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Selected Stocks Close Change ADM $51.42 -$0.86 AT&T $23.88 $0.06 Berkshire CL A $705,236.50 $830.50 Berkshire CL B $470.29 -$0.28 The Buckle $52.90 $0.35 Campbell Soup $42.77 $0.13 Coca Cola Co. $62.53 -$0.39 Conagra Foods $27.23 -$0.59 Harley Davidson $33.03 $0.18 Hewlett-Packard $23.95 $2.31 Hormel $32.46 -$0.41 Microsoft $443.57 $0.95 O’Reilly Auto $1,257.78 $22.97 Pfizer Inc. $25.73 $0.03 3M Company $132.90 -$0.43 US Bancorp $52.18 $0.06 Valmont $338.10 -$11.07 Walgreen $8.56 $0.09 Wal-Mart Stores $95.66 $0.33 Werner Ent $39.37 -$0.05 The Tribune receives stocks at approximately 4 p.m. Grain prices Yesterday’s closing prices were provided courtesy of Fremont elevators. All are price per bushel. Corn $4.17 -4.18 Soybean $9.59 -9.63 Wheat $5.39 County Posted Price The Farm Service Agency’s posted county price for Dodge County for yesterday was: Corn $4.05 Oats $2.82 Soybeans $9.39 Wheat $4.87SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A political party in North Macedonia on Saturday demanded authorities ban social networks whose content incites violence and self-destructive behavior after several young people were seriously injured in connection with the popular “Superman challenge” on TikTok. Health authorities said at least 17 students, ages 10 to 17, were brought to hospitals in the capital Skopje and other towns over the past week with broken bones, contusions and bruises. The children were injured after being thrown into the air by their friends to fly like superheroes and get applause on the internet. The Liberal-Democratic Party, which was part of the left-led coalition that ruled the country from 2016 to earlier in 2024, issued a press statement Saturday strongly condemning “the irresponsible spread of dangerous content on social media, such as the latest TikTok ‘challenge’ known as ‘Superman,’ which has injured six children across (the country) in the past 24 hours.” “The lack of adequate control over the content of social media allows such ‘games’ to reach the most vulnerable users,” the party statement said. It demanded the “immediate introduction of measures to ban content that incites violence and self-destructive behavior, increase surveillance, and sanction platforms that enable dangerous trends.” North Macedonia’s education minister Vesna Janevska said students should focus on education, not TikTok challenges. “The ban on mobile phones in schools will not have an effect. Phones will be available to children in their homes, neighborhoods and other environments,” she said. Psychologists have warned that the desire to be “in” with the trends on social networks, combined with excessive use of mobile phones, is the main reason for the rise in risky behaviors among children. They urged parents and schools to talk with students. Konstantin Testorides, The Associated PressBritain is in danger of abandoning a generation of boys to a life without hope with “destructive” consequences for the nation, leading campaigners have warned. It is feared the UK will face more riots and even higher prison numbers if the country’s crisis of “lost boys” spirals further out of control. There is alarm that Britain is storing up problems for the future if it turns a blind eye to boys’ educational failings and young men’s high suicide and imprisonment rates. Former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio called for society to stop treating boys and young men as the “lowest of the low”. He is fed up seeing youths “on the employment scrapheap and filling up our prisons”. Declaring that “enough is enough”, he said: “Boys and men matter just as much as anyone else, and it’s time that we got serious about that.” The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) is launching a major new research project on how boys can avoid disaster. Miriam Cates, a former MP and senior fellow at the CSJ who battles to protect the quality of childhood in the UK , said: “We must step in to rescue a generation of boys and men who are at risk of falling out of society at great cost to themselves and us all.” She warned that “large numbers of disenfranchised young men are always a destructive force in society” and claimed the “riots over the summer were in large part a reaction to the sharp decline in value and status felt by working-class British males”. The think tank states men have a suicide rate more than three times that of women and are much more likely to be behind bars or sleeping rough. Ninety-six percent of prisoners are men, and in London, 82% of those on the streets are male. A top concern is that boys struggle in school and get into trouble early on. They are twice as likely to face suspension and permanent exclusion than girls. There is a glaring difference in how well boys and girls perform academically. Three-quarters of girls are judged “ready to learn” at age five, but just six out of 10 boys. When it comes to post-school education, 1,279,970 women and just 882,225 men with permanent in-home in the UK enrolled on an undergraduate or postgraduate course. The CSJ is launching the Lost Boys project to identify how boys can have a better start in life. It accuses Britain’s political class of “wilful institutional neglect” towards boys and is pushing for a radical change in attitudes. Mrs Cates claims the modern focus on “fashionable identity politics” has led to the neglect of boys and men – especially if they are poor. She says that much attention has been given to the dangerous impact of social media on girls; many boys suffer from “debilitating gaming addiction” and “exposure to violent and extreme pornography from a young age”. The mother of two boys argues that the condemnation of “toxic masculinity” in schools and the media has left boys wondering if it is possible to be a “good man”. She warns that if our culture “turns traditional male attributes such as strength and risk-taking from virtue into vice,” we should “not be surprised when young men struggle to find their place in education, employment and wider society”. “Almost all of the post-pandemic increase in young people who are not in education, employment in training is driven by men – a 40% rise amongst males compared to just seven percent for females,” she said. She claims that “boys are more likely now to own a smartphone than to live with their dad” and says that they must be “taught, trained, encouraged and inspired” to “harness their natural masculine tendencies for good”. Nearly one in four pupils in England qualifies for free school meals – a key indicator that children may be at risk of deprivation. This is the equivalent of around one million boys. The latest figures show that just 33.5% of “white British” boys on free school meals gained a grade four or above in English and mathematics at GCSE in 2022-23. This compares with 57.3% of boys from a “Black African” background who also qualified for free school meals and 67% of boys from an Indian background. Nick Fletcher – who has campaigned for a dedicated minister for men and is now running to be mayor of Doncaster – is in no doubt what will happen if white working-class boys continue to fall behind. He said: “All we’ll end up doing is building more prisons.” If this challenge is not addressed, he warned, more men will suffer from mental health issues and drug addiction. Labour MP Shaun Davies, who is backing the Lost Boys project, said: “The challenges facing men and boys in Britain are a cross-party issue that affect all of us and I am glad to see that serious work is happening in this space. Whether it’s education, family life, crime or health, boys are faced with increasingly poor outcomes.” Former education minister Robert Halfon is concerned about the plight of both white boys and girls from disadvantaged backgrounds and wants this to be one of the top priorities for the Government. He said: “At every stage, right from early years to university, the white working class are one of the most underperforming groups in the country.” Mr Halfon said this is partly because “all the investment goes into big cities whereas often these communities live in towns”. He is also concerned that talk of “white privilege” can have a harmful effect. “If you tell people from disadvantaged backgrounds they are privileged, you are just perpetuating angst and resentment, and it doesn’t help at all,” he said. Mr Halfon wants extra funding for “outstanding teachers and mentors in those disadvantaged areas”. When chair of the education committee, Mr Halfon led an investigation into the struggles of white pupils from poorer backgrounds. It found just 16 per cent of white pupils who were eligible for free school meals had started higher education by age 19 in 2018-19 – the lowest of any ethnic group other than those of Irish traveller or Gypsy/Roma heritage. This is compared with 72.8% of children from a Chinese background who qualified for free school meals. 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NASA is looking to develop a new generation of low-emission commercial aircraft that will offer a more efficient and sustainable mode of travel. The space agency has commissioned five new design studies as part of its Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental Sustainability (AACES) 2050 initiative. The organizations contributing to new airliner design concepts include Boeing's Aurora Flight Sciences, the aerospace company Electra, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the aviation startup JetZero and Pratt & Whitney, according to a statement from NASA . "Through initiatives like AACES, NASA is positioned to harness a broad set of perspectives about how to further increase aircraft efficiency, reduce aviation's environmental impact and enhance U.S. technological competitiveness in the 2040s, 2050s and beyond," Bob Pearce, NASA associate administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, said in the statement . Awards issued to support the five NASA-funded studies total $11.5 million. Each organization brings unique expertise to designing a next-generation aircraft concept, ranging from alternative fuel sources to propulsion technologies and aerodynamic vehicle design. Related: Airplane contrails are a tricky, and surprising, contributor to global warming "As a leader in U.S. sustainable aviation research and development, these awards are one example of how we bring together the best ideas and most innovative concepts from the private sector, academia, research agencies and other stakeholders to pioneer the future of aviation," Pearce said in the statement. Aurora Flight Sciences' area of study will examine alternative aviation fuels, propulsion systems, aerodynamic technologies and aircraft configurations. The Electra-led team will explore electric propulsion as well as unique aerodynamic design features for the aircraft's main body and wings that will help reduce both emissions and noise. Georgia Institute of Technology researchers will focus on sustainability technologies, including alternative fuels, propulsion systems, and aircraft configurations, while JetZero will explore technologies that enable cryogenic liquid hydrogen to be used as a fuel source to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Pratt & Whitney's area of study will include aviation propulsion technologies, focusing on thermal and propulsive efficiency improvements to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming . "The proposals selected come from a diverse set of organizations that will provide exciting and wide-ranging explorations of the scenarios, technologies, and aircraft concepts that will advance aviation towards its transformative sustainability goals," Nateri Madavan, director for NASA's Advanced Air Vehicles Program, which AACES falls under, said in the statement. The aircraft design concepts developed through AACES could enter service within the next 25 years. By making aircraft less dependent on traditional fuel sources that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, NASA is helping to support the U.S. goal of net-zero aviation emissions by 2050. You can find additional details for each of five NASA-funded studies here .

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