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  • MIL-OSI Canada: Trespass Regulations Amended to Improve Public Safety, Protect Communities

    Source: Government of Canada regional news

    Released on April 24, 2025

    The Government of Saskatchewan has passed new regulations to empower police to enforce trespass laws in businesses and public spaces such as libraries and parks. These changes are part of the province’s ongoing work to protect communities from the impact of illicit fentanyl and methamphetamine production, transportation, trafficking and street use. 

    Under The Trespass to Property Amendment Regulations, 2025, activities such as public intoxication and drug use will now be automatically considered trespassing in public spaces or businesses. This will allow police to immediately enforce the Act against individuals who are causing public disturbance or threatening public safety without seeking further information from owners and occupants of the premises.

    ” We continue to explore avenues that will provide police with additional legal tools to address harmful items and activities in public spaces, creating safer communities across the province,” Justice Minister and Attorney General Tim McLeod said. “These regulations will ensure that police can act quickly to remove individuals who pose a threat to themselves and others, ensuring our public spaces and businesses remain safe and accessible.”

    Under the new Regulations, police will be able to remove someone and, if necessary, charge them with an offence under The Trespass to Property Act if they are engaged in the following activities:

    • public intoxication;
    • use of a controlled substance;
    • threatening to cause harm to persons and property through verbal, physical or other means;
    • public urination or defecation;
    • causing damage to premises or personal property located on the premises; and
    • any other activity that constitutes an offence pursuant to the Criminal Code.

    Fentanyl and methamphetamine are increasingly the cause of overdose deaths, violent crime and community instability. These new regulatory changes represent another step in Saskatchewan’s ongoing work to address the negative impact of addictions, and protect businesses and public spaces from illicit drug use and other dangerous activities. 

    For more information on Saskatchewan’s ongoing work to address drug use and improve public safety, visit:

    https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2025/april/15/government-expands-legislation-to-target-street-weapons-and-illicit-drugs.

    https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2025/february/25/saskatchewan-announces-measures-to-protect-communities-against-fentanyl-and-methamphetamine.

    https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2024/june/10/government-of-saskatchewan-makes-major-investments-in-public-safety.

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  • MIL-OSI Canada: Support helps B.C. tree-fruit growers protect orchards, businesses

    Source: Government of Canada regional news

    B.C.’s tree-fruit growers are working on new projects to help protect their harvests from extreme weather and ensure there is a sustainable supply of local cherries, peaches, apples and other tree fruits this year and in future years.

    “Earlier this spring, I visited the Okanagan to meet with growers. Many of them spoke about the challenge of a changing climate that has impacted their livelihoods and affected local food security,” said Lana Popham, Minister of Agriculture and Food. “Extreme weather events are a major concern, and this investment will help farmers install much-needed equipment to protect their orchards and the delicious, quality fruit British Columbians rely on and enjoy.” 

    The $5-million Tree Fruit Climate Resiliency program is supporting 67 projects in the Okanagan and the Kootenay regions. Tree-fruit growers are using the funding to buy equipment such as wind machines, energy-efficient heaters and cooling systems to protect orchards from extreme cold and heat. One grower is purchasing hail netting to keep fruit trees and crops safe from damage.

    “Working together with the B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association and the B.C. Cherry Association has been crucial in developing a robust response to support our province’s dedicated tree-fruit growers. They have faced numerous challenges over the past few years,” said Harwinder Sandhu, parliamentary secretary for agriculture and MLA for Vernon-Lumby. “I know from my visits to orchards and meetings with growers how much these projects can help, and I am excited to see growers using this technology to protect their crops and increase production of the renowned Okanagan fruit that B.C. takes pride in.”

    These projects will protect nearly 360 hectares (887 acres) of orchards in B.C., helping mitigate extreme weather effects on the tree-fruit sector. The projects will be complete by March 2027.

    “The B.C. Cherry Association was very pleased to see the high uptake by industry in this program. After five consecutive years of extreme climate events, we needed to take a proactive approach,” said Sukhpaul Bal, president, B.C. Cherry Association. “The Tree Fruit Climate Resiliency program allows growers to make investments in their farms to better protect against future events, and we look forward to building on the success of the program to ensure the long-term sustainability of the cherry sector.”

    The Tree Fruit Climate Resiliency program was developed with input from the B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association and the B.C. Cherry Association as part of government’s efforts to help tree-fruit growers through challenges.

    “We are grateful to the government for their support through this program. The overwhelming response, with the program being oversubscribed within just 20 hours, clearly demonstrates the significant need within our industry,” said Deep Brar, vice-president, B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association, and a tree-fruit grower. “We sincerely appreciate the efforts in supporting the tree-fruit industry, and as we move forward, we hope for even more support to continue addressing the challenges we face and to ensure the sustainability and growth of our sector.”

    Learn More:

    To learn more about the opening of the Tree Fruit Climate Resiliency program, visit: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2025AF0002-000049

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Windfarm Capable of Powering Half of Scotland’s Homes

    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements

    News story

    Windfarm Capable of Powering Half of Scotland’s Homes

    Moray West offshore wind farm capable of powering half of Scotland’s homes is switched on by Scottish Secretary.

    The UK’s drive towards clean power, which is a huge jobs and economic opportunity for Scotland, took a significant step forward today [24 April] when Scottish Secretary Ian Murray switched on full power at Ocean Winds’ new Moray West offshore windfarm.

    The windfarm, located 13 miles off the coast of Buckie, is one of Scotland’s largest offshore windfarms. It will generate up to 882MW output – enough to power 1.3 million homes – half of Scotland’s households. Upon full power, Ocean Winds will become the largest offshore wind operator in Scotland, running two windfarms off the North East coast and with a third in development.

    Clean energy represents the economic opportunity of the 21st century, with this project alone creating around 1,500 jobs during the construction phase. The developer, Ocean Winds, has used more than 80 UK suppliers in the project to date, which has involved installing the biggest turbines yet in British waters, spanning up to 257m above sea level.  

    Speaking after his visit, Mr Murray said:

    “It was a huge moment today when I switched on full power for the Moray West Windfarm. 

    “Investment like that being made by Ocean Winds is absolutely central to ensuring that Scotland and its workers benefit from the skilled jobs and economic growth that clean energy can bring.

    “With Great British energy located in Aberdeen, and billions of pounds of investment on the table, Scotland is at the very heart of the UK Government’s drive to make the UK a clean energy superpower.”

    Moray West takes the UK Government a step closer to achieving the 43-50GW offshore wind targets set for 2030, as published in the Clean Power Action Plan- helping deliver on its mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower. 

    During his visit to Ocean Winds, Mr Murray met staff who have transitioned into renewables after careers in the oil and gas industry and the UK’s armed forces. 

    Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said:

    “Offshore wind is the backbone of our plans for clean power by 2030, as the UK is blessed with thousands of miles of coastline.

    “Developments like Moray West take us a step closer to getting off the fossil fuel rollercoaster and help deliver on our Plan for Change, protecting households from volatile gas prices and creating good jobs.”

    After switching on the windfarm to full power, Mr Murray travelled to Aberdeen.

    There he visited Sarens PSG and ETZ Ltd. 

    Sarens PSG were involved in the construction of the Moray West windfarm, marshalling 62 giant ‘monopiles’ – the wind turbine foundations. 10 metres in diameter and 84 metres long, the 2.000 tonne monopiles are the largest and heaviest ever to be handled in the United Kingdom. Mr Murray saw Sarens PSG’s new £1.6 million Aberdeen training facility for wind farm workers. The company opened the facility recently, saying that Great British Energy’s headquarters being located in Aberdeen made the city the ideal location for the facility⁠.

    Touring the Energy Transition Zone, Mr Murray visited the Floating Wind Innovation Centre, the UK’s first dedicated facility of its kind for floating wind technology, run by ORE Catapult.

    Also today [24 April 2025] Scotland Office Minister Kirsty McNeill visited the Port of Leith, located within the Forth Green Freeport, to mark the official opening of Forth Ports’ new Outer Berth. Forth Ports has invested a total of £100 million into transforming the Port of Leith into a world class renewables hub, which is already playing a key role in supporting Scotland’s energy transition. The Leith Renewables Hub is part of the Forth Green Freeport’s strategically located tax sites, which aim to reindustrialise central Scotland, generating thousands of high-quality green jobs by increasing trade and supporting the growth of businesses across the Firth of Forth.

    These visits are happening against the background of the UK Government co-hosting the International Energy Agency summit in London, a global event bringing together countries to discuss energy security.

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    Published 24 April 2025

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Scottish Secretary Increases Scottish Government Borrowing Powers

    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements

    News story

    Scottish Secretary Increases Scottish Government Borrowing Powers

    The Scottish Government will have increased borrowing powers following an Order made in Parliament this week by Scottish Secretary.

    Ian Murray has laid the ‘The Scotland Act 1998 (Increase of Borrowing Limits) Order 2025’ which increases the Scottish Government’s borrowing limits to a cumulative total of £3 billion for capital and £629 million for resource. 

    The Scottish Government’s borrowing limits (both annual and cumulative) are uprated annually in line with inflation, as set out in the Fiscal Framework. As the cumulative limits are legislated for under the Scotland Act 1998, secondary legislation is required to make the annual changes. The annual limits are non-legislative so no legislative change is required to amend these. 

    Speaking after laying the Order, Mr Murray said:

    “I’m very pleased to have laid this Scotland Act Order which increases the Scottish Government’s cumulative borrowing limits to a total of £3.6 billion. The Autumn Budget provided an additional £4.9 billion for the Scottish Government, ending austerity. These borrowing powers are on top of the Scottish Government’s record funding settlement of £47.7 billion this financial year. We have reset the relationship with the Scottish Government, and this order is a key part of our commitment to maintain the devolution settlement.”

    The Order will take effect on 30 June 2025. There will be a debate in the House of Commons before then. 

    The 2023 Fiscal Framework Agreement between the Scottish and UK Governments sets out the Scottish Government’s funding arrangements, including budget management tools such as borrowing powers. 

    Officials in both the UK Government and the Scottish Government worked together to deliver the Order, as they do with all Scotland Act Orders.

    Updates to this page

    Published 24 April 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Two Men Accused of Involvement in Impostor Scam Targeting Missouri Residents

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    ST. LOUIS – Two men from Wisconsin have been accused of acting as couriers for an impostor scam that targeted a Missouri resident.

    Srinivas Putta, 42, and Ankurkumar Patel, 43, were indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on February 26 on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and two counts of wire fraud. Putta was arrested in Wisconsin on April 14. He appeared in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to the charges. Patel was arrested March 27 and has also pleaded not guilty.

    The indictment accuses the men of involvement in a conspiracy that defrauded victims by pretending to contact them on behalf of financial institutions, law enforcement organizations and government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Treasury and the Federal Trade Commission. One victim was told that his identity had been stolen and that he would be deported if he didn’t act, the indictment says. The indictment also alleges that the victim had been told that his money had been converted to “black money” through identity theft and that he needed to give cards or prepaid debit cards to couriers to transfer the money into an uncontaminated account that the government set up. On Sept. 25, 2023, Putta and Patel tried to collect $144,000 from the victim, who had been told to meet them in a Target parking lot in Missouri, the indictment says. The indictment also alleges that other couriers collected $125,000 from that victim.

    Charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations and do not constitute proof of guilt.  Every defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty.

    The conspiracy and wire fraud charges each are punishable by up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both prison and a fine.

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the O’Fallon (Missouri) Police Department are investigating the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracy Berry is prosecuting the case.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Ciscomani Reiterates Support for Medicaid at Arizona Chamber Event

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Juan Ciscomani (Arizona)

    Phoenix, AZ – U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to preserving Medicaid benefits for those who rely on it, like single mothers, the working poor, individuals with disabilities, and the elderly. 

    “We’ve got to make sure that we protect Medicaid for people the program was intended to serve,” said Ciscomani at the Arizona Chamber of Commerce’s annual Update from Capitol Hill Lunch. 

    Earlier this month, Ciscomani and twelve Republican colleagues sent a letter to House Republican Leadership and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie reiterating their support on Medicaid and making clear the lawmakers would not vote for legislation that reduces Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations.  
    The Congressman also told the audience that there is no question that the federal government can, and must, do more to reduce waste and safeguard the long-term financial viability of Medicaid. You can watch Ciscomani’s remarks here. 

    “As the federal government has grown, so have inefficiencies and unnecessary bureaucracies,” said Ciscomani. “I have been crystal clear that I do not support reducing Medicaid coverage for those the program was intended to serve. What I do support are targeted reforms, such as implementing work requirements for able-bodied adults with no dependents and strengthening eligibility verification to ensure that every dollar is maximized and spent on vulnerable individuals who rely on Medicaid.” 

    The Congressman also told audiences that while we have made great strides to secure the southern border, Mexican drug cartels are regrouping as border security has ramped up under the Trump administration.  

    “The threat is still real, Mexican drug cartels aren’t going to surrender their multi-billion dollar businesses easily,” he said. “The fight is not over and there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to codify the administration’s border security efforts into law.” 

    In March, Ciscomani, who serves as Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, hosted nine freshman Republican lawmakers on a tour of the Arizona – Mexico border. Here, they learned about the cartel’s effort to use unmanned aerial drones to carry out their illicit operations and threaten our national security. As a result, Ciscomani and Rep. John McGuire (VA-05) penned a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, and Federal Aviation Administrator Chris Rocheleau about countering drones at the southern border. You can watch NewsNation’s coverage here. 

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  • MIL-OSI USA: American Public Submits Over 10,000 Comments on White House’s AI Action Plan

    US Senate News:

    Source: The White House
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published over 10,000 public comments submitted in response to the Request for Information (RFI) on the development of the AI Action Plan.  As directed by President Trump’s Executive Order on Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AI, the RFI sought input on AI policy priorities from interested public parties, including academia, industry groups, private sector organizations, and state, local, and tribal governments. 
    “America is, and must remain, the global leader in AI technology. The huge volume of public comments we received reflects the deep interest Americans have in the future of AI and highlights the critical importance of the Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan for advancing this generation’s defining emerging technology,” said Assistant to the President and Director of OSTP, Michael Kratsios.
    Comments were submitted over a seven-week span and closed on March 15th, ranging in topics from chip manufacturing and supply chain resilience to AI model development, workforce training, and scientific research.
    The full catalog of public comments is available here.

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  • MIL-OSI China: Chinese private firms thrive on innovation, global ambition

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, April 24 — Riding the wave of innovation and globalization, China’s private enterprises are demonstrating robust growth and vitality, playing a crucial role in the country’s economic landscape.

    In the first quarter of 2025, China’s major private industrial firms saw their value-added output rise by 7.3 percent year on year, outpacing the overall industrial sector, official data showed.

    In terms of investment and trade, private investment registered a 0.4 percent growth year on year in the first quarter, reversing a full-year decline in 2024, while private enterprises recorded a 5.8 percent increase in import and export value, with their share of total foreign trade rising to 56.8 percent.

    Westwell Technology, a Shanghai-based autonomous driving developer, reported a 300 percent surge in revenue in the first quarter compared to the same period last year.

    “We have truly felt the government’s support and expectations for private tech companies, which has strengthened our confidence in driving technological innovation going forward,” said Tan Limin, chairman of Westwell, who joined the latest episode of the China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk show hosted by Xinhua News Agency.

    Founded in 2016, Westwell has grown from a startup to one of the global leaders in smart logistics. Its driverless heavy trucks, once featured in the Chinese sci-fi blockbuster “The Wandering Earth II,” now operate in 28 countries and regions.

    From competitive electric vehicles and DeepSeek, a rising star in artificial intelligence, to Unitree Robotics, a pioneer in humanoid robot development, private enterprises have been at the forefront of China’s economic advancement.

    Official data shows that the share of private enterprises among China’s high-tech firms has risen from 62.4 percent in 2012 to over 92 percent today. These companies now account for 70 percent of the country’s technological innovation achievements.

    Speaking at the roundtable, Liu Min, deputy head of the private economy development bureau under the National Development and Reform Commission, said she is impressed by the trailblazing and innovative spirit of Chinese private entrepreneurs, who have steered the integration of sci-tech and industrial innovations.

    “Their innovative achievements are mushrooming with expanding applications and a growing market,” Liu added.

    Innovation has also been highlighted at a high-level symposium in February, attended by China’s top leaders and representatives from private enterprises. The meeting reaffirmed the Party’s steadfast support for the private sector and urged private firms to unswervingly pursue high-quality development.

    Liu Yonghao, chairman of New Hope Group — one of China’s leading agricultural conglomerates — was among the private entrepreneurs who attended the symposium.

    Speaking on the roundtable, he said, “In the new era, private enterprises must take on new roles, and traditional industries can be empowered by new quality productive forces.”

    According to Zhu Min, a member of the Senior Expert Advisory Committee at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, Chinese private firms have vast potential to tap into areas such as globalization, intelligent operations, tech-driven manufacturing, green development and innovative services.

    He emphasized that private enterprises are set to become pioneers in building new industrial chains globally and are expected to play a particularly vital role in advancing artificial intelligence software.

    “This will greatly enhance the production efficiency, product quality, and product development of private enterprises,” Zhu said at the roundtable.

    Tan from Westwell said the company has aimed to build a global brand since its inception, aspiring to deliver more smart, made-in-China products as well as China’s new quality productive forces to the world.

    Zhu also expressed optimism about the future of China’s private sector, despite the challenges posed by external uncertainties triggered by tariffs and trade barriers.

    “Over the past more than 40 years, China’s private firms have risen from the ground up to become a powerful force,” he said. “They are adept at seizing new opportunities in times of crisis and thriving through competition.”

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  • MIL-OSI China: China accelerates digital transformation of major pharmaceutical firms

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, April 24 — China will speed up the digital-intelligent transformation of the pharmaceutical industry as part of the country’s broader efforts to advance new industrialization and boost its strength in manufacturing, an official document released Thursday showed.

    By 2030, large-scale pharmaceutical enterprises in China will essentially achieve full coverage of digital-intelligent transformation, according to a plan issued by seven government departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Commerce and the National Health Commission.

    The document outlines a strategic push to integrate artificial intelligence and next-generation information technologies into pharmaceutical production chains. The initiative aims to enhance corporate competitiveness, improve drug quality and safety, strengthen supply chain resilience, and foster new quality productive forces.

    The plan outlines a two-phase roadmap, with quantitative and qualitative goals listed for each phase. By 2027, significant progress should be made in the digital-intelligent transformation of the industry, including breakthroughs in key technologies and the development of a certain number of high-performance products and production facilities.

    By 2030, a mature ecosystem for the digital-intelligent transformation of the pharmaceutical industry is expected to emerge. This ecosystem will feature a substantially improved integration of cutting-edge technologies and a robust data system throughout the industrial chain, according to the plan.

    In China, large-scale enterprises usually refer to those boasting an annual main business turnover of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.77 million U.S. dollars).

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  • MIL-OSI NGOs: Jane Fonda stands with Greenpeace to defend the oceans at United Nations global oceans talks

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    Jane Fonda talks with reporters in the Millennium Hotel outside the United Nations on the United States no-show at major multilateral negotiations to protect the environment. This comes amidst the ongoing lawsuit against Greenpeace US. © Stephanie Keiith / Greenpeace

    New York, United States, 24 April 2025 – Actor and activist Jane Fonda joined Greenpeace’s delegation to the United Nations for a crucial Global Ocean Treaty meeting yesterday. She delivered a rousing address to country delegates, thanking them for their work to protect the global oceans. 

    Agreement on the Global Ocean Treaty is one of the few multilateral processes on protecting nature that has made significant progress in recent years. This progress has continued at the United Nations in recent weeks, despite the United States not sending a delegation for the first time. 

    Jane Fonda said in her address to delegates at the United Nations: “The Global Ocean Treaty is a beacon of hope in these turbulent times. It shows that when we focus on our common humanity and our dependence on a healthy planet, we can push back against the tide of extraction and corporate greed.”

    Delegates have made strong progress in the last two weeks on setting up the first Ocean Conference of Parties (COP), which will be the UN body that brings the Global Ocean Treaty to life at sea. [1]

    In a separate press event, outside the UN, Jane Fonda also highlighted attempts by the current US administration to undermine multilateralism from outside the United Nations: “Hope for the future of our planet is still possible even as President Trump is trying to tear down multilateralism, undermine international processes to protect nature and stop environmental groups like Greenpeace from working to protect our planet.”

    “Trump’s administration is trying to silence this movement — and the truth. They know protest works — that’s why they’re trying to make the stakes so high no one will be willing to take the risk. That’s why Greenpeace in the US and Greenpeace International have been sued by Big Oil company Energy Transfer for hundreds of millions of dollars.” [2]

    Arlo Hemphill, Greenpeace USA’s Oceans Are Life campaign lead, said: “While the Trump Administration has retreated from global efforts to protect life on our planet, such as the climate COP, and has waged a desperately short-sighted war on the environment that only benefits a few billionaires, these two weeks have been a glimmer of hope. Other nations have risen to the occasion, demonstrating the leadership needed to ensure we’re making significant headway on protecting our oceans. There is still much to accomplish to bring the Treaty into effect, and we encourage these countries to maintain their momentum towards building something that will last long beyond the turmoil of this moment, beyond a single administration, something that will last for generations. We must use this Treaty to protect at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030, and to keep this target alive, governments must ratify it as soon as possible in 2025.”

    The Trump administration recently issued an Executive Order that opens vast swaths of protected ocean to commercial exploitation, including areas within the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. It allows commercial fishing in areas long considered off-limits due to their ecological significance—despite overwhelming scientific consensus that marine sanctuaries are essential for rebuilding fish stocks and maintaining ocean health. These actions threaten some of the most sensitive and pristine marine ecosystems in the world.

    Greenpeace USA activists displayed a vast banner earlier this week, outside the United Nations headquarters, reading “Protect the Oceans.” The team also wore t-shirts with the message “We Will Not Be Silenced,” reiterating the organization’s commitment to continue advocating for environmental protection in the wake of the recent $660M jury verdict against Greenpeace entities in a lawsuit brought by pipeline company Energy Transfer.

    Photos and videos are available in the Greenpeace Media Library.

    Notes

    -Full transcripts of Jane Fonda’s speeches are available on request.

    -Jane Fonda is a longtime Greenpeace supporter. She was at the UN during the final negotiations on the global Ocean treaty in February 2023 to meet with delegates and hand over more than 5.5 million signatures petition to the President of the negotiations Rena Lee  

    [1] The Global Ocean Treaty will only enter into force 120 days after 60 countries have ratified. The UN Secretary-General is required to convene the first meeting of the ocean COP to the Agreement no later than one year after its entry into force.

    [2] https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/energy-transfer-lawsuit-verdict/ 

    Contacts in New York:

    Other contacts:

    • Greenpeace International Press Desk: [email protected] +31 (0) 20 718 2470 (available 24 hours)
    • Tanya Brooks, Senior Communications Specialist at Greenpeace USA, [email protected]  

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  • MIL-OSI: Aivre slashes appraisal time by 50% with Restb.ai’s computer vision tech, saving over 3 hours per report

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    DALLAS, April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aivre, a fast-growing real estate appraisal software company, has cut the time it takes to complete an appraisal by more than half, thanks to its integration with Restb.ai’s computer vision and image recognition technology.

    According to a new Case Study released today, appraisers using Aivre now save more than three hours per appraisal by automating time-intensive steps like photo classification, comparable scoring, and report generation. That’s a productivity boost that can double the number of appraisals completed in a day.

    “We’re taking the first AI trained to autofill reports in UAD language to the next level through our joint efforts with Restb.ai,” said Jake Lew, Aivre Founder & CEO, adding, “Aivre frees appraisers from repetitive tasks, allowing them to focus on their expertise and deliver faster, more precise appraisals with greater efficiency.”

    A smarter way to appraise
    Lew notes that manual, repetitive work has long weighed down appraisers. From gathering property characteristics and validating floor plans to selecting comps and populating photo fields, the traditional workflow is filled with time sinks and opportunities for errors.

    Restb.ai, a trusted innovator in computer vision AI for the mortgage industry, integrates its market-leading computer vision technology into Aivre’s platform to fully or partially automate many of these time-consuming steps. Appraisers can instantly extract and classify key property features from photos, receive condition and quality scores for subject and comparable properties, and auto-populate GSE-compliant forms – without manually inputting or verifying the data.

    Where the time savings stack up
    Here’s how Aivre users are recapturing over 180 minutes per report:

    • Collecting and validating property details (e.g., lot size, legal description): 20 minutes
    • On-site notetaking: 20 minutes
    • Floor plan validation: 20 minutes
    • Photo placement and labeling: 10 minutes
    • Comp selection and scoring: 60 minutes
    • Report typing: 60 minutes

    “These gains aren’t just about speed – they’re also about accuracy,” said Nathan Brannen, Chief Product Officer, Restb.ai and co-author of the Case Study. “By automating more of the manual data fill appraisers enter into each report, we reduce human errors, increase consistency, and ultimately, enable appraisals to spend their energy analyzing and valuing the property.,” he added.

    Proof that automation works
    The Aivre and Restb.ai collaboration highlights the power of AI in modernizing appraisal report creation. AI is not being used to replace appraisers but to enhance their expertise. Restb.ai’s image-based intelligence complements Aivre’s sleek workflow engine to elevate the pace and quality of appraisals.

    About Aivre
    Aivre is redefining real estate appraisals with software built by appraisers for appraisers. By leveraging the first AI trained to autofill appraisal reports in UAD language, Aivre helps eliminate inefficiencies and increase accuracy, empowering professionals to complete better appraisals in less time – without cutting corners. Learn more at aivre.com.

    About Restb.ai
    Restb.ai, the leader in AI-powered computer vision for real estate, provides image recognition and data enrichment solutions for many of the industry’s top brands and leading innovators in the mortgage industry with AI solutions for valuations and appraisals. Its advanced AI-powered technology automatically analyzes property imagery to unlock visual insights at scale – including property conditions – empowering mortgage, valuation, and appraisal firms with relevant and actionable property intelligence. Its proprietary artificial intelligence technology transforms property imagery into actionable insights, helping clients unlock new value from visual data and providing deep insight into each of the 1 million property photos uploaded daily.

    Media contacts:
    Restb.ai
    Maya Makarem | maya@restb.ai
    or
    Kevin Hawkins | WAV Group
    206-866-1220
    kevin@wavgroup.com

    Photos accompanying this announcement are available at
    https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/5b133550-70ed-4393-8eff-69a454ece259
    https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/61ace5b5-1c28-4797-bba6-338b359ff4ff

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    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

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    Payment Method Processing Time Fees
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    Ethereum (ETH) Instant None
    Tether (USDT) Instant None
    Ripple (XRP) Instant None
    Litecoin (LTC) Instant None
    Solana (SOL) Instant None
    Binance Coin (BNB) Instant None
    Cardano (ADA) Instant None
    Dogecoin (DOGE) Instant None
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    Dai (DAI) Instant None
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    Dash (DASH) Instant None
    Polkadot (DOT) Instant None
         

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    Payment Method Processing Time Fees
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    MasterCard Instant (Deposits), 2-3 days (Withdrawals) Possible
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  • MIL-OSI: Best Online Casinos Canada: 7Bit Casino Voted Top Casino Site for Canadian Players in 2025 (4.9/5)

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    PORTLAND, Ore., April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With the rising number of Canadian players turning to online gaming platforms, the online casino market in Canada has seen an influx of sites offering real-money gambling. This surge in options has made it increasingly difficult for Canadian players to choose a reliable, high-quality platform that delivers both excitement and value.

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    How to Choose a Safe and Legal Online Casino in Canada

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    Best Online Casino Games for Canadian Players

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    Responsible Gambling Tools

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    Localized Experience

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    Crypto-Friendly Features

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    The Most Popular Pay-out Methods at 7Bit Canadian Casino

    Canadian players at 7Bit Casino prefer:

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    7Bit Casino Conclusion: The Best Canadian Online Casino

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Open letter to Fijians – ‘why is our country supporting Israel’s heinous crimes in Gaza?’

    Pacific Media Watch

    The Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network today condemned the Fiji government’s failure to stand up for international law and justice over the Israeli war on Gaza in their weekly Black Thursday protest.

    “For the past 18 months, we have made repeated requests to our government to do the bare minimum and enforce the basic tenets of international law on Israel,” said the protest group in an open letter.

    “We have been calling upon the Fiji government to uphold the principles of peace, justice, and human rights that our nation cherishes.

    “We campaigned, we lobbied, we engaged, and we explained.

    “We showed the evidence, pointed to the law, and asked our leaders to do the right thing. Our pleas fell on deaf ears. We’ve been met with nothing but indifference.”

    The open letter said:

    “Dear fellow Fijians,

    “As we gathered tonight in Suva at the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre compound, Israel has maintained an eight-week blockade on food, medicine and aid entering Gaza, while continuing to bomb homes and tent shelters.

    “At least 52,000 people in Gaza have been killed since October 2023, which includes more than 18,000 children. The death toll means that one out of every 50 people has been killed in Gaza. We all know that the real number of those killed is far higher.

    “Today, at least 13 people were killed in Israeli attacks. Among the dead were three children in a tent near Nuseirat in central Gaza, and a woman and four children in a home in Gaza City.

    “Also reportedly killed in a recent attack was local journalist Saeed Abu Hassanein, whose death adds to at least 232 reporters killed by Israel in Gaza in this genocide.

    “For the past 18 months, we have made repeated requests to our government to do the bare minimum and enforce the basic tenets of international law on Israel. We have been calling upon the Fiji Government to uphold the principles of peace, justice, and human rights that our nation cherishes.

    “We campaigned, we lobbied, we engaged, and we explained. We showed the evidence, pointed to the law, and asked our leaders to do the right thing. Our pleas fell on deaf ears. We’ve been met with nothing but indifference.

    “Instead our leaders met with Israeli Government representatives and declared support for a country accused of the most heinous crimes recognised in international law.

    “Fijian leaders and the Fiji Government must not be supporting Israel or planning to set up an Embassy in Israel while Israel continues to bomb refugee tents, kill journalists and medics, and block the delivery of aid to a population under relentless siege.

    “No politician in Fiji can claim ignorance of what is happening.

    “Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed.

    “Many more have been maimed, traumatised and displaced. Hospitals, clinics, refugee camps, schools, universities, residential neighbourhoods, water and food facilities have been destroyed.

    “We must loudly name what’s happening in Gaza – a GENOCIDE.

    “We should name the crime, underline our government’s complicity in it, and focus our efforts on elevating the voices of Palestinians.

    “We know that our actions cannot magically put an end to the GENOCIDE in occupied Palestine, but they can still make a difference. We can add to the global pressure on those who have the power to stop the genocide, which is so needed.

    “The way our government is responding to the genocide in Gaza will set a precedent for how they will deal with crises and emergencies in the future — at home and abroad.

    “It will determine whether our country will be a force that works to uphold human rights and international law, or one that tramples on them whenever convenient.

    “There are already ongoing restrictions against protests in solidarity with Palestine including arbitrary restrictions on marches and the use of Palestine flags.

    “We have had to hold gatherings in the premises of the FWCC office as the police have restricted solidarity marches for Palestine since November 2023, under the Public Order (Amendment) Act 2014.

    “Today, we must all fight for what is right, and show our government that indifference is not acceptable in the face of genocide, lest we ourselves become complicit.

    “History will judge how we respond as Fijians to this moment.

    “Our rich cultural heritage and shared values teach us the importance of always standing up for what is right, even when it is not popular or convenient.

    “We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people out of a shared belief in humanity, justice, and the inalienable human rights of every individual.”

    In Solidarity
    Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Major carbon capture project to deliver jobs and growth

    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements

    Press release

    Major carbon capture project to deliver jobs and growth

    Thousands of jobs created as major carbon capture and storage network is ready for construction – boosting energy security and the government’s Plan for Change.

    • Plan for Change delivers 2,000 skilled jobs to build major carbon capture network driving growth and reducing emissions in industrial heartlands
    • clean energy to be hardwired into national planning rules to attract investment, give certainty and boost mission to become a clean energy superpower
    • comes as UK-led Global Clean Power Alliance announces its next mission to diversify clean energy supply chains by unblocking bottlenecks and boosting global manufacturing capacity

    British families and businesses will be more energy secure as a major carbon capture and storage network is now ready for construction – supporting 2,000 jobs through the Plan for Change. 

    Launching this new industry for Britain provides a major boost for heavy industry – part of the government’s commitment to backing British manufacturing.

    Energy company Eni have today (24 April 2025) finalised a major deal with government which will see them award around £2 billion in supply chain contracts for their Liverpool Bay Carbon Capture and Storage Project, spanning North Wales and the North West of England. 

    Today’s deal delivers on a commitment made by the Prime Minister and Energy Secretary in October, to develop a world leading carbon capture industry – backed by £21.7 billion – reigniting industrial heartlands across the country and kickstarting growth in manufacturing communities. 

    This announcement comes as the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) awards three carbon storage permits to Eni for its Liverpool Bay CCS project.

    It will create a network of clean infrastructure, decarbonising industries like energy from waste, hydrogen and cement production – whilst backing highly skilled jobs in construction and enabling future generation of low carbon power.  

    Alongside this, the government has set out further planning reforms to provide certainty and clarity for developers on the importance of clean power projects, such as solar, onshore and offshore wind and nuclear, when making decisions on energy infrastructure of critical national priority. 

    Previously where policy, legislation and guidance left room for doubt, planners and decision-takers have adopted a cautious approach to consenting clean energy infrastructure, leading to lengthy paperwork and red tape blocking decisions, hindering Britain’s energy security. 

    Changes will streamline the planning system and get Britain building by giving developers clarity on what is needed for their clean power project to succeed. By putting clean power by 2030 at the heart of planning policy, the government is backing industry, removing delays and getting clean energy projects built quicker.

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: 

    Our Plan for Change is working – we said we’d deliver jobs and growth through carbon capture technology, and now we have. Shovels ready for the ground, supporting over 2,000 new jobs and supporting thousands more, transforming the lives of hard-working people.

    Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said:  

    Today we keep our promise to launch a whole new clean energy industry for our country – carbon capture and storage – to deliver thousands of highly skilled jobs and revitalise our industrial communities. 

    We are making the UK energy secure and backing our engineers, electricians and welders so we can protect families and businesses and drive jobs through our Plan for Change.

    Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, said:

    We promised to revitalise our nation’s industrial heartlands, create good jobs, make Britain a clean energy superpower and grow our economy to put more money in working people’s pockets.

    This deal is another example of us delivering on those promises with thousands of new jobs created, our energy security strengthened, and our industries decarbonised with a game-changing technology – our Plan for Change in action.

    Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi said:  

    The strategic agreement with the UK government paves the way for the industrial-scale development of CCS, a sector in which the United Kingdom reaffirms its leadership thanks to the promotion of a regulatory framework that aims to strengthen the development of CCS and make it fully competitive in the market.  

    Eni has established itself as a leading operator in the UK thanks to its key role in CO2 transport and storage activities as the leader of the HyNet Consortium, which will become one of the first low-carbon clusters in the world. 

    Stuart Payne, Chief Executive of the North Sea Transition Authority, said:  

    We have taken another major step on the way to turning this country’s ambitions for carbon storage into reality. It’s been a collaborative mission and demonstrates the way that we must all work together in unlocking the UK’s vast potential to tackle climate change and deliver energy security.

    The Prime Minister confirmed the deal today in a speech at the Future of Energy Security Summit – hosted by the UK government and International Energy Agency. Ministers and business leaders from around the world gathered in London, including the President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen, as countries take action to protect themselves from future energy shocks in these unstable times.

    At the summit the government also established a new mission focused on strengthening global supply chains through the UK-led Global Clean Power Alliance (GCPA). The GCPA will bring together the Global North and South – drawing on and sharing the UK’s world-leading experience of pursuing Clean Power by 2030 to speed up the global clean energy transition.  

    Foreign Secretary David Lammy said:

    This week’s Summit is a critical opportunity to make progress on international energy security.

    We’re working with partners through our Global Clean Power Alliance (GCPA) to accelerate global clean energy, which promises to bring growth, jobs and lower bills to the UK. As the Prime Minister has set out today, the GCPA will next focus on assuring reliable, low-cost clean energy supply chains. In a more uncertain world, cooperation across the Global North and South will be essential to deliver this.

    The supply chain mission will bring countries together to diversify clean energy supply chains, drive investment into renewables and address bottlenecks. Working with other countries will not only help to secure and diversify clean energy of the future, but provide new growth opportunities across our countries and relevant supply chains; from critical mineral processing to strengthening manufacturing and industrial partnerships.
     
    The rapid drop in the price of renewables is driving strong growth in clean energy around the world. In 2024, 80% of growth in global electricity generation was provided by renewables and nuclear. The UK alone has already attracted £43.7 billion of private sector investment announcements in clean energy since July. 

    Notes to editors 

    CCUS is a proven technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions before they reach the atmosphere – storing them safely and permanently deep beneath the seabed and preventing their contribution to the climate crisis. 

    Today’s announcement delivers on the commitment made by the Prime Minster in October where £21.7 billion was allocated to kickstart the UK’s carbon capture industry. The signing of contracts for Hynet means the UK’s second carbon capture network is now shovel ready. 

    The Climate Change Committee describes CCUS as a “necessity, not an option” to achieving net zero by 2050. 

    Eni is the operator of the Transport and Storage network of Hynet, through its Liverpool Bay CCS project, which will transport captured CO2 from industrial sites and bury it deep beneath the seabed.  

    It means that now both government-backed carbon capture projects have reached final investment decisions, after the East Coast Cluster in Teesside reached the same milestone in December.  

    The consultations on the National Policy Statements for energy will run from 24 April to 29 May.

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    Published 24 April 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Dmitry Chernyshenko: To achieve technological leadership, it is necessary to develop priority areas in personnel training

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko held a meeting of the Commission on Scientific and Technological Development (S&TD).

    It was attended by Deputy Chairperson of the State Duma Victoria Abramchenko, Deputy Ministers of Science and Higher Education Denis Sekirinsky and Andrey Omelchuk, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Krasnikov, Head of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency Veronika Skvortsova, Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai Mikhail Kotyukov, Head of Rospatent Yuri Zubov, representatives of other ministries and organizations, heads of regions and deputy heads of subjects responsible for scientific and technological development of industries and regions.

    The meeting discussed the main measures and instruments of state policy in the field of scientific and technological development, including the results of the implementation of the state program “Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation”, the indicators of which were fully met by the end of 2024.

    In particular, the Russian Federation ranks 8th in the world in terms of volume of scientific research and development, including through the creation of an effective system of higher education. The final assessment of the effectiveness of the implementation of all state programs will be carried out by the Ministry of Economic Development.

    The meeting also noted the successful completion of the national project “Science and Universities” in 2024, with all its indicators achieved. Over 5 years, it covered 76 regions, 991 universities, 1,584 research organizations, attracted 340 scientists and 4.17 million students. The implementation of the national project has become a key factor in achieving development goals and in determining new priorities, including technological leadership and increasing domestic research spending to 2% of GDP.

    Over the past 2 years, we have managed to overcome the negative trend in the reduction of the number of personnel employed in research and development. In 2024, 500 postgraduate students became winners of the presidential scholarship competition, the amount of which is 75 thousand rubles per month.

    More than 200 laboratories have been created under the leadership of young scientists, including 30 in new regions. In total, more than 940 laboratories are currently operating in Russia.

    An important area of state policy is the development of scientific infrastructure. Efforts are focused on the development of megascience class installations, such as the SKIF synchrotron, created using domestic equipment.

    Over the past 6 years, about 300 universities and research organizations have updated their equipment base, and about 30 thousand units of equipment have been purchased. This has allowed the technical base to be updated by more than 60%. An important step was the approval of the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Union State of Russia and Belarus. The development of the “Science” domain and the involvement of regions in scientific projects continues.

    Dmitry Chernyshenko also instructed that work on the formation of a single list of priority professions and specialties to ensure scientific and technological development be carried out as soon as possible.

    “President Vladimir Putin has set a national goal – technological leadership, which requires an influx of qualified personnel into strategically important industries. We need to determine priority areas of training, attract motivated students and stimulate them. Thus, it is planned to distribute at least 50% of budget places through government procurement, provide preferential educational loans for students who have chosen priority specialties,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.

    At the end of the commission meeting, Dmitry Chernyshenko announced the creation of an interdepartmental working group (IWG) on issues of developing secondary vocational education (SVE). The decision to create the IWG was made earlier following the commission’s instructions and during government hour in the State Duma on the initiative of its Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin.

    The Deputy Prime Minister noted that when choosing the head of the International Working Group, the opinion of Vyacheslav Volodin was taken into account: the leadership of the group was entrusted to Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Victoria Abramchenko.

    “The key task of the IWG will be to build effective interaction with the regions and coordinate their efforts in the field of secondary vocational education. Particular attention will be paid to the analysis of the needs of each entity for personnel and resources for the secondary vocational education system, including production sites, plans of state corporations, the number of students, equipment of colleges and training of teachers,” emphasized Dmitry Chernyshenko.

    He added that the IWG will have to develop specific solutions to support secondary vocational education, including teacher retraining programs.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Andrey Rudskoy spoke at a meeting of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –

    The Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg hosted a meeting of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly Council. The event was opened by the Chairperson of the CIS IPA Council, Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko. Valentina Ivanovna noted the representative composition of the meeting and thanked the heads of delegations for their personal participation in the session.

    “This is all the more important since the central place in it is given to events connected with a date sacred to all of us – the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory,” the speaker of the Federation Council emphasized.

    During the meeting, the Chairman of the Expert Council on Science and Education at the IPA CIS, Rector of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrei Rudskoy presented information on the work of the council he heads.

    Andrey Ivanovich noted that the Expert Council carries out expert and scientific-analytical activities, evaluates and develops draft model laws and recommendations, and discusses issues of international cooperation in science, education and technology, innovation and regulatory integration. Andrey Rudskoy emphasized that the members of the Expert Council are actively involved in organizing the International School Olympiad and the international conference “Russian Language – the Basis of Integration Dialogue in the Commonwealth of Independent States”, and are working on preparing the International Scientific and Educational Congress of the CIS Member States. The heads of the delegations familiarized themselves with the full report on the activities of the Expert Council, presented in the meeting materials, during the report.

    Chairperson of the CIS IPA Council Valentina Matvienko thanked Andrey Rudskoy for the work he had done, noting his personal contribution to resolving issues of model lawmaking and interaction with the Commonwealth countries in the field of science and education.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Yugoslavia rejoins INTERPOL

    Source: Interpol (news and events)

    The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on Monday regained membership of INTERPOL, bringing the number of member countries to 179. The application was approved by an overwhelming majority vote at INTERPOL’s General Assembly, currently meeting in Budapest for its 70th annual session.

    Speaking to the General Assembly, Mr. Zoran Zivkovic, Yugoslavia’s Federal Minister of the Interior, said Yugoslavia is already a member, once again, of the United Nations. He explained that the Yugoslav police authorities wish to be involved in international police co-operation using the facilities provided by INTERPOL. The Yugoslav government would wholly meet the obligations and responsibilities laid down in INTERPOL’s constitution, rules and regulations, he pledged.

    – I am convinced Yugoslavia’s membership of INTERPOL will make a significant contribution to the police community’s fight against international crime, said INTERPOL’s President, Mr. Jesús Espigares Mira (Spain).

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  • MIL-OSI: Main Street Financial Services Corp. Announces Earnings for First Quarter of 2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Business Highlights

    • Net income for the first quarter of 2025 totaled $3.6 million, or $0.47 per common share
    • Deposit growth of $28.3 million, or 9.8% annualized, for the quarter ended March 31, 2025
    • Loan growth of $17.8 million, or 6.4% annualized, for the quarter ended March 31, 2025
    • Continued reduction of wholesale funding by $31 million during the first quarter of 2025. The wholesale funding balance decreased to $69 million, or 4.8% of assets, as of March 31, 2025.
    • Declared cash dividend of $0.14 per share on April 11, 2025

    WOOSTER, Ohio, April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Main Street Financial Services Corp. (OTCQX: MSWV), (the “Company”), the holding company parent of Main Street Bank Corp. reported a net income of $3.6 million, or $0.47 per common share, for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The return on average equity and return on average assets for the first quarter of 2025 was 13.27% and 1.03%, compared to 12.94% and 0.86%, for the first quarter of 2024 with merger costs excluded.

    The Company announced a merger of equals transaction with Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc. (“Legacy Wayne”) on February 23, 2023. On May 31, 2024 (the “Merger Date”), the Company completed the transaction, forming a financial holding company with assets of $1.4 billion. On the Merger Date, Legacy Wayne merged with and into Main Street, with Main Street surviving the merger (the “Merger”). Immediately following the Merger, Main Street’s wholly owned bank subsidiary, Main Street Bank Corp., merged with and into Wayne Savings Community Bank, with Wayne Savings Community Bank surviving the merger. Upon completion of the Merger, Wayne Savings Community Bank was renamed Main Street Bank Corp.

    The Merger was accounted for as a reverse merger using the acquisition method of accounting, therefore, Legacy Wayne was deemed the acquirer for financial reporting purposes, even though Main Street was the legal acquirer. Accordingly, Legacy Wayne’s historical financial statements are the historical financial statements of the combined company for all periods before the Merger Date. Our consolidated statements of income for the quarters ended June 30, 2024 and forward, include the results from Main Street on and after May 31, 2024. Results for periods before May 31, 2024, reflect only those of Legacy Wayne and do not include the consolidated statements of income of Main Street. Accordingly, comparisons of our results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, with those of prior periods may not be meaningful. The number of shares issued and outstanding, earnings per share, dividends paid and all references to share quantities of Main Street have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the equivalent number of shares issued in the Merger.

    President and CEO James R. VanSickle commented “We are proud of the progress we have made as a combined organization. The merger has created meaningful opportunities for growth and enhanced our ability to deliver long-term value to our shareholders. Our team’s dedication and our communities’ ongoing support have been instrumental in this success, and we’re deeply grateful for the trust placed in us.”

    First Quarter 2025 Financial Results

    Net interest income was $11.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, an increase of 128% from $5.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. The net interest margin of 3.44% for the first quarter of 2025 increased 83 basis points from 2.61% for the first quarter of 2024. Loan yields were 6.14% for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, an increase of 81 basis points when compared to 5.33% for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. During the first quarter of 2025, $68.5 million of the existing loan portfolio repriced and the bank funded $62.0 million in term loans and lines of credit at current market rates. Investment yields increased 157 basis points to 3.89% as of March 31, 2025, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2024. The cost of funds for the first quarter of 2025, was 2.43%, a decrease of 5 basis points when compared to the first quarter of 2024. The cost of funds is impacted by the acquisition of new deposit accounts in the local market at rates lower than wholesale funding, such as FHLB advances. The cost of deposits was 2.27% for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, a 13 basis point increase when compared to 2.40% for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. The cost of borrowings for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 totaled 4.32%, an decrease of 42 basis points when compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2024.

    A provision for credit losses and unfunded commitments of $245,000 was recorded for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. During the quarter, the Company recognized $22,000 in charge-offs and $39,000 in recoveries, reflecting relatively stable asset quality.

    Noninterest income totaled $0.8 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $141,000, or 20.8%, when compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2024. The increase in noninterest income is primarily attributed to interchange fees and service charges generated from the acquired deposit accounts.

    Noninterest expense totaled $7.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $3.6 million when compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2024. The increase reflects a quarter of combined expenses after the merger. The continued realization of expected cost savings from the merger have progressed as planned during the quarter. Noninterest expense decreased by $436,000 when compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2024 due to decreased compensation expense and supplies.

    The provision for income taxes for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, increased by $464,000 compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2024. During the quarter ended December 31, 2024, the Company reassessed the West Virginia state income tax position and a $177,000 credit adjustment was realized during the quarter.

    March 31, 2025 Financial Condition

    At March 31, 2025, the Company had total assets of $1.41 billion with net loan balances totaling $1.13 billion. Loan balances grew by $17.8 million, or 6.4% annualized, during the first quarter of 2025. The increase is primarily attributed to $17.4 million growth in the commercial loan portfolio.

    The allowance for credit losses was $12.0 million at March 31, 2025, compared to $11.8 million at December 31, 2024. The allowance for credit losses as a percent of total loans was 1.05% for March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The allowance for credit losses and the related provision for credit losses is based on management’s judgment and evaluation of the loan portfolio. Management believes the current allowance for credit losses is adequate, however, changing economic and other conditions may require future adjustments to the allowance for credit losses.

    Total nonperforming loans (NPLs) was $4.9 million at March 31, 2025, a decrease from $6.1 million at December 31, 2024. The NPL to net loan receivable ratio was 0.43% as of March 31, 2025. Past due loan balances of 30 days and more increased from $13.8 million at December 31, 2024, to $14.5 million, or 1.28% of net loans outstanding, at March 31, 2025.

    Improvement in Asset Quality Since Merger Announcement: The combined level of classified loans for Legacy Wayne and Main Street was $24.4 million as of December 31, 2022. Since the merger announcement on February 23, 2023, the management teams of both Main Street and Wayne invested a great deal of time ensuring our combined organization utilizes strong underwriting standards and proactively monitors credit quality. Main Street sold approximately $15.2 million of loans in August 2023 and April 2024, of which approximately $12.7 million were classified loans. As of March 31, 2025, the resultant Company has $12.0 million of classified loans.

    Total liabilities was $1.30 billion at March 31, 2025 with deposits totaling $1.18 billion and wholesale funding totaling $69.0 million. Deposits grew by $28.3 million, or 9.8% annualized, during the first quarter of 2025, mainly attributed to growth from Maximize Money Market accounts and the Short-Term Relationship Certificates of Deposits. The Company primarily utilizes FHLB advances as the primary source of wholesale funding due to their accessibility and alignment with prevailing market rates. During the first quarter of 2025, the Company reduced the reliance on FHLB advances by $36 million.

    Total stockholders’ equity was $114.8 million at March 31, 2025, an increase of $4.2 million when compared to the December 31, 2024 balance. Total stockholders’ equity increased during the first quarter of 2025 primarily from net income of $3.6 million and an increase in accumulated other comprehensive income of $1.5 million, partially offset by dividends of $1.1 million.

    Main Street Financial Services Corp. is a holding company headquartered in Wooster, Ohio. Its primary subsidiary, Main Street Bank Corp. was founded in 1899 and provides full-service banking, commercial lending, and mortgage services across its branch infrastructure. Today, Main Street Bank Corp. operates 19 branch locations in Wooster, Ohio, Wheeling, West Virginia and other surrounding communities in Ohio and West Virginia. Additional information about Main Street Bank Corp. is available at www.mymainstreetbank.bank.

    Non-GAAP Disclosure
    This press release includes disclosures of the Company’s return on average equity, return on average assets, net income, and efficiency ratios which are excluding costs related to merger activities which are financial measures not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP). A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of historical or future financial performance, financial position or cash flow that excludes or includes amounts that are required to be disclosed by GAAP. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide both management and investors a more complete understanding of the underlying operational results and trends and the Company’s marketplace performance. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the numbers prepared in accordance with GAAP.

    Forward-Looking–Statements
    This release contains forward-looking statements that are not historical facts and that are intended to be “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements about the Company’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements contained in this release that are not historical facts and pertain to the Company’s future operating results.  When used in this release, the words “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates” and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements.  Actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in these forward-looking statements, because such statements are inherently subject to significant assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond the Company’s control.  These include but are not limited to: the possibility of adverse economic developments that may, among other things, increase default and delinquency risks in the Company’s loan portfolios; shifts in interest rates; shifts in the rate of inflation; shifts in the demand for the Company’s loan and other products; unforeseen increases in costs and expenses; lower-than-expected revenue or cost savings in connection with acquisitions; changes in accounting policies; changes in the monetary and fiscal policies of the federal government; and changes in laws, regulations and the competitive environment.  Unless legally required, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

    Contact Information:
    Matthew Hartzler
    Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
    (330) 264-5767

         
    MAIN STREET FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.    
    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets    
    (Dollars in thousands, except share data – unaudited)    
         
      March 31,
    2025    		     December 31,
    2024    		  
    ASSETS          
               
    Cash and cash equivalents $ 42,734     $ 54,422  
    Securities, net (1) 162,763     163,819  
    Loans receivable, net 1,131,661     1,113,900  
    Federal Home Loan Bank stock 4,951     5,924  
    Premises & equipment, net 8,018     8,013  
    Bank-owned life insurance 21,893     22,155  
    Other assets 41,103     41,368  
     TOTAL ASSETS $ 1,413,123     $ 1,409,601  
               
    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY          
               
    Deposit accounts $ 1,184,669     $ 1,156,327  
    Other borrowings 35,852     28,399  
    Federal Home Loan Bank advances 64,000     100,000  
    Accrued interest payable and other liabilities 13,699     14,239  
    TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,298,220     1,298,965  
               
               
    Common stock (7,801,011 shares of $1.00 par value issued) 7,801     7,801  
    Additional paid-in capital 56,584     56,387  
    Retained earnings 59,893     57,356  
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss (9,375 )   (10,908 )
    TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY 114,903     110,636  
               
    TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY $ 1,413,123     $ 1,409,601  
               
    (1) Includes available-for-sale and held-to-maturity classifications.    
    Note: The December 31, 2024 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet has been derived from the audited Consolidated Balance Sheet as of that date.    
               
     
    MAIN STREET FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
    (Dollars in thousands, except share data – unaudited)
           
      Three Months Ended
      March 31,
        2025     2024  
           
    Interest income $ 19,397   $ 9,694  
    Interest expense   7,872     4,641  
    Net interest income   11,525     5,053  
    Provision for credit losses   245     (126 )
    Net interest income after provision for credit losses   11,280     5,179  
    Non-interest income   819     678  
    Non-interest expense      
    Salaries and employee benefits   3,716     2,000  
    Net occupancy and equipment expense   1,475     682  
    Federal deposit insurance premiums   171     143  
    Franchise taxes   105     127  
    Advertising and marketing   170     68  
    Legal   83     133  
    Professional fees   359     85  
    ATM network   80     129  
    Auditing and accounting   176     72  
    Other   1,179     495  
    Total non-interest expense   7,514     3,934  
    Income before federal income taxes   4,585     1,923  
    Provision for federal income taxes   956     384  
    Net income $ 3,629   $ 1,539  
           
    Earnings per share      
    Basic $ 0.47   $ 0.40  
    Diluted $ 0.47   $ 0.40  
           
     
     
    MAIN STREET FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
    Selected Condensed Consolidated Financial Data
    (Dollars in thousands, except share data – unaudited)
                   
      March   December   September   June
        2025       2024       2024       2024  
                   
    Interest and dividend income $ 19,397     $ 19,138     $ 18,930     $ 12,572  
    Interest expense   7,872       8,531       8,308       6,185  
    Net interest income   11,525       10,607       10,622       6,387  
    Provision for credit losses   245       79       109       4,720  
    Net interest income after              
    provision for credit losses   11,280       10,528       10,513       1,666  
    Non-interest income   819       1,165       1,600       716  
    Non-interest expense   7,514       7,950       7,863       6,723  
    Income before federal income taxes   4,585       3,744       4,251       (4,341 )
    Provision for federal income taxes   956       558       804       (873 )
    Net income $ 3,629     $ 3,186     $ 3,446     $ (3,468 )
                   
    Earnings per share – basic $ 0.47     $ 0.41     $ 0.44     $ (0.68 )
    Earnings per share – diluted $ 0.47     $ 0.41     $ 0.44     $ (0.67 )
    Dividends per share $ 0.14     $ 0.14     $ 0.14     $ 0.13  
    Return on average assets   1.03 %     0.90 %     1.00 %     (1.38 %)
    Return on average equity   13.27 %     11.69 %     12.58 %     (17.16 %)
    Shares outstanding at quarter end   7,801,011       7,801,011       7,801,011       7,787,055  
    Book value per share $ 14.73     $ 14.18     $ 14.27     $ 13.60  
    Tangible equity per share $ 12.73     $ 12.13     $ 12.15     $ 11.49  
    Return on common tangible equity   14.62 %     13.46 %     14.54 %     (15.51 %)
                   
                   
      March   December   September   June
        2024       2023       2023       2023  
                   
    Interest and dividend income $ 9,694     $ 9,545     $ 9,078     $ 8,571  
    Interest expense   4,641       4,330       3,673       2,867  
    Net interest income   5,053       5,215       5,405       5,704  
    Provision for credit losses   (126 )     4       138       170  
    Net interest income after              
    provision for credit losses   5,179       5,211       5,267       5,534  
    Non-interest income   678       1,017       691       706  
    Non-interest expense   3,934       3,748       3,733       3,949  
    Income before federal income taxes   1,923       2,480       2,225       2,291  
    Provision for federal income taxes   384       443       452       547  
    Net income $ 1,539     $ 2,037     $ 1,773     $ 1,744  
                   
    Earnings per share – basic $ 0.40     $ 0.53     $ 0.46     $ 0.46  
    Earnings per share – diluted $ 0.40     $ 0.53     $ 0.46     $ 0.45  
    Dividends per share $ 0.13     $ 0.13     $ 0.13     $ 0.13  
    Return on average assets   0.76 %     1.02 %     0.91 %     0.92 %
    Return on average equity   11.63 %     16.90 %     14.41 %     14.36 %
    Shares outstanding at quarter end   3,840,575       3,839,702       3,837,609       3,837,085  
    Book value per share $ 13.81     $ 13.80     $ 12.40     $ 12.64  
    Tangible equity per share $ 13.36     $ 13.35     $ 11.95     $ 12.20  
    Return on common tangible equity   12.00 %     15.90 %     15.46 %     14.90 %
                   
                   
     
    MAIN STREET FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
    Non-GAAP reconciliation
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data – unaudited)
     
      For three months ended
      March,
        2025       2024  
           
    Net Income as reported – GAAP $ 3,629     $ 1,539  
    Effect of merger related expenses (net of tax benefit)   –       174  
    Net Income non-GAAP $ 3,629     $ 1,713  
           
    Earnings per share – GAAP $ 0.47     $ 0.40  
    Effect of merger related expenses   –       0.05  
    Earnings per share non-GAAP $ 0.47     $ 0.45  
           
    Return on average assets – GAAP   1.03 %     0.77 %
    Effect of merger related expenses   –       0.09 %
    Return on average assets non-GAAP   1.03 %     0.86 %
           
    Return on average equity – GAAP   13.27 %     11.63 %
    Effect of merger related expenses   –       1.31 %
    Return on average equity non-GAAP   13.27 %     12.94 %
           
    Efficiency Ratio – GAAP   60.87 %     68.64 %
    Effect of merger related expenses   –       (3.04 %)
    Efficiency Ratio non-GAAP   60.87 %     65.61 %
           

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  • MIL-OSI: SentinelOne and Nord Security partner up to tackle SMBs’ cybersecurity challenges

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    NEW YORK, April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nord Security, home to advanced cybersecurity solutions, announces an exciting integration with SentinelOne®, a global leader in AI-powered cybersecurity. The industry giants aim to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) conquer cybersecurity challenges across endpoint and network security.

    To build and maintain an effective cybersecurity strategy, businesses must navigate a complex mix of solutions that often lack integration. This absence of coordination creates additional challenges, requiring significant financial, human, and technical resources to manage multiple separate systems. Through this collaboration, SentinelOne and Nord Security will offer companies a combined solution that will allow them to address both endpoint and network security challenges.

    The comprehensive solution comes from SentinelOne’s integration with NordLayer, a toggle-ready network security platform from Nord Security’s business suite. SentinelOne will automatically alert NordLayer of any malicious user identified on the endpoint, ensuring they’re disconnected from the network before it can be compromised.

    “We are proud to partner with a global leader like SentinelOne. At Nord Security, we recognize that the complexity of current cybersecurity challenges requires collaboration across the industry. While our expertise fuels innovative solutions, building strong, strategic partnerships with players like SentinelOne, whose products complement ours, is essential to address the full range of cyber threats,” says Justas Morkunas, chief commercial officer for B2B at Nord Security. “We believe this new integration, already available through the leading cloud marketplace Pax8, is just the beginning of a fruitful and long-lasting partnership that will result in many exciting developments in the future.”

    “Partnering with Nord Security allows us to deliver greater value to businesses seeking comprehensive, streamlined security protection,” says Melissa K. Smith, vice president, technology partnerships and strategic initiatives at SentinelOne. “Together, we’re making it easier for organizations to secure tomorrow without added complexity, empowering organizations to focus on growth, not threats.”

    Attendees of the RSAC 2025 conference are invited to visit Nord Security’s and SentinelOne’s respective booths at Moscone Center in San Francisco from April 28 to May 1 to learn more about the partnership.

    About SentinelOne
    SentinelOne® is a leading AI-powered cybersecurity platform. Built on the first unified Data Lake, SentinelOne empowers the world to run securely by creating intelligent, data-driven systems that think for themselves, stay ahead of complexity and risk, and evolve on their own. Leading organizations—including Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and Global 2000 companies, as well as prominent governments – trust SentinelOne to Secure Tomorrow™. Learn more at sentinelone.com.

    About Nord Security
    Nord Security, home to the renowned VPN service NordVPN, is the world’s leading cybersecurity solutions provider, trusted by 20,000+ businesses across the globe. Designed to meet the needs of a digital workforce, the Nord Security business suite brings together the toggle-ready network security platform for business NordLayer, the next-generation password manager NordPass, and the threat exposure management platform NordStellar. For more information, visit nordsecurity.com.

    Contact:
    inga@nordsec.com

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  • MIL-OSI Africa: Adeeb Y. Al Aama Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation

    Source: Africa Press Organisation – English (2) – Report:

    JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, April 24, 2025/APO Group/ —

    The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-IDB.org), the trade finance arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Engineer Adeeb Y. Al Aama as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ITFC, effective April 20, 2025.   

    The appointment was approved by the ITFC Board of Directors, following the recommendation of H.E. Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman of the ITFC Board and President of the IsDB Group. 

    Upon his appointment, Eng. Al Aama stated: “It is a great honor to assume leadership of ITFC as we embark on the next chapter of our growth journey. Building on the solid foundations laid over the years, I am committed to advancing ITFC’s mission of empowering our member countries through innovative trade financing and development solutions. Together with the dedication of our talented team and the steadfast support of our partners, I am confident that we will drive greater impact, foster strategic partnerships, and contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic growth across our member countries.” 

    Eng. Al Aama brings over three decades of leadership experience spanning international organizations, multinational corporations and government institutions. He has extensive experience in international trade, energy markets, strategic planning, and economics among others. His distinguished career includes serving as Saudi Arabia’s Governor for OPEC and Deputy Minister of Energy for Kingdom Affairs in OPEC and Global Oil Markets, where he played a pivotal role in shaping energy policies and strengthening economic cooperation. 

    Throughout his distinguished career, he has advised three Saudi Energy Ministers and held executive roles at Saudi Aramco and Saudi Petroleum Overseas Ltd., driving international trade partnerships and strategic initiatives. 

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  • MIL-OSI Economics: CBB Government Development Bond Issue No. 39 Oversubscribed

    Source: Central Bank of Bahrain

    CBB Government Development Bond Issue No. 39 Oversubscribed

    Published on 24 April 2025

    Manama, Bahrain – 24th April 2025 – The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the issue of the 2-year Government Development Bond has been oversubscribed by 308%.

    Subscriptions worth BD 771.073 million were received for the BD 200 million issue, which carries a maturity of 2 years.

    The fixed annual coupon rate on the issue, which begins on 29th April 2025 and matures on 29th April 2027, is 5.75%.

    The Government Development Bonds are issued by the CBB on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

    This is Government Development Bond issue No.39 (ISIN BH0006L926V8).

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  • MIL-OSI Global: The hidden history of Philadelphia’s window-box gardens and their role in urban reform

    Source: The Conversation – USA – By Sonja Dümpelmann, Professor of Environmental Humanities, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

    Window-box gardening has been a Philly tradition since the 1800s. Sonja Dümpelmann, CC BY-SA

    It’s that time of year when Philadelphia row home owners with a green thumb fastidiously attend to their window boxes – selecting new plants to design an artful blend of colors, shapes and textures.

    Sonja Dümpelmann is a historian of landscapes and the built environment who lived in Philly from 2019 to 2023. During this time, she researched how female reformers and activists in Philadelphia in the 19th and 20th centuries tended to window-box gardens both for charity and to spur urban renewal in rundown neighborhoods.

    Dümpelmann recently published an article on this history in the architectural journal Buildings & Landscapes. She spoke with The Conversation U.S. about what she learned.

    Some homeowners change out their plants throughout the year.
    Sonja Dümpelmann, CC BY-SA

    How did you become interested in window boxes?

    When I first moved to Philadelphia from Cambridge, Massachusetts, in August 2019, I was immediately struck by the window boxes. The lushness and freshness of the plants in many of the boxes, and sometimes in sidewalk planters, made walking more pleasant and interesting. This was especially the case in the hot summer months when I would often see plants from subtropical and tropical climates in the Rittenhouse Square, Fitler Square and Graduate Hospital neighborhoods.

    I noticed that there were three categories of window boxes. Many were visibly cared for, often freshly planted and decorated several times a year in accordance with the changing seasons. Some were derelict and had spontaneous growth of saplings and different grasses. And a third category were boxes outfitted with plastic plants, perhaps signaling absentee owners or landlords who seek to simulate care.

    What makes them landscape architecture?

    Window boxes – especially the planted boxes, but also painted boxes that are empty – change outdoor space and building exteriors. They make them more colorful and interesting, and they break up plain vertical walls by protruding from the facade.

    You could say that the window boxes “greet” passersby. They connect private indoor space with the public realm of the street. As one early window-box promoter observed in 1903, “The man in the street gets as much enjoyment out of them as its owner.”

    “Gardens in a box,” as they were also referred to by early promoters, can make homes and entire neighborhoods look and feel different. They forge distinct identities with their plant selection and the style and color of the boxes.

    Window gardens are a way to greet passersby on the street.
    Sonja Dümpelmann, CC BY-SA

    How did window gardening begin?

    Window gardening became popular in Victorian England and continental Europe in the 19th century. It began as an indoor activity and was practiced especially by women, but it soon also moved outdoors. There it became part of what American women in the late 19th century called “municipal housekeeping.” It extended their conventional female roles as housekeepers and mothers into the larger “household” of the community.

    Window gardening became a means of female social reform during the Progressive Era. During this period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when industries and cities were growing fast, women sought to improve education, public health and living conditions, especially for poor and immigrant communities. By offering plants, flowers and entire window boxes, the women supported homemakers of lesser means.

    However, these boxes were also a way to make sure that order in and outside of homes was maintained. Window gardens became cultural symbols of cleanliness and good housekeeping. Furthermore, reformers considered window gardening as a practice that could help immigrants assimilate into American society.

    When did they become political?

    In Philadelphia there were two big window-gardening movements. The first occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and I describe it as window-box charity. The second, which I call window-box activism, began in the 1950s.

    Window-box charity was carried out primarily by white philanthropists and social workers who would distribute plants and goods sent from outside the city to the urban poor and sick, especially immigrants and Black Americans. Sometimes the window boxes were ready to be installed outside the windows. Other times recipients built and planted boxes themselves.

    The Neighborhood Garden Association, the organization that pioneered window-box activism, at work near the now-closed Alexander Wilson School in West Philadelphia in 1955.
    Courtesy of the McLean Library and Archives, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Several decades later, in the mid-20th-century, plants became a vehicle for white suburban garden club ladies and Black inner-city residents to counter urban decay resulting from racism and public disinvestment. On annual planting days, the garden club ladies brought plants into the city and joined residents in planting and installing window boxes to brighten up their neighborhood blocks.

    Plants were key in both window-box charity and window-box activism. People came together to care for plants, creating friendships among neighbors and ties between low-income and wealthy neighborhoods. The women used plants and window boxes to protect private space and increase the safety of public space. In the 1960s, the Philadelphia police reported less crime on streets with window boxes.

    Of course, window boxes and plants alone could not solve larger urban social problems such as poor housing conditions and racial discrimination. So while they could be catalysts of neighborhood change, they also helped to camouflage and quite literally naturalize larger social problems that required political responses.

    Are they still linked to urban renewal?

    Like a smaller version of public parks, community gardens and street trees, window gardens can contribute to green gentrification. This occurs when the construction of parks or the planting of trees contributes to an increase in property values that leads to the displacement of long-term residents in low-income neighborhoods.

    Window gardening did help save some of Philly’s old row house neighborhoods from demolition during urban renewal beginning in the 1950s. However, quite a few of these neighborhoods – such as Washington Square West and Graduate Hospital – have since been gentrified, and families who once window gardened to turn their neighborhoods into more beautiful and safer places could no longer afford to live there.

    The 20th century window-box activism drew the attention of sociologists and other national and international observers, especially because it brought white and Black residents together during the tensions of the Civil Rights Movement. It also raised public awareness about unequal access to urban green spaces.

    Window boxes on Delancey Street in Philadelphia.
    Photo by R. Kennedy for Visit Philadelphia, CC BY-SA

    Yet despite the movement’s good intentions and positive effects, racial segregation remains a persistent problem in Philadelphia.

    In gentrified parts of Center City today, new and restored row houses often include fixtures and built-in irrigation pipes for window boxes. Many owners outsource window-box planting and maintenance to paid service providers.

    But for lower-income residents, the costs in both time and money to install and maintain window gardens can be prohibitive.

    Sonja Dümpelmann does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. The hidden history of Philadelphia’s window-box gardens and their role in urban reform – https://theconversation.com/the-hidden-history-of-philadelphias-window-box-gardens-and-their-role-in-urban-reform-254361

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  • MIL-OSI Global: How do children learn to read? This literacy expert says ‘there are as many ways as there are students’

    Source: The Conversation – USA – By K. Dara Hill, Professor of Reading and Language Arts, University of Michigan-Dearborn

    Not all children learn to read in the same way, but schools tend to adopt a single approach to literacy. luckyvector/iStock via Getty Images Plus

    Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level. Reading scores lag 2 percentage points below 2022 levels and 4 percentage points below 2019 levels.

    This data from the 2024 report of National Assessment of Educational Progress, a state-based ranking sometimes called “America’s report card,” has concerned educators scrambling to boost reading skills.

    Many school districts have adopted an evidence-based literacy curriculum called the “science of reading” that features phonics as a critical component.

    Phonics strategies begin by teaching children to recognize letters and make their corresponding sounds. Then they advance to manipulating and blending first-letter sounds to read and write simple, consonant-vowel-consonant words – such as combining “b” or “c” with “-at” to make “bat” and “cat.” Eventually, students learn to merge more complex word families and to read them in short stories to improve fluency and comprehension.

    Proponents of the curriculum celebrate its grounding in brain science, and the science of reading has been credited with helping Louisiana students outperform their pre-pandemic reading scores last year.

    In practice, Louisiana used a variety of science of reading approaches beyond phonics. That’s because different students have different learning needs, for a variety of reasons.

    Yet as a scholar of reading and language who has studied literacy in diverse student populations, I see many schools across the U.S. placing a heavy emphasis on the phonics components of the science of reading.

    If schools want across-the-board gains in reading achievement, using one reading curriculum to teach every child isn’t the best way. Teachers need the flexibility and autonomy to use various, developmentally appropriate literacy strategies as needed.

    Phonics fails some students

    Phonics programs often require memorizing word families in word lists. This works well for some children: Research shows that “decoding” strategies such as phonics can support low-achieving readers and learners with dyslexia.

    However, some students may struggle with explicit phonics instruction, particularly the growing population of neurodivergent learners with autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. These students learn and interact differently than their mainstream peers in school and in society. And they tend to have different strengths and challenges when it comes to word recognition, reading fluency and comprehension.

    This was the case with my own child. He had been a proficient reader from an early age, but struggles emerged when his school adopted a phonics program to balance out its regular curriculum, a flexible literature-based curriculum called Daily 5 that prioritizes reading fluency and comprehension.

    I worked with his first grade teacher to mitigate these challenges. But I realized that his real reading proficiency would likely not have been detected if the school had taught almost exclusively phonics-based reading lessons.

    Another weakness of phonics, in my experience, is that it teaches reading in a way that is disconnected from authentic reading experiences. Phonics often directs children to identify short vowel sounds in word lists, rather than encounter them in colorful stories. Evidence shows that exposing children to fun, interesting literature promotes deep comprehension.

    Balanced literacy

    To support different learning styles, educators can teach reading in multiple ways. This is called balanced literacy, and for decades it was a mainstay in teacher preparation and in classrooms.

    Balanced literacy prompts children to learn words encountered in authentic literature during guided, teacher-led read-alouds – versus learning how to decode words in word lists. Teachers use multiple strategies to promote reading acquisition, such as blending the letter sounds in words to support “decoding” while reading.

    Another balanced literacy strategy that teachers can apply in phonics-based strategies while reading aloud is called “rhyming word recognition.” The rhyming word strategy is especially effective with stories whose rhymes contribute to the deeper meaning of the story, such as Marc Brown’s “Arthur in a Pickle.”

    The rhyming structure of ‘Arthur in a Pickle’ helps children learn to read entire words, versus word parts.

    After reading, teachers may have learners arrange letter cards to form words, then tap the letter cards while saying and blending each sound to form the word. Similar phonics strategies include tracing and writing letters to form words that were encountered during reading.

    There is no one right way to teach literacy in a developmentally appropriate, balanced literacy framework. There are as many ways as there are students.

    What a truly balanced curriculum looks like

    The push for the phonics-based component of the science of reading is a response to the discrediting of the Lucy Calkins Reading Project, a balanced literacy approach that uses what’s called “cueing” to teach young readers. Teachers “cue” students to recognize words with corresponding pictures and promote guessing unfamiliar words while reading based on context clues.

    A 2024 class action lawsuit filed by Massachusetts families claimed that this faulty curriculum and another cueing-based approach called Fountas & Pinnell had failed readers for four decades, in part because they neglect scientifically backed phonics instruction.

    But this allegation overlooks evidence that the Calkins curriculum worked for children who were taught basic reading skills at home. And a 2021 study in Georgia found modest student achievement gains of 2% in English Language Arts test scores among fourth graders taught with the Lucy Calkins method.

    Nor is the method unscientific. Using picture cues with corresponding words is supported by the predictable language theory of literacy.

    This approach is evident in Eric Carle’s popular children’s books. Stories such as the “Very Hungry Caterpillar” and “Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you See?” have vibrant illustrations of animals and colors that correspond with the text. The pictures support children in learning whole words and repetitive phrases, suchg as, “But he was still hungry.”

    Teacher-led read-alouds have been a mainstay learn-to-read activity in U.S. classrooms for decades.
    H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images

    The intention here is for learners to acquire words in the context of engaging literature. But critics of Calkins contend that “cueing” during reading is a guessing game. They say readers are not learning the fundamentals necessary to identify sounds and word families on their way to decoding entire words and sentences.

    As a result, schools across the country are replacing traditional learn-to-read activities tied to balanced literacy approaches with the science of reading. Since its inception in 2013, the phonics-based curriculum has been adopted by 40 states and the Disctrict of Columbia.

    Recommendations for parents, educators and policymakers

    The most scientific way to teach reading, in my opinion, is by not applying the same rigid rules to every child. The best instruction meets students where they are, not where they should be.

    Here are five evidence-based tips to promote reading for all readers that combine phonics, balanced literacy and other methods.

    1. Maintain the home-school connection. When schools send kids home with developmentally appropriate books and strategies, it encourages parents to practice reading at home with their kids and develop their oral reading fluency. Ideally, reading materials include features that support a diversity of learning strategies, including text, pictures with corresponding words and predictable language.

    2. Embrace all reading. Academic texts aren’t the only kind of reading parents and teachers should encourage. Children who see menus, magazines and other print materials at home also acquire new literacy skills.

    3. Make phonics fun. Phonics instruction can teach kids to decode words, but the content is not particularly memorable. I encourage teachers to teach phonics on words that are embedded in stories and texts that children absolutely love.

    4. Pick a series. High-quality children’s literature promotes early literacy achievement. Texts that become increasingly more complex as readers advance, such as the “Arthur” step-into-reading series, are especially helpful in developing reading comprehension. As readers progress through more complex picture books, caregivers and teachers should read aloud the “Arthur” novels until children can read them independently. Additional popular series that grow with readers include “Otis,” “Olivia,” “Fancy Nancy” and “Berenstain Bears.”

    5. Tutoring works. Some readers will struggle despite teachers’ and parents’ best efforts. In these cases, intensive, high-impact tutoring can help. Sending students to one session a week of at least 30 minutes is well documented to help readers who’ve fallen behind catch up to their peers. Many nonprofit organizations, community centers and colleges offer high-impact tutoring.

    K. Dara Hill does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. How do children learn to read? This literacy expert says ‘there are as many ways as there are students’ – https://theconversation.com/how-do-children-learn-to-read-this-literacy-expert-says-there-are-as-many-ways-as-there-are-students-246468

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  • MIL-OSI Global: US colleges and universities have billions stashed away in endowments − a higher ed finance expert explains what they are

    Source: The Conversation – USA – By Todd L. Ely, Associate Professor of Public Administration; Director, Center for Local Government, University of Colorado Denver

    Prospective students tour Georgetown University’s campus in Washington in 2013. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

    With the Trump administration seeking to cut federal funding for colleges and universities, you might be wondering whether the endowments of these institutions of higher education might be able to fill those gaps. Todd L. Ely, a professor of public administration at the University of Colorado Denver, explains what endowments are and the constraints placed on them.

    What’s an endowment?

    Endowments are pools of financial investments that belong to a nonprofit. These assets produce a revenue stream, typically from dividends, interest and realized capital gains. The funds endowments hold usually originate as charitable donations made to support an institution’s mission.

    In most cases with higher education endowments, this wealth, which helps buoy a nonprofit’s budget, is supposed to last forever.

    Contributions to endowments are tax-deductible for donors who itemize their tax returns. Once these funds are invested, they grow generally tax-free. But beginning in 2018, the federal government imposed a 1.4% excise tax on dozens of higher education institutions with relatively large endowments.

    Few colleges or universities have a single endowment fund.

    That’s because the donors who provide gifts large and small to the school over the years direct their donations to different funds reserved for specific purposes.

    Harvard University’s endowment, worth $53.2 billion at the end of its 2024 fiscal year, for example, consists of roughly 14,600 distinct funds.

    All told, money distributed from endowments covered more than 15%, on average, of college and university operating expenses in 2024. Some of America’s institutions of higher education, however, lean much more heavily than that on their endowments to pay their bills.

    People pose for photos in front of the iconic Tommy Trojan statue on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in 2019.
    AP Photo/Reed Saxon

    How do endowments influence higher education?

    Endowments can serve multiple purposes.

    In 2024, nearly half of all higher education spending paid for with endowment revenue funded scholarships and other kinds of aid for students, while almost 18% supported academic programs. Just under 11% paid for professors’ compensation, and almost 7% helped pay for running and maintaining campus facilities.

    More broadly, endowments can help shield schools from financial hardships and maintain their long-term reputations.

    When they’re set up to carry on in perpetuity, endowments must benefit both current and future generations. So when donors give to an endowment, they are arguably investing in the long-term viability of the institution.

    This long-term focus suggests that endowments aren’t just rainy-day funds or financial reserves.

    Why can’t endowment funds be spent freely?

    At the end of the 2023 fiscal year, U.S. higher education endowments held a total of more than $907 billion. That is a lot of money, but it’s still less than the combined wealth of America’s five richest people.

    Like individual wealth, endowment assets are heavily concentrated in the U.S.

    Many colleges and universities have small or no endowments. Nearly 60% of them total less than $50 million. The top 25, which includes several public universities in states such as Michigan and Texas, account for more than half of all endowment assets.

    And even when schools have large endowments, the individual funds that compose them are bound by a wide array of restrictions. Some of that money can be spent however the school would like. Other funds are dedicated to a clearly defined purpose.

    When endowment funds are restricted, the school gets little discretion in how to spend them.

    At Harvard, for example, there’s a Hollis Professorship of Divinity at Harvard University. It was established in 1721 through a gift from a London merchant. Based on the terms of that long-ago donation, the earnings and growth of the donated funds continue to honor the donor’s intent by supporting the position, regardless of what the university needs.

    Alternatively, endowments may receive donations that are temporarily restricted. Known as “term” endowments, the assets they hold can be used once donor-imposed conditions are fulfilled.

    Institutions frequently designate some of their unrestricted funds as “quasi” endowments, usually earmarked for specific strategic purposes. This board-designated quasi-endowment does not carry legal restrictions and can be spent more freely.

    About 40% of higher education endowment assets are subject to permanent restrictions, 30% are temporarily restricted, and 29% are reserved for quasi-endowment use.

    People walk past the Ray and Maria Stata Center on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2019.
    AP Photo/Steven Senne

    How are decisions over endowment funds made?

    The decision-making authority over endowments typically rests with a college or university’s governing board. Those boards establish endowment payout policies that guide how much of the endowment and its earnings can be spent each year, while attempting to preserve the purchasing power of the investments over the long term.

    The policies take expectations regarding investment earnings and inflation into account, while smoothing annual payouts by using a percentage of the value of the endowment over multiple years as opposed to a single point in time. This payout tends to amount to about 5% of all assets. That share averaged 4.8% in 2024.

    U.S. institutions of higher education spent nearly $35.5 billion derived from their endowments in the 2023 fiscal year.

    Colleges and universities that depend more heavily on their endowment funds to cover their current obligations may choose to invest more conservatively. In recent years, many higher education endowments have obtained more complex investments, such as private equity, real assets and stakes in hedge funds.

    Endowments of nonprofit colleges and universities are also governed in most states by a state law known as the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act. This law encourages cautious investments and restrained spending.

    These restrictions mean that annual payouts are generally modest. That leaves endowments ill-equipped to respond to abrupt and large shifts in their funding needs.

    The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly referred to as Harvard Kennedy School, is a member of The Conversation U.S.

    Todd Ely works for a university that has an endowment and receives federal research funding.

    – ref. US colleges and universities have billions stashed away in endowments − a higher ed finance expert explains what they are – https://theconversation.com/us-colleges-and-universities-have-billions-stashed-away-in-endowments-a-higher-ed-finance-expert-explains-what-they-are-254872

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  • MIL-OSI Global: Alaska, rich in petroleum, faces an energy shortage

    Source: The Conversation – USA – By Brett Watson, Assistant Professor of Applied and Natural Resource Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage

    The Trans-Alaska Pipeline crosses underneath the Dalton Highway, carrying crude oil from the North Slope to a port in Valdez. Lance King/Getty Images

    In the state with the fourth-largest proven reserves of oil and gas in the U.S., there is a looming energy shortage.

    Above the Arctic Circle, oil producers on Alaska’s North Slope send an average of 465,000 barrels of crude oil south each day for shipping to refineries and users around the country and the world.

    But in south-central Alaska – Anchorage and the surrounding region, home to 63% of the state’s population – utility companies are warning they may not have enough natural gas from current sources to keep the power and heat on without interruption.

    As a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage who studies the economics of natural resources, I can see this apparent contradiction has a straightforward cause but no simple solution.

    Oil facilities in Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope, photographed March 28, 2002.
    Simon Bruty/Anychance/Getty Images

    Declining oil production

    The North Slope region once produced nearly 2 million barrels of oil per day at its peak in the 1980s. Every barrel is transported via the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline System to the port of Valdez, where it is loaded onto tanker ships.

    The state government collects significant taxes and royalties on oil production. For decades, oil revenue allowed the state to fund all government spending without imposing broad-based income, sales or property taxes. At the height of the oil boom, there was so much money that Alaska established a wealth fund, now valued at over US$80 billion, and began distributing dividends to every resident.

    But the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is designed to carry oil, not natural gas. A state law prevents producers from burning off excess gas, or flaring, as happens in many fields. With nowhere to send it, gas extracted from Alaska’s oil fields is reinjected into the ground to boost well pressure and push more oil out.

    Significant natural gas potential

    Alaska’s gas reserves are significant. State estimates suggest the North Slope has about 35 trillion cubic feet of proven reserves. That’s almost as much natural gas as the U.S. as a whole produced in 2023.

    But that is just the beginning: The North Slope also has the potential for another 200 trillion cubic feet that remains undiscovered. And improving technologies and techniques may be able to extract another 590 trillion cubic feet, according to the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., a company owned by the state of Alaska that is trying develop a project to extract and sell the state’s natural gas.

    As oil production declines and prices remain uncertain, selling gas could provide a different stream of revenue for the state, potentially providing billions of dollars.

    The 800-mile problem

    For decades, there have been numerous proposals to develop Alaska’s gas. State agencies and the petroleum industry have collectively spent hundreds of millions of dollars on this effort.

    The concept that’s closest to reality is Alaska Gasline Development Corp.’s proposal to build a plant on the North Slope to remove gas impurities, a liquefaction plant near Anchorage that could export 20 million tons of liquefied gas each year – around a trillion cubic feet – and an 807-mile pipeline to connect the two.

    The cost is expected to be significant: The corporation’s own estimate is that it would cost $44 billion. But that number was developed before the construction sector saw significant inflation in 2022. An engineering study due for release in late 2025 will provide a more updated figure. Alaskans remember that the Trans-Alaska Pipeline ended up costing 25% more than projected.

    Since his first day in office, President Donald Trump has touted this pipeline as part of efforts to expand the nation’s production of fossil fuels. He told a joint session of Congress it was a near-ready project, with Japan and South Korea ready to invest “trillions of dollars each.” In February 2025, he stood alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to announce a “joint venture” to develop the pipeline project, but no specific details have been announced.

    Winter in Alaska means deep cold and lots of snow.
    AP Photo/Mark Thiessen

    2 expensive options

    There is a growing need to address Alaska’s domestic energy shortfall.

    South-central Alaska relies on natural gas for more than 70% of its electric and heating needs. But the gas reserves closest to Anchorage, in the Cook Inlet, which have provided energy to the area since the 1960s, are dwindling, and prices are rising. In 2005, wholesale gas prices were $3.75 per 1,000 cubic feet of natural gas. By 2024, the price had more than doubled, to $8.75. By contrast, the rest of the U.S. has seen natural gas prices cut in half over that period, thanks in part to horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.

    In 2022, Hilcorp, the company responsible for roughly 85% of the Cook Inlet gas production, reported that by 2027 it might not be able to supply enough gas for utilities that serve the region.

    Solutions other than the pipeline are also slow and expensive. Local utilities estimate that improving energy efficiency and developing renewable power could reduce gas demand by around 10% over the next several years and by as much as 15% after a decade. But retrofitting the area’s aging and energy-inefficient homes will not be fast or cheap.

    More than just economics

    What remains for Alaska are two main options: get gas from the North Slope to Anchorage, or import liquefied gas from the global market.

    Building the pipeline could both meet the needs of Alaska’s people and bring in money from global sales – though how much revenue depends on how global gas markets change over time and how competitive Alaska gas prices would be relative to other suppliers.

    Any delays from financial, legal, technical or environmental challenges would balloon costs. But if it succeeded, Anchorage-area customers could see prices drop as low as $2.23 per 1,000 cubic feet – a 75% drop from current prices and 40% lower than in 2005. The savings could significantly bolster the region’s economy.

    Importing is a costly option. A study commissioned by the Alaska Legislature found that imported gas would cost $13.72 per 1,000 cubic feet. That’s 60% more than current prices and especially burdensome for Alaska families and businesses, which already pay far higher energy bills than typical American customers.

    Beyond the economic questions, there’s something symbolic at stake: the state’s identity. Could a state synonymous with energy production become an energy importer? Many Alaskans see the prospect as an embarrassing paradox – akin to Hawaii importing pineapples or New Mexico importing green chiles.

    Independence and globalization

    Alaska is not alone in grappling with the tension between energy self-sufficiency and economic efficiency.

    Across the U.S., states rich in resources have wrestled with the question of whether to prioritize local production or integrate into global markets. Texas produces more oil than any other state, yet it continues to import crude oil due to mismatches between its production and refining capacity.

    Shaped by globalization, few regions can truly isolate themselves from market forces. Energy production and consumption are increasingly interconnected, meaning pursuit of local self-sufficiency comes at a steep economic cost. That’s the question facing Alaska: whether to invest in domestic infrastructure to maintain energy independence, or embrace the flexibility – and potentially lower cost – of global markets.

    Brett Watson receives funding from First National Bank Alaska to conduct research on the Alaska economy, including energy issues. He has previously received funding from Power the Future for work on Alaska mineral issues.

    – ref. Alaska, rich in petroleum, faces an energy shortage – https://theconversation.com/alaska-rich-in-petroleum-faces-an-energy-shortage-254903

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  • MIL-OSI Global: Gratitude comes with benefits − a social psychologist explains how to practice it when times are stressful

    Source: The Conversation – USA – By Monica Y. Bartlett, Professor of Psychology, Gonzaga University

    If the concept of journaling feels daunting, perhaps just call it a gratitude list. Karl Tapales/Moment via Getty Images

    A lot has been written about gratitude over the past two decades and how we ought to be feeling it. There is advice for journaling and a plethora of purchasing options for gratitude notebooks and diaries. And research has consistently pointed to the health and relationship benefits of the fairly simple and cost-effective practice of cultivating gratitude.

    Yet, Americans are living in a very stressful time, worried about their financial situation and the current political upheaval.

    How then do we practice gratitude during such times?

    I am a social psychologist who runs the Positive Emotion and Social Behavior Lab at Gonzaga University. I teach courses focused on resilience and human flourishing. I have researched and taught about gratitude for 18 years.

    At the best of times, awareness of the positive may require more effort than noticing the negative, let alone in times of heightened distress. There are, however, two simple ways to work on this.

    Expressions of gratitude can take many different forms.
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    Gratitude doesn’t always come easily

    Generally, negative information captures attention more readily than the positive. This disparity is so potent that it’s called the negativity bias. Researchers argue that this is an evolutionary adaptation: Being vigilant for life’s harms was essential for survival.

    Yet, this means that noticing the kindnesses of others or the beauty the world has to offer may go unnoticed or forgotten by the end of the day. That is to our detriment.

    Gratitude is experienced as a positive emotion. It results from noticing that others − including friends and family certainly, but also strangers, a higher power or the planet − have provided assistance or given something of value such as friendship or financial support. By definition, gratitude is focused on others’ care or on entities outside of oneself. It is not about one’s own accomplishments or luck.

    When we feel gratitude toward something or someone, it can increase well-being and happiness and relationship satisfaction, as well as lower depression.

    Thus, it may assist in counteracting the negativity bias by helping us find and remember the good that others are doing for us every day − the good that we may lose sight of in the best of times, let alone in times when Americans are deeply stressed.

    We feel gratitude more easily when we notice the good that others have brought into our lives.
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    How to practice gratitude

    Research has shown that some people are naturally more grateful than others.

    But it’s also clear that gratitude can be cultivated through practice. People can improve their ability to notice and feel this positive emotion.

    One way to do this is to try a gratitude journal. Or, if the idea of journaling is daunting or annoying, perhaps call it a daily list instead. If you have given this a try and dislike it, skip to the second method below.

    Gratitude lists are designed to create a habit in which you scan your day looking for the positive outcomes that others have brought into your life, no matter how small. Writing down several experiences each day that went well because of others may make these positive events more visible to you and more memorable by the end of the day − thus, boosting gratitude and its accompanying benefits.

    While the negative news − “The stock market is down again!” “How are tariffs going to affect my financial security?” − is clearly drawing attention, a gratitude list is meant to help highlight the positive so that it doesn’t go overlooked.

    The negative doesn’t need help gaining attention, but the positive might.

    A second method for practicing gratitude is expressing that gratitude to others. This can look like writing a letter of gratitude and delivering it to someone who has made a positive impact in your life.

    When my students do this exercise, it often results in touching interactions. For instance, my college students often write to high school mentors, and those adults are regularly moved to tears to learn of the positive impact they had. Expressing gratitude in work settings can boost employees’ sense of social worth.

    In a world that may currently feel bleak, a letter of gratitude may not only help the writer recognize the good of others but also let others know that they are making a beautiful difference in the world.

    Monica Y. Bartlett does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. Gratitude comes with benefits − a social psychologist explains how to practice it when times are stressful – https://theconversation.com/gratitude-comes-with-benefits-a-social-psychologist-explains-how-to-practice-it-when-times-are-stressful-250882

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