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In emerging markets, Suzlonthe largest OEM in terms of cumulative capacity installed in Indiawas in financial distress but has recently concluded debt restructuring in alignment with all lenders.

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In emerging markets, Suzlonthe largest OEM in terms of cumulative capacity installed in Indiais now on the brink of bankruptcy.

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A Reduction in Government Support Blows New Challenges at the Wind Energy Industry, Sees Kline

PARSIPPANY, NJ, July 20, 2020 Driven by support from various governments, wind energy has grown rapidly since 2000. As a result, global lubricant demand in the wind energy industry has increased in line with the growth in total installed wind energy capacity. From 2008 to 2019, the global wind energy installed capacity grew at a CAGR of 16.6%, and lubricant consumption grew by a CAGR of 13%, shows Klines recently published Lubricants for Wind Turbines: Global Market Analysis and Opportunities study.

As the industry matures, governments are phasing out monetary incentives and emphasizing supporting legislation such as renewable energy targets, grid priority, and land allocations. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, government policies to jumpstart economies will put more pressure on finances; this may accelerate the phasing out of monetary incentives. The industry will have to learn to stand on its own.

To learn more about this changing market, ACCESS our recently held webinar,Outlook for Wind Turbine Lubricant Demand in the Current Economic Environment.

Currently, OEMs are experiencing tough market conditions due to the phase-out of subsidies. Senvion, a German wind turbine manufacturer, filed for bankruptcy in April 2019. Nordex recently announced a merger with the Spanish renewable energy company, Acciona Windpower. In emerging markets, Suzlonthe largest OEM in terms of cumulative capacity installed in Indiawas in financial distress but has recently concluded debt restructuring in alignment with all lenders. The capital expenditure of wind power projects has also dropped by 10% to 15% after the transition from feed-in tariffs to reverse auctions.

The wind energy sector is dominated by a few global players, and OEM ties are increasingly important. The supply base for lubricants used in wind turbines is also largely consolidated in the hands of a few key companies. Global majors such as Castrol, ExxonMobil, and Shell are present in almost all markets. The study shows that Castrol is the global leader in the lubricants market for wind energy with a supply footprint covering all major regions.

To succeed in this business, suppliers need to have a proven track record of products meeting OEMs performance requirements, the ability to demonstrate cost savings, and OEM tie-ups, comments Milind Phadke, Vice President, Energy at Kline. Castrol leads the market due to a strong product portfolio and tie-ups with such OEMs as Vestas and Siemens Gamesa, giving the company access to their first-fill and warranty fill business. This gives Castrol a strong position in Europe, North America, and India, along with a global leadership position.

Srikanth Visvanathan, Global Marketing Director for Castrol Commercial Vehicles and Industrial, says: Our leading position in wind, with 33% of the market, reflects our commitment to providing innovative lubricants and service solutions. With BP and our affiliate Onyx Insight, we can provide improved efficiency, lower downtime, and lower the levelized cost of energy for our customers.

We are the trusted supplier for thousands of wind turbine OEMs and wind farm operators worldwide, from first-fill through the entire working life, providing them with the ultimate lubricants and optimized service solutions that help extend the asset life. Castrols combination of industry experts and suite of wind solutions is designed to drive the success of the wind sector, delivering high-grade lubricants, advanced analytics, and expert training to upskill wind technicians.

Observing the rapid growth in the industry, new participants are trying to enter this market. These include mid-tier lubricant companies with a presence in the synthetics business. However, new suppliers face several entry barriers, including a rigorous approval process, a good track record as a supplier, and a performance history of new product development. The industry is risk-averse, and this results in an extension of warranties and the use of the same products outside the warranty period.

Despite the reduction in government support, the wind energy sector continues to receive support. Germany is likely to support local OEMsSiemens Gamesa, Enercon, and Nordexwhich have a strong global footprint. Governments are unlikely to withdraw complete support for the wind energy industry, as this will be difficult politically. However, they may reduce their support by decreasing the quantum of subsidies that they currently provide. Monetary subsidies will be replaced with favorable legislation (as in Germany), such as renewable energy targets, grid priority, and land allocations.

As per the GWEC outlook for spring 2020, new installations should grow at a CAGR of 4.1%, from 60.4 GW in 2019 to 73.4 GW in 2024. As a result, total installed wind energy capacity is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 9.1% over the forecast period to reach 1,005.0 GW by 2024 from 650.1 GW in 2019. While not as strong as in previous years, the growth in new installations will continue to drive growth in the lubricants market. Besides the growth, other factors, including green image and high-margin business for lubricant marketers, will attract lubricant suppliers.

The information is sourced from our just-published studyLubricants for Wind Turbines: Global Market Analysis and Opportunities.

About Kline Kline is a worldwide consulting and research firm dedicated to providing the kind of insight and knowledge that helps companies find a clear path to success. The firm has served the management consulting and market research needs of organizations in the agrochemicals, beauty & personal care, chemicals & materials, energy, and life sciences industries for more than 60 years. For more information, visit http://www.KlineGroup.com.

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When truly wireless earbuds were first released, it felt like a breakthrough technological moment. This wasnt quite the moon landing, but it was an innovation that streamlined a cluttered part of our everyday lives. In honor of Ingenious Design Week, we tracked down products, both from our archives and beyond, that can simplify or improve our lives. There were plenty to choose from. Earbuddyz Earpod covers will keep your AirPods in your ears no matter how far you run or how much you sweat. The donut-shaped Famatel roller is an extension cord (and extension cord holder) that isnt an eyesore. And the Anker Nebula Capsule projector has everything you need to turn your backyard into a movie theater, contained in a device the size of a soda can. What connects them all is their ingenuity. Features big and small that may not save the world but just might save the day. Here are our favorites.

For most of my life, I have held a decidedly who cares attitude toward extension cords, says Strategist writer Liza Corsillo. I appreciated their utility, but my feelings stopped there.Then she discovered the Famatel. It comes rolled up inside a compact, bagel-shaped, silicon spindle. The lime-green halves of the bagel are flexible and can be turned inside out for quick winding and flipped back down to keep any unused cord neat and tidy. Plus, unlike other extension cords, it doesnt have that garage-only aesthetic: My Famatel Roller is almost a decorative item, Corsillo says.

This powerstation has 11 outlets two AC ports, four USB ports, two type-C ports, two DC 12V ports, and a vehicle 12V output all of which can be used at the same time. Strategist contributor Steven John says it rendered all of his old camping battery packs obsolete.I typically lug all manner of chargers a bunch of little guys for phones, a slightly bigger one for larger devices, plus a generator in case of a storm. But the River takes the place of all those, he says. Once its charged up, the device can hold that charge for a year.

Most charging cables stick straight out from your phone while in use. So if youre checking Twitter in bed, the cable is bent against your stomach. If youre charging your phone while driving, the cable is probably bent back on itself in the cupholder. Its not comfortable for you, and its not good for the cable, which will eventually fray and break. But thats not the case with Aukeys right-angle cables, John says. Since the bend is built into the connector, theres no stress on the cable. Even if there were, the cables have been rated to last more than 10,000 bends, he says.

With this outlet, whether youre using a space heater or a flat iron, youll never forget to turn it off. You push a button to turn the power on, use your device as you ordinarily would, then walk away when youre done, says Strategist contributor Alison Freer. Its like an egg timer for your electronic devices and comes in a power-strip version, too.

If youre outside on a hot day, a personal fan can be the difference between being comfortable or stewing in your own sweat. For Strategist contributor Maggie Coughlan, this miniature fan saved her from the sweltering subway platforms of NYC. At $5, this little gadget is the least amount of money Ive spent for the most comfort, she says. It has a very simplistic design. Theres no on or off switch, you simply pop the fan into your phones lightning port. It weighs in at barely an ounce and is made of soft plastic, so if you catch your fingers in its blades, youll survive unscathed. It will affect your battery, but no more than frantically reloading your Instagram feed.

Strategist columnist Chris Black says his first days of using AirPods were strange and unsettling: The left AirPod did not feel secure, I was afraid that with one wrong nod I was going to lose it, and I would have to return, defeated, to the corded masses. After his left airpod flew out of his ear and tumbled into oncoming traffic one day, he turned to Earbuddy AirPod Covers. They are basically grippy condoms for my AirPods, made from high-performance elastomers, he says. The real magic lies in the extra little piece of plastic that conforms to the groove of your inner ear. I strapped them on and took them for the ultimate test: a sweat-drenched run. They didnt budge. I didnt even have to adjust them once! It was a miracle.

For $15 apiece, you can sync your outlets with your Wi-Fi and thus control them with your phone, says Strategist contributor Lindsey Weber. All of my lamps can now be turned on and off with a swipe I even set timers so that they turn on automatically, both to avoid arriving home to a dark house and to give the appearance that someones home even when no one is. You can get your AC blasting before you get home or turn your slow cooker on from the couch, before you head to the kitchen. Anything you can imagine plugging in and turning on can be controlled with an app.

Watching shows in bed can be a great experience unless youre the kind of person who gets uncomfortable sitting in the same position for too long and at some point you end up in a bizarre yoga position, holding the iPad over your head until your hands start to shake. Strategist contributor Jinnie Lee solved that problem with this oddly designed iPad stand. It can comfortably hold up to a ten-inch device, and its malleable but firm arm can extend 30 inches, making it effortless to stretch, bend, and tilt based on your preferred lying-down position, she says. For me, the stand is perfectly sturdy attached to my headboard, though other mounting options could include nightstands or overhead shelves.

This water-resistant portable speaker has an eight-hour battery life and uses a magnet to attach to the back of your phone, your fridge, or any other metal surface. (It also has a mount for nonmagnetic surfaces.) The Mo expands to create its own sound chamber, which enhances the bass and gives you a fuller listening experience. When youre done with it, just collapse it back down. Its only an inch thick perfect for throwing in your bag or even putting in your pocket.

The size of a can of soda, the Anker Nebula Capsule projector can display your favorite movies, TV shows, and YouTube videos at up to 100 inches. It even has a built-in 360-degree speaker. Pair it with a bare wall or sheet and a good chair and youre ready for a cozy movie night.

This tech-enhanced fire pit will make even the most inept fire builder look like Prometheus himself, says Strategist contributor James Lynch. Once you light the kindling, just tap a button in the app, and airflow in the burn chamber increases automatically. If you want more heat, just turn the fan up, Lynch says. The best part is that with all of that oxygen, the fire burns more efficiently, which means you basically get no smoke.

Hear us out: The Apple Watch Series 5 may feel like just another iteration of a nonessential piece of tech an overpriced device to sit on your wrist and annoy you with constant notifications. But the updates that come with the Series 5 have finally turned the Apple Watch into a legitimate health-monitoring device. It can track your heart rate and warn you if you have irregular heart rhythms, or tell you when youre in an environment thats loud enough to damage your hearing. It can even notice that youve fallen and alert an emergency contact. Plus, the new iOS being launched this fallwill have automatic handwashing detection, helping you know youve actually scrubbing your hands for the recommended 20 seconds.

Code Jumper helps students who are blind or visually impaired gain an understanding of computer coding. Students can learn basic sequences and computational problem solving skills by physically maneuvering the blocks known as pods and plugs to create computer code. There are 19 lessons and 25 hours of instruction, which include tutorial videos about the basics of computer science.

This is a complete reinvention of the flashlight, says Strategist contributor Dan Dubno. The Nitecore is tiny less than three inches long but despite the size it gives off a brilliant, powerful beam up to 1,000 lumens in brightness, Dubno says. My favorite feature is the LED display, which lets you know exactly how much battery you have remaining at any of the five brightness settings youve selected. I can take a look at that display before [my dog] Charlie and I leave the house and know theres no chance of running out of juice in the middle of our walk.

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Developers look set to be given more time to get their schemes started during the coronavirus crisis with the people behind the controversial 900-home Pennyfeathers development in Ryde looking likely to benefit.

Any planning permissions due to expire during the lockdown period have been extended.

Extension to three-year time limitA new Business and Planning Bill currently going through the Houses of Parliament will give new life to developments on the Isle of Wight and across the country.

One of the aspects of the bill includes extending the three-year time frameplanning permission is given for works to start.

Usually, if a development hasnt started within three years of approval then the permission expires but now housing secretary Robert Jenrick has proposed to extend it tohelp the construction industry get back on its feet after the first wave of the coronavirus.

This means if planning permission was due to expire anywhere from the start of lockdown in March until the end of 2020, it will automatically be extended to April 2021.

Extension for PennyfeathersOn the Isle of Wight, this will affect the controversial planning permission for Pennyfeathers the 900-house development near Westridge giving it more time to get started.

Before the new measures, the Ryde development had to be started before September and was under pressure to get conditions attached to the original permission changed so the project could run smoothly, according to its planning agents.

The government said the new measures will save more than 24,000 homes nationwide from not being built as planning expires.

Mr Jenrick said:

Building the homes the country needs is central to the mission of this government and is an important part of our plans to recover from the impact of the coronavirus.

Taken together, these measures will help to keep workers safe and our economy moving as we work together to bounce back from the pandemic.

IWC will comply with and implement legislation as required The Isle of Wight Council (IWC) said it will fully comply with the new measures, which will also help speed up planning appeals, when the legislation is passed.

A council spokesperson said:

As local planning authority (LPA), [the council] is aware of the Governments proposals as set out in the Business and Planning Bill and is tracking its progress through the legislative process with interest.

Once the Bill becomes law, the LPA will comply with and implement legislation as required.

Property specialists, BCM, who have a team and office on the Island, welcomed the new measures.

Howlett: A positive and proactive move to assist the industry Charlotte Howlett, planning consultant said:

The government has listened to the industry, something which will work to secure jobs and give the building supply chain certainty at this time.

After planning permissions are granted it takes an inordinate amount of time to resolve planning conditions, deal with statutory utilities, financing, building regulations, tender packages and contracts and so this extension provides essential time without the need to resubmit a new planning application, which would have otherwise submitted the same package as previously granted.

Covid-19 has had an effect on all businesses and so this allowance is a positive and proactive move to assist the industry.

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When the new submarine was being proposed, the media often asked if 12 was the right number of submarines to buy. The answer I always gave was trite but correct: It depends on what you want to do with them, explains NSW senator Jim Molan.

The single biggest issue for the submarine is how does it fit into a national defence strategy? At the time there was no real national defence strategy to assist the answer now there is.

The recently announced 2020 Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan assists in answering many of the questions about the Attack Class submarines: do we need them; why so big; how many; why conventional not nuclear; why not buy cheaper from overseas; are they vulnerable; when will we get them; what about the Collins; and why so expensive?

To summarise my position on the project as a whole, because of the war we may have to fight in the future and how we have decided to fight it, Australia needs submarines just as we need a range of surface ships and aircraft. We also need big submarines.

We need something in the order of 12; they are going to be conventional boats because nuclear is illegal in Australia and regardless, no one is going to lease or sell us nuclear boats. No one makes a conventional submarine big enough so we must build them as we built the Collins to meet our need, and there is a premium.

We are not taking the nuclear reactor out of a submarine and putting in a diesel engine we are designing these boats from a basic French design, as we did with the Collins.

They would probably have been built in South Australia regardless of the fact the Defence Minister came from there. Of course, I would rather they be available sooner than the mid-2030s to the mid-2050s, but we do have an effective submarine force in the Collins and we must keep it effective.

No one can criticise the Attack Class for not being effective submarines because at this stage they are still being designed and are likely to be a capable boat.

The French Submarine, as many of its detractors insist on calling it, has now become political, and some of the commentary is shrill. But we all have the right to a view, and to express that view, especially on the cost of the project if nothing else, and I respect others views.

This is the peoples money and the peoples future security. It is important for the project that we see frequent engagement by ministers, military chiefs and politicians.

We need to show that we believe in it, but also a more open explanation of what is behind and what is happening in the project in other words much more emphasis on informing the public rather than just rebuttal. In that spirit, I have stated where I stand.

The change in Australias defence strategy launched by the PM on 1 July was seismic and relevant to this issue. When considering any weapon system that has as much strategic, operational and tactical value as a submarine, and costs as much, it is wise to start with the overall strategy.

In essence, because of the change in our strategic environment, Australia now has a forward leaning defence strategy designed to shape the environment before conflict breaks out, to deter direct attacks on Australia, and if deterrence fails, to respond with force, another way of saying win.

The defence strategy says directly that Australia is able and willing to deploy military power to shape, deter and respond, which describes how we will fight the next war.

To implement what is essentially an operational concept, the government will allocate $270 billion over10 years for equipment, with manpower and operating costs additional.

To have the widest range of options for military commanders and governments in fighting future wars, we need submarines and big ones. The distances in our region are enormous, so they need endurance.

People forget how big the distances in our region are, or even just the length of our coast. We are not Sweden, Singapore, Germany or Norway. The distance from our east coast to our west coast is the same as that from London to Istanbul, regardless of whether we might want to deploy submarines to north Asia, the Indian Ocean or the South Pacific.

Big submarines are necessary for long deployments regardless of where the deployment goes, because one of the greatest assets of a submarine is to be on patrol for a long time and to hide.

In these days of wide area surveillance, submarines are vulnerable around their bases. As well, bigger boats can carry a range of weapons in addition to torpedoes, such as modern self-deploying sea mines, perhaps missiles or even special forces.

Bigger submarines then have options that do not involve returning to base to change loads.

Strategically, the role of submarines is to deter conflict by contributing to the operational and tactical defeat of an enemy force. Deterrence has the best chance of being achieved if a significant number of boats with a range of weapons can be deployed at any one time. A potential aggressor is never sure of their number or their location.

Nothing off-the-shelf can do this for Australia; the US are not going to lease nuclear boats to us. Apart from any considerations of national sovereignty and security, they also see the danger in our shared strategic environment. Starting this year, they are building three nuclear submarines each year, the most expensive US submarine building program since WW2.

This program, a combination of Columbia class ballistic missile boats and Virginia class attack submarines, is already stretching the USAs industrial capacity. We are on our own.

The number of boats needed by Australia is more difficult to quantify and twelve seemed arbitrary at the time, but not so much now within the current strategy.

The six Collins were intended to keep two operationally at sea most of the time which was world standard, and apparently now there are three Collins available for operational duties at any one time, another for training, one in light maintenance and one in deep maintenance, plus there is discussion of a life extension and upgrade.

Given the Attack Class submarines are unlikely to deliver operational capability until the mid- or late-2030s, the Collins will be around for a long time and then there will be a mix of Collins and Attacks.

The number of submarines needed to achieve deterrence for Australia in this new strategic environment will be well over six, probably at least nine, but 12 will be very good. Three to four submarines sustainably deployed is probably the strategic deterrent minimum and an operational one as well.

Some make the argument that the day of the submarine is over, that they can be found and destroyed now, and they are likely to be more vulnerable in the future.

Others of course make the point that nothing can survive in war on the surface of an ocean and so we should get rid of our surface ships. Everything in war is vulnerable to some extent, particularly mobile assets that operate in the atmosphere (aircraft and surface ships above the water) and fixed bases.

Advice is that research does not suggest to me that the relative difficulty of detecting submarines underwater by comparison with units which have to operate in the atmosphere is going to diminish. There is a big difference between getting an indication of a boat in an area and then localising it and a further difference between localising and achieving tracking quality sufficient to achieve a firing solution.

So you might know a submarine is around, but being able to destroy it is not as easy as some are saying. The updated strategy identifies the need for land-based anti-shipping missiles and I support this, while acknowledging that they are not a substitute for highly mobile submarines, surface combatants or aircraft, they are in addition.

For land-based missiles to survive in modern war, they need to be continually mobile, given the effectiveness of wide area surveillance.

Some related criticism of the Attack Class is that we are taking the nuclear reactor out of the French boat and replacing it with a diesel. That is unfairly simplistic and not the case. The Attack Class will be based on a French hull design but even that will be changed to suit our needs.

This boat is being designed now as a new vessel, and there are no grounds to say at this stage that it will not be an effective submarine.

I will not enter the argument of whether the costs have increased. Contracting and the costs have become a political issue and the ministers involved will handle that, but I acknowledge that everything in defence is expensive. We have tried fighting wars with the cheapest option and it does not go well.

Jim Molan is a senator for NSW. He retired as a major general from the Australian Army in 2008.

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The 2020 Major League Baseball season is fast approaching. Summer camp is well underway and the mad dash 60-game season will soon begin. This season will be unlike any other season in MLB history -- it'll be the shortest season on record, there will be a universal DH, and there will be an extra-inning tiebreaker rule -- but it's baseball, and it'll be fun. It's OK to enjoy it.

To stick with the "20s" theme, here are 20 bold predictions for the 2020 baseball season. Come with me, won't you?

A record 6,776 home runs were hit in 2019, roughly 10 percent more than the previous record (6,105 in 2017). An independent committee attributed the homer spike to changes to the baseball itself, as well as hitters around the league buying into the launch angle craze. But mostly, it's the baseball. Pitchers complained it felt like a cue ball last season.

It seems crazy to suggest the baseball could be even more juiced next year, but a) these are bold predictions, and b) this has already happened once before. During that 2017 homer explosion, we all sat around and said, "wow, the ball can't possibly get more juiced than this," and then it was two years later. Baseball is a flat circle. Everythingthat's happened will happen again.

With an ultra-juiced baseball and MLB wanting to catch everyone's attention post-pandemic, we are boldly predicting 2,600 homers this season. That's a 7,000-homer pace in a full 162-game season. I feel good about this prediction because look at the ridiculous swing that led to Riley Greene's spectacular Endy Chavez style catch earlier in summer camp:

I know C.J. Cron has power, but good grief. That swing isn't supposed to produce a ball hit that far. The extra-juiced baseball will lead to several teams reaching the 120-homer plateau in 2020, or a record 324 home runs in a 162-game season. First bold prediction: dingers, and lots of 'em.

A late season groin injury sabotaged Ronald Acuna Jr.'s bid to become only the fifth 40/40 player in baseball history. The Braves wunderkind sat out the final four regular season games and finished with 41 home runs and 37 stolen bases. A National League leading 37 stolen bases, if you can believe it. It had been nearly 60 years since the NL leader stole that few bases.

For posterity's sake, here are the four 40/40 seasons in history:

Back in spring training Ozzie Albies toldFox Sports Souththat Acuna was "talking about 50/50" this season, though that won't happen in a 60-game season. Instead, our second bold prediction calls for Acuna to get to 20/20 in 2020. That's a 54/54 pace in a full 162-game season. It's doable. Likely? No, but doable, and I'm willing to bet on a player this talented.

If you give the Mets credit for the Johan Santana no-hitter, the Padres are the only MLB franchise without a no-hitter. The Marlins have been around roughly half as long as the Padres and they have six no-hitters. Six! Only five times in Padres history has the club completed eight no-hit innings in a game:

While there is something endearing about being the only MLB franchise not to do something cool like throw a no-hitter, our third bold prediction calls for the Padres to finally join the no-hit club this season. It's time. The San Diego franchise has played 8,136 regular season games and it's time to get through nine innings without allowing a base hit.

Specifically, I'll say slider specialist and personal fave Dinelson Lamet will start the historic game against the Mariners on Sept. 19 before giving way to relievers Drew Pomeranz and Kirby Yates. Lamet struck out 105 batters in 73 innings in his return from Tommy John surgery last season, you know. He's going to wake up one morning with no-hit stuff and, well, contribute to a no-hitter.

And order will be restored to the universe. Athletics slugger Khris Davis never seemed quite right last season -- he hurt his hip crashing into the wall in May and maybe that did it -- and he fought through a prolonged slump that saw him finish at .220/.293/.387. A's manager Bob Melvin even benched him at times. It was quite a fall for the 2018 American League home run leader.

The season-long slump put an end to one of the most fun streaks in recent baseball history. From 2015-18, Davis hit .247 in each season. Here are his batting averages carried out to an extra decimal place:

Davis hit .247 on the nose from 2015-18, because of course he did (OK fine, he really hit .2470081379). After a dreadful 2019, the bold prediction here is Davis will get back on the horse in 2020, and again hit a .247. (In case you're wondering, Khrush's batting average through 60 games last season was ... .241. So close!)

The five boroughs boast an impressive collection of power hitters. There's Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton (and Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Torres) in the Bronx, and reigning NL Rookie of the Year and rookie home run record holder Pete Alonso in Queens. Those players I just mentioned have combined for three 50-homer seasons in the last three years.

And yet, it will not be one of those players who leads the two New York teams in home runs in 2020. It'll be Yoenis Cespedes, who has not played in roughly two years now because of heel surgeries and a boar-related ankle injury, but is healthy and has been crushing the ball in Summer Camp.

Cespedes is on track to the Mets everyday DH when the season opens. He won't have to worry about playing the outfield and that will reduce wear and tear, and improve his chances of staying healthy. Cespedes hit nine homers in 38 games prior to his injuries in 2018, a 38-homer pace, and he's playing for a contract. Few things in this sport are as fun as a locked in Cespedes and I am boldly predicting we will see that guy in 2020.

MLB teams have been signing their best young players to long-term contracts for more than two decades now. The craze started with the John Hart-era Cleveland teams in the 1990s. Teams are so extension happy nowadays that they've started signing players before they even make their MLB debuts. A complete list of pre-MLB debut extensions:

White spent the entire 2019 season in Double-A, yet the Mariners were still compelled to lock him up. They believe in him that much and there's so much upside. If he becomes the player they expect, Seattle will save tens of millions during the life of the contract. And, if White busts, the Mariners are out $4 million a year for six years. Middle reliever money. No big deal.

The next player to sign a long-term extension before making his MLB debut will be Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman, the No. 1 pick in the 2019 draft. He is an elite prospect -- Rutschman was arguably the best draft prospect since Bryce Harper in 2010 and he was quite clearly the best catching prospect since Buster Posey in 2008 -- and Baltimore will lock him up and soon.

My boldly predicted contract terms: 7 years and $60 million (covering 2021-27) with two club options that could bring the total value to $90 million. That would be the richest deal for a player yet to make his MLB debut and allow the Orioles to bring Rutschman to the big leagues at any point with no worry about service time. He's a special player and he'll get a special contract.

Which Mariner? Either Jarred Kelenic or Julio Rodriguez. I'd bet on it being Kelenic because I like his chances of playing in the big leagues this season, and with no proper minor-league season, it'll hard for players to improve their prospect stock at the alternate training site. Kelenic will see game action and have a chance to wow.

For what it's worth, our R.J. Anderson ranked Kelenic the No. 8 prospect in baseball over the winter(and Rodriguez the No. 41 prospect). Here's what R.J. had to say about Kelenic:

The gem of the Robinson Cano trade, Jarred Kelenic asserted himself as the top prospect in Seattle's system with an impressive age-19 season that saw him hit .291/.364/.540 with 23 homers and 20 steals across three levels -- including 21 Double-A contests. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Kelenic is expected to be an above-average hitter at the big-league level. Kelenic is more than just a stick though. He can run, and for the time being he's likely to remain in center thanks to his footspeed and his big-time arm. There's a chance he has to move to a corner (likely right) down the road, but there's star potential if he can stick up the middle. Kelenic won't be able to legally drink until July. By then, he could be knocking on the big-league door. Whether Seattle chooses to answer it before the 2021 season rolls around is to be seen.

Kelenic is on the short list of the game's top prospects and I boldly predict he will get enough MLB playing time this year to impress onlookers and improve his stock, but not enough to exceed the 130 at-bat rookie limit. He'll remain prospect eligible in 2021 and we'll see him atop top 100 prospect lists.

Blasphemous, I know. Mike Trout is well on his way to the inner circle of the inner circle of the Hall of Fame, plus we can't forget about new free agent pickup Anthony Rendon either. He's quite good. The thing is, Ohtani might be the most talented baseball player on the planet. It's not just me saying that either. At least one former opponent believes it:

"I keep saying this, and people always laugh at me when I say this, but he's the best baseball player I've ever seen in my life," CC Sabathia said on his podcast a few months ago. "Are you kidding me? He can hit the ball 900 feet and throw 99 off the mound. Who else can do that? Who else is doing that, bro? There's nobody else is doing that at the big-league level."

Ohtani is wrapping up his Tommy John surgery rehab and is expected to be in the Opening Day rotation. He turned only 26 earlier this month and, before his elbow gave out in 2018, he threw 51 2/3 innings with a 3.31 ERA and 63 strikeouts. He's also a career .286/.351/.532 hitter with 40 homers in 792 MLB plate appearance. All-Star production on both sides.

The total package, pitching plus hitting, will make Ohtani the most valuable player on his team this season. Trout is expected to step away at some point to be with his wife when she gives birth to their first child, which will cut into his production, but mostly, I just think Ohtani is that damn good. I can see him being a 4 WAR player in 60 games. It'll happen. It has been foretold.

But it won't be Luis Robert. Instead, it'll be fellow White Sox prospect Nick Madrigal. The 5-foot-7 second baseman slashed .311/.377/.414 with only 16 strikeouts in 120 minor-league games at three levels last season, including Triple-A. His 3.0 percent strikeout rate and 2.2 percent swing-and-miss rate were, by far, the lowest in the minors.

Here's what our R.J. Anderson wrote about Mr. Madrigal over the winter:

The No. 4 pick in the 2018 draft, Nick Madrigal is unlike most any other player in baseball. He's small and unlikely to offer much power, yet he's a good defensive second baseman with absurd bat-to-ball skills who "runs like a [mother's intimate friend]," in the words of one source.

Madrigal could arrive at any point during the shortened season -- he'll need to spend only seven days at the alternate site to push back his free agency -- and he has the skill set to grab the attention of Rookie of the Year voters. He's a flashy defender, he steals bases, and he makes so much contact that there is a chance he dinks and dunks his way to a .350 batting average. That'll play.

Robert is awesome, don't get me wrong, and his new extension ensures he will be on the Opening Day roster. The extra playing time could factor into the Rookie of the Year race. I think Robert could be in for an adjustment period though -- his swing-and-miss rate jumped to 21.1 percent in Triple-A last year -- allowing Madrigal to sneak in and steal the award, boldly.

Game 3 of the 2019 ALDS was Minnesota's 16th consecutive postseason loss, tying the 1975-79 Chicago Blackhawks for the longest postseason losing streak in the history of the four major North American pro sports. The Twins have not won a postseason game since Game 1 of the 2004 ALDS against the Yankees. Johan Santana started the game. Minnesota's starting lineup:

Not a single active major leaguer has played in a Twins postseason win. The last active player to appear in a Twins postseason win was Red Sox legend David Ortiz. He started his career in Minnesota and played his final big-league game on Oct. 10, 2016 (Game 3 of the 2016 ALDS against Cleveland). Yeah, it's been a long time since the Twins won a postseason game.

Fortunately for you, Twins fans, we are boldly predicting your team ends the postseason losing streak this year and gets back in the win column. Will they win a postseason series? Let's not get greedy. Win one game first. The Twins are a solid bet to return to the playoffs this year, likely as the AL Central champs, and they'll win a game in the ALDS (assuming they don't play the Yankees).

... again. One team won 96 games last season and is viewed as an up-and-coming powerhouse. The other won 93 games last year and is generally considered to be trending down. Pull the curtain back a little bit, and you can see the Rays and Cleveland were near carbon copies in 2019:

Runs scored

769

769

Runs allowed

657

656

Defensive efficiency

.709

.710

Team OPS

.756

.757

Team ERA

3.76

3.65

Freaky! Neither team got dramatically better over the winter either. Cleveland traded Corey Kluber, who was mostly a non-factor last year because of injuries. The Rays traded Tommy Pham and Emilio Pagan, arguably their best hitter and reliever, but have the depth to replace them. Point is, these two teams were extremely similar last season.

And I expect them to be extremely similar again this season. They're both deep in pitching with a few questions on the offensive side. For all the chatter that the Rays are built for a 60-game sprint, I feel like the same logic applies to Cleveland as well. They're a pitching factory with a manager who knows how to use it. Terry Francona's team is the sleeper your father thinks the Rays are.

... to the Phillies. Consider this is a three-pronged bold prediction. First, the Cubs are going to be bad (or simply mediocre) enough to actually sell at the Aug. 31 trade deadline. Second, Theo Epstein & Co. will actually go through with the whole selling thing. It's one thing to be in position to sell. It's another to actually act on it and trade away that big name player.

Here's what Epstein told the New York Post's Joel Sherman in March:

"It puts us in a position in which we have to be very objective about what we have," Epstein said. "In the middle of this season, if we have a legit World Series contender, that is really meaningful. But if we don't, you can't be blind to the realities of the following 18 months."

And third, the Phillies will be the team to bite and make the trade for Kris Bryant. Bryant was reportedly on the trade block all winter, and Philadelphia was said to be involved at various points, so connecting the dots again here hardly qualifies as bold. I guess the bold part of this prediction is the Cubs actually being out of it, and the Phillies offering enough to get a deal done.

What is enough to get a deal done? I'm going to say a multi-player package that is headlined by 2018 No. 3 pick Alec Bohm. A near MLB ready pitching prospect like Adonis Medina and JoJo Romerowill be the second piece. Sound good? The Phillies get a big third base bat while the Cubs get young talent and that all important financial flexibility.

The August 31 trade deadline will be weird. It's only a month into the season, so teams won't have much time to evaluate their roster and plot changes, and clubs will be wary of paying too much given the risk COVID-19 forces the season to be shut down at some point. Also, the shutdown is going to ruin payrolls for the foreseeable future. Money is tight.

That said, the Rockies and Tigers are in position to control the pitching market at the deadline because they're loaded with pitchers that are controllable beyond 2020. Consider: Jon Gray is under control through 2021, Matthew Boyd and Michael Fulmer are under control through 2022, Kyle Freeland is under control through 2023, and German Marquez is signed through 2023. Some of those guys are more available than others, but I can see a scenario in which all five are on the market.

Detroit has a plethora of young pitching coming (Matt Manning, Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal) and can afford to trade Boyd and/or Fulmer for multiple pieces to address other organizational needs. The Rockies need all sorts of help and those pitchers are their best way to get at this point. A Nolan Arenado trade probably isn't happening. Moving a starter is the next best thing.

Because this is a bold predictions piece, let's make some actual predictions. I'll say Boyd goes to the Astros for a package built around outfielder Kyle Tucker and pitching prospect Cristian Javier, and Gray goes to the Yankees for outfielder Estevan Florial and righty Albert Abreu. Sound good? Good.

The first impression of the new Globe Life Field in Texas is that it is "playing big as hell," according to slugger Joey Gallo. He has taken batting practice at the team's new digs in recent weeks and, for a guy with his power to say a ballpark is playing big, it must be playing really big.

"It's playing big as hell," Gallo told Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in May. "It's definitely going to be a pitcher's park. We are trying to get those fences moved in a little bit. It's a little deep, I am not going to lie. It's a little deep out to center. Us hitters are getting a little nervous about that."

Globe Life Park, the team's old facility, was a notorious hitter's park, especially in the summer, when the ball flew in the Texas heat. The thing is, Globe Life Field's dimensions are generally cozier. Check it out:

Left field

332 feet

329 feet

Left-center

390 feet

372 feet

Center field

400 feet

407 feet

Right-center

377 feet

374 feet

Right field

325 feet

326 feet

The fence may be closer just about everywhere except dead center field, but there is more to how a ballpark plays than the outfield dimensions. The shape of the ballpark and how air moves through the structure matters, as does the retractable roof. It'll be nice and air conditioned now. Fans will love it. Alas, the cooler air means the ball will not travel quite as well.

Globe Life Park opened in 1994 and the park factors at FanGraphs say it inflated offense at least 3 percent every year of its existence, with most years in the 5-9 percent range. In Year 1 of Globe Life Field, I boldly predict the ballpark will suppress offense at least 3 percent below the league average. The Rangers will go from a bandbox to a cavern.

Toronto has been mired in fourth place since going to the ALCS in 2015 and 2016, so third place would represent their best finish in the standings in four years. The Blue Jays lost 95 games a year ago, but gosh, look at the young talent. Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. are elite cornerstone types, and others like Cavan Biggio and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. are great complementary pieces.

Clubs with a great young talent base have a tendency to arrive ahead of schedule. The Twins did it just last year. The Rays in 2008, the Pirates in 2013, the Cubs in 2015 ... all those clubs were loaded with young talent and they all emerged sooner than expected. The Blue Jays spent some money on pitching this winter and those young bats make them a budding powerhouse.

Finishing in third place is unlikely to get the Blue Jays back to the postseason, but it does represent progress. I reckon Toronto will be a real headache to play in 2020. They won't be a pushover like many other non-contenders. And, of course, the Blue Jays finishing third means someone has to finish fourth, and I boldly predict it will be the Red Sox. A quick recap of their situation:

SportsLine has the Red Sox as an 33-win team at the moment. With the Blue Jays beginning their breakout and some things going wrong for the Red Sox, a fourth place finish is very possible. When the Red Sox are bad, they tend to be very bad (three last place finishes from 2012-15). Toronto breaks out, Boston breaks down, and the Blue Jays earn a third place finish in 2020.

A season ago Zac Gallen went from breakout prospect to hotshot rookie pitcher to traded at the deadline. He went from the Marlins to the Diamondbacks in July and pitched to a 2.89 ERA in eight starts in Arizona. Gallen's final MLB numbers: 2.81 ERA with 96 strikeouts and 2.7 WAR in 80 innings. Heck of a rookie year for the 24-year-old.

It's hard to call a guy who had a 2.81 ERA a year ago a breakout candidate, but Gallen is one, and I boldly predict he will place in the top three of the Cy Young voting in 2020. Ahead of wealthy new teammate Madison Bumgarner. Gallen is a five-pitch pitcher with command, and he misses bats with all five pitches. The numbers:

Four-seam fastball

23.7%

21.8%

Sinker

33.3%

15.5%

Cutter

27.4%

24.9%

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More than 1.3 million New Jersey workers have filed for unemployment in New Jersey since mid-March, when the coronavirus shut down the state.

Thousands of people are still waiting to speak to a representative about their claims so they can get paid, but for those who have received benefits, the extra weekly $600 federal payment has been a lifeline.

A line thats going to be cut at the end of July unless Congress acts.

The Democratic House of Representatives passed a new stimulus bill called the HEROES Act, which would send out new stimulus payments, and, importantly to those out of work, extend the $600 payments through the end of the year.

But President Donald Trump called that legislation dead on arrival, and on Sunday said he would consider not signing any stimulus plan that didnt include a payroll tax cut.

Republicans are expected to introduce their own legislation in the coming days. No specific plans have been announced yet, but some lawmakers and the administration have talked about a round of stimulus payments but not extending the $600 unemployment benefit. Others have talked about a one-time back-to-work payment and a smaller extra unemployment benefit, or no unemployment extension at all, with some calling the extra payments incentive for people not to go back to work.

You can expect things to heat up when Congress returns from its recess this week.

We asked some unemployed New Jerseyans what will happen without the $600 payments.

THE ENTERTAINERS

Howard Fredrics said he lost most of his income when the pandemic hit New Jersey.

His freelance work in the theater and film industries dried up almost completely.

It took eight weeks for him to get unemployment benefits. Like most gig workers, he was paid the minimum $231 base benefit plus the extra $600 every week.

Fredrics, 57, of Park Ridge, said there were times when he earned more than his benefit, and times when he earned less, depending on how different projects stacked up.

Howard Fredrics at work as a sound designer at the off-Broadway revival of Threepenny Opera. Now unemployed because of the pandemic, Fredrics worries about the end of the $600 unemployment benefit.

His wife, Lori Joachim Fredrics, is a professional singer and actress, so her performing career is at a standstill.

She was, prior to the pandemic, also teaching singing lessons, which formed a major portion of her income, but more than 75% of her students dropped out when she was forced to limit her teaching to online lessons only, instead of offering mostly in-person lessons, which can no longer be done safely, Frederics said.

She, too, received the gig worker minimum plus the extra $600, which added up to less than she usually earned, he said.

Without the $600 payments, her unemployment income is just a fraction of her pre-pandemic earnings, Fredrics said.

They will both probably be eligible for higher benefits when the Labor Department is finally able to review each claim individually, but the state hasnt said when that review will begin for tens of thousands of workers.

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The couple lives with and care for Fredrics mother-in-law, who lives on Social Security payments. While they dont have rent or mortgage payments, they pay the household bills.

He said they are current on bills, thanks to the $600 payments, but are one large expenditure away from financial disaster once the payments stop.

If our 30-plus-year-old central AC or 15-plus-year-old water heater goes out, were dead-in-the-water, literally, as between my emphysema and my mother-in-laws very fragile health, we would not survive without a functioning AC unit, he said. Our two cars are at the newest, 19-years old, and one is 28 years old and barely runs. How well pay for new cars when ours die is a huge concern.

Fredrics said people in the theater, film and music industries absolutely need the continued expanded benefits through at least the end of the year, and maybe even longer.

And return-to-work bonuses are impossible for our industry since we simply cannot return to work, at least not anywhere near pre-pandemic levels, he said. If we reopen prematurely to the extent that some other states have done, we risk harm to the public health, which will cost much more in terms of lost productivity than would a continued $600 payment.

THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY

The pandemic was like a tsunami for the travel industry, as hotels emptied, reservations were canceled and few dared to get on a plane.

Carol Piscitelli, the owner of Gemini Travel Agency in Bloomfield, said she saw all her income dry up.

Shes staying afloat on unemployment payments, getting the same $231 minimum paid to gig workers plus the $600 extra payment.

Piscitelli is holding out hope that the travel business will recover and her clients will come back.

I have 2021 confirmed bookings on file, however, any commissions on any of my 2021 bookings will not be distributed till 2021, she said.

So she spends her days trying to help her clients get refunds for trips that were canceled because of the virus.

Carol Piscitelli, the owner of Gemini Travel Agency in Bloomfield, lost her income when the coronavirus pandemic hit. She works daily, unpaid, she says, to help her customers get refunds for canceled travel. Piscitelli worries about paying her bills when the $600 extended unemployment benefit ends.

Piscitelli, 59, owns her home outright but still needs to pay property taxes and household bills.

When the $600 ends I will be living off of $800 a month, she said. I still cannot wrap my head around that amount. It shakes me to the core.

She said she doesnt expect the $600 payments to continue, but she says the government has to do something.

It has to be an amount that can sustain us, she said, noting that people in her industry may not see much income until 2021.

While the state has added another 20 weeks of unemployment benefits for regular unemployment recipients, gig workers and the self-employed will only receive an extra seven weeks.

Seven weeks will do me no good, she said.

I truthfully do not want to rely on the government. I want to work, I love to work, and certainly want to continue to work, she said. Our leaders should have had this to pen and paper already. Its a political game. And this game they play has to do with my life and it angers me.

I have no answers, just frustrations, anger, and heartache, she said.

When the $600 payments stop, Aimee Aiellos income will be cut in half.

The Manahawkin mother of three was furloughed from her job in corporate travel planning on March 23.

The furlough was supposed to end on June 1, but then it was extended until July 31. Thats when shell learn if shes lost her job permanently. If she does get to keep her position, shell have to pay for her own health benefits, the company told employees.

With the extra $600 I am lucky that I was making what my salary was. Once the payment ends in a few weeks, I will take almost a 50% pay cut, said Aiello, 47.

Aimee Aiello with one of her three children in a 2009 photo. She is unemployed and worries about paying the bills when the $600 unemployment payments end at the end of July.

She said shes grateful that her husband is still employed, but even before the pandemic, they always lived paycheck-to-paycheck.

Their mortgage and other bills are up-to-date, but shes not sure whats going to happen when the $600 payments end.

Aiello said shes already spoken to her mortgage company, which is willing to suspend their payments for three months, but then they will have to pay the entire amount back when the three months pass.

They are not willing to even put the amount into the end of the loan, she said. If I dont have it now, how will I have it in three months? Not helpful at all.

She said shes beyond nervous about her future job opportunities because her industry has been decimated.

Aiello says Congress should extend the $600 payments, even if the payments are only continued for those in the hardest-hit industries.

I am so scared for myself and every coworker who has been furloughed or permanently laid off from this industry, she said. We need Congress to acknowledge us and help us get through this pandemic. Our industry will be the last to recover.

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Final step in Ariane 5 latest performance improvement program decided in 2016, Flight VA253 brings the total increase in payload capacity to 300 kg since then.

The two of the three companies whose satellites are being launched are both long-standing customers - Intelsat for 37 years and B-SAT for 23 years - clearly proving the excellence of Arianespace's service offering and long-term customer relations.

The third, Northrop Grumman's wholly-owned subsidiary, SpaceLogistics LLC, is a first-time customer to Arianespace.

Since the reopening of the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, teams from Arianespace and ArianeGroup have focused on preparing this very innovative mission under the best possible conditions.

Arianespace's next Ariane 5 launch from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana, is scheduled for Tuesday, July 28, in a launch window from 21:29 UTC to 22:15 UTC.

Satellites to be placed in orbit will serve Japanese B-SAT and operators Intelsat and Northrop Grumman'sSpaceLogistics LLC. BSAT-4b was built by the American company Maxar Technologies and will be used to broadcast Ultra-High-Definition (UHD, 4K and 8K) direct-to-home television broadcasting across Japan, in conjunction with its twin, BSAT-4a, also built by Maxar and launched by Arianespace in 2017.

The other two satellites on this mission were built by the American company Northrop Grumman: the Galaxy 30 UHD video distribution/broadcast and broadband satellite, built for the global network operator, Intelsat, will cover North America, and MEV-2 (Mission Extension Vehicle), a highly innovative satellite servicing vehicle designed to dock to satellites in orbit to provide life extension services. The first customer for MEV-2 will be the Intelsat 10-02 satellite, in geostationary orbit since 2004. MEV-2 will provide five years of service to this satellite.

This mission will use the Ariane 5 heavy-lift launcher, developed and manufactured by ArianeGroup, which has increased its payload capacity by 85 kg for this flight, thanks to the introduction of a new vehicle equipment bay (VEB), bringing total payload capacity into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) to 10,200 kg. Since kicking off a continuous improvement program for Ariane 5 in 2016, ArianeGroup has increased this launcher's payload capacity by 300 kg for the benefit of Arianespace. Their customers will continue to benefit from this enhanced performance on Ariane 5 for the rest of its missions.

The Ariane 5 launcher is a joint European government-industry program. Arianespace is responsible for marketing and operating Ariane 5 launches from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, with support from the French space agency CNES and the European Space Agency (ESA). ArianeGroup is in charge of all design and production, from initial design studies, upgrades and manufacturing, to the supply of data and software for each mission. Its specific responsibilities include the production of equipment, structures and propulsion systems, integration of the different stages, and integration of the complete launcher in French Guiana.

About Arianespace

Arianespace uses space to make life better on Earth by providing launch services for all types of satellites into all orbits. It has orbited more than 650 satellites since 1980, using its family of three launchers, Ariane, Soyuz and Vega, from launch sites in French Guiana (South America) and Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Arianespace is headquartered in Evry, near Paris, and has a technical facility at the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, plus local offices in Washington, D.C., Tokyo and Singapore. Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, which holds 74% of its share capital, with the balance held by 15 other shareholders from the European launcher industry.

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BROOMFIELD, Colo., July 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Noodles & Company (NASDAQ: NDLS), known for serving classic noodle, Zoodle andCaulifloodledishes from around the world, announced today that all team members and guests will be required to wear face coverings inside of their restaurants unless seated. In a continued effort to support the already enhanced safety procedures, this requirement iseffective at company-owned locations as of Wednesday, July 22.

"Our top consideration in every decision we make is to care for our team members and guests by ensuring their safety and wellbeing. With this enhanced safety measure, we know it will bring even more peace of mind to those visiting our restaurants," said Dave Boennighausen, chief executive officer of Noodles & Company.

In order to maintain this safety and reliability, Noodles implemented enhanced safety practices at all locations in early March. With the recent guidance from the CDC that face coverings are a critical tool in the fight against the spread of COVID-19, this policy is just the next step in Noodles' ongoing effort to keep guests and team members as safe as possible. Guests will be allowed to remove face coverings when seated in restaurants with open dining rooms or patios, where the company has implemented social distancing between tables and increased sanitizing after every guest visit.

While the company continues to ensure a safe environment for those visiting our restaurants, it also remains focused on providing guests the opportunity to enjoy Noodles from the comfort of their own home.

Convenient ordering and pickup options have company sales approaching pre-Covid levels. Digital sales are up 138% in Q2 vs. Q1, and now represent the vast majority of sales as guests have gravitated towards the company's unique ability to meet today's consumer's need for great tasting, simple to use off-premise options. Additionally, membership in the Noodles Rewards program continues to grow, with an increasing number of guests taking advantage of the program benefits. Recently, the Company announced the extension of free delivery through July 31, on orders placed digitally above $15, to highlight the existing options of delivery, quick pick-up, curbside pick-up at 382 locations, and the growing number of drive-thru pickup window locations.

Boennighausen concluded, "the company's successful navigation of the past few months, as noted in our recent announcement, indicates how loved the Noodles & Company brand is, how well our food travels, and how confident our guests are that they can expect delicious meals prepared safely, quickly and consistently from our amazing team members throughout the country."

For more information on how team members and guests are being kept safe, visit Noodles.com/covidupdate.

About Noodles & CompanySince 1995, Noodles & Company has been serving noodles your way, with noodles and flavors that you know and love as well as new ones you're about to discover. From indulgent Wisconsin Mac & Cheese to better-for-you Zoodles and Other Noodles, the company serves a world of flavor in every bowl. Made up of more than 450 restaurants and 9,000 passionate team members, Noodles was named one of the Best Places to Work by the Denver Business Journal for its unique culture built on the value of "Loving Life," which begins by nourishing and inspiring every team member and guest who walks through the door. To learn more or find the location nearest you, visitwww.noodles.com.

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For months, President Donald Trumps Justice Department has hinted that it intends to crack down on Silicon Valley. It recently took a big step closer as senior antitrust officials met with their state counterparts to plot out a case against Alphabet Inc.s Google. What they plan to argue isnt quite yet clear. But as the final months of Trumps first term wind down, and an election draws near, some exceptional skepticism is in order.

One reason for caution is that Attorney General William Barr has not exactly been a disinterested enforcer of competition law. Quite the opposite: In recent testimony, a senior Justice Department whistle-blower described how Barr pressured antitrust prosecutors to harass automakers (and others) for transparently political reasons.

Now, according to news reports, Barr has taken an unusual interest in the Google case. Why? In a recent interview with Fox News, he intimated that he hopes to use antitrust law to punish tech companies for censoring conservative viewpoints, a frequent preoccupation of Trumps. Never mind that this accusation is false, and that tech companies would be entirely within their rights to so discriminate if they chose. The whole thing has nothing to do with antitrust.

Perhaps Barr was musing idly, and perhaps the department has more legitimate objections in mind. But even under more traditional theories of competition law, Google makes an odd target.

Feasibly, a case might be made against its dominance of the online advertising market, for instance. Combined with Facebook, Google took in about 60% of digital ad spending last year. Yet theres no law against building a good product. And with pressure rising from Amazon and other contenders, online ad rates have fallen by more than 40% over the past decade. That doesnt look like a market lacking in competition.

Nor could anyone credibly argue that Google has harmed consumers, the standard traditionally applied in antitrust analysis. To the contrary, it gives them (among other things) access to limitless email, a smartphone operating system, innovative mapping software and a search engine that ranks among the greatest inventions of the last century all for free. Its targeted advertising has been a boon to businesses big and small. Thats to say nothing of its work on driverless cars, quantum computing or esoteric life-extension technologies.

Even an otherwise blameless company shouldnt get a pass for anticompetitive behavior, of course. And some allege that Google has unfairly privileged its own products, pursued harmful mergers and engaged in other dubious conduct. If the Justice Department imposed targeted remedies for such violations after a transparent investigation, it would be entirely appropriate.

Yet the Trump administration has suggested nothing of the sort publicly. If its track record is any guide, this case is more likely to amount to a political attack with a belabored legal rationale attached. Even if its motives are pure, the administration should be wary: Government intervention in a market where no obvious harm has been caused to consumers and in pursuit of vague or unrelated objectives is a recipe for disaster.

The fact is, for all the criticism leveled at tech companies, they employ hundreds of thousands of people, create immensely useful products, propel what growth the American economy still enjoys and are among the most trusted brands going. They need to follow the rules like everyone else. But abusing antitrust law to clobber them for electoral gain wont end well for anyone.

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SpaceNews mentioned that Exotrail has raised 11 million euros ($13 million) from investors.

French venture capital firms Karista and Innovacom led the Series A round, with participation from IXO Private Equity, NCI-Waterstart and Turenne Capital, plus previous investors 360 Capital, Irdi Soridec Gestion and Bpifrance.

David Henri, Exotrail chief executive, mentioned in an interview that Massy and Toulouse, France-based Exotrail has raised 17 million euros since forming in 2017. The company plans to use its new funding to further product development, increase manufacturing capabilities, and hire business development staff in Europe and in North America.

He also added that Exotrail plans to expand its manufacturing capacity from roughly 10 propulsion systems a year today to around 100 annually by 2022 or 2023, and increase its headcount to 50 people, up from 27. Exotrail has a demonstration propulsion system on a NanoAvionics cubesat awaiting launch on an Indian PSLV mission that has been delayed from November 2019. The pandemic has clouded the timeline for that launch.

He also stated that Exotrail has propulsion systems on other smallsats including one launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 late this year for an undisclosed customer and two launching next year on cubesats Clyde Space is building for Eutelsat.

By 2024, Exotrail hopes to launch its first in-space transportation system, dubbed Space Van, that would provide last-mile services for 10 or more nanosatellites, bringing customers to their desired orbits after launcher separation, he said. The French space agency CNES awarded Exotrail a 100,000-euro contract earlier this year to help fund the design phase for Space Van.

Henri said Space Van is a long term vision, and that Exotrail isnt worried about following after companies like Momentus and D-Orbit that are designing vehicles for similar services on shorter timescales.

Exotrail hopes to evolve Space Van into a satellite servicer in 2025 for life extension and in-space assembly. For areas out of Exotrails primary areas of expertise, the company would rely on partners for robotics and other elements of the servicer.

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Mining companies which can keep up output could reap the benefits along with emerging copper exploration and development companies.

Copper prices touched a one-year high of US$6,454 a tonne last week, erasing losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the prolonged US-China trade war.

The metal has surged by a staggering 45% since March 2020.

The present situation of tight supplies could mean the strong rally in prices is likely to continue in the second half of 2020 supported by demand recovery in China.

Coppers gain has been driven mainly by concerns over strains on supply from key producers in South America.

Thousands of copper workers have fallen ill in Chile, which is the worlds largest producer of the metal, accounting for more than a quarter of global supply.

Mines have reduced their labour force and postponed non-essential activities in an attempt to keep workers safe without forgoing too much output.

The risks to production in Chile and other parts of the world have some analysts warning the market could slip into a supply deficit this year.

Mining companies which can keep up output could reap the benefits along with emerging copper exploration and development companies.

Castillo Copper Ltd (ASX:CCZ) is one of the emerging players with a three-pillar strategy to transform into a mid-tier copper business having completed a $2.1 million fund-raising exercise to expedite its operations in Australia and Zambia.

The company, which has three core copper assets in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia and in Zambia, is close to drilling at its Mt Oxide pillar in Queenslands Mt Isa copper-belt.

Castillo managing director Simon Paull recently said: Behind the scenes, our team is working at a frenetic pace to ensure all the logistics are in place so that we can move ahead with the inaugural Mt Oxide pillar drilling campaign.

For the Arya and Big One Deposit, our objective with the upcoming drilling campaign is to extend known mineralisation and determine potential scalability.

As such, one of the key focuses is to test how far high-grade supergene ore extends from surface along the strike extent and if this transitions into underlying sulphides at depth.

Established copper producer Aeris Resources Ltd (ASX:AIS) has locked in higher copper pricing by entering unsecured A$ copper hedges with Macquarie Bank Limited for 9,000 tonnes at a forward price of A$9,096.80 per tonne from its Tritton Copper Operations in NSW.

The hedges will mature over the next six months in scheduled monthly deliveries of 1,500 tonnes.

Aeris executive chairman Andre Labuschagne said: With the current copper price significantly above our budgeted pricing for the first half of FY2021, we have taken the opportunity to hedge 75% of our copper production over the next six months.

Locking in this higher pricing enables us to accelerate exploration and life extension projects at the Tritton Copper Operations, with the first project being the exploration drive to the Budgerygar deposit, which sits adjacent to the Tritton underground mine.

Red River Resources Limited (ASX:RVR) achieved record copper production at its Thalanga Operation in Northern Queensland for the quarter ending June 30, 2020.

An increase in copper grade of ore milled to 1.0% and a record copper recovery to copper concentrate of 84.7% resulted in quarterly production of 2,697 tonnes of high-quality copper concentrate, compared to 2,310 tonnes in the previous quarter.

Legend Mining Ltd (ASX:LEG) recently added to the robust nature of Mawson prospect within the Rockford Project in WAs Fraser Range with an intersection of 4.5 metres at 3.05% nickel, 2.32% copper and 0.19% cobalt - the best grades to date.

Earlier this month, Euroz reiterated its speculative buy rating for Legend with a price target of 30 cents per share (current price: 14 cents) after the recent high-grade drilling results.

Legend has $30 million in cash and receivables and a further $19.5 million of options in the money so is very well funded to execute the current drilling program.

Musgrave Minerals Ltd (ASX:MGV) and partner Cyprium Metals Ltd (ASX:CYM) found high-grade copper surface samples earlier this month at the joint venture Cue Copper Project, northwest of the Hollandaire deposits in WA.

The samples were from a regional field mapping and surface sampling campaign at the Cue projects Rapier West and Mt Eelya prospects.

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When the new submarine was being proposed, the media often asked if 12 was the right number of submarines to buy. The answer I always gave was trite but correct: It depends on what you want to do with them, explains NSW senator Jim Molan.

The single biggest issue for the submarine is how does it fit into a national defence strategy? At the time there was no real national defence strategy to assist the answer now there is.

The recently announced 2020 Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan assists in answering many of the questions about the Attack Class submarines: do we need them; why so big; how many; why conventional not nuclear; why not buy cheaper from overseas; are they vulnerable; when will we get them; what about the Collins; and why so expensive?

To summarise my position on the project as a whole, because of the war we may have to fight in the future and how we have decided to fight it, Australia needs submarines just as we need a range of surface ships and aircraft. We also need big submarines.

We need something in the order of 12; they are going to be conventional boats because nuclear is illegal in Australia and regardless, no one is going to lease or sell us nuclear boats. No one makes a conventional submarine big enough so we must build them as we built the Collins to meet our need, and there is a premium.

We are not taking the nuclear reactor out of a submarine and putting in a diesel engine we are designing these boats from a basic French design, as we did with the Collins.

They would probably have been built in South Australia regardless of the fact the Defence Minister came from there. Of course, I would rather they be available sooner than the mid-2030s to the mid-2050s, but we do have an effective submarine force in the Collins and we must keep it effective.

No one can criticise the Attack Class for not being effective submarines because at this stage they are still being designed and are likely to be a capable boat.

The French Submarine, as many of its detractors insist on calling it, has now become political, and some of the commentary is shrill. But we all have the right to a view, and to express that view, especially on the cost of the project if nothing else, and I respect others views.

This is the peoples money and the peoples future security. It is important for the project that we see frequent engagement by ministers, military chiefs and politicians.

We need to show that we believe in it, but also a more open explanation of what is behind and what is happening in the project in other words much more emphasis on informing the public rather than just rebuttal. In that spirit, I have stated where I stand.

The change in Australias defence strategy launched by the PM on 1 July was seismic and relevant to this issue. When considering any weapon system that has as much strategic, operational and tactical value as a submarine, and costs as much, it is wise to start with the overall strategy.

In essence, because of the change in our strategic environment, Australia now has a forward leaning defence strategy designed to shape the environment before conflict breaks out, to deter direct attacks on Australia, and if deterrence fails, to respond with force, another way of saying win.

The defence strategy says directly that Australia is able and willing to deploy military power to shape, deter and respond, which describes how we will fight the next war.

To implement what is essentially an operational concept, the government will allocate $270 billion over10 years for equipment, with manpower and operating costs additional.

To have the widest range of options for military commanders and governments in fighting future wars, we need submarines and big ones. The distances in our region are enormous, so they need endurance.

People forget how big the distances in our region are, or even just the length of our coast. We are not Sweden, Singapore, Germany or Norway. The distance from our east coast to our west coast is the same as that from London to Istanbul, regardless of whether we might want to deploy submarines to north Asia, the Indian Ocean or the South Pacific.

Big submarines are necessary for long deployments regardless of where the deployment goes, because one of the greatest assets of a submarine is to be on patrol for a long time and to hide.

In these days of wide area surveillance, submarines are vulnerable around their bases. As well, bigger boats can carry a range of weapons in addition to torpedoes, such as modern self-deploying sea mines, perhaps missiles or even special forces.

Bigger submarines then have options that do not involve returning to base to change loads.

Strategically, the role of submarines is to deter conflict by contributing to the operational and tactical defeat of an enemy force. Deterrence has the best chance of being achieved if a significant number of boats with a range of weapons can be deployed at any one time. A potential aggressor is never sure of their number or their location.

Nothing off-the-shelf can do this for Australia; the US are not going to lease nuclear boats to us. Apart from any considerations of national sovereignty and security, they also see the danger in our shared strategic environment. Starting this year, they are building three nuclear submarines each year, the most expensive US submarine building program since WW2.

This program, a combination of Columbia class ballistic missile boats and Virginia class attack submarines, is already stretching the USAs industrial capacity. We are on our own.

The number of boats needed by Australia is more difficult to quantify and twelve seemed arbitrary at the time, but not so much now within the current strategy.

The six Collins were intended to keep two operationally at sea most of the time which was world standard, and apparently now there are three Collins available for operational duties at any one time, another for training, one in light maintenance and one in deep maintenance, plus there is discussion of a life extension and upgrade.

Given the Attack Class submarines are unlikely to deliver operational capability until the mid- or late-2030s, the Collins will be around for a long time and then there will be a mix of Collins and Attacks.

The number of submarines needed to achieve deterrence for Australia in this new strategic environment will be well over six, probably at least nine, but 12 will be very good. Three to four submarines sustainably deployed is probably the strategic deterrent minimum and an operational one as well.

Some make the argument that the day of the submarine is over, that they can be found and destroyed now, and they are likely to be more vulnerable in the future.

Others of course make the point that nothing can survive in war on the surface of an ocean and so we should get rid of our surface ships. Everything in war is vulnerable to some extent, particularly mobile assets that operate in the atmosphere (aircraft and surface ships above the water) and fixed bases.

Advice is that research does not suggest to me that the relative difficulty of detecting submarines underwater by comparison with units which have to operate in the atmosphere is going to diminish. There is a big difference between getting an indication of a boat in an area and then localising it and a further difference between localising and achieving tracking quality sufficient to achieve a firing solution.

So you might know a submarine is around, but being able to destroy it is not as easy as some are saying. The updated strategy identifies the need for land-based anti-shipping missiles and I support this, while acknowledging that they are not a substitute for highly mobile submarines, surface combatants or aircraft, they are in addition.

For land-based missiles to survive in modern war, they need to be continually mobile, given the effectiveness of wide area surveillance.

Some related criticism of the Attack Class is that we are taking the nuclear reactor out of the French boat and replacing it with a diesel. That is unfairly simplistic and not the case. The Attack Class will be based on a French hull design but even that will be changed to suit our needs.

This boat is being designed now as a new vessel, and there are no grounds to say at this stage that it will not be an effective submarine.

I will not enter the argument of whether the costs have increased. Contracting and the costs have become a political issue and the ministers involved will handle that, but I acknowledge that everything in defence is expensive. We have tried fighting wars with the cheapest option and it does not go well.

Jim Molan is a senator for NSW. He retired as a major general from the Australian Army in 2008.

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PARSIPPANY, NJ, July 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Driven by support from various governments, wind energy has grown rapidly since 2000. As a result, global lubricant demand in the wind energy industry has increased in line with the growth in total installed wind energy capacity. From 2008 to 2019, the global wind energy installed capacity grew at a CAGR of 16.6%, and lubricant consumption grew by a CAGR of 13%, shows Klines recently published Lubricants for Wind Turbines: Global Market Analysis and Opportunities study.

As the industry matures, governments are phasing out monetary incentives and emphasizing supporting legislation such as renewable energy targets, grid priority, and land allocations. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, government policies to jumpstart economies will put more pressure on finances; this may accelerate the phasing out of monetary incentives. The industry will have to learn to stand on its own.

To learn more about this changing market, ACCESS our recently held webinar,Outlook for Wind Turbine Lubricant Demand in the Current Economic Environment.

Currently, OEMs are experiencing tough market conditions due to the phase-out of subsidies. Senvion, a German wind turbine manufacturer, filed for bankruptcy in April 2019. Nordex recently announced a merger with the Spanish renewable energy company, Acciona Windpower. In emerging markets, Suzlonthe largest OEM in terms of cumulative capacity installed in Indiais now on the brink of bankruptcy. The capital expenditure of wind power projects has also dropped by 10% to 15% after the transition from feed-in tariffs to reverse auctions.

The wind energy sector is dominated by a few global players, and OEM ties are increasingly important. The supply base for lubricants used in wind turbines is also largely consolidated in the hands of a few key companies. Global majors such as Castrol, ExxonMobil, and Shell are present in almost all markets. The study shows that Castrol is the global leader in the lubricants market for wind energy with a supply footprint covering all major regions.

To succeed in this business, suppliers need to have a proven track record of products meeting OEMs performance requirements, the ability to demonstrate cost savings, and OEM tie-ups, comments Milind Phadke, Vice President, Energy at Kline. Castrol leads the market due to a strong product portfolio and tie-ups with such OEMs as Vestas and Siemens Gamesa, giving the company access to their first-fill and warranty fill business. This gives Castrol a strong position in Europe, North America, and India, along with a global leadership position.

Srikanth Visvanathan, Global Marketing Director for Castrol Commercial Vehicles and Industrial, says: Our leading position in wind, with 33% of the market, reflects our commitment to providing innovative lubricants and service solutions. With BP and our affiliate Onyx Insight, we can provide improved efficiency, lower downtime, and lower the levelized cost of energy for our customers.

We are the trusted supplier for thousands of wind turbine OEMs and wind farm operators worldwide, from first-fill through the entire working life, providing them with the ultimate lubricants and optimized service solutions that help extend the asset life. Castrols combination of industry experts and suite of wind solutions is designed to drive the success of the wind sector, delivering high-grade lubricants, advanced analytics, and expert training to upskill wind technicians.

Observing the rapid growth in the industry, new participants are trying to enter this market. These include mid-tier lubricant companies with a presence in the synthetics business. However, new suppliers face several entry barriers, including a rigorous approval process, a good track record as a supplier, and a performance history of new product development. The industry is risk-averse, and this results in an extension of warranties and the use of the same products outside the warranty period.

Despite the reduction in government support, the wind energy sector continues to receive support. Germany is likely to support local OEMsSiemens Gamesa, Enercon, and Nordexwhich have a strong global footprint. Governments are unlikely to withdraw complete support for the wind energy industry, as this will be difficult politically. However, they may reduce their support by decreasing the quantum of subsidies that they currently provide. Monetary subsidies will be replaced with favorable legislation (as in Germany), such as renewable energy targets, grid priority, and land allocations.

As per the GWEC outlook for spring 2020, new installations should grow at a CAGR of 4.1%, from 60.4 GW in 2019 to 73.4 GW in 2024. As a result, total installed wind energy capacity is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 9.1% over the forecast period to reach 1,005.0 GW by 2024 from 650.1 GW in 2019. While not as strong as in previous years, the growth in new installations will continue to drive growth in the lubricants market. Besides the growth, other factors, including green image and high-margin business for lubricant marketers, will attract lubricant suppliers.

The information is sourced from our just-published studyLubricants for Wind Turbines: Global Market Analysis and Opportunities.

About Kline Kline is a worldwide consulting and research firm dedicated to providing the kind of insight and knowledge that helps companies find a clear path to success. The firm has served the management consulting and market research needs of organizations in the agrochemicals, beauty & personal care, chemicals & materials, energy, and life sciences industries for more than 60 years. For more information, visit http://www.KlineGroup.com.

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Bruce Power is partnering with McMaster University following an announcement on July 17th.

The new partnership will see Bruce Power and McMaster work together todevelop, advance and promote nuclear technologies in Ontario, including next generation reactors, life extension and medical isotopes.

Bruce Power and McMaster initially linked up over a shared roleas leaders in the globalmedical isotope supply chain. McMaster is home toCanadas most powerful nuclear researchreactor, and is the leading producer in the world ofIodine-125. They also are a major supplier ofHolmium-166, and both are used to treat various cancers.

This is an exciting day as we mark the beginning of a renewed partnership to explore avenues of collaboration with one of Canadas most reputable universities, says Mike Rencheck, Bruce Powers President and CEO. We want to ensure Canada remains at the forefront of global isotope development and production, while advancing new technologies around life extension and new reactor development. Todays announcement is a big step forward in achieving these goals.

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10-year exclusive strategic bancassurance agreement with one of Ghanas largest banks, aims for growth in key marketFidelity Bank Ghana Limited, the largest private indigenous bank in Ghana, and Prudential Life Insurance Ghana, one of the leading insurers in the country, have today announced a 10-year extension to their exclusive bancassurance agreement, which began in 2015.

By combining Prudentials globally trusted insurance expertise and best-in-class products with Fidelitys customer-focused approach, strong distribution network and talented banking professionals, the extended partnership will continue to deliver comprehensive savings, protection and health solutions to more than 1 million Fidelity customers.

Prudential and Fidelity have already demonstrated that when two of Ghanas leading financial services organisations come together, they can deliver huge benefits to customers.

Were excited to build on the success of our partnership to date, through our multi-channel approach, innovative products and distribution expertise to serve the savings, protection and health needs of all Fidelity customers, said Matt Lilley, CEO, Prudential Africa.

Emmanuel Mokobi Aryee, CEO of Prudential Life Insurance Ghana said: We are delighted to extend our mutually successful strategic partnership with Fidelity.

We have demonstrated our strengths to deliver insurance protection tailored to our customers needs.

We look forward to continuing to work with Fidelity, securing a safer future for our customers in Ghana.

Julian Kingsley Opuni, Managing Director of Fidelity Bank noted that: Fidelity is excited to be extending our partnership with Prudential.

As a customer-centric organization, our focus is on delivering superior banking products and services to our customers.

Signing this extension with Prudential is further evidence of our commitment to provide our customers with exceptional products and services that extends beyond their traditional banking needs.

Nana Esi Idun-Arkhurst, Divisional Director, Retail Banking at Fidelity Bank shared that the partnership with Prudential allows Fidelity to provide our diverse base of customers with the necessary benefit of insurance cover across the broad spectrum of our products.

She further commented that the extended partnership incorporates technological innovations that are in line with Fidelitys digital transformation agenda in order to provide added value and convenience to our customers.

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America is careening towards an economic cliff. The resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic is clearly beginning to bite the economies of many states, and deeper recessionary forces are taking hold. Eviction moratoriums are set to end in many states at the end of the month, and 28 million people could become homeless in a matter of weeks. Perhaps most importantly, the huge boost to unemployment insurance that Congress passed as part of the CARES Act is going to expire on July 25 sucking billions of dollars of spending out of the economy, and driving millions more Americans into destitution.

Republicans in Congress, of course, have been dithering and procrastinating. After taking a two-week vacation, it looks extremely unlikely that they will get anything passed before the program expires, and they may not do anything at all. The effect would be to fling America into the economic abyss.

As I have written before, super-unemployment is the only thing keeping tens of millions of Americans from starving indeed, the program is by far the most generous thing the federal government has done for lower-income people in generations. It is also the main thing propping up spending more broadly, and hence supporting tens of millions of other jobs that depend on benefit-collectors having money in their pockets.

Republicans, of course, are mad about exactly this generosity. They hate the fact that the program pays people who make less than the average wage more if they get laid off. Not only is that a completely goofy objection at a time when there are four job-seekers for every available job, and during a pandemic in which we shouldn't want most people to work in any case, these objections could also be addressed. The federal government could nationalize the unemployment system, and set up a program that pays people 100 percent of their previous income. Or they could add more money to the next round of stimulus checks, or both.

Furthermore, there are much more serious problems with unemployment insurance than generosity. Millions of eligible laid-off people have not been getting their benefits because state unemployment systems are either ancient and decrepit or have been deliberately designed to not pay out benefits. Something very badly needs to be done either to help and/or force states to fix their systems, or simply take over the administration entirely.

Yet Senate Republicans have not even mentioned fixing janky state unemployment bureaucracies. Instead, they watched the weeks pass while the super-unemployment expiration timer ticked towards zero, and at least eight other vital priorities went unaddressed. Only over the last week or so have Republicans started serious negotiation with House Democrats and the White House. President Trump abruptly added a payroll tax holiday to his list of demands recently an idea that isn't terrible but doesn't seem to have much congressional support which throws an additional wrench in the negotiation process.

I have been watching both American political parties fail to rise to the occasion for my entire adult life, yet I confess the complete lack of urgency in facing this problem is still astonishing. House Democrats have passed a six-month extension of super-employment in the HEROES Act, but with few exceptions they have not tried to pressure Republicans by screaming bloody murder day in and day out. As usual, they seem to hope the economic pressure will do the political work for them.

If the U.S. had any kind of real democratic culture, members of Congress would not be so cavalier about twiddling their thumbs while millions of people are teetering on the edge of destitution. Franklin Roosevelt correctly viewed his New Deal program as necessary to preserve the republic if the national government cannot arrange things such that the people have something to eat and a roof over their heads, it risks falling to a revolution. Incumbent political leaders often fare less than well when that happens. But many Republicans are not only resistant to further pandemic rescues, they straight-up oppose them.

Americans have long been one of the most docile, easily-bullied peoples on Earth. As David Bentley Hart writes, most of us passively accept the kind of abuse from our government that would have other democratic nations in flames (in part because of our brutally authoritarian criminal punishment system, to be fair). But one cannot count on that forever. A downtrodden people may endure horrible treatment for years, only for a spark to set off destabilizing unrest. That was what happened with the George Floyd movement against police brutality, which were probably the largest mass protests in American history, and still continue in many cities. If members of Congress don't want to end up like the clueless leaders of other crumbling governments, I suggest they take the welfare of their constituents more seriously.

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Food preserving ingredients have been an integral part of kitchen aisles in the form of lemon, ginger, vinegar, spices, salt and sugar. Their traditional utilization was replaced by synthetic ingredients with increasing commercialization of the food industry in past decades. However, with the dissemination of knowledge related to harmful effects of synthetic ingredients, currently, the industry is witnessing a prominent shift toward natural ingredients for food safety and shelf life extension.

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Manufacturers in the food safety and shelf life extension ingredient market are introducing ingredients specific to refrigerated products. Along with providing safety, these ingredients are label friendly and help in reducing sodium content while enhancing consumers sensory experience.

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The "Military Aircraft Modernization and Retrofit Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecasts (2020 - 2025)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The military aircraft modernization and retrofit market is projected to grow with a CAGR of more than 3% during the forecast period.

The increasing military expenditure of the emerging economies is propelling the investments into the modernization of existing equipment in aging aircraft with new and advanced equipment. This is expected to drive the growth of military aircraft modernization and retrofit market during the forecast period.

Military aircraft modernization and retrofit market is a fragmented market with many players supporting various aircraft programs with a wide range of product portfolio.

The current COVID situation has stalled the industries' work and progress globally, thereby, causing delays in current deliveries as well the future deliveries. However, the militaries and government are not expected to make any major changes in their modernization programs in the coming years.

Companies Mentioned

Key Market Trends

Fixed-wing Aircraft Segment Accounted for Major Market Share in 2019

The fixed-wing aircraft segment currently dominates the market and is expected to continue its dominance during the forecast period. As of December 2019, the global fleet of fighter aircraft was over 14,500 and transport aircraft was more than 4,200. The old and aging aircraft fleet of various armed forces includes F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-15 Eagle, Northrop F-5, Sukhoi Su-27, L-100 Hercules, Antonov An-24, and Antonov An-24, among others. With developments in the military equipment, on-board military aircraft, as well as the growth in need for life extension programs, is bolstering the growth of the segment during the forecast period. In July 2019, the government of India announced that 41 An-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force will require an upgrade with advanced avionics, navigation, and communication systems. The program is expected to be completed by 2025.

Asia-Pacific is Expected have the Highest Growth Rate During the Forecast Period

The Asia-Pacific region is anticipated to register the highest CAGR during the forecast period. The increasing military spending and current on-going political tensions in the region are propelling the modernization plans of the aging military aircraft fleet in the region. Countries like China, India, Japan, and Singapore among others are currently upgrading their existing fleet of fighter aircraft to enhance their situational awareness. The United States approved the upgrade of 98 F-15 Eagle interceptors for Japan in October 2019. The upgrades include installation of new mission computers (Honeywell Advanced Display Core Processor II mission computers), electronic warfare equipment (AN/ALQ-239 digital electronic warfare systems), advanced electronically scanned array radar (Raytheon AN/APG-82(v)1 multimode AESA), and integration of new munitions. Such modernization plans to integrate advanced systems in the aircraft are anticipated to accelerate the growth of the market during the forecast period.

Key Topics Covered:

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Study Assumptions

1.2 Scope of the Study

2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

4 MARKET DYNAMICS

4.1 Market Overview

4.2 Market Drivers

4.3 Market Restraints

4.4 Porter's Five Forces Analysis

4.4.1 Threat of New Entrants

4.4.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers/Consumers

4.4.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers

4.4.4 Threat of Substitute Products

4.4.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry

5 MARKET SEGMENTATION

5.1 Aircraft Type

5.1.1 Fixed-wing Aircraft

5.1.2 Helicopter

5.2 Geography

5.2.1 North America

5.2.2 Europe

5.2.3 Asia-Pacific

5.2.4 Latin America

5.2.5 Middle-East and Africa

6 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

6.1 Vendor Market Share

6.2 Company Profiles

7 MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE TRENDS

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