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Women of different social or professional “ranks” within academic departments collaborate less than men do, according to a new Harvard study, suggesting that female full professors prefer to work on academic papers with other female full professors rather than assistant professors. When the pool was narrowed to women of the same rank, collaboration was equal to that of men.The study’s authors are Joyce Benenson, an associate of Harvard’s Human Evolutionary Biology Department and a professor of psychology at Emmanuel College; Richard Wrangham, the Ruth B. Moore Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology; and Henry Markovits, a professor of psychology at the University of Quebec at Montreal. The work was described in a paper published March 3 in Current Biology.Benenson and Wrangham have been pursuing parallel lines of research over a number of years with both children and chimpanzees. Their studies demonstrate that males are more likely to interact in large groups consisting of various ranks, whereas females form one-on-one, exclusive relationships with equals. It seemed that the findings would translate into different forms of cooperation in actual organizations, but the idea had never been tested because of the difficulty involved in establishing objective measures of cooperation.“The question we wanted to examine was: Do men or women cooperate differently with members of their own sex?” Wrangham said. “The conventional wisdom is that women cooperate more easily, but when you look at how armies or sports teams function, there is evidence that men are better at cooperating in some ways.”Benenson and Wrangham settled on co-authored academic papers as an objective measure of cooperation, and began by identifying 50 institutions from across the United States and Canada with at least two male and female full professors and two male and female assistant professors in their psychology departments. Researchers then identified all articles written by senior faculty from 2008 to 2012, and recorded how often within the same department senior faculty worked with other senior faculty of the same sex, and how often senior faculty worked with junior faculty of the same sex.While the research focused on the world of higher education, lead author Benenson said she first became interested in differences between how men and women cooperate during her work with children.“When I studied young children, I noticed that boys were typically interacting in groups, and girls tended to focus on one-on-one relationships,” said Benenson, who discusses these findings in her new book, “Warriors and Worriers.”“There is even evidence that these differences exist in 6-month-olds — but you can see it with the naked eye by about 5 or 6 years old, where boys form these large, loose groups, and girls tend to pair off into more intense, close friendships.”What makes the differences particularly provocative, Benenson said, is that chimpanzees organize their relationships in nearly identical ways.“Chimpanzee males usually have another individual they’re very close with, and they may constantly battle for dominance, but they also have a larger, loose group of allies,” Benenson said. “When it comes to defeating other groups, everybody bands together. I would argue that females don’t have that biological inclination, and they don’t have the practice.”That’s not to suggest women are inherently flawed when it comes to cooperation.In fact, Benenson said, women are often thought of as being more egalitarian than men. “But there’s a flip side no one thinks about, which is: What happens when they’re with someone who isn’t the same rank?”While the study offers evidence that women, in some situations, may not collaborate as often as men, Wrangham made it a point to emphasize the host of unanswered questions behind those differences.“There is cross-cultural evidence for this phenomenon, you see it in early development, and in one of our closest relatives,” said Wrangham. “That pushes us into thinking that there is a strong biological influence here, but we would never suggest this is impervious to environmental and cultural influences as well.“Nevertheless these are the kinds of fascinating questions about fundamental sex differences in social relationships that would be tremendously important to recognize if you want to change the way in which women’s access to higher ranks happens,” he added. “What we need to know, now that we have recognized these patterns, is what can we do to ameliorate them?”
Miss Piggy is one step closer to winning a Tony. As we reported over a year ago, the Muppets may take Broadway thanks to a certain mouse. Today, we at Broadway.com were bouncing in our desk chairs with excitement with the New York Post’s news that Disney could be teaming up with Jujamcyn Theatres, which owns five Great White Way houses, to put our furry friends on stage. To mark our delight, we just had to remind ourselves of this utter classic: the Muppets singing show tunes with the late Ethel Merman. The footage includes a stunning vocal duel between the Tony-winning legend and Miss Piggy. Although Piggy is on record as saying: “What are awards? Mere baubles, mere bagatelles, mere Brussel sprouts. I give no thought,” if the diva does tread the Broadway boards, the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical has to be a lock. View Comments
Virginia utility seeks 500MW of renewables, with more to come FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailPrint分享Greentech Media:Dominion Energy announced a solicitation for 500 megawatts of onshore wind and solar on Wednesday. The request for proposals stems from Virginia’s Grid Transformation & Security Act, which went into effect in July. In a plan tied to the law, Dominion will develop 3 gigawatts of clean energy by 2022. The RFP is the first of several expected announcements for large-scale renewable resources from the utility. Taken together, the 3 gigawatts of renewables positions Virginia as one of the top growth markets for utility-scale solar over the next five years, according to Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.The RFP follows Dominion’s acquisition this summer of 240 megawatts of solar in Virginia from Urban Grid. The utility is also developing a 12-megawatt offshore wind demonstration. At the same time, Dominion’s 2018 integrated resource plan noted the “continued importance” of natural gas and included potential development of over 3.6 gigawatts of combustion turbine capacity by 2033. Prior to the bill’s passage, state regulators dismissed a Dominion pitch to offer 100 percent renewable energy plans to large electricity offtakers like commercial and industrial customers. Third-party power-purchase agreements are not fully legal in Virginia, but a 2017 ruling from the State Corporation Commission allowed Direct Energy to provide such plans until utilities in the state offer it. Because regulators shut down Dominion’s attempt to offer such plans, the door remains open for third parties to provide them.Lining up renewables that could be funneled toward large corporates makes sense in a state with companies pressuring the utility to offer more clean power. Dominion said it has worked with Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon to provide them the clean energy they want to power operations. Currently 260 megawatts of Dominion’s total 656 megawatts of solar in operation or under construction supply Amazon property.More: Dominion solicits for 500MW of renewables, positioning Virginia as a top growth market
Diana Marchibroda and her miniature schnauzer froze in their tracks when the animal stepped out of the woods last May. For a solid four seconds, Marchibroda watched as a large, sleek cat standing about three feet tall with a long, curled tail crossed Skyline Drive near Gavel Springs Gap less than 100 feet in front of them. Neither Marchibroda nor her canine hiking companion made a peep, and as soon as the cat caught sight of its awe-struck onlookers, it scampered back into the woods, swift and silent.“I saw a mountain lion, and that’s just the way it is,” said Marchibroda, a dentist in her 60s living in Afton, Virginia. “It was great, probably one of the most exciting experiences of my life, and I feel very fortunate.”Heart still pounding, Marchibroda tracked down a ranger near Mathews Arm Campground to report what she had just witnessed. A seasoned hiker who’s lived in Virginia since the 1970s and is deeply familiar with the area’s wildlife, she’s confident in what she saw. Others, including the park ranger she met that day and wildlife experts she’s reached out to since the sighting, are skeptical.“They had their minds set and there was nothing that was going to change their minds. Even with all these numerous sightings they still dug their heels in, and that was pretty frustrating,” she said of the officials at agencies like the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Resource. “They initially didn’t want to admit that I saw one, and they were calling it a UFO—an unidentified furry object. I really took offense to that.”
Cougars used to roam the entirety of North America, making the mountain ranges, woodland forests, and river corridors from coast to coast their homes. But European colonization essentially extirpated the cats from about two thirds of their habitat in the U.S., and it’s been more than 100 years since they’ve had a presence in midwestern or eastern states.For decades, the chances of coming across one of these big cats in an eastern state were slim to none, and much to the chagrin of residents like Marchibroda who have reported sightings, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed eastern subspecies of cougars from the endangered species list last year and declared them extinct.But recent expert-confirmed sightings—which have involved photographs, videos, and DNA—in Tennessee support a theory that mountain lions, whose populations out west have continued to expand, are slowly making their way back to this side of the country. Biologists and wildlife specialists speculate that cougars will reestablish themselves in states like Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia within the next 25 to 50 years.Endangered or Extinct?“My first thought was, ‘I gotta chase this thing,’” Marchibroda said. “And then my second thought was ‘No, maybe not.’”Marchibroda wasn’t under any illusions that she could catch or in any way interact with the mountain lion she saw on her hike. But she was familiar with (and disturbed by) the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Resource’s recent decision to declare eastern cougars extinct, and she knew unless she was able to produce some sort of physical evidence like a photo, she’d be hard pressed to convince any wildlife expert of what she saw.“The animal has been determined extinct, and that’s just a shame,” she said. “And that’s being done without, from what I understand, any real proof. How did they know this isn’t an eastern lion? They don’t know that, they’re not genetically testing these animals.”One of her biggest concerns about the recent declaration of extinction is that any cats in the area (whether western migrants or otherwise) and their habitats wouldn’t be protected. But according to University of Minnesota research associate and wildlife expert Dr. Michelle LaRue, it’s a little more nuanced than that.“Eastern cougars are not a distinct species genetically. If for some reason there were any cougars rediscovered in the east that weren’t migrants from the west, the protection status is up to the state in which it is found,” LaRue said. “However, it is pretty well accepted that there are no cougars living in the east currently.”One of her biggest concerns about the recent declaration of extinction is that any cats in the area (whether western migrants or otherwise) and their habitats wouldn’t be protected.Like a number of other people in her community—a hunter who caught the tail end of a cat on his deer cam and a Presbyterian minister in Batesville whose neighbor saw one drinking out of a pond, to name a couple—Marchibroda knows that she saw a mountain lion, and she wants state and national wildlife agencies to take these sightings seriously. There are “just too many of these stories” for her to believe that the cats are extinct.“These are believable people,” she said. “This isn’t just hearsay.”From a wildlife biology perspective, though, it’s going to take more than a story—no matter how convincing it may be—to determine whether these cats are there and where they’re coming from.You’re on CameraDespite the widely-held belief in the scientific community that eastern mountain lions have been long gone and any cats seen roaming the region these days must have made the long trek from midwestern states like South Dakota, some Appalachian residents remain convinced that the cats never actually left the area.In November of last year, a giant cat with a long tail wandered in front of Tennessee resident Austin Burton’s deer camera on his family’s farm in Humphreys County. The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Association (TWRA) confirmed that the cat, which sniffed around on the ground and in a low-hanging tree branch before looking square into the camera with its mouth wide open, was in fact a mountain lion. News outlets picked up the story and the video went viral, and it’s easy to understand why—according to TWRA regional manager Alan Peterson, that video marked only the second confirmed cougar sighting in Tennessee in more than 100 years.“For years everybody in every state wildlife agency has gotten reports of sightings, but we had never had anything in Tennessee that we could really verify as a cougar,” Peterson said.The video appeared only weeks after the first ever sighting confirmed by the TWRA since its founding in 1974, when a trail cam in Obion County snapped a photo of what biologists suspected was a young male cougar.
Photos are difficult to confirm, Peterson said—the process involves sending wildlife experts to the exact spot where the cat was allegedly seen to take another photo in order to compare it to the original and verify the location. They then have to ensure that the picture hasn’t been tampered with in any way, because Peterson said an astounding number of people—both misinformed wildlife enthusiasts and tricksters with too much time on their hands and access to Photoshop—send him shots of mountain lions that were clearly either edited or taken in a state out west.“TWRA has had their collective heads up their cloacas for a very long time in denial of these sitings [sic] and reports,” reads a comment on a December 2015 article about the video footage. “Why do they believe it now? Is it a change in the regime their [sic]? Oh maybe some of the lazy hacks have finally retired.”Another commenter speculated that the agency may have intentionally downplayed past sightings “as they result in new study and staffing expenses.”Peterson said he understands the excitement around the idea of crossing paths with a mountain lion, but nearly all of the photos and videos he receives are not what they seem.“There are a lot of instances of someone trying to mess with us, or they’re messing with a buddy, and the buddy sends it to us thinking it’s real,” he said. “Most of the time we can find the original photo on the internet where it was taken out west or wherever. It has to be a good, clear photo, and we get all kinds of fuzzy stuff that could be a bobcat, could be a yellow lab, but it’s so far away or so fuzzy we can’t tell.”So these sightings have been confirmed, and there is in fact at least one mountain lion roaming around in Tennessee. Then what?“Well, then we know there’s a cougar there,” Peterson said simply. “We’re not taking any action to move them or kill them. We know there’s at least one there, and if we get reports of a cougar causing damage then there’s a possibility we’ll need to investigate that. We have no intentions, but if they show up, they show up.”Cross-Country CatsWhen Dr. Michelle LaRue began her graduate studies in 2005, the state of Nebraska had virtually no mountain lions. Now, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission estimates that the population has reached at least a couple dozen.“What I set out to do was figure out habitat stability and dispersal corridors into the midwest,” said LaRue, a research assistant in the earth sciences department at the University of Minnesota who studies mountain lions. “For about 15 years there were handfuls of confirmations that showed up in the midwest. Every year there were a few here and there.”They exclusively populated western states for decades, but according to LaRue, some shifts in hunting regulations began to change things about 50 years ago: lions were switched from the bounty hunter category to a game species managed by the states.“Managing them in that way allowed for populations to rebound, and that’s what we think is fueling the dispersal. The populations are doing well enough in the west that when young males get old enough, they don’t have anywhere to go,” she said. ”All the territories are basically taken up so they have to go somewhere else, and somewhere else happens to be the Midwest.”In 2012, LaRue and her colleague Dr. Clay Nielsen published a paper in the Journal of Wildlife Management analyzing 178 confirmed sightings between 1990 and 2008 throughout the Midwestern and Eastern states and parts of Canada. The data they have collected over the years indicates that cougars are gradually making their way eastward, and validated the theory that young males travel farther and more quickly than females, making the repopulation process a gradual one.According to LaRue and her research, lions recolonize by stepping stone dispersal, which essentially means they start traveling, find a nice habitat to set up shop for a little while, then move on to the next area with a suitable habitat—and they’ll do this for hundreds, even up to thousands of miles. It’s a gradual process, and especially in the early years of a repopulation, any sightings are most likely of males.“We were really focused on the males, because obviously they can’t ensure populations with just males,” LaRue said. “Females need to show up. But the thing about mountain lions is that females don’t travel as far or as often, and when they disperse they don’t go very far or very well.”Female cougars will raise a litter of kittens up until the age of about 20 months, LaRue explained, and then the young cats are “kind of kicked out and left on their own.” The males, especially, are forced to disperse away from the family, partly to avoid inbreeding, and partly because male cougars are territorial and won’t tolerate any other males in their domain.“Male cougar territories are pretty big, and that’s why they have to disperse farther than females,” LaRue said. “When a female kitten gets big enough, she doesn’t have to go very far, because nobody’s kicking her in the butt to get far away.”The cougars wandering far from their original homes in the West are, naturally, searching for three things: habitat, food and mates. The Midwest can offer two of the three, but the males don’t have much luck repopulating the area on their own. Females have gradually made their way into states like Nebraska, South Dakota, Arkansas, and Missouri, but according to LaRue, it turns out the midwest “largely is not a great habitat.” So it’s not unreasonable to assume that they’ll continue on and eventually end up in states near and on the eastern seaboard, where lush mountain ranges like the Blue Ridge and Smokies offer prime habitat and sustenance (deer, primarily) for the cats. But even when a new population does begin to grow, LaRue said the likelihood of crossing paths with them will still be miniscule.“They prefer habitats where it’s difficult for people to go,” LaRue said. “They like rugged terrain with forest cover. Because of how they hunt, they need to basically be able to hide and creep up on their prey. Being in a residential neighborhood does nothing for a cougar.”So will a new population of cougars render the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s declaration of extinction moot? That might depend on who you ask, but LaRue, who’s been studying mountain lions for more than a decade, isn’t convinced that eastern cougars were ever any different from the western subspecies. Her views represent another twist in the ecological controversy.“Last year the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Resource declared the eastern cougar extinct,” LaRue said. “I don’t really know why, because I don’t really think it ever existed.”She believes that North American mountain lions—including the Florida panther, which she said is protected because “they are considered a distinct population segment via the Endangered Species Act”—are essentially all the same, without enough genetic distinctions to justify differentiating the western and eastern subspecies.
“I’m of the opinion that there really never was a big difference between the eastern cats and what’s in existence now,” she said. “I think it’s all the same.”And she’s not alone in that belief. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries district wildlife biologist David Kocka is of the same mindset.“I’m not a mammalogist, so I’m not going to try to play their role, but I think they’re all the same,” Kocka said, adding that differentiating between subspecies may not always be a worthwhile effort. “There are at least 10 different subspecies of white-tailed deer, and it doesn’t make a bit of difference in the grand scheme of things.”Looking AheadAs for what a new population of mountain lions would mean for nearby residents, education is crucial.“The amount of area they need for their home range, the kinds of things they eat, their behaviors—all of that is really important to arm ourselves with so we have that information,” LaRue said, adding that with that education comes the dispelling of myths. “They don’t go after dogs and cats or people. They prefer deer.”LaRue is the first to admit that she’d love to see a mountain lion in the wild, and she of all people understands the fascination with them. But she’s also realistic.“The likelihood of seeing one is incredibly rare, let alone interacting with them,” she said. “I have friends in Wyoming and Montana, where mountain lions have always been. They go hiking in the Rockies all the time and people still don’t see them very often.”Experts in Tennessee don’t know exactly how many mountain lions are roaming the area, but they do know one thing for sure: at least one of them is a female.Kocka, who predicts that he’ll be retired long before cougars establish a population in Virginia, said “it will change things.”“There will be dynamics that people have no concept of,” he said. “We’ll deal with a lot of the same stuff that’s related to bears in Virginia. A lot of people don’t know they’re around until they show up and start feeding on their bird feeders, and then all of a sudden it’s ‘What are you gonna do about these bears?’”He envisions calls from parents, too afraid to send their kids out to the bus stop knowing there’s a mountain lion within miles of the area.“Well, then don’t dress them up like sheep,” he said with a chuckle. “But really, it’ll change people’s viewpoints at some point.”Luck be a LadyExperts in Tennessee don’t know exactly how many mountain lions are roaming the area, but they do know one thing for sure: at least one of them is a female. Last November a bow hunter reported to the TWRA that he had shot a cougar in Carroll County. (Shooting a mountain lion is illegal in Tennessee, given that there’s no hunting or trapping season for the animal, but Alan Peterson said the hunter didn’t believe he’d mortally wounded the animal, and the case has been turned over to a District Attorney’s office to determine whether or not the hunter will be charged.)Blood samples from the arrow revealed that the cat had originated in South Dakota—and that it was a female. Which could be a pretty big deal, because up until now, the confirmed sightings in the east have been of male cats.“In the subsequent photos we’ve gotten of cougars, there wasn’t any evidence of any kind of wound or anything on it,” Peterson said. “So we’re assuming there are at least two different animals, one that was hit by an arrow and one that wasn’t.”There’s no guarantee that cougars trekking from South Dakota will stick around, or that the female in Tennessee will have kittens. But these cats are on experts’ radars, and the TWRA has even established a Cougar Response Committee to answer questions and sift through reported sightings—of which Peterson said he expects to see an influx later in the year.“If they’re still around here, during deer season, I’m assuming we’ll get more pictures from trail cameras,” he said. “Then we’ll try to figure out what kind they are and get more evidence.”
Harrisonburg is a recognized bronze cycling destination and local Hillandale Park offers 12 different sustainable shared-use trails with three levels of difficulty. The stacked loop trails were developed through a collaboration of volunteers and the IMBA. Serious cyclists won’t want to miss the nearby lift served Massanutten Mountain Bike Park. Massanutten’s Park features a lower lift which provides access to beginner and intermediate trails and an upper lift which offers advanced jump and singletrack trails sure to offer a challenge for experienced riders. After a day of extreme adventure, ice cold artisan beer awaits in Downtown Harrisonburg at one of five microbreweries all within walking distance: Brothers Craft Brewing, the Friendly Fermenter, Pale Fire Brewing, Restless Moons and Three Notch’d Valley Collab House. Harrisonburg’s micro-breweries all participate in the Shenandoah Spirits Trail and Shenandoah Beerwerks Trail. Pick up a Beerwerks Passport and collect enough passport stamps to receive a free Trail T-shirt. Consider spending the night in a cottage at By the Side of the Road Getaway Lodging or in a historic property like the Friendly City Inn or Joshua Wilton House. Harrisonburg has many name brand hotels to choose from as well as Airbnb options and the independent Hotel Madison within walking distance of Downtown Harrisonburg. Discover why we say Harrisonburg is Adventurous by Nature. VisitHarrisonburgVA.com for more information. Looking for some evening entertainment? Harrisonburg has you covered. There is no shortage of local bands and live music playing at our restaurants, breweries, and wineries on any given weekend. Looking for the perfect way to end a day of outdoor adventure, try axe throwing at Beards & Broads. Beards & Broads offers “urban axe throwing” for a legendary end to the perfect day. In the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, Downtown Harrisonburg offers the perfect base camp for adventure whether your passion is rock climbing, advanced singletrack, fly fishing or leisurely hikes. Flanked on the east and west by beautiful mountains, start your day watching the sun rise from Shenandoah National Park and watch it set from the George Washington National Forest. Then, spend your evening in Downtown Harrisonburg with friendly people, exquisite local cuisine and hand-crafted beer. Harrisonburg is the perfect road trip destination just off I81 and about two hours from D.C. and three hours from Richmond. Looking to pick up some gear or trail maps? The knowledgeable staff at Walkabout Outfitters, Mossy Creek Fly Fishing, Shenandoah Bicycle Company, Bluestone Bike & Run or Rocktown Bicycles are happy to oblige. This group knows the trails, have used the gear and can offer first-hand advice. Bluestone Bike & Run can also offer custom bike adventures for all ability levels. For guided climbing or caving Wild GUYde Adventures offers the range of experiences from casual outdoor fun to the EXTREME. 
4SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr How South Bay CU increased its consumer loan volumeby: Karen BankstonWith the entire staff of South Bay Credit Union working hard to achieve annual loan growth goals, President/CEO Jennifer Oliver, CCE, told them—almost as a joke, she says now—“If we hit this goal, we’ve got to go to Vegas.”“It took on a life of its own. Everyone got involved,” Oliver recalls. Employees voluntarily engaged in training for outbound calling and helped increase consumer loan volume in 2013-14 to more than $12 million, four times the pre-2012 annual average of $3 million—and all with a 33 percent decrease in staff that was undertaken to enhance operational efficiency.Goal achieved, Oliver followed through on the Las Vegas reward. And the staff of the $85 million Redondo Beach, Calif., credit union adhered to their internal mantra of “owning it” to plan the trip with a barebones budget. Fourteen of 17 employees made the trip in July 2014, and the remaining three selected different forms of rewards.“It was an innovative way of rewarding the team—more about our culture and ownership than about any monetary incentive,” Oliver says. “The event and the opportunity really brought the team together—and they’ve been talking about it ever since.” continue reading »
iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max are now on sale in India and global markets. Both new iPhone models were launched alongside iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro last month and went on pre-orders last week. While iPhone 12 mini offers a compact chassis, iPhone 12 Pro Max carries the largest display ever on an iPhone. iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max are powered by the A14 Bionic chip and run on iOS 14 out-of-the-box.iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro Max price in India, sale offersiPhone 12 mini price in India starts at Rs. 69,900 for the 64GB storage variant. The phone also comes in 128GB and 256GB storage options that are priced at Rs. 74,900 and Rs. 84,900, respectively. iPhone 12 Pro Max, on the other hand, comes with a price tag of Rs. 1,29,900 for the base 128GB storage variant, while its 256GB model is priced at Rs. 1,39,900. There is also the top-of-the-line 512GB storage model at Rs. 1,59,900. In the US, iPhone 12 mini carries a starting price of $699 (roughly Rs. 52,100) and iPhone 12 Pro Max starts at $1,099 (roughly Rs. 82,000). iPhone 12 mini 256GBRs. 84,900$849 iPhone 12 mini 128GBRs. 74,900$749 Are iPhone 12 mini, HomePod mini the Perfect Apple Devices for India? We discussed this on Orbital, our weekly technology podcast, which you can subscribe to via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or RSS, download the episode, or just hit the play button below. iPhone 12 Pro Max 256GBRs. 1,39,900$1,119 Both iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max come with dual-SIM (Nano + e-SIM) support and run on iOS 14. They are powered by the A14 Bionic chip that comes along with the fourth-generation Neural Engine. iPhone 12 mini comes with a 5.4-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display, while iPhone 12 Pro Max has a 6.7-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display. Both are protected by a Ceramic Shield glass cover on top.In terms of optics, iPhone 12 mini comes with a dual rear camera setup that has a wide-angle and an ultra-wide-angle shooter, with an f/1.6 aperture and f/2.4 aperture, respectively. iPhone 12 Pro max, on the other hand, features 12-megapixel triple rear cameras with a wide (f/1.6), ultra-wide (f/2.4), and an additional telephoto (f/2.2) lens. It also comes with a LiDAR sensor and can deliver up to 5x optical zoom.iPhone 12 mini is claimed to deliver up to 15 hours of video playback on a single charge. In contrast, iPhone 12 Pro Max is touted to offer the “longest battery life in an iPhone” with up to 20 hours of video playback. Both iPhone models also support MagSafe wireless charging.- Advertisement – – Advertisement – iPhone 12 Pro Max 512GBRs. 1,59,900$1,399 iPhone 12 Pro Max 128GBRs. 1,29,900$1,099 ModelPrice in IndiaPrice in the US iPhone 12 mini 64GBRs. 69,900$699 Sale offers on iPhone 12 mini include a Rs. 6,000 cashback on HDFC Bank credit cards and EMI transactions. Customers purchasing iPhone 12 Pro Max, on the other hand, are entitled to receive a cashback of Rs. 5,000 on HDFC Bank credit cards and EMI transactions. iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max are also available with a cashback of Rs. 1,500 on HDFC Bank debit cards. The cashback offers are applicable through Apple Authorised Distributors. Select retailers in the country are also offering an exchange discount on the purchase of iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max.Apple’s online store in India is also offering a trade-in discount of up to Rs. 22,000 on iPhone 12 mini and up to Rs. 34,000 on iPhone 12 Pro Max.iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro Max specifications- Advertisement – – Advertisement –
SHARE Email Facebook Twitter The Blog, Videos, Weekly Update This week, the Governor continued to hold bipartisan roundtable discussions to address Pennsylvania’s opioid crisis in Williamsport, Lancaster, and Coatesville. Fighting Pennsylvania’s opioid and heroin epidemic is a top priority for Governor Wolf and these roundtables are an opportunity to work collaboratively with the General Assembly and community leaders to ensure Pennsylvania leads the nation in the fight to combat the opioid abuse and heroin use crisis.Governor Wolf also applauded Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller for announcing new Insurance Department expectations for non-discrimination provisions in health insurance policies, including language prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. The governor also celebrated the one year expansion of medicaid in Pennsylvania. Because of the expansion of Medicaid, hundreds of thousands of people have a brighter future and better potential health outcomes. We are excited to enroll even more Pennsylvanians in our next outreach efforts.Monday, 4/25/16 April 29, 2016 By: The Office of Governor Tom Wolf Governor Wolf and Senator Gene Yaw Host a Roundtable to Address Pennsylvania’s Opioid EpidemicGovernor Wolf Announces 207 Jobs With New Hudson’s Bay Company Facility in Schuylkill CountyFirst Lady Frances Wolf Discusses Importance of Early Learning at “One Book, Every Child” EventFriday, 4/29/16 Governor Wolf Applauds PA Insurance Commissioner for Issuing Non-Discrimination Guidance to Insurers, Prohibiting Discrimination on Basis of Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Gender IdentityCelebrating One Year of Medicaid Expansion (VIDEO)Thursday, 4/28/16 In Lancaster and Coatesville, Governor Wolf Continues Local Roundtables to Address Pennsylvania’s Opioid EpidemicMEMO: Governor Wolf Makes the Fight Against Opioid Abuse Top PriorityHighlights from The Blog:BLOG: Everything You Need To Know for Election DayBLOG: Gov. Wolf, State Agencies, Legislators Fight Back Against Heroin EpidemicBLOG: Governor Wolf’s Open Data Initiative Encourages Pennsylvanians to Engage in Innovative Policy Solutions (Round-up)BLOG: How to Follow Pennsylvania Primary Election ReturnsBLOG: What the Wolf Administration Has Done to Combat the Heroin CrisisBLOG: Seven Steps the Wolf Administration is Taking to Fight Back Against HeroinLike Governor Tom Wolf on Facebook: Facebook.com/GovernorWolf BLOG: Governor Wolf’s Week, April 24 – April 30, 2016 Pennsylvania Tops EPA List of State Government Entities Using Green Power, Ranks 26th Overall Among All Green Power UsersWednesday, 4/27/16
It had previously signed up as a founding member of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF)-backed Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP), before bowing out over cost and return concerns.Its £2.3bn in equity holdings returned 7.1%, with the largest manager, MFS, providing a 7.6% return on its investments.The fund also used its annual report to announce the moving of equity assets to in-house management.LPFA said the £534m mandate with Newton Investment Management would be terminated, as the manager no longer “fitted with our investment strategy”, adding that it would now develop an internal buy-and-hold strategy for large global stocks.It increased its investment flexibility by merging two investment funds used to separate active members and those deferred or retired. This led to a change in asset allocation and an increase in illiquid assets.The fund holds £806m in illiquid assets, accounting for 16.5% of the portfolio. However, its statement of investment principles said this should increase to 35% to benefit from the premium associated with these holdings.The LPFA told IPE there was no formal timescale for this, or for bringing further assets in-house.A shift to in-house would save on fees, the LPFA previously stated, with savings used to develop an asset-liability management system and invest in single private equity vehicles, avoiding funds of funds.It said it made significant progress on developing the ALM project.The LPFA added it would also look at opportunities as they came up and review the illiquid benchmark holding annually.A spokesman said: “On illiquids, we have made material progress, but it is on an opportunistic basis.”This came as IPE sister title, IPRE, reported that the LPFA would be funding the development of new private-rented housing in the east of London.On its plans to shift in-house, the LPFA added: “We are building in-house capacity and capability, we look to get the best returns, and that may mean direct or co-investment or investing via an outsourced model.”The fund said it was 93% funded, according to its triennial valuation.However, the fund’s preferred, more conservative measurement of discounting on a risk-free basis valued funding at 61%, an increase of 11 percentage points. The London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) has seen investment returns of 6.1% over the year to April, backed by rising markets and infrastructure, according to its annual report.The £4.9bn (€5.9bn) fund, local authority scheme and third-party pensions administrator has long been an advocate for infrastructure investment, much through the influence of chairman Eddie Truell.One the fund’s infrastructure investment managers aided a 20% return on its £135m allocation to the asset class in March 2013, as it sold down one its portfolio of assets, making a healthy return on its investments.The fund now holds more than £170m in infrastructure, accounting for 3.5% of total assets.
The outdoor kitchen Frameless nine metre high glass doors mark the transition to the outdoors.New RE/MAX agent Udo Jattke said the view across Cairns to the Coral Sea would transfix all who visited 6 The Peak.“By day or night, the heart of the home is the impressive al fresco area where you can relax on one of the day beds or eat and drink around one of the most amazing outdoor kitchens you will ever see,” he said. “The sparkling infinity pool overlooking Cairns is also a drawcard. “Throughout the home, the use of natural materials, including stone and recycled timber, which happens to be sourced from the old Carlton United Brewery in Brisbane, with a certificate of authenticity, adds to the warmth and wonderful ambience this home.” Look over the city as you swimMore from newsCairns home ticks popular internet search terms2 days agoTen auction results from ‘active’ weekend in Cairns2 days agoThe care and dedication to the build is so obvious RE/MAX principal Tony Williamson remarked it was the best house he’d ever walked through in his entire real estate career. Mr Britton and his wife moved in just over three years ago and after 30 years in business have decided to pursue the free, nomadic life of retirees.“We do entertain a lot with a handful of friends and family. The deck next to the pool is a great spot to be. We could be having cheese and drinks, but it mostly ends up being a barbecue, because it’s just so easy,” he said.“We’d cook and eat outdoors more than we did inside. We have a great Siemens teppanyaki plate, we do like the teppanyaki style of cooking.” A bath with a viewBut it is hard not to notice the immaculately presented collection of stone, wood, steel and glass which makes up one of the winners of the Housing Industry Association’s Best Home in Cairns awards.The airconditioned walk in robe was designed for the lady of the house complete with a mirror, drawers for hair straighteners and plenty of storage. Mr Britton even requested louvres to be built into the north of the house to avoid stormy, wet weather which usually comes from the south.However, if heavy rain does comes from north, a sensor has been programmed to close the windows as soon as it detects moisture. 6 The Peak, Brinsmead goes to auction on December 12.A fully integrated CBUS electronic system controls the entire home and it comes with a 12 kW solar and security system. 6 The Peak, BrinsmeadEVERY inch of this property sitting atop Cairns has been meticulously planned and executed.Take the four rhomboid, backlit floating stairs connecting two of its luxurious levels, for example. The stunning feat of design took eight separate meetings with builders and electricians before owner Ross Britton got his way.“This house is a testament to what can be done,” he said.“In terms of practicality, we wanted five bedrooms and really open, spacious living areas.“We wanted, as you walked through the door, the wow factor not to be the house itself but the view.”