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ASUU strike: 'Why hold Buhari by the neck' – Presidency queries lecturers
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The Presidency has queried the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over the lingering strike.
President Muhammadu Buhari's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, wondered why ASUU was holding the President by the neck over an agreement not signed by his government.
Shehu recalled that the agreement in contention was signed in 2009 by the then Federal Government.
Featuring on Channels Television's programme, Politics Today, Shehu said Buhari's government cannot meet their demand 100 percent.
He disclosed that the Federal Government needs to pay attention to other sectors of the country.
According to Shehu, the military needs weapons to fight terrorists, hence government can't pay all its attention on ASUU alone.
He said: "As for ASUU, the president has the right to appeal on behalf of Nigerians, this is six months or more of the ongoing strike.
"Is it right for anyone to insist on taking 100 percent of all of those grievances that they have? Don't forget that what is the cause of this problem is a 2009 agreement with the then government that they have no capacity to deliver upon and have passed it from one government to another.
"So, we might ask the question, why is Buhari being held by the neck? What happened in the past? Why didn't they strangle those past administrations on these matters? That's our worries.
"The Federal Government has put a lot of substance on the table. Will the Federal Government yield to 100 percent of ASUU demands, I want say.
"There are also other sectors of the economy yearning for attention, the military need weapons, guns to fight terrorists. We have to look into other sectors of the economy.
"The Minister of State for Education has assured that we are about to turn the corner and all these issues are about to be resolved. We have reached this level in the past and my prayer is that it would soon end.
"They have family members and leaders within the community, so they should prevail on them to resume classes and those elements that have not being resolved can be talked over."
This is coming when Buhari urged the academic body to consider the future of students and call off the lingering industrial action.
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Unsung hero: Dennis Graver
A green-fingered band of volunteers has helped make historic Packwood Hall a real tourist attraction by bringing its gardens and woodlands back to their former glory
Thousands of visitors pour into Packwood House every year to admire a wonderful example of Tudor architecture – and to marvel at its glorious gardens. For most of us, tending our own patch of grass and the odd pot or windowbox is enough of a green-fingered trial, so it's difficult to even begin to imagine how hard it must be to look after Packwood's 350-year-old yew garden, restored kitchen garden, orchard, woods, parks and outdoor tapestries. Yet it's all in a days work for Dennis Graver – or rather two days' work. Dennis is one of 20 volunteers who give their time for free to help make the gardens at the National Trust property in Lapworth, Warwickshire, among the best in the country. It's a real labour of love for Dennis, who used to work in the telecoms industry before retiring and has been a National Trust member for more than 40 years. "I work at Packwood two days a week and then at Farnborough Hall, Banbury for one day," said Dennis. "I enjoy every minute of it because I love gardening so much. When I'm not in their gardens, I'll be down on my own allotment. There's nothing like being outside, and by being a volunteer it gives a great sense of being part of something special and a real sense of achievement."
The volunteers like Dennis work under head gardener Mick Evans at Packwood. "Every year we seem to have a new project to tackle in the gardens as well as the general maintenance. We helped make the orchard at Packwood – they'd never had one before. We also made the walks and pathways in the woodland which so many of our visitors enjoy and developed the sunken gardens. And we also worked on restoring the kitchen garden, which was completely derelict, to its full glory. "I also go with Mick when he gives garden talks, and when you're working in the gardens visitors are always asking you about different plants and so on. That's great because you come across all kinds of people – and once in a while they'll catch you out with a question which you can't answer. With this job, you learn something new every day." While Dennis denies "being any kind of hero", he seems to make it his mission to help others with his natural talent for growing plants. Twice a year for the past 12 years, he and his wife have grown plants which they sell in Stratford-upon-Avon in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. "It's just nice to help others while doing something I enjoy so much," he said modestly.

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How Auto-Versed Are You?
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Cars, SUVs and trucks are a part of our everyday lives, but for some of us, the automobile is a part of our soul. The rev of a high-end engine snaps our head around to find the source of that beautiful music, and finely drawn aerodynamic lines thrill us as much as any piece of art. But how deep does your pool of automotive wisdom really go? Get ready to find out!
Most of our automotive quizzes focus on particular decades, brands, themes or technology. This quiz is a little different; to ace this, instead of knowing a lot about a few things, you need to have a broad knowledge about automobiles as a whole — how they work, the companies that make them, the vehicles' places in history and how they fit into our society.
With enough practice, anyone can be an expert at one particular facet of the automotive world. We think you're different. We think you've got what it takes to show you have Auto-Versal knowledge of things with four wheels. Time to prove us right!
Think you're ready for this kind of action? Are you a professor of pistons? A doctor of drive shafts? Do you know enough to get your Ph.D. in objects with high rpms and mph? We have faith that you'll show us your credentials. You've got this! Let's go!
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Which "super" automotive group owns Audi, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini and eight other brands?
Nissan Corporation
Volkswagen, the maker of the humble Beetle, has been busy in the past few decades. In addition to these brands, the automaker's parent group also owns Bugatti, Ducati and more. So, the next time a Lamborghini Aventador pulls up next to your Jetta, feel free to smile; you have nothing to prove.
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Although it's highly modified, what type of vehicle is the limousine used by the president of the United States, as of 2019?
It's armored, reinforced and has bullet-proof glass, among other modifications, but the U.S. president's limousine — referred to as "Limo One" or sometimes "The Beast" — is an augmented Cadillac. It's based on the CT6, although it includes styling elements from other Cadillac models. It's not one-of-a-kind, though, since there is also a spare.
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Who or what is the "Spirit of Ecstasy"?
The nickname of the BMW logo
The fountain that the Maserati logo is based on
The name of the Rolls-Royce hood ornament
The nickname of the Audi logo
The graceful lady leaning into the wind on the hood (or bonnet) of Rolls-Royce automobiles has a name — The Spirit of Ecstasy. The ornament first appeared on the automaker's vehicles in 1911. On modern vehicles it rests on a spring-loaded platform that instantly retracts in the event of a collision and can be lowered if the owner believes someone might have larceny on their mind.
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As of 2019, which of these is the world's fastest production* car?
Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
This one could be controversial, but let's wade into it, shall we? In 2019, the Bugatti Chiron set a record at Germany's Ehra-Lessien test track by going a blistering 304 miles per hour. The controversy is that some are saying this model is "special" and not actually a stock production car. Bugatti has been cagey with details but is standing behind its claim.
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Many Toyota models are offered with the "TRD" package — what does this mean?
Traction ReDeployment
Trilateral Rear Differential
Total Radial Displacement
The Toyota Racing Development division is responsible for designing options that improve the handling and performance of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, which includes components for augmenting suspension, various supercharger options and performance wheels. TRD is also active in motorsports, including NASCAR, NHRA and Formula Drift.
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Which of these vehicles was the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle?
The Toyota Prius, introduced in 1997 in Japan, was the world's first mass-produced car that offered a hybrid gasoline/electric powertrain. A decade later, Toyota sold its one-millionth Prius. The vehicle is now in its fourth generation and is sold in more than 90 countries.
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Which of the following statements is true?
Cell phones are involved in more than 1.5 million auto accidents in the U.S. annually.
Those texting while driving are six times more likely to be in an accident than those driving drunk.
Approximately 25% of car accidents in the U.S. are caused by texting and driving.
Sadly, all of these statistics are true. Cell phones are wonderful devices that keep us in contact with our friends and loved ones during the day, but there are times when the phone needs to be put away. More than 4,000 people are killed and 390,000 people are injured in the U.S. each year because of distracted drivers.
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Which of these strange rules of the road is true?
It's illegal to drive a dirty car in Russia.
It's illegal to drive while blindfolded in Alabama.
It's illegal to jump from cars traveling more than 65 miles per hour in California.
There are many, many antiquated laws on the books. Some of them are odd (like the illegal dirty cars in Russia), while others make sense (you really shouldn't drive blindfolded or jump from cars on the highway, no matter where you are). Think about this, though — most of these laws exist because someone probably did it (and might have gotten away with it).
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What does the term "HEMI" mean when it comes to a car's engine?
It refers to the shape of the cylinder head.
It's a brand name.
It means the vehicle has a transverse engine.
It's named for its inventor, Julius Hemi.
In a regular, non-HEMI engine, the top of the cylinder, where the internal combustion process takes place, is flattened. In a HEMI, the top of the cylinder is hemispherical (giving it its name), or shaped like a dome. This change in shape leads to less heat loss, higher pressure and more power. Fuel efficiency does suffer, however, and the engines are heavier and more expensive.
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Automotive SAT question: Toyota is to Lexus as Nissan is to ________?
Infiniti is the luxury arm of Nissan, kicking off in 1989 in North America and currently sold in more than 50 countries. The brand, which now offers the Q50, Q60 and Q70 among its inventory, aims to make its entire line either hybrid or electric by 2021.
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Which of these is true about automotive legend Lee Iacocca?
He spearheaded the creation of the Ford Mustang.
He's credited with saving Chrysler in the 1980s.
His first name was actually Lido.
Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca had one of the most storied careers in the modern automotive industry. Hired as an engineer at Ford, he quickly moved to the sales side and championed the design of the pony car, which would later become the Mustang, to shake off the Edsel disaster just a few years previous. Later, he became president of a struggling Chrysler and was able to turn it around.
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Other than the obvious — it just looks cool — why did Doc Brown make his time machine out of a DeLorean in "Back to the Future"?
It was the right shape.
It has a stainless steel skin.
It was cheap, since the company had gone out of business.
It was easily modified.
If you see a DeLorean DMC-12 with a paint job, that was aftermarket work (and a crime against automobile styling) because the vehicle was finished in stainless steel. In the movie, Doc said that the stainless steel construction helped with the time machine's "flux dispersal." A few DMC-12s were gold plated as part of an American Express promotion.
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You approach an intersection with a stop sign and pull up at the same time as the vehicle on your left. Who has the right of way?
They do.
It depends on the conditions.
It depends on who wants it more.
When cars pull up to an intersection without a traffic light, the car that arrives first has the right of way. When two or more cars pull up at the same moment, the right-most vehicle has the right of way. And, to keep things moving, when you have the right of way, make sure the lane is clear and don't be afraid to take it!
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Slow down, buddy! When did 55 miles per hour become the official speed limit in the United States?
In the early and mid-1970s, an oil crisis was leading to long gas lines and high oil prices. The 1974 National Maximum Speed Law was an effort to save gas as part of the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act. It was modified in '87 and '88 to raise the limit to 65 on some roads. The law was repealed, leaving the limit up to the states, in 1995.
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In the film "Gone in 60 Seconds," what kind of vehicle is Eleanor?
"Eleanor" is a customized Ford Mustang that is the object of the hero's affection in both the 1974 and 2000 films, "Gone in 60 Seconds." In the earlier film, she is a 1971 Sportsroof (posing as a 1973 model), while in the later film, she is a 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500.
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Before it made beautiful and fast (and expensive) cars, what was Lamborghini best known for?
In the 1950s, Lamborghini was one of Italy's largest agricultural equipment manufacturers, specializing in tractors. The company did so well in post-war Italy that its founder, Ferruccio Lamborghini, got to indulge a childhood interest in cars, forming Automobili Lamborghini in 1963.
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Which of these companies started out making aircraft before entering the automotive industry?
Saab — Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, or "Swedish Aeroplane Corporation" — saw that in a post-war Europe the demand for airplanes for the Swedish Air Force was going to decline rapidly, so the company founded Saab Automobile AB and created its first car, the Saab 92, in 1949. Saab AB still exists as a Swedish aerospace and defense company.
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The record for most sales of a single model of car was set in 1965 — and still stands today. Which car set this record?
The Chevy Impala set the bar for car sales in 1965 when 1,074,925 units of the Impala and Impala SS were sold. Introduced in 1957, the Impala has undergone many design changes during its 10 generations, but it has historically been one of Chevy's top sellers.
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In the event of an accident, about how long does it take an airbag to deploy?
Between 25 and 50 milliseconds
Between 90 and 120 microseconds
Between 80 and 120 milliseconds
Between .5 and 1 second
There's no time to lose when your car is in a collision because the physics of the situation is that you're still moving at the speed you were at the point of impact, even though your car has stopped. Your airbag, filled by a rapid explosion of nitrogen gas, will deploy in the blink of an eye, literally, to cushion your impact.
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About how many parts is the average car made up of?
Counting everything from the engine block to the screws that hold everything together, the modern automobile consists of about 30,000 parts, all working together in harmony to get you from Point A to Point B. So, the next time you have to take yours in for maintenance, just remember it's kind of an engineering miracle that the thing works at all!
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Which statement is true about the sales numbers for the first model year of the Ford Mustang?
They fell far short of expectations.
They were right on track.
They were slightly above expectations.
They wildly beat expectations.
The Mustang bolted out of the gate like its namesake late in the 1964 model year. Ford expected to sell around 100,000 the first year; they sold more than 400,000. The "father" of the Mustang, Lee Iacocca, said he knew they had a good thing going when he saw a sign in a restaurant window that said, "Our hotcakes are selling like Mustangs!"
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Thugs have taken over your 1980s small town, and you have no choice but to call in the "A-Team." What van should you be on the lookout for?
1983 GMC Vandura
Framed for crimes they didn't commit, four Vietnam vets — "Hannibal" Smith, Templeton "Faceman" Peck, "Howling Mad" Murdock and B.A. Baracus — offered their services for hire to people who needed some TV-friendly vigilante justice. The four would arrive in their distinctive red-and-black GMC Vandura and prepare for their plan to come together.
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Which of these vehicles has the "honor" of being the most stolen vehicle in the U.S.?
Lock your doors if you're driving a Honda Civic, because it was No. 1 on car thieves' "most wanted" list, as of 2017. Be particularly on guard if you have a 1998 — it's the top model year of the top model stolen. The Honda Accord and the Ford F-150 round out the top three.
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Which has been the most popular color for U.S. cars in recent years?
Colors of cars change over time just as colors vary in fashion (although it's so much easier to change your clothes to follow trends than to repaint your vehicle). In the U.S. in 2019, 23% of vehicles overall were coated with silver, while 15% were white and 12% black. And, despite urban legends, color has no impact on insurance rates, so if you want a red car, you go get you a red car!
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What is the Nissan LEAF's place in history?
It's the first mass-produced consumer electric vehicle.
It's the first import to sell 1 million units in the U.S.
It's the first 4x4 produced by Nissan.
It was the first concept car Nissan had ever displayed at an auto show.
The Nissan LEAF was introduced in 2010 and was the first mass-produced electric car aimed at a consumer audience. In addition to its electric powertrain, the first generation LEAF was green in other ways: approximately 60 percent of its interior plastic was made out of recycled water bottles.
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The first- and second-generation Honda CR-Vs came with which piece of standard equipment?
Underbody LED lighting
"Spinner" hubcaps
A folding picnic table
Are you the spontaneous type, always ready for anything? Honda had just the feature for you! From 1997 through 2006, every Honda CR-V came with a folding picnic table that could be stowed under the cargo area. The table was a bit flimsy and couldn't stand up to a lot of weight, but it was something no other automaker was offering at the time (or since, for that matter).
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How many cars sold in the U.S. in 2018 had manual transmissions?
Although there is a class of automotive drivers who swear by them, the manual transmission has seen better days. An Edmunds.com study found that in 2006, 47% of new cars in the U.S. were available as a stick; in 2018, it was 20% and falling quickly.
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How many cars are produced around the world each year?
Around 20 million
Just under 40 million
Approximately 55 million
Defining "cars" as having at least four wheels, with seating for no more than nine people, used for transportation of passengers, approximately 70 million cars were manufactured in 2018 — down slightly from 73 million the year before. There were 25 million commercial vehicles made in 2018.
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True or False: It's always illegal to make a left turn at a red light.
It depends on local/state laws.
It's fine if no one is looking.
It's legal to turn right at a stoplight if no traffic is coming everywhere in the U.S., unless prohibited by a sign or dedicated traffic light. There are also some places in the country where it's legal to turn left onto a one-way street at a red light, if all legs of the intersection are one-way streets. Don't get caught doing it in places where that maneuver is illegal, though — for instance, New York City, Maine, North Carolina, parts of Missouri or Guam.
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The 2011 Ford Crown Victoria was the last car to offer what as standard equipment?
A cassette player
A roof rack
A full-sized spare tire
Before kids today had Bluetooth connectivity and kids before them had CD players, the Ford Crown Victoria was the last to offer the humble cassette player as a standard feature. Driving to a mixtape specially made by your guy or gal is a lost art now that you have practically unlimited choices, thanks to streaming services.
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What is the Guinness World Record for highest mileage on a personal vehicle?
More than 400,000 miles
More than 2,100,000 miles
The current Guinness World Record is held by Irv Gordon, a U.S. resident who drove 3.2 million miles in his 1966 Volvo P1800S, doing just basic maintenance (oil changes every 3,000 - 3,500 miles and a transmission fluid change every 25,000 miles). Gordon passed away in 2018, but he left an impressive record for others to shoot for.
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Concentrating on the more lucrative truck and SUV market in the U.S., Ford decided to drop all passenger cars but the Mustang and which other vehicle?
Planning by 2020 to produce SUVs, trucks and crossovers as 90 percent of its North American inventory, the only passenger car models Ford has now are the Mustang and the Focus Active. The Focus Active debuted in 2019 and is itself a crossover-type hatchback.
True or False: The Model T was only available in black.
In his 1922 book "My Life and Work," Henry Ford wrote that "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants, so long as it is black." That wasn't always the case, however. From the Model T's introduction in 1908 through 1914, buyers could get a blue, gray, green or red Model T — but not black. In an effort to streamline production, black was the only option from 1914 through 1925. After that, colors were available again until production ended in 1927.
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What was one of the Mercedes-Benz F200 concept vehicle's more far-out innovations?
It had a joystick rather than a steering wheel.
It was the first to use platinum-coated disc brakes.
It was the first autonomous driving vehicle.
The Mercedes-Benz F200 "Imagination" was a vehicle unveiled at the 1996 Paris Motor Show, and one innovation that captured the audience's attention was its joystick — technically a sidestick — that replaced the steering wheel. The stick could be operated by either the driver or the passenger.
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What's the difference between gasoline and diesel fuel?
Diesel fuel is thicker than gasoline.
Diesel fuel doesn't need a spark to combust.
Diesel fuel is less volatile.
Diesel and gasoline are the most commonly used fuels for trucks and automobiles, but there are differences. Diesel fuel is denser and has more energy per gallon than gas, and it can combust through compression alone, so a diesel engine doesn't need spark plugs to get things going. This does cause problems in cold weather, however.
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Which of the following is true about the 1964 Ford GT40?
It was built to honor Henry Ford.
Only 2,000 were ever made.
It was made in response to the Chevrolet Corvette.
It was designed out of anger.
Enzo Ferrari was reported to be in the market to sell his company, and Ford was eager to acquire the brand. After negotiations and expensive audits of Ferrari's assets, Enzo abruptly called off the deal. An enraged Henry Ford II told his racing division, emphatically, to design a car that would beat Ferrari on the endurance racing circuit. The GT40 was the result.
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Which Bruce Springsteen song features the upbeat lyric "the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets"?
"State Trooper"
"Born in the U.S.A."
"Thunder Road"
This evocative song about wanting to get out of a dead-end town — complete with slamming screen doors, killers in the sun, Roy Orbison songs and their "one last chance to make it real" — was on Springsteen's classic 1975 album "Born to Run." "Thunder Road" is considered to be one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
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Stay in your lane! Approximately what percentage of countries drive on the right side of the road?
Generally, countries that were British colonies, with the massive exception of the United States, drive on the left side of the road, while the rest of the world travels down the right side. Canadians used to drive on the left, but they changed to make travel to and from their neighbor to the south less confusing.
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Which of these statements is correct about the Tesla Roadster?
It first hit the roads in 2011.
It was the first automobile shot into space.
It could travel up to 300 miles on a single charge.
The Tesla Roadster, which was produced from 2008 through 2012, could travel up to 200 miles on a single charge. It went much further than that, however, when it was the payload in a test of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in 2018. Elon Musk, who is an owner in both companies, used the vehicle as payload to gain publicity, and why not? The car looked cool in space!
Who is often called the "father" of the modern automobile?
Karl Benz
German engine designer Karl Benz received a patent for his Benz Patent Motorcar in 1886, kicking off what would become a global industry. His three-wheeled vehicle with its gas-powered four-stroke engine could only produce 0.8 horsepower and had a top speed of 10 miles per hour, but it launched a transportation revolution.
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Why not dare yourself, your boss or your team to do something crazy to help cure childhood cancer?
Dare the Boss is a unique opportunity for you and/or your team to rally together. Why not tackle a bucket list challenge? Perhaps jump from a plane or face a fear you have been too afraid of without a good reason. Let your friends and family back you and put their money where their mouth is to support you.


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Software Holding Back Home Automation?
Understanding the software issue is seeing a bigger picture. By putting it simply, there is no easy way to get all your home automation gadgets to work with a single unifying software.
You can think of home automation as mobile phones. At the beginning, every manufacturer had different chargers so you couldn't charge your phone at your friend's house because his charger was not compatible with your mobile phone. This is an oversimplification but a good analogy with what is wrong with today's home automation.
There are a lot of protocols that home automation uses – you can read about it in our previous article where we went in-depth about protocols available for home automation.
Individually home automation products work perfectly, but if you have a home where you want to use the smart light switches from one, and then use an automated window shutter from another manufacturer is where problems start to happen. Often there is no unifying software or maybe even you need a different controller. And when that happens home automation stops being a useful help around the house and becoming a gimmick.
But it does go beyond that. Let's say a hardware manufacturer were to allow third-party hardware to run with their system. If that third party stuff works poorly it may sour the consumer's opinion of the entire system. Again, this issue doesn't have a clear solution.
The thing isn't that grim because like the mobile phones from the beginning of the article, home automation is going in a direction of solving its baby problems and getting to the point where compatibility will be less and less of an issue.
Until the problem of compatibility is solved you can check our list of home automation company's that all have their solution for compatibility issues and try to take home automation to the next step.


Compact and powerful. Always at the ready.
Bosch is now also offering a powerful bagless vacuum cleaner in the compact class, which is easy to operate and will clean superbly for many years with minimal maintenance. If you value powerful performance in a compact form, the Runn'n is the right choice for you.
Its elegantly compact design makes the Runn'n particularly agile. Thanks to its two sturdy handles, it can easily be carried wherever you want and stored away again.
The QuattroPower System is the high-performance system from Bosch - producing first-class cleaning results with a low power consumption. Behind this super-efficient system stands the unique combination of HiSpin motor, high-performance nozzle, optimised seals and an efficient dust separation system.
A sensor makes sure that you only clean the filters when it's really necessary so that the Runn'n operates at peak performance. This reduces the need for maintenance to a minimum.
First of all, all the larger dust particles are sorted into the container at up to 180 km/h. The smaller particles come up against the unusually fine-pored high-tech filter membrane. The wide deep-down filter now removes the finest dust from the air. And thanks to the HEPA-Hygiene filter, even allergy-sufferers can breathe easily.
The 1.9 l large dirt container is easy to remove with just one movement and is particularly simple to clean.
The washable high-tech filters last for the lifetime of the appliance. The bagless filter system means there's no need to keep buying expensive dust bags. And our bagless vacuum cleaners even make life easier for allergy-sufferers.
The Runn'n is fitted with the SilenceSound System™, so it operates particularly quietly.
Discover our range of bagless vacuum cleaners with SmartSensor Control.
Ultra light and super strong. For easy cleaning in between.
Ideal when you're looking for a strong all-rounder.
Whisper-quiet when you want to clean thoroughly without disturbing anyone.


I design and build websites which meet the expectations of your customers and also your business. Using my design, technical knowledge and business acumen, I create websites that get results in search engines and drive conversions and engagement.
Let's face it finding a web designer isn't hard; a simple Google search for 'Web Design Preston' will return millions of web design companies, digital agencies and freelancers including the ones who aren't located in Preston, Lancashire. Also not forgetting that guy in the pub whos nephew tinkers with websites.
Web design is the combination of understanding a business, the product & service offering, the customers and goals and my approach is precisely that. For me to develop a site I need to know information and that is why I like to work with companies in Preston and across Lancashire. I'll insist on working closely with you and face to face is often the best way. I'm not the type of freelancer or web design company who will ask a few questions then come back in a month or so with a website which sort of meets your requirements.
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Franklin saw the ugly face of victimization at a very young age, an ordeal that opened his eyes to the misery that marginalized people go through on a daily basis. Since then, he has made it his life mission to fight for the voiceless and make this world a better place for everyone. He accomplishes this the best way he knows how; through short films and series.
Franklin Muregwa is a 33-year-old Ugandan filmmaker with the gift of writing inspirational local dramas that focus on promoting the rights of the marginalized and the voiceless. Born to Salongo Lule Maurice and Annette Nabacwa of Lusaalira Masaka District, now Ssembalule District, the secondary school teacher describes himself as an open ear to the silent cries.
Raised by a single mother, Franklin saw his mom toil to put food on the table and make ends meet. In a society that considers women and girls inferior, he saw their high potential and capability in executing set targets easily. This gave him a clear picture of how powerful and patient women are, often masking their agony with a smile.
'I'm an inspirational writer, who makes movies centered on giving hope to the hopeless, oppressed, and marginalized communities in an effort to advocate for their rights. My first encounter with discrimination was in 1997 when I was 8 years old in P.1 at Mengo Primary School. There was an albino girl who used to be bullied a lot because of her condition. It's only her younger brother who used to come to her defense against the bullies who would pinch her or poke her with sharp pencils. I decided to step in and give him a helping hand,' he recalls.
Franklin Muregwa
He admits that the girl's harrowing ordeals awakened a benevolent spirit in him. Her cries and tears drove him to want to make the world a better place to live in, regardless of our differences. Of the utmost importance should be our talents and how we can contribute meaningfully to the betterment of our communities. 'It's unfortunate that many people in society are oblivious to the silent cries of the oppressed. For instance, street kids are often stereotyped as being lawless, runaways, and disgraceful to society. Yet, no one has ever given them the chance to tell their story,' he asserts.
'We are ignorant to the burdens they carry or their grievances, and by not giving them an opportunity to prove themselves, we will never know their potential. It is the same case for the millions of people with disabilities who in some societies are still presumed to be bad omens. Meanwhile, in Tanzania, thousands of albinos are abducted annually, murdered, and their body parts used in rituals since witchdoctors consider them as spirits of luck and wealth.'
Future Prospects
He plans to establish a skillful training center for vulnerable people, focusing mostly on albinos and street kids. Nurturing their talents will solve the issue of unemployment, and will bridge the gap between what society considers perfect and what really is. Some youth have already resorted to exploiting their talents to save themselves from drowning in poverty with several talents emerging when given the opportunity. We have Eddy Kenzo, the BET award winner and Pastor Wilson Bugembe as testaments to this. Their life stories act as inspiration to many youngsters globally after someone took a leap of faith and gave them a second chance.
Franklin and his crew at work
'Given the opportunity, I want to equip these kids to be productive rather than wasteful. I believe love and care are the powerful tools needed to change them. I plan to organize writing and drama contests that will give them the platform to be judged based on their talent, rather than their status as street kids or their skin complexion. I believe everyone deserves a listening ear devoid of judgment or victimization,' he affirms.
He has managed to accomplish several projects among them the feather in his cap 'Ndooba' (The Untold Suffering): It is a hit series that is the darling of many Ugandans, especially the ones in the diaspora which airs on Bukedde2 TV, a leading Ugandan station. It condemns the oppression of orphans by their guardians; 'The Price': It denounces the culture of forcing girls into marriages for their bride price, and 'Jezebel' (Omuzimu Gw'obwenzi): It's about infidelity and the fight against the exploitation of women in marriages.
He has also done several other short movies like 'The Storm of Love' and 'Dad's Affair.'
'The community, including our own government, has failed to fully appreciate not only the film industry but the entire art sector in Uganda. The hiring of film equipment is also very expensive and we lack an established market for our films. Much is invested but less is earned,' he laments.
'Bullying is an evil act and is a reflection of how uncouth the perpetrators are. Let's educate society to understand that albinism is a mere variance in skin tone; the condition doesn't make any person less fit than the other.'
'ALBINISM DOES NOT TRANSFORM ME, IT'S JUST A SKIN PIGMENTATION.'
Kirya Hamisi
If the government sensitize people about Buy Uganda Build Uganda, we shall overcome very many challenges.
Well done Franklin. This is so nice. It's always fun working with you.
SSENKATUUKA
He z fantastic
Kalyango Geofrey
It's really good to help those in need even Bible says love one another en in Mathew 25:42 he saysfor I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'
44 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?'
45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, because you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'
so my fellow Ugandan let's join our hands together to help those who needs our support
Juliah Kalanda
Wow, he's such a talented guy
Mc Wanji
Everything about that story is correct. Because am amang the people he helped through TALENT
Wanji Isaac
Mr Mugerwa has helped me Talent wise. So everything he has said is true and correct
Peter pasha tosh
Success man
Everything iz easy wiz determination
it's a great job en it takes with a golden heart like Mr mugerwa It'sfor I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'
Muwanguzi Benard
This is inspiring with a true cause beneath, I'm behind you brother for the greater communal change.
Kiplangat willy
Wow, this is a good step director and film maker mugerwa Franklin, I know that all this has been your passion that will blossom to a greater heights one day and people nationally,internationally will appreciate your resilience and the good will in you.
Wowooo
Very interesting story,please keep on
God will reward you
Please keep on
Nice story
Eunice Mwaura
Thankyou Josh K
Kimsley
He's a legend and has magic in his production
Kakeeto
Weldone sir and it is really a nice piece, we as the public we need to come together and we overcome this situation.
Through his written and directed series of Ndooba, the untold suffering,
He clearly extracts how different classes of people in our communities suffer and suffer more, he clearly points out class distraction among,
Personally in my one to one conversations with Mr mugerwa,,he proudly advocate for the less previlaged,
Being been a two times ssentebe of nkobazambogo in two different higher institutions with branches in greater masaka region, I think that is where much of his ability attributes to his managerial position of directing movies.
Such personalities like Mr Franklin have created awareness in the country and beyond and are a true inspiration
Destiny Gloria
Wow good work director.. God bless the work of ur hands🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Buyondo Abbasi
So inspirational
Big up bro, together we can change the lives of helpless
Nanyondo halima
May Allah reward u abandantly yo so inspirational


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Thunder the Wolf spent the summer of his sixteenth year in Earthfire's wildlife garden, resting his huge, ancient frame in the cool grass under the shade of his favorite tree. As August rolled into September, he could no longer stand or even roll over. But strong wolf that he was, his heart beat on when his organs failed. Seeing him linger, my partner and I felt compelled to help ease Thunder's passing, so we called our vet, Don, a practical, no-nonsense fellow. On a sunny autumn afternoon, as I sat caressing Thunder in the garden, Don arrived. He took out his stethoscope, knelt down beside Thunder, gently gave him his final shot, and listened to his heart. The very instant when Thunder's life left his body, all thirty of our wolves began a long, low, mournful howling. They had no way of seeing or hearing what was going on, yet somehow they knew. Don, still on his knees, turned pale and murmured, "That's eerie." He stood up, urgently looking around for some realistic explanation. He asked if the wolves were being fed or if someone was driving up and repeated, "That's eerie . . . the timing." The wolves' howling was so unexpected and so clear that it reached the depths of him. The wolves were responding to Thunder's passing, and Don will never be the same.
Jean Simpson, my partner and a wild animal trainer, founded Earthfire Institute with me in 2000 to give sanctuary and voice to the wild ones. Named after a passionate wolf with an urge to protect the vulnerable, Earthfire is located on forty acres near the base of the Grand Teton Mountains, on the Wyoming-Idaho border. It is home to bears, wolves, cougars, lynx, bison, and other wildlife native to the Rocky Mountains who can never be set free for various reasons. Our animals come from fur farms and roadside zoos; they are orphaned wild babies, captive pets who could no longer be kept, or deformed or "undesirable" animals. Because they can never be set free, these animals live their whole lives with us. During the day, they play in specially constructed gardens; at night, they rest in private enclosures that protect them. We give them the best available medical care, both Western and alternative, and we are constantly seeking new ways to help them. In caring for them and living with them, our lives, hearts, and minds intertwine, and we are all immeasurably enriched. Each animal is a distinct being, with a soul and a passion to live.
After much thought about how best to help the animals' voices be heard by more people, Jean and I began to offer retreats in which people are able to experience the animals. They see them, hear them, feel them, and make a connection with them. The animals' reactions and the humans' experiences continually astound me. We all grow and are changed and enriched—blown away, in fact. Somehow we have created the conditions for a sacred space in which humans and wild animals meet, and the communion between them occurs on its own, quite beyond my understanding.


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NGC 5811 (również PGC 53597) – magellaniczna galaktyka spiralna z poprzeczką (SBm), znajdująca się w gwiazdozbiorze Panny. Odkrył ją Albert Marth 12 kwietnia 1864 roku.

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9:34am, 18 November 2021
Wayne Barnes explains oddities of rugby law to save future referees
Referee Wayne Barnes has shared a video of some oddities of the rugby law which may save a future referee from incurring the wrath of some angry spectators.
Haven taken charge of 96 Test matches and countless more club games, Barnes is one of the most experienced referees ever and would have seen everything across his career. But the three laws he has picked out in his video would leave many fans scratching their heads.
He shared the video on Twitter, and wrote: "The laws of rugby union are complex at the best of times. Then there are exceptions that can confuse even the most avid fan."
The laws of rugby union are complex at the best of times. Then there are exceptions that can confuse even the most avid fan.
Here are some examples for you to look out for:https://t.co/492VS7Pkg2#ThrowTheBook
— Wayne Barnes (@WayneBarnesRef) November 17, 2021
Take a look at the video:
Of all three laws that Barnes pointed out, the one which stipulates a player's feet can be outside the field of play when grounding is probably the one that would cause the most confusion at a stadium. A try like this was scored by Wasps' Christian Wade in 2015 against Saracens, and when looking at the finish it just looks plain wrong.
There is even footage on YouTube of the law concerning the ball going over the crossbar. This is very rarely seen indeed, but there is footage from a match between Connacht and Leinster in 2008, where a ferocious wind blew back a kick from Leinster's Felipe Contepomi. Barnes was spot on that it would cause plenty of outrage, as even the Connacht players vehemently protested to the referee after the penalty was deemed successful. Though, as shown by Barnes, the referee was right, the Connacht players can be forgiven for their reaction. Take a look:
Barnes is set to take charge of his 97th Test match on Saturday in one of the biggest matches of the year as France host the All Blacks. It is only a matter of time before the Englishman overtake's Nigel Owens' record of 100 Test matches.
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Google might announce new Stadia games in October 20 event.
By Alex Infant
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Google Stadia is far from completion right now but Google has been trying to add new features and games to the platform till the time it is already. Google has recently announced some new games that will be a part of Google Stadia in the future. The services are present for most of the users in the US and are still under development. Starting from October 20, the platform will showcase new games along with some exclusive demos for users as well.
The multi-day event will start on the official Stadia YouTube channel. Google will be announcing a lot of new things for Stadia in the three-day event starting from October 20 and all the new games and features could be tried right away. Ubisoft has already announced that their game "Immortals: Fenix Rising" will be Stadia exclusive and would be provided with a demo as well. Also, Stadio Pro members will get five games free with the subscription.
The five free games will be Strange Brigade, Kona, Metro 2033 Redux, Just Shapes And Beats as well as Rock of Ages 3: Make And Break. Also, one of the new features allows users to play games on Stadia over mobile and smartphones through 4G and 5G. There are a lot of new things and features that are expected from Stadia. Also, it would be great to see the kind of improvement they will be announced for the platform. Once the platform is completely ready, it will be launched globally as well.
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Justina Lavrenovaitė-Perez (née Lavrenovaitė; born 7 October 1984) is a Lithuanian football referee and a former player who played as a midfielder. She has been a member of the Lithuania women's national team.

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Report: TSMC's 7nm Lead Time Triples
By Nathaniel Mott
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It looks like TSMC is the belle of the ball, and everyone wants a dance. DigiTimes today reported that, according to anonymous industry sources, the semiconductor manufacturer's lead time for 7nm chips has tripled from two months to six months because of high demand.
Right now AMD is the most well-known purchaser of 7nm chips from TSMC--the company relies on those chips in Ryzen 3000 processors and Navi graphics. Nvidia told us in July that it will make its next-gen GPUs with both TSMC and Samsung, meaning the two largest discrete graphics companies will be vying for the manufacturer's 7nm chips, assuming the reports about Nvidia adopting a 7nm process are true.
Bloomberg reported in July that Apple tapped TSMC and its 7nm process for the A13 used in the iPhone 11 as well. (The company then revealed the A13 Bionic on September 10, and it confirmed the chip is made using a 7nm process, but it didn't name the manufacturer.) It's possible that demand from this triumvirate alone ramped up quicker than TSMC anticipated, resulting in these increased lead times.
Meanwhile, TSMC has been upgrading its 7nm processes to offer improved performance and lower power draws, as we reported in July. DigiTimes said in today's report that the company will be increasing its budget for various nodes, too. Introducing a variety of 7nm processes that can serve different kinds of devices could help reduce competition for the limited number of 7nm chips TSMC makes.
All of this arrives shortly after GlobalFoundries filed multiple lawsuits against TSMC in the U.S. and Germany. The suits alleged that TSMC used GF's "proprietary technology in its tens of billions of dollars of sales." Now GF is looking to halt the import of devices that use processors made by TSMC--which includes some of the products made by Nvidia and Apple--until the case is decided.
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Nathaniel Mott is a freelance news and features writer for Tom's Hardware US, covering breaking news, security, and the silliest aspects of the tech industry.
srsgang92
quote "lead time for 7nm chips has tripled from two months to four months". I think three times two equals Six?
JayNor
yeah, it is increased to six months lead time, according to two other articles.
according to recent articles, Apple and Huawei are the two largest 7nm customers.
on e article said Apple needed 75 million chips for the new iphone launch.
It might be a bad time to convert to euv, since asml's limited production of those machines is also being sought by Intel and Samsung over the next two years.


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By Meg Erlewine / May 14, 2019
The Armenian Studies Program (ASP) invites senior scholars to apply for the Manoogian Visiting Scholar Fellowship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The purpose of the Fellowship is to diversify the Armenian studies curricular offerings to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Michigan. Visiting Scholars, who are usually invited for one semester (Fall or Winter), will be asked to teach one class, participate in the ASP sponsored events, and present one public lecture. Fellowships can also be offered for mini-courses to be taught over three or four weeks. Preference will be given to candidates outside the disciplines of history, language, and literature. Previously awarded visiting scholars should wait seven years before applying for this program again.
The scope and number of fellowships awarded is contingent upon the availability of funds.
Application materials should be sent directly to armenianstudies "at" umich. edu.
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Two letters of recommendation, which should be sent directly from recommenders to ASP at armenianstudies "at" umich. edu.
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Between the very little Attorney General Jeff Sessions was willing to say about his conversations with President Trump and the essentially nothing Senate Republicans were willing to say about their health-care bill, there was one revealing bit of testimony on Capitol Hill late last week -- from Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.
On Thursday, Pruitt told a House subcommittee that the EPA is not reviewing California's lone-in-the-country authority to set air-quality standards tougher than those found elsewhere in the nation.
For months, California politicians, led by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown (D), have aggressively positioned the state as a bulwark against the Trump administration's deregulatory agenda -- for example, striking their own climate pacts with Canada and Mexico.
Since January, one cause for concern among Democrats and environmentalists is a longstanding waiver, written into the 1970 Clean Air Act, that allowed California to impose its own emissions rules for automobiles.
When that federal air pollution law was drafted, smog so choked Los Angeles that California asked Congress and its one-time senator, then President Richard Nixon, to carve out room for the state to set even more stringent air-pollution rules for automobiles than was dictated by federal policy.
But the law simply allows such an exemption to be granted by the federal government -- it doesn't guarantee it. During his confirmation hearing in January, Pruitt suggested that that waiver may come under review.
"I don't know without going through the process to determine that," Pruitt said when asked by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) if he would leave the waiver in place. "One would not want to presume the outcome."
In March, the wheels seemed to be turning toward revoking the waiver. That month, the New York Times reported that the EPA would "begin legal proceedings to revoke a waiver for California that was allowing the state to enforce the tougher tailpipe standards for its drivers."
But the White House left California out of an announcement later that month of a broader review of fuel-efficiency standards issued by the Obama administration.
On Thursday, Pruitt confirmed the Trump administration had indeed backed down on withdrawing the California waiver.
"Currently the waiver is not under review," Pruitt told Congress. He added: "This has been something that's been granted going back to the beginning of the Clean Air Act because of the leadership that California demonstrated."
1) California's Democratic governor. The state's leader had signaled it was ready to fight the EPA tooth-and-nail for the right to set its own auto- emissions standards. In January, the state hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to advise it in potential legal battles on climate and other issues with a Justice Department he once ran. Brown's administration thought it had good chance of winning. "In this case we think we have a strong case to be made based on the facts and the history," Xavier Becerra, the state attorney general and a former California congressman, said last month.
California is written into the Clean Air Act by name: At any time, it can ask the EPA administrator for a waiver to restrict tailpipe pollution more stringently than the federal government. If its proposed rules are "at least as protective of public health and welfare" as the EPA's, then the administrator must grant the waiver.
2) California's Republican congressmen. While every statewide office in California is held by a Democrat, 14 congressmen in California's 55-person delegation are Republican. These include Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chair of the House Appropriations' subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, which oversees the EPA's budget. On Thursday, Calvert affirmed his support for allowing California to set its own standards.
"One thing that's important to California is our waiver," he said during the hearing. "We've had these waivers for over 50 years."
Of course, Pruitt said (emphasis added): "Currently the waiver is not under review." Meaning: The Trump administration could always change its mind.
-- There appears to be a greater challenge to President Trump's goal to "greatly strengthen and expand" the U.S. nuclear arsenal than getting congressional funding. An extended shutdown of the nation's only scientific laboratory for producing and testing the plutonium cores over persistent safety shortcomings has hampered that goal too, according to a Center for Public Integrity report.
Take this one 2011 flop over... a photo-op: "Alarms were sounded more loudly after a nuclear technician positioned eight plutonium rods dangerously close together inside what is called a glovebox — a sealed container meant to contain the cancer-causing plutonium particles — on the afternoon of Aug. 11, 2011, to take a photograph for senior managers. Doing so posed the risk that neutrons emitted routinely by the metal in the rods would collide with the atoms of other particles, causing them to fission enough to provoke more collisions and begin an uncontrolled chain reaction of atom splitting."
-- After The Washington Post reported that Scott Pruitt used two government email addresses while Oklahoma attorney general despite telling Congress he used just one, six senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee sent a letter to the EPA administrator asking for a "full accounting" of his email use in his last job, according to E&E News. Earlier, Pruitt had to clarify why he used personal email for state business.
-- The Associated Press dug into that new batch of emails released by the Center for Media and Democracy. The reporters' conclusion: the "emails underscore just how closely Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt coordinated with fossil fuel companies while serving as Oklahoma's state attorney general."
-- STAR, or Science to Achieve Results, is just one of dozens of EPA programs that would be defunded under the Trump administration's proposed 2018 budget. But it received fortunately timed scrutiny in a National Academy of Sciences report published late last week that concluded it worth saving. Since it started in 1995, STAR has become the EPA's primary way of funding extramural environmental research. As such, it fills "a very important niche" in environmental research, Harold Mooney, an environmental biologist at Stanford University and one of the National Academy of Sciences committee member who wrote the positive review of STAR, told The Post.
-- In his first weeks in office, Pruitt met with dozens of energy and related industry representatives, according to calendar documents obtained by E&E News through a Freedom of Information Act request. These include meetings with executives from BMW, Chevron, Dow Chemical, Duke Energy and Murray Energy between Feb. 21 to March 31.
And the highlight: A March 22 meeting with the American Petroleum Institute's board of directors at... Trump International Hotel in Washington.
-- The United States has withdrawn 17 sites from the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves, a United Nation-run program meant to designate protected ecological areas throughout the world, according to National Geographic. The previous U.S. total was 47. Among the sites removed from the list are the California Coast Ranges and Virgin Islands National Park.
-- Wildfires used to be rare in the Great Plains. They've more than tripled in 30 years, a new study from researchers at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln found. The study merely describes the uptick without trying to explain the underlying cause. But the trend is "consistent with not only climate change but also an incursion of more invasive plant species that could be providing additional fuel."
-- When University of Miami coral experts began gardening reefs along the South Florida coast a decade ago, it was to replace those lost to pollution, boating and overfishing. Now there's another environmental problem: warmer and more acidic waters, linked to climate change. So the University of Miami researchers' task has turned to identifying coral hardy enough to withstanding changing conditions to plant, the Miami Herald reports.
-- Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Sequel" is not the only climate-related documentary released by a one-time politician this year. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's new film, "From the Ashes," about the "war on coal," will air on the National Geographic Channel on Sunday, June 25. Vicky Hallett offers this sneak peek in The Post: "Around Wright [in Wright, Wyo.], for instance, the coal sits in an aquifer. So pulling out the coal also means the water is gone from the springs that were fed by the aquifer. In Dallas, air heavily polluted by coal plants contributes to high rates of asthma among children. In North Carolina, coal-ash waste that was dumped into pits contaminated wells, making that water unsafe to drink."
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining's will hold an oversight hearing on restoring watersheds and large landscapes on Tuesday.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry is scheduled to testify before the House Appropriations' Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies on Tuesday on the department's proposed budget.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will testify on Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the department's budget request.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials will hold a hearing on rail infrastructure on Thursday.


It has certainly been a busy few weeks. The big move to NYC is finally over, all my clothing is put away, and my mixer has found its home. Originally I wanted to share my Cookie Dough Fudge recipe this week, but my fudge recipe just doesn't look so nice on camera. I also should probably stop making fudge when it's warm out, which seems to be a reoccurring pattern every spring and summer.