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National Business Review
2 days ago
- Business
- National Business Review
Spark urged to reject ‘lowball' offer for stake in Aussie telco
Investment 2 mins to read Spark urged to reject 'lowball' offer for stake in Aussie telco Other shareholders say Spark would 'leave millions on the table' if it accepted the offer. Spark's stake in Hutchison is worth about A$43m.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
NJ lawmakers push for stiffer penalties for disorderly conduct
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. -After a rowdy Memorial Day weekend in Seaside Heights that saw more than 70 arrests, three stabbing incidents, and multiple fights, visitors of the boardwalk walk away saddened by the bad behavior. 'It's kind of just embarrassing you know? I know we're all better than that,' said Lamin Golafali of Mt. Olive. 'I feel like everyone just needs to come out here and have fun and if you get too aggressive, that's how you just ruin it for us.' More Local News A bill in Trenton would establish the offense of inciting a public brawl and stiffen penalties for disorderly conduct. It was inspired by a brawl that broke out at a carnival last year in a South Jersey district represented by Democratic Assemblyman Dan Hutchison. 'I just think it's a real good way to focus on the root causes of these problems,' said Hutchison (D-NJ 4th District). After passing through both chambers in Trenton, Governor Phil Murphy issued a conditional veto in hopes of ensuring first amendment rights are protected. Since then, the Assembly passed it again, with the Senate's vote expected next week. 'I would suggest to you getting a better bill a week or two later is more important than getting a bill that's not as good, not as strong,' said Hutchison. Republican Assemblyman Paul Kanitra, who represents Seaside Heights, hoped that the bill would have been passed in time for Memorial Day weekend. 'Seaside Heights here cracked down, they made a ton of arrests,' said Kanitra (R-NJ 10th District), but their hands were still somewhat tied.' A co-sponsor of the bill, he still hopes the amended version passes. 'Something is better than nothing,' said Kanitra. 'We're looking forward to getting this bill and signed by the Governor as soon as possible.' Many Seaside Heights visitors and business owners say the events of this past weekend do not reflect what this boardwalk is all about. 'It's the most positive place to be,' said Kenny Macchiaverna, owner of several businesses on the baordwalk, including Playa Bowls. 'Be nice and nice things happen. Be bad and bad things happen.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
This National Guard unit went completely analog to simulate a cyber attack
Airmen were sent running half a mile across base with sticky notes to alert the operations team of the details for the C-130 takeoff. When the aircraft arrived to airdrop of water and ammunition to troops in combat, ground crews sent up smoke signals to alert pilots that they were engaged with the enemy. Back at home base, it was 'controlled chaos,' a pilot said. It's what happens when all forms of electronic communication are wiped out. It was all part of a simulated cyber attack that the Missouri National Guard's 139th Operations Group practiced as part of an exercise dubbed 'Operations Goes Dark.' Over the course of four days, a simulated U.S. adversary conducted intermittent attacks on the base, jamming internet communications, leaving teams to resort to pen and paper, white boards and dry erase markers. For the first two days, the internet was out for hours at a time and by the third and fourth day, it was down altogether. The exercise was done to prove that the airwing could operate without access to computers or personal cell phones, all while sending up and landing aircraft and resupplying troops. 'We have the potential for being involved with real-world adversaries that have the ability to do this,' said Capt. Kyle Hutchison, a 180th Airlift Squadron pilot who planned the exercise. The focus of the operation was on a cyber attack's impact to flight operations, which begins long before the planes even leave the ground. Without access to everyday digital systems for updates to things like aircraft maintenance, crew readiness or inclement weather, they resorted to passing information, person-to-person, using the same techniques as aviators and ground crews in the 20th century. 'The big picture: if other people aren't helping us get to where we need to be, we're not gonna fly the airplanes and execute the mission,' said Chief Master Sgt. Jason Lehman, chief of safety for the 139th Airlift Wing. 'We tried to change the mindset of going back to the old school mentality of we don't necessarily need that to effectively execute a mission. We went back to whiteboards and dry erase markers and drew out the mission by hand.' The challenges began early on. Planning briefs usually include PowerPoints up on a screen, but for this exercise they had to throw that out. They also had to change the way they communicated the stakes of the cyber attack from the top down. 'You can't just pick up the phone and say, 'hey, this is so and so,'' Hutchison said. 'Being able to do that is a real real kick in the pants when you're not used to operating that way.' In normal circumstances, air traffic personnel would use radios to communicate with pilots, but instead they had runners outside watching the aircraft launch and bringing back information to the operations group. Hutchison said it's usually a 'constant process' of figuring out if the aircraft are in good standing maintenance-wise, when they're ready for pre-flight inspections, how much fuel is on board and the location of the plane. In order to communicate all of the details, and ask questions, they used the runners, but this slowed things down. 'There are a lot of very simple things that we use phones to communicate things to each other about. If you didn't have that, think about how much extra time that would inflict on you,' he said. It also added a human challenge of playing the game of telephone — where information could change ever so slightly after it was passed between people. Something as simple as takeoff times could be miscommunicated and then that error might throw other operational plans off. 'There's always a way where there could potentially be the human dimensions aspect of this where somebody messes up something or misspeaks,' Hutchison said. 'We're human. It happens. But that's one of those situations where you pray that it doesn't happen in a conversation that was super important.' In addition to runners, mission support personnel tested the use of satellite phones to call flight service stations 'that would be outside of the affected region of jamming' to get up-to-date information on factors that would be crucial to the aircrews like weather. For pilots, Hutchison said the exercise emphasized the need to train 'clock to chart to ground techniques.' This meant pilots using flight time, paper maps and visual aids on the ground to navigate without GPS. On the ground, personnel used smoke signals to alert pilots that the drop zone wasn't safe and it had been overtaken or disrupted by enemy forces. 'I think that was an eye opening and kind of a shocking revelation because everybody had done this at some point in their career going through pilot training or nav school but it's been a long time since they had done that,' Hutchison said. 'It identified areas that are challenging with it, but I think it also opened the door for us to be able to do this more routinely.' The broader lesson, according to Hutchison, was the need for an established analog process that's routinely updated and can be used to vet air crews and generate flight authorizations. All of those factors are part of the planning process, but are key to aircraft being able to take off and land successfully, he said. 'So many people have their hand in something in order to get this to get a crew out the door, and, I don't think that it's talked about,' he said. 'That is the part of the puzzle that it takes a lot more bites of the pie in order to complete the circle.' While the Air Wing communicated their plans for the exercise, Lehman and Hutchison said one of their biggest challenges was getting other offices on base to play ball. 'We were kind of in an exercise bubble here where it was the operations group doing this, but the rest of the base was not under the exercise,' Lehman said. 'Next time, lessons learned for a bigger exercise for us is getting everyone involved.' They were also limited by the fact that air traffic controllers still had to be alert for nearby civilian aircraft that were flying near the base. It was 'non-negotiable' for safety reasons, Hutchison said. In future exercises, Lehman said they would benefit from the challenges of operating in a more mountainous environment from a risk management and environmental analysis perspective, since Missouri and eastern Kansas have relatively flat terrain. Given how likely it is that the different services will have to work together in a conventional fight like the one the U.S. military is preparing for, they'll eventually have to practice analog flight operations with the other branches, as well, Lehman said. 'As we know, different services communicate differently,' he said. 'Sometimes just the lingo barrier can cause issues.' And that's before you have people shouting messages to runners who have to run across the airbase to relay that information. Army to eliminate 2 Security Force Assistance Brigades, reassign experienced soldiers Why the Army's new XM7 rifle reignited a debate over volume of fire Air Force delay on separation and retirement orders isn't 'stop loss,' defense official says F-35's close call over Yemen raises questions about how it's used An Army unit's 'extreme use of profanity' was so bad, they made a rule about it
Business Recorder
23-05-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
Modern tech at ports: PM praises role of Hutchison Ports
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said Pakistan is providing all necessary facilities to international investors and taking steps to make investment policies more business-friendly. Speaking with Eric Ip, chief executive officer (CEO) of Hutchison Ports, Sharif said the company's nearly three-decade presence in Pakistan reflects confidence in the country's economic direction. He said Hutchison Ports is playing a key role in introducing modern technology at Pakistan's ports, including the installation of advanced scanners for customs assessment. Ip said the company is working to upgrade Karachi Port with modern technology and called Pakistan a favourable destination for investment, expressing interest in expanding Hutchison's presence in the country. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Glasgow Times
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Glasgow Times
Glasgow Easter school holidays could be moved in 2027
Children in the city normally get a fortnight off in early April but there are plans to shift the spring break to March. Glasgow's education boss Douglas Hutchison said the council is considering moving the spring break that year as Easter is particularly early and there are plans for a consultation. Easter is due to fall on Sunday, March 28 in 2027. Speaking at a recent council meeting, Mr Hutchison said: 'We are out to consultation at the moment on shifting the holidays in 2027 because Easter is particularly early. It looks like we would have a long weekend for Easter, four days back and then a fortnight holiday.' READ MORE: 'S**T show': Fans fume as 'ticket links don't work' for 'must-see' show in Glasgow The director of education at Glasgow City Council added: ' I can't imagine the schools would be packed during those four days so we are out to consultation on not fixing the holiday for the first fortnight in April but bringing it to be in line with the Easter weekend and take that fortnight.' This year the Easter spring break at schools ran from April 7 to 21. And next year it will take place between April 6 and April 17. Mr Hutchison was responding to a question at the Operational Performance and Delivery Scrutiny Committee last week over school absence figures. Councillor Eunis Jassemi Labour raised the issue of over 40 per cent of P4 classes and more than half of P7 classes recording attendance of below 90 per cent. He asked why there isn't stage specific attendance improvement key performance indicators (KPIs) reported given the correlation between attainment and attendance. READ MORE: Ministers recommended to allow Flamingo Land's £40m Loch Lomond resort appeal He queried how the council is tracking the success of its campaign Attendance Matters Every Day, which aims to address school absences levels. Mr Hutchison said it is 'too early to say' about the attendance campaign, which launched recently but a paper would be brought to committee in the future. He said the council is largely in line with the Scottish Government approach to KPIs. He said there is a 'strong focus' on attendance in schools in Glasgow but the area needs to get back to pre-pandemic levels. He said: 'It is impressive how creative schools are being to ensure we get attendance back to pre-pandemic levels. It is not unique to Glasgow. It is a Scottish, UK and worldwide issue post pandemic.'
