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Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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• JetBlue Airways is launching its first flights to London next month and using a new plane to do it.
• Only 138 seats are offered with a sizeable business class cabin to draw in premium passengers.
• In-flight entertainment, in-flight WiFi, and hot meals will be complimentary for all flyers.
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JetBlue is going to London, UK next month, and powering its transatlantic debut will be a brand-new aircraft to its fleet, the Airbus A321neoLR. JetBlue Airways' first Airbus A321neoLR.

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Read More: JetBlue is promising London-bound passengers free meals, wider seats, and more when service finally starts this summer — take a look

The next-generation and "long-range" version of Airbus' largest single-aisle jet offers JetBlue a 4,000-nautical mile range while also burning less fuel on the overseas journey. JetBlue Airways' first Airbus A321neoLR.

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Passengers accustomed to flying the New York-London route will note that it's the smallest aircraft to service the busy transatlantic corridor that's generated billions in revenue for some airlines. But JetBlue is giving the plane a fresh new look compared to its other jets to help bring more travelers across the pond. Inside JetBlue Airways' Airbus A321neoLR.

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Take a look inside the jet that will take JetBlue passengers to London starting in August. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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From the outside, JetBlue's newest plane looks like any other in the leisure carrier's fleet. On the inside, however, is a technological marvel jam-packed with passenger-friendly amenities. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Only 138 seats are offered on an aircraft that can normally seat around 200. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Mint business class is also making its transatlantic debut with brand-new seats to boot. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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A total of 24 business class seats are angled towards the aisle in what's known as a herringbone pattern. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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There's one seat on each side of the aisle in a 1-1 configuration, as opposed to the alternating 2-2, 1-1 configuration on JetBlue's first-generation Mint planes. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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The arrangement is ideal for solo travelers as they offer complete privacy from the rest of the aircraft. JetBlue told Insider that privacy was the greatest request that it received from Mint flyers. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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And to that effect, each seat will have fully closeable doors that block passengers off from the rest of the plane. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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JetBlue is traditionally a leisure airline but is enticing premium customers the most business class seats it has ever offered on a single plane. And it shows, the cabin is so deep that it stretches all the way to the aircraft's wings. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Each seat offers an abundance of privacy since flyers don't have to share the row and high walls create a feeling of exclusivity. This seat is referred to as the "Mint Suite." Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Wireless charging pads are also available in yet another unique touch. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Lighting in the suites is offered through a personal reading lamp and a larger lamp with customizable mood lighting. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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A pillow and comforter kit is left on each seat before boarding. JetBlue tasked Tuft & Needle with designing a new comforter complete with a "foot nook" to keep feet warm during the flight. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Vegan leather material was used to create the seat, which is actually a mattress also crafted by Tuft & Needle. Flyers seeking maximum sleeping time can also flick on the "do not disturb" light and flight attendants will know not to bother them or serve them meals. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Standard at each business class seat is a 17-inch entertainment system. One of the features unique to JetBlue is that the screens can be extended during taxi, takeoff, and landing. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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The in-flight entertainment system can be controlled by touch or by using one of the tethered remotes that also act as game controllers. Device-pairing is also an option so flyers can use their phones as a remote. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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In-seat power is offered with 110V AC power outlets and USB charging ports, as well as a hook on which to wrap cords. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Each business class flyer will receive an amenity kit from Wanderfuel with the essentials to survive a long flight. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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The other type of seat in Mint is the "Mint Studio," located in the first row of the cabin. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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There are only two of these seats, both in row one, and JetBlue is selling them at a premium because of the extra space they offer. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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The Mint Studio is ideal for those wanting more space or traveling with a companion. There's more living space and even a cushioned bench for a companion to use. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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JetBlue ran with this idea and even installed another tray table so flyers can work side by side or share a meal. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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There's even an additional power outlet in the seat. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Other perks of the Mint Studio include a larger 22-inch in-flight entertainment screen. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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There's also more storage space in the Mint Studio with additional compartments throughout. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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A personal storage closet, ideal for a handbag or other small items, is yet another perk of booking the Mint Studio. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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The remaining 114 seats house the economy section in a standard 3-3 configuration. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Seats are split between 24 extra-legroom "even more space" seats and 90 "core" seats with standard legroom. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Even more space seats, denoted by their orange headrests, offer 35 inches of legroom. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Seat width in the section is the standard 18.4 for inches that every economy seat has. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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These seats are also among the closest to the front so flyers can get off of the plane sooner than most, while also enjoying early boarding privileges compared to the rest of economy. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Beyond extra legroom and being closer to the front, there's not much more that these seats offer. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Even more space seats are nearly identical to standard core seats, with both offering adjustable headrests, in-seat power, and seat-back entertainment screens. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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But the extra legroom may make a bigger difference to some on the longer eastbound transatlantic crossings. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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The first row in economy is actually an exit row seat that isn't listed as part of JetBlue's "even more space" product because it doesn't recline. The legroom, however, is quite generous. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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And with only four rows of seats for the entire plane, there are not many to be had. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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The remaining 90 seats are the domain of JetBlue's core product. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Each seat in this cabin offers 32 inches of pitch and the standard 18.4 inches of width. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Each seat in economy will offer 10.1-inch seat-back screens with JetBlue's latest entertainment product. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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A selection of movies, television shows, games, and a moving map will be available during the flight. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Armrest remotes aren't being offered by the screens can be controlled by touch or by pairing a device. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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In-seat power in economy is available both through 110v AC power outlets and USB charging ports underneath the screens. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Complimentary in-flight WiFi will also be available for all passengers throughout the entire flight, with JetBlue the only carrier on the route to offer it. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Hot meals will be offered in economy, with JetBlue tapping Dig to provide the service. Examples of some main courses are charred chicken and brown rice, meatballs and tomato farro, and spiced eggplant and quinoa. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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In the back of the plane, available for economy flyers, is the "pantry." The self-serve station will have drinks and snacks for passengers to take at their leisure. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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All flyers in economy will receive a blanket but no pillow as part of the initial launch offering. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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All the armrests go up in economy rows so flyers can use the row as a bed if one is entirely free. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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There are some economy seats to be avoided, however, and those are the ones in rows 22 and 23 as the windows are misaligned. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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London's Heathrow Airport is famous for its approaches that fly right over iconic sites as Canary Warf, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, and the Palace of Westminster. But flyers in those rows won't get to see them. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Otherwise, there are no truly bad seats in the cabin. One of the last rows in economy is also reserved for the flight crew to rest so fewer flyers will be relegated to what is often regarded as the worst place to sit in economy. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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One Mint seat is also blocked for flight attendants to rest. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Above the cabin, mood lighting will help shape the ambiance in the cabin with a variety of settings depending on the phase of flight. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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At night, for example, relaxing colors will ease flyers to sleep and then gently wake them up. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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Flights to London begin on August 11. Inside JetBlue Airways' new Airbus A321neoLR.

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A demonstrator wearing a bridal gown takes part in a protest urging legislators to end Massachusetts child marriage at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on March 27, 2019.

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• Bipartisan legislators who ended child marriage in five states call on their colleagues in the other US states to follow their lead.
• Child marriage creates a legal trap for minors, who often cannot file for divorce.
• Don't cave to loopholes or compromises; there is no reason for marriage before age 18.
• State Representative Kim Williams has served in the Delaware General Assembly since 2012.
• Senator Sandy Pappas has served in the Minnesota Senate since 1990.
• This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the authors.
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We ended a human rights abuse in our five states. And now we, a bipartisan group of state legislators, call on lawmakers in the remaining 45 states to do the same. End child marriage - an archaic, sexist practice that destroys girls' lives - even if you get the pushback we got at first.

Unless you live in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, or Rhode Island, child marriage is legal in your state. In our states, we partnered with the nonprofit organization Unchained At Last to close the dangerous legal loopholes that allowed it.

Child marriage is a nightmare of a legal trap

Nearly 300,000 children were married legally in the United States between 2000 and 2018, Unchained found. Most were girls wed to adult men with an average age difference of four years. Nearly all were age 16 or 17, though a few were as young as 10.

Even for the most mature 17-year-olds, marriage creates a nightmarish legal trap. They can be entered into marriage by a parent and/or a judge, with little or no input from them, before they even have the basic legal rights to navigate a contract as serious as marriage.

Minors typically cannot leave home to escape from parents planning an unwanted wedding or leave an abusive spouse until they are 18. They also usually cannot enter a domestic violence shelter, since these shelters usually turn away unaccompanied minors.

Children cannot easily retain an attorney, since contracts with children, including retainer agreements, typically are voidable. They usually cannot even file for divorce independently. Minors typically are not allowed to bring a legal action in their own name.

Even when it is not forced, marriage before 18 is a human rights abuse, according to the US State Department. It destroys nearly every aspect of American girls' lives, from their education and economic opportunities to their health. It also triples a girl's risk of experiencing domestic violence.

Child marriage also undermines statutory rape laws. Some 60,000 marriages since 2000 occurred at an age or with a spousal age difference that should have been considered a sex crime, according to Unchained.

Don't cave to compromise. End child marriage.

You probably will get opposition when you introduce the simple, commonsense legislation we introduced in our states, which eliminated the dangerous loopholes that allowed marriage before age 18.

Do not compromise. Do not replace one loophole with another; insist on a marriage age of 18 - or higher if the age of adulthood is higher in your state - without exceptions. There is no room for negotiation when you are ending a human rights abuse.

You will hear, as we did, from legislators and others whose grandmothers married at 14. Remind them that the world has changed since grandma was a kid.

You will hear arguments about young love. Respond by asking what harm comes to a young couple if they wait a matter of months to marry. Minors must wait until 18 to enter almost any other contract, regardless of how passionately they feel about it.

But what if a girl is pregnant, some will ask you. If the girl is too young to consent to sex, we should investigate a rape, not plan a wedding. Either way, we would be harming, not helping, if we married off pregnant girls. Studies show teen mothers in the US who marry are more likely to suffer economic deprivation and instability than teen mothers who stay single.

A teen mother who wants to co-parent with the father of the baby can easily do so outside of marriage. He can simply establish paternity, and his insurance and other benefits would cover the baby. We no longer have illegitimacy laws that punish babies born "out of wedlock."

Do not be swayed by the religious argument. We do not know of any religion that requires child marriage; actually, several major religions have supported legislation to end child marriage. Besides, the US Supreme Court has upheld laws that incidentally forbid an act required by religion, if the laws do not target religious practice.

Ending child marriage does not impact reproductive rights. The US Supreme Court has established that states should treat minors' abortions differently from minors' marriage, because the former is time sensitive while the latter is not.

Do not agree to a loophole that allows emancipated minors to be subjected to a human rights abuse. Emancipation is for teens who cannot be reunited with their parents; it gives them some rights of adulthood so they can fend for themselves. Teens do not need marriage to fend for themselves.

Teens do not need marriage, period. If they are in an abusive home or cannot get health insurance from their parents, they deserve resources that do not require them to enter a contractual sexual relationship.

Under United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5.3, the US joined 192 other countries in promising to end child marriage by 2030. We have achieved that goal in five states so far, despite initial resistance from our colleagues.

Now we urge our fellow lawmakers in the 45 other states: Please join us. Every child in the US is relying on us to keep our promise to the world and end all marriage before 18. No exceptions. No compromises.

Delaware Rep. Kim Williams

Delaware Former Sen. Anthony Delcollo

New Jersey Sen. Nellie Pou

New Jersey Asm. Nancy Munoz

Pennsylvania Rep. Perry Warren

Pennsylvania Rep. Jesse Topper

Pennsylvania Sen. John Sabatina

Minnesota Sen. Sandra Pappas

Minnesota Rep. Kaohly Her

Rhode Island Rep. Julie Casimiro

Rhode Island Sen. John Burke

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Good news on credit and capital have propelled bank stocks this year, but that might run out of steam.

Americans should brace themselves for several years of higher inflation than they’ve seen in decades, according to economists who expect the robust post-pandemic economic recovery to fuel brisk price increases for a while.

Create opportunities for coworkers of all backgrounds to gather and talk openly to bring about a more inclusive culture.

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• Diversity trainings are only the tip of the iceberg for improving diversity in the workplace.
• Organizations need to move beyond implicit bias trainings by following up on their trainings.
• Treat diversity as a real goal, measure it, and create dedicated spaces for underrepresented groups.
• See more stories on Insider's business page.

The racial reckoning of spring 2020 prompted much soul-searching at organizations, as companies, nonprofits, and schools realized they could no longer ignore failures of diversity and inclusion. Many quickly rolled out programming aimed at addressing these shortcomings - in particular, diversity trainings.

But training alone can't address long-standing organizational failings, said Ivuoma N. Onyeador, an assistant professor of management and organizations at the Kellogg School. "It's fine to have trainings," she said, "but trainings are only the beginning of the efforts needed to improve diversity in an organization."

Read more: Inside YouTube VP Malik Ducard's push to fund Black creators and amplify their voices online

On their own, trainings can't address systemic problems: pay inequity, leadership that is mostly white and male, failure to hire underrepresented groups. Additionally, some trainings just don't work or even backfire. For example, research has shown that implicit bias training - a popular approach that seeks to help participants recognize and overcome unconscious prejudices - does not reliably reduce bias in the long term and may reduce participants' sense of responsibility over their own behavior. Yet some organizations have implemented implicit-bias training and figured that's enough.

In a new policy paper, Onyeador, along with coauthors Sa-kiera T. J. Hudson of Yale University and Neil A. Lewis Jr. of Cornell University, explores how organizations can move beyond implicit-bias training. The researchers reviewed the existing literature on diversity efforts in organizations and developed a set of evidence-based recommendations for creating a robust, multifaceted approach to achieving diversity goals.

Here, Onyeador highlights six key takeaways.

Prepare for bad reactions

Diversity efforts may be poorly received. The backlash can range from eye-rolling in a training session to a sense of grievance that underrepresented groups get "special treatment" to outright hostility.

Organizations should be realistic about these challenges and have plans to address them.

"We do this in other arenas - we would never launch a product without anticipating potential snags in the process," Onyeador said.

Organizations can build support for diversity programs by proactively addressing employee concerns. Majority group workers may fear they'll be passed over for promotions in the name of diversity or punished for "saying the wrong thing," or they may simply believe that diversity isn't important - worries that can be allayed before a new program is introduced by addressing them in ways that fit your specific organizations' culture and context.

Facilitate intergroup contact - but also create dedicated spaces for underrepresented groups

When majority group members interact with underrepresented groups, their attitudes change. One recent study found that interracial interactions help white people perceive and combat inequality; another showed that, after hearing people of color discuss their cultural backgrounds, white people displayed more inclusive behavior toward nonwhite coworkers. By creating lots of opportunities for coworkers of all backgrounds to gather and talk openly, organizations can bring about a more inclusive culture.

But it's essential to recognize that intergroup contact may also place a burden on underrepresented group members, who may feel exhausted, singled out, or responsible for teaching others. That's why it's just as important for organizations to create dedicated structures such as affinity groups that allow underrepresented groups to gather. In addition to providing camaraderie, these spaces can facilitate career networking and advancement.

"People of color, for instance, are having a very different experience in these organizations than white people, and it can be nice to have a space where you meet other people and solve problems, share resources, and find role models," Onyeador said.

Messaging matters, but action matters more

It's easy to sing the praises of, say, your company's family-friendly policies in a job description. But it's much harder to actually be accommodating when an employee needs several days off to care for a sick child.

In fact, research shows that organizations that include organizational-diversity messages in job descriptions aren't necessarily better at recruiting a diverse pool of employees or less likely discriminate against them.

"We want to make sure that both of those pieces are in there," Onyeador said. Including inclusive language "is important to do, because it signals to your potential pool of applicants that the organization could potentially be a supportive place for them. But then it's really important to follow that up with action."

Treat diversity as you would any other organizational goal

Action means creating accountability structures - which, according to one 2006 study, is the single most effective way to improve managerial diversity.

Assigning institutional responsibility "can look a number of different ways, like having a chief diversity officer with some sort of oversight role, or diversity officers within units reporting up to a leader who has the power to hold units and managers accountable," Onyeador said.

Organizations can also create incentives for participating in inclusion efforts, like bonuses or perks for serving on a diversity council.

"People are very motivated by extra money at the end of the year," she said. "I suspect that if bonuses were tied to diversity metrics, we would see things shift. We would find the Black engineers. They're there."

You can't improve what you don't measure

Often, organizations are reluctant to collect and analyze data on diversity programming.

But that mentality wouldn't fly with any other important organizational objective, so it shouldn't be acceptable for diversity efforts. If a particular program or training didn't work, "it's imperative that we know that," she said, so it can be improved.

There's a similar hesitance about studying outcomes for the overarching goals of organizational change. All too frequently, companies will set out to improve diversity - but fail to measure the variables of interest.

Onyeador summarizes the attitude this way: "Did we increase the number of women in the C-suite? It's not clear. Is the climate different? We have no idea. Are we retaining more people? Nobody knows." Organizations have the data to answer such questions. Deciding to pay attention to it "will go a long way."

None of this is easy, and that's OK

Diverse organizations are not built overnight or by accident. But just because the work is challenging doesn't mean it's impossible.

In fact, "as organizations, as companies, as universities, we're used to doing hard things by putting our heads down, figuring it out, being really careful, and thinking through everything," Onyeador said.

There's no reason, she said, that the same level of effort can't be applied to diversity.

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American Dedicated Logistics is approaching drivers at truck stops to try to recruit them amid a shortage of workers.

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• American Dedicated Logistics is sending managers to malls and gas stations to poach drivers.
• The managers now spend 60% of their time recruiting because of the labor shortage.
• They've approached "a lot" of Amazon drivers while they are refueling.
• See more stories on Insider's business page.

A Virginia-based courier has come up with a novel idea to beat a nationwide delivery driver shortage: approach Amazon drivers who stop to buy coffee at gas stations, and try to poach them.

It's not just Amazon drivers. American Dedicated Logistics is sending its managers to gas stations to poach truckers and other drivers no matter who they work for, the company's president told Insider.

With online retail surging during the pandemic, delivery companies have encountered a severe shortage of drivers, and some have hiked wages to attract new hires. In May, Utah-based trucking firm CR England announced its largest driver pay increase in its more than 100-year history, hiking wages by more than 50% compared with 2018.

Mark Collins, president of American Dedicated Logistics, which supplies delivery drivers to businesses, said that operations managers at the company were approaching off-duty drivers "who already have jobs but may be dissatisfied." Managers have handed out information cards about the firm, hoping these drivers will make the jump, he said.

Managers are normally expected to spend 40% of their time recruiting but that has climbed to 60% because of the driver shortage, Collins said.

American Dedicated Logistics has had "varying degrees of success" recruiting at gas stations, Collins said. The company also continues to post traditional job adverts on Craigslist and Indeed.com.

Lately, managers had approached "a lot" of Amazon drivers at gas stations when they stopped to buy a coffee or a snack, Collins said. It was hard to say whether this worked: the company employs some former Amazon drivers, but this might not be because of these direct approaches, Collins said.

American Dedicated Logistics has raised its drivers' wages to $16.50 an hour, from $12.50 in 2019, Collins recently told the Wall Street Journal. He told Insider that the company still found it hard to compete with larger companies like Amazon. Amazon says on its website that its drivers earn between $18 and $25 an hour.

Collins said he would like to increase wages further but many of the company's clients were resisting.

The driver shortage had been both a "blessing and a curse" for the company, Collins said. "Our potential customers base has grown because the labor shortage causes more companies to outsource," he said. But he added that this was "no good" without enough drivers to meet demand.

"I have never in the 30-plus years I've been in this business told a customer we wouldn't be able to fill routes," Collins said. "Now we're doing that either because the door shippers won't accept pricing that will attract good drivers, or because we don't have staff in the market they are in to physically go out and find those drivers."

Amazon did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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The Biden administration negotiated a global tax agreement with 130 countries. Getting it through Congress will be tricky.

Buenas tardes, como continuación de este hilo, y con ánimo de hacer un seguimiento de la rentabilidad de las 3 carteras indexadas (Fondos equiponderados, ETFs con presencia de Small Caps y el MSCI World), presento aquí las carteras y cuál es la metodología a seguir para que el estudio tenga cierta validez y sea de utilidad.

1. Metodología:

• La rentabilidad se mide desde el 30 de junio de 2021, fecha en la que se registraron todos los VL de los diferentes productos.
• Se igualaron los valores liquidativos al del Amundi MSCI World (LU0996182563) a fecha 30-06-2021 para facilitar el seguimiento.
• Por tanto el VL inicial de cada una de las 3 estrategias a comparar es de 238,43€.
• El TER de cada una de las carteras es muy parecido: MSCI WORLD TER 0,30%, Fondos TER 0,35% y ETFS TER 0,31%, para que las comisiones tengan el menor impacto posible en el estudio.

2. Objetivo:

• Observar si la rentabilidad esperada a largo plazo es superior en carteras con exposición equiponderada entre Asia, América y Europa.
• Además, la diferencia entre tamaño de las empresas de las carteras de ETFs y Fondos equiponderados podrá reflejar la influencia de las small caps.

3. Datos:

• Se adjuntan imágenes sobre distribución de activos por países, sectores y tamaño de las compañías, a fecha 30-06-2020:

MSCI World:
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ETFS Equiponderados con Small Caps:
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Fondos Equiponderados (a tener en cuenta que en este caso el reparto no es al 33%, ya que se ha descompensado ligeramente en favor de europa y en detrimento de EEUU):
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Así, A día de hoy, los resultados desde el 30 de junio son los siguientes:
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Y nada más, disculpen la longitud del texto. Iré publicando el avance de las distintas estrategias trimestralmente. Cualquier duda o sugerencia no duden en realizarla que siempre se puede mejorar. Saludos.

Autonomous-truck companies like TuSimple are starting to go public.

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• Self-driving cars may not be a reality yet, but the young industry is evolving fast.
• For those hoping to get a leg up in this space, staying on top of trends is key.
• From the rise of robo-trucks to a potential SPAC bubble, here's what to know about AVs right now.
• See more stories on Insider's business page.

1. Self-driving tech will deliver your packages and food before it replaces your Uber driver

During the 2010s, automakers and startups were confident self-driving taxis and consumer vehicles would be available by the early 2020s. Their predictions have mostly fallen flat, though there are robotaxis open to the public in parts of Arizona and Nevada.

Long-haul trucking and local deliveries have come to look like more promising applications in the near term, since they present fewer technological challenges than robotaxis and arguably offer stronger business models.

Startups like Nuro, Gatik, and TuSimple are already making deliveries for customers like Walmart and UPS. Aurora Innovation, seen as one of the top players in the robotaxi space, has decided to focus on launching self-driving semi trucks ahead of passenger vehicles..

2. The industry's leaders have emerged

The gap between the AV industry's haves and have-nots has grown in recent years, leading some companies to give up while others form partnerships with automakers or sell themselves to deep-pocketed buyers. The shakeup has left the industry with a clear group of leaders that will be hard for new entrants to challenge.

Waymo has emerged as the consensus number-one. It operates the only autonomous ride-hailing service in the US, has partnerships with the likes of Stellantis and Daimler, and boasts the industry's largest funding round.

Experts generally rank a similar group of companies just below it, including Cruise, Argo AI, Aurora, and Motional. Each has raised more than $1 billion and, aside from Aurora, has announced plans to launch ride-hailing or delivery services by the end of 2023. (Aurora has said it intends to have its vehicles ready for use in commercial ride-hailing services "over the next few years.")

3. The first wave of public listings has begun

The stock market's appetite for young, high-upside companies set off a wave of public listings for pre-revenue electric-vehicle startups in 2020 and early 2021. Autonomous-vehicle startups are beginning to follow. 

Three companies focusing on self-driving semi trucks — TuSimple, Embark, and Plus — have gone public this year or announced their intention to do so in the coming months, while Aurora and Argo AI are reportedly considering public listings later this year.

Those that become the dominant providers of automated-driving technology could produce Tesla-like payoffs for their backers, but progress in the industry has been slow. Billions of dollars of funding and more than a decade of development has yet to produce a single national or even statewide autonomous-vehicle service. It remains to be seen how patient public investors will be.

4. Elon Musk has adopted a controversial self-driving strategy

Self-driving tech tends to fall into one of two buckets: systems that can handle some driving tasks in certain environments but require that the driver be ready to take over if they run into trouble, and systems that can operate without driver supervision.

Tesla's Autopilot feature falls into the former category, but the company is trying to push it into the latter. The company has gradually increased the number of tasks Autopilot can handle and the range of environments in which it can drive. 

CEO Elon Musk believes this approach will make drivers and passengers safer — Tesla has published data showing lower crash rates for vehicles with Autopilot enabled — and give Tesla a bigger and better data set it can use to improve its technology. But critics argue that Tesla's strategy is unlikely to lead to a robust self-driving system and is reckless because it breeds a false sense of confidence in drivers that leaves them unprepared if Autopilot makes a mistake.

Critics point to fatal crashes involving the feature and argue that the crash statistics Tesla have released don't include enough detail to prove that Autopilot makes drivers safer.

If Musk is right, Tesla could become the first company to sell self-driving consumer vehicles, a scenario that could reduce collisions and give the company a major selling point its rivals can't match. If Musk's critics are right, Tesla will be stuck with an incomplete technology that makes drivers inattentive to its risks.

5. A key group of suppliers is generating excitement

Nearly every company in the industry sees lidar sensors, which bounce beams of light off nearby objects to measure how far away they are, as an essential piece of hardware for self-driving vehicles. That perception has made the companies which make them attractive merger or acquisition targets. A number of lidar startups have teamed up with SPACs or been acquired by autonomous-vehicle companies like Aurora and Argo AI.

But the lidar industry isn't completely reliant on fully autonomous vehicles. Volvo plans to begin introducing the sensors on its vehicles next year, while Apple has started including them in iPhones and iPads. Soroush Salehian, the CEO of the lidar startup Aeva, believes the sensors will have an impact on consumer technology similar to the introduction of color cameras.

Do you work in the autonomous-vehicle industry? Do you have a news tip or opinion you'd like to share? Contact this reporter at mmatousek@insider.com, on Signal at 646-768-4712, or via his encrypted email address mmatousek@protonmail.com.

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UK Scrambled Sub-Hunting Aircraft As Russian Submarine 'Stalked' Carrier In Mediterranean

UK media on Friday revealed another major military close encounter with a Russian vessel following the June 23 Black Sea warning shot incident - but this time in the Mediterranean where a Russian submarine was said to be "stalking" the Royal Navy's Carrier Strike Group in the waters.

The Telegraph on Friday broke the following based on defense sources:

A Russian submarine stalked the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) prompting a helicopter hunt for the vessel, The Telegraph can reveal.

Merlin helicopters were scrambled to search for the Russian submarine when the group was passing through the eastern Mediterranean.

HMS Queen Elizabeth, Wikimedia Commons

The Royal Navy sub-hunting helicopters as part of their search and identification efforts dropped sonobuoys, specially designed listening and monitoring devices sunk beneath the water which can pick up submarine movements.

The report doesn't identify which specific Russian sub the UK military was on the lookout for, only that it was likely a diesel-electric Kilo-Class submarine from the Black Sea fleet. It was further suggested there was high confidence it was trailing British vessels within the days after the prior Black Sea incident. The sub was said to be stalking the HMS Queen Elizabeth and accompanying strike group vessels.

"The hunt for the submarine took place four days after the confrontation in the Black Sea between HMS Defender, a Type-45 air defence ship, and Russian forces" - The Telegraph report indicates, however, the information is only just now being revealed at the end of this week.

Merlin sub-hunting helicopter, Royal Navy vile image

For years Russia's navy and aerial forces have had a significant presence in the eastern Mediterranean, especially off Syria's coast where the Russian naval base at Tartus is located.

More details on the Royal Navy's scrambling a response effort from The Telegraph report are as follows: 

There are seven such helicopters deployed with the group, and these would likely have been operating in coordination with other anti-submarine assets. These include the two Type-23 frigates HMS Kent and HMS Richmond and the Royal Navy’s deployed hunter-killer submarine, thought to be HMS Astute or HMS Ambush.

While the MoD refused to confirm the incident, understood to have occurred on June 27, it said "robust measures" were in place to protect the CSG, which is on its first operational deployment.    

Source: The Telegraph

HMS Queen Elizabeth and its escort ships are now out of Mediterranean waters after traversing the Suez Canal, and about to enter the Indian Ocean as part of an eight month deployment.

Currently, NATO and allied vessels continue a heavy presence in the Black Sea, especially given the ongoing Sea Breeze 2021 exercises, which involve Ukraine's military participation as well. This sets the stage for potentially more dangerous close encounters with Russia's military, which has warned it will fire upon any vessel breaching its territorial waters.

Tyler Durden Sun, 07/11/2021 - 08:45

The inaugural flight of David Neeleman's Breeze Airways.

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• Insider interviewed more than a dozen flight attendants about the rise in passenger violence.
• Flight attendants said they have been called expletives when reminding people to wear masks onboard.
• Many flight attendants said the increase in verbal harassment has hurt their mental health.
• See more stories on Insider's business page.

The fourth time Monica, a flight attendant, asked a group of men to put their masks on aboard her flight, one of the passengers called her "the mask bitch."

Monica, who is based in Houston and requested to speak under a pseudonym to protect her job, told Insider she has faced verbal abuse and been called expletives when asking passengers to wear their masks.

Flight attendants like Monica across the country are facing a wave of verbal and physical abuse on airlines as US travel surged this spring and summer. Since January 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration has received 2,500 reports of unruly behavior by passengers, most of which involve travelers refusing to comply with the federal mask mandate.

Monica said the verbal harassment has negatively impacted her mental health and that she now feels wary before every flight.

"At that point, it's just like, you know what, I'm really just trying to get through this day," she said in an interview with Insider. "I didn't come to work for this."

Over the last three months Insider has interviewed more than a dozen flight attendants, some of whom shared stories of harassment they've encountered. All workers requested anonymity, and Insider confirmed their identities and employment prior to publishing.

One Chicago-based flight attendant recalled an encounter on recent 6 a.m. flight.

After other passengers complained of a man refusing to wear a mask, the flight attendant gently asked him to wear one. She said the man stood up before cussing and flipping off the flight attendants. His shouts woke up sleeping passengers and disturbed children on the plane, the flight attendant said.

Read more: These aviation startups are taking off by moving cargo - not people - across the sky

"It's disturbing because you're like, 'Is this guy going to hit us?' the flight attendant said. "You don't know what he's going to do next."

Some altercations between passengers and flight attendants have become physically violent. A video recently circulated depicting a passenger punching a Southwest flight attendant so hard two of her teeth fell out. In mid-May, the FAA issued its largest fine ever - $52,000 - against a passenger who physically assaulted a flight attendant.

A Los Angeles-based flight attendant told Insider a passenger told her she "better watch her back" while swearing at her for telling him to put on a mask.

She said the passenger resisted and claimed being told to wear a mask infringed on his freedom. She added mask wearing has become politicized, and several passengers believe flight attendants enforcing the Biden administration's mask policy for airlines are infringing on their rights.

Nas Lewis, another flight attendant based out of Chicago, said she had been told, "If I had a Black Lives Matter shirt on, this wouldn't be a problem," by an intoxicated passenger when she cut him off from drinking more alcohol.

Lewis, who founded the non-profit th|AIR|apy to help flight attendants address mental health, said passengers are bringing angst from the heated political climate and the stress of the pandemic aboard aircrafts.

"We're just expected to just roll with it, but it becomes abusive," Lewis said. She told Insider she's seen a rise in activity in th|AIR|apy support groups over the last three months, including instances of flight attendants sharing photos of themselves crying.

"There's sometimes a lack of respect for our profession," Lewis said. "And because they see a bunch of women a lot of times, they feel like they can speak to us in any kind of way. It becomes very emotionally abusive."

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