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The most expensive in history! Watching the Super Bowl, the parking fee may be as high as 40,000 yuan …
【CBS】The 56th Annual Major League Football Championship, also known as the "Super Bowl", started in Los Angeles on the 13th local time. In the end, the Los Angeles Rams won the Super Bowl. At present, the local food prices from accommodation, transportation, security, to watching the game are rising, and the media expects this to be the most expensive "Super Bowl" in American history.
Although the ticket price has dropped after the surge, the transportation, accommodation and security costs are still high. The reporter learned that the average price of local hotels and accommodation reached 445 US dollars per night, which is the second highest price in the history of the "Super Bowl", about 3,000 yuan. The local media in Los Angeles reported that there are advertisements showing that parking near the competition venues may cost as much as 7,000 US dollars (about 44,000 yuan).
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1. The federal court reinstated the grey wolf conservation law, saying that it was still facing the crisis of "being on the verge of extinction".
[Comprehensive News]After former President Trump removed the gray wolf from the list of protected animals, many activists protested, and now there is finally a turning point. Judge White of the Federal Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the decision to remove the gray wolf from the list of protected animals was ill-considered and reversed the previous government’s regulations.
White pointed out that although the gray wolves in the Great Lakes and the northern Rocky Mountains have been successfully rehabilitated, the Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States has not considered that the gray wolves outside these areas still face great survival threats. Since Trump announced the removal of grey wolf conservation, the frequency of hunting grey wolves in some areas has soared. Last year, it was even reported that a hunter in Wisconsin killed 200 wolves within 60 hours, exceeding the state’s upper limit of 119, forcing the authorities to announce the early end of the hunting season.
2. The closure of demonstrations at individual border ports in Canada ended. Senior officials said that they would consider using the emergency law.
[Comprehensive News]On February 13th, local time, the Canadian police took enforcement action at some ports that were blocked by demonstrators who opposed epidemic prevention restrictions for many days on the Canada-US border. Among them, Ambassador Bridge Port, as one of the important logistics channels between Canada and the United States, reopened in the middle of the night. Demonstrators who have occupied the core area of the capital Ottawa for 17 days have initially reached a compromise with the municipal government.
Canadian Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Blair confirmed in interviews with different TV media on the 13th that the federal government has discussed the possibility of using the Emergency Law to deal with the continuous large-scale demonstrations in the capital. The Canadian government has never actually used this law in the past. However, demonstrations continue in many parts of the country. At two Canadian-American border crossings, Coutts in Alberta and Emerson in Manitoba, the demonstrations continued to be blocked.
3. The injured party accepts the compensation agreement of 2.7 billion yuan for boy scout sexual abuse.
[Associated Press]Boy Scouts of America reached a compensation agreement for victims of sexual abuse, which has been supported by the Survivors’ Committee representing 82,200 claimants, and it is expected to pave the way for ending the biggest bankruptcy reorganization case of boy scouts involving child sexual abuse. When the Boy Scouts filed for bankruptcy reorganization two years ago, they proposed a plan to compensate the victims of sexual abuse for 2.7 billion yuan. However, due to criticism, they did not get wide support, and it was difficult for the bankruptcy application to pass the court.
The Boy Scout’s compensation plan must be supported by 75% survivors of sexual abuse before it can be accepted by the bankruptcy court, otherwise it will be easy to face judicial challenges. However, the support rate of the compensation plan last month was 73.6%, and now it is very important to get the support of the Survivors’ Committee. The new compensation plan adds a compensation trust for survivors of sexual assault, which can be considered separately by independent claimants, and survivors of severe sexual assault can get more compensation according to their injuries. The law firm that helped reach an agreement said that the compensation trust will strive for more funds.
4. Defending "harm reduction" The Federation emphasizes: no safe syringes are provided for drugs.
[Comprehensive News]The Biden administration announced yesterday that the publicity program aimed at preventing illegal drugs will not provide funds for crack, amphetamines and other drug users to obtain safe syringes. Health Minister Xavier Becerra and White House Drug Policy Advisor Rahul Gupta issued a joint statement saying that there will be no federal funds to provide syringes for safe drug users directly or by applying for reimbursement.
The scale of the federal program aimed at preventing illegal drug addicts from diseases, injuries and other collateral injuries reached 30 million yuan, and social service organizations and local governments applied for "harm reduction" funding subsidies last week; Specific measures of "harm reduction" include providing specific space for drug users to inject drugs, but they should be supervised to prevent drug overdose.
5. Failing to repair the automatic mail sorter, the IRS lost nearly 500 million interest in three years.
[Associated Press]The report of the inspector general of the State Administration of Taxation (IRS) pointed out that the IRS did not repair the faulty automatic mail sorter, so employees had to manually sort tax letters, which greatly slowed down the acceptance speed and caused the federal government to lose nearly 500 million yuan in interest from 2019 to 2021. According to the investigators, these machines, called "SCAMPS", play an important role in the tax refund processing system of the IRS. These machines are responsible for automatically distinguishing which envelopes contain taxes, so that the IRS can quickly accept and deposit the money.
However, these machines have been used for 20 years and have been in disrepair for a long time, often missing letters with Huijin; The IRS staff had to turn off the machine and rely on manual sorting and searching for letters, but the processing flow also slowed down. Kenneth Corbin, head of the Department of Wages and Investment of the State Administration of Taxation, asked to replace the machine before December 15, 2024; However, with a monthly loss of 10 million yuan, the United States may lose more than 350 million yuan.
6. The children of "inherited admission" alumni of prestigious schools were criticized for the "unfair cycle" and urged to abolish it.
[Associated Press] From the campus to the Congress, there is a growing call from all walks of life for top universities to abolish their preference for enrolling alumni children. When the children of top university alumni apply to study, the university will give them priority points. This practice is called "legacy admission", which has been practiced for decades. Critics accuse it of giving the least needed students an unfair advantage.
It is reported that Ivy League students are putting pressure on the school to give up the inheritance admission policy. Hundreds of students and alumni from 30 universities vowed to oppose this policy, so they no longer donated money to the school. Many prestigious schools defend the inheritance of admission. Senior officials of Harvard and other schools pointed out that the status of alumni children is only one of many factors to consider in admission applications. School grades, academic test scores and achievements in extracurricular activities all affect admission, and alumni children only give some students a slight advantage at best.
7. A new drug for the treatment of COVID-19 was authorized for emergency use in the United States. The US Drug Administration: New drugs cannot replace vaccination.
[Comprehensive News]The US Food and Drug Administration recently granted an emergency authorization for the use of a monoclonal antibody drug that can be used to treat the infection of mutant Covid-19 Omicron strain. The US Drug Administration issued a communique on the 11th, saying that this new drug, named bebtelovimab, developed by Eli Lilly, USA, is authorized to treat adults with mild to moderate diseases and adolescent COVID-19 patients who meet certain conditions, but not COVID-19 patients who have been hospitalized or need oxygen therapy.
According to the communique, this monoclonal antibody drug needs intravenous injection, and it can reduce the risk of hospitalization and death caused by Covid-19 infection by combining with the spike protein on the surface of Covid-19. The FDA stressed that this new antiviral drug cannot replace vaccination, and people who meet the vaccination conditions should also be vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine.
8. The jiaozi Eating Competition was held in Moscow Restaurant, and the winner received a prize of 500,000 rubles.
When the whole world is paying attention to the Beijing Winter Olympics, a Moscow chain named "Cary jiaozi Restaurant" decided to hold a jiaozi Eating Competition. According to the Moscow Evening News reported on the 12th, Kari jiaozi Restaurant announced on the Internet that the first "Kari jiaozi" eating competition will be held in Moscow from February 15th to March 13th.
The competition is divided into two stages, and at present, 130 people have signed up. In the first stage of qualifying, participants were required to eat as many Cary jiaozi as possible within one minute, and the final was extended to two minutes. The winner will get a prize of 500,000 rubles (about 40,000 RMB), the second one will get the latest mobile phone from Apple, and the third one will get a coupon of 50,000 rubles for "Cary jiaozi Restaurant".
9, can swim independently for over 100 days! Human cardiac muscle cells are made into "artificial fish"
Harvard University in the United States cooperated with researchers from Emory University to make a completely autonomous "artificial fish" from myocardial cells derived from human stem cells. This biological mixing device contains both biological and artificial parts, and can swim in the water for more than 100 days through myocardial contraction. This achievement is helpful to develop an artificial heart made of living muscle cells and provide a platform for studying heart diseases such as arrhythmia. Related papers were recently published in the journal Science.
The device was inspired by the shape and swimming action of zebrafish. The artificial zebrafish has two layers of muscle cells, one on each side of the caudal fin. The researchers used external light gene stimulation to control its muscle contraction and make it swim like a fish. This innovation provides a model for the study of cardiac rhythm signals, and also for understanding the pathophysiology of sinus node dysfunction and arrhythmia.
10. Musk: Star Boat may make its first orbital flight in the next few months.
[Comprehensive News]Elon musk, founder and CEO of American Space Exploration Technology Company, said recently that the company’s next-generation heavy-duty launch vehicle "Star Boat" may be approved by the regulatory authorities as soon as March, so that it may make its first orbital flight in the next few months. According to reports, Musk said at a press conference held at the "Star Boat" R&D and test base in southern Texas that Space Exploration Technology is still waiting for the relevant approval results of the US Federal Aviation Administration, and the next phase of the "Star Boat" can be launched after approval.
Musk said that although this project may fail, he is confident that the "Star Boat" will reach the scheduled orbit before the end of this year. "Star Boat" is a recyclable rocket, which is larger than the existing "Falcon 9" and "Falcon Heavy" launch vehicles of Space Exploration Technology Company. Its design goal is to send people and goods to earth orbit, the moon and Mars. The "Star Boat" can send more than 100 tons of load into Earth orbit.
11. Hundreds of sharks gather near the coast of Texas, USA.
According to the Daily Star, a rare picture of hundreds of sharks gathering near artificial coral reefs in Texas, USA, was recently posted online. Hundreds of straight-toothed sharks wandered around the reef, and the researchers called this scene a "very rare discovery." This straight-toothed shark can usually grow to more than 2 meters long and weigh more than 90 kilograms. They usually don’t attack humans.
Researchers from the Fishing Fish Science and Conservation Center took this picture at an artificial coral reef 6 miles (about 10 kilometers) away from O ‘Connor Harbor. The agency recently uploaded this video on social media. They said that "these fish schools are very rare, indicating that the fish population in this area is very healthy."
12. Interesting! Baby brown bear doesn’t want to swim and ride on his mother’s back to get a ride back to the shore.
[Comprehensive News]An interesting video of a baby brown bear riding on its mother’s back in Alaska, USA, has recently been circulated on foreign video websites. Mother Brown Bear appeared in the river in katmai national park and preserve with two cubs. At this time, Mother Brown caught a fish and began to return to the shore. One of the cubs rode on her mother’s back and "hitchhiked" back to the shore.
It is reported that only when the cubs are very young will the mother brown bear allow them to do so. As the cubs grow up, it will teach the children the necessary survival skills.
13. An American father built an indoor zip line for his 10-month-old daughter to learn to walk.
[Comprehensive News]It is reported that a father in Indiana built an indoor zip line for his 10-month-old daughter at home to help her learn to walk. In the video, 10-month-old Blair wears a walking belt, tied by a rope on the ceiling, and learns to walk by himself.
It is reported that Blair was born with a deformed hand, and her hand is smaller than her peers, and it hurts when she is held or slapped, so her father Clay thought of this way to help her daughter learn to walk. Mom Cheyenne said that they had just moved into their new home. They renovated their new home while taking care of their three children, and her husband specially built an indoor zip line for Blair.
14, 13 digit compensation? ! A British power company wrote a wrong check.
[Comprehensive News]During the strong storm "Awen" swept across Britain in November last year, tens of thousands of users were blacked out for several days. At this stage, the Northern Power Company of the United Kingdom will pay compensation to the affected users. Unexpectedly, 74 users in northern England received so many checks that they could be calculated in trillions of pounds, and some users even paid more than 2.3 trillion pounds in "compensation" checks. Northern Electric Power Company explained on the 13th that these were clerical errors, and when the company filled in the check, it mistakenly filled in the user’s electricity meter number in the column of payable amount.
A spokesman for North Electric Power Company said that the company "took immediate action to ensure that all 74 users’ checks were frozen after confirming the clerical error" and promised to issue them corrected checks on the 14th. She said: "We are investigating how the mistake happened and checking the compensation paid before. All indications are that this is an isolated incident. "
15. Because her mother was obsessed with deer all her life, an Australian woman took a deer to visit her seriously ill mother.
According to the Daily Mail of February 13th, a woman in Melbourne, Australia, recently took a deer to visit her sick mother and gave her a surprise. Lisa MacDonald’s mother has been obsessed with deer all her life. She has all kinds of deer toys at home and wears clothes with deer patterns. After her illness, Lisa and her sister have been taking care of her mother. In order to surprise her mother, Lisa borrowed a deer from a mobile farm to visit her.
Mother was very happy after seeing the deer, and reached out to touch it, which was unbelievable. Lisa said that she had planned to bring the deer the next day, but her mother’s condition suddenly deteriorated, and the farmer immediately drove for two and a half hours. She was very grateful to them.
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