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COCAINE, ECSTASY AND HEROIN?: CSI star Gary Dourdan makes Amy Winehouse look like a pillar of sobriety.
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JEDDAH: The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) on Thursday issued a special permit for Solar Impulse 2 to use the kingdom's skies in the last leg of the first fuel-free flight around the globe.
The solar-powered aircraft will fly from Cairo, Egypt on Friday to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where it started its odyssey in March 2015. The flight is expected to last for two days.
Solar Impulse 2 landed at Cairo airport on July 13, ending a flight leg that lasted 48 hours and 50 minutes from Seville, Spain.
The plane has been piloted in turns by Swiss aviators Andre Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies.
“Thanks to clean technologies, today you can reconcile economy and ecology ... this was my goal when I started the project,” Piccard told Reuters.
Solar Impulse flies without a drop of fuel, its four engines powered solely by energy collected from more than 17,000 solar cells in its wings. Surplus power is stored in batteries during the day to keep the plane aloft on long-distance flights.
The carbon fiber plane, with a wingspan exceeding that of a Boeing 747 and the weight of a family car, is unlikely to set speed records. It can climb to about 8,500 meters (28,000 feet) and cruise at 55-100 kph (34-62 mph).
The Solar Impulse team will now prepare for the final leg of the journey to United Arab Emirates, they said.
“Explorers have gone everywhere, even to the Moon. Now, we need to explore a better quality of life here on Earth,” Piccard said.
The aircraft landed in Spain last month, after completing the first solo transatlantic flight powered only by sunlight.
After setting off from Seville on Monday morning, the plane passed through Algerian, Tunisian, Italian and Greek airspace, and flew over the Giza Pyramids before touching down at Cairo airport at around 7:10 a.m. (0510 GMT).
The WWE’s Mixed Match Challenge tournament begins in under two weeks, and the Raw Women’s Champion was one of the first to learn who her partner is. On Wednesday, WWE began to unveil each of the teams for the upcoming challenge, including Alexa Bliss. “The Goddess” seems to have a sizable advantage over the rest of the...
WWE.com shared a special video clip that started with backstage reporter Renee Young interviewing Bliss. The Women’s Champion said she was anxious to find out who her tag team partner would be. From there, she headed to meet up with Raw general manager Kurt Angle. The former champion and WWE Hall of Famer told Alexa he...
With that, “The Monster Among Men” Braun Strowman was officially revealed as Alexa Bliss’ Mixed Match Challenge tag team partner. The two had a brief discussion, with Braun asking Alexa if he scared her and then told her the strategy would be to scare everyone else. Bliss told Braun she’s not scared of him and then tri...
“The Goddess” also put Strowman on notice to just follow her instructions and they would be just fine. Bliss offered a handshake, which Strowman accepted for their newfound partnership. After that, he pulled Alexa close to him and said, “Alright partner.” The two walked off to talk strategy as Kurt Angle wished them go...
The pairing of Alexa Bliss and Braun Strowman makes for an interesting combination early on. The cunning ring experience of Alexa Bliss teamed with Strowman’s brute power should make them a team that will cause trouble for others. It leaves one to wonder how any of the male superstars will be able to match up with Stro...
The WWE’s Mixed Match Challenge is slated to begin on January 16, 2018, via Facebook Watch at approximately 10 p.m. Eastern Time.
A stunning rare cloud formation, also known as the ‘morning glory’ cloud, has been captured on film by an airline passenger traveling across Australia.
“The most unique cloud formation I have seen to date on route from Perth to Adelaide somewhere over The Great Australian Bite,” passenger Ilya Katsman said on Instagram, referring to the coastal area of southern Australia.
The clouds are usually seen in the northern Australian gulf between September and November, where “morning glory” clouds can extend for up to 1,000 kilometers.
“Wave clouds form in a stable atmosphere where the cloud itself isn’t able to develop into a vertical state because it is in the air that is cooler around. As it descends, the warming process that naturally occurs causes this bouncing effect of the air and until that is flattened out you get these rolls of cloud that a...
Moving at high speeds, the clouds provide a unique playground for experienced hang gliders who can ‘surf’ them.
As a pure performance, she hit all the right notes.
From the moment Hillary Clinton entered the huge convention hall, it was obvious she was among friends.
There were lots of hellos and head nods as she walked toward the stage to address the annual meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington Monday morning, where the tough and substantive speech she delivered may be remembered as the beginning of her takedown of Donald Trump.
Until now, Trump has succeeded in knocking out almost all his Republican opponents by deriding them as weak and ineffectual. But unlike that hapless bunch, Clinton is coming out swinging.
As a pure performance, she hit all the right notes, her voice dropping when she recalled holding the hands of men and women in Israeli hospital wards whose lives were torn apart by terrorism, then rising with indignation that anyone could advocate neutrality. She didn’t name Trump of course, but anyone with even a pass...
“Israel’s security is not negotiable, and anybody who doesn’t understand that has no business being our president,” Clinton thundered.
She conjured up the perils awaiting the next president, the unprecedented chaos and conflict in the Middle East, the ongoing terrorist attacks in Israel, the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe and elsewhere. “We have to get this right,” she said to robust and sustained applause. Outsourcing to dictators, a reference to Tr...
“We need steady hands, not a President who says he’s neutral on Monday, pro-Israel on Tuesday, and who-knows-what on Wednesday because everything’s negotiable. Well my friends, Israel’s security is non-negotiable,” she declared.
If Clinton’s goal was to close off any opening for Trump to court the prominent donors and voters that support AIPAC, she largely succeeded by invoking his own words and raising uncertainty about what he might or might not do.
She took virtually every position that AIPAC expects from its political allies with one exception: She did not call for the U.S. embassy to move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as Trump and other Republicans have done.
But she did take a step that in the current context of U.S. Israeli relations was unexpected when she pledged, “One of the first things I’ll do in office is invite the Israeli Prime Minister to visit the White House.” The crowd erupted in the most thunderous applause of the morning.
Clinton’s open invitation to Prime Minister Netanyahu signals her eagerness to separate herself from President Obama’s fractious relationship with the Israeli leader, and the audience’s reaction no doubt signaled AIPAC’s relief to once more be back in the good graces of the leading contender in the Democratic Party.
The only time the audience was noticeably quiet was when Clinton talked about how she led the negotiations for the Iran nuclear deal, which Netanyahu and AIPAC opposed. It was only when she said the U.S. position is “distrust and verify” that she got a positive response.
For those who have been following the machinations of peacemaking in the Middle East, the Holy Grail for some time has been the two-state solution. It was only toward the end of her speech that Clinton returned to what remains official U.S. policy. Despite many setbacks, she said, she remains convinced that a negotiate...
“Everyone has to do their part by avoiding damaging actions, including with respect to settlements,” Clinton said, a gentle reference to a major irritant between successive U.S. administrations and Israeli governments.
Clinton was not there to open old wounds but to fortify herself with old friends and allies against a likely general election campaign against Trump. In a democracy, differences are aired, she said.
In her otherwise sober remarks, Clinton allowed herself one light moment, recalling how “some of us remember a woman, Golda Meir, who led the Israeli government decades ago and wonder what’s taking us so long here in America,” Clinton said with a smile.
For anyone wondering whether women could be tough enough to lead a country, Golda Meir showed the way. Now it’s Clinton’s turn.
Prime Minister Theresa May will respond to Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling by bringing forward her Brexit timetable by two weeks, it has emerged.
According to the Telegraph, May now wants to trigger Article 50, which begins formal negotiations with Brussels, in mid-March. She was previously expected to table her European Union Withdrawal Bill on March 31.
He said the ruling would not derail May’s timetable to kick off the two-year talks process and said politicians must not use legislation for triggering Article 50 to “frustrate or delay” Brexit.
“The point of no return was passed on June 23 last year,” Davis told MPs, amid fears of obstruction by Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party (SNP).
The government has allocated time for two all-day debates next week, with 21 hours of debate the following week. MPs will then debate the European Union Withdrawal Bill and all amendments in a committee of the whole House from Monday to Wednesday the following week.
If debates in Parliament go smoothly, May will trigger Article 50 in mid-March, according to the Telegraph.
Brexit minister Davis said: “The purpose of this bill is simply to give the government the power to invoke Article 50 and begin the process of leaving the European Union. That’s what the British people voted for and it’s what they would expect.
It’s thought that more than a dozen Tories whose constituencies were pro-Remain are set to join Labour Party and SNP backbenchers by voting to back an amendment that would force publication of a Brexit White Paper.
The Times reports MPs and peers are preparing to table dozens of amendments to the government’s bill in an attempt to water down or even thwart Brexit.
Labour is reportedly poised to introduce four amendments intended to help Britain avoid becoming a “bargain basement tax haven” outside of the bloc.
An assurance of the rights of Europeans living in Britain and a pledge to regularly update Parliament on the progress of negotiations will be other amendments.
The party will also demand the Commons is granted a “meaningful” vote on the outcome of any deal with the EU.
The SNP on Tuesday vowed to table 50 amendments to the bill. Its demands include forcing the government to seek the consent of the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland over triggering Article 50.
Green Party candidate for County Board Audrey Clement will be the featured speaker at a discussion of solar options for Arlington County on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Northside Social Restaurant and Cafe, 3211 Wilson Blvd.
For information, see the Web site at www.audreyclement.org or call (571) 830-8889.
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Panasonic was one of the first strong competitors in the micro four-thirds camera arena, and we’ve been waiting on the next iteration of the G-series cameras for months. They’ve finally announced the GX1, aimed much more at enthusiasts than the simplified GF2 and GF3. Panasonic also announced a 3D-oriented point and sh...
The separation of this more powerful line into a separate “GX” series suggests we can expect more in the simpler GF series, while more expensive features like a built-in EVF and more powerful image processors will creep into this line.
Does it really compare to the competition, though? If you’re not too concerned with sensor size and image quality, this thing with the new 14-42 pancake could be a really sweet walkaround camera. But the truth is it’s a bit short on features when you look at the other enthusiast EVILs. Sony’s NEX-5N, while overshadowed...
There’s the option of a periscope-style EVF, but it’s not as good as the NEX’s. At $600 you just can’t expect an internal EVF, though. Personally I think it looks like sweet little camera, and DP Review says it has a nice hefty feel, which is always nice. though as usual the 1080i thing is ridiculous. If it’s 30p outpu...
As for that 3D camera, well, the less said the better. Without a 3D screen it’s kind of a waste, and the specs are nothing to write home about. If you’re interested in the camera, you can find its specs and such here at the Panny press release.
Porcelain veneers: The original tooth is reshaped and replaced with a thin, custom-made veneer laminated onto the original. Can do a few teeth to a full mouth, top and bottom. Takes two visits.
On the first visit, the teeth are reshaped, and a mold is taken. A technician makes a wax mockup of what the final veneers will look like. From that mockup, a rubber mold is made and used for acrylic temporaries for the patient to wear home. Then a separate mold of the reshaped teeth is made, which is sent out to a cer...
Dental implants: Used to replace missing teeth or as an anchor to retain existing dentures. There are two phases, surgical and restorative. During the surgical phase, an anchor is implanted into the jaw or facial bone. That anchor typically must heal for several months, but some new techniques require less healing time...
Bridges: Prepares teeth on either side of an empty space in the mouth to accept a new crown. A crown covers much more of a tooth than a veneer, which covers the front of the tooth. A standard three-unit piece is $2,700 to $3,600.
Bleaching: There are take-home and in-office bleaching procedures. In-office bleaching is done in a single visit, but for best results, home follow-up treatment is recommended. For in-office bleaching, a gel is applied and stimulated with a high-intensity light, which speeds the bleaching process. Usually the patient f...
Often people tell me that they do not have time to get to the gym for various legitimate reasons, but you do not need to go to a gym to get fit. You can do this workout with minimal equipment (or skip the ones below that require equipment) and still get a challenging workout.
This is a workout that you can do at home with very little equipment and be in the intermediate level of fitness. It is a basic circuit that features a full body mix of exercises, with only dumbbells and a door pullup bar.
You can find this equipment for very little money at stores such as WalMart, Target, or even on Ebay. If you are serious about your health and fitness, you have to find the time to train -- even just for 10-15 minutes a day.
Goldman’s Alec Phillips warns that the upcoming fight over lifting the debt ceiling could be harder than the 2012 fight, which was brutal and confidence crushing.
Unfortunately, the upcoming increase may be more difficult to enact than the increase in 2011. Few spending cuts had been enacted before the previous increase, which left lawmakers with several areas of the budget from which to pull potential savings. Congress eventually settled on $2.1 trillion in spending cuts, essen...
More specifically. Suppose the Congress wants to raise the debt ceiling by $1 trillion, then that means an addition $1 trillion in cuts must be found.
But this is not easy. For one thing, no party has identified where they would find another $1 trillion in cuts to discretionary spending. Furthermore, if the cuts are going to come from entitlements, then Obama would demand that there also be new taxes, which the GOP won’t accept. And beyond that, Obama has already sai...
These factors imply that the next debt limit increase will be at least as difficult to enact as the last one was, and that there is a clear possibility of breaching the limit and causing more significant disruptions to government financing. Phillips is not alone in worrying.
This time, however, it will be more difficult for Republicans to get Democrats to agree to spending cuts. In the summer of 2011, both parties were essentially placing bets on the outcome of the 2012 election. With Obama re-elected and Democrats still controlling the Senate, Democrats believe they are in a stronger posi...
The 2011 debt-limit deal reduced projected spending by about $917 billion. There isn’t much desire among victorious Democrats to cut discretionary spending further, and there is deep resistance to cutting mandatory spending by reforming the big entitlement programs — Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
Congress is also running out of gimmicks. Scrambling to come up with further spending cuts during the 2011 debt-limit fight, lawmakers created a bipartisan, bicameral 12-member “super committee” tasked with finding at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction. In theory, the members would be motivated to act, or else fa...
We wrote a few days ago that it was quickly becoming clear why The Boehner Rule (the principle that any debt ceiling hike has to correspond with a dollar-for-dollar cut in spending) is so ridiculous and unsustainable.
There just aren’t obvious areas that anyone could possibly agree to find $1 trillion cuts every year. It’s already significantly harder than it was just in 2011.
By the way: Goldman estimates that March 1 will be the day the US hits the hard debt ceiling. That’s also the same day, coincidentally (?) that the sequester is supposed to kick in. Circle it on your calendars.
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The Ak-Chin Indian Community has deep roots in traditional agriculture. In July, it welcomed a new kind of agribusiness to its enterprise – hydroponics.
Ibarra Family Farms recently broke ground on a 1.2-acre parcel at Santa Cruz Commerce Center and hopes to be ready for production before January.
“Although it’s different technology, we are longtime farmers, and this is going to work out perfect together,” said Ak-Chin Tribal Council Member Ann Marie Antone during a groundbreaking ceremony July 19.
Hydroponics is a soilless cultivation that utilizes recycled nutrient solution to grow small crops. Ibarra Family Farms estimates it will save up to 95 percent of traditional water usage, pumped from underground Ak-Chin water.
Owner Carlos Ibarra, his wife, sons and daughter will operate their future 16,128-square-foot greenhouse that is unlike any other in the country.
“What I did with this and the design is I adapted everything, technologies from different parts of the world, and I’m trying to adapt it to Arizona weather conditions,” Ibarra said.
The greenhouse will be lower in height than traditional structures. A motor-operated weather station will open and close the roof automatically, depending on weather conditions.
The cosmopolitan operation will include hydroponic channels from Brazil, a Canadian greenhouse and various equipment from the United States.
Ibarra is a third-generation farmer with previous operations in Mexico spanning more than 25 years, growing a variety of crops from sugarcane to soy beans. His latest project will produce organically and conventionally grown lettuce, kale and spinach year-round, thanks to the adapted greenhouse design.
Ibarra’s son Carlos Ibarra Jr. will take up marketing for the Maricopa location. He hopes to bring a fresh perspective to the farm’s philosophy as the next Ibarra generation to cultivate the family business.
“It’s also good to have the best of both worlds; the older generation and our new generation, in a more sustainable way, a greener way,” Ibarra Jr. said.
As the farm grows, Ibarra Jr. would like to explore solar power options to its greenhouse and include sustainable friendly packaging and labeling for its produce.
Phase 2 of the project could see new crops including edible flowers and other vegetables.
Maria Hernandez, vice chair of the Ak-Chin Industrial Park Board, said the Ibarra Family Farms project has been two years in the making. She views the operation as the beginning of what’s next in the local agro-industry.
Maricopa Agricultural Center of the University of Arizona hosted its annual family fun day Nov. 19, showing off old and new forms of farming and giving kids lots of activities down on the farm.
The natural foods distributor expects its profits to fall as the dynamics of the industry shift.
What: Shares of natural foods distributor United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) tumbled on Monday after the company released preliminary second-quarter results. At 11:50 a.m. ET, the stock was down about 23%.

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