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A man is saving money by eating most of his meals at Six Flags

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Our second favorite restaurant, right after Planet Hollywood.
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In 2004, Morgan Spurlock captured the world’s attention by releasing a documentary about his quest to eat nothing but McDonald’s for a month. A decade later, another man would discover the agonies and ecstasies of an exclusively junk food-filled diet, but he would embark on his course for far longer, for different reasons, and by visiting a much worse venue. He discovered the savings benefits of eating at a Six Flags theme park.

Mel Magazine spoke to a 33-year-old named Dylan, who works as an electrical engineer in Santa Clarita, California and has spent the last seven years eating most of his meals at Six Flags. The article explains that Dylan decided upon this perilous course in 2014 when he realized that a $150 unlimited annual pass to the Six Flags a five minute drive from his office provided not just access to rides and free parking, but also to two meals every day.

“It was crazy—I was saving money, paying off student loans,” he says, explaining that he “timed it so I was able to go there during my lunch break, go back to work, then stop back for dinner on my way home.” Though he says the first year of his Six Flags culinary adventure consisted entirely of shitty, unhealthy food, Dylan, a real theme park gourmet at this point, believes “they’ve got decent options now” mixed in with the junk.

He particularly enjoyed a limited time “Thanksgiving Dog” (basically a Thanksgiving dinner centered around a turkey dog), which he ate regularly until the idea of it made him feel sick. Otherwise, there’s “stuff like tri-tip sandwiches and vegan options like black bean burgers and meatless meatball subs” that “aren’t terrible.”

Over the years, Dylan’s settled on “three or four lunches a week” at Six Flags, reclaimed from the brink by his wife moving in with him, which led him to skip his usual theme park dinner. He’s also figured out how to “stick to healthier options” when going to his sprawling restaurant of choice and has managed to save up enough money from his venture that he’s bought a house.

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Prince William blasts space tourism and says billionaires should focus on saving Earth

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The Duke of Cambridge spoke about the current rush for space travel in an interview with the BBC’s Newscast podcast, which aired on Thursday.

He said: “We need some of the world’s greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live.”

William, a former air ambulance helicopter pilot, stated that he had “absolutely no interest” in going as high as space.

He also expressed concerns over the environmental impact of space tourism, adding that there was a “fundamental question” over the carbon cost of space flights.

Prince William’s comments were broadcast just a day after “Star Trek” star William Shatner, 90, became the oldest person to go to space aboard a New Shepard spacecraft, developed by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin — which blasted the billionaire himself into space this summer.

Bezos isn’t the only wealthy entrepreneur to make the leap into space travel recently.

In July, Richard Branson rode into space in a supersonic plane developed by his company, Virgin Galactic.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has also been making forays into the space business — he founded SpaceX and, in September, the company’s Inspiration4 flight carried four tourists on a three-day orbital mission.

Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and SpaceX are all expected to continue on in their push to promote space tourism.

The second in line to the British throne is a keen environmentalist and, later this month, will reveal the five winners of his Earthshot Prize — a Nobel-like prize for the environment.

The father-of-three emphasized his desire to ensure that his own children and future generations won’t have to worry about repairing the Earth, adding that it would be an “absolute disaster” if his son, Prince George, were to be talking about saving the planet in 30 years’ time.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch NASA ocean moon explorer, saving the US billions

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In a move that’s likely to save the US taxpayer several billion dollars over the next few years, NASA has carefully extricated a mission to one of Jupiter’s ocean moons from the claws of its own Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.

Known as Europa Clipper, the six metric ton (~13,300 lb) spacecraft will instead launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for less than $180M. Had Falcon Heavy not been ready or NASA shied away from the challenge of switching launch vehicles, sending the ~$4.25 billion orbiter to Jupiter could have easily added more than $3 billion to the mission’s total cost. Instead, Europa Clipper will be able to launch one or two years earlier than SLS would have been ready and at a cost that’s practically a rounding error relative to the alternative.

Measuring approximately 3100 km (~1940 mi) in diameter, Europa is approximately 10% smaller and 30% less massive than Earth’s Moon. Both are similar balls of rock with solid metallic cores. However, based on observations taken over decades by spacecraft and Earth-based telescopes, odds are good that Europa also has a vast liquid water ocean insulated by 10-30 km (6-20 mi) of ice so cold that it’s as hard as granite.

Scientists estimate that Europa’s saltwater ocean is dozens to 100+ km (~62 mi) deep, covers the moon’s entire surface, and holds more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined. Signs of a liquid ocean under Europa’s crust (and the crust of numerous other outer solar system moons, as it would turn out) were especially surprising because of the implication that those moons possessed vast heat sources. In the case of Europa, it’s believed that Jupiter’s immense gravitational pull and the moon’s close orbit are balanced in such a way that Europa is heated as those tidal forces violently stretch and squeeze its interior.

In an orbit 30% lower than Europa, tidal heating is so aggressive that the moon Io is littered with titanic volcanoes and lava lakes more than 200 km (~120 mi) across – so large that waves have been spotted on its surface with Earth-based telescopes. In short, because Europa appears to be in the right place to have enough – but not too much – tidal heating, it’s believed to be one of the best potential harbors of extraterrestrial life and Europa Clipper’s primary purpose is to pursue that potential astrobiological treasure trove.

Europa Clipper’s history is a truly bizarre one. Championed almost singlehandedly by fundamentalist Christian and former Republican Representative John Culberson, it’s almost certain that the mission would have never come together and never secured enough funding to proceed. Culberson’s singular goal: determine if humanity is (or is not) alone in the universe. If life can independently evolve twice in the same average solar system, the logic goes, it would practically guarantee that life will be omnipresent anywhere we look.

Culberson’s original vision was an orbiter (Clipper) that would effectively scout Europa for a lander that would follow just a few years later. Incredibly, he appears to have all but guaranteed that Europa Clipper will launch. However, he lost a reelection bid in 2018, casting the lander component into limbo before proper funding or commitments could be ascertained. It now seems likely that the future of Europa Lander will depend almost entirely on what Clipper does (or doesn’t) find.

Europa Clipper is now scheduled to launch on an expendable Falcon Heavy rocket no earlier than a two-week window set to open in October 2024. As part of the politicking to secure the billions of dollars needed to fund the mission, Culberson originally shackled Europa Clipper to NASA’s SLS rocket – now half a decade behind schedule and set to cost more than $23 billion before its first launch. However, it appears that SLS is so mismanaged and uncharacterized that even its infamously zealous, pork-motivated Congressional cheerleaders weren’t willing to put up a public fight to retain the SLS rocket’s only confirmed non-human payload.

Ultimately, on launch alone, Falcon Heavy’s Europa Clipper launch will likely save taxpayers more than $2 billion – the likely minimum cost of a single SLS Cargo launch. Due to issues with the rocket, Ars Technica also reports that Europa Clipper and SLS would have required at least $1 billion in modifications and upgrades to safely fly, meaning that choosing SpaceX will likely end up saving NASA more than $3 billion – equivalent to almost three-quarters of the entire Europa Clipper mission’s price tag.

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Boulder shooting: Police officer credited with saving dozens of lives

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Boulder police officer Eric Talley, who died last week during a mass shooting inside a city supermarket, was remembered for his joy in helping others and heroics in saving dozens during the rampage at King Soopers.

Eric Talley, who was 51, was laid to rest Tuesday at the Flatirons Community Church in Lafayette, according to KDVR.com. The report said that Talley left behind his wife and seven children. His youngest wore small black suits and held the hands of officers from the force during the service, the Denver Post reported.

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Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said Talley’s action on March 22 likely saved dozens of lives at the store, 9News.com reported.  Talley was the first officer to arrive at the scene.

“Eric was kind; Eric was brave, and in the end, willing to die to save others,” he said. “The Boulder Police Department will never forget Eric or his family’s sacrifice.”

The other victims were Denny Stong, 20; Neven Stanisic, 23; Rikki Olds, 25; Tralona Bartkowiak, 49; Suzanne Fountain, 59; Teri Leiker, 51; Kevin Mahoney, 61; Lynn Murray, 62; and Jodi Waters, 65.

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Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, has been charged with 10 counts of murder.

An AR-15-style gun was recovered inside the supermarket and was believed to have been used in the attack, said a law enforcement official briefed on the shooting who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Rev. Daniel Nolan, who officiated the service, reportedly said, “I would argue that Officer Talley’s life was not taken — it was given.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report

 

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Patriots player being hailed as hero after saving woman from attempted sexual assault in Arizona

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Patriots offensive lineman Justin Herron is being lauded as a hero for the role he played in stopping an attempted sexual assault in Arizona over the weekend. Herron was at a park in Tempe on March 20 when a 30-year-old man was seen trying to take advantage of a 71-year-old woman.

According to police, the man had knocked the woman to the ground and was attempting to remove her pants. Herron, who was working out at the park, heard some screaming and knew he had to do something. 

“You see it in movies and TV all the time, but you never think it’s going to happen in real life until it does,” Herron said, via 12news.com. “At that moment, I was in shock. It was 11 a.m., middle of the day, in a very open field and the fact that it happened there at that time was just very shocking. I wish I could tell you what I was thinking, but I could just tell someone needed help. All I could do was rush myself over there to make sure I could help the victim and I could comfort her and be the best person I can be.”

Herron was one of two men who intervened. The other Good Samaritan was identified as Murry Rogers. With Herron being the much larger man — the offensive lineman is listed at 6-foot-5 and 305 pounds — he ended up holding the suspect down until police arrived. 

“I’m a football player, so I’m kind of big. I try not to be too aggressive with people knowing I could potentially hurt somebody,” Herron said. “I do have a loud voice. I yelled, told him to get off of her and then yanked him off and I told him to sit down and I told him to wait until the cops come.”

The 25-year-old, who started six of the 12 games he played in last season as a rookie, said that he helped the woman because that’s what he had always been taught to do. 

“My parents always talked to me about it, ‘If there’s someone in need, make sure you can help them and be the best you can be,'” Herron said. “If someone needs your help, go help them. I never thought this would happen, and I don’t want it to happen again.”

The Tempe Police Department held a press conference on Wednesday where they honored both Herron and Rogers with Outstanding Service Awards. 

The suspect in the crime, Kevin Caballero, was arrested on suspicion of attacking and attempting to sexually assault a woman. 

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Justin Herron: Patriots offensive lineman credited with saving a retired schoolteacher from a sexual assault inTempe, Arizona

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“You see it in movies and TV all the time, but you never think it’s going to happen in real life until it does. In that moment, I was in shock,” Justin Herron said during a press conference Wednesday with Murry Rogers, another bystander credited with stopping the attack. The two were presented with Outstanding Service Awards by the Tempe Police Department.

A 30-year-old man was attempting to sexually assault a 71-year-old woman in a public park, according to police, when Herron and Rogers heard screams for help. Herron, a 6’5″ offensive lineman who just completed his rookie season with the New England Patriots, said he was taking a walk when he heard the attack.

“I just knew in that moment that I had to go,” said Herron, who ordered the man to stop and pulled him off the woman.

“I try not to be too aggressive with individuals, knowing that I could potentially hurt somebody,” Herron said. The suspect complied and remained stationary as police were en route.

Rogers said he was in the park for his daughter’s birthday party and kept the suspect from fleeing while Herron consoled the victim. “It was terrifying to witness,” he said.

The man was taken into custody and the investigation into the attack is ongoing, police said.

“If not for the swift actions of Mr. Justin Herron and Mr. Murry Rogers, this vicious attack could’ve been much worse,” Tempe Police Detective Natalie Barela said.

The two Good Samaritans were reunited privately with the victim prior to the press conference.

“It was heartwarming to see her, but also gut-wrenching to see how she responded to the trauma and how she’s dealing with it,” Herron said. “No one should go through that.”

“She thanked us. She called us her angels,” said Rogers. “I’m a little bit of a crier, so it was very emotional.”

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Daylight Saving Time: Senators once again introduce a bill, Sunshine Protection Act, to make DST permanent

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In the United States, most states observe DST — which starts on the second Sunday in March at 2 a.m. and ends on the first Sunday in November at 2 a.m. — for eight months out of the year, and four months of standard time.

But the Sunshine Protection Act, proposed by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, calls for not “falling back” in November and instead enjoying DST year-round. It would not change the country’s current time zones or the number of hours of sunlight.

The bill was already passed in Rubio’s home state of Florida in 2018 — but in order to go into effect, it requires a change at the federal level. Fifteen other states — including California, which voted to make daylight saving time permanent in 2018, and Washington, which did the same in 2019 — have passed similar legislation.

“The call to end the antiquated practice of clock changing is gaining momentum throughout the nation,” Rubio said in a statement on Tuesday.

Not everyone observes the tradition in the US — Hawaii and Arizona don’t. The five major US territories — American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Island, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands — also do not observe DST.

In a recent statement, Rubio cited multiple benefits to extending DST, including reducing the number of car accidents Americans experience and helping reduce the risk of seasonal depression.

He said such legislation would help give families “more stability throughout the year.”

Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts echoed Rubio in highlighting the benefits of extending DST.

“Studies have found year-round Daylight Saving Time would improve public health, public safety, and mental health — especially important during this cold and dark COVID winter,” Markey said in a statement, adding that he is “proud to sponsor the Sunshine Protection Act to add an extra hour of sunshine for the full 365 days a year.”

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Plant-based diets crucial to saving global wildlife, says report | Food

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The global food system is the biggest driver of destruction of the natural world, and a shift to predominantly plant-based diets is crucial in halting the damage, according to a report.

Agriculture is the main threat to 86% of the 28,000 species known to be at risk of extinction, the report by the Chatham House thinktank said. Without change, the loss of biodiversity will continue to accelerate and threaten the world’s ability to sustain humanity, it said.

The root cause is a vicious circle of cheap food, the report said, where low costs drive bigger demand for food and more waste, with more competition then driving costs even lower through more clearing of natural land and use of polluting fertilisers and pesticides.

The report, supported by the UN environment programme (Unep), focused on three solutions. First is a shift to plant-based diets because cattle, sheep and other livestock have the biggest impact on the environment.

More than 80% of global farmland is used to raise animals, which provide only 18% of calories eaten. Reversing the rising trend of meat consumption removes the pressure to clear new land and further damage wildlife. It also frees up existing land for the second solution, restoring native ecosystems to increase biodiversity.

The availability of land also underpins the third solution, the report said, which is farming in a less intensive and damaging way but accepting lower yields. Organic yields are on average about 75% of those of conventional intensive farming, it said.

Fixing the global food system would also tackle the climate crisis, the report said. The food system causes about 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions, with more than half coming from animals. Changes to food production could also tackle the ill health suffered by 3 billion people, who either have too little to eat or are overweight or obese, and which costs trillions of dollars a year in healthcare.

“Politicians are still saying ‘my job is to make food cheaper for you’, no matter how toxic it is from a planetary or human health perspective,” said Prof Tim Benton, at Chatham House. “We must stop arguing that we have to subsidise the food system in the name of the poor and instead deal with the poor by bringing them out of poverty.”

Benton said the impact of the food system on climate and health was becoming widely accepted but that biodiversity was too often seen as a “nice to have”.

Susan Gardner, director of Unep’s ecosystems division, said the current food system was a “double-edged sword” providing cheap food but failing to take into account the hidden costs to our health and to the natural world. “Reforming the way we produce and consume food is an urgent priority,” she said.

Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist, said the intensive farming of billions of animals seriously damaged the environment and inhumane crowded conditions risked new pandemic diseases crossing into people: “It should be phased out as soon as possible.”

On Tuesday, a landmark review by Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta concluded the world was being put at extreme risk by the failure of economics to take account of the rapid depletion of biodiversity.

The Chatham House report said the world had lost half its natural ecosystems and that the average population size of wild animals had fallen by 68% since 1970. In contrast, farmed animals, mainly cows and pigs, now account for 60% of all mammals by weight, with humans making up 36% and animals just 4%.

In reforming the global food system, “the convergence of global food consumption around predominantly plant-based diets is the most crucial element”, the report said. For example, it said, a switch from beef to beans by the US population would free up fields equivalent to 42% of US cropland for other uses such as rewilding or more nature-friendly farming.

In another example, the report said if the permanent pasture around the world that was once forest was returned to its native state, it would store 72bn tonnes of carbon – roughly equivalent to seven years of global emissions from fossil fuels. Benton said the report was not advocating that all people should become vegan, but should follow healthy diets that are as a result much lower in meat.

The year ahead offers a potentially unique opportunity to redesign the global food system, the Benton said, with major UN summits on biodiversity and climate, as well as the world’s first UN Food Systems Summit and an international Nutrition for Growth summit. The large sums being spent by governments as nations recover from the Covid-19 pandemic also provide opportunities for “policymaking that affords equal priority to public and planetary health”, the report said.

Philip Lymbery, at Compassion in World Farming, said: “The future of farming must be nature-friendly and regenerative, and our diets must become more plant-based, healthy and sustainable. Without ending factory farming, we are in danger of having no future at all.”

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