Haze Pushing In
It seems that Rob Astorino drives a Chevy 1500 while Andy Giulani drives a Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins turbo-diesel
It seems that Rob Astorino drives a Chevy 1500 while Andy Giulani drives a Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins turbo-diesel. It looks like Mr. Giulani’s pickup has a lift-kit and Fuel Off-Road wheels with 35s, but I could not determine the lift-kit from those pictures.
Mr. Giulani probably has commercial plates while Rob Astorino has passenger plates due to weight of the vehicle, although he could also have commercial plates. The big advantage to passenger plates is they can be driven on the parkway. Plus, gasoline is a lot cheaper currently in New York State then diesel.
EU clinches world first deal on single mobile charging port | Technology News | Al Jazeera
European Union member states and legislators have agreed to mandate a single mobile charging port for mobile phones, tablets and cameras in a blow to technology giant Apple.
Tuesday’s agreement, a world first, means that from late 2024 most portable devices will be required to have a USB Type-C charging port. It will not apply to products released before the new rules come into force.
Persistent Inflation Puts Yellen in the Spotlight – The New York Times
WASHINGTON — At her confirmation hearing in early 2021, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen told lawmakers that it was time to “act big” on a pandemic relief package, playing down concerns about deficits at a time of perpetually low interest rates and warning that inaction could mean widespread economic “scarring.”
A year and a half later, prices are soaring and interest rates are marching higher. As a result, Ms. Yellen’s role in crafting and selling the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which Congress passed in March of last year, is being parsed amid an intensifying blame game to determine who is responsible for the highest rates of inflation in 40 years. After months of pinning rising prices on temporary supply chain problems that would dissipate, Ms. Yellen acknowledged last week that she had gotten it “wrong,” putting the Biden administration on the defensive and thrusting herself into the middle of a political storm.
“I think I was wrong then about the path that inflation would take,” Ms. Yellen said in an interview with CNN, adding that the economy had faced unanticipated “shocks” that boosted food and energy prices.