#2020 Flying Spur First Edition

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Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid 2022 - Elle peut atteindre une vitesse maximale de 285 km/h

La Flying Spur Hybrid est une berline Bentley de 536 chevaux avec un V6.

La nouvelle Flying Spur Hybrid met en valeur la capacité de Bentley à combiner un design durable avec un savoir-faire exquis et des performances vraiment sans effort. Exaltant, raffiné et conçu pour le monde dans lequel nous vivons aujourd'hui. Considérez cela comme la nouvelle norme pour les voitures hybrides de luxe. Galerie Photos

Style avec une certaine étincelle Le deuxième hybride Bentley à être lancé, le Flying Spur Hybrid se présente comme une déclaration progressive de design de luxe durable. Son profil profilé allie élégance et efficacité aérodynamique, tandis qu'une longue ligne de toit fluide évoque une sensation de puissance sans effort. Regardez de plus près, cependant, et les détails en révèlent encore plus. Un badge "Hybrid" sur le garde-boue avant identifie la voiture - une référence claire au groupe motopropulseur sous son capot brillant - tandis que ses roues de 20" sont conçues pour attirer le regard, avec d'imposantes options 21" et 22" disponibles pour ceux qui désirent encore plus de route présence. Conçu pour faire progresser Fabriquée à la main dans l'usine de Crewe, la finition est tout ce que vous attendez d'un hybride Bentley : en un mot, sans égal. Des placages magnifiquement conçus s'associent aux couleurs de peau de votre choix, dans un habitacle où l'espace et la lumière sont tout simplement plus abondants que dans les voitures de moindre importance. L'ensemble de l'intérieur est conçu à la main, reflétant l'attention incomparable de Bentley aux détails. Ainsi, que vous soyez assis au volant ou derrière le conducteur, chaque trajet est vraiment luxueux. Motorisation Flying Spur Hybrid Avec un moteur essence 2,9 litres bi-turbo et un puissant moteur électrique de 100 kW, le Flying Spur Hybrid offre une puissance sans effort sur route ouverte ainsi que la possibilité de conduire uniquement à l'électricité. Même sans moteur essence enclenché, vous pouvez rouler à vitesse d'autoroute. Mais il ne s'agit pas seulement d'une conduite responsable, il s'agit aussi d'une exaltation. Grâce au couple supplémentaire délivré par le moteur électrique, l'accélération est instantanée. La voiture avance avec toute la puissance douce et raffinée que le monde attend d'une Bentley. Voir aussi : Bentley Flying Spur First Edition 2020 Performance Pour les passagers, la sensation n'est pas sans rappeler voler dans un jet privé. Pour le conducteur, quant à lui, l'expérience est revigorante - et les chiffres sont vraiment impressionnants ; 0-100 km/h en 4,3 secondes et une vitesse de pointe de 285 km/h. Le moteur à essence - optimisé pour l'efficacité ainsi que les performances! contribuant à faire de cette voiture la Flying Spur la plus écologique jamais construite. Mais ne vous y trompez pas, il s'agit d'une berline de luxe d'une puissance phénoménale. Personnalisation Lors de la mise en service de votre Flying Spur Hybrid! vous pouvez choisir parmi une palette standard de sept couleurs de peinture. Mais ce n'est que le début. Vous avez également la possibilité de choisir parmi la gamme étendue de Bentley! vous donnant accès à 80 autres couleurs de peinture. Si vous ne voyez toujours pas la teinte que vous recherchez, vous pouvez opter pour une peinture de couleur assortie sur mesure de Mulliner! la division de mise en service personnelle de Bentley. Read the full article

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Entertainment Weekly, December

Cover: Wandavision -- Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany as Vision 

Page 1: Contents, Melissa Gilbert on the Little House on the Prairie Set in 1977 

Page 3: Sound Bites -- special holiday edition 

Page 4: Editor’s Note 

Page 6: The Must List -- Between the World and Me 

Page 8: The Orchard by David Hopen, Freaky 

Page 9: Chris Stapleton -- Starting Over 

Page 11: A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir, Let Them All Talk 

Page 12: Batman/Catwoman 

Page 13: Nomadland 

Page 14: Soul, December Games -- Marvel’s Spider-man: Miles Morales, Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, Immortals Fenyx Rising 

Page 16: My Must List -- Kenan Thompson 

Page 19: First Take -- Bob Odenkirk in Nobody -- the Better Call Saul star plays an unlikely action here complete with a bloody good makeover in this thriller about a family man who decides to seek revenge after a break-in 

Page 21: Pedro Pascal and Christian Slater -- We Can Be Heroes 

Page 22: Cover Story -- Wandavision a wonderfully weird send-up of sitcoms of the past is Marvel’s key to the future 

Page 30: Untold Stories: Holiday Movies Edition -- an oral history of The Family Stone -- Thomas Bezucha, Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser, Dermot Mulroney, Tyrone Giordano, Brian White, Craig T. Nelson, Claire Danes

Page 36: Making the Scene -- The Muppet Christmas Carol -- fans of the Muppets’ 1992 take on Scrooge know a key scene is missing from the DVD version and it’s now the most beloved number ever left on the cutting-room floor, Closet Confidential -- Bridget Jones’ Diary -- Colin Firth and director Sharon Maguire reveal the secrets behind Darcy’s ugly sweater 

Page 37: The Merriest Movies Years Ever -- Jeremy Arnold the author of the TCM book Christmas in the Movies: 30 Classics to Celebrate the Season reveals why 1947 and 2003 were prime years for yuletide films 

Page 38: Role Call -- Mary Steenburgen -- the Oscar winner is a holiday movie MVP and here we look back at the roles that put the Mary in Christmas 

Page 39: Behind the Music -- The Preacher’s Wife -- Whitney Houston’s rousing 1996 film boasts one of the all-time great Christmas movie soundtracks and producer Mervyn Warren tells how it came together 

Page 40: Investigation: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? It’s the debate that won’t die: does Bruce Willis’ 1988 action classic also qualify as a Christmas classic? With the help of some Die Hard alums we’re ready to settle this once and for all -- Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Dermot Mulroney, Zooey Deschanel, Mean Girls -- Christmas got a bit risque in the teen film’s memorial Jingle Bell Rock talent-show performance 

Page 41: 4 Things You Didn’t Know About Love Actually -- we actually unearthed some new tidbits from writer-director Richard Curtis about the much-discussed much-beloved Christmas rom-com 

Page 43: 3 secrets from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer -- it’s aired every year since 1964 but there are still some things you don’t know about the stop-motion Christmas special, 5-minute oral history -- Elf -- you’d better scurry for the story behind the film’s Baby It’s Cold Outside shower scene by Zooey Deschanel 

Page 44: Shondaland makes its Netflix debut December 25 with the swoony Bridgerton a Regency-era drama inspired by a series of romance novels 

Page 48: The Kane maker -- David Fincher and an all-star cast inhabit Old Hollywood for Netflix’s Manx the riveting behind-the-scenes story of Citizen Kane 

Page 52: In an era of rampant reboots it’s been awfully quiet on the Prairie so EW investigates why it’s taken so long for Hollywood to return to Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved town on Walnut Grove in Little House on the Prairie 

Page 57: 2020 Gift Guide 

Page 66: News + Reviews  -- It has spurred sales and served as a balm for concert-starved fans but the best by-product of Verzuz is its celebration of Black excellence 

Page 70: Movies -- from modernized classics to fresh newcomers the Hollywood musical is back in style with a new inclusive look 

Page 73: Indie’s New Queen -- with another major and wild big-screen performance in Black Bear Aubrey Plaza is emerging as an art-house icon 

Page 74: Meet Your Maker -- Alan Ball -- the Oscar and Emmy winner behind American Beauty and Six Feet Under and True Blood brings his most personal project to the screen: the road movie Uncle Frank and here Ball shares his iconic cinematic and literary inspirations 

Page 76: Comedy of My Life: Melissa McCarthy -- the Oscar nominee and Emmy winner flaunts some Superintelligence in her fourth movie directed by husband Ben Falcone 

Page 78: The Shot -- Silver Linings Playbook -- inside the creation of a classic scene 

Page 80: TV -- after years as the grounding force on The Big Bang Theory Kaley Cuoco is now flying high as The Flight Attendant at the center of a juicy murder mystery 

Page 82: Class is back in session on Peacock where Saved By the Bell revival debuts 

Page 83: The Crown 

Page 84: Small Axe 

Page 85: Q+A with Bryan Cranston -- in the limited series Your Honor the Emmy winner is breaking bad again starring as a judge whose son is involved in a hit-and-run 

Page 86: Unwrapping Christmas TV movies -- wisdom gleaned from a flurry of winters in Tinseltown 

Page 87: Role Call -- William H. Macy -- as he heads into the 11th and final season of Shameless he looks back on his most iconic projects, epic sci-fi series The Expanse is back with more cosmic chaos in season 5 

Page 89: What to Watch 

Page 96: Music -- Angus Young and Brian Johnson explain how AC/DC are back on track with a new album that honors late bandmate and brother Malcolm Young 

Page 98: Sam Smith 

Page 99: Q+A with legendary P-Funk bassist Bootsy Collins sheds light on his new album and his enormous collection of top hats 

Page 101: The Playback -- Joni Mitchell Archives: Vol. 1: The Early Years -- before she became an icon Mitchell was performing at local radio stations and recording homemade demos 

Page 102: A Band You Need to Know -- Sault -- the mysterious U.K. group has dropped two timely album-of-the-year contenders, Stupid Questions with Josh Groban -- the multiplatinum-selling golden-voiced baritone returns with Harmony but can he sing his way out of this comedic jam

Page 103: Epitaph -- Eddie Van Halen 

Page 104: Books -- Ernest Cline returns with Ready Player Two the sequel to his 2011 blockbuster and 2020′s most secretive novel 

Page 106: Comedians Rachel Bloom and Michelle Buteau have new memoirs but first they chat about bullying and Dick Jones and how Julia Roberts likes her eggs 

Page 107: High Anxiety with Cazzie David -- the writer and daughter of OG angster Larry David broadcasts her own neuroses in the essay collection No One Asked for This and here shares her deepest fears 

Page 108: The weirdest year in publishing history wraps up with an all-virtual literary awards season and here we break down the titles with their eyes on the prize 

Page 110: Screenwriter and director ad novelist John Ridley offers an alternative perspective in The Other History of the DC Universe 

Page 112: The Bullseye

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Bentley Flying Spur First Edition 2020 là phiên bản giới hạn được ra mắt ngay sau khi hãng trình làng Flying Spur thế hệ III. Phiên bản này được sản xuất trong vòng 12 tháng và có diện mạo hoàn toàn mới so với phiên bản tiền nhiệm.

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Berikut 10 Mobil Terbaru Dengan Model dan Fitur Lengkap Tahun 2020 yang Bisa Menjadi Pilihan Anda

Berikut 10 Mobil Terbaru Dengan Model dan Fitur Lengkap Tahun 2020 yang Bisa Menjadi Pilihan Anda - Tahun baru, mobil baru dan banyak sekali. Hampir setiap perusahaan menawarkan kendaraan baru atau sedang untuk tahun 2020. Itu berarti pembeli mobil modern tidak kekurangan pilihan untuk memilih ketika mencari mobil, truk, atau SUV berikutnya. Dengan mengingat hal itu, kami telah memilih 10 kendaraan paling terkemuka yang tiba untuk tahun model baru. Apakah Anda berada di pasar untuk sedan atau mobil sport, truk atau gerobak, daftar ini menyoroti semua kendaraan baru untuk dipertimbangkan tahun ini.

Aston Martin Vantage AMR

Aston Martin memperkenalkan Vantage AMR akhir tahun lalu (dan kami mengendarainya, sebenarnya), tetapi dua pintu yang kuat adalah model 2020 yang lengkap. Tidak seperti mitranya yang tradisional, Vantage AMR menggunakan transmisi manual tujuh kecepatan dan menghasilkan 503 tenaga kuda dan torsi 461 pound-kaki dari V8 4,0-liter twin-turbocharged V8. Itu bagus untuk sprint 60 mil per jam sekitar 3,9 detik. AMR memerintahkan hampir $ 25.000 premium atas model dasar - tetapi, semua 200 model sudah terjual habis untuk tahun ini. Untungnya, Vantage manual lain akan datang tahun depan.

Audi SQ8

Bukan penggemar SQ7? Mungkin SQ8 yang lebih ramping adalah kecepatan Anda. Coupe-UV juga akan hadir di A.S. tahun ini. Seperti SQ7, SQ8 menggunakan V8 4,0-liter twin-turbocharged yang sama bagus untuk 500 tenaga kuda. Model ini mungkin agak mahal, meskipun; mengharapkan harga yang diminta sekitar $ 70.000 untuk memulai.

BMW M8 Gran Coupe

M8 adalah BMW yang paling kuat yang bisa dibeli dengan uang. Dan itu menjadi lebih mampu untuk tahun 2020 dengan penambahan model Gran Coupe, yang digunakan pada dua pintu tambahan. Menggunakan V8 4.4-twin-turbocharged yang sama yang ditemukan di tempat lain dalam jajaran, M8 Gran Coupe standar menghasilkan 600 tenaga kuda, sementara model Persaingan meningkatkan jumlah itu menjadi 617 kuda. Tentu saja, M8 ini mahal: basis M8 Gran Coupe mulai dari $ 130.000 dan Kompetisi biaya $ 143.000.

Bentley Flying Spur

The Flying Spur 2020 adalah Bentley baru yang dibangun dari bawah ke atas, sekarang ditenagai oleh W12 6.0-twin-turbocharged yang menghasilkan 626 tenaga kuda dan torsi 664 pon-kaki. Dengan keuletan tambahan itu, Flying Spur dapat berlari hingga 62 mil per jam hanya dalam 3,8 detik dan terus berlanjut hingga kecepatan tertinggi 207 mph. Tetapi semua kekuatan itu tidak datang murah; Flying Spur 2020 dimulai dari $ 214.600, dan model-model khusus seperti First Edition dan Blackline bahkan lebih mahal.

Bugatti Chiron Noire

Bugatti Chiron telah ada sejak 2016. Namun tahun ini pembuat hypercar Perancis ini memulai debutnya dengan edisi spesial yang selesai dengan serat karbon hitam yang dijuluki dengan tepat, Noire. Ini masih menggunakan mesin 8 silinder 8 silinder 8 liter turbocharged yang sama, bagus untuk 1.500 tenaga kuda, tetapi terbatas hanya 20 unit di seluruh dunia. Oh, dan biayanya lebih dari $ 3,3 juta.

Cadillac CT4 / CT4-V

Cadillac CT4 dan saudaranya CT4-V panas mulai dijual akhir tahun ini, model dasar dengan harga mulai $ 33.900 dan V dengan biaya $ 45.490. Mesin entry-level Cadillac adalah 2.0-liter turbocharged baik untuk 237 tenaga kuda, sementara trim Premium Luxury mendapat 2,7 liter empat silinder yang menghasilkan 309 hp. Dan di bagian atas jangkauan, CT4-V memompa keluar 325 kuda dari mesin 2,7 liter turbocharged yang sama. Kedua mesin menggunakan 10-speed otomatis yang sama.

Chevrolet Corvette C8

Kami sudah bicara banyak tentang C8 Chevrolet Corvette. Dan meskipun mobil sport belum dalam produksi, ia membawa pulang penghargaan untuk Mobil Amerika Utara Tahun Ini. Meski begitu, Corvette yang telah lama dinanti tidak akan mulai dijual hingga akhir tahun ini. Ketika itu terjadi, itu akan memiliki harga mulai dari $ 59.995 dan 490 tenaga kuda.

Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody

Dodge Charger Hellcat memiliki trim semua-baru untuk tahun 2020. Varian seseorang bergabung dengan kisaran Hellcat untuk tahun baru, yang menawarkan pelanggan pilihan lebih banyak lebar dengan semangat yang sama. V8 6,2 liter supercharged mengusung, masih menghasilkan 707 tenaga kuda (atau 717 dengan Charger Daytona edisi terbatas). Widebody Dodge Charger Hellcat mulai dari $ 71.745.

Ferrari F8 Spider

Di permukaan, Ferrari F8 Spider pada dasarnya adalah atap Tributo coupe. Tetapi dengan hardtop yang dapat ditarik yang dapat membuka dan menutup dengan kecepatan hingga 14 mil per jam dan bodywork baru yang meningkatkan efisiensi aerodinamis sebesar 10 persen, F8 Spider lebih dari itu. F8 Spider menggunakan mesin V8 twin-turbo 3,9 liter yang sama dengan coupe, lengkap dengan 711 tenaga kuda, dan dapat berlari hingga 62 mil per jam hanya dalam 2,9 detik. Droptop F8 harganya $ 293.480 dan sekarang ada di dealer.

Hyundai Sonata

Hyundai Sonata memiliki tampilan panas, sejumlah mesin baru, dan sudah, beberapa nominasi penghargaan untuk model tahun 2020. Di sini di Amerika Serikat, Sonata hadir standar dengan mesin 2.5 liter yang disedot secara alami, baik untuk 191 tenaga kuda, atau menawarkan 1,6 turbocharged opsional yang menghasilkan 180 tenaga kuda. Basis Hyundai Sonata mulai dari $ 23.600, tetapi sedan datang dengan beberapa pilihan yang menaikkan harga.

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The 2020 Flying Spur First Edition, This Why You Can't Get This Car

The 2020 Flying Spur First Edition, This Why You Can’t Get This Car

Last month, Bentley unveiled The 2020 Flying Spur edition, The hot news that for 2020 model year, The Flying Spur will have his special model version, The 2020 Flying Spur First Edition, So let see what makes this new Flying Spur First Edition so special.

2020 Flying Spur First Edition Exterior

For The Exterior Style, The 2020 Flying Spur First Edition comes with a few identifying marks that…

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Saudi Aramco Sells Oil Pipeline Stake for $12.4 Billion Here’s what you need to know: Lee Delaney joined BJ’s in 2016 as executive vice president and chief growth officer, and he became chief executive last year.Credit…Gretchen Ertl/Associated Press Lee Delaney, the president and chief executive of BJ’s Wholesale Club, died unexpectedly on Thursday of “presumed natural causes,” according to a statement released Friday by the company. He was 49. “We are shocked and profoundly saddened by the passing of Lee Delaney,” said Christopher J. Baldwin, the company’s executive chairman, said in a statement. “Lee was a brilliant and humble leader who cared deeply for his colleagues, his family and his community.” Mr. Delaney joined BJ’s in 2016 as executive vice president and chief growth officer. He was promoted to president in 2019 and became chief executive last year. Before joining BJ’s, he was a partner in the Boston office of Bain & Company from 1996 to 2016. Mr. Delaney earned a master’s in business administration from Carnegie Mellon University, and attended the University of Massachusetts, where he pursued a double major in computer science and mathematics. Mr. Delaney led the company through the unexpected changes in consumer demand spurred by the pandemic, with many customers stockpiling wholesale goods as they hunkered down at home. “2020 was a remarkable, transformative and challenging year that structurally changed our business for the better,” Mr. Delaney said in the company’s last quarterly earnings report. The BJ’s board appointed Bob Eddy, the chief administrative and financial officer, to serve as the company’s interim chief executive. Mr. Eddy joined the company in 2007 and became the chief financial officer in 2011, adding the job of chief administrative officer in 2018. “Bob partnered closely with Lee and has played an integral role in transforming and growing BJ’s Wholesale Club,” Mr. Baldwin said. He said that the company would announce decisions about its permanent executive leadership in a “reasonably short timeframe.” BJ’s, based in Westborough, Mass., operates 221 clubs and 151 BJ’s Gas locations in 17 states. Revolut’s office in London in 2018. The banking start-up is offering its workers the opportunity to work abroad for up to two months a year.Credit…Tom Jamieson for The New York Times Before the pandemic, companies used to lure top talent with lavish perks like subsidized massages, Pilates classes and free gourmet meals. Now, the hottest enticement is permission to work not just from home, but from anywhere — even, say, from the French Alps or a Caribbean island. Revolut, a banking start-up based in London, said Thursday that it would allow its more than 2,000 employees to work abroad for up to two months a year in response to requests to visit overseas family for longer periods. “Our employees asked for flexibility, and that’s what we’re giving them as part of our ongoing focus on employee experience and choice,” said Jim MacDougall, Revolut’s vice president of human resources. Georgia Pacquette-Bramble, a communications manager for Revolut, said she was planning to trade the winter in London for Spain or somewhere in the Caribbean. Other colleagues have talked about spending time with family abroad. Revolut has been valued at $5.5 billion, making it one of Europe’s most valuable financial technology firms. It joins a number of companies that will allow more flexible working arrangements to continue after the pandemic ends. JPMorgan Chase, Salesforce, Ford Motor and Target have said they are giving up office space as they expect workers to spend less time in the office, and Spotify has told employees they can work from anywhere. Not all companies, however, are shifting away from the office. Tech companies, including Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple, have added office space in New York over the last year. Amazon told employees it would “return to an office-centric culture as our baseline.” Dr. Dan Wang, an associate professor at Columbia Business School, said he did not expect office-centric companies to lose top talent to companies that allow flexible working, in part because many employees prefer to work from the office. Furthermore, when employees are not in the same space, there are fewer spontaneous interactions, and spontaneity is critical for developing ideas and collaborating, Dr. Wang said. “There is a cost,” he said. “Yes, we can interact via email, via Slack, via Zoom — we’ve all gotten used to that. But part of it is that we’ve lowered our expectations for what social interaction actually entails.” Revolut said it studied tax laws and regulations before introducing its policy, and that each request to work from abroad was subject to an internal review and approval process. But for some companies looking to put a similar policy in place, a hefty tax bill, or at least a complicated tax return, could be a drawback. After its initial public offering imploded, WeWork went public through a SPAC deal.Credit…Kate Munsch/Reuters After weeks of wading into the debate over how to regulate SPACS, the popular blank-check deals that provide companies a back door to public markets, the Securities and Exchange Commission is sending its first shot across the bow. John Coates, the acting director of the corporate finance division at the S.E.C., issued a lengthy statement on Thursday about how securities laws apply to blank-check firms, the DealBook newsletter reports. “With the unprecedented surge has come unprecedented scrutiny,” Mr. Coates wrote of the recent boom in blank-check deals. In particular, he is interested in a crucial (and controversial) difference between SPACs and traditional initial public offerings: blank-check firms are allowed to publish often-rosy financial forecasts when merging with an acquisition target, while companies going public in an I.P.O. are not. Regulators consider such forecasts too risky for firms as yet untested by the public markets. Investors raise money for SPACs via an I.P.O. of a shell company, and those funds are used within two years to merge with an unspecified company, which then also becomes a publicly traded company. Because the deal is technically a merger, it’s given the same “safe harbor” legal protections for its financial forecasts as a typical M.& A. deal. And that’s why there are flying-taxi companies with little revenue going public via a SPAC while promising billions in sales far in the future. The S.E.C. thinks allowing financial forecasts for these deals might be a problem. They can be “untested, speculative, misleading or even fraudulent,” Mr. Coates wrote. And he concludes his statement by suggesting a major rethink of how the “full panoply” of securities laws applies to SPACs, which could upend the blank-check business model. If the S.E.C. does not treat SPAC deals as the I.P.Os they effectively are, he writes, “potentially problematic forward-looking information may be disseminated without appropriate safeguards.” The letter serves as a warning, but perhaps not much else — yet. Unless the S.E.C. issues new rules (as it did for penny stocks) or Congress passes legislation, SPAC projections will continue. But this strongly worded statement could moderate or even mute them. “The S.E.C. has now put them on notice,” Lynn Turner, a former chief accountant of the agency, said. Amazon Warehouse Unionization Votes Either side needed 1,521 votes to win. A total of 505 ballots were challenged; 76 were void.·Source: National Labor Relations Board Amazon beat back the unionization drive at its warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., the counting of ballots in the closely watched effort showed on Friday. A total of 738 workers voted “Yes” to unionize and 1,798 voted “No.” There were 76 ballots marked as void and 505 votes were challenged, according to the National Labor Relations Board. The union leading the drive to organize, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, said most of the challenges were from Amazon. About 50 percent of the 5,805 eligible voters at the warehouse cast ballots in the election. Either side needed to receive more than 50 percent of all cast ballots to prevail. The ballots were counted in random order in the National Labor Relations Board’s office in Birmingham, Ala., and the process was broadcast via Zoom to more than 200 journalists, lawyers and other observers. The voting was conducted by mail from early February until the end of last month. A handful of workers from the labor board called out the results of each vote — “Yes” for a union or “No” — for nearly four hours on Thursday. Sophia June and Miles McKinley contributed to this report. A screenshot of a “vax cards” page on Facebook.  Online stores offering counterfeit or stolen vaccine cards have mushroomed in recent weeks, according to Saoud Khalifah, the founder of FakeSpot, which offers tools to detect fake listings and reviews online. The efforts are far from hidden, with Facebook pages named “vax-cards” and eBay listings with “blank vaccine cards” openly hawking the items, Sheera Frenkel reports for The New York Times. Last week, 45 state attorneys general banded together to call on Twitter, Shopify and eBay to stop the sale of false and stolen vaccine cards. Facebook, Twitter, eBay, Shopify and Etsy said that the sale of fake vaccine cards violated their rules and that they were removing posts that advertised the items. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention introduced the vaccination cards in December, describing them as the “simplest” way to keep track of Covid-19 shots. By January, sales of false vaccine cards started picking up, Mr. Khalifah said. Many people found the cards were easy to forge from samples available online. Authentic cards were also stolen by pharmacists from their workplaces and put up for sale, he said. Many people who bought the cards were opposed to the Covid-19 vaccines, Mr. Khalifah said. In some anti-vaccine groups on Facebook, people have publicly boasted about getting the cards. Other buyers want to use the cards to trick pharmacists into giving them a vaccine, Mr. Khalifah said. Because some of the vaccines are two-shot regimens, people can enter a false date for a first inoculation on the card, which makes it appear as if they need a second dose soon. Some pharmacies and state vaccination sites have prioritized people due for their second shots. An empty conference room in New York, which is among the cities with the lowest rate of workers returning to offices.Credit…George Etheredge for The New York Times In only a year, the market value of office towers in Manhattan has plummeted 25 percent, according to city projections released on Wednesday. Across the country, the vacancy rate for office buildings in city centers has steadily climbed over the past year to reach 16.4 percent, according to Cushman & Wakefield, the highest in about a decade. That number could climb further if companies keep giving up office space because of hybrid or fully remote work, Peter Eavis and Matthew Haag report for The New York Times. So far, landlords like Boston Properties and SL Green have not suffered huge financial losses, having survived the past year by collecting rent from tenants locked into long leases — the average contract for office space runs about seven years. But as leases come up for renewal, property owners could be left with scores of empty floors. At the same time, many new office buildings are under construction — 124 million square feet nationwide, or enough for roughly 700,000 workers. Those changes could drive down rents, which were touching new highs before the pandemic. And rents help determine assessments that are the basis for property tax bills. Many big employers have already given notice to the owners of some prestigious buildings that they are leaving when their leases end. JPMorgan Chase, Ford Motor, Salesforce, Target and more are giving up expensive office space and others are considering doing so. The stock prices of the big landlords, which are often structured as real estate investment trusts that pass almost all of their profit to investors, trade well below their previous highs. Shares of Boston Properties, one of the largest office landlords, are down 29 percent from the prepandemic high. SL Green, a major New York landlord, is 26 percent lower. President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris during a White House appearance on Thursday.Credit…Amr Alfiky/The New York Times President Biden proposed a vast expansion of federal spending on Friday, calling for a 16 percent increase in domestic programs as he tries to harness the government’s power to reverse what officials called a decade of underinvestment in the nation’s most pressing issues. The proposed $1.52 trillion in spending on discretionary programs would significantly bolster education, health research and fighting climate change. It comes on top of Mr. Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package and a separate plan to spend $2.3 trillion on the nation’s infrastructure. Mr. Biden’s first spending request to Congress showcases his belief that expanding, not shrinking, the federal government is crucial to economic growth and prosperity. It would direct billions of dollars toward reducing inequities in housing and education, as well as making sure every government agency puts climate change at the front of its agenda. It does not include tax proposals, economic projections or so-called mandatory programs like Social Security, which will all be included in a formal budget request the White House will release this spring. Among its major new spending initiatives, the plan would dedicate an additional $20 billion to help schools that serve low-income children and provide more money to students who have experienced racial or economic barriers to higher education. It would create a multi-billion-dollar program for researching diseases like cancer and add $14 billion to fight and adapt to the damages of climate change. It would also seek to lift the economies of Central American countries, where rampant poverty, corruption and devastating hurricanes have fueled migration toward the southwestern border and a variety of initiatives to address homelessness and housing affordability, including on tribal lands. And it asks for an increase of about 2 percent in spending on national defense. The request represents a sharp break with the policies of President Donald J. Trump, whose budget proposals prioritized military spending and border security, while seeking to cut funding in areas like environmental protection. All told, the proposal calls for a $118 billion increase in discretionary spending in the 2022 fiscal year, when compared with the base spending allocations this year. It seeks to capitalize on the expiration of a decade of caps on spending growth, which lawmakers agreed to in 2010 but frequently breached in subsequent years. Administration officials would not specify on Friday whether that increase would result in higher federal deficits in their coming budget proposal, but promised its full budget would “address the overlapping challenges we face in a fiscally and economically responsible way.” As part of that effort, the request seeks $1 billion in new funding for the Internal Revenue Service to enforce tax laws, including “increased oversight of high-income and corporate tax returns.” That is clearly aimed at raising tax receipts by cracking down on tax avoidance by companies and the wealthy. Officials said the proposals did not reflect the spending called for in Mr. Biden’s infrastructure plan, which he introduced last week, or for a second plan he has yet to roll out, which will focus on what officials call “human infrastructure” like education and child care. Congress, which is responsible for approving government spending, is under no requirement to adhere to White House requests. In recent years, lawmakers rejected many of the Trump administration’s efforts to gut domestic programs. But Mr. Biden’s plan, while incomplete as a budget, could provide a blueprint for Democrats who narrowly control the House and Senate and are anxious to reassert their spending priorities after four years of a Republican White House. Stocks on Wall Street climbed further into record territory on Friday: The S&P 500 index rose 0.8 percent, bringing its gain for the week to 2.7 percent. Shares of Amazon rose 2.2 percent after the company prevailed against a unionization drive at a warehouse in Alabama. The relatively steady gains in the stock market have sent the VIX index, a measure of volatility, to its lowest level since February 2020. The index was below 17 points on Friday. In mid-March, as the pandemic shut down parts of the global economy, the VIX had spiked above 80. The yield on 10-year Treasury notes jumped 4 basis points, or 0.04 percentage point, to 1.66 percent. The yield on 10-year government bonds rose across Europe, too. On Thursday, Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, reiterated his intention to keep supporting the economic recovery The rollout of vaccinations meant the United States economy could probably reopen soon, but the recovery was still “uneven and incomplete,” Mr. Powell said at the International Monetary Fund annual conference. European stock indexes were mixed on Friday, though the Stoxx Europe 600 notched its sixth straight week of gains. The DAX index in Germany rose 0.2 percent after data showed an unexpected drop in industrial production. The FTSE 100 in London fell 0.4 percent. Oil prices fell slightly with futures of West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. crude benchmark, 0.4 percent lower to $59.38 a barrel. Just months after returning to the skies, Boeing’s troubled 737 Max jet is facing another setback. Boeing said Friday that it had notified 16 airlines and other customers of a potential electrical problem with the Max and recommended that they temporarily stop flying some planes. The company refused to say how many planes were affected, but four U.S. airlines said they would stop using nearly 70 Max jets. Boeing would not say how long the planes would be sidelined. The statement comes just months after companies resumed flying the jet, which had been grounded for nearly two years because of a pair of accidents that killed nearly 350 people. Load new posts Part of Saudi Aramco’s giant Ras Tanura oil terminal. The company said it would raise $12.4 billion from selling a minority stake in its oil pipeline business.Credit…Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, has reached a deal to raise $12.4 billion from the sale of a 49 percent stake in a pipeline-rights company. The money will come from a consortium led by EIG Global Energy Partners, a Washington-based investor in pipelines and other energy infrastructure. Under the arrangement announced on Friday, the investor group will buy 49 percent of a new company called Aramco Oil Pipelines, which will have the rights to 25 years of payments from Aramco for transporting oil through Saudi Arabia’s pipeline networks. Aramco is under pressure from its main owner, the Saudi government, to generate cash to finance state operations as well as investments like new cities to diversify the economy away from oil. The company has pledged to pay $75 billion in annual dividends, nearly all to the government, as well as other taxes. Last year, the dividends came to well in excess of the company’s net income of $49 billion. Recently, Aramco was tapped by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s main policymaker, to lead a new domestic investment drive to build up the Saudi economy. The pipeline sale “reinforces Aramco’s role as a catalyst for attracting significant foreign investment into the Kingdom,” Aramco said in a statement. From Saudi Arabia’s perspective, the deal has the virtue of raising money up front without giving up control. Aramco will own a 51 percent majority share in the pipeline company and “retain full ownership and operational control” of the pipes the company said. Aramco said Saudi Arabia would retain control over how much oil the company produces. Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich neighbor, has struck similar oil and gas deals with outside investors. Source link Orbem News #Aramco #Billion #oil #Pipeline #Saudi #sells #stake

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NBA City Editions: 2020-2021

I didn’t make one for 2019-2020, but I may make one in retrospect when I have time.

Past editions: 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20

City Editions are hard to top each year–shoutout to the various teams among these franchises working with Nike to make this possible. While this is a critique, I can’t knock their hustle in creating new uniforms each season. 

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FLAMES

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Miami Heat: While it’s not even the best of the Vice editions (Vice, Vice Nights, Sunset Vice, Vice Wave), every launch and surrounding visual and piece of merch has been stellar--each Vice launch even had their own unique secondary colors! Sunset Vice with the orange, Vice Wave with the highlighter yellow, Vice Versa with the lavender...besitos. It’s so Miami and it’s an excellent case study on marketing and design. I also like that the last of the Vice editions is called Vice Versa–so clever. 

Brooklyn Nets: They have no excuse to run out of ideas. Basquiat (and former owner Jay-Z’s love for his art)? FLY. Basketball is an art form–the court is the canvas. I also think this opens doors for teams to collab with brands and estates; I hope one in particular comes true if you read all the way through this piece. 

San Antonio Spurs: FINALLY a City Edition! They kept passing their Military Appreciation Night jerseys as City Editions–I was hoping they’d mix it up this year, and did they ever! I love the ode to the Fiesta Spurs logo and warmups of the 90s. The court steals the show–fit for the Alamodome! 

Phoenix Suns: FINALLY a City Edition! Much like the Spurs, the Suns kept passing the Los Suns uniforms as City Editions. While one can argue that the Camelback Mountain grid pattern is similar to past Nuggets and Jazz uniforms, the Suns did something fresh, new, and exciting for their franchise. I also like the font used for “the Valley” across the chest. While Kelly Oubre on a horse is one of the first photos I saw of the jersey, he still gets to rock a fire uniform with his new team this season. 

Toronto Raptors: I love that the Raptors returned to their notable font of the 90s with last year’s City Editions, and that they continued on the same path this year. There isn’t much info on the new editions yet, but I’m assuming that the underline represents a claw mark. What will further set it off next season is if they use the 90s Raptors font to spell “North.” 

Golden State Warriors: They listened to their fan base and got it right. Dub Nation faithful were upset that San Francisco was on Warrior jerseys last season, though the players never wore Oakland on their chests during their years at Oracle or in the town in general. 

Los Angeles Lakers: A nod to Elgin Baylor during season 75 of the NBA. An ode to the land of 10,000 lakes. I love honoring our older legends while they’re still here. I also love that the jerseys are icy.

I DIG

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New Orleans Pelicans: New Franceeeee! Much like the Spurs and Suns, the Pelicans kept passing older concepts as City Editions. New Orleans is known for so much more than Mardi Gras, and I love the new approach to classic French roots. 

Minnesota Timberwolves: It’s simple, but clean. The North Star also fits their brand. 

Charlotte Hornets: again, simple, clean, and on-brand. 

Portland Trail Blazers: I like the homage to Native Americans and the Portland Oregon sign. 

Memphis Grizzlies: Tennessee as a state is known for music, but most only think of Nashville and country music. Memphis was home to Stax Records, a staple in soul music. The Stax logo is the inspiration for the font across the chest. Two of Stax’s biggest artists were Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes. I love the concept and the reveal video (below), so yes–I can dig it. 

Los Angeles Clippers: I had them in the flames column last year, but this year is stacked. I still like the Old English font though. 

Chicago Bulls: it’s giving me Chicago the Musical, Gilded Age, Roaring 20s vibes. I love it. The design on the sides reminds me of Frank Lloyd Wright. 

OKAY

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Washington Wizards: alternate logo!

Sacramento Kings: Their best city edition yet, but I don’t understand the checkered pattern making a comeback. I guess it was all in chess. 

Utah Jazz: Houston Astros/Red Rock formation, but make it black. 

Orlando Magic: I like the throwback to the original Magic font, but the orange (while it is the state fruit) is an overkill. 

Cleveland Cavaliers: would be eh but it is creative. Colin Talboo deciphered the fonts for Cleveland’s ode to rock and roll; it features a range of artists from David Bowie and Nirvana to the Sex Pistols and NWA. Cleveland has a notable rock history, from hosting the first rock concert to being home to the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. It’s a fitting tribute to the genre that put the city on the map. 

Boston Celtics: I love the take on the championship banners, but their banners are boring in design because old school. 

Atlanta Hawks: it pays homage to Dr. King, but for now, it just feels like his name on a jersey rather than a tribute. I wish they took a page out of last season’s OKC’s tribute to the bombing victims (the design on the sides of the uniforms represent the chair monuments at the National Memorial) and found a creative way to use MLK’s likeness or use the Ebenezer Baptist Church font in the unis. However, the stained glass court design is unique. 

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EH

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Philadelphia 76ers: It’s kinda weird having houses be the main focal point of a jersey, but the 76ers organization went a very unique route in paying tribute to Boathouse Row and their lights during the bicentennial. 

Houston Kings Oilers Rockets: The reveal video had nearly everything to do with the city of Houston but the Oilers (might be a Titans issue, but still). The Astrodome has been home to a great many things over the years–you have to give us more. At least throw a “Luv ya Blue!” reference in there or something! Speaking of the video as a native Houstonian, they left out a lot about the city, like how we have one of the world’s largest and best medical centers, or DJ Screw and other notable rap artists of the 90s, or how the biggest recording artists from the city were in Destiny’s Child. Being that Oilers colors are now on a basketball uniform, the look gives me Sacramento Kings vibes. 

Denver Jazz Nuggets: the color is of the Denver sunset, but it doesn’t help that the Jazz already had red and nature as prominent themes in past City Editions.  

Oklahoma City Thunder: It’s doing a lot of things, and it’s hard for me to make the connection to Oklahoma City. 

Milwaukee Bucks: The Great Lakes remind me of Michigan more than Wisconsin. 

Dallas Mavericks: beautiful play on Pegasus but it doesn’t really have anything to do with Dallas.

OOF

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Indiana Pacers: It feels like something they’ve worn before. Maybe the FloJo font on this would set it off? Idk. 

Detroit Pistons: IT’S BORING. The whole thing is boring. Retire it after this season. Alex Breeder designed some concepts–if the Nets can partner with the Basquiat estate, and if the Grizzlies can pay homage to Stax Records, the Pistons and Motown can come together to make a Hitsville USA uniform. 

New York Knicks: So far, there’s no confirmation of this leak, but if this is truly the City Edition...yikes. 

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