Podcasts about Three Gorges Dam

Joyce Coffee heads up Climate Resilience Consulting, advising cities and states and others on resilience to climate change. She explains to Ted that she learned early on in Chicago, that the impacts of climate change can be unpredictable and fierce. After 750 souls there lost their lives there in a heat wave, mostly black and brown citizens, she knew that she was going to focus on adaptation, and making people more resilient to the ravages of climate change.Joyce grew up in Colorado and then moved to the East Coat for her education at Tufts -- to focus on public health -- and then MIT where she was a student of Urban Studies and Planning. She talks about her first career step, working for an engineering firm that worked on the Three Gorges Dam project in China. The firm was helping China leap from a second world country to a first world country. Joyce's work surrounded relocating well over a million people whose land would be flooded by the dam. That prepared her for advocacy of relocating communities and towns to steer clear of the most threatening aspects of climate change.Ted and Joyce dig in on adaptation, a sorry reality. Why not cut greenhouse gases and avoid the need for adaptation? Joyce's climate action planning in Chicago made clear that even a city with a progressive mayor and populous, was falling short of its climate goals. Like it or not, citizens there -- and globally -- will have to adapt to rising CO2. Thus for nearly ten years, Joyce's firm has been providing consulting for cities and states... helping them prepare for floods, fires, droughts, windstorms, coastal inundation, and sea level rise.The conversation shifts to the brand-new guide that Climate Resilience Consulting has developed for small businesses. Sadly, one in three small businesses in climate change events have suffered financial losses. Data confirms that 26% of small businesses have resilience plans and fully 94% feel that they are prepared. But in areas ravaged by climate change events, 40% of small businesses are forced out of business. Not good. Joyce explains as small businesses employ half of all American workers and contribute 40% of our nation's gross domestic product. By helping small businesses -- with a practical guide complete with checklists and AI prompts - they can be more profitable, able to fare far better than ill-prepared others. They also "bounce back" more quickly... having moved to higher ground, or away from extreme fire risk areas. They are part of what Joyce calls the solution set... ripe with innovation and smarts in determining how to get "more crop for the drop," and formulating new kinds of exterior house paint that is more resistant to wildfires. Joyce gets great satisfaction in helping business and communities prepare for and reap the benefits of her grandmother's oft-stated view that "a stitch in time saves nine."

Global equity markets rally on US-Japan trade deal progress, sparking hopes for EU agreements, with equities surging and gold easing. Japan's Nikkei 225 reaches a new all-time high, as does the S&P 500. In earnings: Alphabet surprises positively, while Tesla disappoints. Companies reporting today include industry giants like Nestle, Roche, Deutsche Bank, and LVMH. The ECB is not expected to cut rates today, with the market's focus on its outlook. Carsten Menke, Head of Next Generation Research, discusses China's historic new hydropower project – which is six times bigger than the Three Gorges Dam – and explores its potential impact on iron ore and steel prices.(00:00) - Introduction: Helen Freer, Investment Writing (00:25) - Markets wrap-up: Mike Rauber, Investment Writing (05:58) - Iron ore and steel: Carsten Menke, Head of Next Generation Research (09:51) - Closing remarks: Helen Freer, Investment Writing Would you like to support this show? Please leave us a review and star rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint.. I'm Nelson John and here are today's top stories. VP Dhankhar Resigns, Citing Health In a surprising political turn, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from office on Monday, citing medical reasons and the need to prioritize health. The resignation—submitted under Article 67(a)—was effective immediately. In an emotional letter to President Droupadi Murmu, Dhankhar expressed gratitude for her support and recalled their “wonderful working relationship.” He also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Members of Parliament, and the Council of Ministers, calling his tenure “a privilege” during a transformative phase of India's rise. Known for his sharp legal acumen and parliamentary presence, Dhankhar's exit comes at a politically sensitive time, raising immediate questions over his successor. Turbulent Monday for Indian Aviation Monday saw a series of aviation scares across India. IndiGo flight 6E 813 from Goa to Indore reported a technical snag just before landing, but landed safely with all 140 passengers. At Mumbai airport, an Air India flight from Kochi veered off the runway in heavy rain, bursting three tyres and possibly damaging an engine. In Delhi, another Air India flight aborted take-off due to a technical glitch, leaving 160 passengers grounded. All incidents ended safely, but they've reignited concerns around monsoon preparedness, runway resilience, and aircraft reliability amid growing air traffic. China's Giant Dam Raises Red Flags China has begun building the world's largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet—just upstream from India and Bangladesh. The $167 billion Motuo Dam is projected to generate 3x the output of the Three Gorges Dam. But India's not celebrating. Arunachal CM Pema Khandu called it an “existential threat,” warning the dam could act as a “water bomb” if water is suddenly released. India's foreign ministry has urged Beijing to respect downstream interests. China, not party to any water-sharing treaty, has promised “no negative impact.” Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma offered a cautious view, saying the river's flow comes from multiple sources and more study is needed. Meanwhile, India is moving ahead with its own buffer dam project on the Siang river. Jane Street Cleared to Trade Again After being barred from Indian markets for alleged ₹43,000 crore index manipulation, US-based hedge fund Jane Street is now back on the NSE and BSE—under tight SEBI conditions. The firm deposited ₹4,843.5 crore into an escrow account, a key requirement from SEBI's 3 July interim order. Jane Street denies any wrongdoing, claiming its trades were simple arbitrage. The return doesn't mean the probe is over. SEBI will continue monitoring Jane Street's trades under heightened surveillance, with a final verdict expected in the coming months. Meanwhile, BSE shares jumped nearly 3%, and unlisted NSE stock saw a surge in demand. Afcons Rides Global Rail Boom Infrastructure major Afcons just clinched a ₹6,800 crore railway project in Croatia, its second big win in a week. The project involves reconstructing a railway line between Dugo Selo and Novska, including electrification and signaling. This follows two Croatian road project wins worth ₹4,535 crore, a ₹700 crore Reliance contract in Gujarat, and a ₹463 crore rural water project in Rajasthan. Despite strong order momentum, Afcons' stock has underperformed since listing in November at ₹426. It now trades around ₹418, down over 10% from IPO and nearly 27% off its high of ₹570. Still, analysts remain bullish, citing the company's execution record and robust pipeline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

//The Wire//2100Z July 21, 2025////ROUTINE////BLUF: CHINA BEGINS MAJOR HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT IN TIBET. ALASKA AIRLINES SUFFERS IT OUTAGE, GROUNDING ALL FLIGHTS SUNDAY EVENING.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE------International Events-Central Asia: Over the weekend, Chinese authorities began construction on a major hydroelectric power plant in a remote region of Tibet. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held at a site adjacent to the future Yarlung Tsangpo Hydroelectric Power Plant in Nyingchi. This project is scheduled to be completed by 2033, and for comparison will allegedly be roughly three times the size of the Three Gorges Dam project.-HomeFront-Washington: Sunday evening an IT outage resulted in all Alaska Airlines aircraft being grounded for several hours. Roughly 150 flights were canceled as a result of the outage, and airline representatives have warned of future disruptions due to malfunctioning equipment. So far no cause for the outage has been disclosed, beyond general comments of unspecified equipment failure.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: As with most Chinese industrial projects, the scale of the hydroelectric project in Tibet is impressive. However in this case, they are attempting to build the largest hydroelectric power plant in human history...directly in the middle of a region legendary for extreme seismic activity. More broadly however, there are mitigating factors which complicate this seemingly glaring mistake.As the dam will also be built over a river that flows into India, various concerns are present regarding restricting the flow of water into India. Conversely, since India will be the primary customer of the electricity, these concerns will likely waver over time due to India's extremely poor infrastructure. In short, China knows that India is desperate for electricity, so China is going to dam up a river on the Indian border and use what would have been India's own river to produce electricity to sell back to them. Consequently, since this power plant will be used to provide electricity for export, CCP officials probably don't care as much about the national security risks when/if the plant gets destroyed due to an earthquake or due to combat action.Considering that this dam can also be used to halt the flow of water into India, this dam highlights the often forgotten detail that the People's Republic of China rarely does anything that does not also have military value. The Yarlung Tsangpo River (which is known as the Brahmaputra River in India) accounts for roughly 7% of all of the freshwater supply in India (at least, according to the Indian government). This means that China can quite literally turn the screws on India, and apply pressure to their BRICS partner as necessary. Indian leadership, only interested in short-term gains (and cheap electricity), have either forgotten that there's no such thing as a free lunch and/or are so desperate to keep their failing electrical grid from outright collapse that they don't care about the potential military impacts that will occur in a decade when the plant comes online.Analyst: S2A1Research: https://publish.obsidian.md/s2underground//END REPORT//

00:00:00 - Kicking Off Monster May and Lizard Man Tease Joe is absent; hosts riff on audio gear and life updates, then introduce “Monster May.” Plans to explore cryptids like Mothman, Bigfoot, and others throughout the month. First monster: the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp in South Carolina, introduced through the 1988 encounter of Chris Davis. 00:10:00 - The Lizard Man Attack and Community Panic Chris Davis recounts being attacked by a red-eyed, green-skinned lizard creature while changing a tire. Vehicle damage substantiates the claim; police file a report after Chris passes a polygraph. Other sightings and strange noises follow; the creature reappears 20 years later in 2008 with similar bizarre damage incidents and missing animals. 00:20:00 - Cryptids and the Return of the Hum Hosts compare Lizard Man behavior with other cryptids like Dogman and Mothman. A mysterious low-frequency hum plagues a Scottish island, part of a wider global phenomenon. 00:30:00 - Theories on the Global Hum Reports from Ireland, England, Canada, and more; no clear cause found. Theories range from submarine communications and electromagnetic radiation to mating fish. Personal anecdote of a man who hears mechanical sounds under his house fuels underground base speculation. 00:40:00 - National Paranormal Day Stats and Fun Facts Discussion about National Paranormal Day; ghost and vampire belief stats shared. Hosts mock poorly written AI holiday content and reflect on changing perceptions of paranormal topics. 00:50:00 - UFO Photos, Debunkings, and Disclosure Drama Lou Elizondo's new “mothership” UFO image quickly debunked as irrigation ponds. Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp criticized for monetizing whistleblower content in dripped releases. An AI-generated sitcom parody featuring UFO figures is played and laughed at. 01:00:00 - Remote Viewing Alien Bases and Massive Dams Mention of Hal Puthoff on Joe Rogan discussing Pat Price's remote viewing of alien bases. Three Gorges Dam in China rumored to have altered Earth's rotation—a debunked internet myth. Hosts compare raw material use between the Great Pyramid and the dam. 01:10:00 - Plato's Cave and the UFO-Simulation Hypothesis Philosophical conversation about Plato's Cave and simulation theory from a podcast episode. Deep metaphysical takes on whether UFOs reveal cracks in our reality. Hosts wish podcast clips came with timestamps to find key insights faster. 01:20:00 - Listener Calls: Remote Viewing AI and Missing 411 Caller explains how Farsight Institute is using AI for remote viewing. Another listener built a full Missing 411 spreadsheet to track cluster disappearances. Theories discussed include ultra-terrestrials using water portals and dimensional restrictions. 01:30:00 - Easter Weed Eggs and Seattle Park Outrage A Texas man held a marijuana Easter egg hunt; police search for him after public social media posts. Seattle residents complain about daily public masturbation at a known nude beach. Tensions rise between LGBTQ+ park supporters and neighborhood families. 01:40:00 - Park Controversy Intensifies Over Lewd Acts Friends of Denny Blaine Park defend its legacy as a safe nude space. Lawsuits and police intervention requested due to repeated indecent exposure and harassment. Debate arises over preserving nudity while curbing criminal behavior. 01:50:00 - Wild News Roundup: Fitness Stunts and Weed Cookies A teen gains viral fame for building muscle on only one side of his body. Jokes about ghost-themed weed cookies for National Paranormal Day. Recap of bizarre headlines including creative drug deals and unusual Easter surprises. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research ▀▄▀▄▀ CONTACT LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀ ► Phone: 614-388-9109 ► Skype: ourbigdumbmouth ► Website: http://obdmpod.com ► Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/obdmpod ► Full Videos at Odysee: https://odysee.com/@obdm:0 ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/obdmpod ► Instagram: obdmpod ► Email: ourbigdumbmouth at gmail ► RSS: http://ourbigdumbmouth.libsyn.com/rss ► iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/our-big-dumb-mouth/id261189509?mt=2    

Late last year the Chinese government announced it had approved the world's largest and most expensive, hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in the Eastern Himalaya, near its disputed border with India. The project would generate around 60 gigawatts annually, nearly three times the capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, and help them meet their energy transition goals. What they actually intend to build and the impact it could have on the surrounding landscape and the people who call it home is the subject of much debate. Guests: Dr Ruth Gamble (Senior Lecturer, Archaeology and History, La Trobe University) Dr Hongzhang Xu (Senior Ecohydrologist, Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA)) Recorded on April 1st, 2025.

Corbin and Matt are joined by TYLER THEUS, a famous academic, to discuss "Still Life," a movie by a friend of the program who I have never said anything bad about, Jia Zhangke. Topics include: slow cinema, fiction/doc hybridization, the movie's relationship to neorealism, critical forms and aesthetic forms, hyper-mediated Mise-en-scène and the Three Gorges Dam. Watch Still Life here. Seriously, watch it, it's great.   Corbin reccomends an album, avaibale on album streaming services or at your local record shop. Tyler reccomends Passing Fancy, an Ozu movie. Matt reccomends Eternity's Pillar, available here. Next week, the boys take it to the limit one more time and discuss Michael Mann's Generational Male Frienship/Global Capitalism Epic MIAMI VICE. Watch it on Apple TV if you can stand to spend four bucks, it's looks GREAT there and kind of bad in other streaming locations. 

China has approved the construction of what will become the world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet. Located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, it could generate three times more energy than the Three Gorges Dam – also built by China - and currently the worlds' biggest. This Inquiry examines how important hydropower is for China's economy, whether it will meet its climate goals and whether this new dam is a “safe project that prioritises ecological protection” as China claims. We look at how it'll be built, and why some in neighbouring countries have concerns. Presenter: Charmaine Cozier Producer: Vicky Carter Researcher: Katie Morgan Production Co-ordinator: Liam Morrey Technical producer: Craig Boardman Editor: Tara McDermottContributors: Brian Eyler, Director of the Energy, Water and Sustainability Programme at the Stimson Center, Washington DC Neeraj Singh Manhas, special advisor for South Asia at the Parley Policy Initiative, South Korea & Subject Matter Expert at the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies, HQ IDS, Ministry of Defence, Government of India Prof Mark Zeitoun, Director General of the Geneva Water Hub and professor of Water Diplomacy at the Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland Prof Cecilia Tortajada, Social and Environmental Sustainability at the University of Glasgow, Adjunct senior research fellow Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, SingaporeImage credit: China News Service via Getty Images

It's Thursday, January 2nd, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Muslim militants in Sudan, Africa attacked Christians during a prayer service on Monday, wounding 14 believers. Nearly 200 Christians of the Sudanese Church of Christ were praying and fasting for an end to the military conflict in the Northeast African nation. A local Christian told Morning Star News the believers “have attempted to flee the area several times, but they were prevented by [the militants].” The attackers were part of the Islamist Rapid Support Forces. The paramilitary group has been fighting another Islamist group, the Sudanese Armed Forces, for control of the country since last year. Sudan is ranked 8th on the Open Doors' World Watch List of nations where it is most dangerous to be a Christian. In Matthew 5:44, Jesus said, “Love your enemies. Bless those who curse you. Do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.” China builds world's largest hydropower dam China recently approved construction on what will be the world's largest hydropower dam.  It will be located on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet. Once complete, the massive dam is projected to produce as much as 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. That's more than triple the capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, the world's current largest dam also located in China. China is on track to add twice as much solar and wind power production as the rest of the world combined. Terrorist attack in New Orleans kills 10 and injures 35 Tragically in the United States, 10 people died and 35 sustained injuries after an attacker drove a pickup truck into a crowd yesterday morning in New Orleans. The attack took place on Bourbon Street during New Year's celebrations.  The suspect died during a shootout with law enforcement. The vehicle used in the attack had an ISIS flag on the trailer hitch. Officials report the vehicle had crossed the border from Mexico into Texas in November, although the driver at the time does not appear to be the same as the attacker. The attacker has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen who lived in Texas, reports The Epoch Times. The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of terror. U.S. homelessness up 18% Homelessness increased 18% last year, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A report from the department found there were 771,480 homeless people in the U.S. in January 2024. That's up from 653,104 in 2023, and the largest number since 2005. Illegal immigration contributed to these historic numbers as well as natural disasters and the lack of affordable housing. Judge blocked Biden's pro-abortion regulations Last week, a federal judge blocked new pro-abortion regulations from the Joe Biden's Department of Health and Human Services. The new regulations would have silenced health care professionals from reporting abuse related to the harms of abortion as well as transgender drugs and surgeries. Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said, “Doctors take an oath to ‘do no harm' and should be able to report abuse to protect patients. … This unlawful rule change is just another political attempt to undermine state laws that protect against harmful abortion and dangerous gender ideology.” S&P 500 grew 23% in 2024 after growing 24% in 2023 The U.S. stock market closed lower on Tuesday to round out 2024. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 5% and the S&P 500 slid 2.5% last month. However, for the year, the S&P 500 grew by 23%, after growing 24% in 2023. Such gains haven't occurred since the late 1990s. Alabama dramatically greenlights school choice Alabama is rolling out a new state program that allows families to pay for private school and homeschooling costs. The CHOOSE Act provides families $7,000 per student in education savings accounts for private school tuition and up to $4,000 for homeschooling expenses.  Alabama passed the act in March 2024. Families can start using the program for the 2025-2026 school year. Belgian woman ran marathon every day of 2024 And finally, a Belgian ultra runner set a record Tuesday, becoming the first woman to run a marathon every day of the year – 366 days to be precise including February 29th in 2024. Hilde Dosogne ran nearly 10,000 miles to complete the record over the course of 2024. The 55-year-old runner also raised the equivalent of over $60,000 for cancer research. Dosogne told The Associated Press, “The mental strain is harder than the physical. Of course, physically, everything has to be okay. Otherwise, you can't run for four hours every day. But it was more mental to be there at the start-line every day.” Dosogne's perseverance reminds us of the encouragement for our spiritual race from Hebrews 12:1-2. It says, “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. …” Close And that's The Worldview on this Thursday, January 2nd, in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe by Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

We've been off almost a week, so in honor of our reboot we're starting the podcast with some musical fanfare to declare our return. And, for your edification, we are returning with an analysis of a fine NYTimes Saturday crossword -- a debut by Sam Berriman with an astonishing 10 debut answers. We also have some great listener mail, so have a listen, and, as always, let us (and others!) know what you think.Show note imagery: The Three Gorges Dam, in China, generating HYDROPOWERWe love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

Kia ora,Welcome to Monday's Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand.I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz.And today we lead with news of a major airplane crash in South Korea, probably due to a birdstrike.In the global economy, the situation is dominated by market fears of what the incoming Trump Administration will do. Bond yields are pricing in that risk by raising them to near their highest since 2007. Equity markets are down, with the S&P500 down -2% since its peak close on December 6. The Nasdaq is down -2.2% since its peak on December 16.Rising bond yields depress bond prices. And some finance professionals think the shift higher has only just begun and the risks will accelerate as the capricious Trump agenda takes shape. Bond investors are in for steep losses in 2025, they say.The type of flipflops from Trump, like going from campaigning to ban Ticktock to now telling the Supreme Court to leave it alone, from campaigning to ban immigrant H-1B visas to now saying they are essential, mean markets don't trust his positions anymore. They are late to this realisation. And perhaps it mattered little when he was just a candidate, but now he will be in power again, they sense chaos.We should also keep an eye on trade disputes between Canada and the US. A Trump penchant for tariffs on Canadian softwood exports to Canada could see a rise in competition in other markets for New Zealand logs and milled pine as a fallout.Meanwhile, US inventories, both retail and wholesale were little-changed in November. But they are likely to rise from here as traders rush to beat the impending tariffs.US exports rose +6.0% in November compared with the same month a year ago. But US imports are zooming higher on the expectation of those rising tariffs, up +7.3%. That caused a Trump-induced trade deficit of -US$99 bln in the month, up from -US$90 bln in the same month a year ago.Across the Pacific, Japanese retail sales rose +2.8% in November from year-ago levels, up from a downwardly revised +1.3% rise in October, and easily beating market expectations of a +1.7% gain. This marked the 32nd straight month of expansion in retail sales there and the fastest growth since August, with rising wages continuing to support consumption.However, Japanese industrial production fell by -2.3% in November from October, compared with market expectations of a -3.4% fall. The latest result followed a +2.8% growth in October and is the first contraction in industrial output since August. Year-on-year the November decline was -2.8%. A dip in machinery orders took the blame.Taiwanese consumer sentiment dipped in December from November, but remains sharply higher than year-ago levels, and still in the high recovered range after the low point in late 2022. However, it isn't yet back to pre-pandemic levels.In China, local observers now expect "outsized stimulus" from Beijing policymakers in 2025.Perhaps that is because Chinese industrial profits fell -7.0% in November, compared to the same month a year ago. Even the Chinese habit of only reporting year-to-date results shows a decline now of -4.4%, so the recent months are coming in weaker than earlier. After peaking in 2021, these profits have fallen each year since. Interestingly, state-owned enterprises, which tend to be very large businesses are doing the weakest, down -8.4%. Private foreign-owned businesses are doing the least-worst (-1.0%). And other private sector businesses are down -4.7%. It is hard to see private investors happy in this environment.China's commerce ministry said on Friday that it has launched an investigation into imported beef at the request of representatives from its struggling domestic industry. New Zealand is one source, including through the Silver Fern Farms link. But the main focus is on imports from Brazil and Australia.In Tibet, and in an area China controls but is disputed with India, China just committed to build a vast hydro-electric river dam, so large it is expected to take a decade to finish, and then deliver three times the output of their famous Three Gorges Dam. But they are damming the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which is known as the Brahmaputra River in India and one of India's great rivers. Expect a rise in tension between India and China because of this, although the main impact will be on Bangladesh.In Iran, their currency is under severe pressure and energy shortages are growing. The country is bracing for a spike in civil unrest.We should also note that coffee prices are soaring again, now higher than all the prior peaks in 2011, 2007, and 1997. Droughts in Brazil and Vietnam are getting the blame. Cocoa prices are staying very high too, and for similar reasons although they have pulled back a bit since mid December.The UST 10yr yield is now at just on 4.63%, and up +2 bps from Saturday, and up +12 bps from this time last week. It is up from 3.86% a year ago, but most of that is since the November US election.This will be tough for yield-linked investments like real estate. After hanging on through the pandemic, commercial property values are especially at risk. The sector cleanout could be a feature of 2025, internationally.The price of gold will start today at US$2620/oz and up +US$6 from Saturday.Oil prices are little-changed at just over US$70.50/bbl in the US while the international Brent price is now just over US$74. A week ago these prices were -US$1 lower.The Kiwi dollar starts today just on 56.4 USc and up +10 bps from Saturday. Against the Aussie we are down -10 bps at 90.6 AUc. Against the euro we are also up +10 bps at 54.1 euro cents. That all means our TWI-5 starts today at just on 67 to be up +10 bps from Saturday and down -10 bps from this time last week.The bitcoin price starts today at US$93,747 and down -0.3% from this time on Saturday. A week ago it was at US$97,137 do down -3.5% since then. Volatility over the past 24 hours has been modest at +/- 1.1%. Most of the annual rise in the bitcoin price has been after the November US election.You can find links to the articles mentioned today in our show notes.You can get more news affecting the economy in New Zealand from interest.co.nz.Kia ora. I'm David Chaston. And we will do this again tomorrow.Happy New Year everyone !

Former President Donald Trump says Taiwan “should pay” the United States for protection against communist China. The Taiwanese premier responds to the comment. China's famed Three Gorges Dam is discharging water at full speed to lower the risks for the more than 200 million people downstream before a new round of flooding hits. The Pentagon takes steps to stop U.S. filmmakers from bowing to the Chinese Communist Party. An exiled Chinese tycoon has been convicted at a fraud trial in New York. Jurors agree Guo Wengui conned his online followers in a billion-dollar scam. ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

The Three Gorges Dam has opened its flood discharge gates for the first time this year, with the aim of alleviating flood control concerns upstream of the world's largest hydropower project as the rain shifts westward along the Yangtze River.三峡大坝今年首次开启泄洪闸门，目的是随着雨水沿长江向西转移，缓解全球最大水电项目上游的防洪危机。The speed of discharge from two sluice gates of the dam in Yichang, Hubei province, which were opened on Wednesday, will gradually increase from 27,000 cubic meters per second to 31,000 cubic m/s, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.据水利部称，湖北宜昌大坝的两个水闸于7月10日开启，排水速度将从每秒27000立方米逐渐增加到每秒31000立方米。A forecast on Wednesday said the upper reaches of the Yangtze would swell remarkably in the following week due to continuous downpours in the next 10 days in Sichuan province and Chongqing.7月10日的一份预报称，由于未来10天四川省和重庆市将持续暴雨，长江上游将在接下来的一周显著上涨。A forecast from the National Meteorological Center shows that a vast stretch of regions in the Yangtze's upper reaches, including the Sichuan Basin and the southeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, will receive 60 to 120 millimeters of rainfall in mid-July, and the precipitation in some areas in the basin, which covers Sichuan and Chongqing, may exceed 300 mm.来自国家气象中心的预报显示，长江上游的广大地区，包括四川盆地和青藏高原东南部，将在7月中旬迎来60至120毫米的降雨，包括四川和重庆在内的盆地部分地区的降雨量可能超过300毫米。The expected accumulated precipitation in many areas in the basin during that time will be 50 to 90 percent higher than normal for the same period.在此期间，盆地许多地区的预计累积降水量将比同期正常水平高50%至90%。The ministry said rainfall in the upper stretches of the Yangtze since Monday had increased the speed of water flow into the Three Gorges Reservoir to 50,000 cubic m/s as of 6 pm on Thursday, raising the water level to a record high of 161.1 meters for this time of the year.该部门表示，自7月8日以来，长江上游地区的降雨增加了流入三峡水库的水流速度，截至7月11日下午6点，水流速度达到每秒50000立方米，将水位提升至今年同期的历史最高水位161.1米。This means that the second major flood has formed in the Yangtze this year. The first major flood in Asia's longest watercourse was reported in late June in its lower reaches.这意味着长江今年第二次大洪水已经形成。据报道，这条亚洲最长水道的第一次大洪水发生在6月下旬的下游地区。The Changjiang Water Resources Commission, an affiliate of the ministry that governs the Yangtze basin, will assess the situation continuously and may increase the water discharge from the reservoir accordingly, the ministry said.长江水利委员会是水利部的下属机构，该部门表示，将持续评估情况，并可能相应增加水库的排水量。"When adjusting the flood discharge, the commission will thoroughly assess the flood control conditions in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze to prevent the reoccurrence of alerts in some Yangtze sections where water levels have recently receded below their danger marks," it said.其说到：“在调整洪水流量时，委员会将彻底评估长江中下游的防洪条件，以防止最近水位低于危险标志的一些长江河段再次出现警报。”After entering their rainy season, many areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze have experienced persistent torrential rains. That led to water levels at 185 hydrological stations surpassing their flood warning marks on July 2.进入雨季后，长江中下游的许多地区经历了持续的暴雨。这导致185个水文站的水位在7月2日超过了洪水预警标志。During that time, the Three Gorges Dam played a crucial role in mitigating the impact of water from the upper reaches of the Yangtze, significantly alleviating the flood control situation downstream, the ministry said.该部门表示，在此期间，三峡大坝在减轻长江上游来水的影响方面发挥了至关重要的作用，大大缓解了下游的防洪形势。However, that resulted in the water level in the Three Gorges Reservoir reaching 159.9 meters as of Wednesday, 15 meters above its normal level.然而，这导致三峡水库的水位7月10日达到159.9米，比正常水位高出15米。Three Gorges Dam三峡大坝flood discharge gates泄洪闸门Three Gorges Reservoir三峡水库

In the first Ask! of 2024, Dr Chris Smith tackles questions on UV rays, Fahrenheit vs Celsius, whether the Three Gorges Dam could be slowing down the Earth's rotation, what drives dictators to do bad things, whether neutrinos pose a threat to humans, and what happens to our bodies after we die? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In the first Ask! of 2024, Dr Chris Smith tackles questions on UV rays, Fahrenheit vs Celsius, whether the Three Gorges Dam could be slowing down the Earth's rotation, what drives dictators to do bad things, whether neutrinos pose a threat to humans, and what happens to our bodies after we die? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Embark on a thrilling journey into the enigmatic realm of hidden narratives with our latest podcast episode! Join us as we delve deep into the surreal realm of Burning Man, where the desert sands hide secrets of geoengineering and weather manipulation.

Ian Berry was born in 1934 in Lancashire, England. He made his reputation in South Africa, where he worked for the Daily Mail and later for Drum magazine. He was the only photographer to document the massacre at Sharpeville in 1960, and his photographs were used in the trial to prove the victims' innocence.Henri Cartier-Bresson invited Ian to join Magnum in 1962, when he was based in Paris. He moved to London in 1964 to become the first contract photographer for the Observer Magazine. Since then assignments have taken him around the world: he has documented Russia's invasion of Czechoslovakia; conflicts in Israel, Ireland, Vietnam and the Congo; famine in Ethiopia; and apartheid in South Africa. The major body of work produced in South Africa is represented in two of his books: Black and Whites: L'Afrique du Sud and Living Apart (1996).Important editorial assignments have included work for National Geographic, Fortune, Stern, Geo, national Sunday magazines, Esquire, Paris-Match and Life. Berry has also reported on the political and social transformations in China and the former USSR. Recent projects have involved tracing the route of the Silk Road through Turkey, Iran and southern Central Asia to northern China for Conde Nast Traveler, photographing Berlin for a Stern supplement, the Three Gorges Dam project in China for the Telegraph Magazine, Greenland for a book on climate control and child slavery in Africa.Ian's recent book, Water (GOST Books, 2022), brings together many classic images from Ian's extensive archive with material shot over the course of 15 years travelling the globe to document the inextricable links between landscape, life and water. This new book brings together a selection of the resulting images which collectively tell the story of man's complex relationship with water — at a time when climate change demonstrates just how precariously water and life are intertwined. In episode 213, Ian discusses, among other things:How all the pics in Water came to be used as B&WHow the project came aboutHow he got into photographyHow he came to be the only photographer at the Sharpeville MassacreThe importance of luckGetting into Magnum after a tea with HCB and a disasterous first meetingChanges in Magnum over the years - and photography in generalThe controversy over David Allan Harvey and the subsequent action by MagnumEverything being ‘too woke'Learining from other people and looking at contact sheets Referenced:Stuart SmithAbbasRoger MaddenDrum MagazineTom HopkinsonThe Sharpeville MassacreMichele Chevalier (Visa)Marc RiboudReni BurriHenri Cartier BressonBurt GlinnPeter DenchDavid Allan HarveySteve McCurryBruce DavidsonPhilip Jones GriffithsGilles PeressBruno BarbeyWerner Bischof Website | Instgram“I brought along my contact sheets which Henri spent ages going through. And he said ‘great, good to have you'. And I went back upstairs afterwards and they said ‘fine, you're in Magnum.' And that was it…”

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Our #intled #livechat comes to you from the Yangtze River in China above the Three Gorges Dam. Talking all things travel in China, university partnerships, and how to pay for things (harder than you think).

https://youtu.be/kijTzZn2g_Y Why Switch to a Responsible Credit Card When you open a credit card, your fees go to the issuing bank. This includes: fees merchants pay for each purchase, interest on your balance, annual fees, balance transfer fees, and late fees. The bank then makes loans to individuals and businesses. The big global banks (Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and others) have engaged in predatory lending, investing in fossil fuel companies and projects, and deceiving consumers with opening an unrequested account, hidden charges, and fees. You can find credit cards issued by a community development bank or credit union, which will, in turn, use your fees to support sustainable loans and support their communities. Be aware that some credit cards issued by local credit unions are provided through global banks. The following are some examples of the practices of mega-banks. Climate change: The companies that banks fund continue to engage in building coal power plants. A report by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and the Sierra Club found that the worst five banks for financing coal are Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citi, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo. Foreclosure scandals: Global banks had a large role in the great recession of 2007-2009 partly because of the large number of dishonest mortgages. Bank of America, Citi, JP Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo all agreed to pay billions of dollars to the US government to settle accusations that they improperly reviewed foreclosures and mishandled loan modifications. Three Gorges Dam – Citigroup, and Merrill Lynch provided loan capital for China's Three Gorges Dam which displaced over a million people, submerged toxic facilities, and destroyed wetlands. Politics – Like many companies, mega-banks make large political donations. JP Morgan Chase, Citi-Group, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and US Bancorp have mostly supported Republican candidates. Predatory lending: In 2009, the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act was put into place to protect consumers from some of the worst predatory lending practices. These practices were common and global-banks continue to work around them. They use any number of fees on accounts. Responsible Credit Card Options Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) certification is a designation given by the CDFI Fund to specialized organizations that provide financial services in low-income communities and to people who lack access to financing. CDFI's finance community businesses, including small businesses, microenterprises, nonprofit organizations, commercial real estate, and affordable housing. There is a CDFI locator here: https://ofn.org/cdfi-locator. Below are some responsible credit card options. Each institution issues its own responsible credit card. Please review the fees and interest charged to make sure the card you choose is appropriate for you. We recommend using a credit card with no annual fee and paying it off each month to avoid interest and fees. Aspiration – Spend daily with Zero to neutralize your footprint and earn up to 1% cash back. Use your rewards to plant more trees or receive a statement credit.  Green America – Green America's Visa supports Green America's programs. Their mission is to harness economic power to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. Hope Federal Credit Union – Hope CU has worked for decades to provide loans to underserved people in the southeast US. Self-Help Credit Union – Self-Help CU, based in North Carolina, works in traditionally underserved communities. Permaculture Credit Union's (PCU) – PCU, based in New Mexico, is committed to sustainable responsible loans and investments. PCU's card is issued by the Illinois Credit Union League. Beneficial State Bank – Beneficial State Bank, with TCM Bank,

Hayley Stuart learned to kayak while attending an international traveling high school.  Today she works with indigenous river communities in South America to prevent dams from changing their rivers into reservoirs.  She is teaching these river communities to kayak, building films about this work, attends the United Nations COP meetings as a linguistics translator working to UnDam the UN, and recently earned a Masters from Oxford University  in water science, policy and management. ADVERTSJack's Plastic WeldingwebsiteInstagram GUESTHayley StuartemailinstagramTEDxRios to River biographyFilm: Silent River, Still Jungle  (scroll down for film)Beni River ORGANIZATIONSAmazonian River Allies Bolivia (Organization in Bolivia founded by Hayley)Rios to RiversPaddle Tribal Waters:  Bolivia  (Rios to Rivers)InstagramFacebookSchool of International TrainingOxford UniversityOttawa Kayak SchoolInstagramFacebookWorld Class Kayak Academy (formerly also known as The New River Academy)InstagramFacebook 

Over the past three decades, the owners of 16 million small farms in the Bengal Basin of Bangladesh have been pumping shallow groundwater during dry seasons to irrigate rice paddies.  By lowering groundwater levels in this way during the dry season, the ability of leakage from rivers, lakes, and ponds to replenish the groundwater was […]

The blood vessel of Egypt meets China: the world's plumber-in-chief. A journey which starts with the Neolithic revolution, passes through the “hydraulic century” and carries us into the future. By following the history of water, we delve into the roots of human civilization, crossing paths with science, technology, politics, and the stories of people and places.In this episode we follow the course of water. In China, in front of the Three Gorges Dam, the largest on the planet, both the force of nature and the power of man to shape and mould landscapes are on show.In Egypt, at the meeting point between the Middle East and Africa, we venture down the Nile, a river that has accompanied man since the beginning of ancient civilizations and that still today is synonymous with life for the entire region.We continue to follow water in its journey from Venice to Alexandria, from the legacy of Ancient Rome to the American Republic and the British Empire, up to the modern era and the “hydraulic century”, where institutions are shaped by the relationship between man and water.Join us on this journey with scientist Giulio Boccaletti, author of the book “Water. A Biography”, and Rehab Abd Almohsen, Egyptian science journalist and water expert: two voices that will help us understand the key role of water in the future and in the build-up to COP27.Foresight – Deep into the Future Planet, a podcast produced by the CMCC Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change and FACTA.The concept, interviews and writing are by Elisabetta Tola and Giulia Bonelli.The audio editing is by Lisa Lazzarato.The Executive Producer at CMCC is Mauro Buonocore.Foresight – Deep into the Future Planet, available on climateforesight.eu and wherever you listen to your podcasts.

New Alzheimer's Drug Reduces Cognitive Decline, Say Biotech Firms This week, the biotech firms Biogen and Eisai released preliminary data from the clinical trials for their new Alzheimer's drug, lecanemab. The companies said that the drug slowed cognitive decline by 27% in patients treated with the intravenous medication. It's likely the drug will get the FDA's approval by the end of the year. This all comes after the recent controversy surrounding Biogen's last Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm. Medicare recently announced that they will not cover that drug and others like it, unless patients are enrolled in a clinical trial. Guest host John Dankosky talks with science journalist Roxanne Khamsi about this and other top science news of the week including a diamond that hints that Earth's mantle contains water, brainy birds, and hearing aids made of false teeth.   Bangladeshi Farmers Found A Way To Save Massive Amounts Of Water The People's Republic of Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries on Earth, with a population of 165 million people living in an area a bit smaller than the state of Iowa. To feed all those people, farmers in Bangladesh work year-round: Instead of just growing crops during the rainy monsoon season, they grow a second or even third crop during the dry season—using groundwater to irrigate, and creating a more food-secure region. Research published in the journal Science this month found something amazing about all that groundwater. By pumping water for crops in the dry season, Bangladeshi farmers were leaving space in the aquifers to recharge during the rainy monsoon season. And this space allowed the aquifers to recapture more than 20 trillion gallons of water, or twice the capacity of China's massive Three Gorges Dam, over the last 30 years. The researchers call this the Bengal Water Machine, evidence for a similar concept that was first proposed nearly 50 years ago called the Ganges Water Machine. Guest host John Dankosky talks to lead author Mohammad Shamsudduha and International Water Management Institute researcher Aditi Mukherji about how this groundwater pumping benefits farmers, and the need for more data as climate change continues.   This Soundscape Artist Has Been Listening To The Planet For Decades Jim Metzner is one of the pioneers of science radio—he's been making field recordings and sharing them with audiences for more than 40 years. He hosted shows such as “Sounds of Science” in the 1980s, which later grew into “Pulse of the Planet,” a radio show about “the sound of life on Earth.” Over the decades, Metzner has created an incredible time capsule of soundscapes, and now, his entire collection is going to the Library of Congress. John Dankosky talks with Metzner about what he's learned about the natural world from endless hours of recordings and what we can all learn from listening. Plus, they'll discuss some of his favorite recordings. To hear the best audio quality, it might be a good idea to use headphones if you can.  

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 568, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Yangtze Doodle 1: The Grand Canal connects the Yangtze River to this other major river. the Yellow River. 2: The 2 rivers in the world that are longer than the Yangtze. the Amazon and the Nile. 3: The Yangtze flows through this province that's China's most populous and known for its spicy cuisine. Szechuan. 4: Native to the Yangtze river valley, this fruit is also known as a Chinese gooseberry. a kiwi. 5: This dam, one of the world's largest when completed, is being built on the Yangtze to control flooding. the Three Gorges Dam. Round 2. Category: Men And Women Of Science 1: In the 1930s this California transplant posthumously received plant patents No. 12-16. Luther Burbank. 2: In 1925 this American anthropologist first visited Samoa; she wrote a book about it 3 years later. Margaret Mead. 3: In 1909, after 7 years with the Swiss Patent Office, he became a professor at the University of Zurich. Albert Einstein. 4: In the 1870s this French chemist demonstrated that anthrax was caused by a particular bacillus. Pasteur. 5: The "Hans"-on work of this biochemist born in 1900 unraveled the mystery of the citric acid cycle. Hans Krebs. Round 3. Category: Medical Milestones 1: Louise Brown, the first human conceived by in vitro fertilization, is better known as the 1st this "baby". test tube baby. 2: In 1853 Charles Gerhardt buffered salicylic acid, creating acetylsalicylic acid, later marketed as this. aspirin. 3: This type of surgery introduced in 1961 uses extreme cold to perform a "bloodless" operation. cryogenic (or cryosurgery). 4: In 1977 the balloon type of this procedure was used for the first time to unblock clogged heart arteries. angioplasty. 5: In 1866 Dr. Thomas Allbutt was all brain when he invented a 6-inch one of these; safer fluids have replaced mercury. a thermometer. Round 4. Category: Music Of The '70s 1: In 1973 Bette Midler revived this Andrews Sisters hit, reaching the Top 10. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. 2: This "Diana" singer wrote Tom Jones' 1971 hit "She's A Lady". Paul Anka. 3: His "52nd Street" was the No. 1 album of 1979. Billy Joel. 4: This James Taylor hit is subtitled "To Be Loved by You". How Sweet It Is. 5: In 1973 he won a Grammy for Best Country Song for "Behind Closed Doors". Charlie Rich. Round 5. Category: Politics 1: Cities as big as L.A. and Dallas have this kind of mayoral election where there's no "D"' or "R" after the candidates' names. nonpartisan. 2: In 1913 James Hamilton Lewis became the first senator in this job of counting votes and rounding up members. whip. 3: Military-sounding term for a local leader who oversees a political party's activities in one precinct. a captain. 4: The rooster was symbol of this party before Thomas Nast drew their new one in 1870. the Democrats. 5: A contraction of "procuracy", it's a person you authorize to vote in your place. proxy. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 478, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Toon Up 1: In the 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon "Birdy and the Beast", it was the birdy. Tweety. 2: Zoinks! This TV cartoon dog celebrated his 35th anniversary in 2004 (that's his 245th in dog years). Scooby-Doo. 3: Jean Vander Pyl was the voice of Rosie the Robot maid on this futuristic cartoon series. The Jetsons. 4: Originally, Nickelodeon aired episodes of this Wallaby's "Modern Life". Rocko. 5: Hey, mama! This smooth-talkin', biceps-bulgin', self-obessin' guy premiered on the Cartoon Network in '97. Johnny Bravo. Round 2. Category: Yangtze Doodle 1: The Grand Canal connects the Yangtze River to this other major river. the Yellow River. 2: The 2 rivers in the world that are longer than the Yangtze. the Amazon and the Nile. 3: The Yangtze flows through this province that's China's most populous and known for its spicy cuisine. Szechuan. 4: Native to the Yangtze river valley, this fruit is also known as a Chinese gooseberry. a kiwi. 5: This dam, one of the world's largest when completed, is being built on the Yangtze to control flooding. the Three Gorges Dam. Round 3. Category: Hoods 1: She remarked on her "Grandmother's" tooth size. Little Red Riding Hood. 2: The English name of this hooded snake is from Portuguese for "snake with a hood". Cobra. 3: According to his TV theme, he's "feared by the bad, loved by the good". Robin Hood. 4: It's the British term for the hood of a car; hopefully there are no bees in it. Bonnet. 5: Hoodman blind is another name for this game. Blind Man's Bluff. Round 4. Category: Let's Put On An Opera! 1: We hope our tardy cellists show up for this instrumental prelude to the opera. Overture. 2: We'll let Uncle Charlie be a "carrier" of one of these in the battle scene. Spear carrier. 3: Let's move the duel upstage so no one falls onto the musicians in this area. Orchestra pit. 4: We've got basses, we've got tenors, but we can't find one of these like the guy on the CD[audio clip]. Baritone. 5: From dealing with Betsy, I know why this 2-word Italian term can mean a diva or a real pain. Prima donna. Round 5. Category: Classic Pop Groups 1: When this group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Mike Love gave the acceptance speech. The Beach Boys. 2: In 1963, with "Walk Like a Man", this group became the first to score 3 straight No. 1 singles in the U.S.. The Four Seasons. 3: After Smokey Robinson left this group, they had a No. 1 hit in 1975 with "Love Machine (Part 1)". The Miracles. 4: This girl group followed up their No. 1 hit "Please Mr. Postman" with "Twistin' Postman". The Marvelettes. 5: "Nights In White Satin" appeared on their 1968 LP "Days of Future Passed" 4 years before the reissue hit the Top 10. The Moody Blues. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 343, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: In Memoriam 2006 1: A host of "Hee Haw" for 17 years, he pioneered the Bakersfield sound of country music. Buck Owens. 2: Grandpa on "The Munsters", he once ran for governor of New York as a Green Party candidate. Al Lewis. 3: "The Midnight Hour" came calling for this R and B legend in January 2006. Wilson Pickett. 4: Long before "The X-Files", he stalked the night as Carl Kolchak, a savvy reporter of the weird and the horrific. Darren McGavin. 5: The winner of 13 Emmy Awards, this low-key TV sportscaster was a true "American Sportsman". Curt Gowdy. Round 2. Category: 2001 Cars 1: The top-selling SUV in America, Ford didn't change it much for 2001. Explorer. 2: With its 2.8-liter engine upgraded to a 3.0, this company's 328i became the 330i. BMW. 3: Demand way exceeded production of this company's PT Cruiser, which premiered in March 2000. Chrysler. 4: This Japanese automaker's Prius has a hybrid gas-electric engine. Toyota. 5: Honda changed the Civic's double-wishbone front suspension to this strut system. MacPherson front suspension system. Round 3. Category: The 5Th Beatle 1: This Beatles producer started out making comedy records with Peter Sellers. George Martin. 2: After being replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962, this man got a job in a bakery and then became a civil servant. Pete Best. 3: In "Backbeat" Stephen Dorff played this alliterative bassist who died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1962. (Stuart) Sutcliffe. 4: This manager who died in 1967 was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle". Brian Epstein. 5: This keyboardist, who died in 2006, sat in with the Beatles often and also wrote Joe Cocker's hit "You Are So Beautiful". Billy Preston. Round 4. Category: Redundancy And Repetition 1: The name of this, the world's largest desert, means "desert". Sahara. 2: The phrase "ATM machine" is redundant because ATM stands for this. Automated/Automatic Teller Machine. 3: We admit there's some redundancy in the "Jeopardy!" category title "U.S." these. States. 4: The name of this site includes the Spanish word for tar, so L.A. tourists are visiting the the tar tar pits. La Brea Tar Pits. 5: It's an opinion reached by a group as a whole; adding the word "general" is superfluous. Consensus. Round 5. Category: I Don't Give A Dam 1: Located on the borders of Arizona and Nevada, this dam was finished in 1936 and got "presidential" in 1947. Hoover Dam. 2: The Grand Coulee Dam's reservoir, Roosevelt Lake in this state stretches 150 mi. toward Canada's border. Washington. 3: Construction of the Aswan High Dam, which holds back Lake Nasser in this country, cost $1 billion. Egypt. 4: First proposed by Sun Yat-sen, the Three Gorges Dam in this nation will be the world's largest when finished. the People's Republic of China. 5: Norris Dam on the Clinch River was the first major dam built by this New Deal agency. TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority). Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene (Oxford UP, 2018) explores the connection between cinema and artificial weather, climates, and even planets in or on which hospitality and survival are at stake. Cinema's dominant mode of aesthetic world-making is often at odds with the very real human world it is meant to simulate. The chapters in this book take the reader to a scene —the mise-en-scène— where human world-making is undone by the force of human activity, whether it is explicitly for the sake of making a film, or for practicing war and nuclear science, or for the purpose of addressing climate change in ways that exacerbate its already inhospitable effects. The episodes in this book emphasize our always unnatural and unwelcoming environment as a matter of production, a willed and wanted milieu, however harmful, that is inseparable from but also made perceivable through film. While no one film or set of films adds up to a totalizing explanation of climate change, cinema enables us to glimpse anthropogenic environments as both an accidental effect of human activity and a matter of design. Chapters on Buster Keaton, American atomic test films, film noir, the art of China's Three Gorges Dam, and films of early Antarctic exploration trace parallel histories of film and location design that spell out the ambitions, sensations, and narratives of the Anthropocene, especially as it consolidates into the Great Acceleration starting in 1945. Jennifer Fay is Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies, Vanderbilt University Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is MA in Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene (Oxford UP, 2018) explores the connection between cinema and artificial weather, climates, and even planets in or on which hospitality and survival are at stake. Cinema's dominant mode of aesthetic world-making is often at odds with the very real human world it is meant to simulate. The chapters in this book take the reader to a scene —the mise-en-scène— where human world-making is undone by the force of human activity, whether it is explicitly for the sake of making a film, or for practicing war and nuclear science, or for the purpose of addressing climate change in ways that exacerbate its already inhospitable effects. The episodes in this book emphasize our always unnatural and unwelcoming environment as a matter of production, a willed and wanted milieu, however harmful, that is inseparable from but also made perceivable through film. While no one film or set of films adds up to a totalizing explanation of climate change, cinema enables us to glimpse anthropogenic environments as both an accidental effect of human activity and a matter of design. Chapters on Buster Keaton, American atomic test films, film noir, the art of China's Three Gorges Dam, and films of early Antarctic exploration trace parallel histories of film and location design that spell out the ambitions, sensations, and narratives of the Anthropocene, especially as it consolidates into the Great Acceleration starting in 1945. Jennifer Fay is Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies, Vanderbilt University Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is MA in Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene (Oxford UP, 2018) explores the connection between cinema and artificial weather, climates, and even planets in or on which hospitality and survival are at stake. Cinema's dominant mode of aesthetic world-making is often at odds with the very real human world it is meant to simulate. The chapters in this book take the reader to a scene —the mise-en-scène— where human world-making is undone by the force of human activity, whether it is explicitly for the sake of making a film, or for practicing war and nuclear science, or for the purpose of addressing climate change in ways that exacerbate its already inhospitable effects. The episodes in this book emphasize our always unnatural and unwelcoming environment as a matter of production, a willed and wanted milieu, however harmful, that is inseparable from but also made perceivable through film. While no one film or set of films adds up to a totalizing explanation of climate change, cinema enables us to glimpse anthropogenic environments as both an accidental effect of human activity and a matter of design. Chapters on Buster Keaton, American atomic test films, film noir, the art of China's Three Gorges Dam, and films of early Antarctic exploration trace parallel histories of film and location design that spell out the ambitions, sensations, and narratives of the Anthropocene, especially as it consolidates into the Great Acceleration starting in 1945. Jennifer Fay is Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies, Vanderbilt University Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is MA in Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene (Oxford UP, 2018) explores the connection between cinema and artificial weather, climates, and even planets in or on which hospitality and survival are at stake. Cinema's dominant mode of aesthetic world-making is often at odds with the very real human world it is meant to simulate. The chapters in this book take the reader to a scene —the mise-en-scène— where human world-making is undone by the force of human activity, whether it is explicitly for the sake of making a film, or for practicing war and nuclear science, or for the purpose of addressing climate change in ways that exacerbate its already inhospitable effects. The episodes in this book emphasize our always unnatural and unwelcoming environment as a matter of production, a willed and wanted milieu, however harmful, that is inseparable from but also made perceivable through film. While no one film or set of films adds up to a totalizing explanation of climate change, cinema enables us to glimpse anthropogenic environments as both an accidental effect of human activity and a matter of design. Chapters on Buster Keaton, American atomic test films, film noir, the art of China's Three Gorges Dam, and films of early Antarctic exploration trace parallel histories of film and location design that spell out the ambitions, sensations, and narratives of the Anthropocene, especially as it consolidates into the Great Acceleration starting in 1945. Jennifer Fay is Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies, Vanderbilt University Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is MA in Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene (Oxford UP, 2018) explores the connection between cinema and artificial weather, climates, and even planets in or on which hospitality and survival are at stake. Cinema's dominant mode of aesthetic world-making is often at odds with the very real human world it is meant to simulate. The chapters in this book take the reader to a scene —the mise-en-scène— where human world-making is undone by the force of human activity, whether it is explicitly for the sake of making a film, or for practicing war and nuclear science, or for the purpose of addressing climate change in ways that exacerbate its already inhospitable effects. The episodes in this book emphasize our always unnatural and unwelcoming environment as a matter of production, a willed and wanted milieu, however harmful, that is inseparable from but also made perceivable through film. While no one film or set of films adds up to a totalizing explanation of climate change, cinema enables us to glimpse anthropogenic environments as both an accidental effect of human activity and a matter of design. Chapters on Buster Keaton, American atomic test films, film noir, the art of China's Three Gorges Dam, and films of early Antarctic exploration trace parallel histories of film and location design that spell out the ambitions, sensations, and narratives of the Anthropocene, especially as it consolidates into the Great Acceleration starting in 1945. Jennifer Fay is Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies, Vanderbilt University Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is MA in Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene (Oxford UP, 2018) explores the connection between cinema and artificial weather, climates, and even planets in or on which hospitality and survival are at stake. Cinema's dominant mode of aesthetic world-making is often at odds with the very real human world it is meant to simulate. The chapters in this book take the reader to a scene —the mise-en-scène— where human world-making is undone by the force of human activity, whether it is explicitly for the sake of making a film, or for practicing war and nuclear science, or for the purpose of addressing climate change in ways that exacerbate its already inhospitable effects. The episodes in this book emphasize our always unnatural and unwelcoming environment as a matter of production, a willed and wanted milieu, however harmful, that is inseparable from but also made perceivable through film. While no one film or set of films adds up to a totalizing explanation of climate change, cinema enables us to glimpse anthropogenic environments as both an accidental effect of human activity and a matter of design. Chapters on Buster Keaton, American atomic test films, film noir, the art of China's Three Gorges Dam, and films of early Antarctic exploration trace parallel histories of film and location design that spell out the ambitions, sensations, and narratives of the Anthropocene, especially as it consolidates into the Great Acceleration starting in 1945. Jennifer Fay is Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies, Vanderbilt University Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is MA in Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene (Oxford UP, 2018) explores the connection between cinema and artificial weather, climates, and even planets in or on which hospitality and survival are at stake. Cinema's dominant mode of aesthetic world-making is often at odds with the very real human world it is meant to simulate. The chapters in this book take the reader to a scene —the mise-en-scène— where human world-making is undone by the force of human activity, whether it is explicitly for the sake of making a film, or for practicing war and nuclear science, or for the purpose of addressing climate change in ways that exacerbate its already inhospitable effects. The episodes in this book emphasize our always unnatural and unwelcoming environment as a matter of production, a willed and wanted milieu, however harmful, that is inseparable from but also made perceivable through film. While no one film or set of films adds up to a totalizing explanation of climate change, cinema enables us to glimpse anthropogenic environments as both an accidental effect of human activity and a matter of design. Chapters on Buster Keaton, American atomic test films, film noir, the art of China's Three Gorges Dam, and films of early Antarctic exploration trace parallel histories of film and location design that spell out the ambitions, sensations, and narratives of the Anthropocene, especially as it consolidates into the Great Acceleration starting in 1945. Jennifer Fay is Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies, Vanderbilt University Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is MA in Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene (Oxford UP, 2018) explores the connection between cinema and artificial weather, climates, and even planets in or on which hospitality and survival are at stake. Cinema's dominant mode of aesthetic world-making is often at odds with the very real human world it is meant to simulate. The chapters in this book take the reader to a scene —the mise-en-scène— where human world-making is undone by the force of human activity, whether it is explicitly for the sake of making a film, or for practicing war and nuclear science, or for the purpose of addressing climate change in ways that exacerbate its already inhospitable effects. The episodes in this book emphasize our always unnatural and unwelcoming environment as a matter of production, a willed and wanted milieu, however harmful, that is inseparable from but also made perceivable through film. While no one film or set of films adds up to a totalizing explanation of climate change, cinema enables us to glimpse anthropogenic environments as both an accidental effect of human activity and a matter of design. Chapters on Buster Keaton, American atomic test films, film noir, the art of China's Three Gorges Dam, and films of early Antarctic exploration trace parallel histories of film and location design that spell out the ambitions, sensations, and narratives of the Anthropocene, especially as it consolidates into the Great Acceleration starting in 1945. Jennifer Fay is Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies, Vanderbilt University Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is MA in Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez.

S2 Ep 26. A very clever solution to a significant environmental problem based on a kingfisher's eyelids. When the brightly coloured bird dives for food, its eyes are covered in a way that protects the kingfisher's eyeballs, rather like swimming goggles protect ours. Architects have copied this design to help prevent soil erosion on the banks of the huge Three Gorges Dam in China. Get in touch: www.bbcworldservice.com/30animals #30Animals

October 20, 2021--Joy LaClaire interviews internationally recognized expert on natural resource security and environmental sustainability, Giulio Boccaletti about his work and his book, WATER: A BIOGRAPHY. From the Big Bang to the Three Gorges Dam, he examines how water shapes our lives and politics.

1. Gene test linked to CCP army sold to world 2. Scientist: pandemic came weeks before warning 3. Landslides destroyer homes in Southwest China 4. China's Three Gorges Dam hits 23-year high 5. NATO alarmed by China's nuclear expansion 6. Lithuania recalls its ambassador from China

1. Gene test linked to CCP army sold to world2. Scientist: pandemic came weeks before warning3. Landslides destroyer homes in Southwest China4. China's Three Gorges Dam hits 23-year high5. NATO alarmed by China's nuclear expansion6. Lithuania recalls its ambassador from China

Summary: To grasp the the current circumstances in China, we have Daniel Joseph on the podcast today—an individual that has previously lived in China for quite some time—to update us on the socioeconomic situation. As a nation, China seems to be deviating from some of the tactics that made them so successful historically—such as being able to access specific resources and utilizing these freedoms. Tune in to hear about why China has failed to reign as a world power, and some of the current happenings contributing to their limitations as a country.   Highlights: -When it comes to China, Daniel Joseph can give accurate depictions on what is happening -In many parts of China, building infrastructure isn't quite as stable. Therefore, disasters considered rare in the US are more common over there -Sometimes a picture is painted such that China is invincible, which is not the case -It also seems as if China aims to be a tier two country at times, and doesn't necessarily want to be the best -Moving away from the free market and rolling back political freedoms—deviating from things that make them successful -China has been issuing new regulations on the tech industry -Outlawed private tutoring—they are moving away from practices that got them to where they are now -Trust in China is taking a big hit; they have not been transparent or participating in the dialogue around major health problems -The Three Gorges Dam is having a worse rainy season than last year. China continues to have flooding/infrastructure issues that aren't going to cease overnight, even if they take the necessary steps to stop them -What we see with China is the expert class failing globally -China will be worse off now that we are out of Afghanistan -It often takes financial incentive to get individuals to comply with a regulation -Middle class poses problems for communism Useful Links: https://financial survival network.com/ http://theglobaldashboard.com/

How do we get green hydrogen (and green ammonia) production to scale and make it cost competitive? It's a great question and we ask it all the time on the show. Well, Alicia Eastman, Co-founder & Managing Director, of InterContinental Energy (ICE) may be one of the best authorities in the world on this topic and she joins us on this episode of EAH to tell the team all about her and ICE's work developing the Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH). Located in Western Australia, the AREH when completed, will be the largest renewable energy project by total generation capacity on the planet. At 26 GW, it surpasses even the likes of the Three Gorges Dam and will act as a central production and distribution point for huge quantities of clean hydrogen and ammonia for offtakers and customers across APAC and beyond. The AREH is a truly massive project that has global implications for the global energy landscape of the future. Links: InterContinental website: https://intercontinentalenergy.com/ AREH website: https://asianrehub.com/ AEA article about AREH: https://www.ammoniaenergy.org/articles/green-ammonia-at-oil-and-gas-scale/ Short piece on green ammonia: https://www.cleantech.com/green-ammonia-potential-as-an-energy-carrier-and-beyond/

We look at how the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts submerged four towns, literally removing them from the map. It's a story of politics, power, and loss that changed Massachusetts. And it's a familiar story that resonates with how communities have been displaced or threatened by projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Three Gorges Dam. Featuring interviews with experts in the field as well as voices from former residents of the towns flooded in the 1930s, we show what happens when "progress" meets the powerless. Hosted by Nick Dostal and Jack Paras Edited by Tomasz Dvorak and Samantha Kramer Engineered by Tomasz Dvorak Written by Matthew DiPesa, Nick Dostal, and Jack Paras Produced by Samantha Kramer

Featured Interview: Flood on the Yangtze River and impacts on the Three Gorges Dam -양쯔강 대홍수와 산샤댐 붕괴 가능성 Guest: Professor Peter McCawley, Australian National University, author of “Banking on the Future of Asia and the Pacific”

Featured Interview: Possibility of Three Gorges Dam collapse and potential damage -중국 싼샤 댐 붕괴 가능성과 예상 피해 Guest: Dan Wang, Analyst, The Economist Intelligence Unit's Access China service

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

China is a world leader in resettlement, having resettled 80 million people since 1949. Before 2020, a further 100 million people will be moved for environmental protection, poverty relief and development. So who ultimately benefits from China's massive resettlement programmes? And has China invented an entirely new academic discipline - resettlement science - to provide academic respectability to its far-reaching resettlement campaigns. This episode we're joined by Brooke Wilmsen, an expert on the Three Gorges Dam from LaTrobe University and Sarah Rogers from the University of Melbourne, who has worked extensively in Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi, to drill down into China's resettlement industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.The most advanced weather satellite ever built in the United States has rocketed into space, part of an 11-billion-dollar effort to revolutionize forecasting and save lives.The new GOES-R spacecraft will track U.S. weather as never before including hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, volcanic ash clouds, wildfires, lightning storms, and even solar flares. Around 50 TV meteorologists from around the country converged on the launch site, along with 8,000 space program workers and guests.Scientists said what is exciting is that they&`&re going to be getting more data, more often, much more detailed, and with higher resolution. They said that in the case of tornadoes, if people can have another 10 to 20 minutes, more lives will be saved.The scientists associated with the project said that one should think superhero speed and accuracy for forecasting, like super high-definition TV versus black-and-white. For the American public, that will mean faster, more accurate weather forecasts and warnings. That also will mean more lives saved and better environmental intelligence for government officials responsible for hurricane and other evacuations.Airline passengers also stand to benefit, as do rocket launch teams. Improved forecasting will help pilots avoid bad weather and help rocket scientists know when to call off a launch.This is Special English.While last month merely tied for the world&`&s third warmest October in history, 2016 is still on track to be the hottest year on record.The United States&`& National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the globe averaged almost 15 degrees Celsius, which is 0.7 degrees Celsius warmer than the 20th-century average but not as warm as Octobers in 2015 and 2014.From May last year to August this year, Earth set monthly heat records for 16 straight months.Scientists blame continued man-made climate change from the burning of fossil fuels, goosed by a now-gone El Nino. El Nino is the occasional natural warming of parts of the Pacific that changes weather worldwide.The first 10 months of this year have been the hottest to date, averaging 15 degrees Celsius. That beats 2015 by 0.1 degrees Celsius.U.S. climate scientists said it is likely that this year will eclipse last year as the hottest year on record. If November and October are just average for the 21st century, it will set a new record. But the scientists said a weak La Nina, the cooling flip side of El Nino, provides a small possibility that this year will slip slightly behind last year.Still, 2016, 2015 and 2014 will go down as the three hottest years on record. Records go back to 1880.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. China will start building research vessel Dayang Erhao, or Ocean No.2, and a support ship for manned submarine Jiaolong, both expected to be put into service in March 2019.The China Ocean Mineral Resources Association has signed contracts with two ship manufacturers to begin construction on the research vessels with plans to finish the projects in around 28 months.According to the association, the Ocean No.2 will have a displacement of 4,000 tonnes and measure 98 meters long and 17 meters wide.It will contain more than 400 square meters of laboratory space and will be equipped with over 70 types of research devices.Ocean No.2 will be capable of conducting scientific missions, including water and atmospheric research, deep-sea extreme environment detection, as well as observations on marine geology and ecology.The new support ship, with a displacement of around 4,000 tonnes, is designed to provide support and maintenance to Jiaolong&`&s deep sea diving tasks.At 90 meters long and 17 meters wide, the support ship will have different types of laboratories filling more than 300 square meters.The support ship&`&s research system will be able to complete exploration tasks for Jiaolong&`&s diving activities as well as process and conduct on-site analysis of data and samples.This is Special English.The permanent shiplift at China&`&s Three Gorges Dam has started its round-the-clock operations after a first phase of two-month trial operation that ended recently.The shiplift began trials in September and lasted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The round-the-clock trial will last until the water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir falls to 145 meters. Tests for night operations were conducted a week earlier. The shiplift was designed by a team of Chinese and German scientists, and is the largest and most sophisticated of its kind in the world.It has been installed to complement the five-tier ship lock next to it, for the world&`&s largest hydropower project on the Yangtze River, China&`&s longest river. The trial operation will last for a year.The vertical-hoisting elevator helps ships with a maximum displacement of 3,000 tonnes, to traverse the dam. The water level behind the dam is up to 113 meters higher than the downstream river.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Almost every morning since their father&`&s stunning victory on Election Day, three of Donald Trump&`&s grown children walk through the Trump Tower lobby and board an elevator. But are Don Jr., Ivanka and Eric going to the campaign office on the fifth floor? Or are they going to their business offices on the 25th floor, or the president-elect&`&s penthouse on the 56th floor?That uncertainty highlights the multiple roles the children play for their father. For the past year, the lines were constantly blurred between political campaign and business empire, raising questions about a possible conflict of interest between Trump&`&s White House and his sprawling business interests.The children are poised to wield incredible influence over their father, even if they don&`&t follow him to Washington. Trump said consistently during the campaign that if he won, those children would stay in New York and run his business. But the three, plus Ivanka&`&s husband Jared Kushner, were all named to the transition team&`&s executive committee.The U.S. Congress passed an anti-nepotism law in 1967 that prohibits the president from appointing a family member to work in the office or agency they oversee. The measure was passed as a reaction to President John F. Kennedy appointing his brother Robert as attorney general.But the law does not appear to prevent the children from serving as unpaid advisers or providing informal counsel. Now they stand poised to be the most influential presidential children in decades.This is Special English.In what may be his last significant act as U.S. President Barack Obama&`&s surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy has released a report, calling for a major cultural shift in the way Americans view drug and alcohol addiction.The report, entitled "Facing Addiction in America", details the toll addiction takes on the nation. Seventy-eight people die each day from an opioid overdose; and 20 million have a substance use disorder. The report explains how brain science offers hope for recovery. While its findings have been reported elsewhere, including by other federal agencies, the report seeks to inspire action and sway public opinion in the style of the surgeon general&`&s landmark report on smoking.With President-elect Donald Trump taking office, it&`&s uncertain whether access to addiction treatment will improve or deteriorate. Trump and the Republican-led Congress are pledging to repeal and replace the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which made addiction treatment an essential health benefit.Murthy said in an interview recently that he hasn&`&t spoken to Trump but looks forward to working with his administration to save lives with expanded access to treatment.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. You can access the program by logging on to newsplusradio.cn. You can also find us on our Apple Podcast. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know by e-mailing us at mansuyingyu@cri.com.cn. That&`&s mansuyingyu@cri.com.cn. Now the news continues.A zoo in central California in the United States is showing off a new lion cub and asking visitors to choose his name.Reporters got a glimpse of the 5-week-old cub recently at Fresno Chaffee Zoo as he rolled in his enclosure and napped on his mom, Kiki.Kiki gave birth to three cubs on Oct. 11, but only the unnamed cub survived.Voting on its name runs through Nov. 27, and the little lion will likely get his public viewing a month or so later.Zoo staff have selected six Swahili names to choose from, namely Enzi, which means powerful, Kijani, meaning warrior, Asani, which means rebellious, Erevu, meaning clever, Mansa, meaning king, and Bwani which means gentleman.Visitors can buy a token and place it in a box corresponding to the name they like best.This is Special English.（全文见周日微信。）