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“Their whereabouts may be a mystery. But these treasures by the likes of Leonardo, Caravaggio and Jan van Eyck could still turn up. If you’re a budding Indiana Jones, here are some clues to start you on your quest…”
“Just finding space to park can be a problem, and idle planes require a surprising amount of work, from maintaining hydraulics to stopping birds from nesting.”
“More than 16,000 passenger jets are grounded worldwide…”
“…62% of the world’s planes…”
“…number of passenger jets in service is the lowest in 26 years…”
“…revenue from flying passengers could drop by nearly a third of a trillion dollars this year and that 25 million jobs are at risk.”
“…all planes … need to have their wheels rotated — by being towed on the tarmac or jacked into the air to be spun — every one to two weeks, while hydraulic fluid is put on landing gear to protect against rust. Giant silica moisture absorption sachets are also put inside engines to keep them dry, while all external holes on the fuselage are covered to block insects and nesting birds.”
“…awarded a $55 million contract for N95s this month to Panthera Worldwide LLC, which is in the business of tactical training. One of its owners said last year that Panthera’s parent company had not had any employees since May 2018, according to sworn testimony.”
“It also has no history of manufacturing or procuring medical equipment…”
“Panthera Worldwide’s parent company filed for bankruptcy last fall…”
“The FEMA contract with Panthera, which was awarded without competitive bidding, has a start date of April 1…”
“…contract is for 10 million masks…”
“The price that FEMA is paying Panthera per mask, about $5.50, is significantly higher than what the government pays companies such as 3M, which charges as little as 63 cents per N95 mask, with an average cost of about $1.50 for more advanced models, according to a price index.
“Prestige Ameritech, the largest domestic mask manufacturer, is charging FEMA about 80 cents per mask for the government’s order of 12 million N95 respirators, part of a $9.5 million contract that started April 7.”
“Beyond the premium the federal government is paying to Panthera, the decision to award a contract to an insolvent organization with no apparent expertise in the given field struck experts as unusual.”
“Something is amiss there,” said Chuck Hagel, a former defense secretary and Republican senator from Nebraska. “This is not how the government procures training or any type of supplies. You just wouldn’t do business with somebody like that.”
“…more than $5 per unit, nearly eight times what it would have spent in January and February when U.S. intelligence agencies warned of a looming global pandemic…”
“Asian countries have invested heavily in digital contact tracing, which uses technology to warn people when they have been exposed to the coronavirus. Massachusetts is using an old-fashioned means: people.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/us/coronavirus-massachusetts-contact-tracing.html)
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