This past year I had set a goal to observe at least 300 birds as in travels around Florida. Bob Pelkey and I had traveled to the Panhandle region of the state and all the way south to the Florida Keys. We had some outstanding days like the Hummingbird House in Tallahassee, the Mississippi and Swallow-tailed Kites massing near Belleview in Marion County or chasing Wilson's Phalaropes on Browns Farm Road.
We also had a few Lifers seen in our own backyard. There was the American Flamingo at Bunche Beach and the Great White Pelican that sent a couple of days at Ding Darling on Sanibel. Down in Naples at Freedom Park was a, rare to Florida, Broad-winged Hummingbird. The Yellow-breasted Chat had been a nemesis bird for me till I was able to finally, see the one that visited Sugden Park in Naples.An extremely rare visitor to this state was a Pacific Golden-Plover seen on a sod farm in Palm Beach County. Then there was those hummingbirds in Tallahassee were I had lifers in a Calliope Hummers and a Black-chinned Hummingbird. This past winter a small flock of Vaux's Swifts could be seen on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville. Out on the Gulf of Mexico, as a guest of Dave and Tammy McQuade, in a search for pelagic species I add a lifer in a Band-tailed Storm-Petrel. On Long Key State Park was my first ever pair of Connecticut Warblers and a pair of Orange-winged Amazons in Coral Gables.
That goal of 300 birds did come up two birds short. It wasn't for a lack of trying. Some of the species I chased and dipped on included Gadwall, Canvasback, White-tailed Kite, Franklin's Gull, Zenaida Dove (stacked this bird out twice), Smooth-billed Ani, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Cuban Pewee, Brown Creeper and Lapland Longspur. Maybe 2017 could be better.Ralf Rangnick expressed his belief that Manchester United will need as many as 10 new signings this summer. When he saw the team’s capitulation to Brighton, he probably wasn’t wrong.
But what if Manchester United can rebuild the team with just five new faces? If recruiting is good, United may be able to argue that ‘less is more’, putting quality over quantity.
A number of top quality players are already being linked, which would give Manchester United some exciting new options.
One of them is midfielder Frenkie de Jong, from whom Barcelona comes Gerard Romero claims ’95 per cent’ are likely to sign for Manchester United to back up with Erik ten Hag.
De Jong is a player who can be the focal point of Manchester United and it is important to get him on the ball as much as possible.
This is why the ever adaptable Ten Hag could initially place him in a four-man midfield, leveraging his talents and the creative quality of Bruno Fernandes.
De Jong could be helped by his former teammate Donny van de Beek, who knows the requirements of Ten Hag and the quality of his teammate in the Dutch midfield.
It’s a potentially winning combination, provided United also add a defensive shield to the squad, and it can be done with Marseille midfielder Boubacar Kamara, who is available on a free transfer this summer.
With a reformed midfield, United can still add a big new striker and line him up alongside Cristiano Ronaldo. Step up to Darwin Nunez, who has scored 34 goals this season and a better score per game than Erling Haaland.
Nunez and Ronaldo could be a fruitful combination, especially supported by a team that could finally get a handle on the midfield and play with some personality.
Improving the defense can come in two ways: Ajax defender Jurrien Timber replaces Harry Maguire and Nordi Mukiele takes over as right back.
BILD report Mukiele could be available from RB Leipzig for just £8.5million due to his expiring contract, and like Kamara this would offset some of the more expensive deals required.
Nunez and De Jong together would cost around £140 million, with Timber, Mukiele and Kamara an additional £40 million.
United could offset these costs by cashing in on unwanted players such as Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Anthony Martial and Alex Telles. Looking at the Manchester United XI with De Jong and Nunez below, the money would be well spent as Ten Hag looks to kick-start his first Red Devils transfer window and form a team for the future.
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The worker to population ratio (WPR) also saw a marginal increase of 0.5 percentage points from 43.4 per cent in the March quarter
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The unemployment rate in urban areas fell for the fourth consecutive quarter, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) results for April-June 2022, released on Wednesday. The unemployment rate in current weekly status terms for all ages in the June quarter has been estimated at 7.6 per cent. This is the lowest in the last four years.
The current weekly status for all ages among men and women has been estimated at 7.1 and 9.5 per cent, respectively. The rate has been showing a continuous decline since the June 2021 quarter, when it was estimated at 12.6 per cent.
Earlier this month, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) in its report estimated the country’s unemployment rate in July at 6.80 per cent from 7.8 per cent in June 2022.
Marginal increase in LFPR and WPR
The June quarter also saw a marginal increase in the labour force participation rate (LFPR) to 47.5 per cent from 47.3 per cent in the March 2022 quarter. The female LFPR registered a marginal increase of 0.5 percentage points from 20.4 per cent in January-The male LFPR increased slightly from 73.4 per cent in March 2022 to 73.5 per cent