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HFC phase-down talks in Vienna are moving forward rapidly this week as countries engage on the specifics of freeze and reduction targets and funding needs. Negotiators have delved into key issues all week, and ministers are arriving for high-level talks over the next two days. Expectations are high for more progress this weekend and for completing the deal in Kigali, Rwanda, this October.
Talks this week have continued in the problem-solving spirit displayed last weekend, when parties resolved a list of key challenges. Having made huge progress on difficult issues, countries are now focused on the core questions: the pace of phase-down schedules for developed and developing countries, and the scope and scale of funding to help developing countries adopt climate-friendly alternatives, through the donor country-supported Multilateral Fund (MLF).
There's growing support for an “ambition linkage” that pairs early action by developing countries with early and sufficient donor funding. Many developing countries, especially the African Group and various Latin American countries, are offering to move quickly provided they have sufficient MLF support.
Donor countries are on the same wavelength. The logic is compelling early action best protects the climate by avoiding unnecessary HFC growth, and early financial support actually benefits both sides: It helps developing countries gain earlier access to climate-friendly and energy-efficient products and manufacturing methods, and it saves donors money by avoiding larger transition costs that would be incurred later if developing nations built up larger HFC-dependent industries.
Among the most notable contributions this week, China offered its own proposed schedule for freezing and reducing HFCs. As the world's largest HFC producer, China has supported moving forward with an amendment for several years, but it had yet to offer a specific proposal. China's proposed timetable is slower than schedules offered by the North American countries and Island States, but more aggressive than India's (see comparison chart). None of these countries have drawn lines in the sand; all are emphasizing flexibility.
A number of countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Argentina, and Pakistan are still more cautious, but they too are ready to negotiate.
The engagement by ministers Friday and Saturday including Secretary of State John Kerry and EPA Administrator McCarthy for the U.S. will add political visibility and momentum. Ministers from countries in the Climate and Clean Air Coalition today called for completing an ambitious HFC deal this year. Tomorrow, an expanded list of countries will join a “high ambition group,” like the one that scored a key breakthrough at the Paris climate talks.
As the ministers meet, their negotiators will keep working no doubt once again into the wee hours Sunday morning towards a condensed negotiating text that will set things up for striking the final deal in Kigali.
We'll update you again before the week is out.
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Black and white sunset shot looking west of Regent's Canal towpath in King's Cross London, as seen from bridge on Caledonian Road.
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On this week's Slate Political Gabfest, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss the Republicans' unconventional convention in Cleveland and the departure of Fox News head Roger Ailes amid a sexual harassment suit filed by former host Gretchen Carlson.
Here are some of the links and references from this week's show:
Gretchen Carlson's suit against Roger Ailes is an uphill battle against the secrecy and arbitration provisions in her Fox News employment contract
Emily chatters about voter ID decisions, in particular the federal appeals court ruling against a Texas law.
John chatters about Elektro the Motoman, a 7-foot-tall robot built by Westinghouse for the 1939 World's Fair that could move under its own power and smoke. He had a cameo in “Sex Kittens Go to College”—a 1960 exploitation film that Trailers From Hellbreaks down.
David chatters about Atlas Obscura's new podcast “Escape Plan” that he's hosting with Reyhan Harmanci and John's live shows in New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., for his new book Whistlestop.
Topic ideas for next week? You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest (#heygabfest). (Tweets may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)
Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Links compiled by Kevin Townsend.
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Slate and Future Tense are discussing Mr. Robot and the technological world it portrays throughout the show's second season. You can follow this conversation on Future Tense, and Slate Plus members can also listen to Hacking Mr. Robot, a members-only podcast series featuring Lily Hay Newman and Fred Kaplan.
The third episode of Mr. Robot (don't forget that the premiere was two parts) dropped on Wednesday night, bringing hacker protagonist Elliot Alderson deeper into his madness and despair. It's unclear how long the show will keep Elliot isolated and too confused about reality to actually, you know, do things, but it seems like this episode was the complication before some resolution.
Knowing the show, that resolution will almost certainly be complicating and strange. But Elliot is a talented hacker—he can't live a remote, analog life forever. Meanwhile, the fallout from Fsociety's massive hack of ECorp continues. People close to Fsociety keep getting murdered, an FBI agent is poking around, and ECorp CEO Phillip Price takes an interest in Elliot's childhood friend Angela Moss, who now works in communications for ECorp.
This week's episode didn't have technology driving the plot the way Mr. Robot episodes often do. It was more about exploring the parallels between our digital selves and our interior selves—parts of us that are very real, but don't have a physical manifestation. Season 2 also seems to be meditating on the impacts of digital warfare. Though there's no violent combat, Elliot still seems traumatized by the display of Fsociety's power and his own. Or is it Mr. Robot's power?
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-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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England's No3 recalls his ugly shot in the first Test against Pakistan that had dire consequences and forging his steely character aged 12 in the Yorkshire leagues
“Unfortunately I am a human being and not a robot,” Joe Root says with a dry little smile as he looks down at the beautifully sunlit expanse of Old Trafford while remembering the ugly shot that cost him his wicket in the first innings of England's Test defeat against Pakistan at Lord's. As Pakistan carry out fielding drills in preparation for the second Test, starting on Friday, Root shakes off his lingering disappointment from a dismissal that changed the course of last week's fascinating match.
England's best batsman came to the crease on the second morning at Lord's. Pakistan had been bowled out for a decent if hardly imperious 339. Yet, after Alex Hales was caught in the second over, England were eight for one and Root was tested again. Batting in a new position, in the vital role of No3, he needed to build a foundation with Alastair Cook while shifting pressure back on to Pakistan.
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Just because you're outdoors and/or floating on a body of water doesn't mean you can't have something comfortable to sit on. This $38 CloudLounger inflates in seconds, folds down to fit in a small bag, and even comes with a water-resistant Bluetooth speaker. Just note that this is a Gold Box deal, so be sure to pick one up before it floats away. Multiple colors available.
As part of its Black Friday in July sale, Best Buy is offering up $5 gift cards when you purchase $50 in select gift cards to other retailers, or $10 when you buy $100.
Best Buy's Black Friday in July sale offers up deals on TVs, computers, and more, but the most exciting discounts are probably on an array of video games and gaming accessories.
Scroll down to the gaming section to find deals on dozens of games, both major consoles, hardcover game guides, amiibo, headsets, and more. Just note that you'll need a free My Best Buy account to get the discounts.
If you're in the market for a home theater audio upgrade, you can pick up a pair of Harman Kardon HKTS 30 satellite speakers for $89 today on Amazon. That's the cheapest they've ever been, and they typically sell for around $200 per pair.
Note: Unfortunately, the regular .edu discount doesn't seem to stack with this promotion. You'll also need a free My Best Buy account to see the discounts.
You can adjust the color temperature of this LED desk lamp by sliding your finger along its arm, or change the brightness by doing the same on its base. Plus, its brushed aluminum design looks way nicer than most LED desk lamp deals we've seen.
Jackery's newest battery packs include Quick Charge 3.0, and they're offering $8 launch discounts on both the 10,050mAh and 20,100mAh varieties today. Just use promo code THUNDERJ at checkout.
I know we're all sweating under the heat dome right now, but winter will be back soon enough, and if you plan ahead, you can save big on coats, jackets, vests, and more in Patagonia's 30% off summer sale.
These $6 deals from Andake can support your neck, your back, and your senses while sleeping on a plane. If you have any long trips on the horizon, these are no-brainers.
Whether you're enticed by the idea of a Bluetooth-connected toothbrush, or just want it to get off your lawn, $85 is a great deal for an Oral-B toothbrush with a pressure sensor, five modes, and compatibility with several different brush heads.
If you want to pair it with your phone to track your brushing habits and learn which parts of your mouth aren't getting enough attention, great! If not, it's still worth buying at this price. Just be sure to clip the $15 coupon.
With an extra 20% off sale items, PUMA's Semi-Annual Sale could score you two pairs of sneakers for the price of one. Apparel, bags and accessories, and workout gear are also included in this extra discount. Just add your choices to your cart, and you should see the discount at checkout automatically.
We see lots of deals on SSD enclosures, but this $5 USB to SATA IIII cable achieves the same ends while showing off the SSD itself, rather than hiding it behind plastic. Obviously, you wouldn't want to go this route if you're throwing the SSD in a bag, but if it's just going to be sitting on your desk, it looks pretty damn cool.
We're no strangers to portable car jump starter/USB battery pack combos around these parts, but this new model from Aukey is unique in its ultra-compact, flashlight-like design. In addition to its 12,000mAh USB power bank, it can put out 400 peak amps through a set of included jumper cables, which should be sufficient to start most standard car engines.
Running shoes for a reasonable price are usually one of two things. They're either terribly quality or a ridiculous colorway. These Asics GEL-Flux 2 Running Shoes are neither, and they're only $38 on Asics' eBay storefront firght now right now, compared to $50-$70 elsewhere.
We know you guys like Velcro cable ties, but if you're interested in a different option for keeping your wires organized, these neoprene zip-up sleeves are cheaper than we've ever seen before.
Mpow's extra large motion-sensing solar outdoor lights can illuminate your entire front or back yard, and you can get one for $17, or two for $31 today on Amazon.
Today only, Amazon's slashing prices on CRKT and Kershaw blades, ranging from tiny folding knives to freakin' machetes. This is a Gold Box deal though, so hurry (but don't run, because knives) over to Amazon to lock in your order.
Unlike smartphone lens add-ons that require a special case or a specific phone model, Mpow's 3-in-1 kit uses a clamp to attach to your device, which means it should work with virtually any smartphone. Once that clip's in place, you get to choose from three different lenses: Fisheye, wide angle, and macro. Several Amazon reviewers have uploaded sample photos and videos, and they look pretty great to my eyes, particularly the close-up macros.
You can seemingly build just about anything with a Raspberry Pi, including your own miniature NES, and here's a great deal on the newest Raspberry Pi 3. The kit comes with everything you need to get started, and will only set you back $57 with promo code D9UXNAIL.
We see a lot of deals on Eneloop AA batteries, but your collection isn't complete without those pesky AAAs. While supplies last, Amazon will sell you a 12-pack for $20, or about $6 less than usual.
Roombas have been bopping around our houses for about a decade now, but the Roomba 980 is the first model that might actually be considered “smart.” It's certainly not cheap at $760 (via Adorama's eBay store), but that's still $140 less than elsewhere, and the best price we've seen.
We've seen our fair share of cheap Bluetooth ear buds, but how about on-ears? Mpow's Muze Touch headphones are wireless, foldable, and can run for 12 hours on a charge. That's a heck of a package for $36. Remember, your next phone might not have a headphone jack, so this is as good a time as any to get accustomed to wireless.
This compact RAVPower battery pack can fit in just about any pocket, but still has enough juice to charge your phone about two full times, making it perfect for your next Pokémon Go outing. Plus, it's 2A input allows you to recharge it twice as fast as most comparable battery packs.
Just when you thought you knew everything there was to know about cable management, the depths of Amazon toss you a surprise. This magnetic cable clip system includes one magnetic base that you can stick anywhere via its included adhesive, and three magnetic clips that you attach to your most-used cables, allowing them to stick to the base effortlessly.
There are surely less expensive cable holders out there—we post deals on them frequently—but the allure of just dropping your cable onto a magnetic base and knowing that it'll stay put is awfully tempting.
When it comes to having a corner on the market, nothing really compares to Nike. Use the code KICKS20 to score an extra 20% off already reduced men's and women's clearance items and hop on that sportswear bandwagon.
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Away Travel arrived with a perfect set of reasonably-priced luggage for everyone, and they're offering Kinja Deals readers the company's first ever discount. Use promo code KINJA to take $20 off your order, and head over to this post to learn more.
If the SD card currently in your camera takes too long to write images, or if it just doesn't offer enough space for your upcoming vacation, this 64GB Sony is a fantastic value at $15.
Since iOS devices don't let you use microSD cards for extra storage, this could come in handy for offloading your phone's vacation photos if you're running low on space, or storing extra movies and TV shows for long flights. We've seen deals on a few similar products in the past, but $30 for 32GB is the best price we've seen.
If you want to dip your toes into the world of electric toothbrushes, Philips' entry level Sonicare Essence line is an amazing value at $20. I've been using this brush for years, and I still love it.
You'll have a wait out a short backorder, but just clip the $5 coupon on the page to get the deal. This is easily the best price we've ever seen on any Sonicare brush.
While we do see 20% discounts from time to time, a $100 iTunes gift card for $85 is still a solid deal if you pay for Apple Music, iCloud storage, or PokéCoins.
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Remember when frozen yogurt was just a sweet, low-fat ice cream substitute that we all resented? (The carob chips probably weren't helping.)
To be fair, we didn't know what we wanted our frozen yogurt to be—yet. In digging deeper into our national relationship with froyo, one of the earliest mentions I found was from 1978, when The Country Gentleman advised, “In desserts, the tartness (lactic acid) [of yogurt] can be overcome with honey or fruit.”
It took Pinkberry's world takeover* in 2005** to help us realize how much we love—really, really love—frozen yogurt that actually tastes like yogurt.
That bright, undeniably yogurt-y flavor should have been our first clue. Because, as it turns out, making tart, sweet, creamy, soul-rebirthing-on-a-hot-day frozen yogurt at home is literally as simple as sticking yogurt in an ice cream maker, along with a little salt and a little more sugar.
You can eat it like soft-serve (like Pinkberry) straightaway, but even if you pack it up in the freezer, it will stay creamy and scoopable, not icy or grainy—particularly if you use this formula, developed and stress-tested by Max Falkowitz, and co-author of the forthcoming Dumpling Galaxy Cookbook.***
For one thing, think of frozen yogurt more like a sorbet than an ice cream, as Falkowitz and pastry chefs do: “It illustrates one of the most elegant heuristics about sorbet (and frozen yogurt, despite the dairy, behaves basically like sorbet): You want about 4 parts liquid to 1 part sugar by volume for something scoopable,” he wrote to me. After looking up heuristics, I agreed.
That said, frozen yogurt still holds onto a lot of richness in the form of dairy fat, so it's creamier than sorbet, too. I might even say it has a balance between sparkly-crisp and milky-comforting similar to my my signature ice cream float from second grade—lemon-lime soda over scoops of cookies & cream—but I don't expect you to agree with me.
To pre-empt your questions: Don't substitute nonfat yogurt. (Or don't say I didn't warn you.) Yes, you can use Greek yogurt, but you might want to cut it with a little liquid to keep it from being too creamy, like in the white wine version linked above. Yes, you can play around with different sweeteners and mix-ins and infusions. (Max's tips are here.) If you don't have an ice cream maker, do the things that people tell you to do. But also, did you know they cost approximately $50 and will do the stirring for you?
And yes, once you can get going, you can call yourself a frozen yogurt machine. Just not world's first frozen yogurt robot—I'm afraid that's taken.
***Falkowitz would want you to know that credit should be shared with Ethan Frisch, his former co-writer of the ice cream column onSerious Eats. “Ethan's a legitimate 100% genius, in the kitchen and out of it, and when he's not doing NGO work in Afghanistan and Syria he's cooking beautiful elaborate meals in tiny kitchens,” Falkowitz says.
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The Lagoon Nebula is a popular stop in the constellation Sagittarius. It is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light-years from the Earth, in the direction of the center of the Milky Way.
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A team of researchers and students at the University of California, Riverside has created a Lego-like system of blocks that enables users to custom make chemical and biological research instruments quickly, easily and affordably. The system of 3D-printed blocks can be used in university labs, schools, hospitals and anywhere there is a need to create scientific tools. The blocks are called Multifluidic Evolutionary Components (MECs) because of their flexibility and adaptability. Each block in the system performs a basic task found in a lab instrument, like pumping fluids, making measurements or interfacing with a user. Since the blocks are designed to work together, users can build apparatus -- like bioreactors for making alternative fuels or acid-base titration tools for high school chemistry classes -- rapidly and efficiently. The blocks are especially well suited for resource-limited settings, where a library of blocks could be used to create a variety of different research and diagnostic tools.
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If only the world had listened to Ignaz Semmelweis. In the late 1840s, he helped run a large hospital in Vienna with two maternity wards. In one, the rate of deadly infection after childbirth was around 10%. In the other, it was more than double that. After puzzling over the discrepancy, he remembered that the second clinic was staffed by medical students who often arrived fresh from anatomy class to deliver children their hands clammy from human dissection. Semmelweis realised “cadaverous particles” could be responsible for the fate of the women and instituted a rigorous new hand-washing regime. Mortality in the ward dropped by 90%.
This was years before Louis Pasteur developed a scientific theory that microscopic germs were the cause of infections that would have explained Semmelweis's success. But being unable to account for why better hygiene worked made his protocol a hard sell. It was rejected by medical authorities and more than two decades passed before germs were identified and antisepsis practised. In the meantime, millions of women died avoidable deaths.
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