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Travel ban fears prompt U.S. colleges to advise international students to return before Trump inaugurationImproved Empennage Supports Handling and Flight Characteristics Robinson R66 Robinson R66 with improved empennage. Robinson R44 Robinson R44 with improved empennage. Robinson R22 Robinson R22 with improved empennage. In addition to previously announced approvals, the new empennage is now standard on: The symmetrical horizontal stabilizer is a key improvement that enhances the safety and performance of Robinson helicopters. By improving roll stability, particularly during high-speed flights, it contributes to a smoother and safer flight experience. Additionally, the symmetrical stabilizer helps reduce the right-rolling tendency when the aircraft is operated outside of the approved flight envelope. "This is a significant milestone in our commitment to continuous safety, reliability, and customer satisfaction around the world,” said David Smith, president and CEO of Robinson Helicopter Company. "This certification is a testament to our team's tireless pursuit in enhancing the Robinson flying experience and setting new standards for safety and performance in the industry.” About Robinson Helicopter Company For more than 50 years, Robinson Helicopter Company has been at the forefront of the helicopter industry by delivering safety-enhancing technologies, including OEM-designed crash-resistant fuel cells, 4K cockpit video cameras, autopilot systems, and NVG-compatible cockpits. Robinson is committed to developing, manufacturing, and supporting the most reliable and efficient helicopters in the industry. For additional information, visit www.robinsonheli.com . Contact: Robyn E. Eagles [email protected] 323-547-5102 Photos accompanying this announcement are available at: https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/97e6f39f-6622-4025-bce0-525932cca657 https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/03fc0ff4-fd26-4c7b-a23d-41f34c25d5a0 https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/be56e968-42b5-41df-b62a-a17690dc55f0
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In the wake of a commanding election victory, Shiv Sena MLAs have expressed their support for Eknath Shinde to remain as Maharashtra's Chief Minister. Deepak Kesarkar, a state minister, conveyed this sentiment at a recent meeting with Shinde. The Mahayuti coalition, including Shiv Sena, achieved a remarkable win in the state assembly polls, prompting discussions about the chief ministership. While the BJP, led by Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, won 132 out of 288 seats, Shiv Sena secured 57. State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule reiterated that the Mahayuti alliance leaders will resolve the issue collaboratively, ensuring the decision benefits Maharashtra. (With inputs from agencies.)None
OpenAI and military defense technology company Anduril Industries said Wednesday that they would work together to use artificial intelligence for "national security missions." The ChatGPT-maker and Anduril will focus on improving defenses against drone attacks, the companies said in a joint release. The partnership comes nearly a year after OpenAI did away with wording in its policies that banned use of its technology for military or warfare purposes. Founded in 2017, Anduril is a technology company that builds command and control systems and a variety of drones, counting the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom among its customers, according to its website. OpenAI said in October that it was collaborating with the US military's research arm DARPA on cyber defenses for critical networks. "AI is a transformational technology that can be used to strengthen democratic values or to undermine them," OpenAI said in a post at the time. "With the proper safeguards, AI can help protect people, deter adversaries, and even prevent future conflict." The companies said the deal would help the United States maintain an edge over China, a goal that OpenAI chief Sam Altman has spoken of in the past. "Our partnership with Anduril will help ensure OpenAI technology protects US military personnel, and will help the national security community understand and responsibly use this technology to keep our citizens safe and free," Altman said in Wednesday's release. Anduril was co-founded by Palmer Luckey, after Facebook bought his previous company Oculus VR in a $2 billion deal. The new partnership will bring together OpenAI's advanced AI models with Anduril systems and software, according to the companies. "Our partnership with OpenAI will allow us to utilize their world-class expertise in artificial intelligence to address urgent Air Defense capability gaps across the world," Anduril co-founder and chief executive Brian Schimpf said in the release. Schimpf said the collaboration would allow "military and intelligence operators to make faster, more accurate decisions in high-pressure situations." gc/aha
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On Dec. 2, Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) announced a new strategic partnership with SNC, the global aerospace and national security company. The partnership is part of the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) contract. In support of the SAOC program, one of two 747-8i aircraft recently arrived in Wichita from SNC’s Aviation Innovation and Technology Center (AITC) in Dayton, Ohio. Delivery of the aircraft signifies the next phase of SAOC engineering and manufacturing development since the contract award in April 2024. Under the USAF’s SAOC award, SNC will modernize and deliver a replacement for the current fleet of E-4B “Nightwatch” aircraft, which entered service in 1974. This highly specialized aircraft serves as an airborne command center for the president of the United States, secretary of defense, and chairs of the joint chiefs of staff to ensure continued critical command, control and communication during national emergencies. NIAR’s experience in composites and advanced materials, digital twin, advanced manufacturing technologies such as additive manufacturing, aircraft and component testing, and certification will enhance SNC’s ability to deliver a cutting-edge, innovative solution to the USAF. “SAOC is a critical program that will ensure our nation is adequately prepared to ensure unfaltering communication during a national emergency,” said John Tomblin, WSU executive vice president for WSU Research and Industry and Defense Programs and NIAR executive director. “This is the most significant industry contract in the history of the university.” “The partnership between NIAR and SNC will modernize and replace outdated aircraft that are vital to the operations of the United States Air Force,” said U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran. “I look forward to seeing NIAR’s experience in advanced, cutting-edge technology enhance the design of SNC’s innovative aircraft remodeling as these two companies work to make our country more secure.”
Nagpur, December 20 : The Maharashtra Assembly on Friday unanimously passed the Maharashtra Prisons and Correctional Services Bill, 2024 proposing to consolidate laws relating to regulation of prisons and correctional services and prisoners. The Bill was tabled by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He told the house that the government will construct a high security prison for terrorists and other convicts in Mumbai. Similarly, a detention centre will also be developed in Mumbai to keep the foreign nationals involved in various crimes including drug trafficking and illegal stay. The Bill was drafted on the lines of the Centre's Model Prisons Act, 2023 forwarded to all states. Ruling and opposition members made a slew of suggestions for the improvement in correctional services of prisoners. Maharashtra Assembly Winter Session: Devendra Fadnavis Led-Government to Table 20 Bills During Upcoming Session, Scheduled From December 16 to 21 in Nagpur. BJP legislator Atul Bhatkhalkar demanded the construction of a detention center in Mumbai for foreign nationals and the efforts should be stepped up to reduce the number of under trials from prisons. NCP legislator Sana Malik demanded that the number of doctors per prison should be increased. He assured that the number of doctors will be increased in the wake of the number of prisoners in excess of prison capacities. Shiv Sena-UBT legislator Aaditya Thackeray suggested the use of AI in the release of a list of the prisoners who were freed. In his reply, Fadnavis said the government is not providing five star facilities in prisons but upgrading them in context with the human rights of the prisoners. He said the bill proposes to provide categories of prisons such as special prison, open prison for women, temporary prison, open colony and Borstal Institution. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Announces Judicial Probes Into Parbhani Violence, Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh Murder in Beed. Further, the prison segregation of various categories of prisoners will be done such as women, transgender, undertrials, convicted prisoners, high risk prisoners, habitual offenders, recidivist prisoners, young offenders and civil prisoners. Fadnavis said that there are about 1,600 prisoners, who are still locked in various prisons despite getting bails, for want of bond money. He told the house that the district collector headed committee will examine such cases and free such prisoners after payment of bond money. The Bill proposes to provide special provisions relating to women prisoners and transgender prisoners including separate wards in prison hospitals. Further, after care rehabilitation services to all needy prisoners released from a prison will be provided to ensure their rehabilitation and reintegration into society. Further, the Bill proposes the use of technology for effective management and superintendency of prisons and for the safety and security of prisoners and prisoners which may include biometrics, closed circuit television, scanning and detection devices, radio frequency identification and video conference facilities. The undertrial review committee will be constituted for every district for conducting periodical review of all undertrial prisoners in all the prisons and measures will be taken for speedy disposal of cases and make appropriate recommendations to the trial courts. Moreover, the prison and correctional services will be constituted and the welfare funds for all officers and staff of the prisons and for prisoners will be established. (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Dec 20, 2024 11:50 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com ).AI power usage is growing so fast that tech leaders are racing to find energy alternatives
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DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has reaffirmed her ruling that Tesla must revoke Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick on Monday denied a request by attorneys for Musk and Tesla’s corporate directors to vacate her ruling earlier this year requiring the company to rescind the unprecedented pay package. McCormick also rejected an equally unprecedented and massive fee request by plaintiff attorneys , who argued that they were entitled to legal fees in the form of Tesla stock valued at more than $5 billion. The judge said the attorneys were entitled to a fee award of $345 million. The rulings came in a lawsuit filed by a Tesla stockholder who challenged Musk’s 2018 compensation package. McCormick concluded in January that Musk engineered the landmark pay package in sham negotiations with directors who were not independent. The compensation package initially carried a potential maximum value of about $56 billion, but that sum has fluctuated over the years based on Tesla’s stock price. Following the court ruling, Tesla shareholders met in June and ratified Musk’s 2018 pay package for a second time, again by an overwhelming margin. Defense attorneys then argued that the second vote makes clear that Tesla shareholders, with full knowledge of the flaws in the 2018 process that McCormick pointed out, were adamant that Musk is entitled to the pay package. They asked the judge to vacate her order directing Tesla to rescind the pay package. McCormick, who seemed skeptical of the defense arguments during an August hearing, said in Monday’s ruling that those arguments were fatally flawed. “The large and talented group of defense firms got creative with the ratification argument, but their unprecedented theories go against multiple strains of settled law,” McCormick wrote in a 103-page opinion. The judge noted, among other things, that a stockholder vote standing alone cannot ratify a conflicted-controller transaction. “Even if a stockholder vote could have a ratifying effect, it could not do so here due to multiple, material misstatements in the proxy statement,” she added. Meanwhile, McCormick found that the $5.6 billion fee request by the shareholder’s attorneys, which at one time approached $7 billion based on Tesla’s trading price, went too far. “In a case about excessive compensation, that was a bold ask,” McCormick wrote. Attorneys for the Tesla shareholder argue that their work resulted in the “massive” benefit of returning shares to Tesla that otherwise would have gone to Musk and diluted the stock held by other Tesla investors. They value that benefit at $51.4 billion, using the difference between the stock price at the time of McCormick’s January ruling and the strike price of some 304 million stock options granted to Musk. While finding that the methodology used to calculate the fee request was sound, the judge noted that the Delaware’s Supreme Court has noted that fee award guidelines “must yield to the greater policy concern of preventing windfalls to counsel.” “The fee award here must yield in this way, because $5.6 billion is a windfall no matter the methodology used to justify it,” McCormick wrote. A fee award of $345 million, she said, was “an appropriate sum to reward a total victory.” The fee award amounts to almost exactly half the current record $688 million in legal fees awarded in 2008 in litigation stemming from the collapse of Enron.
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New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): A state-of-the-art track slab manufacturing factory has been established near Surat to support India's first bullet train project, marking a major milestone in the country's high-speed rail infrastructure, an official release said on Saturday. The factory is designed to produce high-capacity ballastless track slabs using advanced Shinkansen technology, the release added. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi Biased Towards Gautam Adani, Discriminating Against Wayanad Landslide Victims, Accuses Rahul Gandhi. Located in Kim village the the project site ensures efficient logistics for the bullet train construction and timely delivery of track slabs. As per the information mentioned in the release, the pre-cast reinforced concrete track slabs are typically 2,200 mm wide, 4,900 mm long, and 190 mm thick, with each slab weighing approximately 3.9 tons. Also Read | PAK vs ZIM 1st T20I 2024 Preview: Likely Playing XIs, Key Battles, H2H and More About Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Cricket Match in Bulawayo. The factory is designed to produce 120 slabs per day, ensuring a continuous supply of key components for the first bullet train project in India, as per the release. The factory's production scope includes the manufacturing of 96,000 J-slabs. This factory will produce track slabs for the 237 km high-speed rail track in Gujarat's MAHSR corridor and the DNH (352 km) section, the release added.The factory is developed over a total area of 19 acres, with the manufacturing plant covering a crucial 7-acre area. The production building spans 190 meters by 90 meters. Within this space, a total of 120 track slab molds will be placed in three sections, enabling simultaneous production of multiple slabs. The factory has a large-scale stacking capacity of 10,000 track slabs. This ensures organised storage of the produced slabs, making them ready for transportation to construction sites as needed. As of November 29 this year, about 9,775 slabs have been cast so far. The slabs are being transported to the track construction base, where they will be laid on the viaduct as part of the ongoing track construction for the high-speed rail project, the release added. An additional track slab manufacturing facility has been set up in Anand, Gujarat, for the construction of track slabs for the 116 km stretch of the MAHSR corridor. Over 22,000 slabs, equivalent to 110 track kilometers, have been cast in both factories. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor will feature a ballastless track system based on the Japanese Shinkansen track design, utilizsing the J-slab track system, as per the release. (ANI) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)JUNK food firms are dodging the Government’s ban on advertising by targeting kids on gaming sites and social media, The Sun on Sunday can reveal. Ultra-processed foods, often manufactured and containing many ingredients including salt, fat and sugar, have been linked to a ten-fold rise in people with Type 2 diabetes . In the UK, more than half of the average diet now consists of processed foods and for some — especially those who are younger, poorer or from disadvantaged areas — it can be as much as 80 per cent. Labour pledged to introduce the plan next year to ban junk food adverts promoting products high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS foods), before 9pm on TV and in all paid-for online adverts. It was drawn up by the last Conservative government to tackle a deadly obesity crisis costing £268BILLION a year — around £7,000 per taxpayer. But experts believe firms will turbocharge advertising on radio and podcast platforms not covered by the ban. READ MORE ON JUNK FOOD Non-paid-for marketing on the brands’ own websites and organic social content will also be allowed. Five food firms — Mars, Haribo, PepsiCo , Kellogg’s and Mondelez which owns Cadbury — currently advertise the most on TV. According to a recent survey, they make up 80 per cent of all ads for confectionery and snacks shown on UK TV before the 9pm viewing watershed. But today our investigation can reveal how some of the biggest firms are using creative ways to find loopholes, switch and bombard youngsters with adverts via social media and gaming sites to beat the online ban too. Most read in Health Creative director and marketing expert Calvin Innes, of JvM Nerd London , a media agency for gaming, told The Sun on Sunday: “Many gamers and younger consumers spend time on platforms like YouTube and TikTok where TV bans won’t apply, and major companies are already shifting to social media, gaming and in-app advertising. "The ban will only increase the speed of migration.” Research by Liverpool University reveals 49 per cent of all UPF ads on 76 UK TV channels were broadcast between 5.30am and 9pm. Haribo accounted for the most, followed by Mars with ads for items such as Snickers and M&Ms. The study found food manufacturers in the UK spent more than £55million in 2022 on online adverts for food and drink products from four food categories associated with children’s excess sugar and calorie intake — chocolate, crisps, biscuits and ice cream. The study also found that users of the biggest gaming platform, Twitch , where two thirds of users are under 35, are being bombarded with junk food marketing for 52 minutes every hour. In many cases, rather than being overt adverts, they see a product or logo on the screen for a long time, or looping images. Nutritionist and author Robert Hobson warns we are “facing a ticking time bomb”. He said: “Teenagers are being targeted by the food industry through aggressive marketing and cheap food deals. UPFs are designed to be addictive, combining salt, sugar and fats to override our natural hunger signals and keep us coming back for more. ‘Catastrophic burden’ “The issue with UPFs goes beyond additives — they’re also low in nutrients, easy to overeat but not very satisfying. Consuming large quantities at a young age could be setting the stage for chronic disease in later life. “Unless we address it now, the long-term health burden could be catastrophic. Big food companies are profiting from a system that places marketing above health.” Even simple products such as sliced ham, cheese for kids’ sandwiches, bread, breakfast cereals and yoghurts can be classed as UPFs. Robert said: “These foods are engineered to make us crave them. “Kids with their weaker impulse control are going to be particularly susceptible to UPFs. They are influenced by their peers and many UPFs become ‘trendy’ foods.” UK families buy more ultra- processed food than any others in Europe . Germany — the home of Haribo sweets — comes second. The confectioner keeps its earnings under lock and key, but Forbes has estimated its revenues exceed £2.4billion. Last year Haribo announced of their 2023 UK earnings a “24 per cent increase in turnover”. Dr David Unwin, based in Southport, Merseyside, told The Sun on Sunday: “Unless we do something, the NHS will never be able to cope. In my practice alone we’ve seen an astonishing ten-fold rise in Type 2 diabetes. Children are receiving numerous messages designed to trigger desire for compulsively consumed food items “I am convinced it has been increased by a dramatic rise in poor-quality takeaway meals and the runaway consumption of junk food.” The Government’s plan comes after UPFs were directly linked to 32 harmful effects on health, including a higher risk of heart disease , cancer and Type 2 diabetes, as well as mental health problems and early death. The new rules mean a ban on branded online ads but experts say food giants are instead paying for promotional tie-ins with social media influencers and YouTube creators to plug their products. They are also focusing on placing content on gaming and live-streaming platforms used by millions of Brits, which won’t be covered by the ban. Experts also warn firms will pay for product placement in our favourite TV shows. As the ban only applies in the UK, firms are likely to target overseas media platforms that we view. Dr Barry Smith, who has spent nearly a decade working with the biggest junk food brands in the world, said: “We are already seeing well-targeted food advertising on gaming platforms and even on the back of bus tickets. "Children are receiving numerous messages designed to trigger desire for compulsively consumed food items.” The key ways to avoid UPFs are cooking from scratch and reading labels to see what is in our food. Legal uncertainty But Robert says: “In the cost-of-living crisis, UPFs are often the more affordable option. This disparity keeps families locked into unhealthy eating patterns. Cheaper nutritious staples require time, motivation, cooking skills, nutrition literacy and cooking equipment.” Yet Matt Charlton, CEO of creative agency Brothers & Sisters, thinks the only solution is less UPF production. He said: “The Government vastly overestimates the power of advertising. “Unless you are going to stop children walking past and going into shops that sell junk food, you aren’t making a difference.” Lawyer Katrina Anderson, from law firm Mills & Reeve, says it is unclear exactly how the new ban would work, adding: “There is still some legal uncertainty . . . because we are awaiting secondary legislation and guidance. “It will clarify some important points such as the scope of paid-for online advertising and the categories of food caught by the ban.” A spokesman for trade body the Food & Drink Federation said: “Food and drink manufacturers take the issue of obesity and poor diets really seriously. “Our industry adheres to all advertising rules and is preparing for further regulations that come into effect in October 2025.” A spokesman for Kellanova, which owns Pringles and Kellogg’s said: “We are fully committed to the responsible marketing of our foods across all platforms. We will adhere to the new advertising regulations for HFSS foods.” Swap these for these SWAP THIS : Go Ahead Fruit And Oat Bakes (6 x 35g, £1.75, Ocado). Appears healthy but it is a UPF as it contains glucose-fructose corn syrup, modified starch and gelling agents, to name a few. FOR THIS: Nakd Cocoa Orange Bars (4 x 35g, £3, Tesco). Made with dates, cashews, raisins and cocoa, this comes without added sugars or preservatives. SWAP THIS : Premier Deli Cooked Ham Trimmings (400g, £2.75, Tesco). Contains many ingredients, including four types of sugar and various additives. High in salt. FOR THIS : Asda Extra Special Roast Turkey Breast (4 slices, £2.95). Much less processed, containing just four ingredients that are mostly found in home cooking and no preservatives. SWAP THIS : Essential Smooth Peanut Butter (340g, £1.80, Waitrose). Includes palm oil, which is linked to increased bad LDL cholesterol, and cane sugar. FOR THIS : Whole Earth Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter (227g, £2.75, Sainsbury’s) Minimally processed, made from 100 per cent roasted organic nuts, with no added oils or sugars. READ MORE SUN STORIES 10 Dairylea Cheese Slices has several emulsifiers 10 This option from Sainsbury's is made purely from cow’s milk SWAP THIS : Dairylea Cheese Slices (8 x 20.5g slices, £1.45, Sainsbury’s). Contains 15 ingredients, including several emulsifiers, despite the green and amber ratings for nutrition on the front of the pack. FOR THIS : Sainsbury’s Mild Cheddar Cheese Slices (10 slices, 240g, £2.70). Made purely from cow’s milk.