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The New York Times — Monday, Sept 18, 2023

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Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, if He Gets One

Steel production at a facility in Indiana. President Biden would take aim at heavy polluting industries that have never had restrictions on carbon emissions in a second term.

If the president wins re-election, his climate team is likely to try to cut greenhouse gases from steel, cement and other hard-to-clean-up manufacturing.

Climate Protesters March on New York, Calling for End to Fossil Fuels

Protest organizers used Sunday’s event to send a message to President Biden as he begins his push for re-election: Do more if you want our votes.

Ahead of U.N. meetings this week, thousands gathered in Midtown to demand that President Biden and other world leaders stop new oil and gas drilling.

As Junta Tightens Grip, Niger Is Being Strangled by Sanctions

Border closures and a freeze on financial transactions imposed after soldiers seized power are hurting millions, while Western nations remain divided over what to do.

In Ukraine, a Rosh Hashana Party Not Even War Can Stop

Every year, thousands of followers of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov descend on the town of Uman to worship, dance and pay homage at the tomb of their spiritual leader.

Animals, Tours, Travel, Videos, Views, Wildlife

Safaris: Lions, Leopards & Cheetahs Of The Serengeti

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Ella McKendrick Films (September 17, 2023) – Today we’re in the heart of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, on the search for Tanzania’s notorious predators – lions, leopards, hyenas and cheetahs. However, finding these iconic animals on our safari is proving more challenging than I expected.

Cities, Travel, Videos, Views

Bavaria Views: Munich In Southern Germany (4K)

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Moveora (September 17, 2023) – Munich, Bavaria’s capital, is home to centuries-old buildings and numerous museums. The city is known for its annual Oktoberfest celebration and its beer halls, including the famed Hofbräuhaus, founded in 1589. In the Altstadt (Old Town), central Marienplatz square contains landmarks such as Neo-Gothic Neues Rathaus (town hall), with a popular glockenspiel show that chimes and reenacts stories from the 16th century.

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Switzerland Travel: A Walking Tour Of Zermatt

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The Traveler (September 17, 2023) – A tour of Zermatt, in southern Switzerland’s Valais canton, a mountain resort renowned for skiing, climbing and hiking. The town, at an elevation of around 1,600m, lies below the iconic, pyramid-shaped Matterhorn peak. Its main street, Bahnhofstrasse is lined with boutique shops, hotels and restaurants, and also has a lively après-ski scene. There are public outdoor rinks for ice-skating and curling.

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The New York Times — Sunday, September 17, 2023

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In Risky Hunt for Secrets, U.S. and China Expand Global Spy Operations

The nations are taking bold steps in the espionage shadow war to try to collect intelligence on leadership thinking and military capabilities.

Dire Warnings About Libya Dams Went Unheeded

Derna, Libya, has been devastated by flooding from storms this week, which washed swaths of the city into the sea.

“The state wasn’t interested,” said an engineer who published a paper on why Derna’s dams, after decades of postponed repairs, might fail under the stress of a powerful storm.

World’s Largest ‘Baby Exporter’ Confronts Its Painful Past

South Korean adoptees have been returning to the country to hold the government accountable for what they call a corrupt adoption system that went largely unchanged until recent decades.

Texas Attorney General Is Acquitted in Landmark Senate Trial

Senators voted largely on party lines against conviction of the attorney general, Ken Paxton, who had been impeached on charges of corruption and abuse of office.

Tourism, Tours, Travel, Videos, Views, Wines & Spirits

Vineyard Views: A Tasting Tour Of Wines In Germany

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DW Travel (September 16, 2023) – Euromaxx reporter Hannah Hummel explores German vineyards for a new episode of “Germany in a Nutshell.”

Video timeline: Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:26 Wine 101 2:10 Deep Dive 3:24 Ein bisschen Deutsch 3:50 Very Brief History 4:26 Inside Stories 6:18 Outro

She speaks with vintners about what makes German wines special and the which, where and how of drinking these wines. What’s your favorite wine?

Gardens, Landmarks, Museums, Tours, Travel, Videos, Views

Miami Views: A Tour Of The Vizcaya Museum & Gardens

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Christopher Putvinski Films (September 16, 2023) – A short tour of the beautiful grounds of Vizcaya Museum and Gardens,  the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering, of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present-day Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida. 

Filmed in September 2023.

Arts, Historical, Homes, Tours, Travel, Views

England Views: Writer John le Carré’s Tregiffian Cottage In Cornwall

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Country Life Magazine (September 15, 2023) – The writer John le Carré‘s impossibly romantic house has come to the market, set in a position as dramatic as anything to be seen in fiction.

In the late 1960s, the author John le Carré (born David Cornwell, but forbidden from writing under his own name when employed by MI5 and MI6) was staying with an old friend, the Cornish artist John Miller. Miller lived in a house in West Penwith in Cornwall’s far west, on a sparsely populated peninsula ringed by high cliffs and surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean.

One day, when walking along the cliffs at Tregiffian, near the village of St Buryan, le Carré passed three derelict fisherman’s cottages and a barn overlooking the coast between St Loy and Lamorna. He fell in love with the place.

Armed with the proceeds of The Spy Who Came in From The Cold (1963), the second of his bestselling espionage novels set against the backdrop of the Cold War, le Carré tracked down the owner of the property, a local farmer, and bought the cottages, together with 27 acres of land, including a mile of coastline, much of which he later donated to the National Trust.

Over the years, le Carré and his wife, Jane, restored and adapted the cottages and outbuildings into the comfortable, but unpretentious coastal retreat that was to be their family home for more than 40 years, until his death, from pneumonia, in December 2020. Jane died from cancer two months later, in February 2021.

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The New York Times — Saturday, Sept 16, 2023

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U.A.W. Starts Strike Small, but Repercussions Could Prove Far-Reaching

Workers outside a plant hold up signs that read, “UAW; Stand Up; Record Profits; Record Contracts.”

The union targeted three factories: one run by General Motors, one by Ford and one by Stellantis. Prolonged walkouts could hurt the U.S. economy and President Biden.

‘A Ticket to Disney’? Politicians Charge Millions to Send Migrants to U.S.

The journey into the jungle begins, led by a guide from the New Light Darién Foundation.

The Biden administration vowed to “end the illicit movement” of people through the Darién jungle. But the number of migrants moving through the forest has never been greater — and the profits are too big to pass up.

Biden Defends Striking Autoworkers: They Deserve a ‘Fair Share’

White House aides believe the battle between the car companies and their workers underscores many of the president’s policy positions.

Fernando Botero, Artist of Whimsical Rotundity, Is Dead at 91

His voluptuous figures, both in paintings and in sculpture, portrayed the high and mighty as well as everyday people through an enlarging prism.

Architecture, Home Design, Homes, Tours, Videos, Views

Architecture: An Off-Grid Super House In California

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The Local Project (September 15, 2023) – Remote and wild, Off-Grid Residence is an off-grid super house that serves to elevate the ecology of the verdant California ranch it inhabits. Anacapa Architecture honours the home’s ruralness by bringing the sensitively designed dwelling into equilibrium with the landscape, embracing the elements and creating an intimate connection between the inhabitants and the land.

Video timeline: 00:00 – Introduction to the Off-Grid Super House 01:06 – A Narrow Ridge Location 01:18 – On Approach to the House 01:44 – The Rooftop Gardens 02:17 – A Walkthrough the Off-Grid Home 02:30 – The Design and Building Constraints 03:38 – A Completely Off-Grid House 04:28 – The Interior Material Palette 04:53 – Immersion in the Environment

Perched atop a knoll situated inside a historic working cattle ranch on the central California coastline, the off-grid super house is the work of Santa Barbara-based studio Anacapa Architecture and co-designer Willson Design. The site is vast and has sweeping vistas of the ocean and rolling hills, and the home sits along a steep ridge, which divides the twin volumes of the garage and the sleeping quarters.

Due to building constraints associated with the historical site, the dwelling is fairly simple, with all living areas contained in one main structure with a basic cooking facility and just one bedroom and one bathroom. There are two gardens atop both roof structures of the off-grid super house that include a mix of local grasses and succulents that are consistent with the greenery of the hillsides beyond.

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