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8 of the Worst Humanitarian Crises to Know in 2021
Written by Olivia Giovetti
Updated and expanded from our 2020 list, here's what to know in the world of humanitarian response for 2021.
At the end of 2019, we presented 5 of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Most of these are complex crises that have been going on for years, if not decades. However, new crises emerge and an existing humanitarian crisis can turn complex if additional challenges come up.
2020 was not short on these kinds of challenges, with ongoing climate change events like droughts, a massive locust crisis, political instability, and the domino effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Ranking" humanitarian crises is a tricky business, but based on humanitarian data from the European Commission Joint Research Centre and UNOCHA's 2021 Global Humanitarian Overview, here are 8 that we think should be on your radar.
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1. The Syrian Crisis
What began as a response to peaceful protest in 2011 quickly became a protracted conflict and a complex humanitarian crisis. An exodus of 5.5 million refugees has ensued, along with over 6 million Syrians displaced within the country. As of December, 2020, 13 million Syrians still in-country are in need of humanitarian assistance, including 4.8 million children. The European Commission Joint Research Centre's INFORM Severity Index ranks Syria as the most severe humanitarian crisis as of December, 2020.
Learn more about the humanitarian impact of this conflict in our Syria crisis explainer.
The Syria Crisis, Explained
The Syrian conflict will officially be a decade old in March 2021. Here's what you need to know.
How did it get so bad?
Much like Yemen, Syria has spent much of the last century in and out of conflict. The latest influx began during the country's own Arab Spring protests in 2011, which gave way to an ongoing civil war. The involvement of multiple nations and factions has further complicated the situation. Regardless of allegiance, so much violence means that civilians are paying the ultimate price, either with their lives or by abandoning their homes for life in exile.
What's being done
Concern has been responding in Syria since 2013, and also has programs active in Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq. In and outside of Syria, we also are heavily focused on supporting children, many of whom suffer from exposure to violence and/or multiple displacements.
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2. Conflict in Yemen
The Yemeni Civil War has, according to one UN estimate, left nearly 80% of the country's population in need of some form of assistance, and has damaged food systems, local infrastructure, the economy, and education prospects.
Yemen's complex crisis sits at the crossroads of ongoing conflict, international displacement, and public health. While civilian casualties in the country peaked in October of 2020, a study by the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, and UNICEF indicates that famine-like conditions are once again present in some areas of the country after two years of progress. The FAO, WFP, and UNICEF also warn that these conditions could increase threefold in the first six months of 2021 (and that emergency levels of food insecurity could rise from affecting 3.6 million to 5 million Yemenis).
Violence in Yemen escalated sharply in March 2015 between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels, escalating unemployment, food insecurity, and insecurity for civilians. The destabilizing effects of this conflict has also made it that much harder to get humanitarian aid into the country.
Concern doesn't have a formal program in Yemen. However, in response to the growing needs in the country, we recently partnered with fellow NGO ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) to design a program that focused on providing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, along with some economic support to help with immediate needs.
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3. Democratic Republic of Congo
The 2017-20 Ebola outbreak in the DRC was the second-largest in history, and just one of the many aspects of the current state of humanitarian affairs in the country. A polio outbreak that began in 2018 is now an even bigger threat, as are the ongoing Horn of Africa locust invasion, regional drought, and devastating floods. 19.6 million Congolese require humanitarian assistance, nearly a 60% increase in need compared to last year's report.
Like Syria and Yemen, the timeline for the Democratic Republic of Congo is full of oppression, neglect, and unrest. The country suffered especially under the colonial rule of Belgium, and was set up for failure when it gained independence in 1960. Even with peace officially declared, violence has not gone away. Outbreaks of armed conflict have been triggered by land, natural resources, and ethnic disputes.
Concern has worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo longer than it's been called that — when we first entered the country, it was still known as Zaire. Since the late 1990s, we've focused much of our efforts on long-term development, building schools and health centers, training teachers and health volunteers, and supporting agriculture and livelihood projects. We've also led efforts to roll out new water and sanitation infrastructures, especially in provinces that have struggled to recover from 2 civil wars.
Recently trained care providers at the Nyamilima workshop, DRC (April 2019)
4. Tigray, Ethiopia
In November 2020, conflict broke out in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region fueled by political tension and risking international involvement (Ethiopia is a large host community to refugees from Eritrea). As of this writing, over 50,000 Ethiopian refugees fleeing violence have crossed into neighboring Sudan.
The humanitarian situation in Tigray is compounded by additional challenges that Ethiopia has faced in recent years, including a hunger crisis, drought, locusts, and the COVID-19 pandemic. This is especially worrisome as, before 2020, Ethiopia had been on track to meeting its goal of less than 3% of residents living below the national poverty line by 2029 (a first in sub-Saharan Africa).
The financial impact of COVID-19 combined with ongoing droughts and locust attacks affecting the Horn of Africa will continue to threaten both livelihoods and food security. While this latest development is still in its early stages, repatriation for refugees displaced by violence is never a short process.
Concern has flown in its emergency team to respond to the rapidly growing number of refugees arriving into Sudan from Ethiopia and is working in the border town of Hamdayet and in the Um Rakuba refugee camp erecting tents, distributing supplies and promoting health and hygiene in the crowded conditions. "Having worked in the same area during the Ethiopian famine in the mid-80s, Concern has an excellent reputation among locals and the Sudanese government officials," said Mark Harper who led the initial emergency response team.
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5. The Afghanistan Conflict
Afghanistan has been caught in conflict since 1978, meaning that several generations of Afghans have never known life without instability and insecurity. In the second half of 2020, the number of people in Afghanistan requiring humanitarian assistance rose more than 30%, a total that includes 5.1 million children. Over 11.1 million Afghans are living with some degree of food insecurity, an issue only exacerbated in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Setting political considerations aside, conflict invariably stresses a nation's infrastructure and economy. As the Afghanistan conflict is now well into its fourth decade, so too have these stresses — with the greatest burdens felt by the most vulnerable communities. Repeated displacement leaves many families unable to access basic needs like clean water and education. The economic impacts of conflict and crisis mean that job opportunities are low while debts are high. Earthquakes and the impacts of climate change have both created added shocks that erode coping mechanisms.
Concern first entered Afghanistan in 1998 following a major earthquake, and we've been there ever since. Last September, we became the UN's chosen partner for the emergency response to displacement in the northeastern area of the country, and we're an implementing partner of the Citizen's Charter Afghanistan Project to help improve local infrastructure, especially to benefit socially-marginalized groups.
As a response to limit the spread of COVID-19, Concern Afghanistan installed a water tanker, handwashing liquid, and hygiene messaging banners in 10 parts of Taloqan City. Local shop owners welcomed the initiative by donating handwashing liquid and soap to the hand washing points. (Photo: Concern Worldwide)
6. Sudan
In 2019, a transitional government formed after months of civilian protest, which has given many hope for economic and societal reform. However, such transitions don't happen overnight, even in the best of circumstances. The additional challenges of 2020 make this a fragile time in Sudan, especially for its most vulnerable citizens and residents.
Sudan is an example of the crisis that can remain after progress towards peace. The country continues to face conflict and violence which, combined with high inflation and the effects of a global pandemic, threaten famine-levels of food insecurity in some regions. Additionally, Sudan is a large host community in the current refugee crisis, which now includes a recent influx of people from Ethiopia, leaving over 1 million people vulnerable.
Historically, Concern has focused on refugees and internally-displaced people in Sudan to ensure that their basic needs are met and to help them build lives and livelihoods while in displacement. We've renewed this effort following the November 2020 conflict in Ethiopia. We pair emergency relief with longer-term development programs in West Darfur, as well as West and South Kordofan.
Leylo* (30) with her youngest child six month old, Dit*. Leylo* is a member of Concern's Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme in Payam Ariath area in Aweil, South Sudan. (Photo: Abbie Taylor-Smith/ Concern Worldwide; Names changed to protect the identity of individuals)
7. South Sudan
Over the last decade, violence has forced people to flee their homes and plunged South Sudan into chaos and famine. As of December 2020, 6.5 million South Sudanese require humanitarian assistance, and over 63% of the country faces food insecurity.
Since gaining independence in 2011, South Sudan has faced constant turbulence. There have been various agreements in an effort to find a peaceful solution, the most recent of which was in late 2018. While the country has extensive oil fields that form its economic backbone, the country is also landlocked which means that international negotiations have resulted in unpaid labor and ballooning inflation prices. Women and children have been hit hardest by these shocks, resulting in issues around maternal and child health, hunger, and malnutrition.
50 years of experience has taught us that one of the most effective ways to get work done — especially in conflict-affected countries — is to work through local partners. Our focus in South Sudan with these partners is on nutrition, livelihoods, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs. We provide therapeutic nutrition services in remote communities with a mobile version of our Community Management of Acute Malnutrition programs. We also support 49 health facilities to deliver life-saving interventions around malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea. Concern also works in the Protection of Civilian site in Bentiu with WASH programming to provide access to safe water, proper sanitation, and hygiene promotion services.
Photo Essay: The faces of maternal and child health in South Sudan
A lifetime of health begins with expecting mothers, new mothers, and their young children. Here's what that looks like in South Sudan in a photo essay from Abbie Trayler-Smith.
8. Somalia
Political instability and civilian insecurity have combined with some truly devastating effects of climate change to form a complex humanitarian crisis in Somalia. In the last two years, the number of Somalis requiring humanitarian assistance has increased by 40% and now exceeds 5 million — nearly half of the country's population.
Decades of conflict have made it difficult for many Somalis to keep a steady life and livelihood. As of 2020, nearly 15% of Somalia's population is displaced. Those who are internally displaced within Somalia live tenuously, with persistent threats of eviction and marginalization within Somalia's social structure. Job loss due to displacement can, as we see with the cycle of poverty, be exacerbated if one family relocates to an area where they may face greater inequality. All of this is combined with a decade-long drought in the country, floods, and one of the most devastating locust crises on record, leaving Somalia's majority-agrarian population facing additional economic and food insecurity.
Concern has been in Somalia for nearly 35 years, responding to both the challenges of climate change and population displacement. We focus on nutrition support in the areas we work, as both of these circumstances can lead to acute malnutrition and famine, but we also work to build long-term systems and solutions for livelihoods and disaster risk reduction.
Displaced families collect SIM cards for emergency cash phone transfers from Concern Worldwide at a displacement camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Photo: Kieran McConville)
Concern's emergency response and humanitarian crises
Last year, Concern responded to 82 emergencies in 21 countries, reaching over 11 million people. Not each of these emergencies was a full humanitarian crisis, but in each context our goal remains the same: fulfill our humanitarian mandate.
When an emergency strikes, we seek out the poorest and hardest-to-reach communities to meet their immediate needs, and work with them to design innovative, fast and effective responses. We stay with them to help rebuild their lives and to ensure that they are better able to cope with future crises. Your support allows us to do this vital work.
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Classifying Database Management Systems: Regular and NoSQL
Thanks to two major trends — DBMS specialization and the NoSQL movement — the database management systems space is generating more interest and more innovation than any time I can remember since the 1980s. Ever since around 1990, when the relational database management system (RDBMS) became firmly established, IT has played DBMSroulette: spin the wheel and use the DBMS on which the needle lands — Oracle, DB2, or SQL Server. (If you think this trivializes things, not so fast: a friend who was the lead DBMS analyst at a major analyst firm once quipped to me that this wheel-spinning was his job, circa 1995.)
Obviously, there was always some rational basis for DBMS selection — IBM shops tended to pick DB2, best-of-breed buyers liked Oracle, performance whizzes and finance types often picked Sybase, and frugal shoppers would choose SQL Server, and later MySQL — but there was no differentiation in the model. All these choices were relational database management systems.
Over time, our minds became dulled to orthogonal dimensions of database differentiation:
The database model. For years, we lived in the database equivalent world of Henry Ford's Model T: any model you want as long as it's relational.
The potential for trade-offs in fundamental database-ness. We became binary and religious about what it meant be a database management system and that attitude blinded us to some fundamental trade-offs that some users might want to make — e.g., trading consistency for scalability, or trading ACID transactions for BASE.
The latter is the domain of Brewer's CAP theorem which I will not discuss today. The former, the database model, will be the subject of this post.
Every DBMS has some native modeling element (NME). For example, in an RDBMS that NME is the relation (or table). Typically that NME is used to store everything in the DBMS. For example, in an RDBMS:
User data is stored in tables.
Indexes are implemented as tables which are joined back to the base tables.
Administration information is stored in tables.
Security is usually handled through tables and joins.
Unusual data types (e.g., XML) are stored in "odd columns" in tables. (If your only model's a table, every problem looks like a column.)
In general, the more naturally the data you're storing maps to the paradigm (or NME) of the database, the better things will work. For example, you can model XML documents as tables and store them in an RDBMS, or you can model tables in XML and store them as XML documents, but those approaches will tend to be more difficult to implement and less efficient to process than simply storing tables in an RDBMS and XML documents in an XML server (e.g., MarkLogic).
The question is not whether you can model documents as tables or tables as documents. The answer is almost always yes. Thus, the better question is should you? The most famous example of this type of modeling problem is the storage of hierarchical data in an RDBMS. To quote this article on managing hierarchical data in MySQL:
Most users at one time or another have dealt with hierarchical data in a SQL database and no doubt learned that the management of hierarchical data is not what a relational database is intended for.
(Personally, I blame the failure of Microsoft's WinFS on this root problem — file systems are inherently hierarchical — but that's a story for a different day.)
I believe the best way to classify DBMSs is by their native modeling element.
In hierarchical databases, the NME is the hierarchy. Example: IMS.
In network databases, it's the (directed, acyclic) graph. Example: IDMS.
In relational databases, it's the relation (or, table). Example: Oracle.
In object databases, it's the (typically C++) object class. Example: Versant.
In multi-dimensional databases, it's the hypercube. Example: Essbase.
In document databases, it's the document. Example: CouchDB.
In key/value stores, it's the key/value pair. Example: Redis.
In XML databases, it's the XML document. Example: MarkLogic.
The biggest limitation of this approach is that classifying by model fails to capture implementation differences. Some examples:
I would classify columnar DBMSs (e.g., Vertica) as relational if they model data as tables, and key/value stores (e.g., Hbase) as such if they model data in key/value pairs. This fails to capture the performance advantage that Vertica gets on certain data warehousing problems due to its column orientation.
I would classify all relational databases as relational, despite implementation optimizations. For example, this approach fails to capture Teradata's optimizations for large-scale data warehousing, Aster's optimizations for analytics on big data, or Volt's optimizations for what Curt Monash calls HVSP.
I would classify all XML databases as XML databases, despite possible optimization differences for the two basic XML use-cases: (1) XML as message wrapper vs. (2) XML as document markup.
Nevertheless, I believe that DBMSs should be classified first by model and then sub-classified by implementation optimization. For example, a relational database optimized for big data analytics (Aster). An XML database optimized for large amounts of semi-structured information marked in XML (MarkLogic).
In closing, I'd say that we are seeing increasing numbers of customers coming to Mark Logic saying: "well, I suppose we could have modeled this data relationally, but in our business we think of this information as documents and we've decided that it's easier and more natural to manage it that way, so we decided to give you a call."
After thinking about this for some time, I have one response: keep calling!
No matter how you want to think about MarkLogic Server — an XML server, an XML database, or an XML document database — dare I say an [XML] [document] server|database — it's definitely a document-oriented, XML-oriented database management system and a great place to put any information that you think is more naturally modeled as documents.
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5 responses to "Classifying Database Management Systems: Regular and NoSQL"
Dinesh Vadhia | March 31, 2010 at 10:35 pm | Reply
In the domain of documents, there is another model: information retrieval using a text-search engine. In this model it doesn't matter whether the documents are in the XML format or some other.
Dave Kellogg | April 1, 2010 at 6:22 am | Reply
Hi Dinesh,
Text search engines typically don't care about document format which is a double-edge sword: they tend neither to be bothered by it, nor — however — can they exploit.
Search engines that use "filters" to access hundreds of different document types typically use those filters to filter away everything but the text — e.g., XML metadata about structure or semantics or just basic formatting information that still might have been useful in formulating queries.
The other huge issue is text search engines is their inability to express complex database-like queries. From a DBMS perspective, I have always viewed text search engines as "one trick ponies" — they run one query really well: return list of links to documents where document contains word|phrase.
But there are an infinite number of *other* queries that people might want to run.
At Mark Logic, we like text search — don't get me wrong. We just think it should be deeply integrated into a database so you can seamlessly combine text, structural, and semantic metadata constraints in queries.
Dinesh Vadhia | April 1, 2010 at 12:44 pm | Reply
A key end-user complaint about enterprise search systems is that they want a consumer like search experience ie. they want a simple search interface to enterprise data (or the silo data they need access to) that also delivers their information need. This implies (as you say) that the search engine should look after all the filtering of different document formats. A new generation of search engines can utilize any available metadata. It is known that the Google Appliance group is making a concerted effort to crack the enterprise search market. This leaves support for database-like queries which is really what end-users want to get away from.
Databases of various types including XML db's for core transactional systems will always be required. However, as the volume of unstructured data increases inexorably within enterprises they will eventually resort to dumping it all into a "search data warehouse" driven by advanced search engines.
Dave Kellogg | April 1, 2010 at 12:48 pm | Reply
DBMS-level support for processing complex queries is definitely what people want — no search engine today (with the possible exception of Mark Logic if you classified it as such) could possibly answer the kinds of questions people want to ask in a BI environment. So, no, people are not trying to get away from DBMS style queries and while they may wish to get away from the classical BI interfaces (which btw are a $2B/year business) that generate them, trust me they will want to ask complex questions which means an engine capable of processing them.
So separate the UI from the DBMS as a first step. And, I think we agree the DBMSs that handle those queries will need to look like search engines on the inside.
Typing fast, sorry if that's not too coherent.
Michelle | April 19, 2010 at 6:05 pm | Reply

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Tesla claims driver was behind the wheel of 'autopilot' crash. News. Auto group backs guidelines for partially automated vehicles. News. Tesla CEO Elon Musk adding SNL hosting job to his to-do. Tesla said it produced 82,272 cars and delivered 90,650 to customers, down about 5% from the same quarter in 2019. The decline hit revenue, which also fell about 5% to $6bn Tesla on Wednesday reported its first full-year profit, a feat 18 years in the making. The electric carmaker, which was founded in 2003, said it earned $721 million in 2020, in contrast to a loss. Tesla posted its first full year of net income in 2020 -- but not because of sales to its customers
Tesla revealed earlier this year that it bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin. Tesla shares have dropped nearly 20% in 2021 after surging a whopping 740% in 2020. Enjoyed this article Tesla recently revealed in an SEC filing how Elon Musk's electric car company works with his other businesses, including SpaceX, the reusable rocket maker, and his tunneling venture The Boring. Tesla seems ready to move forward with a broader roll out of its autonomous driving software after a federal government investigation raised questions about initial, headline-grabbing findings.
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Tesla's Gigafactory will just barely cover Tesla's needs—if a day comes when every car company is making a ton of EVs, there will need to be many Gigafactories built by many companies. Second, by both doubling the world supply of lithium-ion batteries and by continuing to innovate with battery technology, Tesla's work at the Gigafactory will make batteries a lot cheaper Everything you wanted to know about your new Tesla vehicle, the Tesla forums, and more! (Mar-2021 update) Range University. Understanding what the Range display means and why it may not be accurate (Nov-2020 update) Supercharger SuperGuide Tesla, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of fully electric vehicles, energy generation and storage systems Tesla is aiming to selling 500,000 cars by 2020 but in December 2014, Morgan Stanley's auto analyst Adam Jonas predicted that the company would fall short by 40%. Jonas has reportedly said that. *Editor's Note, August 29, 2019: This article has been updated to correct Tesla's birthplace. Though he was of Serbian ethnicity, he was born in present day Croatia
Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison . Tesla arrived in New York in 1884 and was hired as an engineer at Thomas Edison's Manhattan headquarters. He worked there for a year, impressing Edison with his. Tesla is bringing the strategies pioneered by Apple to the auto industry. Consumers are learning that's not always a good thing Tesla's unique business model, which includes keeping control over sales and service, is one reason its stock has soared since its initial public offering. Article Sources Tesla is accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy with electric cars, solar and integrated renewable energy solutions for homes and businesses
Tesla has stakeholders; shareholders, investors, employees, business partners, suppliers and customers and none of them are being served by the continued problems at Tesla Tesla is a technology firm, This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline Electric shock and awe Reuse this content The Trust Project Tesla, the data company Tesla is harnessing artificial intelligence and machine learning to build one of the most innovative neural networks in the world
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Securities regulators told Tesla last year that CEO Elon Musk's use of Twitter had twice violated a court-ordered policy requiring his tweets to be preapproved by company lawyers
Tesla, Inc. is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company based in Palo Alto, California.Tesla's current products include electric cars, battery energy storage from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar roof tiles, as well as other related products and services. In 2020, Tesla had the highest sales in the plug-in and battery electric passenger car segments, capturing 16% of the.
According to a recent article by The Drive, even once Tesla officially opens its new car factory in Texas, coined Giga Austin, it won't actually be allowed to sell Texas-built Teslas to Texas.
During its Computex 2021 keynote, AMD revealed that the new Tesla Model S and Model X infotainment system consists of an AMD Ryzen processor paired with an AMD RDNA 2 GPU
German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine published a fairly crazy article in which it literally encouraged readers to bet against Tesla (TSLA) through a short position in order to bring Elon Musk.
Tesla wrote a number of books and articles for magazines and journals. Among his books are My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla , compiled and edited by Ben Johnston in 1983 from a series of 1919 magazine articles by Tesla which were republished in 1977; The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla (1993), compiled and edited by David Hatcher Childress ; and The Tesla Papers
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Tesla is testing lidar from Luminar in what could be a reversal of Elon Musk's long-held animosity toward the laser sensor used for autonomous vehicles. The two companies reportedly have a. May 26, 2021 - Tesla says it will ditch the radar sensors in its Model 3 sedan and Model Y SUV in favor of a camera system called Tesla Vision Tesla's innovation design is well known, but its impact on the planet is still in question. Find out the truth about Tesla's environmental impact Tesla stock (ticker: TSLA) has also been a big gainer. Even after falling more than 20% from its January 52-week high, Tesla's stock price has gained more than 340% over the past 12 months
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Tesla Inc's <TSLA.O> rapid rise to become the world's most valuable carmaker could mark the start of a new era for the global auto industry, defined by a Silicon Valley approach to software that. Nikola Tesla, Serbian American inventor and engineer who discovered and patented the rotating magnetic field used in alternating-current machinery. He was also known for his invention of the three-phase system of electric power transmission and, in 1891, the Tesla coil. Learn about his life and career After an epic rise, Tesla stock has stalled. That is just what it tends to do—rocket higher after major milestones, then do nothing for a while. Here are some catalysts that could get it moving. The Tesla Model 3 is one of the best EVs around: practical, high-tech and boasting great performance and range. Understated styling hides a sophisticated electric drivetrain and an ultra-modern.
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Tesla is reportedly planning to retrofit its Pedestrian Warning System (PWS) into older Model 3s and Model Ys that were built between specific dates. For those who aren't aware, Tesla was.
Nikola Tesla Articles. Newspaper and magazine articles related to Nikola Tesla. The Miracle Mind of Nikola Tesla. by J. Harold Byers. Fate. July, 1949. Page number(s): 52-56. Contemporary with Edison was another inventor, not so well known, but of the two the more spectacular
Tesla Inc. came close to meeting its 500,000 vehicle-deliveries goal for 2020, setting the stage for a new year in which it's expanding in China and poised to open new factories in Texas and.
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Tesla says it currently has 636 employees statewide in New York, including 329 at the plant, and that it has invested almost $400 million in New York. Engle, the TSLAQ member,.
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Tesla's rocketing share price this year has created an army of millionaires - self-named 'Teslanaires'. Shares in Elon Musk's electric car firm have risen more than 700% during 2020 to become the.
Tesla itself did not respond to a request for comment. Despite the happy ending—all thanks to a Tesla employee willing to turn down a significant alleged bribe—the attempted insider threat. Tesla starts to release its cars' open-source Linux software code. Tesla is still a long way from fully releasing its cars' full open-source programs and Linux operating system code, but it's on. Franz von Holzhausen throwing a steel ball at the Tesla Cybertruck's side window and breaking it, despite the fact that it was supposed to deflect it, went viral for all the wrong reasons.
Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin due to climate change concerns, its CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet. Bitcoin fell by more than 10% after the tweet, while Tesla shares also dipped tesla (tĕs`lə), unit of magnetic flux density: see under weber weber [for W. E. Weber], abbr. Wb, unit of magnetic flux in the mks system of weights and measures; 1 Wb is equal to 1 volt-second. The weber per square meter, called the tesla [for Nikola Tesla], abbr. Click the link for more information.
Tesla starts phasing out radar sensors in favor of vision-only Autopilot Model 3 and Model Y buyers might not have access to certain driver assists right away
Tesla's Full Self-Driving mode beta is available for select Tesla drivers and can be used on any road. It struggles in busy cities Editor's Note: This article was first published in 2014 and updated for Tesla's 164th birthday. See all comments (4) 4 Comments Comment from the forums. sourabh343 27 August 2020 06:30 In this article, I will examine Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) solar segment and consider both the product and the segment's operational performance over the past few years. After gaining a sense of. Articles: The Problem of Increasing Human Energy With Special References to the Harnessing of the Sun's Energy, by Nikola Tesla, Century Magazine, June, 1900 Two men died after a Tesla 'on autopilot with no one driving' crashed into a tree in Houston before starting a huge fire that took 32,000 gallons of water to extinguish
The Detroit automakers may have found Tesla's weakness as it faces repairing 130,000 cars at 133 service centers, but that may not derail loyalists CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports on the latest manufacturing and delivery numbers for Tesla, which exceeded expectations in Q1. For access to live and exclusive vi.. Tesla's stock price volatility had briefly faded, only to return. And until the tail end of 2016, Tesla was enduring a slow stock price slide. Fortunately for Musk, the company had executed a.
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Tesla earned adjusted net income of $1.052 billion, leading to diluted, non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.93. The street had expected the company to report $10.29 billion in revenue and adjusted.
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Tesla's Model S has few physical controls — all placed on or very close to the steering wheel. Driving-related functions like cruise control, autopilot, She also serves as editor for the articles published on NNgroup.com. Raluca coauthored the NN/g reports on tablet usability, mobile usability, iPad usability,.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently announced that the company is no longer just a manufacturer of electric cars, but that they are currently dabbling in artificial intelligence with the development of. Tesla has filed a new trademark for its brand under restaurant services as the automaker is expected to expand amenities around its charging infrastructure, including actual restaurants Tesla is forging ahead with Full Self-Driving despite skepticism among some safety advocates about whether Tesla's technology is ready — and whether the rest of the world is ready for. Article on SB 1728 by Johnna Crider Link to hundreds of jobs in Texas (Tesla Careers) photo credit for this article: Jeff Roberts edited by Gail Alfar on 5/13/2021 (updated on 5/14/2021 Tesla is building a low-volume Tesla Semi production line, and once it's complete, Tesla reportedly plans to produce 5 Tesla Semi electric trucks on a weekly basis, reports Yahoo! Finance. The.
Tesla's Model 3 has forever changed the automotive world and set Tesla up for the next decade. By Rob Maurer. Jul 28, 2020. Articles. Tesla's Margins Are Poised to Dominate The article What Makes a Tesla Special? These 10 Things, for Starters originally appeared on NerdWallet. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not.
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Tesla claims the four-seat supercar will sprint to 100 mph in 4.2 seconds on its way to a top speed of more than 250 mph. According to the EV maker, the Roadster will be able to travel 620 miles.
Tesla, valued at $500bn (£372bn), has its headquarters in California, but will build a new factory in Austin. Space X - Mr Musk's spaceflight company - already has facilities in Texas
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(Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk continued to whipsaw the price of Bitcoin, briefly sending it to the lowest since February after implying in a Twitter exchange Sunday that Tesla Inc. may sell or has sold.
Tesla's website says the Autopilot system requires a fully attentive driver and using the system does not make the car autonomous. Some of the safety requirements for Autopilot mode include:.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to turn every home into a distributed power plant that would generate, store and even deliver energy back into the electricity grid, all using the company's products
Tesla is known for the Model Y, Model S, Model X, and Model 3 product lines, of which, the Model 3 is the cheapest on offer. The Model 3 made its debut in February 2019, sporting a 220-mile.
Insider spoke with 14 Tesla Solar Roof and solar panel customers. Tesla's lack of communication is infuriating for a $60,000 product, one said
When Tesla was talking as a scientist he was opposed to wars on moral, economic and all practical and theoretical grounds. But like most scientists, when he stopped thinking as a scientist, and.
We have many reasons to thank Nikola Tesla when it comes to modern technology, but had capitalistic greed not stood in his way, Tesla's contributions to society could have gone significantly further. Despite his mental breakdowns later in life, likely caused by detractors and capitalists who refuted his utopian visions for society, Tesla created a plethora of inventions, with the goal of. Tesla Motors has responded to a magazine article that questioned the all-electric carmaker's ethics in handling the aftermath of the first recorded fatal crash involving a Model S sedan using. In July of 2018, Munro completed a similar teardown of Tesla's Model 3. At the time, the firm provided Tesla with more than a hundred different suggestions for improvements on the Model 3 Tesla's plans to offer a solar integrated option for the Cybertruck electric ute are firming up, with the application for a patent for an integrated tonneau cover for a vehicle to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Tesla's vision for the futuristic, angular tank-style.
While the Tesla founder has proven inspirational in the past, with Bitcoin, he has fallen prey to his own eccentricities. While the Tesla founder has proven inspirational in the past, with Bitcoin, he has fallen prey to his own eccentricities. Tesla's FUD bitcoin announcement doesn't mean bitcoin is. Forbes published an article criticizing my Tesla comic. This is my response. Last week Alex Knapp at Forbes published an article criticizing my Nikola Tesla comic. I don't normally respond to these kinds of thing, but since it's' Forbes I figured a proper response was in order
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From the article: Tesla is immortalized as a statue at Niagara, New York depicting the master of lighting; a Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade, Serbia; and he is featured on the Serbian 100 dinar banknote Overview . Tesla's Model S sedan was the first mass-market car to prove that electric vehicles could be fun-to-drive, eco-friendly, viable as everyday transportation, and even useable for long trips Nikola Tesla Articles. 01 Some Personal Recollections: 02 Address Before American Institute of Electrical Engineers, May 16, 1888: 0 May 27, 2021 Watch: Elon Musk's Other Company Tests Its Tesla Tunnel System in Las Vegas With Real Passengers One car appeared to reach an impressive 116 mph
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Tesla Energy director Mark Twidell believes Australia is well-positioned to become a large supplier of lithium as demand for electric cars and large energy storage units continues to rise. Mark. Why Tesla Stock Soared Higher on Tuesday One analyst thinks Wall Street is underestimating the electric automaker's earnings per share potential Tesla doesn't need to be in the top spot in China, just as it no longer is in Norway. Chinese sales, though, account for around a third of Tesla's total and Musk has been talking up its prospects
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Tesla claims the 30-times cold-rolled steel body can withstand a 9 mm bullet fired from 10 meters away. Prior to the reveal, Musk had stated that redesigning the body might be under consideration. Tesla's decision to implement a new camera-only Tesla Vision sensor suite for the North American-market Model 3 and Model Y is drawing scrutiny from safety advocates and regulators—and it's. China criticizes Tesla for arrogant behavior following customer complaints. The Communist Party also shamed the company for allegedly selling defective cars Nikola Tesla slideshow: Images and articles from Tesla's writings. September 13, 2012 by Steve Taranovich Comments 4. John Ratzlaff compiled 25 years of research on Nikola Tesla in his book, Tesla Said (now out of print with one used copy on Amazon last time I looked for $350) Tesla Tesla is a company that does things its own way . It doesn't have a traditional franchised dealer network, for example, and you can even pay for your car in Bitcoin
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USDA invests $18 million to train beginning farmers and ranchers
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Washington, DC - U.S. Department of Agriculture's Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden (USDA) has announced more than $18 million in grants to educate, mentor, and enhance the sustainability of the next generation of farmers. The grants are available through the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), which was authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill).
"As new farmers and ranchers get started, they are really looking to their community for support. The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program empowers these farmers and ranchers to bring innovative ideas to the table when it comes to addressing food security, creating economic enterprises, and building communities," said Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden. "As we celebrate the first anniversary of the 2014 Farm Bill, programs like these are evidence that an investment in beginning farmers and ranchers is an investment in our future".
The grant announcement was made at Recirculating Farms Coalition in New Orleans. Recirculating Farms received a BFRDP grant to develop training sessions focusing on soil-based production and aquaculture for new and beginning farmers in New Orleans.
The BFRDP program, first established by the 2008 Farm Bill, aims to support those who have farmed or ranched less than 10 years with workshops, educational teams, training, and technical assistance throughout the United States. NIFA awards grants to organizations that implement programs to train beginning farmers and ranchers. Today's announcement was funded by the 2014 Farm Bill, which continued authorization of this program.
The 2014 Farm Bill mandated at least five percent of BFRDP funding support veterans and socially disadvantaged farmers. Among today's announcement, more than 15 percent of the funded projects have a substantial component that supports veterans and farming, while about 50 percent of the projects focus mainly on socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. A fact sheet with a complete list of awardees and project descriptions is available on the USDA website.
More information about USDA support for new farmers and ranchers is available at www.usda.gov/newfarmers.
The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program is currently accepting applications for the 2015 grant cycle. Applications are due March 13, 2015.


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Car Mechanic Simulator Classic Xbox One Review (2020)
Paul WhittinghamAug 22, 2020
Enter the glamorous world of working in a garage.
First off I want to make it no secret that I'm not a big fan of simulator games – except for Goat Simulator (but who doesn't love that!). So when I was given a copy of Car Mechanic Simulator Classic to review I felt a bit apprehensive, to say the least.
Oooh no mate… you can pick it up next Tuesday!
The first thing I need to talk about here is the control system, it's overly complicated and very confusing at first, having to move to each option with the D-pad and then select with "L2" isn't as intuitive as it should be for this kind of game. In fact, it sometimes becomes a chore just to examine the car for the faults you're looking for and it's all very clunky, but stick with it and it becomes more accessible as you get more confident in what you are doing. Now I don't know much about where and what parts are in the engine… so when I took the job to replace a crankshaft doo-hickey I started to merrily rip out engine parts one after the other only to then realize I just needed to put the car on the lift and take out a couple of bolts from under the engine block, but at least now I know where a fuel filter and brake servo are!
There's your problem!
The jobs to take are entirely up to you, the phone rings and upon answering you're given the option to either accept or decline the customer. The tasks on offer can be anything from an oil change to a complete suspension or engine rebuild. When you've examined your customers' vehicle and found its faults you then have to order replacement parts on your computer, here you will find everything from oil filters to body panels… If you stick to basics for a few jobs and get used to the fiddly controls, you will find that this is a tidy little game that you can learn a few things from. You learn how your car works and also find that sometimes it's the small things that give you the biggest headache.
For me, the graphics aren't up to the current-gen standard. In fact, I'd say that it looks closer to Xbox original graphics than it does Xbox one graphics. However, as an indie gamer, I don't have as much of an issue with this as some would.
I would note also that this game is branded as Car Mechanic Simulator Classic… So anyone thinking of buying this game needs to understand that what they are getting is the game in its original form
One thing I suggest you do is to turn the music off… at times it sounds like you're in a digital watch factory in the late '80s. Some nice tunes would've gone a long way to set a more conducive atmosphere to concentrate on the work in hand but at times it's as welcome as a wasp at a picnic.
No mate, not in that colour…
Like most simulator games, Car Mechanic Simulator Classic is absent of an actual story to progress through. Instead, you are working towards making as much money for your garage as possible.
The game does give you a sense of progression despite not having a linear story to run through. Because you are essentially writing your own story in-game. And this progression is beginning on easy jobs such as changing the oil in a car and eventually moving on to a complete engine overhaul. The sense of achievement when doing your first big job is incredibly satisfying.
So to conclude, Car Mechanic Simulator Classic is flawed but it has charm and is a relaxing game to play. If you can persevere with the at first confusing menu system and you want a game to wind down in between other games then it is well worth the pop. if like me you're not big on simulator games then this is a nice entry-level into that genre. Go on, give it a go… you just might like it!
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6 simple things you can do to stay safe around fireworks this Fourth of July.
Happy July Fourth, everybody!
Parker Molloy
We all know fireworks can be a lot of fun, but they can also be really dangerous (like really, really dangerous).
In 2016, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC), four people died as the result of fireworks-related injuries in the U.S., and around 11,100 people were injured.
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Luckily, the USCPSC has a number of helpful resources on their website for avoiding injury, as well videos demonstrating how to safely use fireworks. They even have a PSA from New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, a star football player who lost his right index finger to a fireworks accident in 2015.
Here are six easy steps you can take to greatly reduce your chance of injury, while still being able to have fireworks fun this summer.
1. Never let children light fireworks and have them keep a safe distance from any explosives.
Children under the age of 15 made up 31% of all fireworks-related injuries in 2016. Even sparklers can be dangerous, burning at around 2,000 degrees!
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2. Never try to re-light fireworks that didn't go off.
Sometimes a dud isn't actually a dud. Even if it was just a case of the fuse fizzling out before it reached the end, there's a reason it's as long as it is to begin with: to give you enough time to get a safe distance away. Lighting a short fuse is a bad idea. Douse the firework with water and move on.
3. Don't point fireworks at other people, and make sure there's nothing in their flight path before igniting the fuse.
Roman candles, bottle rockets, and other smaller explosives are no exception. These can all cause some pretty significant injuries.
4. Keep a hose and a bucket of water nearby, and be sure to douse all spent fireworks in water after they're done burning.
After your fireworks are spent, hit them with a quick blast of water to neutralize any residual explosive powder. And since you're working with fire anyway, the hose and bucket are good to have on hand in case something goes wrong.
5. Don't set off fireworks in metal or glass containers.
If flying shards of glass and metal shrapnel aren't welcome editions to your Fourth of July festivities, it's probably best not to use empty bottles or metal containers as makeshift launchpads.
6. Most importantly, leave the professional fireworks to the professionals.
Following the guidelines in the five tips above will ensure safety for you and your family while lighting bottle rockets, sparklers, Roman candles, smoke bombs, and firecrackers. When it comes to the bigger shows and sky-high fireworks, however, the absolute best thing you can do is to leave it up to the pros.
Pack some snacks, a blanket or a few lawn chairs, and check out your local news or government website to find out where the nearest fireworks display is happening.
Because, to paraphrase "The Simpsons," what better way to celebrate the independence of your nation than to blow up a small part of it?
Check out this 2017 video from the USCPSC for more useful tips about fireworks safety. (Additional videos from 2015 and 2016 can be found on the organization's YouTube page.)
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Sustainably good news: Recycling is getting better and this family is showing us how
What if instead of focusing on what isn't working, we looked at these stories as an invitation to do better?
Ryan Metzger
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Ryan Metzger and son Owen
There is no shortage of dire news about the state of modern recycling. Most recently, this NPR article shared the jaw-dropping statistic that about 5% of all plastics produced get recycled, meaning the rest of it ends up in landfills. While the underlying concerns here are sound, I worry that the public narrative around recycling has gotten so pessimistic that it will make people give up on it entirely instead of seeing the opportunities to improve it. What if instead of focusing on what isn't working, we looked at these news stories as an invitation to do better?
This question isn't rhetorical for me; it's been the motivation behind how I've spent the past five years of my life. It started when my son Owen asked me how we could recycle our dead batteries where we live in Seattle. After making a few phone calls and realizing how complicated it was, we made it a weekend project to pick up our neighbor's batteries along with other hard-to-recycle items.This novel approach of having your hard-to-recycle stuff "carpool" with your neighbors quickly caught on in Seattle. Our rapidly growing community was looking at their junk drawers with new eyes, felt inspired to be part of something bigger, and kept asking what else we could pick up.
This enthusiasm turned my family's passion project into Ridwell, a company whose mission it is to make it easy to deal with hard-to-recycle materials like plastics, light bulbs, batteries, & more. We pick up where curbside recyclers leave off, providing our members in six states with a way to recycle and reuse materials right from their doorsteps. In 2022 alone, our community kept more than one million pounds of hard-to-recycle plastic film out of landfills. To date, we've kept more than ten million pounds of hard-to-recycle materials from going to waste. All of this impact started with a simple, optimistic reframe. Instead of dwelling on what our curbside service couldn't take, we instead asked ourselves how we could help.
Ryan Metzger, Founder and CEO of Ridwell
It's been a lot of work to be sure, but what's kept me motivated on this journey has been learning about all of the exceptional efforts happening elsewhere to make recycling work better for everyone. Our elected officials are creating new policies that powerfully shift market incentives, like Maine's law that makes companies pay for their own recycling or California's law that creates more demand for recycled plastic. Engineers are developing new ways to recycle tricky plastics, while citizens across the country are raising awareness about the need for government and corporations to do more.
The longer I've worked in the recycling space, the more I've found allies and collaborators who are finding surprising uses for materials that used to be dismissed as trash. Trex has pioneered a method of turning soft plastics like grocery bags into high-performance decking for homes. Companies like ByFusion and Arqlite are turning multilayer plastic packaging once considered unrecyclable into building materials and hydroponics gravel. The types of innovations we'll need to solve our recycling crisis are all around us; we just need to keep connecting these pockets of innovation into a more holistic system of reuse and recycling.
So while the news cycle around recycling can often feel overwhelming, I always encourage people to use these grim statistics as motivation to lean into the challenge and look for solutions. For some people, that's calling their legislators, and for others, it's coming up with new packaging that has a smaller environmental footprint. For those of us at Ridwell, it's about how we can help make it easy for households to keep hard-to-recycle materials out of the landfill. As the past decade has shown us, the overwhelming "Pacman-shaped" chunk of the pie chart often shows us where the most impactful innovations must come from and where the next wave of businesses must focus. Yes, we are at an inflection point when it comes to addressing the problems posed by excessive waste in this country. To be honest, I've never felt more optimistic that we have what it takes to address this problem, together.
Ryan Metzger is a guest contributor to Upworthy and founder and CEO of Ridwell
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Little boy and his mom get the surprise of a lifetime: tickets to the Eagles game
"I hate telling people no, especially when I can help."
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Little boy and his mom get surprised with tickets to Eagles game.
In today's world, it's easy to get caught up in all the negative news we're exposed to, but in reality, most good deeds are done away from a camera—just one person helping another without desire for fanfare. And for mom Bryanne McBride and her young son, Mason, that's exactly what they were doing when they got the surprise of a lifetime.
Bryanne was approached by a man in a parking lot asking for a dollar to catch the bus. The entire time, the mom scrounged around in her purse looking for spare change and revealed she felt bad because she thought she had some. Bryanne's desire to help was a simple act of kindness to another human in need without the expectation of something in return.
During the time it took for the unsuspecting mother to dig for loose change, the "stranded" stranger, Zach, introduced himself and asked if the duo were from Philly. Once they said they were from the area, he then inquired if they were Eagles fans...the football team, not the birds. "You ever been to an Eagles game?" Zach asked.
The two quickly said no but the mom was focused on retrieving some quarters for this stranger. Zach continued to question them about the Eagles game, asking, "Would you want to go one day?" The answer was an enthusiastic yes, though Bryanne never broke her gaze from the purse as she looked for change. When she finally relented that she had no money in her purse and would need to check her car, she came back to a surprise.
Zach asked why Bryanne was so willing to help him and her response was just more evidence that she's simply a kind person. "I hate telling people no, especially when I can help," she said. After she handed him the money, he gave it to Mason and said he didn't actually need it before handing the generous mom $500 in cash. But Zach wasn't done—he had tickets to the Eagles game that night and gave the mother and son the tickets.
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Two couples move in together with their kids to create one big, loving 'polyfamory'
They are using their unique family arrangement to help people better understand polyamory.
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The Hartless and Rodgers families post together
Polyamory, a lifestyle where people have multiple romantic or sexual partners, is more prevalent in America than most people think. According to a study published in Frontiers in Psychology, one in nine Americans have been in a polyamorous relationship, and one in six say they would like to try one.
However popular the idea is, polyamory is misunderstood by a large swath of the public and is often seen as deviant. However, those who practice it view polyamory as a healthy lifestyle with several benefits.
Taya Hartless, 28, and Alysia Rogers, 34, along with their husbands Sean, 46, and Tyler, 35, are in a polyamorous relationship and have no problem sharing their lifestyle with the public on social media. Even though they risk stigmatization for being open about their non-traditional relationships, they are sharing it with the world to make it a safer place for "poly" folks like themselves.
It all began in 2019 when the Oregon couples met in an attempt to add some spice to their sex lives. "None of us had been polyamorous before, but we all just met and fell in love," Taya said, according to the Mirror. "We didn't even know what polyamory was, until we started getting feelings for each other," Alysia told Today.
"From the first night we met, we all wanted to just see more of each other. It wasn't easy—there was a lot of hesitations around having feelings," Taya said. "Sean was the first to point it out—he said 'we can't deny this is happening'. We agreed to talk it out to see what the future would look like.
The couple lived two hours from each other, so in February 2020, right before the whole world changed, they moved in together along with Tyler And Alysia's two children, 7 and 8. "The Quad" as they call themselves came together to create what they call a "polyfamory."
Although neither Sean and Tyler nor Alysia and Taya are dating one another, they see each other as close partners. The women have their own rooms which the men rotate in and out of each night.
The couples had a direct way of explaining their relationship to their kids. "We told them: 'You know mom has a boyfriend and dad had a girlfriend and we're going to move in together, and we're all going to be a big family and they're going to help parent you, so we're going to need you to treat them like you treat us— like parents,'" Tyler explained.
Since moving in together, both women have had a baby but no one knows for sure who the fathers are. "We did not regulate the biology," Alysia said. But it doesn't matter because all four adults share parenting responsibilities.
"At the end of the day, we're just like any other monogamous family—there's just four of us," Tyler says. "Being a parent is so much more than just biology, and that's what we're about."
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Native Siberian shares what daily life entails in the coldest village on Earth
See how the people of Yakutia, Siberia take showers, do laundry, go to school and more in minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit.
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A man in the Yakutia region of Siberia takes an ice bath in minus 50 degrees Celsius.
For most of us, waking up to a temperature of minus 50 degrees would spell catastrophe. Normal life would come to a screeching halt, we'd be scrambling to deal with frozen pipes and power outages, school and work would be canceled and weather warnings would tell us not to venture outside due to frostbite risk.
But in the Yakutia region of Siberia, that's just an average winter day where life goes on as usual.
When you live in the coldest inhabited area on Earth, your entire life is arranged around dealing with ridiculously cold temperatures. Villages don't have running water because freezing pipes wouldn't allow for water treatment. Kids go to school unless the temp drops below minus 55 degrees Celsius (which is then considered dangerous). Showering involves spending hours stoking a fire in the bathhouse to create a steamy, warm room.
Native Siberian Kiun B. has created a series of documentary short films detailing what daily life is like in Yakutia's frigid winters. She was born and raised in Yakutsk, Siberia, widely recognized as the coldest city on Earth, where average winter temperatures hover around minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit. As seen in her videos, smaller villages in the Yakutia region regularly dip down into the negative 50s, with the lowest recorded temp in the Yakut village of Oymayakon reaching a mindblowing minus 96 degrees Fahrenheit.
The popularity of Kiun's YouTube channel demonstrates how curious people are about life in such harsh conditions, as her videos have been viewed by tens of millions of people in the past year alone.
Check out this video detailing a day in the life of a family in a Yakutia village.
Can you imagine going out to use an outhouse in minus 40 degrees? Oof.
Another of Kiun's videos goes into more detail about how people shower and do laundry in the region. You might assume they wouldn't line-dry their laundry outdoors, but they do.
What do people wear to protect themselves from the negative temperatures? Frostbite is a real risk, so it's important to have the right kinds of clothing and outdoor gear to stay safe and relatively comfortable.
Kiun shared some frigid fashion norms from Yakutsk, which include traditional fur hats and boots as well as lots of layers and down jackets.
However, there are some Yakut folks who see the cold as something to embrace. For instance, this man takes an ice bath out in the elements as a morning ritual. It's something he has worked up to—definitely not something to try on your own during a cold snap—but it still has to be painful.
(Seriously, please don't try this at home.)
The way humans have learned to adapt to drastically different environments, from the sweltering tropics to the Arctic tundra, is incredible, and it's fascinating to get a close-up look at how people make life work in those extremes. Thank you, Kiun B., for giving us a glimpse of what it's like to experience life in the dead of winter in the world's coldest inhabited places.
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Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comFormer U.S. Rep. Ron Barber walks through the January 8 memorial on the 11th anniversary of the shooting. Barber was wounded in the shooting, along with former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 11 others, and six people were killed. The memorial, set next to the Pima County Courthouse, opened last year.
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comAmber Ortega, a Southern Arizona border activist facing two federal charges for protesting the construction of the border wall near Quitobaquito Springs, was found not guilty by a federal judge on Wednesday.
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comFrances Guzman shoots off fireworks during a protest over deaths at the Pima County Jail.
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comAdolfo Hernandez, a helicopter pilot with Air and Marine Operations, a part of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, flies a slow orbit in a search for a migrant near a ranch in Southern Arizona.
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comIn Nogales, Sonora a migrant lifts a heavy wooden cross as part of protest against Title 42—a controversial policy that allows border officials to rapidly deport migrants and refuse to accept asylum seekers.
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comMichael Bogan, a University of Arizona researcher, near the newly-created stream, part of larger project to renew the Santa Cruz River in the Historic Reach, a one-mile section of river just west of Downtown Tucson.
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comLinda Ronstadt was celebrated at the Tucson Music Hall, which will now be named for 'the daughter of Tucson' following a ceremony in May.
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comMore than 1,000 people packed sidewalks at the intersection of Congress and S. Granada Ave. to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade—the 1973 decision that made abortion legal in the U.S.
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comA day after his 90th birthday, Mohammad Kamiab gets his photo taken by his daughter, Nahid Farhang, following a naturalization ceremony on July 4, 2022.
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comTucson Firefighters battled two-alarm blaze at Salpointe Catholic High School. A man was later charged for setting the fire in an attic space above classrooms.
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comConstable Bill Lake carries a bulletproof vest into an apartment complex where fellow Pima County Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay was shot and killed during an eviction notice.
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comDuring the Thanksgiving weekend, a small band of protestors began camping near the staging grounds for contractors who were in the midst of building a 10-mile wall made of double-stacked cargo containers. The small group managed to hold the effort to just over 3 miles, and by Dec., Arizona Doug Ducey told a court he would remove the containers after federal officials launched a lawsuit.
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.comA young girl dressed as Mary, the mother of Jesus, rides a donkey during a 'posada,' an event in Nogales, Sonora organized by the Kino Border Initiative.
2022 often felt like one of the most violent years in recent memory, with many of our stories about the immediate and longterm consequences of crime, but there were also moments of genuine hope and beauty reflected in the Sentinel's coverage throughout the year.
The January 8th Memorial is striking commemoration of the shooting that took the lives of six people and wounded 13 more. During the 11th anniversary of the attack, former U.S. Rep. Ron Barber led a tour of the memorial following a ceremony, and there was a quiet moment when he separated from the crowd and stood by a pool of water.
Because the federal court allows cellphones, but does not allow cameras inside, our photographs at the courthouse have often been from an iPhone. And, our shot of Amber Ortega speaking to supporters outside the Evo A. DeConcini Courthouse was no exception.
Ortega faced two federal charges stemming from her arrest during a protest against border wall construction in September 2020, however, ruling from the bench U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie A. Bowman rule the federal government had imposed a "substantial burden" on Ortega's exercise of her religious faith by closing access to the border road that runs just south of Quitobaquito Springs — an area that remains central to the spiritual practices of the Hia C-ed O'odham.
In February, more than 80 people protested outside the Pima County Jail, demanding answers from the Sheriff's Department after two people died in the jail in just a few weeks. The protest followed a spate of deaths at the jail, when someone died nearly every month through 2021, and the situation continued through the year as men at the jail died from suicide, a brutal use of tasers still under investigation, and from drug overdoses.
In this photo, Frances Guzman fired off fireworks to mark the birthday of her son, Cruz Patino Jr. who died at the jail in August 2021.
From an AS350 A-Star helicopter, much of Southern Arizona's desert is a quilt of scalded mesquites and dusty ocotillos, and there's so much terrain for a single person to disappear. And, yet, Adolfo Hernandez, a pilot for Air and Marine Operations, spends his days searching for people, keeping his head cocked down as he examines spots of shade for a woman who may be missing in the desert.
In this photo, Hernandez flies over a ranch and a cattle pond where another agent looks for the missing woman in the Altar Valley, about 54 miles southwest of Tucson.
By late March, a group of migrants in Nogales, Sonora pushed against Title 42—a Trump-era order intended to mitigate COVID-19 cases that has remained even as the emergency that required it has fallen away. Title 42 has meant hundreds of migrants, largely from southern Mexico, have been blocked from seeking asylum in the U.S., while border officials used the order to quickly expel people back to Mexico.
Weeks before Easter, some migrants carried a heavy wooden cross three miles from the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Sonora, to the Dennis DeConcini border crossing in downtown Nogales. As the crowd moved along the road, the group would stop at "stations" and speak about their experiences and terrors as they waited in limbo while the policy remains in place. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to keep the policy in place until 2023 after Republican governors from 19 states demanded Title 42 remain in place.
A few days later, researchers from the University of Arizona released hundreds of diminutive fish, known as the longfin dace, into a one-mile section of the Santa Cruz River just west of Downtown Tucson, as part of an effort to reinvigorate the river's historic reach.
In May, Linda Ronstadt was celebrated at the Tucson Music Hall, which will now be named for "the daughter of Tucson" following a ceremony.
As the summer heated up, thousands crowded into Downtown to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade—the 1973 decision that made abortion legal in the U.S. The court's decision ignited a major debate over abortion in the state, especially after outgoing Attorney General Mark Brnovich argued the court's decision resurrected a Civil War-era statute outlawing the practice in its entirety.
There was also a citizenship ceremony at Saguaro National West and a two-alarm fire at Salpointe Catholic High School that involved dozens of firefighters.
In August, Pima County Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay was shot and killed as she went to process an eviction at a midtown apartment complex, and a photo of fellow Constable Bill Lake walking into the scene carrying a bulletproof vest was the most poignant image from an awful day.
Just after the Thanksgiving weekend, a small group of nearby residents and environmentalists attempted to halt construction of a border wall made from cargo containers stacked two high.
Earlier this year, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced the construction of a barrier near Yuma to stymie asylum seekers, and he followed that effort with a similar wall in the federally protected Coronado National Forest. As contractors broke through oak trees and drove through grasslands, a small band of people established a camp near the staging grounds, forcing a halt to the work. While contractors were slated to build 10 miles of the barrier, involving nearly 2,800 of the 40-foot-long containers, topped with concertina or "razor" wire, the protest held them to just over 3 miles.
The federal government sued, and Ducey sounded a retreat, telling a federal court the containers would be gone by January 4, 2023.
As Christmas approached, migrants in Nogales, Sonora celebrated the story of Mary and Joseph searching for a place to stay with a "posada" part of an annual, bi-national tradition involving migrants and the Kino Border Initiative. The event came as a decision over Title 42 loomed, and migrants hoped for an opportunity to seek refuge inside the U.S.
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