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On July 4, the 4,000 or so Americans who were selected as delegates to support President Biden at next month’s Democratic National Convention face a chance to declare their independence. Will they keep their pledge to voters to send them to Chicago to vote for Biden, or will their conscience lead them in another direction?I asked several delegates from the District, Maryland and Virginia how they plan to make their decision, and while none of them are ready to vote for anyone other than Biden yet, they all have different views on their duties.What does political independence mean in this…
Company logoMobile Substation MarketMobile Substation MarketDublin, July 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Mobile Substation Market – Forecast to 2029” report has been added. ResearchAndMarkets.com Recruitment.The mobile substation market is estimated to reach USD 1,067,404,000 in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.83% to reach a market size of USD 1,809,544,000 by 2029.Mobile substations are autonomous systems that can respond to a variety of contingencies that utilities may face. They ensure temporary power supply during maintenance or renovation of the main substation. Similarly, they provide temporary power solutions to areas affected by natural disasters and natural…
Rio Tinto will design, engineer and construct a 10-pot demonstration plant operating at 100 kiloamperes (kA) adjacent to its existing Alvida smelter, which will allow it to utilise Alvida’s current alumina supply and casting facilities. The new plant will be owned by a joint venture between Rio Tinto and the Quebec government through SAIC, which has backed Elysis alongside tech giant Apple. ELYSIS is a joint venture between Alcoa and Rio Tinto that has developed technology to replace carbon anodes in the aluminium smelting process. Alumina smelting using carbon anodes converts alumina (aluminum oxide) into aluminium, producing carbon dioxide as…
As many make a last-minute effort to reach their summer weight-loss goals, one nutritionist is speaking out against a burgeoning trend in the wellness sector, warning that popular diets tend to “demonize” many food groups. A new survey by Proteinworks finds that millennials are still stuck with the restrictive dieting practices made famous by strict diet culture in the 1990s but have since been disproven.This includes trends like intermittent fasting and low-carb diets, but this era also often held unrealistic body expectations, and the flaunting of eating disorders in all kinds of popular media likely influences today’s adults to still…
He became interested in America after hearing stories of relatives who had immigrated there a century ago, including his grandparents. His grandfather and grandmother immigrated to America from the west of Ireland in the 1920s. It wasn’t an easy journey, but there was hope for a better life at the end. What could be more hopeful?The “Americans” returned to Ireland decades later to visit Declan’s family in Dublin. Declan and his friends watched the 1994 World Cup in New Jersey and watched American TV shows like “Friends.” It all looked very glamorous.”America seemed interesting,” he says. “I’d always wanted to…
Midway through last week’s presidential debate, an awkward question came to mind: Would I get in a car with President Biden in the driver’s seat? Would I put my small child in a car seat behind him?I voted for Biden in 2020, and if he continues to run this year, I would vote for him again because, whatever his flaws, he is not trying to overturn the results of a legitimate election. But after watching him lose his train of thought mid-sentence so many times, I would not allow him to take me or my loved ones to the grocery…
From local universities to the private sector, Maryland’s largest city and its surrounding counties have seen some major leadership changes in the last month. The biggest news impacting this world is undoubtedly the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Tech Hub Program’s decision to not award Phase 2 funding to Baltimore’s bid, but that hasn’t stopped the personnel moves. Read on to learn more about these powerful moves. First, check out the chart below to see what skills are most in demand among local companies and how those job openings have changed since last month. Meet bwtech@UMBC’s newest entrepreneurs in residence The…
Sky Media will award £20,000 in media value to nine small businesses to get their message out on TV. Through its new sustainable small business initiative, Local Heroes, Sky wants to help start-ups create positive behavioural change through the medium of television. Sky Media, the broadcaster’s advertising arm, will support nine small and medium-sized businesses and local businesses in the UK and Ireland to get their message out on a national scale as part of its existing Zero Footprint Fund. The fund will award each brand up to £20,000 in media value to spend on a TV campaign, as well…
TOKYO (AP) — Global stocks were mostly higher on Wednesday after comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stoked hopes of an interest rate cut.A day earlier, at a meeting of central bank governors in Portugal, Powell acknowledged that inflation readings were improving after being disappointingly high at the start of the year. Investors are hoping that inflation will slow enough to convince the Fed to cut its key interest rate, which is at its highest in more than two decades and is putting a brake on the economy.U.S. stock markets will have shortened trading hours on the Wednesday before…
Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press 7 minutes ago Currency traders work in front of a screen displaying the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the South Korean won, in a foreign exchange trading room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Asian stocks were mostly higher on Wednesday after Tesla rose more than 10% and major U.S. stock indexes hit yet another record high. (AP Photo/Lee ​​Jin-man) TOKYO (AP) — Global stocks were mostly higher on Wednesday after comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stoked hopes of an…