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@consumerreports “The Crash Test Bias: How Male-Focused Testing Puts Female Drivers at Risk” by Keith Barry

US Dept of Transportation “Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Unveils Design for First-of-its-Kind Advanced Female Crash Test Dummy”

Euronews “EU countries must mutually recognise same-sex marriages, ECJ rules”

Human Rights Watch “Philippine Supreme Court Grants Property Rights to Same-Sex Couples” by Yasemin Smallens and Ryan Thoreson

NBC “Abigail Spanberger sworn in as Virginia’s first woman governor”

Editor’s Note: This is an AI likeness of our executive director @heyemmavarv . All of our content is researched, written, and fact-checked by our team, without the use of any AI tools.

#virginia #crashtestdummy #philippines #eu #theprogressnetwork

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Today Mike is revealing what the 2022 Instagram Trend Report means for your home business. Watch this video and let me know …

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Turn up your volume and listen to the classic call of the Barred Owl! In this clip, the female perks up after hearing her mate call from the forest, and the two owls trade calls back and forth.

Barred Owls have a distinctive hooting call of 8–9 notes, described as “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?” This call carries well through the woods and is fairly easy to imitate. During courtship, mated pairs perform a riotous duet of cackles, hoots, caws and gurgles.

Stay tuned for another amazing year watching the Wild Birds Unlimited Barred Owls. Watch live at http://allaboutbirds.org/barredowls for information, highlights, and a link to the outside view.

Interested in learning more about owls? Sign up for our self-paced, online course “The Wonderful World of Owls” from the Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy: https://hubs.la/Q012pdgP0

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Jim Carpenter, President and CEO of Wild Birds Unlimited, has hosted a camera-equipped owl box in his wooded backyard since 1999. Set more than 30 feet high against the trunk of a pignut hickory tree, this Barred Owl box was first occupied in 2006. Since then, the box has hosted several nests, including successful attempts since 2013.

The camera system was updated in 2023 with a 1080p Axis P3265-LVE security camera and connected to Jim’s house via 200 feet of ethernet cable. To keep predators like raccoons from investigating the nest, aluminum flashing was wrapped around the tree. An infrared illuminator in the box means you can keep track of the owls’ comings and goings throughout the night (don’t worry—the light is invisible to the owls).

Since the birds aren’t banded, we can’t tell whether this is the same pair as in past years. Although male and female Barred Owls look alike in their plumage, females can be up to a third bigger than males. You can also tell the difference between them by watching their behavior; only the female incubates the eggs and chicks, but the male is responsible for the bulk of the feeding, ferrying prey items to the incubating female, and sharing them with her inside and outside of the box.

Learn more about Barred Owls in our AllAboutBirds Species Guide at https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/b….

#birdcams #live #owl #barredowl #nest #birds #wildlife #nature #nowplaying #indiana

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Many construction firms expect growth in 2026, but evolving construction trends and ongoing industry pressures are shaping how that growth plays out.

In this video, Jim Rogers, founder of The Construction Collaborative, discusses findings from Capterra’s Construction Software Buying Trends report and what they mean for the industry:

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Key construction trends shaping the industry in 2026
The ongoing construction labor shortage and its impact on hiring and workforce planning
How firms are navigating broader construction industry challenges, such as rising costs and economic pressures
Approaches to resilience, including retention and knowledge transfer

This conversation is based on the input from 315 construction professionals in the U.S. The study highlights how firms are responding to challenges in the construction field.

Explore more about construction software here: https://www.capterra.com/construction-management-software/#buyers-guide-content

#Capterra #ConstructionTrends #ConstructionIndustry #ConstructionLaborShortage #ConstructionCosts #ConstructionSoftware #ConstructionChallenges

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The Donald Trump says the United States is extending the ceasefire deadline with Iran, citing uncertainty over leadership within the country.

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