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Avior Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF ( NASDAQ:BSSX – Free Report ) in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 9,088 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $239,000. Avior Wealth Management LLC owned 0.43% of InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF at the end of the most recent reporting period. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Comerica Bank bought a new stake in InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $78,000. Bill Few Associates Inc. boosted its position in shares of InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF by 50.3% in the second quarter. Bill Few Associates Inc. now owns 11,590 shares of the company’s stock valued at $300,000 after acquiring an additional 3,880 shares during the period. MONECO Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $213,000. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF in the second quarter worth $159,000. Finally, First Command Advisory Services Inc. increased its position in InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF by 82.3% during the second quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 3,163 shares of the company’s stock worth $82,000 after acquiring an additional 1,428 shares during the period. InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF Price Performance Shares of InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF stock opened at $25.95 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $26.11 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $26.07. InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $24.62 and a fifty-two week high of $27.59. InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF Increases Dividend InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF Profile ( Free Report ) The Invesco BulletShares 2033 Municipal Bond ETF (BSSX) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of investment-grade AMT-Free municipal bonds that mature by the end of 2033. BSSX was launched on Sep 20, 2023 and is issued by Invesco. Featured Articles Receive News & Ratings for InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for InvescoBulletShares2033 Municipal Bond ETF and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

BANGKOK — Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan will attempt to merge and create the world's third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels. The two companies said they had signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday and that smaller Nissan alliance member Mitsubishi Motors also had agreed to join the talks on integrating their businesses. Honda will initially lead the new management, retaining the principles and brands of each company. Following is a quick look at what a combined Honda and Nissan would mean for the companies, and for the auto industry. An industry shakeup The ascent of Chinese automakers is rattling the industry at a time when manufacturers are struggling to shift from fossil fuel-driven vehicles to electrics. Relatively inexpensive EVs from China's BYD, Great Wall and Nio are eating into the market shares of U.S. and Japanese car companies in China and elsewhere. Japanese automakers have lagged behind big rivals in EVs and are now trying to cut costs and make up for lost time. Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi announced in August that they will share components for electric vehicles like batteries and jointly research software for autonomous driving to adapt better to dramatic changes in the auto industry centered around electrification. A preliminary agreement between Honda, Japan's second-largest automaker, and Nissan, third largest, was announced in March. A merger could result in a behemoth worth about $55 billion based on the market capitalization of all three automakers. Joining forces would help the smaller Japanese automakers add scale to compete with Japan's market leader Toyota Motor Corp. and with Germany's Volkswagen AG. Toyota itself has technology partnerships with Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. and Subaru Corp. What would Honda need from Nissan? Nissan has truck-based body-on-frame large SUVs such as the Armada and Infiniti QX80 that Honda doesn't have, with large towing capacities and good off-road performance, said Sam Fiorani, vice president of AutoForecast Solutions. Nissan also has years of experience building batteries and electric vehicles, and gas-electric hybird powertrains that could help Honda in developing its own EVs and next generation of hybrids, he said. "Nissan does have some product segments where Honda doesn't currently play," that a merger or partnership could help, said Sam Abuelsamid, a Detroit-area automotive industry analsyt. While Nissan's electric Leaf and Ariya haven't sold well in the U.S., they're solid vehicles, Fiorani said. "They haven't been resting on their laurels, and they have been developing this technology," he said. "They have new products coming that could provide a good platform for Honda for its next generation." Why now? Nissan said last month that it was slashing 9,000 jobs, or about 6% of its global work force, and reducing global production capacity by 20% after reporting a quarterly loss of 9.3 billion yen ($61 million). Earlier this month it reshuffled its management and its chief executive, Makoto Uchida, took a 50% pay cut to take responsibility for the financial woes, saying Nissan needed to become more efficient and respond better to market tastes, rising costs and other global changes. Fitch Ratings recently downgraded Nissan's credit outlook to "negative," citing worsening profitability, partly due to price cuts in the North American market. But it noted that it has a strong financial structure and solid cash reserves that amounted to 1.44 trillion yen ($9.4 billion). Nissan's share price has fallen to the point where it is considered something of a bargain. A report in the Japanese financial magazine Diamond said talks with Honda gained urgency after the Taiwan maker of iPhones Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., better known as Foxconn, began exploring a possible acquisition of Nissan as part of its push into the EV sector. The company has struggled for years following a scandal that began with the arrest of its former chairman Carlos Ghosn in late 2018 on charges of fraud and misuse of company assets, allegations that he denies. He eventually was released on bail and fled to Lebanon. Honda reported its profits slipped nearly 20% in the first half of the April-March fiscal year from a year earlier, as sales suffered in China. More headwinds Toyota made 11.5 million vehicles in 2023, while Honda rolled out 4 million and Nissan produced 3.4 million. Mitsubishi Motors made just over 1 million. Even after a merger Toyota would remain the leading Japanese automaker. All the global automakers are facing potential shocks if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on threats to raise or impose tariffs on imports of foreign products, even from allies like Japan and neighboring countries like Canada and Mexico. Nissan is among the major car companies that have adjusted their supply chains to include vehicles assembled in Mexico. Meanwhile, analysts say there is an "affordability shift" taking place across the industry, led by people who feel they cannot afford to pay nearly $50,000 for a new vehicle. In American, a vital market for companies like Nissan, Honda and Toyota, that's forcing automakers to consider lower pricing, which will eat further into industry profits. ____ AP Auto Writer Tom Krisher contributed to this report from Detroit.Apple Sued for Knowingly Hosting Child Sexual Abuse Material on Its Products, Failing to Protect Survivors

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BANGKOK — Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan will attempt to merge and create the world's third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels. The two companies said they had signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday and that smaller Nissan alliance member Mitsubishi Motors also had agreed to join the talks on integrating their businesses. Honda will initially lead the new management, retaining the principles and brands of each company. Following is a quick look at what a combined Honda and Nissan would mean for the companies, and for the auto industry. Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida, left, and Honda Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe, center, and Takao Kato CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, right, arrive to attend a joint news conference Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) The ascent of Chinese automakers is rattling the industry at a time when manufacturers are struggling to shift from fossil fuel-driven vehicles to electrics. Relatively inexpensive EVs from China's BYD, Great Wall and Nio are eating into the market shares of U.S. and Japanese car companies in China and elsewhere. Japanese automakers have lagged behind big rivals in EVs and are now trying to cut costs and make up for lost time. Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi announced in August that they will share components for electric vehicles like batteries and jointly research software for autonomous driving to adapt better to dramatic changes in the auto industry centered around electrification. A preliminary agreement between Honda, Japan's second-largest automaker, and Nissan, third largest, was announced in March. A merger could result in a behemoth worth about $55 billion based on the market capitalization of all three automakers. Joining forces would help the smaller Japanese automakers add scale to compete with Japan's market leader Toyota Motor Corp. and with Germany's Volkswagen AG. Toyota itself has technology partnerships with Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. and Subaru Corp. Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida, left, Honda Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe, center, and Takao Kato, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, right, pose for photographers during a joint news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Nissan has truck-based body-on-frame large SUVs such as the Armada and Infiniti QX80 that Honda doesn't have, with large towing capacities and good off-road performance, said Sam Fiorani, vice president of AutoForecast Solutions. Nissan also has years of experience building batteries and electric vehicles, and gas-electric hybird powertrains that could help Honda in developing its own EVs and next generation of hybrids, he said. "Nissan does have some product segments where Honda doesn't currently play," that a merger or partnership could help, said Sam Abuelsamid, a Detroit-area automotive industry analsyt. While Nissan's electric Leaf and Ariya haven't sold well in the U.S., they're solid vehicles, Fiorani said. "They haven't been resting on their laurels, and they have been developing this technology," he said. "They have new products coming that could provide a good platform for Honda for its next generation." Nissan said last month that it was slashing 9,000 jobs, or about 6% of its global work force, and reducing global production capacity by 20% after reporting a quarterly loss of 9.3 billion yen ($61 million). Earlier this month it reshuffled its management and its chief executive, Makoto Uchida, took a 50% pay cut to take responsibility for the financial woes, saying Nissan needed to become more efficient and respond better to market tastes, rising costs and other global changes. Fitch Ratings recently downgraded Nissan's credit outlook to "negative," citing worsening profitability, partly due to price cuts in the North American market. But it noted that it has a strong financial structure and solid cash reserves that amounted to 1.44 trillion yen ($9.4 billion). Nissan's share price has fallen to the point where it is considered something of a bargain. A report in the Japanese financial magazine Diamond said talks with Honda gained urgency after the Taiwan maker of iPhones Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., better known as Foxconn, began exploring a possible acquisition of Nissan as part of its push into the EV sector. The company has struggled for years following a scandal that began with the arrest of its former chairman Carlos Ghosn in late 2018 on charges of fraud and misuse of company assets, allegations that he denies. He eventually was released on bail and fled to Lebanon. Honda reported its profits slipped nearly 20% in the first half of the April-March fiscal year from a year earlier, as sales suffered in China. Toyota made 11.5 million vehicles in 2023, while Honda rolled out 4 million and Nissan produced 3.4 million. Mitsubishi Motors made just over 1 million. Even after a merger Toyota would remain the leading Japanese automaker. All the global automakers are facing potential shocks if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on threats to raise or impose tariffs on imports of foreign products, even from allies like Japan and neighboring countries like Canada and Mexico. Nissan is among the major car companies that have adjusted their supply chains to include vehicles assembled in Mexico. Meanwhile, analysts say there is an "affordability shift" taking place across the industry, led by people who feel they cannot afford to pay nearly $50,000 for a new vehicle. In American, a vital market for companies like Nissan, Honda and Toyota, that's forcing automakers to consider lower pricing, which will eat further into industry profits. ____ Airbags, advanced driver assistance features, and high-strength materials mean that the safest cars today are far better at protecting people from injuries than ever before. Although most new cars compare well to their predecessors, some stand above the rest. The safest cars for 2025 offer excellent occupant protection and also do a good job of preventing accidents from happening in the first place. Based on testing data from the , or IIHS, and the , or NHTSA, these are some of the safest cars available today. Ranging from inexpensive compact cars and mainstream midsize sedans to stylish station wagons, posh luxury cars, and sporty coupes and convertibles, shares a list that has something for just about everyone. For those who prefer a higher seating position and maybe some added practicality, Edmunds' list of is for you. The stylish Mazda 3 has a lot to offer compact-car shoppers, including great looks, a composed driving experience, and reasonable fuel economy from its base 2.0-liter engine. It's also one of the safest cars in its class, earning a perfect five stars in NHTSA crash testing and sterling crashworthiness and collision avoidance scores from the IIHS. Its standard features are forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, and lane departure prevention. With mature styling, a premium interior, and an efficient hybrid powertrain option, the 2025 Honda Civic is a great option if safety is a concern since it aces almost all of the IIHS' crash tests and earns a five-star safety rating from the federal government. It also comes standard with adaptive cruise control, lane departure prevention, and forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking. The Civic falls short slightly in the IIHS' updated moderate overlap front test, which now accounts for rear passenger safety, but even so, it's one of the safest cars in its class. Reflective of parent company BMW, today's Mini Cooper is well constructed and features premium safety features that belie its small size, including automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning. Although the Mini hasn't been tested by NHTSA, the IIHS gives the Cooper its highest score of Good in the original driver-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, and side-impact tests. That said, the IIHS doesn't place the Cooper on its Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ lists since it hasn't been evaluated on the updated battery of passenger-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, or side-impact tests. Expect the new-for-2025 Mini Cooper to earn decent crash ratings in those scenarios, especially since it shares its strong platform with the outgoing model. With its recent redesign, the Toyota Prius transformed from a frumpy little caterpillar to a stylish and efficient butterfly. It also became a very safe hybrid hatchback. Perfect scores in all of its government and IIHS crash tests, as well as a sophisticated system of collision avoidance technology, earn it top marks. It's also one of our favorite cars on the market, period, as evidenced by its status as a vehicle. The Honda Accord is among the safest midsize sedans on the market today thanks to excellent crashworthiness scores and a competent standard collision prevention system. It's a Top Safety Pick+, beating out rivals like the Hyundai Sonata, Kia K5, and Subaru Legacy, and the Accord also earns a perfect five-star rating from NHTSA. Honda's hybrid-intensive product planning is on full display here—all but the two lowest Accord trims have a hybrid powertrain—and it's also among the most spacious cars in its class. Like its Honda Accord rival, the Toyota Camry is also an IIHS Top Safety Pick+ with a five-star NHTSA rating. It also has a very impressive suite of driver assistance and safety technology, including lane departure prevention with active centering, full-speed adaptive cruise control, and automatic emergency braking. The Camry edges out the Accord in IIHS testing thanks to a more effective collision avoidance system, but both cars are remarkably well matched otherwise. The fully electric Hyundai Ioniq 6 offers excellent safety and collision prevention, with excellent scores across the entire line of IIHS tests. The Ioniq 6 hasn't been tested for rollover resistance by NHTSA, but it earned a four-star front safety rating and a five-star side-impact rating in government tests. Like most EVs, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 comes standard with forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, and lane departure prevention. It also offers up to 342 miles of all-electric driving in its longest-range trim level. The Acura Integra is a close mechanical cousin to the Honda Civic, so it's no surprise it does well in both the IIHS' and NHTSA's crash tests. The luxury hatchback is a Top Safety Pick+ and earns a perfect five stars in government testing. The AcuraWatch safety suite is standard on the Integra, bringing automatic emergency braking, lane centering, lane departure prevention, and adaptive cruise control. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a safe option in the popular small luxury sedan segment thanks to its good scores in IIHS crash testing. Mercedes' best-selling sedan also comes standard with automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning, which helps it earn a Top Safety Pick award. However, it hasn't been tested by the NHTSA. Both the Genesis G80 and the fully electric earn a Top Safety Pick+ score from the IIHS thanks to their good scores on the agency's crash tests, as well as a comprehensive suite of active safety features that avoided collisions with simulated pedestrians. The internal-combustion-engine G80 earned a perfect five-star safety rating from NHTSA, and although the Electrified G80 hasn't been tested by the feds just yet, it should likely excel in those tests too. The flagship Genesis G90 sedan competes with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7 Series, and the South Korean automaker clearly hasn't skimped on safety in its fight against the establishment. Although it hasn't been subjected to the NHTSA array of tests, it aced almost all of its IIHS tests, and a long list of standard active safety and driver assistance features sets it apart from the stingy German makes that charge extra for them. With handsome styling and a well-finished interior, the Volvo V60 is a very appealing station wagon for those looking for such a thing. It's also quite safe, with good crashworthiness scores in the IIHS' original moderate overlap front and side-impact scores. Unfortunately, since it hasn't been tested with the updated versions of those tests, it didn't earn this year's Top Safety Pick award, but it was called a Top Safety Pick+ in 2022. NHTSA also gives the V60 a five-star safety rating. Although the Mercedes-Benz E 450 All-Terrain isn't a traditional wagon — it follows the lifted almost-crossover formula shared with the Audi A6 Allroad and Volvo V90 Cross Country — we'll take what we can get in this dwindling category. The All-Terrain hasn't been tested by the IIHS or NHTSA, but a previous-generation E-Class earned a 2023 Top Safety Pick+ award, and Mercedes isn't the kind of company that goes backward when it comes to safety. The E 450 All-Terrain comes standard with automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning, though, at this price, Benz should just make other active safety features standard. With a five-star NHTSA safety rating, standard forward collision warning and emergency braking, and excellent IIHS crashworthiness scores on its original tests, the Audi A6 Allroad does a good job protecting people (both passengers and pedestrians) from crashes. However, since the IIHS hasn't subjected the Allroad to its updated side and moderate front crash criteria, it lost its Top Safety Pick+ status in 2022. Still, it should be a fine option for luxury longroof shoppers. Both the Ford Mustang coupe and convertible perform well in crash testing. The coupe received a five-star safety rating from NHTSA, and both variants scored decently on all the IIHS tests they've undergone. They also come standard with forward collision warning, lane departure prevention, and automatic emergency braking. However, the IIHS needs to test both models on its updated criteria before it will rate them. Although the government hasn't tested it, the Toyota GR86 aced all of its IIHS crashworthiness tests when it was new for the 2022 model year. Unfortunately, since it hasn't been subjected to the IIHS' updated testing since then, it lost its Top Safety Pick+ status. Still, this is a fun-to-drive, sporty coupe that comes standard with a long list of active safety features, and it's reasonably priced to boot. Mechanically identical to the Toyota GR86, the 2025 Subaru BRZ achieves the same safety ratings—who would have thought? It likewise received a Top Safety Pick+ score in 2022 that lapsed when the IIHS updated its criteria for 2023, but like the Toyota, it has a long list of active safety features to go along with its lightweight, rip-roaring sports car attitude. The Audi A5 lost its traditional two-door coupe body style after 2024, but the five-door Sportback body style remains before it's replaced later in 2025. Although it hasn't seen the IIHS' more stringent test regimen, its original crashworthiness scores were good enough to earn it a Top Safety Pick award as recently as 2022. The Sportback is the only variant to be tested by the government, where it earned a five-star safety rating. Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly.DCIU tech team amps up cybersecurity protection efforts for education field

REGINA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a new lieutenant-governor for Saskatchewan. Bernadette McIntyre is to serve in the role, representing the King in the province. Her duties include swearing in cabinet ministers, opening each session of the legislative assembly and providing royal assent to provincial bills. McIntyre has held executive roles at Saskatchewan Government Insurance and Wascana Centre Authority in Regina. She has also been a longtime community volunteer, receiving awards for her contributions in the sport of curling. McIntyre is to replace Russ Mirasty, who served as lieutenant-governor for five years. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 6, 2024. Jeremy Simes, The Canadian PressNone

Donald Trump has told 37 people on death row who had their sentences commuted by Joe Biden to “go to hell” in a lacerating Christmas Day social media post. The president-elect – long a vocal advocate of capital punishment – lashed out at Biden’s decision on his Truth Social platform, after wishing a merry Christmas to political opponents he addressed as “Radical Left Lunatics”. He then turned to those shown clemency by Biden in a decision announced on Monday: “ ... to the 37 most violent criminals, who killed, raped, and plundered like virtually no one before them, but were just given, incredibly, a pardon by Sleepy Joe Biden . I refuse to wish a Merry Christmas to those lucky ‘souls’ but, instead, will say, GO TO HELL!” Biden’s move reduced the death sentences of 37 out of 40 prisoners on federal death row to life imprisonment without parole and followed pressure from campaigners who warned that they were likely to be executed on Trump’s return to the White House. The exceptions applied to three men who had been convicted of offences regarded as terrorism or hate crimes, including Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found guilty of carrying out the 2013 Boston marathon bombing attack. Biden – a one-time adherent of capital punishment – said in a statement that “guided by my conscience ... I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level. I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted.” During his first presidency, Trump restarted federal executions after a 17-year gap, eventually presiding over more than the previous 10 presidents combined. Biden’s commutation order won the praise of campaigners, including Martin Luther King III, the son of the murdered civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The majority of those whose sentences were commuted are people of colour, and 38% are Black, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. One of Trump’s earliest forays into the political arena was a full-page advert calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty after the rape of a jogger in New York City’s Central Park in 1989 and the subsequent arrests of five Black and Latino teenagers, who were charged and eventually convicted of the crime. All five, who denied involvement, were ultimately exonerated and released from prison after another man belatedly made a confession that was confirmed by DNA evidence. The men, now in their 50s, sued Trump for defamation after he falsely said during a presidential debate with Kamala Harris in Philadelphia in September that they had admitted guilt and that the victim had been killed. In another segment of his Christmas Day post , Trump sarcastically offered season’s greetings to Chinese troops serving in the Panama Canal, which he has publicly mused be returned to the US, and to the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, whom he taunted with the title “governor” in the latest of several demeaning provocations since winning November’s presidential election. “Merry Christmas to all, including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal (where we lost 38,000 people in its building 110 years ago), always making certain that the United States puts in Billions of Dollars in ‘repair’ money, but will have absolutely nothing to say about ‘anything’,” he wrote. “Also, to Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada, whose Citizens’ Taxes are far too high, but if Canada was to become our 51st State, their Taxes would be cut by more than 60%, their businesses would immediately double in size, and they would be militarily protected like no other Country anywhere in the World.” Christmas wishes were also extended to the residents of Greenland , “which is needed by the United States for National Security purposes and, who want the US to be there, and we will”. This was a reference to his call, initially made during his first presidency, that Denmark – which has sovereignty over the territory – sell it to the US. Both Denmark and Greenland’s autonomous administration have said that it is not for sale. In a later unrelated post , Trump wrote that he had met the retired Canadian ice hockey star Wayne Gretzky and asked him to run for the prime minister’s office, “soon to be known as the Governor of Canada”. “He had no interest, but I think the people of Canada should start a DRAFT WAYNE GRETZKY Movement,” Trump wrote. “It would be so much fun to watch!”

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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in downtown Barcelona on Saturday to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. Protesters cut off traffic on main avenues in the city center, holding up homemade signs in Spanish reading “Fewer apartments for investing and more homes for living" and “The people without homes uphold their rights.” The lack of affordable housing has become one of the leading concerns for the southern European Union country, mirroring the housing crunch across many parts of the world, including the United States . Organizers said that over 170,000 had turned out, while Barcelona’s police said they estimated some 22,000 marched. Either way, the throngs of people clogging the streets recalled the massive separatist rallies at the height of the previous decade’s Catalan independence movement. Now, social concerns led by housing have displaced political crusades. That is because the average rent for Spain has doubled in last 10 years. The price per square meter has risen from 7.2 euros ($7.5) in 2014 to 13 euros this year, according to the popular online real estate website Idealista. The growth is even more acute in cities like Barcelona and Madrid. Incomes meanwhile have failed to keep up, especially for younger people in a country with chronically high unemployment. Protester Samuel Saintot said he is “frustrated and scared” after being told by the owners of the apartment he has rented for the past 15 years in Barcelona’s city center that he must vacate the premises. He suspects that the owners want him out so they can renovate it and boost the price. “Even looking in a 20- or 30-kilometer radius outside town, I can’t even find anything within the price range I can afford,” he told The Associated Press. “And I consider myself a very fortunate person, because I earn a decent salary. And even in my case, I may be forced to leave town.” A report by the Bank of Spain indicates that nearly 40% of Spaniards who rent dedicate an average of 40% of their income to paying rents and utilities, compared to the European Union average of 27% of renters who do so. “We are talking about a housing emergency. It means people having many difficulties both in accessing and staying in their homes,” said Ignasi Martí, professor for Esade business school and head of its Dignified Housing Observatory. The rise in rents is causing significant pain in Spain, where traditionally people seek to own their homes. Rental prices have also been driven up by short-term renters including tourists. Many migrants to Spain are also disproportionately hit by the high rents because they often do not have enough savings. Spain is near the bottom end of OECD countries with under 2% of all housing available being public housing for rent. The OECD average is 7%. Spain is far behind France, with 14%, Britain with 16%, and the Netherlands with 34%. “I think it’s impossible to make prices fall to what they were a few years back. It makes me cry,” said protester Laia Pizjuán. “It's so upsetting. I know so many people who are in a bad situation. I have relatives living together in crowded apartments because they can’t afford to live on their own.” Carme Arcarazo, spokesperson for Barcelona’s Tenants Union which helped organize the protest, said that renters should consider a “rent strike” and cease paying their monthly rents in a mass protest movement. “I think we the tenants have understood that this depends on us. That we can’t keep asking and making demands to the authorities and waiting for an answer. We must take the reins of the situation,” Arcarazo told the AP. “So, if they (the owners) won’t lower the rent, then we will force them to do it." The Barcelona protest came a month after tens of thousands rallied against high rents in Madrid. The rising discontent over housing is putting pressure on Spain’s governing Socialist party, which leads a coalition on the national level and is in charge of Catalonia’s regional government and Barcelona’s city hall. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presided over what the government termed a “housing summit” including government officials and real estate developers last month. But the Barcelona’s Tenants Union boycotted the event, saying it was like calling a summit for curing cancer and inviting tobacco companies to participate. The leading government measure has been a rent cap mechanism that the central government has offered to regional authorities based on a price index established by the housing ministry. Rent controls can be applied to areas deemed to be “highly stressed” by high rental prices. Catalonia was the first region to apply those caps, which are in place in downtown Barcelona. Many locals blame the million of tourists who visit Barcelona, and the rest of Spain, each year for the high prices. Barcelona’s town hall has pledged to completely eliminate the city’s 10,000 so called “tourist apartments,” or dwellings with permits for short-term rents, by 2028.

Among but not surpassing the more unusual gifts that artist and Alameda Floating Museum founder Marta Thoma Hall has received from husband and work partner David Hall is a tugboat. Related Articles “To move a barge — they don’t have motors — you need a tugboat,” Thoma Hall says. “David took me tugboat shopping. It was a birthday present. “We’re hesitant to move the barge around the (Oakland-Alameda) estuary because of the museum’s art, but I was delighted to have the tug. The barge is actually tied down with huge ropes and has an anchor as big as a car, although we don’t use it. To access the museum, you cross the gangplank.” Atop the barge is a manufactured structure that for a time was the couple’s home and served as an ideal workplace for her spouse, a tech entrepreneur and inventor, to develop boat stabilization company Velodyne Marine. The company is among several tech-centric ones he has created to address audio acoustics, autonomous vehicles and rocket-launching systems. After finding a home in Berkeley, they founded the Hall Art + Technology Foundation in 2021. The nonprofit arts entity focuses on the powerful, culture-changing crosscurrents of art and science and seeks to raise the visibility of underrepresented voices within the local community and world at large. Converting their houseboat-like building into five gallery spaces in 2024, Thoma Hall launched her dreamed-of Alameda Floating Museum. The first exhibit, this past summer’s “Rising Tides” ( ), celebrated work created by women and people of color — groups she says have been largely left out of art history and that the art industry continues to silence, ignore, downplay or render invisible. “These artists, many in the Bay Area, bring their artistic voices,” she says. “It’s exciting to learn what they know, do and will say. In the last 10 years, the work of women artists like Hung Liu, M. Louise Stanley, Michelle Pred, Mildred Howard and others has gained international attention. “Their artistic expression and technical skills are equally fantastic to male artists. (For) so long, women’s art was considered lesser-than. It remains only 10% of collections at major art institutions and White men are still at the very top of museums and write most of the art history books. All of it should be proportional, 50-50, for both women and artists of color.” Thoma Hall admires the Afrofuturism movement, which she calls “a gift to the nation, to the world.” Afrofuturism is said to be a whole culture, not just a one-act novelty. “Studying it educated me, and I’m interested in doing the same in ‘Fem Futurism.’ I looked that term up and their are some bizarre, weird things out there, but it showed me someone else is thinking about women-centered narratives in art and science too. There’s so much I don’t know. I want to keep learning. Otherwise, life is boring.” Thoma Hall grew up in Nebraska and a home in which both parents encouraged creativity. “Our house was modest, but my sister (artist Kim Thoman) and I had lots of materials: blocks crafted by a local lumber shop, colored paper and scissors, a dress-up box filled with colorful gypsy clothes — scarves, blouses, bangles, high-heeled shoes — and hundreds of books my grandmother shipped to us after the school library where she taught closed.” Memories of marvelously rich, illustrated books with realistic or otherworldly stories fired her imagination. Later, studying fine arts at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University, Thoma Hall developed artwork that includes painting, sculpture, steel and glass installations and more. Her work is recognized ( ) worldwide for its fusion of surreal imagery and social, feminist and environmental justice activism. Among her large public artworks in the Bay Area is “Journey of A Bottle,” a sculpture commissioned by the Walnut Creek Public Library and created using discarded glass bottles positioned to resemble a giant tidal wave. Thoma Hall says the manufactured home that’s now a floating art museum docked in Alameda in the Oakland Estuary’s tidal canal features large windows and is “a fabulous gallery space.” The view of the estuary includes the marshland, and during high tide, the barge rocks subtly and bounces lightly on the water’s surface. When water levels are low, the marsh basin is visible. “We put a duck house out there and plan for an artist to create something out there making the tidal changes more evident.” The idea supports what Thoma Hall says are her gallery’s three passions: “Environmental caretaking, feminism and amplifying the voices of women who’ve been silenced and addressing social justice areas, including immigration and (increased representation of) the cultures of other countries, especially those in which people of color reside.” She suggests that artists who identify as women, feminists and/or people of color (the gallery does exhibit works made by men if the works serve the gallery’s mission) are not solely public, big-issue activists. Artists alternatively may look inward — to dreams, memories, spirituality and more. “The masculinity and patriarchy that has led to honoring war, aggression and to women’s (objectified or hypersexualized) bodies in artworks has been celebrated for so long. Now there are artist like Chie Aoki, Leanora Carrington, my sister Kim and so many others considered feminists who’ve brought forward feminine perspectives that include the power of healing, caretaking, birthing, nature.” Aoki’s black lacquer work “Body” shows a figure, head bowed, spine curved forward. Long hair descends like a curtain or shield behind which she is protected. “Tree Figure” (by Thoma Hall’s sister Thoman) is reminiscent of a human body’s outlined form. A “wound-like” opening in the trunk pulses with blood-red paint in an oval area with orange and soft peach patches resembling Band-Aids; black marks might be suggestive of staples or stitches. The tree stands in front of a swirling dynamo of graphic lines and color blocks that add cosmic energy. Thoma Hall says her unusual life has flowed organically and is steered by enthusiasm for innovation in art and science. “Art can influence the world. David’s electronics, mechanics and engineering can come up with inventions that change the world. It’s not easy and sounds ambitious, but it’s what we’ve been excited about for decades.”

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Daily Post Nigeria Hunger, economic deprivation killing Nigerians – NANS tells Tinubu Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport News Hunger, economic deprivation killing Nigerians – NANS tells Tinubu Published on November 23, 2024 By Gift Oba The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged President Bola Tinubu to, as a matter of urgency, address the hardship, especially hunger confronting Nigerians. The student association declared that economic deprivation is killing the people. The NANS Clerk of the Senate, Abdulyekinn Odunayo, madd the call ib a statement released in Abeokuta on Saturday. Odunayo lamented that the current administration has forced Nigerians to endure needless poverty and hunger. According to the statement, the Tinubu-led government’s simultaneous elimination of fuel subsidies and floating of the national currency has further sunk Nigerians into economic despair, increased hunger and hiking the cost of living for millions of residents. Odunayo acknowledged that some students have benefited from the student loan program implemented by Tinubu’s administration, but he called for a complete economic reform so that Nigerians can experience the good governance that the President has promised. The statements reads, “There is an urgent need by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to put measures in place to arrest hunger, poverty, impoverishment going on in the country. “Nigerians are seriously groaning under the heavy burden of the present parlous economic situation. The nation has not had it this bad. “The dual swords of Damocles of fuel subsidy removal and float of naira have stabbed Nigerians at their hearts. “Many families can no longer feed even once in a day, let alone three times a day. Free falls of our currency against the dollars and other international currencies have capped the sufferings of Nigerians, “As representatives of the Nigerian students, we are making a passionate call on the President to tailor and rev up his economic policies to provide short term, medium term and long term reliefs for Nigerians. “Things need to improve as many Nigerians are finding it difficult to survive.” Related Topics: NANS Tinubu Don't Miss Parents plead for amnesty for son sentenced to death You may like Tinubu, First Lady leave Brazil after G-20 summit Arewa Professionals knock Atiku for criticizing Tinubu’s $2.2bn foreign loan Simon Ekpa’s arrest: Tinubu’ll end insecurity in Southeast – Nigerian govt Appointments: Karma’s real, even prayers will affect you – APC chieftain, Obun to Tinubu Why Nigerians are in pain, difficulties amid Tinubu’s reforms – Edun Tinubu asks Senate to confirm Oluyede as Chief of Army Staff Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media LtdShedeur Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes have been a polarizing topic in the world of college football over the last couple of years, often beloved and maligned for their braggadocios style in Boulder. However, Sanders likely picked up quite a few fans on Saturday afternoon during the first half of the game between the Buffaloes and the Kansas Jayhawks after taking a brutal dirty hit to his knees on a scramble, and popping right back up after all was said and done. The play came in the second quarter, with Sanders rolling out to his left and firing downfield to an open receiver. After the ball was gone, a Kansas defender dove right at the knees of the quarterback, flipping him upside down in what looked like a painful collision. No flag was called after the play, much to the dismay of nearly every objective fan on social media. Stephen Garcia/Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images One notable NFL Draft analyst, Todd McShay, also asked a question that it feels like everyone was thinking after the play. "How freakin’ tough is Shedeur Sanders?!" how is this not roughing the passer??? dirty play to take out Shedeur Sanders knees pic.twitter.com/B59UQrFzmO The answer is clearly "pretty tough" considering that the Buffs' QB was able to get right up after being flipped upside down and landing on his head/neck area. It's fortunate, too, because this looked like it could have been a massive injury that caused serious damage to Sanders' knees. With the Colorado passer standing as one of the most likely top picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, that would be a devastating outcome this late in the season. Fortunately for the Buffs, their QB seems to be okay. They will need him, too, as they trail Kansas 23-14 late at halftime of the must-win game. Related: Oregon Coach Dan Lanning Trending After Kenny Dillingham's Brilliant Coaching Move at Arizona State