[Fox News] UK zoo keeps its rhinos warm with upgraded heating system
Chester Zoo in northern England is partnering with Mitsubishi Electric to implement more sustainable heating throughout its 128-acre grounds, with a key focus on enhancing the habitat of its critically endangered Eastern black rhinos.
The partnership, announced on Tuesday, May 21, aims to meet the specific heating requirements of the rhinos, while also contributing to the zoo’s broader sustainability targets.
“We have some very unique users in our buildings, with very, very specific environmental conditions,” Chester’s head of sustainability, Jennifer Kelly, told Reuters.
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“Every building on our site has a different environmental condition that we need to create to have the best animal welfare standards and habitat conditions for the critically endangered species that we’re caring for.”
The Eastern black rhinos are the first to benefit from the new tech as they require a carefully controlled environment for their wellbeing. The rhinos’ habitat features large open doors for their free movement, but this design can lead to substantial heat loss. Mitsubishi Electric’s heat pump technology aims to counter this by providing a stable temperature range of 18 to 24 degrees, creating a comfortable environment for the rhinos while minimizing energy waste.
But have the rhinos noticed the change?
“Not at all. We haven’t had any feedback that they’ve noticed that their heating has changed at all. If anything, we can claim a real success in terms of maintaining that high heat demand that they have in that we had a calf earlier this year. So they seem very happy and settled with the air source pump system,” added Kelly.
This partnership with Mitsubishi forms part of Chester Zoo’s commitment to its goals to reduce fossil fuel use and promote sustainability.
The zoo hopes that the air source heat pumps demonstrate what’s possible and show that if heat pumps can work in rhino habitats, they can work in residential and wider settings too.
“Our zoo will be 100 years old in 2031, so we do have some quite historic building stock on site that we need to retrofit,” added Kelly.
“So far, we haven’t found an application where an air source heat pump wouldn’t work.”
Reflecting their name, heat pumps are mostly known for their warming abilities. Even on cold days they operate by efficiently pulling in what heat exists outside from the air or the ground and using that to heat a special refrigerant liquid into gas. When that’s compressed, it warms up more. Pumping what results round the building raises the temperature to a comfortable level.
Chester Zoo, open since 1931, is home to over 37,000 animals across 500 species and is recognized globally for its conservation efforts.
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[Fox Business] American Airlines passengers in Miami stuck on sweltering Boeing plane: travelers
American Airlines passengers were stuck on a sweltering Boeing jet for more than an hour while waiting to depart from Miami to Costa Rica late Thursday night, two travelers told FOX Business.
The American Airlines Flight 1353 passengers say they were deplaned twice before being switched to another aircraft at Miami International Airport. Data from FlightAware says the Boeing 737 eventually left around five hours after scheduled departure and arrived in San Jose earlier this morning.
“All the little kids were crying, it got to the point that second time we were on there, where it was like, it had to be at least 95 degrees in there. It was ridiculous,” passenger Daniel Solana, who says he was traveling with his 3-year-old son for a nephew’s baptism, told FOX Business. “The majority of the passengers were upset, they just wanted answers. Every time they deplaned us, they didn’t have answers.”
One video obtained by FOX Business shows passengers trying to cool themselves off by waving sheets of paper as the flight’s captain is heard saying over the intercom “the power is just not working for us today.” Another shows the plane’s lights flickering, leading a disgruntled passenger to complain “here we go again!”
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American Airlines did not respond Friday to a request for comment from FOX Business.
Solana says when he boarded the plane for the first time, “it was a little hot” and “they kept telling us we have some electrical problems, but they wouldn’t really tell us anything else.”
After about an hour and twenty minutes, Solana says passengers were ordered off the plane.
“Basically they just said we are going to fix the plane and then we are going to go out, so we are all sitting in the terminal like, ‘ok you are going to fix a power failure?’ Especially with all the stuff that has been going on with Boeing and it was a 737 Boeing,” he said.
Solana says passengers were then told to start boarding the same plane again, but it remained hot inside the cabin.
“Both times I was on the plane, I was drenched in sweat the whole time,” he said. “I was going to the bathroom, getting napkins and wiping my face.”
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After sitting on the tarmac for another hour, Solana says four to five attempts to turn on the plane’s engines without the help of generators weren’t successful, ultimately forcing a second deplaning. Some of the passengers, he said, were yelling “open the door, open the door it’s hot!”
Another passenger, Bobbie Barbour – who was traveling to Costa Rica with her mom for a wedding – told FOX Business “as soon as we were about to back out, the lights just went off again and the pilot kept trying to crank it and turn the plane back on, and that is when everybody started yelling.”
Solana added: “This was already four hours – my whole thing was I was with my son, and there was more kids on the flight and it was hot. We didn’t get offered a bottle of water, or some chips or anything and that was my whole gripe with them.”
Eventually the passengers were placed on a second aircraft that was “nice and cold” compared to the first, according to Solana, but they had to wait just a bit longer to depart as the cabin crew had to remove an “overly intoxicated” passenger and his luggage.
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“When we got here” in Costa Rica, “funny enough, the jet bridge was broken,” Solana also said.
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[Fox News] Amazingly easy secret trick to save full-page screenshots as images on your Android
Have you ever stumbled upon a webpage so packed with juicy content that you wished you could keep it all? Maybe it’s a thread of hilarious comments, a lengthy how-to guide or an article that’s just too good to forget.
We’ve all been there, tapping away at our screens, wishing we could bottle up the internet goodness for later.
If you own an Android device, you’re in for a treat. There’s a little-known feature that’s about to change the way you save and savor those digital moments. So, grab your phone and get ready to discover a screenshot secret that’ll have you saying, “Why didn’t I know about this sooner?”
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You’re probably familiar with the standard way of taking a screenshot on your Android phone. It’s simple: press the volume down and power button simultaneously, and voilà. Your phone snaps a picture of whatever’s on your screen, offers you a few quick options and then tucks the image away in your gallery.
But what if you want to capture an entire webpage? Maybe it’s a delicious recipe that stretches beyond the confines of your screen, or perhaps an article you want to read offline. Whatever the reason, Android has got you covered with a nifty trick for long screenshots.
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Settings may vary depending on your Android phone’s manufacturer.
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Isn’t that just wonderfully convenient? Gone are the days of multiple screenshots and the hassle of stitching them together. With this feature, Android users can capture as much of a webpage as they need, all in one go. It’s a small but significant feature that makes information management just a bit easier. So next time you find yourself wanting to save a long article or a series of comments, remember this trick and capture away.
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[Fox Business] Mega Millions jackpot grows to $489 million after no grand prize winner
The Mega Millions jackpot rose to an estimated $489 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers plus the Mega ball in Friday night’s drawing.
The winning numbers drawn Friday night were 46, 54, 56, 67 and 70 with a Mega ball of 16. The Megaplier was 3X.
While nobody won the estimated $453 million jackpot Friday night, one player in California matched all five white balls to win $1 million, and one player in Texas matched all five white balls and the Megaplier to win $3 million.
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The next Mega Millions drawing will be held on Tuesday when players will attempt to win the estimated $489 million grand prize, which carries a cash option of $226.4 million. If there is no grand prize winner on Tuesday, then the next jackpot will likely surpass $536 million, which would be among the top 10 prizes in the game’s history.
Winners typically select the cash prize option over the Mega Millions annuity that’s paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments.
The odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 302,575,350, according to the game.
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The Mega Millions jackpot was last won on March 26, when a winner in New Jersey matched all six numbers to take home the $1.13 billion prize, which was the fifth-largest jackpot in the game’s history.
The record $1.602 billion jackpot was won in Florida on Aug. 8, 2023.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The deadline for purchasing a ticket is 9:45 p.m. on the night of the Tuesday and Friday draws.
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