
Himachal chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday said that the present state government was committed to providing quality facilities to people in all sectors, including education, health and roads. He was addressing a public meeting at Loharghat in the remote gram panchayat Kyar Kaneta of the Arki Assembly constituency at Solan district on Sunday. CM Sukhu also announced the opening of a sub-tehsil in Loharghat fulfilling a long-standing demand of the local residents. Sukhu said that the state government was making infrastructural and other necessary improvements in primary sectors such as roads, education and health in the state. The state government was ensuring that all schools in the state were equipped with all the necessary and basic facilities. He said that ₹ 600 crore would be spent on constructing school buildings in the next three years. In the health sector the infrastructure would be strengthened at medical colleges and district hospitals besides modern technology would be incorporated to expand facilities. The CM said that for the state government the objective of “Vyavastha Parivartan” was to make the state self-reliant and to provide citizens with opportunities to lead a life of dignity and respect. He said that to achieve these goals the government was introducing and implementing new schemes and the existing ones were being improved periodically. Sukhu said that for promoting natural farming the government was purchasing naturally grown maize at ₹ 30 per kg and wheat at ₹ 40 per kg. So far, 398 metric tonnes of maize have been procured. He urged farmers to adopt natural farming and register to sell their produce. He said that the government has made a historic increase in milk purchase prices.
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Caribbean region must not be left behind in taking advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) to propel the tourism sector forward. He said that as the global tourism landscape becomes increasingly competitive, more countries are recognising the potential of AI, and Jamaca and the wider Caribbean must utilise the technology to maintain the region’s competitive edge. Minister Bartlett, who was addressing a forum at the Sandals Royal Plantation in Ocho Rios, St. Ann on Friday (Dec.13), noted that AI can become a pivotal tool in enhancing operational processes and creating more personalised experiences for travellers. “We are now seeing where many countries are not just using AI to streamline operations but also to enhance customer service. They have also been using the tool to analyse vast amounts of data to identify trends, preferences, and behaviours, enabling businesses to tailor their offerings to meet the specific needs of travellers. We can’t afford to be left behind,” he said. “We are at an exciting time in tourism history where, if leveraged correctly, we will be able to improve our processes and ultimately make more targeted and strategic decisions,” he added. Minister Bartlett said the potential applications of AI in tourism are vast, ranging from automated customer service systems to advanced data analytics that inform marketing strategies. He said AI-powered chatbots can provide 24/7 assistance to travellers, answering queries and offering personalised recommendations. In addition, he noted that predictive analytics can help businesses anticipate traveller demand, allowing them to adjust pricing and availability accordingly. “The key lies in understanding the needs of the new landscape, which is increasingly driven by technology,” the Minister pointed out. “From smart hotel rooms equipped with voice-activated controls to mobile apps that facilitate seamless check-ins, technology is fundamentally changing the way travellers interact with their destinations. In this context, Jamaica and the Caribbean must not only keep pace but also lead in the adoption of innovative solutions,” he said. The Minister underscored the importance of training tourism workers to adapt to “this new technological frontier.” “This proactive approach to workforce training is crucial, as it empowers employees to utilise AI tools effectively, fostering an environment of innovation and adaptability,” he said. Noting that the integration of AI in tourism is not without its challenges, Minister Bartlett said that concerns about job displacement and the digital divide must be addressed to ensure that the benefits of technology are equitably distributed. “While there is the relative fear of the unknown as it relates to technology, the world has been a better place, and mankind has benefited as a result of the advancement of technology,” he added.Greif Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2024 Results
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Stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish on Wall Street as some heavyweight technology and communications sector stocks offset gains elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1% Thursday, its first loss after three straight gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.1%. Gains by retailers and health care stocks helped temper the losses. Trading volume was lighter than usual as U.S. markets reopened following the Christmas holiday. The Labor Department reported that U.S. applications for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims rose to the highest level in three years. Treasury yields fell in the bond market. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.The unboxing experience of the Keychron K15 Max is nothing short of premium, thanks to the high quality cardboard box and solid feeling peripherals. It definitely feels like a step-up in quality compared to the likes of the Epomaker TH40 we recently reviewed , whose unboxing experience was nothing to really write home about. Inside the Keychron K15 Max's box, which has some minimal branding on the top, you get the Keychron K15, a wire keycap puller, a bent metal switch puller, a really soft, albeit short, braided USB type-C cable. The included accessories feel premium enough, especially considering the Keychron K15 Max's price. There are also a handful of extra keycaps in the box for Mac and Windows configurations, as well as orange Enter and Esc accent keycaps. Overall, the Keychron K15 Max feels quite solidly built. Despite lacking an aluminium bottom case, the case doesn't exhibit much flex when twisting at the edges, although twisting it does result in some pretty unnatural squeaking. Regardless, it's more than stiff enough to hold up against daily use and even carrying around in a bag. Unconventional Alice layout aside, the Keychron K15 Max's case is very reminiscent of gaming mechanical keyboards from the mid-2010s. It uses an ABS bottom case and an aluminium top case that also serves as an integrated switch plate, resulting in a floating keycap design. Unlike those protozoic gaming boards of yore, though, the Keychron K15 Max's case is stuffed with sound- and vibration-damping materials, which play a role in making it feel less hollow. Presumably this mounting style and case design were chosen as an easy way to make a thin mechanical keyboard, but it has some significant drawbacks when it comes to the typing sound and feel, which we'll explore later. While the floating keycap design isn't the best for typing feel or sound, it does have the benefit of being easy to clean, since there is no raised bezel for dust to get stuck under. Another build quality item worth mentioning is the aluminium knob, which feels well made and features a grippy knurled texture and a uniform black anodised finish. Although the rotary encoder under the knob is notched, the knurling makes it easy to overcome the notches, making the knob rather satisfying to use. The keycaps on the K15 Max are grey double-shot PBT with an inoffensive white legend on the top. The legend is flawless on all keys, but they are not shine-through, despite the keyboard having per-key RGB. Depending on your setup aesthetic, this might be a major or minor gripe, and it isn't particularly easy to solve because of the low-profile Alice keycaps. Keychron does offer a set of shine-through ABS keycaps in the same profile at $23 ($16 during the 2024 Black Friday sale), although finding a set with more varied aesthetics from another manufacturer is going to be challenging. Aesthetics aside, though, the stock keycaps are plenty comfortable to type on, with the wide tops making it easy to find the keys. The tactile markers on the F and J keys are also very pronounced, which makes getting used to the Alice layout far easier, since it's easier to locate the home row. The default connectivity, media, and navigation shortcuts are also conveniently labelled in a secondary legend on the relevant keys, which makes remembering those features a breeze. The K15 Max's similarity to the standard 75% layout should make it easy to get used to typing on the ergonomic keyboard, but it has actually proven slightly more challenging to use than the 40% TH40, which has nearly half as many keys. Part of the difficulty in getting used to the Keychron K15 Max comes from the separation between the Q and W columns and the P column and the symbols beside it. While it's admittedly easier to hit those keys in the Q column and P-adjacent punctuation columns with your pinky, the different spacing sort of leads to a lack of confidence. That said, this will likely differ from person to person, and there's no denying that the Alice layout, which allows for a more comfortable shoulder position, is less fatiguing to use than a regular QWERTY keyboard. The duplicated B keys also proved to be surprisingly convenient, especially for normies, like yours truly, who don't adhere to strict touch typing rules. After about a week of adjustment, though, the layout started to feel like second nature, already. The comfort aspect is also helped by the two-stage flip out feet on the bottom of the Keychron K15 Max, which allow for typing angles of 2.7°, 3.9°, and 6.1°, which may not sound like a lot, especially compared to the up to 11° often found in full-height mechanical keyboards, but the low front height makes the shallow angles feel very natural. The biggest problem with the K15 Max's typing experience comes from the Gateron Low-Profile 2.0 switches, specifically the Brown tactile switches in our review sample. While they are meant to be tactile switches, the tactile bump is so small, even compared to other tactile low-profile switches, that it may as well be a notchy linear switch, instead. The switches feel fine otherwise, with no significant keycap wobble or dry, scratchiness that was common in Gateron switches of yesteryear. The rigid integrated plate doesn't do the typing feel many favours, either, offering an almost imperceptible amount of flex when typing and just barely taking the edge off bottoming out. While the typing feel isn't great with the brown tactile switches, opting for the linear Gateron Low-Profile 2.0 Red switches would make it far more palatable. On the other side of the typing experience lies the sound profile, and, switches aside, Keychron has done a fairly good job shaping and dulling the sound of the K15 Max. There is no echo in the K15 Max's case, and the keyboard is quieter than most mechanical keyboards in the same price range. Keychron has also opted to use factory-lubricated clip-in plate-mounted stabilisers. Throughout our testing of the K15 Max, we didn't notice any stabiliser rattle, with the stabilised keys actually being a highlight of the overall typing sound and feel. The split Space Bars also make it much less of a hassle to eliminate rattle and echoes, compared to a full-size Space Bar, and Keychron has managed to make those split Space Bars plenty satisfying to use. Wireless connectivity worked flawlessly during our time testing the K15 Max, and it happily connected to both mobile and desktop operating systems without much of a fuss. The biggest potential downside of the K15 Max's wireless connectivity has to be waking from sleep. When you return to the keyboard after being away for a while, it can take upwards of 10 seconds to wake from sleep, reconnect, and register a key press. The Keychron K15 Max features a 2,000 mAh built-in rechargeable battery, which may not seem like much, but has proven to be plenty for daily use. Keychron makes claims of "around 95 hours" with the backlighting off and "around 50 hours" of use with the backlighting enabled. We spent around a week and a half with the Keychron K15 Max and the keyboard connected to both Android and Linux devices via Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz, respectively. Based on our battery drain observations, we can make some estimates of what the Keychron K15 Max's battery life should be: It should be noted that battery life was tested during regular use, meaning there were several breaks during the testing periods, so the results may not be entirely representative of final battery life, but they should provide a fairly decent idea of what to expect. If you're using the K15 Max wirelessly as a daily driver, you can expect to charge it around once or twice a month, which is pretty good, all things considered. On Bluetooth, battery life is communicated to the host device, but 2.4 GHz is a mixed bag. For instance, we tested the keyboard on Linux, and we were not able to see battery life via software. However, the RGB backlighting on the number row displays the battery charge level in increments of 10% (from 1 to 0) on pressing Fn + B. As far as customisation software goes, the Keychron Launcher web app is about as good as it gets, but there are some limitations when it comes to customising the K15 Max in software. For starters, the per-key RGB isn't really customisable on a per-key level, like it is on the likes of the Wooting 80HE. Instead, there are 21 RGB modes, and you can control the RGB colour, effect speed, and backlight brightness. Keychron Launcher and K15 Max features: Four customisable layers for custom shortcuts and key binds (0 and 1 are macOS by default, 2 and 3 are Windows by default) RGB customisation Macro creation with 15 slots Keyboard firmware update (requires installation of a tool on Windows, and the update process is convoluted ) The macro creation is also feature-rich, since it allows for setting custom static and dynamic delays and editing the macro chords manually after recording them. Those macros are also saved in the keyboard's onboard memory, so that no software or utilities need to be running in the background. One weird quirk that we found is that clicking "Reset" on the macro screen reset the whole keyboard's key bindings to default, instead of just clearing the macro settings. Split Space Bars and the customisable knob on the K15 Max really make the keyboard a fantastic option for those who like to tool around with custom key maps, shortcuts, and macros, and the extra row of macro keys along the left edge of the keyboard also serve to increase productivity if you take the time to set things up. By default, the first two layers are configured for macOS mode, while layers 2 and 4 are dedicated Windows layers. Even if this were fixed, limiting you to two layers, it shouldn't be a problem for most, since there are dedicated macro keys for macros and shortcuts, and the 75% form factor offers more than enough keys on its own. However, it is actually possible to use the unused OS layers for other purposes if needs be, so the Keychron K15 Max offers a very respectable four customisable layers in total. At a starting price of $109.99, the Keychron K15 Max offers a reasonably affordable entry into the world of ergonomic mechanical keyboards. The lightweight design and long wireless battery life make it a decent option if you're travelling with a laptop and want to avoid the mediocre scissor switches in many modern laptops. The combination of the Alice layout and excellent customisation software make the K15 Max an excellent productivity keyboard. The K15 Max, is not, however, a 1:1 slim, portable replacement for a mechanical keyboard. The choice to opt for a floating keycap, bezel-less design and rigid aluminium plate make it somewhat difficult to recommend to anyone coming from a full-size mechanical keyboard. The combination of the Alice layout and excellent customisation software make the K15 Max a stand-out no-frills productivity keyboard. While $100+ certainly isn't cheap, the Keychron K15 Max justifies its value with its solid build quality, portability, and understated design, with the Gateron Low-Profile Brown 2.0 switches being the weakest link, in our experience. That said, that is largely personal preference, and opting for the Red linear switches at checkout or grabbing a set of Gateron Low Profile Chocolate switches at $15.88 for 35 pcs on Amazon , for example, would remedy that issue. Pricing and availability The Keychron K15 Max is available directly from Keychron at $104 for the non-hot-swap version with white backlighting, $114 for the non-hot-swap version with RGB backlighting, and $124 for the hot-swap version with RGB backlighting, which is the version we have in for review. If you're after something more akin to a custom mechanical keyboard, Keychron has a range of Alice keyboards available on Amazon , and something like the Epomaker Cidoo A066 comes in at $89.99 on Amazon and offers the Alice layout with wireless connectivity, VIA customisation, and a programmable knob in a more conventional profile.
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Interrupting senior’s celebratory shots ‘backfires’, wedding guest turns targetFormer President Bill Clinton and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., don’t agree on much. Yet, recently the ideological adversaries found some common ground on a political question that has quietly endured over nearly two decades. Yes, a woman can win the White House, they agree. But she’s probably going to be conservative. “Are there women out there, governors, Republican, Democrat, that can be the next president of the United States? Absolutely,” Graham said in an interview on Capitol Hill this month. “If you have a Republican female nominee, they would have a good shot of being the first woman president.” A few days earlier and several hundred miles north, Clinton — whose wife tried and failed twice to win the White House — made a similar argument. “Ideologically, the people who are most likely to be against women are most likely to be conservative, so when people agree with you, it’s easier to be for them,” he said in an appearance at the DealBook Summit hosted by The New York Times. “But I think a woman can be elected president. I do.” Their similar predictions are the latest in a conversation that has frustrated and foiled two generations of female candidates. For Democrats still scarred by Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump in 2016, Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat at the hands of the same man in November has only deepened anxieties over gender bias and prompted a fresh round of debate over the electability of women to the nation’s highest office. While few will say so aloud, some Democrats are already quietly hoping their party doesn’t nominate a woman in 2028, fearing she could not overcome an enduring hold of sexism on the American electorate. Many others anticipate another — perhaps even more aggressive — round of questions and doubts about female presidential candidates that have plagued the party for the better part of two decades. “People feel pretty stung by what happened,” said Liz Shuler, the first woman elected to lead the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the country, who supported Harris and believes she made no significant missteps in the race. “She totally over-performed and yet fell short. So it does feel like that sucker punch of, like, ‘Wow, even when you do everything right, that glass ceiling is still elusive.’” For decades, advocates for female political leaders argued that if more women ran for president, their presence in American politics would become normalized and one would eventually win the White House. Since Clinton’s first attempt to break what she called “that highest, hardest glass ceiling” in 2008, nine other women have vied for a major party’s nomination. Those candidates have been conservative and liberal, racially diverse, and from big cities, small towns and across the country. Some campaigned on an economic message, others focused on social issues. Only two — Clinton and Harris, both Democrats — captured their party’s nomination. As they process the second defeat of a female nominee, Democrats are divided over the question of how much Harris’ gender actually contributed to her loss, making it hard to divine what exactly that could mean for their party in 2028. Two weeks before Election Day, Harris openly dismissed concerns that sexism could hurt her chances, saying in an interview with NBC News that the country was “absolutely” ready to elect a female president. She rarely mentioned her gender or her race during her brief campaign, a choice that reflected both her personal approach to barrier-breaking opportunities and the long-running Democratic anxieties about female nominees. Now, after her defeat, few Democrats dispute that sexism was a factor in a race against a man who had been found liable for sexual abuse — a verdict Trump called a “disgrace” — and has long made hypermasculinity part of his political brand. “I do not think that this race swung solely on her being a woman or a woman of color. But I think that you cannot look at a woman and a woman of color and not think that didn’t have an impact on this race,” Jen O’Malley Dillon, Harris’ campaign chair, told a group of strategists, journalists and academics gathered for a campaign post-mortem at Harvard University this month. “We are fooling ourselves if we don’t think that there is an element of her being a woman or a woman of color that was harder for people to see as comfortably, perhaps.” Yet to chalk Harris’ loss up to sexism alone — and to the idea that women are held to a higher standard when seeking the White House — could also be a way of minimizing campaign missteps. “Kamala Harris made a very bad decision in her choice of vice president. So that was her first big decision to make, and in my judgment, she did not choose well,” Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said of the selection of Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, a relatively untested national figure, as her running mate. Behind Harris and Clinton’s losses, she added, “there were circumstances in the campaign that were unrelated to gender.” Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., who won a tough reelection race against a male candidate in November, said she saw more traditional political factors playing a larger role in Harris’ defeat, noting that she heard “very little focus” on her gender or the barrier-breaking potential of her candidacy. “This was a change election. People — if people are expressing that they’re concerned about the direction of the country, they’re not going to vote for the incumbent party,” she said. “It has much more to do with that than I think the fact that Kamala Harris is a woman.” The results indicate that, yet again, voters were not particularly motivated by a desire for greater female representation. Despite the liberal hope that women would flock to her candidacy over issues like abortion rights, Harris won the lowest level of support from female voters of any Democratic nominee since 2004, according to an analysis by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. A majority of white women continued to support Trump, a result that is consistent with their support for the Republican nominee in every race since 2004. Yet, Harris also made few, if any, inroads among key blocs of female voters: A smaller percentage of Latino and young women backed Harris than backed any other Democratic nominee since Barack Obama first ran in 2008. “Voters were more worried about issues like the economy or immigration and less concerned with the vice president’s gender and race,” said Amanda Hunter, the executive director of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, which promotes women in politics. She added, “This was not the same glass-ceiling candidacy that we saw in 2016.” Still, other members of the Senate, where women make up a quarter of the body, said they believed Harris’ gender more significantly affected her support. “Some people think that a woman can’t run a country, and so there are those kinds of views that we need to address among them,” said Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, a close ally of Harris. “There are a lot of cultural issues involved in electing a woman.” Some elected officials say they believe that only a female candidate with a strong and uncompromising political brand will be able to overcome such gender bias. Both Bill Clinton and Graham cited what the South Carolina senator called the “Margaret Thatcher mold,” evoking the famously tough conservative leader who became Britain’s first female prime minister in 1979. “Fair or not, I think that Republican women are seen as stronger on national defense,” Collins said. So far, at least, such conservative bona fides haven’t been enough: No woman has won the Republican nomination. And Nikki Haley’s victories in the 2024 District of Columbia and Vermont primaries were the first presidential primary wins by a Republican woman. (STORY CAN END HERE. OPTIONAL MATERIAL FOLLOWS.) Some of those who have been at the center of such debates seem visibly exhausted by the subject of female electability. In January 2019, just days after she began her presidential bid, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., steadfastly refused to engage with questions of sexism. “I’m going to keep fighting on the issues because I think that’s what matters most,” she said in an interview on Capitol Hill. Two years later, after her primary bid had ended in defeat, Warren detailed in a memoir how her focus on ideas in the race had collided with concerns about her gender. She was taken aback, she recounted, by how many times potential donors and supporters had raised Hillary Clinton’s loss as a reason for their trepidation about Warren’s bid. “I wondered whether anyone said to Bernie Sanders when he asked for their support, ‘Gore lost, so how can you win?’ I wondered whether anyone said to Joe Biden, ‘Kerry lost, so clearly America just isn’t ready for a man to be president,’” she recalled thinking as she lay in bed after her first day raising money for her presidential bid. “I tried to laugh, but the joke didn’t seem very funny.” This month, when asked in an interview if a woman could be elected president, Warren, who won a third Senate term in November, just sighed. “Someday,” she said. She declined to elaborate.
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Washington Commanders tight end Zach Ertz on Thursday addressed his viral confrontation with Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni following Sunday’s game. Ertz and Sirianni had some sort of exchange after shaking hands following Washington’s 36-33 win on Sunday. Reports suggested that Eagles security had to separate the two , with video of the confrontation largely confirming that account . Ertz was the first to address the issue on Thursday, and he downplayed the incident. The tight end said it was the product of two competitive people coming into contact, and that he has no problems with his former head coach. “I’m not really going to get into the specifics. Just two people that really love to compete, I would say,” Ertz told reporters. “Nick and I had a great relationship when I was there. We still have a great relationship. I think it’s definitely been blown way out of proportion. We spoke. We’re good. There’s no ill feelings on my part, and I don’t think there’s any ill feelings on his part. It’s just something, in the heat of the moment, probably got blown out of proportion.” Zach Ertz says the postgame scene with Nick Sirianni is blown way out of proportion. Ertz says things are all good now and just two competitive people. pic.twitter.com/q1f1uNoIvq — JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) December 26, 2024 Ertz played for the Eagles from 2013 to 2021. He briefly played for Sirianni during the coach’s first season with the team, but was traded shortly after Sirianni’s arrival. At the time, Ertz was in the final year of his contract and very badly wanted a new one , but never got it. Ertz only made one catch for 12 yards in Sunday’s win, but has 55 grabs for 538 yards and four touchdowns on the season. This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.