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- 2025 CFMOTO Ibex 450 Review | First RideThe 2025 CFMOTO Ibex 450 is a great addition to the ADV segment. We gave it a proper thrash at the global launch in Palawan, Philippines, and came away impressed. (Photos courtesy CFMOTO) Adventure bikes are undeniably hot right now. Out of more than 70 new or significantly updated street-legal motorcycles announced for 2024 in the U.S. market, nearly half are dual-sport or adventure models. There are many ADVs to choose from in the 750cc-and-up displacement class, but there are few below 500cc. One of the most intriguing additions to the adventure category is the 2025 CFMOTO Ibex 450. The CFMOTO Ibex 450 has rally styling with stacked headlights. The high fender is an accessory. Available colors are Tundra Gray (above) and Zephyr Blue (lead photo). Known as the 450MT outside the U.S., the Ibex 450 is powered by a liquid-cooled 449cc parallel-Twin with DOHC, a 270-degree crank,… ..... Read More.2 days ago
- Ken Paxton Is Going to Take Some Classes on How to Be More EthicalOn Tuesday, nine years after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was indicted for securities fraud, and just a few weeks before he was finally set to go on trial, prosecutors struck a deal with the powerful Republican to call the whole thing off. Under the terms of the pre-trial agreement, as reported by Texas Tribune, Paxton will avoid any admission of wrongdoing but will have to do 100 hours of community service and pay $300,000 in restitution to the people who made investments at his encouragement—including his former roommate. He will also have to go back to school. Specifically, Paxton has to take 15 hours of classes on legal ethics. Remedial legal education is an appropriate prescription for Paxton, who has earned a reputation as one of the most shameless political figures in American public life. Paxton’s willingness to go where more scrupulous lawyers might hesitate has made him a… ..... Read More.2 days ago
- Vacation Rentals: How to Make Your Stay SustainableTips on finding a sustainable short-term rental, what you can do to conserve energy and getting involved in the community. ..... Read More.2 days ago
- Radio Sagua Adds AEQ Forum IPThe Radio Sagua Broadcast Studio (Photo courtesy AEQ) From Radio World’s “Who’s Buying What” page: The Cuban broadcasting agency, Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión, is expanding its digitization efforts to stations in its regional network. ICRT first upgraded Radio Granma in Manzanillo and, most recently, municipal station Radio Sagua in Sagua la Grande. For the digitization effort, ICRT relied on equipment from Spanish company AEQ. The broadcaster is using AEQ Forum IP consoles, which allows it to tie operations together via IP. For Radio Sagua, ICRT is using the Form IP Split configuration, which provides the same capabilities as the consoles used by ICRT in Havana, but at a lower cost. The modular board is designed for on-air control with the ability to handle basic and advanced operations from a compact package. It features a 3-rackunit FR CORE modular engine and can be configured to support up to six… ..... Read More.2 days ago
- BBC Radio 4 Dropping AM/Medium-Wave in April“Effective 15th April, Radio 4 will no longer be available on medium-wave. Medium-wave listeners will need to retune their radio to alternative platforms.” With these two terse sentences at the bottom of a related announcement, the BBC signaled the end of BBC Radio 4’s service on medium-wave, called AM in the United States and Canada. The service will still be available on FM, DAB, digital TV and online. The frequencies were only being used to support its longwave service, which has been scheduled for closing this month since May of last year. “MW transmission of Radio 4 is ending as there will no longer be a longwave variant of Radio 4’s schedule,” said BBC spokesperson Laura Zetterberg in an email to RW. “There’s no Radio 4 service on MW, it has always been there to support LW. There are only nine transmitters in total providing very little coverage, and affected… ..... Read More.2 days ago
- Drug overdoses have reached record high, per latest CDC report: ‘Grim statistics’Drug overdoses reached a new high last year in the U.S., according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Nearly 108,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2022, the agency said. This was a marginal increase from 2021, when 106,669 people died of drug overdoses.ELON MUSK REVEALS WHY HE TAKES KETAMINE, DENIES ABUSING THE DRUG: ‘I SHOULD KEEP TAKING IT’Overdoses are still the leading cause of death for adults in the country, largely driven by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid drug.Over the past two decades, the rate of drug overdose deaths has spiked from 8.2 per 100,000 people in the year 2000 to 32.6 per 100,000 in 2022, per the CDC.The overdose rate increased for males between 2021 and 2022, and slightly decreased for females.Overdoses increased among adults ages 35 and older between 2021 and 2022, and they decreased among those aged 15 to 34. They were lowest… ..... Read More.3 days ago