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AEW Has a Problem

Everything that I type here is all in my opinion and it's something I didn't want to discuss at first but feel like it's time to say it. AEW has a problem and that problem is CM Punk.

How did this problem start, you ask? Go back to the post-media event of "All Out 2022" where just minutes after regaining the AEW World Heavyweight Championship, CM Punk lashed out at the media instead of talking about his reaction to the return of MJF (aka Maxwell Jacob Friedman) from earlier that day.

His words caused a backstage brawl that resulted into suspensions of himself and all around him including Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Kenny Omega, Brandon Cutler, Michael Nakazawa, etc. Also, due to that brawl, both the AEW World Heavyweight Championship and the AEW Trios Championship were vacated.

The Trios title ended up being help by PAC, Rey Fenix, and Pentagon until January 2023 while the AEW World Heavyweight Championship would be returned to Jon Moxley who regained the title and held onto it until November where he lost in what many can considered controversial fashion to Max Friedman.

Many people including myself were under the impression that a deal was reached where CM Punk would be let go by the company for his actions. Not the case as we learned that this Saturday (June 17, 2023) a new AEW show will premiere called "AEW Collision" and the show will heavily involve CM Punk.

Now...how did people react to his imminent return. Not very good. From everything I heard and read, the reaction was very negative with boos almost all over arenas and on social media. AEW tried to cover it up by finding those who'll cheer his return. It didn't work. Worse than that...the announcement of his return caused slow ticket sales so what happens next...let's announce his return match.

CM Punk, Dax Harwood, and Cash Wheeler vs. Jay White, Juice Robinson, and Samoa Joe. If you're a Jay White fan, you'd be like "yay, Jay's on AEW Collision" in an exciting way but when you read he has to face Punk in 6-man tag action you like "yay, Jay's on AEW Collision" but your excitement meter goes down.

To make matter worse for AEW, they aired a VTR of Punk last night on AEW Dynamite that got the crowd booing even more. And from the people I follow on social media, all were furious that AEW keeps on showing Punk. Some even ask "why has he not been punished yet for his actions" "why is he getting awarded when everyone got punished"

These questions I cannot answer but I can say that AEW has a problem (CM Punk). They've tried almost everything to cover up the problem and instead have made it worse. And now...I read something in which this problem AEW has with Punk is so bad, I don't know how they're going to solve it at this point. That something...an interview that apparently and/or reportedly went out of control. Read some details on it and...it's not good.

The last time I watched AEW was the week before "All Out 2022" in which I was starting to question Punk's booking at the time but was somewhat proud to see Kenny Omega back in the ring. Haven't watched AEW since then and until they release CM Punk, have no intention to watch AEW again though there'll be times I'll watch certain highlights but not a full show.

One more thing I've been reading since they've been announcing his return was a proposed match against KENTA at "Forbidden Door 2023" taking place June 25th in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From what I read, many are thrilled about the proposed match because this could solve the one issue many have, who really owns the "GTS'. Instead, I read that Punk was "not interested". Reading that really boils me up because how in the world can you not be interested in facing a former GHC Heavyweight Champion, a 3-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, a 3-time GHC Junior Tag Team Champion, a former GHC Tag Team Champion, a former Global League winner, a former IWGP United States Champion, a former NEVER Openweight Champion, and a 2-time (and reigning) Strong Openweight Champion. Why in the world do you say "not interested" to someone is regarded by many to be the best the world has to offer. Read KENTA's response to the proposed match and...it's a interesting one because he'll only do it if it requires the money provided but if Punk is saying "not interested" then why bother.

Again, AEW has a problem that they've yet to solve and based on all I've read, based on all I've heard, and based on almost everything I've said here...are not even going to attempt to solve the problem and it's a shame that this is happening. None of this would have happened if they had just fired Punk. Instead, look where we're at right now. This (AEW Collision with Punk) is going to blow up in their face.

With that...done talking about Punk here. Again, everything I just typed right here on my Pro Wrestling Express is all in my opinion. Feel free to comment on your opinion in this ongoing problem that AEW has no attempt to solve at this time.

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Learning from Survivor - a coping mechanism

DISCLAIMER: This is a statement coming from somebody that didn't throw a single vote on Sweden and was pulling so hard for Finland. I get the mood.

DISCLAIMER 2: It's fine to be upset when your fave doesn't win! I get it! I'm a little upset too. But I don't know about y'all, but I don't like feeling upset, it's not a fun way to feel.

I want to talk about Russell Hantz.

When Survivor: Samoa and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains aired, Hantz was a huge fan favorite. They loved his aggressive game play and his total dominance over who went home. Both times he played, he got to the finale with the two people he wanted.

And he got bodied by one of them. One of whom was the first person to win twice. (Seem familiar?)

After losing twice, Russell was pissed. At the reunion, he insisted that the game wasn't fair, and that things should be different. America should have a portion or the vote. Jeff's response is something that stuck in my head:

"That's a different game. That's a game called Russell Decides Who Wins Survivor."

Everyone knew the rules going in; Russell was just trying to win a different game, one that wasn't there.

As an avid Survivor fan, I am no stranger to a jury voting in a way that is confusing or against your faves. It's a super upsetting moment and takes the wind right out of your sails. I never pulled for Russell, but I'm still baffled by the results of last season.

I get being frustrated that Kaarja lost, despite televote dominance. I'm frustrated, and I fucking loved Tattoo. But I help chill myself out by remembering a few key things:

1) **They all knew the rules going in.** They knew there'd be a jury and they knew how the scores worked. They brought themselves to the contest with that full knowledge.

Cha Cha Cha is a weird song. Delightfully weird, but it's still a risk to bring. The fact that it was so successful is AMAZING, and says something about its quality. But Kaarja knew he was up against a jury, and so did Loreen.

2) **There's always things that we don't get to know.** I haven't seen the jury performance, but from what I heard Kaarja's was a little rough. It happens, but that's a factor.

3) **We have power in the aftermath.** Specifically, the power to drown our faves in love.

Support their music. Send them love on their social media. Make sure they get a huge amazing audience from this platform.

Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest, and she deserved that win. But we can play our own game here, and make sure our favorite artists win. Channel that energy into something good, replace that anger with passionate love.

That's just my opinion, but one I felt worth sharing.

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Live stream Rugby World Cup 2023 Quarter-final and Semi-final games

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Live stream Rugby World Cup 2023 Quarter-final and Semi-final games

How to watch the Rugby World Cup Quarter-final and Semi-final games from anywhere in the world, including options to watch for free. As of right now, Pool A is finished, and by Sunday night, we will know who will join France and New Zealand in the quarterfinals.

It goes without saying that you’ll want to watch a Rugby World Cup live stream to see the complete bracket for the knockout rounds. This article has all the details you need to watch the matches from wherever you are, including instructions on how to do so for FREE.

Rugby fans in the UK are fortunate to have access to ITV’s TV stations and ITVX streaming service for FREE viewing of every match. ExpressVPN allows Brits away from home to watch the Rugby World Cup for free from overseas via a VPN.

Related News: Watch All Blacks Rugby World Cup live stream

Three games are scheduled for Saturday: Wales vs. Georgia (2:00 p.m. BST), England vs. Samoa (4:45 p.m. BST), and the highly anticipated heavyweight match between Ireland and Scotland (8:00 p.m. BST), which will decide who will win the fiercely competitive Pool B. Japan and Argentina will face off on Sunday to decide who will join England in Pool D as the second qualifier.

  You can stay on top of your viewing plans for the end of the pool stages and beyond with the help of our RWC 2023 fixtures guide. Discover how to watch a Rugby World Cup live stream from any location on Earth by reading on. With the final in Paris only three weeks away, it’s the ideal way to follow this exciting event.

View the Rugby World Cup broadcast live via Country.

Ireland: The 48 Rugby World Cup matches will be broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ (and its RTÉ Player) and Virgin Media Television (and its Virgin Media Player), and all 48 games will be available to watch for FREE.

South Africa: SuperSport is the channel to watch if you want to watch the Rugby World Cup from South Africa. Whether you want to stream SuperSport or watch it on DStv, there are many SuperSport bundles available.SABC will also broadcast free-to-air Springboks matches. A total of 19 matches from the tournament will be broadcast on the network, with certain matches also being streamed on SABC Plus.

United States: NBC Sports holds the rights to broadcast the Rugby World Cup in the United States. On their Peacock Premium streaming service, which costs $5.99 per month, they’ll be streaming all 48 games. Additionally, 15 games will be shown on CNBC, while NBC will air encore coverage of four games (Ireland vs. Scotland on October 7, two quarterfinals, and the World Cup championship game, Rugby World Cup Final).

Australia: Stan Sport, an online streaming service, will broadcast all 48 Rugby World Cup games ad-free, live, and on demand, so Australian rugby fans will be tuning in.There will be free live streaming on Channel 9 and the 9Now platform for every Wallabies game as well as the World Cup final.Stan Sport can be added to your standard Stan package for $15 per month. You can also try Stan out for 30 days without paying anything, however it’s important to note that Stan Sport is exempt from this offer.

England come from behind to snatch a nail-biting 1-point victory and remain unbeaten at #RWC2023!

Be sure to catch the highlights on RugbyPass TV!#ENGvSAM pic.twitter.com/WotN6C3aRH

— Rugby World Cup (@rugbyworldcup) October 7, 2023

Quarter-finals

14 October 2023 17:00

Wales  QF1 Runner-up of Pool D

Stade de Marseille, Marseille

14 October 2023 21:00

Winner of Pool B QF2  New Zealand

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

15 October 2023 17:00

England  QF3 Runner-up of Pool C

Stade de Marseille, Marseille

15 October 2023 21:00

France  QF4 Runner-up of Pool B

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Semi-finals

20 October 2023 21:00

Winner of QF1 SF1 Winner of QF2

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

21 October 2023 21:00

Winner of QF3 SF2 Winner of QF4

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Bronze final

27 October 2023 21:00

Loser of SF1 v Loser of SF2

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Final

See also: 2023 Rugby World Cup final.

28 October 2023 21:00

Winner of SF1 v Winner of SF2

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

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Starting Monday, passengers flying on Korean Air may be asked to step on a scale before boarding their flight.

The exercise, which will last about three weeks, is required by law and applies to all Korean flag carriers, a Korean Air representative told CNBC.

The law requires airlines to weigh passengers and their carry-on luggage at least every five years and is “crucial for safety of flight operations,�� the representative told CNBC.

The announcement was met with backlash from the public, according to local media.

A notice detailing the exercise — set to begin at Gimpo International Airport Monday, followed by Incheon Airport next month — has been removed from the airline’s website, due to “sufficient notice and media coverage,” according to the airline.

Is it reasonable to weigh passengers?

“Definitely not,” said Vance Hilderman, CEO of the aviation safety company Afuzion.

At least not for the purpose of safety, he said.   

“If you’re at a small Bombardier, a small Embraer jet, and we had 10 very obese people … it could make a small difference,” he said. “On commercial aircraft, anything from a 737 and above you know, 120 people, we have it built in.”

Aviation software can adjust for weight changes, air density and other factors, which is why safety isn’t compromised even in situations where passenger makeup is atypical, such as an early morning flight of mostly businessmen, who tend to weigh more than the average traveler, he said.

Overall, a significant weight increase per passenger would be eclipsed by the weight of fuel, cargo and the aircraft itself, said Hilderman. “Fuel is 20 times more than the passenger weight,” he said.

But Shem Malmquist, an instructor at Florida Tech’s College of Aeronautics, said random weight samples are a good idea.

“We use average weights of passengers, but people are getting a lot heavier,” he said. “Three hundred people that weigh more than average can put an airplane significantly over weight, and all of our performance calculations — runway length, climb, obstacle clearance, landing distances, altitude capabilities — all are dependent on weight, among other things.”

Hilderman agrees that people are getting bigger, but he said passengers now differ in other ways too.

“Americans are getting heavier. So are Chinese, so are Koreans,” he said. “But we’re also flying younger … so it’s actually offset the average human’s weight increase.”

A study published in 2019 in the Journal of Transport & Health found that regions with higher obesity prevalence “may begin to see significantly compromised safety margins if increasing weight trends continue.”

Jose Silva, an associate professor at Australia’s RMIT University’s School of Engineering and one of the study’s authors, told CNBC that he thinks airlines are reluctant to weigh passengers because of the sensitive nature of the topic.

“There is also a lack of understanding of the safety gains which could be obtained if there were more accurate means to ascertain the passengers’ weight, instead of relying on standards,” he said.

A whistleblower complaint filed in 2021 alleges that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has failed to recognize safety issues caused by relying on average passenger or baggage weights that no longer reflect the U.S. population.

Where airlines weigh passengers

Air New Zealand weighed passengers in June for reasons, it said, related to safety and fuel efficiency.

Finnair did the same in 2017, and Hawaiian Air has conducted multiple passenger weight exercises on flights between Honolulu and American Samoa. (The now defunct Samoa Air used to charge passengers by their weight, according to Reuters.)

Flyers in the United States likely won’t be weighed, said Hilderman, even though an FAA advisory circular published in 2019 stated that airlines can weigh passengers.

It’s a different story in Europe, where carriers follow European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulations.

EASA weighed nearly 23,000 passengers in 2008 and 2009 and found that average passenger weight had increased by 3 to 5 kilograms (6.6 to 11 pounds). A subsequent report published in 2022 found that mean passenger weight increased slightly since 2009, for an average of 82 kg (181 pounds) for men and 68 kg (149 pounds) for women.

Periodic weight assessments — of passengers and other items on board — can help airlines determine if weight estimates are still accurate to offset the amount of cargo they carry, said Hilderman.

But “there’s a little more to this mystery,” he added.

“In Europe, they’re a little more rigorous about individual rights with privacy,” he said. “With EASA, they want to protect the passengers and say: Look, the passengers are getting larger, so airlines, we want you to provide a minimum pitch distance on your seats.”

Commercial airline seating is based on average passenger weight from the 1950s to 1970s, Hilderman said. Since then, people have gotten bigger, but seat pitches have dwindled, he said — “29 inches in some cases, it’s absolutely ridiculous.”

A hot-button topic

Passenger size on planes is a controversial topic — with oversized flyers lodging discrimination allegations over Lilliputian plane aisles and seat sizes, and smaller travelers publicly venting about seat encroachment.  

But unlike other industries that service heavy people — from makers of chairs to toilets to amusement park rides — the airline industry hasn’t enlarged seats.

“Some have proposed that obese passengers be required to pay for two seats in order to not make other passengers uncomfortable, but that lets the airlines escape any responsibility,” said Nick Gausling, a consumer services business consultant and managing director of Romy Group LLC.

Gausling noted that while other industries have been pressured to prioritize customer experience, “consumers have very little choice to take their business elsewhere” when it comes to airlines.

Tigress Osborn, the executive director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, told CNBC that most major airlines have responded with three options for overweight travelers: pay for pricier tickets that come with bigger seats, purchase a second seat, or stay home.

“Fat people deserve to travel for pleasure just like everyone else, and we also need to remember that air travel is for work, for family obligations, and for other responsibilities, too,” she said. “Our taxes help support this industry, and we deserve to be accommodated safely and comfortably, with access to accessible seating at all price levels.”

Ideas to help larger passengers

Hilderman said airlines can sell second seats to plus-size travelers at a heavily discounted rate.

Or they can reserve half a dozen seats for larger people, which passengers could privately register for online, using height and weight details from their driver’s licenses, he said.

Those seats could be sold at a small surcharge, and if not booked by qualified passengers the week before the flight, released to anyone willing to pay for them, he added.

Any hope for wider seats?

As to whether airlines will increase seat sizes for everyone, Hilderman said that while it’s mathematically possible, it’s not practical.

“Fuselage diameters have been predetermined,” he said, referencing the main body of the aircraft. “We currently have 29,000 commercial aircraft flying, and we only make about 1,500 per year, so it would take 20 years to replace the entire fleet.”

Refitting planes with wider seats means narrowing the aisle, which is already a tight squeeze, he said. To widen the aisle, one seat from every row would need to be removed, resulting in a 20-25% ticket price increase across the board, he said.

“Most people don’t look at what kind of aircraft they’re flying, and they have no idea what the seat pitch or width is,” said Hilderman. “They’re simply buying on price — and the airlines know that.”

Arnold Barnett, a management science and statistics professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, told CNBC that most flyers are willing to endure current seat sizes in return for lower fares.  

If seating changed, “airfares would have to go up, and flying would become unaffordable to passengers on limited budgets.”

For many, a tight airline seat is better than a seat on a bus, he said.

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RNZ Pacific 1309 3 Feb 2023

7390Khz 1259 3 FEB 2023 - RNZ PACIFIC (NEW ZEALAND) in ENGLISH from RANGITAIKI. SINPO = 55333. English, s/on w/bellbird int. until pips and news @1300z anchored by Pino Phenoa. Fiji's parliament reconvenes with a speech congratulating the country for holding peaceful elections and forming a coalition government from several parties. Fiji's former elections supervisor Mohammed Saneem is under investigation by the anti-corruption agency for alleged abuse of office and has been stopped from fleeing the country. The Fijian Elections Office said Saneem is alleged to have "on numerous occasions…unlawfully authorised payments of sitting allowances" to members of the Electoral Commission and has been referred to the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption. The Australian Government is assisting Tonga in its domestic air connectivity until at least 30 June 2023 in a partnership with Fiji Airways, the Australian High Commission announced today 3, February. NZ health has started providing EpiPens to people at risk of anaphylaxis who meet certain eligibility criteria. Two PNG Defence Force soldiers are currently in a stable condition after they were shot by tribal warlords in the Kompiam/Ambum district of Papua New Guinea's Enga Province. A Task Force established by the International Atomic Energy Agency to review the safety of the planned release of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station will carry out its first meeting in Japan next week. Samoa's Cabinet is set to resume sending off workers to the Recognised Seasonal Employment (RSE) scheme, which was suspended for all of January. This was confirmed by Acting Prime Minister Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio, who said Cabinet has endorsed the continuation of the regional seasonal workers' programme from February. Sen. Michael Bennet is calling for the removal of TikTok from app stores in the U.S. The Democrat from Colorado has joined other lawmakers on Capitol Hill with growing concerns over the Chinese-owned social media app potentially threatening national security. Benent sent a letter to the CEOs of Apple and Alphabet, requesting that they take TikTok off the Apple and Google app stores immediately. Sports. @1308z "Pacific Waves" anchored by Koroi Hawkins. Backyard fence antenna, Etón e1XM. 100kW, beamAz 35°, bearing 240°. Received at Plymouth, United States, 12912KM from transmitter at Rangitaiki. Local time: 0659.

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Supercard of Honor XV - News & Preview

(photo credit: Ring of Honor on Twitter)

Supercard of Honor XV takes place on Friday, April 1 2022 in Garland, Texas. There's been quite a bit of news and speculation surrounding the first ROH show of the Tony Khan era. Let's dig in!

The main event, Gresham v Bandido for the Unification of the Championship, is a make good from December's Final Battle. Bandido came down with Covid and couldn't make the PPV to defend his title, so Gresham fought Jay Lethal for an interim title. The two men have been defending their interim titles all over the place in the months since, with matches across multiple promotions. Both Fightful and the Observer have reported that Gresham is expected to sign with AEW "very soon," although it's unclear if he would sign an AEW deal or an ROH deal.

The remaining matches on the card all feature at least one AEW contracted wrestler, with Alex Zayne and the Briscoes the only wrestlers with no AEW experience. Willow Nightingale has appeared fairly regularly on Dark and Dark Elevation. Josh Woods has appeared recently on Dark, and during the last tapings got his own entrance, complete with music and a victory. Wheeler Yuta has not received the "All Elite" graphic on Twitter, but given the high profile of his recent AEW angle, this may simply be a formality.

Fightful recently reported that execs at Warner Media had blocked any potential appearance by the Briscoes on Dynamite or Rampage, reportedly because of homophobic tweets made by Jay Briscoe in 2013. The Briscoes and FTR have been teasing a match since December, with FTR making an appearance at Final Battle and the two teams sniping back and forth at each other over social media. SRS had reported that there was significant interest from various promotions in hosting the match but there was difficulty in booking it because neither team wanted to lose.

Current ROH Women's Champion Deonna Purazzo is booked on Friday night for WrestleCon's "Multiverse of Matches" show, which makes it impossible for her to defend the title at Supercard of Honor on the same night. In addition there are reports that Impact! may have taped matches featuring Purazzo defending her title that have not aired yet, complicating the booking further. This may be why Friday's SoH match is for an Interim Title, rather than for a Title Shot.

(Friday features Smackdown, Rampage, the WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony, two GCW shows, Multiverse of Matches, and a NJPW Strong Show. There's a fuckton of wrestling this weekend, friends.)

Regarding non-AEW talent working the show, there was a report on Fightful that Killer (aka Karrion) Kross and his wife Scarlett had been tentatively booked for the show back in December, but that after the "regime change" they had not heard from anyone about the show and are no longer advertised.

Last, but not least, Tony Khan has teased "a surprise" for the show. C.M. Punk spent a bit of time during the Revolution media scrum talking about how much he loved RoH and how happy he was that Tony Khan had bought it. It's certainly possible that there may be an appearance by Punk or other famous RoH alumni like Bryan Danielson or Samoa Joe.

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Overview

Our society is not as knowledgeable as it can be when it comes to the trauma placed on the Polynesian people and this is an extreme issue. For Samoans to be the second largest Polynesian group in the U.S. we are not talked about enough. Discrimination in race, sexual orientation, gender, etc. on Samoan women are just a few forms of predijuce we face. These examples are not expressed because the news and social media do not make our society aware. Samoan Women are instilled to forgive at a young age so we take microagressions lightly. We handle people with kindness, gently and gracefully but in doing so the anger, resentment, and sadness take a toll on our mental health.

As an afakasi (mixed) woman, I chose this topic because I wanted to spread awareness to other ethnic women, inform myself, and understand the women of my family's beliefs from a more personal perspective. I wanted to learn and discover what situations were not able to be brought to light because of our cultures denial. I am proud to share roots with Samoan women because it takes strong women to survive the torment, violence, strict cultural norms, etc. I was born in Fullerton, California and I believe I am a more Americanized Samoan woman than if I grew up on the Samoan islands. A lot of what makes me who I am is my environmental influences and that isn’t always the Samoan culture. Although the Samoan culture is truly beautiful, there are evils that subside (even more so) if you are a woman because we represent the highly respected woman chief of Samoa.

These evils I speak of are hard to swallow but it is even more hard to swallow if you ignore them. Samoan women are sexualized, violently handled, and society looks the other way. In our culture, if a woman plans to be a single mother she is “hexed by evil spirits,” leading to abnormalities in the unborn child (Samoans believe in black magic, a way to harm someone evil for evil purposes). About 70% of Samoan women think that men sometimes have a good reason to beat their wives (even while pregnant). Samoan women tend to believe they have greater priorities than their overall well being and health. Typing just three of these preliminary informations makes my heart hurt. Most samoan women are so accustomed to the culture, they will allow almost anything to happen to themselves and their children. As speechless as you are right now after reading this, imagine for a moment you were these women. Why haven’t I heard anything in the news? Island women are one group of minority women that tends to be left out of the statistic. There is a lot of behind the scenes that don’t make it on the air. These stories and what I found is going to be a lot to take in but it is so important to be aware, these situations could happen to you or someone you love.. 90% of women who are attacked are young adults!! The lack of knowledge on the violence many women of color face is often left unsaid but I intend to always speak up, not only for my samoan women but for ALL women.

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The U.S. Has a $1 Billion Plan to Electrify Faculty Buses

Photograph: OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP (Getty Pictures) This story was initially revealed by Grist. You’ll be able to subscribe to its weekly publication right here.  Lower than 1 p.c of the nation’s roughly 500,000 faculty buses are electrical or run on low-emission fuels. That’s about to vary. Practically 400 faculty districts throughout the USA, together with in a number of Indigenous tribal lands, in addition to in Puerto Rico and American Samoa, will obtain round $1 billion to buy new, largely electrical faculty buses as a part of a Biden Administration grant program. This system goals to cut back youngsters’s publicity to dangerous exhaust from diesel buses that serve their faculties and communities. It’s also a part of a broader effort by the Biden Administration to handle local weather change and environmental justice by making it simpler for weak communities to have entry to zero-emission autos. The grant program’s funds come from $5 billion that the EPA acquired as a part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Regulation. With the grant cash, recipient faculty districts will have the ability to buy almost 2,300 electrical buses, quadrupling the nation’s present quantity. Whereas these lower-polluting buses would make up a small portion of college bus fleets, environmental and public well being advocates argue that the optimistic impacts on youngsters’s well being can be profound. G/O Media might get a fee In a press launch, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a Harlem-based group, praised Wednesday’s announcement and this system’s attain, saying that it could enhance air high quality and “scale back youngsters’s publicity to asthma-causing pollution whereas additionally defending the well being of drivers and the communities these buses drive by way of.” The Biden Administration expects lots of the new electrical buses to be out there to the successful faculty districts by the beginning of the subsequent faculty 12 months, with the rest out there by the top of 2023. Air air pollution stays a serious contributor to poor respiratory and cardiovascular well being, with autos a essential wrongdoer. Greenhouse gasoline emissions from transportation make up the highest portion of complete greenhouse gasoline emissions within the U.S., at 27 p.c. The World Well being Group estimates that 93 p.c of the world’s inhabitants breathes air that exceeds its public well being pointers. Youngsters are notably weak to the impacts of poor air high quality. A 2021 research discovered that even transient publicity to air air pollution, together with wildfire smoke and automotive exhaust, can alter a toddler’s DNA and improve their danger of coronary heart and lung issues as adults. Seventy p.c of scholars from low-income households take a bus to highschool, rising their publicity to diesel exhaust. Youngsters of shade, particularly, usually tend to reside close to heavy transit routes, industrial amenities, and different sources of vehicular and industrial air pollution. That is largely attributable to historic housing, zoning, and transit insurance policies that left Black and Brown communities with few different choices. Because of this, youngsters of shade have greater charges of bronchial asthma and different respiratory sicknesses than white youngsters. Air air pollution additionally poses different sudden well being dangers to youngsters of shade. A 2017 research on Latino youngsters in low-income neighborhoods in Los Angeles discovered that publicity to air air pollution throughout childhood might trigger harm to the pancreas — the organ that produces insulin, rising their chance of turning into overweight and growing Kind 2 diabetes. Originally published at Irvine News HQ

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Episode 145 - Anthropology Non-Fiction

This episode we’re talking about Anthropology Non-Fiction! We discuss culture, society, linguistics, and more! Plus: Teeth, teeth, teeth!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to…)

The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston

Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo by Mary Douglas

Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind, vol. 1 by Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen, and Daniel Casanave

Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century by Charles King

Other Media We Mentioned

The History of Eastern Europe for Beginners by Paul Beck, Edward Mast, and Perry Tapper

Bury Me Standing by Isabel Fonseca

Cafe Europa: Life After Communism by Slavenka Drakulić

The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky by Ellen Meloy

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Wikipedia)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Wikipedia)

Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex edited by Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow

Evolution's Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins by Peter Ungar 

Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas by Jennifer Raff

Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo by Mary Douglas

Links, Articles, and Things

Four-field approach (Wikipedia)

“known jocularly to students as "stones", "tones", "bones" and "thrones"”

Anthropologie (Wikipedia)

Lidar (Wikipedia)

Episode 144 - What is a Book?

I read all 337 books in Skyrim so you don't have to | Unraveled

Franz Boas (Wikipedia)

Data dredging (Wikipedia)

Ella Cara Deloria (Wikipedia)

15 Anthropology Books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures by Christian Allaire

Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang

Dakota Texts by Ella Cara Deloria

Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life by Karen E. Fields and Barbara J. Fields

Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer, and Poetry in Iran by Niloofar Haeri

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by Zora Neale Hurston

Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts by Margaret Kovach

Amphibious Subjects: Sasso and the Contested Politics of Queer Self-Making in Neoliberal Ghana by Kwame Edwin Otu

Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun: Portraits of Everyday Life in Eight Indigenous Communities by Paul Seesequasis

Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith

On the Margins of Urban South Korea: Core Location as Method and Praxis edited by Jesook Song and Laam Hae

Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science by Kim TallBear

Desi Hoop Dreams: Pickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity by Stanley Thangaraj

From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i by Haunani-Kay Trask

Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods by Shawn Wilson

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Live Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC 2022) to air on FITE in the US

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Live Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC 2022) to air on FITE in the US

Triller-owned combat sports streaming platform FITE will show the delayed 2021 Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) in multiple territories after agreeing a sublicensing deal with Integrated Sports Media (ISM). 

The deal covers the US and all of North, Central and South America, as well as Germany, Italy, Spain and ‘most of’ Europe, Africa and other major markets.

RLWC2021 will be distributed in North America by ISM via an agreement with RDA Sports Media Rights, the tournament’s global media rights distributor.

The competition will also be available in the US and Canada live on cable, satellite and digital pay-per-view (PPV) via iN Demand, DirecTV, Dish, Shaw, Rogers and PPV.com.

Rugby League World Cup 2022 Schedule

16 October 2022 Jamaica vs Ireland – Headingley Stadium, Leeds 16 October 2022 New Zealand vs Lebanon – Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington 22 October 2022 New Zealand vs Jamaica – MKM Stadium, Hull 23 October 2022 Lebanon vs Ireland – Leigh Sports Village, Leigh 28 October 2022 New Zealand vs Ireland – Headingley Stadium, Leeds 30 October 2022 Lebanon vs Jamaica – Leigh Sports Village, Leigh

15 October 2022 England vs Samoa – St James’ Park, Newcastle 17 October 2022 France vs Greece – Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster 22 October 2022 England vs France – University of Bolton Stadium, Bolton 23 October 2022 Samoa vs Greece – Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster 29 October 2022 England vs Greece – Bramall Lane, Sheffield 30 October 2022 Samoa vs France – Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

15 October 2022 Australia vs Fiji – Headingley Stadium, Leeds 16 October 2022 Scotland vs Italy – Kingston Park, Newcastle 21 October 2022 Australia vs Scotland – Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry 22 October 2022 Fiji vs Italy – Kingston Park, Newcastle 29 October 2022 Fiji vs Scotland – Kingston Park, Newcastle 29 October 2022 Australia vs Italy – Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens

18 October 2022 Tonga vs Papua New Guinea – Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens 19 October 2022 Wales vs Cook Islands – Leigh Sports Village, Leigh 24 October 2022 Tonga vs Wales – Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens 25 October 2022 Papua New Guinea vs Cook Islands – Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington 30 October 2022 Tonga vs Cook Islands – Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough 31 October 2022 Papua New Guinea vs Wales – Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster

FITE is set to offer various bundles for RLWC2021, including PPV options and via the FITE+ subscriptions service. The company’s entry into rugby league adds to its broadcasts of boxing, pro-wrestling and mixed martial arts (MMA) events to more than six million subscribers globally.

“We’re proud that FITE has risen above the sports media scrum and won the largest amount of territories for this major Covid-delayed event,” said Michael Weber, chief operating officer of FITE.

“The Rugby League World Cup has recognised our reach and reliability in trusting us to deliver this to fans worldwide.

“This marks FITE’s first major move beyond its core in combat sports – even though rugby is certainly full contact enough to keep our longtime viewers very, very happy.”

Doug Jacobs, president of ISM, added: “Rugby is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States and we’re thrilled to be distributing Rugby League World Cup 2021 to American and international fans. Elite teams and rugby players will be in action throughout the men’s and women’s tournaments.”

RLWC2021 will take place from 15th October to 19th November and, for the first time, will be run in parity with the women’s and wheelchair tournaments.

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Radio New Zealand Int. 1317 9 Nov 2021

7390Khz 1259 9 NOV 2021 - RADIO NEW ZEALAND INT. (NEW ZEALAND) in ENGLISH from RANGITAIKI. SINPO = 45333. English, bellbird int. until pips and news @1300z anchored by female announcer. The Vanuatu government has used its numbers in parliament to suspend the MP, Gracia Shadrack, for two years. Bougainville MP, John Tabinaman, the only member to win selection in all four polls in the autonomous Papua New Guinea province, has died on Sunday, at Buka Hospital, after a brief illness. French Polynesia's tourism minister Nicole Bouteau has resigned in an apparent protest at a cabinet colleague's refusal to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Kiwi climate activists are using their expertise to make sure Māori voices are heard loud and clear by the top brass at the UN's COP26 Summit in Glasgow. New covid case, as well as all who were on the same flight from Hawaii, in Samoa has been quarantined. Social media is confusing people in Bougainville over covid lockdown. Cook Islands dealing with covid travel bubble with New Zealand reopens. New Caledonia airlines cancels all flights until November 28th as airports are closed. New Zealand diplomat visits Washington DC, United Arab Emirates, and Jakarta in first air travel in a year. @1309z "Champions of the Pacific" sporting news program begins anchored by a female and a male announcers. Backyard fence antenna, Etón e1XM. 100kW, beamAz 35°, bearing 240°. Received at Plymouth, United States, 12912KM from transmitter at Rangitaiki. Local time: 0659.

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Events 7.4

362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire. 836 – Pactum Sicardi, a peace treaty between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples, is signed. 993 – Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint. 1054 – A supernova, called SN 1054, is seen by Chinese Song dynasty, Arab, and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula. 1120 – Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death. 1187 – The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem. 1253 – Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre. 1359 – Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz. 1456 – Ottoman–Hungarian wars: The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins. 1534 – Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye. 1584 – Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island 1610 – The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War. 1634 – The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada). 1744 – The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 1774 – Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts. 1776 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign. 1802 – At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens. 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people. 1817 – In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins. 1826 – John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively the second and third presidents of the United States, die the same day, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. Adams' last words were, "Thomas Jefferson survives." 1827 – Slavery is abolished in the State of New York. 1831 – Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities. 1832 – John Neal delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women. 1837 – Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool. 1838 – The Iowa Territory is organized. 1845 – Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, Walden, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement. 1855 – The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published in Brooklyn. 1862 – Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels. 1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. 1863 – American Civil War: Union forces repulse a Confederate army at the Battle of Helena in Arkansas. The Confederate loss fails to relieve pressure on the besieged city of Vicksburg, and paves the way for the Union to capture Little Rock. 1863 – American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory. 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee. 1881 – In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens. 1886 – The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel. 1887 – The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi. 1892 – Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days. 1894 – The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole. 1898 – En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives. 1901 – William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines. 1903 – The Philippine–American War is officially concluded. 1910 – The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured. 1911 – A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities. 1913 – President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913. 1914 – The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo. 1918 – Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne. 1918 – World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front. 1918 – Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date). 1927 – First flight of the Lockheed Vega. 1939 – Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball. 1941 – Nazi crimes against the Polish nation: Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv. 1941 – World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German-occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement. 1942 – World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces. 1943 – World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka. 1943 – World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives. 1946 – The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland. 1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States. 1947 – The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan. 1950 – Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts. 1951 – Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage. 1951 – William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor. 1954 – Rationing ends in the United Kingdom. 1960 – Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)). 1961 – On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years. 1966 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year. 1976 – Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists. 1976 – The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial. 1977 – The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit. 1982 – Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are kidnapped in Lebanon by Phalange forces, and their fate remains unknown. 1987 – In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (a.k.a. the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment. 1994 – Rwandan genocide: Kigali, the Rwandan capital, is captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city. 1997 – NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars. 1998 – Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation. 2001 – Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board. 2002 – A Boeing 707 crashes near Bangui M'Poko International Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, killing 28. 2004 – The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City. 2004 – Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history. 2005 – The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1. 2006 – Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day. 2009 – The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks. 2009 – The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao. 2012 – The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN. 2015 – Chile claims its first title in international football by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final.