good for America."
Trump sent his well-wishes on Friday to his U.K. counterpart and raised the prospect of a new trade agreement, tweeting: "Congratulations to Boris Johnson on his great WIN! Britain and the United States will now be free to strike a massive new Trade Deal after BREXIT. This deal has the potential to be far bigger and more lucrative than any deal that could be made with the E.U. Celebrate Boris!"
"Even better, he clobbered the socialists," Varney added, in reference to Jeremy Corbyn's party. Political analysts, such as Fox News Digital Politics Editor Chris Stirewalt, argued that American Democrats would be wise to recognize that the far-left proposals of the U.K'.s Labour Party proved to be unacceptable to moderate voters.
Varney also said December has been good for American pocketbooks, which is always a plus for a president running for reelection.
"The market has gone straight up. The value of American business up by a quarter trillion dollars. And that's just from December 1st through December the 12th. That's stunning," he added.
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BURRILLVILLE – In the dirty business of waste disposal, they’re known as “rags”: wet wipes flushed down toilets that must later be cleaned out of a sewer system not equipped to process them.
This year, officials say the wipes – often marketed as “flushable” – helped to create a 10 percent rate increase on Burrillville sewer bills.
And according to members of the Burrillville Sewer Commission, more increases are likely on the way this year.
On Wednesday, Jan. 13 members of the commission, along with engineers from Beta Group, presented the news: thanks in part to wipes that have clogged up wet wells and pump stations, the town must now begin a $4.5 million project to clean, maintain and upgrade the sewer system.
“It’s been a problem for the past 10 to 15 years, but it’s been a bigger problem since COVID,” James Dyment, an engineer from Beta, said of the wipes. “We get hundreds of those. They’re wrapping around our pumps. They’re clogging our piston pumps. It’s very critical that we do not have these rags in our sludge.”
Sewer officials broke down the process: Waste flushed down Burrillville toilets first heads to one of around a dozen pump stations in town.
Commission Chairman William Andrews said Sewer Department staff is “constantly,” cleaning out wipes that accumulate at the stations. Rags not caught there travel on to the wastewater treatment facility, where officials estimate some 2 to 4 feet of such debris now sits in the town’s wet wells.
“You get this big well full of grease, rags… and it’s all solidified,” said Andrews.
Burrillville’s wells, Andrews noted, have never been cleaned.
“We don’t know what we’re going to find there,” he told members of the Town Council on Wednesday. “We know we’ve got to clean them.”
To address the problem, the town must now build a temporary bypass to divert sludge out of the system’s “headworks,” the first phase of treatment at the 40 year old plant, where toilet paper, rags and debris are chopped into smaller pieces. The wells must be cleaned, and equipment upgraded to include better access, along with more modern screening and ventilation.
“It wasn’t designed for what people are throwing in their sewer system today,” Andrews said of the current setup.
And that’s not the only problem with the town’s sewers.
Urgent improvements are needed at the Oakland Pump Station, a waste stop that collects dirty water from several other stations in town, pumping it into the main facility. The station sits right next to the Branch River, which becomes a problem during floods, and needs additional improvements to elements including the electrical panel.
That work is expected to cost roughly $500,000, half of which should come back to the town through a grant, which Andrews noted has already been approved.
Sewer officials implemented the recent rate increase with knowledge that the problem was coming down the pipes, so to speak.
But since Beta got involved, they learned that their initial estimates were low. According to data provided this week, this project alone will add somewhere between $5.61 and $12.60 to the residential sewer rate, before any regular annual increases are worked in.
This week, commission members were seeking approval to take out bonds not to exceed $5 million to finance the sewer work with a 20 year loan.
And it won’t stop there.
Andrews noted that the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is requiring all towns that have a wastewater facility to submit a resiliency plan, which is due in July of this year. State officials will look at the Burrillville’s system, including elements such as manholes and pipes, to determine what further upgrades are needed.
“Our immediate needs are what we explained tonight,” Andrews said.
Sewer officials gave tentative estimates that the current project would be completed by 2023, and some elements of the cost breakdown. But councilors ultimately tabled the matter in search of more detailed information.
Councilor Stephen Rawson said he has reservations on the proposed method of funding, noting the town could use a portion of its capital improvement budget toward a downpayment.
Town Manager Michael Wood said he wants a better handle on future costs coming down the pike, as well as more detailed schedule for the improvements.
“I personally feel at this time there’s a lot of uncertainty with how we’re being asked to approve this,” agreed Council President Don Fox.
Councilors unanimously tabled the issue, and commissioners are expected to return with a more detailed cost breakdown, time schedule and long term plan for the sewer system at a future meeting.
Regardless of fine-tuning, it’s clear the project will need to gain approval with some urgency: reimbursement for the pump station portion of the work will expire by mid summer.
Councilor Raymond Trinque pointed to the need for an information campaign as the town works to resolve the less than appealing issue.
“We’ve got to get people to understand that every wipe costs them,” Trinque said. “It costs you money because your rate is going up.”


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Kwang Soo makes a shocking confession to female guest on “Running Man”
A group of female guests were invited for the March 8th broadcast of SBS variety show Running Man, where cast member Lee Kwang Soo suddenly showed his manly side after making a confession to actress Yoon So Hee.
On the show, Kwang Soo was partnered with Yoon So Hee to complete a mission together, where the other Running Man members started teasing him by saying, “Yoon So Hee is Kwang Soo’s ideal type!”
To that, Kwang Soo could not hide his feelings and stammered, “Yes, she is my style,” and started to give off his rare manly vibes by doing push-ups on the spot while showing his serious, cool facial expression. While the caption added to the scene was, “Actor Lee Kwang Soo mode,” the other members who knew Kwang Soo’s usual silly self dismissed his efforts of trying to be cool in front of Yoon So Hee.
Yoon So Hee is an actress under SM C&C, who made appearances in music videos for SHINee and EXO while having supporting roles in tvN‘s Let’s Eat and Marriage, Not Dating.
Other guests who appeared in this episode (Episode 237) include Nam Ji Hyun, EXID‘s Hani, Jung So Min, and G-Friend‘s Yerin. Yerin was also named as the fastest idol who appeared on the show after debut, partnering with Ji Suk Jin who is 30 years older.


4th June, 2013
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade body comprising 240 airlines worldwide, has finally acknowledged the need for a global market–based measure to reduce aviation’s contribution to climate change . IATA called on their airline members to encourage their governments to agree at this year’s International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Assembly on a global carbon offsetting measure to take effect in 2020.
However, the aviation trade body only endorses such a global scheme ‘as opposed to a patchwork of unilateral national and/or regional policy measures’, presumably continuing industry’s opposition to the only international market-based measure actually in place, the sector’s inclusion in Europe’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
Bill Hemmings, aviation manager at Transport & Environment, commented: “Today’s IATA resolution represents a welcome departure from their historical position that better air traffic control, better planes and biofuels alone can solve the problem. However, it kicks the ball in the long grass, until after 2020, and sets out a string of unworkable conditions. It rules out the EU ETS as a stepping stone, as well as the raising of revenues, and impacts on traffic volume, which are inherent to any market-based measure. Finally it relies solely on out-of-sector offsets rather than real emissions reductions within aviation.”
Tim Johnson, Director at Aviation Environment Federation, said: “ICAO members should see it as an encouragement to come up with an effective scheme at the Assembly, not as a blueprint for such a scheme.”
Notes to Editors:
 IATA announcement 3.6.13: http://ht.ly/


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spontanMusik presents the re-release of a classic part 1. "Keinzweiter - Alles im Lot" is a bouncy techfunk adventure from the early days of spontanMusik in 2002. "Alles im Lot" starts with the titletrack itself, assembled by a jacky technorobot, followed by "Molch" which redefines chicago new again and ends with "Trittbrett"'s soft and spooky distortions.
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the first minute was.....poetic. i didn't really like this song though, but i can see that you put alot of effort into this song though. I really like how you recited the introductory lyrics though, powerful stuff.
nice transition , nice beat 10/10 :)
Unlike the movie, your song was epic.
Loved it, even with all of this 2012 crap, you managed to turn it in to something constructive. keep on making epic remixes of pop culture!
Go out of your mind - go insane!
Wow. That was truly....what's the word? Epic? Inspirational? I have no idea but that was pretty good. you seriously made poetry and turned it into a song. Pretty soon, I'll turn to dust listening to this over and over. Great work man, keep making music and poetry.
Lyrical stories are poetry, just depends how you recite them. i hope you listen to other songs other than just this one, hell you might like another one of mine, or two. =]
Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.


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The conceptual design for Lexicon Shanghai is a theoretical exercise in thematic processes, an investigation into architectural language as a lexical device governed by thematic parameters and syntactical structures. The lexicon is rather a series of architectural devices and tectonics composed as an interface for a subject and object experiencer. These tectonics thread through an arrangement of digital art and light sculptures as a syntax of meaning and definition to the overarching architecture. The correlation between lexical properties and syntactic structures are modes of operation in which the architecture emerges. Meaning and experience are not limited by surface and material association; but when art and technology are introduced, the system of thematic structure becomes visible in its lexical and syntax relationship. The art work in the form of digital projection, light sculpture, and diverse mediums perform as aspectual properties, unlike the thematic tectonic shapes and form. They become interface entities; these entities are mediators between spaces and the architectural body. The subject experiencer correlates the differences in the art and tectonic expression, but the event in which these entities project are undefined allowing emergence in activity to develop and operate. Read the rest of this entry »
Advanced Wind Tunnel Tests Confirm Structural Strength of Santiago Calatrava’s Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour
Emaar Properties, the global developer, today announced the successful completion of advanced wind tunnel tests to confirm the structural strength and durability of the iconic new tower in Dubai Creek Harbour, which will define a brand-new skyline for the city.
This marks another milestone in the development of The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour, designed by Spanish-Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava, and located in the heart of the 6 sq km master-planned community set by the historic Dubai Creek and only 10 minutes from the Dubai International Airport.
The smart city of the future is also next-door to the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, protected under the UNESCO Ramsar Convention and home to over 67 species of water birds, thus defining a unique residential destination that offers unprecedented and long-term value.
Leveraging its unmatched expertise in high-rise development, Emaar Properties had commissioned a comprehensive array of never-before wind tunnel tests for The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour, which will feature world-class observation decks, luxury accommodation and retail attractions. With wind being a major challenge in the development of high-rises, especially at very high altitudes, these tests are crucial in defining the final height and design aspects. Read the rest of this entry »
eVolo Magazine is pleased to invite architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the 2017 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. It is a forum that examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city.
The participants should take into consideration the advances in technology, the exploration of sustainable systems, and the establishment of new urban and architectural methods to solve economic, social, and cultural problems of the contemporary city including the scarcity of natural resources and infrastructure and the exponential increase of inhabitants, pollution, economic division, and unplanned urban sprawl.
The competition is an investigation on the public and private space and the role of the individual and the collective in the creation of a dynamic and adaptive vertical community. It is also a response to the exploration and adaptation of new habitats and territories based on a dynamic equilibrium between man and nature – a new kind of responsive and adaptive design capable of intelligent growth through the self-regulation of its own systems.
There are no restrictions in regards to site, program or size. The objective is to provide maximum freedom to the participants to engage the project without constraints in the most creative way. What is a skyscraper in the 21st century? What are the historical, contextual, social, urban, and environmental responsibilities of these mega-structures?
eVolo Magazine is committed to continue stimulating the imagination of designers around the world – thinkers that initiate a new architectural discourse of economic, environmental, intellectual, and perceptual responsibility that could ultimately modify what we understand as a contemporary skyscraper, its impact on urban planning and on the improvement of our way of life.
Architects, students, engineers, and designers are invited to participate in the competition. We encourage you to have multidisciplinary teams.
- Participants must register by January 24, 2017.
- Early Registration: USD $95 until November 15, 2016.
- Late Registration: USD $135 from November 16, 2016 to January 24, 2017.
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- After your registration has been approved eVolo will send the registration number (within 24 hours), which will be necessary for submission boards.
- August 1, 2016 – Competition announcement and registration opens.
- November 15, 2016 – Early registration deadline
- January 24, 2017 – Late registration deadline
- February 7, 2017 – Project submission deadline (23:59 hours US Eastern Time)
- April 4, 2017 – Winners’ announcement
This is a digital competition and no hardcopies are necessary. Entrants must submit their proposal no later than February 7, 2017 (23:59 hours US Eastern Time) via email to email@example.com.
The project submission must contain the following files:
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- A DOC file containing the entrants’ personal information, including name, profession, address, and email. This file must be named after the registration number followed by the word “info”. For example: 0101-info.doc.
All the files must be placed in a ZIP folder named after your registration number. For example: 0101.zip
Eric Bunge [principal nArchitects]
Erick van Egeraat [principal Erick van Egeraat]
Manuelle Gautrand [principal Manuelle Gautrand Architecture]
Ferda Kolatan [founding director su11]
Andrea Morgante [principal Shiro Studio]
Marcos Novak [professor and director at transLAB]
Yitan Sun [winner 2016 Skyscraper Competition]
Nanako Umemoto [principal Reiser + Umemoto]
Boštjan Vuga [principal Sadar+Vuga]
Jianshi Wu [winner 2016 Skyscraper Competition]
- This is an anonymous competition and the registration number is the only means of identification.
- The official language of the competition is English.
- The registration fee is non-refundable.
- Contacting the Jury is prohibited.
- eVolo Magazine, as the competition organizer, reserves the right to modify the competition schedule if deemed necessary.
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2nd place – US $2000
3rd place – US $1000
Winners and special mentions will be published by eVolo and several international print publications. In addition, the results are covered by the most important online architecture and design publications and general media such as the Huffington Post and The Wall Street Journal.
Previous winners have been featured in the following print publications:
ABC Magazine – Czech Republic, About:Blank Magazine – Portugal, Aeroflot – Russia, Architect Builder – India, Architecture and Culture – South Korea, Architecture Design Art – Pakistan, Architektura Murator – Poland, AT Architecture Technique – China, Archiworld – South Korea, AWM – The Netherlands, Azure – Canada, B-1 – Thailand, Bauwelt – Germany, Blueprint – United Kingdom, BusinessWeek– USA, C3 – South Korea, CAAOH – Ukraine, Casamica – Italy, Casas y Mas – Mexico, Concept – South Korea, Courier Mail – Australia, Discover Magazine – USA, Donga – South Korea, Enlace – Mexico, Focus – Canada/Italy, Future Arquitecturas – Spain, Geolino Extra – Germany, Grazia Casa – Italy, Kijk – The Netherlands, L’Installatore Italiano – Italy, L’Arca – Italy, L’Uomo Vogue – Italy, La Razon – Spain, Le Courier de l’ Architecte – France, Le Fourquet – Mexico, Mark Magazine – The Netherlands, Maxim – USA, Mercedes Benz Magazine – Germany, Mladina – Slovenia, Modulo – Italy, Modulor – Switzerland, NAN – Spain, Natur + Kosmos – Germany, New Scientist – United Kingdom, Oculus – USA, Of Arch – Italy, Pasajes de Arquitectura – Spain, Peak Magazine – Singapore, Popular Mechanics – USA/Russia, Popular Science – USA, Puls Biznesu – Poland, Quo– China/Spain, Rogue Magazine – Philippines, RUM – Sweden, Salt Magazine – The Netherlands, Science et Vie – France, Sciences et Avenir– France, Shanghai Morning Post – China, Space – South Korea, Spade – Canada, Spazio Casa – Italy, Specifier Magazine – Australia, SMW Magazine – Taiwan, Stafette – Germany, Tall Buildings – Russia, Tatlin – Russia, The Broker – The Netherlands, The Outlook Magazine – China, The New York Times – USA, The Wall Street Journal – USA, Time Style and Design – USA, Travel and Leisure – USA, Vida Simples Magazine – Brazil, Vogue – Australia/USA, Vox Design – Poland, Wettbewerbe Aktuell – Germany, Wired – USA/Italy, Woongjin – South Korea, World Architecture – China
Who can participate in the competition?
Everyone is invited to participate, including students and professionals from any country worldwide.
Can we submit more than one entry?
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Can we submit printed boards?
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Is there a specific height requirement for the skyscraper?
There is no specific height requirement.
Is there a specific program requirement?
No, participants have complete freedom to establish their own program, site and conceptual agenda.
As seen in great historical London typologies such as the Gentlemen’s Club, or Josef Paxton’s Great Stove of Chatsworth, the city and culture of London has been a main thoroughfare of new programs and typological imaginations based on highly specific cultural desires and current needs of public space. These highly particular, explicit and most often bizarre desires, have also only been able to be realized through different shifts and improvements in technologies – technologies which have allowed phenomenally spanning glass seen in the Great Stove or even the industrial production and repetition of the structure in the Crystal Palace.
This work leverages the specificities of London itself, historical precedence, typological reference, highly specific subcultures, and site to generate a public sphere accessible to the greater public of the city.
The Electric Garden is a greenhouse nightclub designed by Zack Mathhews at Harvard GSD. It is a place where nature and artifice collide – a place to get lost in the infinite. It is a place that brings an immersive purity to Brick Lane, a re-generating landscape famous for its cultural life, yet still a fringe suffocating from its past self.
A primary source of design research was instigated through the investigation of the “Health Goth” subculture which originated in Portland, Oregon, but has since grown intimate ties with the built environment of London. Health Goth is a subculture that has materialized through high tech clothing, multiple technical layers of “armour”, advanced materiality, and weaponry. These people are exemplars of the pristine – a discontent with the impurity of the surrounding world has led to a desire to generate overly-constructed scenes of clothing and artificial interior atmospheres.
Upon analyzing material culture, fashion, activities, and behaviors of the Health Goths, the first part of this project focused on generating a destination of interior atmospheres which supported the need to self-immerse in extremely “pure” and infinite space. As the sub-culture has only existed through making imagery and portraying oneself only through digital representation, the first task of the public space was to provide an armature solely for these people to exist – backdrops that alluded to the infinite, high contrast lighting, monochromatic material, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
This hotel designed by Zahra Safaverdi at Harvard Graduate School of Design is a mixture of an exclusive entertainment club and a bizarre hotel, curates an amplified manipulated atmosphere for sleeping, harvests the dream data via MRI scanners, and mix and manipulates the collected dreams for further projection as a new form of spectacle to inspire the members and to plant new dreams.
Tucked away from the public access in a private courtyard, the Slumber hotel doesn’t completely hide from the eyes of the spectators. Although the fantastical world of sleeping is concealed in a banal cladding,and hides behind multiple layers, words of the happening inside gets around. The hotel is completely unassuming from the outside and that makes the bizarre world of the interior more shocking. The project functions based on juxtaposition of distant realities. The more the relationship between the two juxtaposed realities is distant, the stronger the effect will be.
Slumber hotel’s atmosphere is inherently immersive and is Excessive in nature. Continues surfaces eliminate the perception of corners, ground, walls, roof, and coming together of it all. The sleeping, zone where the sleeping pods are located, is a maze like space where circulation become occupy-able and layering plays an important role in the orchestrated reading of places. The perpetual state of twilight eliminates the sense of time and the whimsical atmosphere does not let the individual to be bored for a second. This public space is the manifestation of strange new species, extreme new UMWelt, and an experimental typology. The Slumber Hotel creates objects of value that belong to the collective imaginations and comments on social issues in a playful manner.
Pen Uno is an all aluminum pen for the Hi-Tec C Coleto ink cartridge that also transforms into a mechanical pencil by switching two components.
Pen Uno and Pencil Uno, designed by ENSSO in Los Angeles are perhaps the most minimal writing instruments in the market. Their design aims to be elegant and discreet focusing on the details and essential components. They are machined out of space-grade aluminum anodized in five distinct colors: gold, rose gold, red, black, and space grey.
When a pen it uses the amazing Hi-Tec C Coleto gel ink cartridge, which is widely available, inexpensive and comes in a variety of colors and lineweights. As a mechanical pencil it uses regular 0.5 mm leads.
Pen Uno and Pencil Uno are currently available on Kickstarter.
2016 Skyscraper Competition
Phuchong Yamchomsuan, Boonjira Phaisitwanichkul, Warut Duangkaewkart
Most of architecture we design is for humanity. What if the design can support both humanity and wildlife? What if we give back the ground to nature? Hence, the design purpose is to increase spaces for not only humanity but also wildlife simultaneously.
The design scheme is inspired by Banyan tree, the king of forests. As we’ve known, Banyan tree is the great murderer killing most trees in forests, yet it is the great giver providing habitat and food to most animals. Even though Banyan tree is categorized as a parasite plant, it is peculiarly special. After it slowly leeches and consumes all nourishment from another tree, the tree will be killed and then create interior space that’s covered up with Banyan tree’s limbs and roots as structure. This space will become homes for little animals and its enormous branches will create shades and provide food to all creatures. ‘Contributing one life is worth lots of life.’
In this project, the Banyan tree’s growing process is adopted as the main concept proposing how human could develop our world and sustainably grow up into the futuristic era.
The new structure will be introduced as a special parasitic creature. When it’s attached to any existing buildings in any cities, people will slowly move to the upper space for better lives. The new urban fabric will expand, while the old buildings will be abandoned eventually. Afterwards, nature will gradually take back the Earth’s surface and animals will get their natural habitat back.
The design aims to increase both humanity and wildlife habitat at the same time. The proposed structure will be developed on the higher surfaces, above high-rise buildings. Its form should be light and low dense, in contrast with today’s high-rise, so that the ground level would not be decadent and finally died. There will be sunlight and fresh air for every creature. With the new structure, people will leave the ground floor to expand new lives on sky surface, while trees and animals live on Earth’s surface where belong to them. Should it be the time we give back the land to our mother nature.
To avoid using the Earth’s surface, horizontal, vertical and underground transportation tubes are introduced in order to connect between living units and communities, personal and public spaces. The existing buildings that are abandoned will be cut to create the opened space for public activities where human and animals may stay close to each other.
In addition, the deserted high-rise where humans evacuate from can be boundaries creating zones between wild animals and mankind. With the sense of living together but staying not too close to, the zoning will protect humans from wild animals and protect wild animals from humans. This could be the way how metropolitan people stay close to nature again, recalling the former times when people and animals were neighbours. Read the rest of this entry »
2016 Skyscraper Competition
Inspired by professor Donald Sadoway’s notion of giant container sized liquid metal battery, ephemere highrise proposes the idea of a floating power station and liquid metal battery charging station.
Liquid metal battery
The team of professor sadoway – ambri aims to develop a giant battery that fits in a 40-foot shipping container for placement in the field. And this has a nameplate capacity of two megawatt-hours. That’s enough energy to meet the daily electrical needs of 200 households. Ambri’s cells are strung together within a thermal enclosure to form an ambri core. The ambri core is ‘self-heating’ when operated every couple of days, requiring no external heating to keep the batteries at temperature. The ambri system comprises multiple ambri cores that are strung together and connected to the grid with power electronics. The configuration of the ambri system is modular and can be customized to meet specific customer needs.
Offshore wind, wave and tidal energy
Ephemere highrise uses 100% renewable energy sources for electricity production. Harnessing energy from offshore winds, waves, and tides holds great promise for our world’s clean energy future. Energy production is just one of the valuable resources our oceans and coastal ecosystems provide. We can successfully develop offshore renewable energy by ensuring that energy projects are sited, designed, and constructed in a manner that protects our fragile ocean ecosystems.
Ephemere highrise is a high tech structure that uses all available local renewable energy sources to generate electricity. However the electricity production is only one of many important functions: living space, education, resource management, energy storage, research and engineering. Read the rest of this entry »
2016 Skyscraper Competition
Wong Tat Hon, Ening Liu Yee Ning
The project is taking place at Hong Kong urban district. Hong Kong is very restricted with the hyper-density living condition. In fact, Hong Kong has been using the traditional method of residential development strategy for all the years. That is to push higher with taller skyscraper tower replacing lower tenement houses to fit in the rapidly increasing living population. Such strategy neglect urban planning but value living efficiency. Such restricted living condition generates an invisible boundary within the city. Citizen feels isolated and tedious with the repetitive urban context. My idea is to provide a healthier solution to counter the existing living condition in the city. Read the rest of this entry »
2016 Skyscraper Competition
Disintegration of the brain in our increasingly aging population is addressed relentlessly in medical research but largely neglected in environmental experiment. Our lifespan has been elongated due to a growing body of knowledge in health and medicine, and still a third of seniors will live with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. Plaques and Tangles is driven by an investigation into the formal, spatial, and societal potential of extended memory care in the vertical environment.
Typical retirement communities and full time care facilities are developed as sprawling patterns in remote corners. Within this proposed Manhattan context, the project gives dementia a physical urban presence and offers an opportunity for a dynamic community. A programmatically rich and site sensitive armature is systematically populated by a flexible, structural unit. The aggregate’s inherently radial patterns produce a legible datum while formally reflecting the sponge-like quality of plaques and tangles common to an Alzheimer’s brain.
Two primary lobbies serve as cultural hubs for residents of the building and local community members alike. They include space for theaters, galleries, restaurants, and commercial development. One wing is reserved for outpatient care and further medical research into memory loss and recovery. Residential units are designed as one or two person dwellings, however equal space is reserved for communal gathering and reflection. Transportation systems in the building are exclusively elevators and escalators to maximize mobility of residents.
The structural unit is intended to multiply and mutate, as need rises and medical knowledge progresses. Plaques and Tangles seeks to create an architectural system that considers the complexities of overpopulation and maximizes prosperity in the final stage of life. Read the rest of this entry »

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Heating up to 18,000 litres on just 15 square metres
Our customer specializes in the production of process auxiliaries such as mold release agents and release agents. An essential part of the manufacturing process is the temperature-controlled liquefaction of raw materials for further processing. For this purpose, the customer needed a tailor-made heating chamber that met its individual requirements.
The challenge and task
The Challenge: High capacity in the smallest space: The special challenge: the production area at the customer's site was almost completely exhausted and an extension was not possible. Further restrictions resulted from already existing passenger and forklift traffic routes whose use was not allowed to be impaired by the new facility. For the new plant, only a very small footprint was available in a pre-storage area, which had to be used as economically as possible. Nevertheless, the processing capacity of the heating chamber needed to correspond to the production capacity of the company. Together with the customer, DENIOS was able to develop a solution that meets all these requirements.
Chemicals on the rise: In order to realize the required capacity, the heat chamber was created on three floors. The system allows for up to 18 IBCs or up to 72 drums to be accommodated on a surface area of just 15 m2. An integrated certified sump with a capacity of 2,000 liters ensures compliance with the requirements of the Water Resources Act (WHG). So that the operational traffic routes are not restricted, particularly space-saving single-wing doors were installed. This ensures that the system is no obstacle to passenger and forklift traffic, even when the doors are open. The beneficial side effect: when opening also creates a lower temperature loss.
The customer opted for a resource-saving energy source with steam heating, so that existing process heat can be used efficiently for the thermal treatment of raw materials. To achieve the right viscosity, the heat chamber with a heat output of 80kW allows the heating of the chemicals at a constant 60 ° C (up to 120 ° C possible). 8,000 m3 of air are circulated per hour, thus supplying each container with the necessary heat. Air baffles ensure a homogeneous temperature distribution throughout the system.
Clever loading with "Pushback Trolley" system: The three storey structure system, with a total of 9 shelves each providing enough space for two consecutive pallets, meant a simple and safe loading system was required. As a suitable solution, the heating chamber was equipped with a practical "Pushback Trolley" system. This enables the setting of pallets according to the "last-in-first-out" principle. The pallets are set by forklift on movable trolleys that run on a rail system in the shelf. During storage, the top trolley is first equipped with a pallet. If another pallet is adjusted, this pushes the trolley further back into the channel. The removal takes place in reverse order. Practical: The pallets can be adjusted both longitudinally and transversely. Another advantage over classic gravity roller conveyors: Despite rail inclination, the pallets are in a horizontal position. An inclination of the lifting device to compensate is not required during loading and unloading. This results in a higher level of security, especially in the third level.
Well protected against fire and noise: In daily operations, the protection of people and the environment should always be in the foreground. A professional safety technology was therefore not missing in this project. The heating chamber therefore also has a customer-compatible fire detection system. Although there is no permanent workspace near the heat chamber, occasionally goods bookings must be made at a nearby computer workstation. To protect the affected employees, the entire system was therefore soundproofed.
Result and customer benefits
The customer received a customised heating chamber that met their individual requirements. Despite the small available floor space, a solution was created to heat up the entire required capacity. For convenient loading of the three-storey structure, the heating chamber was equipped with an efficient loading system.


text: The Reader may please to take notice, that the diligent and learned Author of this History, (to the writing of which he was commanded, and therein assisted by the Chancellor of Sweden) hath in the whole work taken care to justify what he relates, from the faith of authentic records, the testimony of Historians and the Discourses of Laplanders themselves, with whom he had ready opportunities of converse. And this he hath don so precisely, that having in the contexture of his work, given a full account of what he thought observable in the writings, or narratives to which he refers; he afterwards constantly puts down at length the very words of his Authors, a great part of which are in the Swedish Tongue. Now in this Edition we have spared our selves the labor of such repetition; which we hope will not be regretted by the Reader, who we suppose would not have bin much edified by them. As to the subject here discours’d of, twill not be needfull to give a character of it. Military Action, and those public murders in which other Histories triumph, have no share here. Hunger, cold and solitude are enemies that engage all the fortitude of this People: and where so much passive valor is necessary, we may dispense with the want of Active. Amidst the barbarity and darkness which reign in Lapland, there appear strictures of light, which will entertain the eie of the most knowing observer; as the Stars are no less remarkable then is the Sun it self. However the Reader will not fail to meet here with what may gratify his curiosity. Warmer climates having all the comforts and necessaries of life plentifully bestowed upon them, are but a more distant home; where we have little else talk’d of, then what we daily see among our selves: but here it is indeed, where, rather then in America, we have a new World discovered: and those extravagant falsehoods, which have commonly past in the narratives of these Northern Countries, are not so inexcusable for their being lies, as that they were told without temtation; the real truth being equally entertaining, and incredible.

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Gamers are paying tribute to Kobe Bryant in 'NBA 2K20' with custom jerseys, parades, and deliberate 24-second shot clock violations
From 'Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside' to 'NBA 2K20,' the Lakers legend was a video game icon during his 20-year career.
Here's how 'NBA 2K20' is paying homage to basketball legend Kobe Bryant after his tragic death in a helicopter
"NBA 2K20" just added an in-game homage to Kobe Bryant in the aftermath of his tragic death.
Video game sales are down in 2019 as the industry prepares for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, but that didn't stop this year's best-sellers from setting new records
The video game industry is already looking forward to 2020, but 2019 delivered a few big time blockbusters, from the new "Call of Duty" to "NBA 2K20."
The NBA season officially kicks off on Tuesday — here are the 20 best players in the league, according to 'NBA 2K20'
After a wild summer that sent multiple superstars to new teams, the 2019-20 NBA season is finally here.
'NBA 2K20' was the best-seller in a month packed with new games, beating out 'FIFA 20,' 'Borderlands 3,' and 'The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.'
The WNBA's inclusion in the world's most popular basketball video game will dramatically change the perception of women in sports
The world's most popular basketball simulator has included the WNBA for the very first time, and it's a great moment for everyone involved.
Whether you're looking forward to "Gears 5," "Death Stranding," or "NBA 2K20," there's something new for you to see this week.
"NBA 2K20" will celebrate the end of Dwyane Wade's hall-of-fame career and Anthony Davis's recent move to Los Angeles.


Pete Townshend Calls Him And Roger Daltrey 'A Good Delivery System'
Fans are waiting with baited breath on the new Who album set for release sometime in either late-October or early-November. At the Who's last concert on July 6th at London's Wembley Stadium, the band premiered two songs from its still-untitled upcoming album -- "A Hero At Ground Zero" and "Guantanamo" -- an early version of which turned up on Pete Townshend's 2015 compilation, Truancy - The Very Best Of Pete Townshend.
Barring "Be Lucky," a one-off new track released on the band's 2014 The Who Hits 50! collection, the new Townshend songs will mark the first new Who tracks since the 2006 release of the Endless Wire album.
In an exclusive interview with us, Pete Townshend spoke frankly about the artistic and commercial merits of him and Roger Daltrey driving the Who in today's age: "It's not just about the largest numbers, it's about the greatest effectiveness. And I think that Roger and I, together -- once the creative work is done -- we're a good delivery system; that's what we understand. Y'know, maybe what I've done is found a balance between my solo needs, creatively, and my needs to feel that the Who was not just a stereotypical classic rock machine churning out songs that were eventually be used to sell soap powder. Y'know, we have really put down some very, very clear boundaries: This is what you get."


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A small number of Southeast African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) have been flown in from Namibia and South Africa to a national park in India, more than 70 years after the Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus), India’s original subspecies of cheetahs, went extinct there. The Indian Supreme Court has approved the experiment, which will assess long-term adaptability on a temporary basis. Nowadays, the Asiatic subtype is only found in Iran, where its population is in grave danger.
With the sighting of five fresh cubs on Saturday, the number of Indian-born cheetahs within Kuno National Park in the Sheopur area is currently at 13. With 26 cheetahs overall, including cubs, in Kuno, India’s massive conservation initiative has reached a major turning point. According to officials, the project is moving along the intended path.
South African cheetah Gamini has given birth to five pups, according to a Sunday announcement made by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav. Furthermore, this is a South African cheetah’s first litter. They were made by Namibians earlier.
The Metapopulation Initiative’s Vincent van der Merwe rejoiced over the cubs’ birth. Because they are enormous, delicate predators, cheetahs are very difficult to reintroduce. In South Africa, nine out of ten reintroduction attempts were unsuccessful. Because we never gave up and learned from our failures, South Africa is now home to an increasing number of wild cheetahs. We are really proud of our Indian colleagues for their persistence. The recent births mark the start of wild cheetah populations’ comeback throughout their historical range in Asia.
The Namibian Cheetah Jwala brought three pups from its second litter in January. In its first litter, she had given birth to four pups, one of whom lived. Three new family members had been welcomed into the Kuno household by Cheetah Aasha earlier. Since PM Narendra Modi started this effort, ten cheetahs have lost their lives. Project Cheetah suffered a setback in May 2023 when three of the four cubs born to Jwala perished due to extreme heat, with temperatures as high as 46–47 degrees Celsius—the highest point of the summer.
In response to the tragedy, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) established a “Cheetah Project Steering Committee” to monitor the project’s advancement. A group of German researchers in Namibia expressed concerns about Kuno National Park’s cheetah-carrying capacity.
According to experts, it is impossible to pinpoint the exact carrying capacity of cheetahs in the park until after they have established their home ranges. On September 17, 2022, eight Namibian cheetahs made their way into Kuno National Park.
After being moved, all eight were placed in small bomas for quarantine. On January 17, 2023, the first of these cheetahs was released into a network of larger bomas. These facilities were built to give African cheetahs the opportunity to acclimatise to the new prey species found in the Indian subcontinent: nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), spotted deer (Axis axis), and sambar deer (Rusa unicolor). There have been no reports of cheetahs preying on cattle or Eurasian boars (Sus scrofa cristatus), despite the fact that a small number of animals were housed inside these bomas.


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MN Cos. Set New Export Record in 2011: $20.3B
Minnesota companies exported $20.3 billion in agricultural, mining, and manufactured products last year-surpassing the previous record of $19.2 billion, set in 2008, according to data released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
The state's 2011 exports increased $1.4 billion, or 7.3 percent, from the previous year. Manufactured products accounted for $18.4 billion, or about 90 percent of total exports.
Katie Clark, executive director of the Minnesota Trade Office, told Twin Cities Business on Thursday that DEED's latest report-unlike those previously released-incorporates agricultural and mining exports, in addition to manufactured goods. Past years' numbers were revised upwards to provide consistent comparisons.
North America represented the state's largest export market in 2011. It received $7 billion worth of goods, up 10 percent from 2010. Asia followed closely, receiving $6.9 billion of Minnesota's exports, up 11 percent from the previous year. The European Union accounted for $4 billion, down 2 percent.
In terms of individual countries, Canada received $5.8 billion in Minnesota exports, more than any other country and an increase of 7 percent. China ranked second, receiving $2.3 billion in Minnesota exports, up 18 percent. Japan received $1.3 billion in exports from the state, up 15 percent.
The following countries were also key export partners in 2011: Mexico ($1.2 billion, up 24 percent), Germany ($734 million, down 6 percent), South Korea ($702 million, up 12 percent), Belgium ($623 million, up 5 percent), the United Kingdom ($557 million, down 5 percent), Singapore ($547 million, up 10 percent), and the Philippines ($524 million, up 13 percent).
The top export category was machinery, which climbed 1 percent from 2010 to reach $4 billion in 2011. It was followed by optics and medical instruments ($2.8 billion, down 2.3 percent), electrical machinery ($2.7 billion, up 13.1 percent), vehicles ($1.7 billion, up 10 percent), plastic ($1.1 billion, up 3.4 percent), aircraft and spacecraft ($502 million, up 9.6 percent), food waste and animal feed ($483 million, up 6.6 percent), cereals ($433, up 40.1 percent), mineral fuel and oil ($427 million, up 103.6 percent), and ores, slag, and ash ($397 million, down 30.3 percent).
Clark said in a statement that exports are an important driver of jobs in the state: “Manufacturing exports alone are responsible for nearly 115,000 jobs in Minnesota.”
U.S. exports in 2011 increased 15.8 percent from the previous year. The country's largest exporters were Texas and California; Minnesota ranked 19th among states, up one spot from 2010.
To access DEED's annual exports report, click here.

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By Taiwo Okanlawon and Ayodele Efunla
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Edo State has commenced the distribution of sensitive materials to all eighteen (18) Local Government Areas in the state.
The people of Edo State will elect their new governor on Saturday, September, 19 to paddle the affairs of the state for the next four years.
The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had earlier disclosed that result sheets and ballot papers for the poll had been modified to ensure transparency.
The sensitive materials which arrived at the Central Bank of Nigeria office in Benin on Wednesday are being distributed today to all18 LGAs in the state, in the presence of party agents, election monitoring groups, and pressmen.
The INEC chairman, also reassured the Edo people that their votes would count, added that only the choice made by the people of Edo would determine the outcome of the election.
He explained that the commission would not take any action to the advantage or disadvantage of any political party or candidate.
Police Officers on electoral duty have also been charged to operate within the law and rules of engagement as any infractions on the laws/rules guiding election policing by any officer will be investigated and appropriate sanctions will be given.