Workers in Southern California’s lesser-compensated counties are getting the bigger pay hikes. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed quarterly wage stats from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics for the second quarter, focusing on details for 29 California counties and seven from Southern California. The 9.9 million local workers collectively saw annualized earnings rise 3.6% in 12 months to an average $75,600 annual wage. By the way, Southern California’s workforce is roughly the size of all the employees in New York state or the Netherlands. Details Let’s start with paying the Inland Empire and its big logistics industries. Across San Bernardino County, annual wages rose 5.3% in a year to $62,504 for 837,800 workers. That’s the region’s biggest raise – but its only eighth-best out of the among 29 California counties tracked by the report. Meanwhile, neighboring Riverside County had 4.3% increases (No. 14 statewide) to $59,384 for 836,100 workers. And in Santa Barbara County, an economy heavy with hospitality jobs, wages were up 4.7% (No. 9 statewide) to $67,496 for 222,400 workers. Now, let’s contrast those raises better-paid parts of Southern California. These counties have higher concentrations of workers at technology and business-services companies. Orange County’s one-year raises averaged 4.2% (No. 15 statewide) to $78,312 for 1.65 million workers. Los Angeles County pay was up 4.1% increase (No. 16) to $79,768 for 4.5 million workers. In Ventura County, there was a 3.2% increase (No. 19) to $68,068 for 339,100 workers. And then contemplate San Diego County, with the region’s best pay. These 1.54 million workers got the smallest raises statewide – only a 0.1% increase to $79,352. Bottom line Stronger raises at the bottom of the pay spectrum earlier in 2024 likely reflect hikes in various minimum wages and continued staffing challenges for bosses in lower-paying industries. Southern California pay hikes were significantly below what bosses handed out in nine Bay Area counties, which amounted to 6.1% increases to $138,900-a-year wage for 4 million workers. By the way, the state’s biggest raises were in Santa Clara County – a 10% jump to $188,864 for its 1.1 million workers. Southern California also trailed 13 other California counties in the study, where collectively pay was up 4% in a year to $64,300 for 3.1 million workers. Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group. He can be reached at jlansner@scng.com Some of my popular tales of 2024 ...Content Marketing Market to Grow by USD 654.78 Million (2024-2028), Driven by Social Media User Growth and AI-Redefining the Market Landscape - TechnavioSan Francisco wins 85-64 over Fordham
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When we talk of historical walls, the idea of ancient Great Wall of China at once comes to our mind. It is the most famous ancient wall of world. There are other several walls found at other places as well, but those are not so famous. There are several such historical cities, towns and places which have been called as walled cities. In our Jammu and Kashmir the remains of such walls are still found, at several cities and towns, including that of Jammu, Srinagar, ands Poonch. But I am not here to discuss those high profile walls, these have already been discussed and plenty of information is already available on such great historical walls. My concern here is with those little known local traditional walls of my land which have been there for centuries. Walls are basically raised for security and covering of one’s places like, cities, towns, forts, houses, gardens and orchards. It is a sort of demarcation and protection to one’s propriety. In fact, with the advancement of the building material and its technology, the traditional wall architecture, like other architectures, has underwent great change. Let us here try to describe few wall architectural styles. Diaper pebble walls The remains of earliest walls have been found at Harwan and Semthan archaeological sites. These are two types of walls; one has been called as diaper pebble style and other simply as rubble style. The diaper style wall has been exclusively formed of small peoples and in between at requisite places has been supported by rubble stones, while in rubble style the wall is mostly formed of rubble stone and at some spaces it has been supported by small pebbles. Such walls have been identified and deciphered, and believed to have been in vogue here during Scythian and Kushan era (100 BC – 400 AD); raising of such walls required a special craftsmanship, where in the small pebbles of the walls required to be formed in a smooth way. I could also see at Darakote-Hutmur terraces demarcated by some small wall which at few spaces has been disturbed. The small pebbles are visible. It looks that this demarcation line had been formed of small pebbles. Stone Wall Stone wall locally known as Kenidus was raised around the courtyard of the house. Stones were first assembled and then raised one after the other. The gaps were filled by small stones. The height of such walls was kept low to the extent that wild animals should not cross over. The walls from 2.6ft to 3 ft are left coverless in order to prevent any damage by snow or heavy rains. The heavy pressure of water, mostly during flood and heavy snowfall can damage it badly and that is why the design is as it is. Although raising such walls may require a little technical knowhow, the architectural significance with regard to the climate and the environs of this place can never be undermined. Local people usually do the bulk of work themselves and may seek a little help from those who know the craft. Earthen Walls These are the walls created of local earths. They require the cover and can be raised to a desired height. These walls are more popular than the stone walls and are seen everywhere in the plains of the valley. The construction of such walls is a bit difficult and cannot be raised without its proper device called Inder . Inder is a mould prepared of wooden logs and frames. For construction of earthen walls, the area is properly market and a tunnel of around 1-2 feet is dug out to fix a boulder plinth using mud for plaster. When the plinth is dry, the wooden Inder is placed over it which makes a space for more mud to be thrown into it. Few persons work inside the Inder as rollers while few persons put the loose mud into it. The wall is raised in small parts, measuring three to four feet in length. When one part is completed, the Inder is removed and placed on the next portion. So the construction continues till the desired wall is raised whether around the courtyard or circling the vegetable orchard. It can be raised higher than stone wall and goes up to the length of eight feet or more. Such walls are covered with straw and sometimes leaves are used for this purpose. This type of cover is locally known as “Nelvoth” wall coverage. These earthen walls have been very poplar here which is testified by the fact that many evidences of these walls are still found in many villages of this land. Mud Walls Mud walls are not as common as the stone and earthen walls. However, the tradition of building such walls is also in vogue. These walls are formed of mud plasters. Gara is first prepared (mud making places) with mixture of water, grass and sieved earth. A mixture is prepared for making small roundish balls. These balls of mud are then fixed over one another in a proper sequence forming a mud wall of desired length and height. Such walls have been famous in the villages with less availability of stones. Bush Walls Basically barricades of sorts, Bush walls were mostly erected by the formers for safeguarding their fields. Such walls are mostly seen in forest belts (villages nearest to forest lands). The inhabitants of these villages compile the bushes and tree branches from their nearest forests and place these bushes around their fields in railings. People in such areas would, sometimes, erect such walls around their houses to cheek the movement of any wild animals. It is locally known as Zou or Pelyar . Unbaked Brick Walls The walls discussed above are the walls of common people who live a poor life while there are few well to do families in the villages who preferred brick walls and covered their houses with walls formed of bricks and mud plaster. Erecting of brick walls required expert building techniques and services of a mason, locally termed as Daesil . It is not a rough work but requires a fine finish. These are also covered with ( Nelvoth ) a special traditional roof covering material or thatch. Since such types of constructions have become extremely rare even in the far off villages of the valley, there is a need to identify those architectural monuments and preserve few of them for our forth coming generations. The writer is a senior archaeologist and AuthorShould the U.S. increase immigration levels for highly skilled workers?
Mumbai, Dec 22 (IANS) : Market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has taken strict action in a front-running case, banning PNB Met Life Insurance Company's equity dealer Sachin Bakul Dagli and eight other entities from the stock market. According to the SEBI, front running was being done by Dagli and eight entities for more than three years and during this period, all of them collectively earned illegal profits of Rs 21.16 crore. The market regulator banned Dagli and the eight entities from the stock market and seized the unlawful gains. The SEBI had investigated some suspicious front-running trades related to PNB MetLife India Insurance before this action. The focus of this investigation was to find out whether the suspicious entities were doing front running in the trade of PNB MetLife India Insurance with the help of other people, including dealers and fund managers. It also sought to find whether SEBI rules have been violated or not. The investigation, which was conducted from January 1, 2021, to July 19, 2024, revealed that most of the trading decisions at PNB MetLife were assigned to Dagli for execution. The investigation found that Dagli, the equity dealer of PNB MetLife, and his brother Tejas Dagli, an equity sales trader at Investec, obtained confidential, non-public information about the upcoming trading decisions of PNB MetLife and Investec. This information was further used to make trading decisions and shared with Sandeep Shambharkar, who executed front-running trades through the accounts of Dhanmata Realty Private Ltd (DRPL), Worthy Distributors Private Ltd (WDPL), and Pragnesh Sanghvi. DRPL and WDPL Directors Arpan Kirtikumar Shah, Kabita Saha, and Jignesh Nikulbhai Dabhi were also involved in carrying out this task. The SEBI said that 6,766 front-running trades have been executed. A profit of Rs 21,15,78,005 was earned from this. Front-running is an illegal practice, entailing a trader or broker receiving confidential information about a large company or institution making a bulk order in a particular stock and creating a position in that particular stock before the big order is executed. In such a situation, when the order is executed by a big company or institution, the trader or broker gets the benefit of the sudden rise in that stock.
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