Question: What is Nimeh Kareh?

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Nimeh Kareh (, also Romanized as Nīmeh Kāreh; also known as Neşfeh Kār and Nīmeh Kār) is a village in Zamkan Rural District, in the Central District of Salas-e Babajani County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 411, in 90 families.


Question: Respond in 689 words. Describe the anti-plastic straw movement in Nashville.

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Businesses big and small have banned plastic items such as single-use straws, bags and cocktail stirrers.
A lot of thought goes into the straws that accompany drinks at upscale Midtown restaurant Henley.
Based on your order, you might get a stainless steel straw, custom-cut bamboo or reusable silicone. But you won’t find plastic.
The year-old restaurant in the Kimpton Aertson Hotel shelled out more money upfront to invest in plastic alternatives so it could save money in the long run and help protect the environment. Henley is one of many restaurants in the anti-plastic straw movement sweeping the nation.
“It’s really important for us to be able to not serve something that’s automatically wasted,” said Henley General Manager James Garrido.
Across the U.S., businesses big and small have announced plans to eliminate plastic items such as single-use straws, bags and cocktail stirrers.
Starbucks in July said it would remove plastic straws in all its stores by 2020, eliminating roughly 1 billion plastic straws per year. One day later, American Airlines said it would stop using plastic straws/stirrers and switch to bamboo. Hyatt, Marriott, SeaWorld Entertainment and United Airlines are on board with the movement. Meanwhile, Seattle and several other cities have enacted straw bans or restrictions.
Supporters of the anti-straw movement say plastic straws often get left out of the recycling process because they are small and lightweight, causing them to wind up in landfills and waterways. EcoCycle says roughly 500 million disposable straws are used by Americans daily, although that figure has been debated.
Critics argue plastic straws are only a drop in the bucket when it comes to litter, and some people with disabilities rely on plastic single-use straws to drink a beverage.
Still, many restaurateurs in Nashville are taking up the cause.
Garrido said Henley uses reusable leather coasters instead of paper ones, bartenders don’t hand out bar napkins, and the straw alternatives such as bamboo and stainless steel are chosen based on the drink order.
Paper straws typically cost more than plastic straws, but restaurants go through a lot fewer when they hand them out only when a customer asks for one.
“We spend more money buying them upfront, but we’re not wasting them and throwing them around. It’s kind of funny because we see plastic straws as this disposable thing, but it isn’t actually disposable at all,” Garrido said.
At Vanderbilt University, part of its broader sustainability effort included eliminating all plastic straws and plastic bags on campus before the fall semester. At the same time, the school transitioned to compostable coffee cups, lids, flatware and paper straws.
David ter Kuile, executive director of Vanderbilt’s Campus Dining, said students can buy reusable straws and bags at campus convenience stores, and students with a need for a bendable straw can ask for one.
Although it costs Vanderbilt about 21 percent more to buy compostable containers, he estimated the change will save 400 pounds of plastic from entering the landfills each year. It also takes the university one step closer to its zero-waste goal.
In July, Nashville-based casual dining chain Shoney’s said it would move to paper straws by 2020 in all company-owned stores. CEO David Davoudpour said the paper straw was the only straw available when Shoney’s first opened 70 years ago, but it was phased out in the early 1970s in favor of plastic.
“But today is a new day, where longevity and sustainability usurp convenience. Shoney’s is here for the long haul, and getting it right is always at the top of our priority list,” Davoudpour said.
Melanie Tapp, senior director of food and beverage for 21c Museum Hotels, which operates a hotel in downtown Nashville, said the company eliminated plastic straws late last year at its seven open properties. They use biodegradable carry-out containers and flatware, and recyclable coffee cups and lids.
Under the initiative, Tapp estimated the company is eliminating more than 700,000 single-use plastic straws a year.
“I think it is only truly a small start for what we can do as humans and as a business to really make a difference, but it is a great start,” Tapp said.


Question: Provide information about the Botswana Bitcoin & Blockchain Summit.

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One particular African country pushing the penetration of Bitcoin is Botswana. Botswana Bitcoin & Blockchain Summit is scheduled 25-26 November in Gaborone.
Bitcoin continues to make inroads in Africa. One particular African country pushing the penetration of the digital currency is Botswana.
The Satoshi Centre in collaboration with GDG Gaborone and Partners are putting together the first ever Botswana Bitcoin & Blockchain Summit. It is scheduled from 25-26 November, 2016, at the Botswana University in Gaborone.
With the theme ‘Bitcoin & Blockchain: The Only Chance for Africa to Empower her People’, the summit will host 150 people from across Botswana and Africa. Participation is free.
Cointelegraph spoke to Alakanani ‘Motherpky’ Itireleng, Director of Satoshi Centre on the raison d'être behind the summit. She revealed that it is basically about reaching out to more people with the benefits and usefulness of Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology.
There is an excellent line up of speakers that include Prof. Charles Evans (USA), Adella Toulon Foerster (USA), Tim Tayshun (USA), Andrew Tudhope (South Africa), John Karanga (Kenya), Philip ‘Akonfem’ Asare & Narigamba Mwinsuubo of Ghana.
26 November the Summit with collaboration of the Blockchain Academy in South Africa will run a training course for developers at the Botswana University. The course is intended to provide developers with hands-on experience to develop applications using the Bitcoin Protocol. It also aims to illustrate to developers the languages and tools can be used to build decentralized applications.
The Summit is sponsored by HardBTC (Gold) and Playbetr (Silver). According to Alakanani, they are yet to get sponsors locally but they are working closely with the support of the University of Botswana Google Developer Group.


Question: What is Tingandogo?

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Tingandogo is a village in the Kombissiri Department of Bazèga Province in central Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 805.


Question: Describe a rewards program that offers discounts on travel.

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Question: Describe the interactive show Foreign Radical. Respond in 9 sentences.

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Theatre Conspiracy’s award-winning interactive show Foreign Radical tours to the United Kingdom this fall. The show premiered at Vancouver’s The Cultch in 2015, with a successful remount in Vancouver in February 2017. Foreign Radical toured Canada with performances at The Carrefour international de théâtre festival in Quebec City and The High Performance Rodeo in Calgary. The show was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017, where it garnered a Fringe First Award.
Foreign Radical tours the UK from Sept. 17 to Oct. 13, 2018 with performances at the ArtsDepot (London) and The New Theatre Royal (Portsmouth), plus The Head’s Up Festival (Hull), Paint the Town Festival (Medway) and Strike a Light Festival (Gloucester) as part of Battersea Arts Centre's Collaborative Theatre Network circuit.
A recipient of the Critics’ Choice Innovation Award at the 2015 Jessie Awards and named Top 10 Vancouver Theatre Shows in 2015, Foreign Radical is a multimedia experience with multilingual elements in English, Farsi and Arabic. Each performance is unique in that the audience dynamic influences the outcome.
Foreign Radical invites thirty participants into an intriguing theatrical game that explores security, profiling, freedom of expression, and privacy in the age of cybersurveillance. Mobile throughout the performance, the participants collaborate, compete, investigate, debate, and spy on each other.


Question: Describe the results of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) survey of secular voters in the United States. Respond in 346 words.

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A new survey of 8,500 secular voters reveals a bloc of highly educated, frequent voters determined to counter the Religious Right’s hold over the U.S. government and who would strongly support nonreligious candidates.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) conducted the digital survey of registered U.S. voters in early October to help educate the public about secular voters in advance of the 2018 midterm elections.
According to Pew Research, one-quarter of Americans and one-third of Millennials are now nonreligious, but of the 535 members of Congress, only one -- California Rep. Jared Huffman -- is openly nonreligious.
When asked why so few atheists or other nonbelievers are serving, more than half of FFRF’s respondents cited widespread discrimination against atheists, and more than a third cited a belief that many atheists are secretly serving in government but too afraid to come out of the closet.
Respondents reacted positively to learning about the 10-member Congressional Freethought Caucus launched earlier this year. On a scale of 0 to 100, respondents averaged a 90 when asked how likely they would be to support candidates who openly identify as nonreligious.
Respondents said the Congressional Freethought Caucus should prioritize mandating science-based education in schools, ending tax breaks for all churches, and protecting women’s health care against religious zealots.
When asked what is the most dangerous threat to the separation of church and state in America, the top response was President Trump’s Supreme Court nominees, followed by “Religious Freedom” bills advancing in state legislatures across the country.
Nearly three-quarters of secular voters identify as atheists, with 13 percent identifying as humanists and 6 percent as agnostic.
More than one-quarter are Democratic Socialists, 45 percent are Democrats, 22 percent are independents and less than 2 percent are Republicans.
The vast majority are supervoters, stating they vote in every presidential, midterm and local election, including most primaries.
Nearly two-thirds hold a college degree or multiple degrees, with just 6 percent having not attended any college.
The largest group of secular voters are middle-aged-whites, a coveted swing demographic cited by many national political pundits and campaigns.


Question: Explain why the doors on Metro's 7000 series railcars take longer to open than other railcars. Respond in 22 sentences.

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Why do the doors on Metro’s 7000 series railcars take forever to open?
Red Line 7000-series train to Glenmont at Metro Center. Image by WMATA used with permission.
Sometimes it feels like the new 7000 series railcar doors take forever to open. That might not be your imagination: it's probably happening due to a change in the newer railcars’ software.
Metro train doors can operate in one of two modes: automatic and manual. Automatic door operations mean that when the train pulls into a station and berths on the platform, the doors open by themselves once the train is stopped. Manual door operations mean the train operator has to push a button to get them to open.
Four different times in 2008, train doors opened when they shouldn't have (technically speaking, interference from the power system caused the high-frequency track circuits, which tell the doors when to open, to mis-trigger). Since then, train doors have been operated manually.
In addition to the two door modes, all trains have detection systems to make sure that the entire train is on the platform first before the doors are allowed to open. But for most Metro cars, this system is only enforced when the trains are operating in the computer-assisted Automatic Train Operation mode, which hasn't been used very often since 2009.
And that’s where the 7000 series cars differ from the “legacy” fleet. Whether 7000s are running in manual or automatic modes, they detect whether all cars are on the platform before the allow their doors open.
Only the Automatic Train Control system on the train's lead car is active, as it controls how the train moves and operates. The last car on 7000 trains operates in “Trailing” mode and performs a check to make sure that it’s on the platform before allowing the doors to open. The middle cars operate in “Passive” mode and don’t do anything.
The platforming detection in the 7000s requires the train operator to push a button before opening the doors to trigger the system to actually check where the train is, since they're operating in manual mode. When the operator doesn’t do this first, the train’s console will beep so they’re reminded, and it won’t let the doors open. The operator then needs to acknowledge an additional prompt making sure they really want to open the doors.
If you’re sitting up near the operator’s cab, you can hear the beeping when they forget this last step (not to be confused with the overspeed alarm, telling the operator to slow down over a section of track).
So if you’re waiting to get off of a 7000 series train and it seems like the doors are taking longer than the typical five-ish seconds to open…it could be that someone didn't push a button quickly enough.


Question: Describe the changes to Billboard magazine's music charts and their potential impact on the music industry.

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Under pressure from the music labels and Apple Music, Billboard magazine is ending its practice of giving equal weight to paid streams and free streams in its music charts.
Currently a single that is bought from Apple’s download store or streamed on its paid subscription service is viewed the same as a free stream on YouTube for the purposes of Billboard’s “Hot 100.” Next year, Billboard said it will prioritize paid streams, meaning artists might be more inclined to promote their songs on paid services such as Apple's to boost their chances of rising up the charts.
The decision is a blow to Google’s YouTube, which had hoped to broaden its representation and was in talks with Billboard about being included in the album charts. YouTube has a gigantic free ad-supported video streaming business.
Billboard said late Thursday on its website that it is retooling the formulation of its charts, which are compiled by Nielsen Music. “Beginning in 2018, plays occurring on paid subscription-based music services (such as Amazon Music and Apple Music) or on the paid subscription tiers of hybrid paid/ad supported platforms (such as SoundCloud and Spotify) will be given more weight in chart calculations than those plays on pure ad-supported services (such as YouTube) or on the non-paid tiers of hybrid paid/ad-supported services," Billboard said.
The statement went on the clarify that video streams would not count into the album chart calculations.
Jimmy Iovine, who is head of Apple Music, has been arguing against YouTube growing its influence.
He told NBC News that artists say they work with YouTube to promote their records because it currently counts the same as a paid stream. “How can the record industry let that go down? It is not in their interest to promote a free tier.” He also described YouTube as “fake news,” meaning that its traffic is open to manipulation.
Iovine said he’s been in discussion with Billboard on the topic and says the music industry should be all pulling in the same direction, supporting ways of getting artists paid.
The music labels receive a much bigger cut from paid streaming services than they do from YouTube’s advertising. Independent labels have also been agitating for change.
YouTube didn't return several emails for comment.
The Billboard charts receive enormous press and give artists and their teams a big ego boost that goes with a top position. Billboard, owned by Eldridge Industries, which also houses Hollywood Reporter, blends music sales with consumption via the radio, Apple Music and many other outlets to generate its rankings. But the company explained in its statement on Thursday that it has to juggle the changing ways of listening to music to reflect popularity.
Music label executives are already irked by YouTube streams inclusion in the Billboard’s singles chart, “The Hot 100.” These executives point out how easy it is to increase traffic via bots and that YouTube decides what to serve up to users after they select a video. YouTube requires no login information, making it extremely easy to access. There is however no evidence that anyone has manipulated views on YouTube, though Google has admitted to fake traffic in some parts of its ad network.
To give some idea of the scope of YouTube’s influence on music, Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito,” hit one billion streams worldwide within 100 days of the song’s release. In October, it hit four billion streams making it the most streamed song of all time. The song spent a record 16 weeks at number one in the summer.
On the front line of the pitch for Google is Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s global head of music. Cohen is a well-known figure to the labels. He is a former CEO of Warner Music's recorded music division before going on to launch his own music label, called 300, with Google's financial backing.
He and Iovine were once fierce rivals in the world of rap music. In the '90s, Cohen ran the record label Def Jam and Iovine was co-founder of Interscope Records.
The backdrop of the charts conflict is a long-running dispute between the music labels and YouTube over payment for music played there.
The music labels are arguing in Brussels in front of the European Commission and at the U.S. Copyright Office for a change in the provisions of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which essentially gives tech platforms protection from legal action for distributing illegal content. It was enacted to help protect the growth of the internet — largely AOL at the time — and well before anyone envisaged a YouTube with a billion views per month.
Of the three big global music companies, only Warner Music Group has struck a new license with Google for use of its music this year. And even then it complained loudly about its poor deal, after the fact. Universal Music Group and Sony Music Group are still haggling about a fairer cut of revenue from songs played on YouTube, with or without a license.
YouTube has argued that its system identifies most violations and in turn has helped create a huge new revenue stream for the music labels.
Officials at the three music labels didn't comment.
CORRECTION (Oct. 21, 2017, 12:05 p.m.): A previous version of this article misstated the company that owns Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. Eldridge Industries owns the magazines, not Prometheus Global Media.


Question: Describe the heated row between Craig Wright and Jack Liao.

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Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who once claimed to be the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, has found himself in a heated row with Bitcoin Gold’s Jack Liao. Wright is well-known for his robust views and combative personality, traits which have repeatedly led him into confrontations with other members of the cryptocurrency community.
The latest blow-up occurred in Taiwan where he was arguing the virtues of Bitcoin Cash at a conference.
Though the video only shows the few minutes before the blow-up, it appears to show Liao answering a question in Chinese and Wright asking, “what is this in English or do I walk out of the conference?” An interruption which prompts Liao to tell him to shut up.
There follows a bad natured exchange where both tell each other to shut up and each claim to have been interrupted by the other.
The technology which Wright is threatening to withhold from Taiwan’s 23.55 million people likely comes from nChain, the self-described “global leader in research and development of blockchain technologies” where Wright holds the position “Chief Scientist”.


Question: What were the Argentine Civil Wars?

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The Argentine Civil Wars were a series of civil wars that took place in Argentina from 1814 to 1880. These conflicts were separate from the Argentine War of Independence (1810–1820), though they first arose during this period.
The main antagonists were, on a geographical level, Buenos Aires Province against the other provinces of modern Argentina, and on a political level, the Federal Party versus the Unitarian Party. The central cause of the conflict was the excessive centralism advanced by Buenos Aires leaders and, for a long period, the monopoly on the use of the Port of Buenos Aires as the sole means for international commerce. Other participants at specific times included Uruguay, which became independent from the United Provinces of Río de la Plata in 1828, and the British and French empires, notably in the French blockade of the Río de la Plata of 1838 and in the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata that ended in 1850.


Question: Respond briefly. Provide information about Sirupuliyur.

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Sirupuliyur is a village in the Nannilam taluk of Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The place is famous for the Sthalasayana Perumal Temple, a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu.


Question: Hey, can you tell me about La-Ventura?

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La-Ventura is a female fronted rock/melodic metal band based in the Netherlands. It was founded by ex-Orphanage drummer Erwin Polderman and vocalist Carla van Huizen in 2005. Its sound is characterized by groovy drum beats, raunchy riffs and melodic female vocals.
The band terminated their agreement with Razar Ice Records in July 2007 --- just two months before the planned release date for their first album, and continued the production themselves. Their first album, "A New Beginning", debuted on October 6, 2007, and the band signed a record deal with the American-based Renaissance Records in January 2008. The album was officially released in North America on March 18, 2008.


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Etymology: "Dad" is a substitute for "God" in turn-of-the-century Southern U.S. vernacular. "Godburn" certainly sounds like Old-Testament-style divine retribution; ie, to curse.
Use it in a sentence: "Dadburned boll weevil done 'et my crop!"
Definition: To embarrass, disconcert or confuse.
Use it in a sentence: "I'll be hornswoggled!"
Etymology: A mis-heard, semi-spoonerism of the word "doxologer," a colloquial New England rendering of "doxology," which was a Puritan term for the collective raising of voices in song at the end of a worship service. Thus, a "sockdolager" is something truly exceptional -- the end-all-be-all.
Use it in a sentence: "Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, you sockdologisin' old man-trap!"
Fun fact: The above line appears in Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin, which was performed on the evening of April 14th, 1865 at Ford's Theater. It got a big laugh from the crowd, which John Wilkes Booth used to muffle the sound of the gunshot that assassinated President Lincoln.
Definition: The whole of something, though often misused as "damn."
Etymology: Unknown, though it pops up in British literature as early as the eighteenth century. An educated guess: it's related to concern, a business establishment or enterprise.
Use it in a quip by 19th century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw: "Put an Englishman into the Garden of Eden, and he would find fault with the whole blarsted consarn!"
Etymology: Also unknown, though it was coined during the Great Neologism Craze of the 1830s, and its common usage didn't survive the turn of the century.
Use it in a sentence: "Ye'd best put that dumfungled hoss out to pasture!"
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Question: I heard that people with ME/CFS can have vision problems. What is the current research on that?

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Problems with vision are relatively common among people with ME/CFS, the majority of whom report symptoms such as hypersensitivity to light, difficulties focusing, and dry eyes.
But despite their significant impact on quality of life, there is still a lack of scientific research into these symptoms, and they are not included in any clinical and diagnostic guidelines for ME/CFS.
Fortunately, scientists such as Dr Claire Hutchinson of the University of Leicester have recognised that this is an area worthy of study. Supported in part by grants from ME Research UK, Dr Hutchinson and her group have looked at a number of vision-related problems in ME/CFS.
Applying sophisticated eye-tracking techniques, they showed that patients have difficulties focusing on an object while ignoring irrelevant information, are slower than normal in shifting attention between objects, are slower and less accurate in their eye movements, and are vulnerable to pattern-related visual stress.
Furthermore, the group found that around 90% of ME/CFS patients reported a degree of eye pain and sensitivity to bright lights at least some of the time.
Also helping to fill this gap in our knowledge is a group from Antwerp in Belgium, which has recently published an interesting study on binocular vision in the American Orthoptic Journal.
The investigators carried out full orthoptic examinations on 41 patients fulfilling the CDC criteria for CFS and 41 healthy individuals matched for age and gender.
A series of tests looked at how the eye adjusts to keep focus on an object as it moves closer or further away, an adjustment that requires both vergence and accommodation.
Vergence is the simultaneous movement of the pupils of both eyes, either inwards (convergence) or outwards (divergence), while accommodation is the ability of the eye to change its focal length to maintain a clear image.
Compared with the control group, the patients in this study showed reductions in convergence, divergence and accommodation amplitude; i.e. all three factors necessary for smooth focusing.
This ties in neatly with Dr Hutchinson’s findings of difficulties in focusing, and also means, say the authors, that these factors should be routinely assessed in patients with CFS, who may also benefit from reading glasses at an earlier stage.
Exercises to improve convergence may help some people, but they can be very tiring, and the investigators emphasise that there is not yet any evidence of how effective they might be in ME/CFS.


Question: Explain the implications of Ontario's electric car rebate program being ended by the Progressive Conservatives.

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An Ontario judge has zapped the Progressive Conservatives’ plan to immediately end rebates for buyers of Tesla electric vehicles.
In a legal setback Monday for Premier Doug Ford’s fledgling government, Superior Court Justice Frederick Myers ruled that Tesla Motors Canada was not treated fairly when the Tories scrapped the subsidies last month.
“If the government wants to transition out of the electric car subsidy program, (Transportation Minister John Yakabuski) must exercise his operational discretion in a lawful manner,” Myers wrote in a scathing 17-page ruling.
“He has yet to do so. I therefore quash and set aside the Minister’s unlawful exercises of discretion to implement the transition program announced July 11,” he continued.
Some 600 Ontario Tesla customers were affected by the Tories’ policy change. It was not immediately clear if they would now receive the rebates.
Myers ruled that the province must pay Tesla $125,000 for the company’s legal costs.
Tesla, whose customers have been receiving government rebates of up to $14,000 for their cars and SUVs, expressed satisfaction with the ruling.
“We’re pleased with the court’s decision to strike down the ministry’s transition plan as unfair and unlawful,” a Tesla spokesperson said Monday night.
Tesla was immediately impacted by the Tories’ winding down of electric vehicle subsidies because — unlike General Motors, Volkswagen, Toyota and other firms — it sells cars directly to customers.
Last month, the government said the rebate program was being scrapped but incentives would continue to be honoured for vehicles bought from a dealership as long as they are delivered and registered by Sept. 10.
Because Tesla does not sell via dealerships, its cars and SUVs were ineligible for the incentives.
Monday’s decision is the first of many anticipated legal proceedings related to Ford’s cancellation of Ontario’s cap-and-trade agreement with Quebec and California.
That climate-change plan brought in $1.9 billion to provincial coffers, all of which went toward environmental initiatives like subsidizing electric cars, which pollute far less than gasoline-powered vehicles.
But Ford, who derided cap-and-trade as a “carbon tax,” ended the program in favour of reducing gas prices by 10 cents a litre.


Question: Explain why AirPower won't work with older Apple Watch models and the implications of Apple using a new wireless charging standard.

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 Explain why AirPower won't work with older Apple Watch models and the implications of Apple using a new wireless charging standard.

Apple is developing an "AirPower" wireless charging mat that's designed to charge an iPhone 8/8/Plus, an Apple Watch, and AirPods at the same time, and there's been some confusion about whether it will work with existing Apple Watch models or only the new Series 3 devices.
While some sites have suggested AirPower will work with all Apple Watch models, Apple's own documentation tells a different story. The Apple Watch comparison page lists "Supports AirPower mat" as a feature for the LTE and non-LTE Series 3 Apple Watches, but support is not included for the Series 1 device.
Because all Apple Watch models already feature inductive charging, it's logical to guess that they might all work with the AirPower, but it seems special hardware will be required, and that hardware is only available in new models. Apple Watch Series 1 and Series 2 owners will need to continue using their existing chargers once the AirPower launches.
A simple oval-shaped white charging mat, Apple is building new networking technology into the AirPower to allow it to charge multiple devices at once. Along with an iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, or iPhone X and the Apple Watch Series 3, the AirPower can charge AirPods in a new wireless charging AirPods case that's set to be released sometime in the future.
Because AirPower uses a new charging standard for supporting multiple devices, it won't be available for purchase until 2018. Pricing is not yet available.
With the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X, Apple has embraced the Qi wireless charging standard. Apple's newest iPhones will charge with any Qi-certified device, and after Apple releases the AirPower, the company plans to share the technology with the Qi community so other companies can make multi-device charging accessories.
$129 in US, £159 in UK.
Based on current trends for Apple Prices. Yep.
Total = £888.17 != £999!
Cheers Apple for the £111 Apple Tax!
Not a shocker that it wouldn't be compatible with the first generation Apple Watch or Series 1/Series 2. Apple wants those to upgrade to the Series 3 Apple Watch and the Airpower charging mat is one of those reasons.
In all seriousness, $129 would be a purely insane price for a wireless charger. Samsung is selling these for $20.
Personally, I hope this new standard has some sort of special capabilities over Qi. For example, quick charging or extended range. Otherwise, there really isn't that big of a benefit for apple to push it's own standard over Qi.
I guess we'll find out more when it comes out.
Charging my watch, phone, and AirPods all at the same time simply by placing them on a mat. And millions of their customers I imagine feel the same way I do.
Very happy apple in investing in this.
It will be interesting to see if it works with any of the the metal loop style bands. They just might if the mat is near-field wireless charging. There's reason to believe that this is the case, and that it's very short range near-field, such that it will work with a metal loop band when placed on its side.
We knew that was going to happen. Apple doesn't go backwards, and lose revenue??? Moving forward to get your hard earned dollars is the Apple way.
I'm not suprise about it, but no thanks. I'm fine how they want to do their business, but i got my ss series 2 this year.
Edit: afforable issue is no problem, but i'm about being rational and pro-consumerism.
That, and because they used a proprietary wireless charging solution for the series 0, 1, and 2 Apple Watches. I am guessing that the series 3 Apple Watch supports Qi wireless charging.
Does anyone know if the series 3 will support any Qi wireless charger like the new iPhones or is it limited to just the AirPower mat?


Question: What is the new VPN feature included in Time4Popcorn?

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One of the Popcorn Time forks has included a free VPN option in its software, allowing users to hide their IP-addresses from the public, This feature is a response to copyright trolls, who regularly send settlement requests to users who pirate movies via BitTorrent.
The Popcorn Time phenomenon took the Internet by storm earlier this year. The software became the subject of hundreds of news articles, as it offered P2P streaming in an easy to use Netflix-style interface.
Overwhelmed by the response the original team quickly retired. However, since the code is open source, many competing forks quickly adopted the project, each taking it in a different direction.
Time4Popcorn is one of the most users reincarnations of Popcorn Time. The team behind the project has introduced several new features to their version, including TV-show listings and Android support.
These changes definitely increased the appeal of the application, but there was a threat lurking around the corner. In common with all other BitTorrent-based software, copyright holders are actively monitoring the activities of people who pirate their works.
This already resulted in fines for German users of a Popcorn Time fork, but users in the United States and other regions where copyright trolls are active face the same risk. To counter this “threat” the Time4Popcorn team decided to implement a VPN feature, for free.
“Throughout these last months we realized that making the ultimate watching experience for everyone is important. However, something that is even more important to us is that everyone will be able to get this experience without risking themselves,” the Time4Popcorn team tells TorrentFreak.
The news about the settlement requests prompted the developers to include a VPN option to anonymize use of their client.
This week the feature was added to the latest 4.2 Alpha release. By clicking a lock icon users can quickly connect and disconnect the built-in protection. Although it may take some more time before a stream starts playing, it appears to work just fine.
“Thanks to the new VPN feature everyone from anywhere in the world will be able to use Popcorn Time, worry free. That makes us very happy,” the team tells us.
The VPN itself is not run by the Popcorn Time team. Instead, they came to an agreement with the VPN provider Kebrum, who are offering their services for free. TorrentFreak reached out to Kebrum to find out why they agreed to join the project.
“There are not a lot of opportunities in life to be a part of a revolution and we have recognized this opportunity. One of the main goals of the company is to bring back the anonymity to the internet,” Kebrum’s Martin tells us.
This revolution does come at a cost for the company, as it has to pick up the bills. However, Kebrum believes that the brand exposure will make up for this investment. The traffic shouldn’t be a problem for the company, as it has plenty of resources available.
“From our experience and the expected usage stats provided by Popcorn Time, we believe that the resources we allocated for Popcorn Time users should be enough in order to give a good and fast download experience. Our servers are prepared to handle the traffic,” Martin says.
As with all other features, the VPN functionality is released as open source under a GPL-V3 license.
The Time4Popcorn team plans to inform its users about the new VPN feature in the coming days, and once it’s included in the stable release older versions will update automatically.
Popcorn Time Installed on 1.4 Million Devices in The U.S.


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GENEVA, Switzerland, May 12, 2014 (ENS) – Air quality in cities worldwide fails to meet World Health Organization guidelines for safe levels, putting millions at greater risk of respiratory disease, lung cancer and other serious, long-term health problems, the health agency said, releasing new data this week.
About half the residents of reporting cities are exposed to air pollution at least 2.5 times higher than World Health Organization Air Quality Guideline levels.
Only one in every eight people living in reporting cities breathes air that complies with the levels WHO recommends.
WHO’s new Urban Air Quality database covers 1,600 cities across 91 countries – 500 more cities than the previous database issued in 2011, showing that more cities are monitoring outdoor air quality, with growing recognition of air pollution’s health risks.
The database covers the period from 2008 to 2013, with the majority of values for the years 2011 and 2012. In most cities where there is enough data to compare today’s air quality with that of previous years, the data show that air pollution is getting worse.
Some of the most polluted cities are: Dakar, Senegal; Mexico City, Karachi, Pakistan; Delhi, India, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia and Seoul, South Korea.
WHO officials point to the many factors that contribute to this increase – reliance on fossil fuels to generate electricity, dependence on private motor vehicles; inefficient use of energy in buildings, and the use of biomass for cooking and heating.
Some cities are making improvements, the WHO database indicates, demonstrating that air quality can be improved by such measures as banning the use of coal for heating buildings, using renewable or clean fuels for electricity production, and improving the efficiency of vehicle engines.
“Effective policies and strategies are well understood, but they need to be implemented at sufficient scale,” said Dr. Maria Neira, WHO director for Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health.
“Cities such as Copenhagen and Bogota, for example, have improved air quality by promoting ‘active transport’ and prioritizing dedicated networks of urban public transport, walking and cycling,” she said.
WHO is calling for greater awareness of the health risks caused by air pollution, implementation of effective air pollution mitigation policies; and close monitoring of the situation in cities worldwide.
In April, WHO issued new calculations estimating that in 2012 outdoor air pollution was responsible for the deaths of some 3.7 million people under the age of 60.
Releasing these figures, WHO emphasized that indoor and outdoor air pollution combined are among the largest risks to health worldwide.
There are many components of air pollution, both gaseous and solid. But high concentrations of small and fine particulate pollution are linked most closely with high numbers of deaths from heart disease and stroke, respiratory illnesses and cancers.
Measurement of fine particulate matter of 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter (PM2.5) is the best indicator of the level of health risks from air pollution, WHO doctors say.
In high-income countries, 816 cities reported on PM2.5 levels with another 544 cities reporting on PM10, from which estimates of PM2.5 can be derived.
But in low-and middle income countries, annual mean PM2.5 measurements came in from just 70 cities; another 512 cities reported on PM10 measurements.
The report observes that individual cities can take local action to improve air quality. When they do, economic development flourishes, as shown by some big cities in Latin America which meet, or approach, the WHO Air Quality guidelines.
“We cannot buy clean air in a bottle, but cities can adopt measures that will clean the air and save the lives of their people,” said Dr. Carlos Dora, co-ordinator, Interventions for Healthy Environments, in the WHO Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health.
Measures that work include ensuring that houses are energy efficient, that urban development is compact and well served by public transport routes, that street design is appealing and safe for pedestrians and cyclists, and waste is well managed.
The new database was compiled from official national and sub-national reports, national and sub-national websites containing measurements of PM10 or PM2.5, relevant national agencies and the Asian Clean Air Initiative for Asia, and Airbase for Europe.
Data from UN agencies, development agencies, and articles from peer reviewed journals also were used.
Despite the upswing in air quality monitoring, many cities in low and middle income countries still lack capacity to do so. There is a particular shortage of data in WHO’s Africa and Eastern Mediterranean regions.
The release of this new database on May 7 is one step WHO is taking toward a plan for preventing diseases related to air pollution.
This involves the development of a global platform on air quality and health to generate better data on diseases related to air pollution and strengthened support to countries and cities through guidance, information and evidence about the health gains associated with cleaner air.


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Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books form some of my earliest literary memories. Reading them — first with my mom and then on my own — sparked my fascination with stories of the past, memories of true-life history fueling my imagination more than fantasy or science fiction.
But history can be hard to pin down, especially when it comes to memories. The personal truths Wilder shared in her bestselling books had a huge influence on our collective cultural memory of the Western frontier, one I never questioned until I dove into Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Caroline Fraser’s meticulously researched biography. By exposing the gritty reality behind the cozy, optimistic picture of frontier life Wilder’s books present, Fraser makes a compelling case that in their very contradictions, their nostalgic gloss on the pioneer struggle, the Little House books capture the ambiguity of Western identity.
The myth of the self-made pioneer, an archetype that still reigns supreme in the West, is a recurring theme in Fraser’s study of Wilder’s life, which was often a direct rebuttal to the frontier illusion of self-sufficiency. Wilder’s beloved father, Charles Ingalls, never lived up to that ideal; constantly in debt, he shuffled the family from one parched homestead to another, chasing a prosperity always one good harvest out of reach. (Once, while living in Burr Oak, Iowa — a dark interlude not chronicled in Wilder’s books — the entire family split town in the middle of the night, unable to pay their rent.) Like many farmers, the Ingallses made ends meet by taking odd jobs in town; from the age of 9, the child Laura worked to support her family.
Their poverty was not unique. Countless settlers lured to the Great Plains after the Civil War by promises of free land and fertile soil found nothing but struggle and starvation. Prairie Fires offers a lively chronicle of the history of westward expansion, grounded in the experiences of small farmers. The book links the land booms of the 1870s and 1880s to the Dust Bowl crisis a half-century later, drawing parallels between modern-day climate denial and 19th century refusals to heed warnings that the Plains were unsuitable for farming.
Children work in a Kansas beet field, c. 1922.
His dealings with Indians and implicit reliance on the government — to protect settlers from the consequences of their provocative actions and remove Indians from land he wanted — were self-serving. He was willing … to take something that did not belong to him if he thought he could get away with it.
Even the family’s legitimate land claims in South Dakota cast a shadow of hypocrisy over Wilder’s later disdain for federal assistance. For the hundreds of thousands of people pouring into Dakota Territory, taking advantage of the Homestead Act — which offered free land to anyone who could work it — meant capitalizing on what could be seen as the most large-scale, reckless government program of all time, one that triggered a half-century of violent conflict and brutal struggle for Native Americans and settlers alike.
The genius of (Little House on the Prairie) lay in that tension between its ostensible pioneer subject — celebrating a destiny made manifest in claiming virgin land … clearing fields, establishing a farm — and its unmistakable appetite for the very opposite.
How do we live on the land we love without changing what we love about it? When does our worship of self-reliance become self-destructive? Deftly weaving together literary criticism and historical analysis, Prairie Fires makes a rich, engaging contribution to our effort to understand our complex history.


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You got to pay to make your way. Trapped in a dark dimension in an endless series of rooms, your only hope lies in the almighty coin. Can you make enough to get out of here? A single player 2D platformer. Navigate your way to money and freedom while avoiding unnecessarily placed traps. Can you make it home?
Secondly, Can I have a hint for level 46, up until now I've always known how to do the level and realise it's just my mistakes stopping me, but level 46 has me stumped completely.
I appear to be stuck on level 2 and there's no way to get out of the bottom of the level, and no way to restart the level. Maybe I've missed something, or maybe the game's just unwinnable and I have to hit refresh?
Press Enter and select Restart. I won't give away the solution, but it is winnable.
Hey Stuart, thanks for checking out our game. Sorry you hit a snag. It is winnable. Don't want to spoil the solution either, just be careful how far you push. Hope you enjoy the game and any feedback you have would be great.


Question: Describe the story of Mei Hata and her passion for Gundam Models.

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Back in 2011, Kotaku introduced Mei Hata. Then eight years old, she was one of the best under-14 Gundam model makers in the world. She’s now 14 and is still making incredible dioramas.
Recently, as My Game News reports, Hata was profiled on Japanese television.
Her room is filled with Gundam models. The stereotype in Japan is that Gundam models are for men, especially older ones. Hata doesn’t fit that pigeonhole, but she does make excellent Gundam dioramas for her age or any age.
Here’s what she was making in second grade.
From second grade to sixth grade, Hata won top prize at the Gunpla Builders World Cup for her age group. Last year was the first time she did not. With the above piece, she came in third.
Next year, Hata will turn 15 years old, so it will be the last year for her to compete in the division she’s dominated since second grade.
After last time’s disappointing third place finish, she’s been working hard on her next piece. It looks like her new creation will use lights.
Her brothers and sister are also into building Gundam models. So even if she doesn’t win, one of her siblings might be the next great under-14 builder.


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In the coming weeks, we’re going to be running an experiment. We’ll be using the Shield service to have your browser set up a web push connection. No data will go over that connection aside from the minimal communication that we need. It shouldn’t impact how you use Firefox, or annoy you with pop-ups. Chances are, you won’t even notice we’re doing this.
Why are we telling you if it something you wouldn’t notice? We like to be open and clear about things. You might see a reference to “dom.push.alwaysConnect” in about:config and wonder what it might mean. Shield lets us flip that switch and gives us control over how many folks at any given time hit our servers. That’s important when you want to test your server and things don’t go as planned.
In this case “dom.push.alwaysConnect” will ask your browser to open a connection to our servers. This is so we can test if our servers can handle the load. Why do it this way instead of a load test? Turns out that trying to effectively load test this is problematic. It’s hard to duplicate “real world” load and all the issues that come with it. This test will help us make sure that things don’t fall over when we make this a full feature. When that configuration flag is set to “true” your browser will try to connect to our push servers.
You can always opt out of the study, if you want, but we hope that you don’t mind being part of this. The more folks we have, and the more diverse the group, the more certain we can be that our servers are up for the challenge of keeping you safer and more in control.


Question: Provide examples of Valentine's Day knitting patterns.

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Celebrate one of the loveliest days of the year with a fun Valentine's Day knitting pattern. Your sweetheart will be so impressed with your skills!
Don't you hate it when Valentine's Day seems to sneak up on you? If you're still searching for the perfect present to give to your loved one, search no more! This year, instead of buying chocolates and flowers again, why not knit your loved one something special? From cozy afghans to cute coffee cozies, you'll find a varied collection of knitting patterns perfect for Valentine's Day in this collection. Knitted gifts are perfect for the occasion they last long after the holiday has passed, and your sweetheart appreciates the time you spent crafting them. Happy Valentine's Day!
These free knitting patterns for Valentine's Day are quick and easy, and just as sweet to give as they are to make. Kids will appreciate these just as much as the adults in your life—especially the knitted teddies and candy! There's no one way to tell someone you love them, but it's so much more personal when you put some real time and effort into your gift, and these free knitting patterns for Valentines Day are the perfect unique way to show your family and friends that you care. Never again will you find yourself buying the stereotypical box of chocolates and stuffed animals at the grocery store when you have these patterns at your disposal.
Give the person you love the best gift of all: the gift of coziness! After all, who doesn't like feeling warm and cozy, especially on Valentine's Day, which lands in the dead of winter? These patterns were all specifically chosen for their warmth and comfort, but also a little bit for their colors. Who can resist a classic red, white, or pink Valentine's Day gift?
Whether you choose to knit them a hat with love in the stitches, or give them a new cardigan to hug them when you can't, these are sure to remind your loved ones that you care.
If you've already bought the main part of your Valentine's Day gift and are looking for something to complete the package, try knitting a cute teddy bear. Teddies are the perfect present for all ages - plus, they're easy to make.
Valentine's Day isn't just for your sweetheart, after all; remind the little ones in your life how special they are to you and use these Valentine's Day knitting patterns to make them a new bedtime buddy.
Searching for a more classic gift for the big day? You can't go wrong with any of these cute patterns featuring heart shapes and accents. Stuff a gift box full of Heartfelt Mini Hearts, or wrap up a red-and-white Hearts Scarf Pattern; they'll love it all.
This Valentine's Day motif is one of the most ubiquitous symbols in the modern world, and for a good reason. That's why we compiled free knitting patterns for Valentine's Day full of hearts.
Everyone loves receiving candy and chocolate for Valentine's Day, but they never seem to last for very long. Use these free knitting patterns to make flowers and chocolate that will last a lifetime.
These patterns will also make you some lovely home decor for every Valentine's Day you celebrate with family from this day forth, or just some quick and simple gifts to make for all of the friends in your life.
What will you be knitting for Valentine's Day?


Question: Describe a banana passionfruit.

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Banana passionfruit ("Passiflora" supersect. "Tacsonia") also known as Curuba is a group of around 64 "Passiflora" species found in South America. Most species in this section are found in high elevation cloud forest habitats. Flowers have a cylindrical hypanthium.


Question: Describe a hospital experience where expectant mothers can experience luxurious childbirth.

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Have you ever wondered what it was like to give birth in a castle? In the private quarters of the queen, giving birth to an heir? In the lap of luxury, satin sheets, silk towels, velvet pillowcovers and other opulent what-nots? And have maidens rush to and fro the chambers, splashing water in wooden buckets and rushing to your child, lest any harm come to your little prince or princess?
Well. Save the drama, you can still get a feel of the opulence, if you happen to check-in to the Mizuguchi Hospital in Japan. This upscale obstetric and gynaecology clinic offers new mums an Elisabeth Plan, wherein, expectant mothers can experience child birth in a 19th-century Empress Elisabeth of Austria-styled room. You will also get treated to a celebration dinner and afternoon tea.
Didn’t we hear about a hospital where expectant mums were given a full makeup makeover before going into labour? Whatever happened to natural birth? And, I can’t get over that tiny green itch remembering what my labour room looked like.


Question: Hey, do you know when Matthew McConaughey is teaching at UT?

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June 30, 2016 Matthew McConaughey.
The gent in front with the beard would really appreciate it if you stopped leaning on your horn.
Some lucky University of Texas students will soon get a chance to learn filmmaking skills from Academy Award winner – and longtime Austin resident – Matthew McConaughey.
The university said Thursday that the actor has signed on to teach a course in the Moody College of Communication this fall.
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UT did not immediately provide additional details on the exact course McConaughey will teach, but did say he will be joined by “Hunger Games” director Gary Ross.


Question: Have you heard about John Sununu and CNN's coverage of Trump and Russia?

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John Sununu destroys CNN’s coverage of Trump and Russia fake news.
Talk about a network news host getting owned. This CNN anchor got destroyed by former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush, John Sununu.
Bottom line…you can investigate just about anything if you don’t need evidence, which is exactly what is unfolding in Washington DC, on the American taxpayer’s dime.
CNN will not be having Mr. Sununu on air anytime soon.
John Henry Sununu (born July 2, 1939) is a Cuban-born American politician who served as the 75th Governor of New Hampshire (1983–89) and later White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. He is the father of John E. Sununu, the former United States Senator from New Hampshire, and Christopher Sununu, the governor of New Hampshire. Sununu was the chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party from 2009 to 2011.


Question: Explain the scope and prevalence of pet shelters in the United States, and provide information on the penalty for animal cruelty.

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Transitioning the world to 100 percent renewable electricity isn't just some environmentalist pipe dream—it's "feasible at every hour throughout the year" and is more cost-effective than the current system, which largely relies on fossil fuels and nuclear energy, a new study claims.
The research, compiled by Finland's Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and the Berlin-based nonprofit Energy Watch Group (EWG), was presented Wednesday at the Global Renewable Energy Solutions Showcase, a stand-alone event coinciding with the COP 23 climate talks in Bonn, Germany.
The researchers estimated that the switch will bring the total levelized cost of electricity on a global average down to €52 ($61) per megawatt-hour (including curtailment, storage and some grid costs) compared to €70 (82) megawatt-hour in 2015.
"A full decarbonization of the electricity system by 2050 is possible for lower system cost than today based on available technology," said Christian Breyer, the lead author of the study.
"Energy transition is no longer a question of technical feasibility or economic viability, but of political will," added Breyer, who is also a professor of Solar Economy at LUT and serves as chairman of EWG's Scientific Board.
According to the study, solar power and battery storage are critical parts of the transition. Falling prices will also lead to widespread adoption of the technologies. The researchers predict that the globe's electricity mix by 2050 will consist of solar photovoltaics (69 percent), wind energy (18 percent), hydropower (8 percent) and bioenergy (2 percent).
"There is no reason to invest one more dollar in fossil or nuclear power production," EWG president Hans-Josef Fell said. "Renewable energy provides cost-effective power supply. All plans for a further expansion of coal, nuclear, gas and oil have to be ceased. More investments need to be channeled in renewable energies and the necessary infrastructure for storage and grids. Everything else will lead to unnecessary costs and increasing global warming."
This is the not the first time researchers have suggested that the planet's road to 100 percent renewables is possible. Earlier this year, Stanford University professor Mark Jacobson and 26 co-authors published a study and created clean energy roadmaps for 139 individual countries. The chosen countries emit more than 99 percent of all carbon dioxide worldwide.
Existing renewable energy potential and technologies, including storage, can generate sufficient and secure power to cover the entire global electricity demand by 2050. The world population is expected to grow from 7.3 to 9.7 billion. The global electricity demand for the power sector is set to increase from 24,310 TWh in 2015 to around 48,800 TWh by 2050.
Total levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) on a global average for 100 percent renewable electricity in 2050 is €52/MWh (including curtailment, storage and some grid costs), compared to €70/MWh in 2015.
Due to rapidly falling costs, solar PV and battery storage increasingly drive most of the electricity system, with solar PV reaching some 69 percent, wind energy 18 percent, hydropower 8 percent and bioenergy 2 percent of the total electricity mix in 2050 globally.
Wind energy increases to 32 percent by 2030. Beyond 2030 solar PV becomes more competitive. The solar PV supply share increases from 37 percent in 2030 to about 69 percent in 2050.
Batteries are the key supporting technology for solar PV. The storage output covers 31 percent of the total demand in 2050, 95 percent of which is covered by batteries alone. Battery storage provides mainly diurnal storage, and renewable energy based gas provides seasonal storage.
The global energy transition to a 100 percent renewable electricity system creates 36 million jobs by 2050 in comparison to 19 million jobs in the 2015 electricity system.
The total losses in a 100 percent renewable electricity system are around 26 percent of the total electricity demand, compared to the current system in which about 58 percent of the primary energy input is lost.

Mayer said his department was working with the Riverside County Sheriff and the District Attorney's office to build an animal cruelty case against the woman.

"There is no excuse for dumping puppies," Mayer said. "Especially in today's age when we or other shelters would be willing to get these animals to foster parents or rescue partners. This was a shameful act."

The puppies, which are believed to be terrier mixes, were initially cared for by the department's veterinary team. Southern California group MeoowzResQ, which normally specializes in cat and kitten fostering, has agreed to take over their treatment. The puppies need to be bottle fed and closely watched for a few weeks, Newsweek reported.

The department emphasized that there is never any need to abandon puppies, Newsweek reported. There are shelters open on weekdays in the county which have re-homed around 5,000 dogs between 2017 and 2018, according to department data.

It is not yet known how severe a penalty the woman will face for her actions. California animal cruelty laws allow for both misdemeanor and felony charges.
According to the best estimates of the Humane Society of the United States, six to eight million cats and dogs enter shelters in the U.S. each year. Around four million are adopted from shelters annually, and sadly three million are euthanized. Of those euthanized, around 2.4 million were healthy and could have been treated and adopted.