The Daily Populous

Saudi Arabia accidentally prints textbook showing Yoda sitting next to the king

The founding of the United Nations was a historic moment that saw leaders from across the planet join together to commit to a more peaceful world.

But most historians don’t remember the Jedi master Yoda being among them.

The Saudi government is scrambling to withdraw a history textbook that accidentally included a doctored photograph of King Faisal sitting next to the little green Star Wars character.

The picture was supposed to illustrate a section on the King’s rule but somehow the book’s editors used a version that showed Yoda perched next to the monarch as he signed the UN charter.

“The Ministry of Education regrets the inadvertent error,” said Ahmed al-Eissa, the Saudi education minister.

“The ministry has began printing a corrected copy of the decision and withdrawing the previous versions, and has formed a legal committee to determine the source of the error and to take appropriate action. »

UN solution for a pollution free planet: polluters should pick up the bill

Authored by csmonitor.com

Highlighting the dramatic progress made by China and India, Erik Solheim, executive director of UN Environment, urged governments to take a joined-up approach to going green.

“The profit of destroying nature or polluting the planet is nearly always privatized, while the costs of polluting the planet or the cost of destroying ecosystems is nearly always socialized,” he told an international conference on sustainable development at New York's Columbia University on Monday.

"Anyone who pollutes, anyone who destroys nature must pay the cost for that destruction or that pollution.”. »

‘If anyone can hear us … help.’ Puerto Rico’s mayors describe widespread devastation from Hurricane Maria

Authored by washingtonpost.com

In Loiza, a north coastal town that already had been ravaged by Hurricane Irma, 90 percent of homes — 3,000 — were destroyed by Hurricane Maria just days later.

Though images from the air showed incredible destruction, mayors were unable to reach central government for leadership and help because communication was impossible.

A man describes the devastation caused by the passage of Hurricane Maria in Arecibo, northwestern Puerto Rico. »

Frasier Has Left The Building

Authored by articles.sun-sentinel.com

But it would be tough to mount an argument that there has ever been a more literate comedy.

Kelsey Grammer, who wraps 20 consecutive years as Frasier Crane, equaling James Arness' run in Gunsmoke, wouldn't allow it.

From day one, co-creator and executive producer David Lee said, there was a rule: "No stupid jokes and no stupid characters.". »

Heathcare.gov to Undergo Maintenance During Crucial Period

Authored by nymag.com

On Friday, the administration announced that healthcare.gov, the website most Americans use to sign up for insurance through the marketplaces put in place by Obamacare, would be down for maintenance for 12 hours every Sunday in the middle of the upcoming open-enrollment period.

No explanation was given for the outages, but given the administration’s previous efforts to sabotage the insurance markets, it’s not paranoid to view this maintenance schedule as a plan to keep down enrollment.

At a minimum, it displays an indifference to the needs of the population it is supposed to be serving. »