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Two Charged In Felicity Street Shooting In Abbeville
Officers found a parked vehicle, which was unoccupied, had been hit by 2 bullets.
Posted: Nov 15, 2021 11:30 AM
ABBEVILLE, La. - On November 13, 2021 at approximately 2:50 p.m. officers of the Abbeville Police Department responded to the 1500 block of Felicity Street in reference to a "Shots Fired" call.
During the subsequent investigation, officers located several 9mm and .40 caliber casings in the area where the caller stated that people were shooting. Officers found a parked vehicle, which was unoccupied, had been hit by 2 bullets.
Officers were able to secure a vehicle description and license plate of the vehicle that subjects were shooting from. A BOLO was put out to area law enforcement agencies for the vehicle and suspects. At approximately 6:30 p.m. the Abbeville Police Department was notified that the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's office conducted a traffic stop on the suspect's vehicle, and they had two individuals detained that were inside the vehicle. A search warrant was obtained for the vehicle, and officers located a Glock .40 caliber handgun, a Taurus 9mm handgun and a .22 caliber rifle. A NCIC check revealed that the Taurus 9mm handgun had been stolen out of Baton Rouge, LA.
Abbeville Police Department officers took custody of the two individuals detained. It was discovered that one of the individuals was a 17-year-old juvenile. The juvenile was charged and released to his guardian. The second suspect, now identified as Devon Andrus of Lafayette, was arrested and charged with the following:
· Illegal Use of Weapons
· Obstruction of Justice
· Illegal Possession of a Stolen Firearm
· Contributing to the Delinquency of a Juvenile
Chief Spearman would like to thank the Abbeville Police Department patrol division for a job well done. Chief Spearman would also like to thank the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office and the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office for their assistance.
The Abbeville Police Department is asking that anyone who have any information regarding any crime, to please contact the Abbeville Police Department by calling 893-2511. You may contact our "Tips" line at 892-6777. All callers may remain
anonymous. Citizens may also send anonymous tips through CrimeStoppers of Vermilion by calling 740-TIPS or the P3 app, which can be downloaded through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
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Tomorrow, we launch the new Intrigue Expansion for Galactic Civilizations III!
To celebrate, we'll be kicking off a stream with Quill18 at 2:00pm ET over on his channel. Then, at 3:00pm ET, our CEO Brad will join AngryJoe for a livestream of the game! Join us for a chance to win a copy of the game and expansion. See you tomorrow!
Caught both of these. Quill's session was interesting and informative. Angry Joe's session was hilarious and a lot of fun as well as interesting and informative. The AI got to show off. That worked out very well and a Genius AI thrashed poor Joe. (He was warned, but insisted on one AI player as Genius.) There were several on the chat that were impressed and I expect you made a few sales.


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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that went into effect last year has provided unprecedented opportunities in what accountability means and how it is measured in today's schools. These changes have required new thinking from leaders at the school, district and state level and is creating new models of teaching and learning. Technology is playing a vital role in driving this vision to reality. ESSA has provided districts with an opportunity to prioritize technology in ways that truly transform teaching and learning while creating a broader vision for how it is used. Implementing effective digital curriculum provides an option for schools and districts to achieve the core objectives outlined in the ESSA legislation while also supporting the unique needs of every student.
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The trend toward increased use of technology and personalized learning continues due to the need to accelerate and deepen learning for all students under ESSA. A rigorous digital curriculum that expands options to students with varied learner styles can lead to increased graduation rates, decreased dropout rates, improved exam scores, and improved college and work readiness.
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PDP Heads to Court, Wants Tinubu Declared Ineligible to Contest
The Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation said it had resolved to approach the court to declare the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as ineligible to contest the February 25 presidential election having "been convicted" in United States court.
The Spokesperson of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, while addressing a press conference Monday in Abuja also said, it would also ask the Court to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately delist Tinubu as the presidential candidate of APC or any other political party for that matter and expunge his name from all materials and documents related to the 2023 Presidential election.
He said Nigerians were not unaware of the matter concerning Tinubu, in respect of his "criminal" conviction and sentencing by a Court of competent jurisdiction in the United States over a case of trafficking in narcotic for which Tinubu forfeited the sum of $460,000 to the State.
Ologbondiyan said for the avoidance of doubt, the United States Court in sentencing Tinubu ordered: "that the funds in the amount of $460,000 in account 263226700 held by First Heritage Bank in the name of Bola Tinubu represent proceeds of narcotics trafficking or were involved in financial transactions in violation of 18 U.S.C. S1956 and 1957 and therefore these funds are forfeited to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. S881(a)(6) and 18 U.S.C S981".
The spokesperson stated categorically that from the declaration of the Court and the sentencing, it was clear that Tinubu was summarily convicted by the Court, while adding that the former governor of Lagos state took no step to challenge the judgment, but acceded to the forfeiture of the $460,000 found to be the proceeds of narcotics trafficking.
Ologbondiyan pointed out that it was already established that trafficking in narcotics is an international crime which all nations are obligated by international conventions and statutes to arrest, prosecute and implement any Court judgment imposed on offenders anywhere in the world, as well as the consequential effects of such judgements.
He said: "You will further recall that as our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had already established, the Presidential Candidate of the APC, having been convicted and having acceded to be guilty as charged by way of forfeiture of the $460,000, Nigeria being a signatory to International Convention is mandatorily obligated to execute the consequential effect of that conviction by virtue of Section 137 (1) (d) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
"For clarity, Section 137 (1) (d) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) provides that:(1) A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if….(d) He is under a sentence of death imposed by any competent court of law or tribunal in Nigeria or a sentence of imprisonment or FINE for any offence involving dishonesty or fraud (by whatever name called) or for any other offence, imposed on him by any court or tribunal or substituted by a competent authority for any other sentence imposed on him by such a court or tribunal.
"The import of the foregoing is that under the 1999 Constitution (as amended), having been so convicted and fined and having acceded to the sentencing by way of forfeiture of $460,000 and having not received any State pardon or acquitted by any court of competent jurisdiction, Asiwaju Tinubu remains a convict and the consequential effect is that he cannot contest election at any level in Nigeria.
"The effect is that the listing of the name of Bola Tinubu, who stands convicted by a Court of Competent jurisdiction on the ballot for the 2023 Presidential election is by the virtue of Section 137 (1) (d) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) fundamentally illegal, invalid and must be expunged immediately."
The spokesperson emphasized that Nigeria is a signatory to such international conventions and therefore was mandatorily obligated to implement the consequential effect of the conviction imposed on Tinubu by a Court of Competent jurisdiction in the case of trafficking in narcotics.
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Grandfather, 80, Dies After Suspected DUI Crash on Christmas Day
The suspected DUI driver now faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter
By NBC Washington Staff	• Published January 11, 2020 • Updated at 3:32 am on January 12, 2020
Loudoun County Sheriff's Office
A Northern Virginia grandfather has died after he was injured in a Christmas morning crash that also killed his wife.
A sedan with five people inside was stopped at a red light on Route 50 near South Riding Boulevard in Loudoun County when a suspected DUI driver in a pickup truck rear-ended the car, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said.
Rashida Begum, 79, of South Riding, was killed.
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Begum's husband, 80-year-old Mohammad R. Malik, died on Thursday from injuries he suffered in the crash, the sheriff's office said.
Mohammad Malik had been on life support since the crash.
Martin V. Chavez, 56, was driving the pickup truck that hit the family, authorities say. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter and driving while intoxicated. Chavez now faces an additional charge of aggravated involuntary manslaughter.
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It seems I cannot stop lately. New Year's resolutions are out the door! Well, I am not even sure I let them in, in the first place. I might be eating a lot, but for the most part it is fairly healthy. I have been playing with my George Foreman grill and this is what I came up with.
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White Professionalism in the Workplace
"Professionalism" has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that are not inclusive for people of color. In this webinar, UAlbany alumna Kathleen McLean, M.A. '92, will explore how white dominant culture manifests in our businesses and organizations and will examine the following concepts:
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The effects of white professionalism on hiring practices
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Drawing on insights from the 2021 edition of her text Progressive Community Organizing: Transformative Practice in a Globalizing World (Routledge Press), Dr. Pyles will discuss the past, current and future directions of transformative organizing. Transformative organizing, rooted in feminist, civil rights, and other global social movements, seeks to attend not only to the external goals of change work, but to the internal realities of structural oppression. Intersectional anti-racism work lies at the heart of transformative approaches which seek to un-ravel what bell hooks calls, "imperialist-capitalist-white supremacist patriarchy." Social movements, community organizers and the grassroots and non-profit structures that support them are working to decolonize their structures, cultures, interpersonal, and internal landscapes that continue to hinder lasting change. Pointing to specific case studies as well as key ideas in transformative organizing, this presentation will highlight ways forward for transformative movement building.
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The Albany Birth Justice Storytelling Project:
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12:30pm - 1:30pm
The Albany Birth Justice Storytelling Project (ABJS) Project is excited to join the Institute of Nonprofit Leadership and Community Development to present our unique university-community collaborative project as part of the Institute's anti-racism seminar series and in observance of 2021's Black Maternal Health Week/National Minority Health Month. The ABJS project is community-based, participatory action research that combines photo-voice narrative and transformative storytelling to co-create qualitative data on the experience of Black birthing people from Albany who are impacted by racial inequities in birth and maternal health outcomes. The methodology promotes self-reflective, trauma informed education and care among co-researchers, including UAlbany students and storytellers from Albany County. In this panel members of the project will discuss the historical context of medical racism that has led to an ongoing Black maternal health crisis and the feminist, anti-racist conceptual grounding that guided our advocacy goals, research questions, research process and experiences. Finally, we will showcase some of our stories and our findings.
Destiny A. Bender is a full-time mother, employee and student. Destiny served as a storyteller in the ABJS project which centers around her experience having her son James in 2017 in SUNY Downstate Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.
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The girl is trying to protect a basket of pastries form a young urchin at her left.
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Why English is Not Enough to Understand India
Precise text, low context: English-Hindi translations are usually fine, but sometimes the nuance is dropped.
By Krzysztof Iwanek for The Diplomat
From time to time, one stumbles into people who think it is enough to know English to understand India. It is true that English is an official language of the Republic of India, the proceedings of the Supreme Court and the Parliament are in English (or are translated into it), much of the middle class speaks the language of the old British Empire and some of the leading newspapers are in that tongue. But to counter these points ,I could ask nearly anyone: wherever you are from, do you believe that a foreign person can be an expert on your country without knowing its native language?
The issue is, of course, much more complicated than this, and depends greatly on what we need to know. A language beyond English may be less relevant if you focus on dehumanized, technical and scientifically measured fields but becomes crucial if we deal with society and human thought, when we delve into fields like literature, identity, or politics. And, at any rate, with India's hundreds of languages and thousands of dialects the question can't be simplified into knowing or not knowing just Hindi, the dominant language of the North and the other official language of the republic. Thus, the issue is complex and deserving of deep consideration.
This text, however, will give a few recent examples of how knowing Hindi helps to understand the meaning or context of words used in English in the Indian public sphere. While the knowledge of Hindi and other Indian languages simply helps to gather more information, it should be also admitted that if the same information is offered in both English and Hindi, the English translation is usually precise and sufficient to collect the most important data, but knowing the Hindi version helps to bring out the nuances. The difference is like choosing between a supper of sandwiches or samosas: both may be enough to fill the stomach but why have a cold and simple food when you can have a hot, fried and spicy one?
The inspiration for this piece comes from a recent linguistic-political controversy in India. The election campaign is raging through the state of Gujarat like a typhoon and, as it often happens in politics, barbs can sometimes reach the level of barbarism. As the two biggest parties are posed for a clash in Gujarat, a member of the opposition, Mani Shankar Aiyar of the Indian National Congress, called the leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and prime minister, Narendra Modi, a "man of low sort." The original phrase was neech kisam ka admi and was uttered in Hindi.
While that was not the first such derogatory remark used by Indian politicians (of various persuasions), Aiyar was reprimanded even by some of his party members and temporarily suspended. Some of the critics pointed out that the world neech, while it literally means exactly the same as the English word "low," is in fact ruder than its English equivalent. Neech can also be translated as "vile" or "base" (and was also translated as "cheap" in this context), and may also be referring to social hierarchy. While I am unable to measure the amount of lowliness in a "low," the accuracy of reprimand was partially admitted, as while taking a half-step back from his remark, Aiyar claimed that he meant "low level, not low born." Thus, referring only to the English translation of the quote the reader could understand much of the controversy but without the original Hindi meaning it was harder to grasp the strength and social implications of the remark.
In September 2016, India hit Pakistani-controlled territory in Kashmir with so-called surgical strikes. The attacked points were described as "terror launchpads" in the Indian English-language press. One was left to wonder what these "launchpads" were. Did the news services really mean that the radicals were in possession of rockets so sophisticated that the missiles needed their own launch pads? But the press also made it clear (or rather unclear) that the "launchpads" where located closed to the borders to enable the terrorists to venture out for cross-border attacks. So is "terror launchpad" something like a human catapult that helps infiltrators fly over the defense lines? No wonder they were called "terror launchpads" because such a solution would leave many in terror. On the other hand, it may be a good invention: after all, a flying human is invisible to the radar's eye.
On a more serious note, though, one look on the Hindi-language press was enough to find out that the "launchpads" were camps. Moreover, the word used in some Hindi newspapers was kaimp which was in fact nothing more than the English word "camp" written in Hindi. That was even less than bad translation: it was a case of using a precise English word in Hindi newspapers and an imprecise English term in English magazines. Still, knowing Hindi helped to understand the story.
In September 2014, Prime Minister Modi unveiled his "Make in India" campaign. The idea of the policy is to attract foreign direct investment to India by raising the caps for foreign investors on purchasing shares of Indian companies in various sectors, and generally by reducing red tape and giving more space to foreign companies in India. During one of his public addresses during the "Make in India" campaign, Modi said, "Come, make in India." The original Hindi sentence he uttered was: Ao, Bharat me nirman karo.
The English word "make" can have many uses and its most accurate Hindi translation would be the verb banana. Modi, however, used the verb nirman karna – "to build, to construct." It is no surprise that the name chosen for the campaign in English is "Make in India" as "Construct in India" would sound misleading. Yet, the prime minister's invitation – Ao, Bharat me nirman karo – revealed the intention of the policy more precisely. While FDI was allowed in a number of sectors (including services such as insurance), the edge of the campaign's sword was the industrial sector. The dream of "Make in India" is of green color – it is the dream of greenfield investment, of setting up new production units in the heavy industry sector and thus creating jobs for Indians. This dream is not only about making but building and the phrase nirman karo unveiled this spirit.
At the beginning of 2015, Modi's Hindu nationalist government seemed to be testing dangerous waters, though it quickly jumped out of them. A government advertisement showed a page from the Preamble of the Constitution but with two words missing.
The opening words of the Preamble are: "We, the People of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic republic…" Originally, the words "socialist" and "secular" were not a part of the Preamble, but were inserted in 1976 by the Indian National Congress government led by the socialist Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Thus, when in 2015 certain politicians were suggesting that a public debate on rephrasing the Preamble should be held, and the Preamble itself was briefly shown as not carrying the words "socialist" and "secular" in it, it seemed that a section of the current nationalist government wanted to go back to the original text of the Preamble, undoing the changes of 1976. The government quickly took a step back and a longer controversy was avoided but the incident once again rekindled the debate on secularism in India.
The debate in English, however, only partially demonstrated what was meant by "secular." The Hindi version of the Preamble uses samajvadi for "socialist" (which is precise) and panthnirpeksh for "'secular." While the English term "secularism" implies the separation of church and state, the Hindi adjective panthnirpeksh can be translated as "indifferent to religious communities" or "neutral towards religious communities." Linguistically speaking this term suggests that the state should keep to impartiality and equal treatment of various religious communities but this does not have to mean that the state is completely separated from religions, and this is how a lot of people in India understand Indian secularism.
Moreover, in this case deciding on the proper translation of "secularism" into Hindi held even more importance. While panthnirpeksh was chosen for the Preamble, outside the Hindu nationalist circles a more popular term for "secular" in Hindi is dharmnirpeksh. Dharm means religion (and is very often used for the Hindu religions and traditions) but also duty, cosmic law, natural law, order and other things. Dharmnirpeksh was thus suggested as the right term for "secular" as denoting "neutral towards religion" but some of the Hindu nationalists would use its different meaning, "order," to point out that the state cannot be "neutral towards order." Such discussions are central to understanding the case of Indian secularism and are also impossible to unearth as long as we stick to the English sources.
The term dharm itself is a one that should be translated differently into English, depending on the context. As mentioned above, it is now most commonly rendered as "religion" but in certain cases the translation should be completely different. For instance, coalition dharma became a fairly popularized term in Indian media. What it implies is not "the religion of coalition" but the "laws of coalition" – the unwritten rules of compromise that keep party coalitions together. Such nuances are difficult to follow by only quoting Hindi terms in English sentences.
If the above instances do not convince you, dear reader, let me finish this piece with a fun fact and get back to the example of food. At the beginning of the text I have compared reading English-language India sources to consuming cold sandwiches and reading in Hindi to eating hot samosas. But it is even not true that reading solely in English can fill you up as much as reading in Hindi (or other Indian languages). Once, in the holy town of Pushkar, I saw a board advertising a set lunch in a small restaurant. The advertisement in Hindi gave the price of the lunch as 20 rupees, but the one in English stated that the price is 25 rupees.
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The Jets are looking like they will lock up a playoff berth soon, but they still have not clinched yet so they cannot really breathe easy yet. However, the Jets are a team that has been able to play really well on the yea and finally has topped Nashville in the standings and while they only have a point lead it is a lead that the Jets should be able to build upon coming into this game here.
Connor Hellebuyck is the goalie the Jets have relied on most of the season with a total of30 wins. He has a 2.97 goals against average, but he has managed to turn away 91% of the shots that have been sent towards him on the year.
The Golden Knights look like they will be heading to the playoffs again this season as they are sitting in third place in the Pacific and have a 9 point lead over the Coyotes. The Golden Knights are only 7 points back from the Sharks in the standings as well, which is a gap that the Golden Knights could make up, but it could be a stretch for the Golden Knights.
Marc-Andre Fleury who struggled early in the year bounced back nicely and has a total of 35 wins on the year. He has managed to get a 2.46 goals against average, but also has turned away 91.4% of the shots that have been sent towards him on the year.
Jets are 4-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog of +110 to +150.
Golden Knights are 8-1 in their last 9 vs. Western Conference.
Over is 9-1-4 in Jets last 14 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
Over is 4-1 in Golden Knights last 5 overall.
The Golden Knights are playing at home and that will definitely help them out in this game here. Look for the Golden Knights to come into the game strong and Fleury to have a good game in net as he out plays Hellebuyck in the game to lock down a Golden Knights win. Final Score Prediction, Vegas Golden Knights win 3-1.


Spain has responded to a request from the European Union that all EU member countries establish a plan to address the relationship between energy and climate. Spain drafted a Law on Climate Change and Energy Transition (LCCYTE), a law that has not been finalized due to political problems and the new change of government in Spain in the last few months.
However, the new government's Minister for the Environment Teresa Ribera, being aware that Spain is one of the countries of the European Union that has increased its emissions between 2014 and 2017, has stressed the need for the draft of this law to be finalized as soon as possible.
In addition, to complement the LCCYTE and to ensure that Spain's Paris Agreement commitments are fulfilled at the end of the year 2018, a new National integrated Energy and Climate Plan will be developed to cover the period 2021-2030. Spain also will establish an independent Commission to monitor the progress of Spain's efforts to combat climate change.
The new Law on Climate Change and Energy Transition, if finalized by the new government, would be an important step in Spain's efforts to combat climate change. But policies makers need to make sure that they honor the law's Article 4 provision that calls for access to information, education and public participation and transparency in the law's implementation. There also will be a need for Spain's different regions to enact policies that are consistent with the principles and goals of the new law.


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I left full of new perspectives and ideas. Thanks, C.L.!!
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18th April 2019 - With always more exhibitors, a record exhibition space and more than 600,000 visitors, this 65th edition has kept all its promises. In the new hall dedicated to lifting and after 7 days of exhibition, ACIMEX reaffirms its interest for this international construction event and reinforces its image of specialist in the handling of heavy loads.
18 March 2019 – « Coming up, many potential projects, some of which are imminent with probable benefits in the months to come "says Eric Lama - Sales Manager at ACIMEX. After four days of enthusiastic and qualified visits, ACIMEX - the expert in heavy lift lifting from Tours - looks back on the French industrial event of the year.
28th February 2019 - A lifting specialist, ACIMEX produces customized vacuum lifters to handle and store tubes of different diameters and weights. Regularly used in the energy sector, STARLIFT pipe lifters have become essential equipment for many construction sites.
18th January 2019 - ACIMEX, expert in lifting solutions for heavy loads, is known worldwide for its expertise in vacuum technology. In order to establish its reputation regarding all its application types, the french SME will have a dense commercial activity in the next six months.
December 27, 2018 - "As I arrived at ACIMEX to start the first chapter of my internship, I was a bit nervous. I had always fit in to a new group easily and was sure that I would get on with my new colleagues. Yet I was nervous nonetheless."
December 18, 2018 - APS, the diversification brand of CBE Group, was looking for a reliable and safe handling solution for its plants, able to lift every type of bloc for breakwaters. ACIMEX put its knowledge at the service of APS and conceived tailored equipment. This successful collaboration reveals the cohesive force of CBE Group.
November 29, 2018 – As part of its international business development, ACIMEX took part from 08 to 11 November 2018 in the GIC show in Piacenza, Italy, on the TECNOMOVINT booth, its Italian partner.
November 14, 2018 - ACIMEX innovates with its miniature vacuum lifter named the Easylift. Expert in the handling of heavy loads, the company found the solution to showcase concretely the efficiency of the vacuum lifting technology and the quality of its equipment to its clients.
October 30, 2018 - For almost 50 years, ACIMEX has been selling its range of lifting devices across the hexagon; some of them are in perfect working order and are still used by our clients. Last month, we visited LIOTARD, a company which incorporates in its production line the ACIMEX vacuum lifter they purchased in 1991.
September 28, 2018 - As a designer and manufacturer of heavy lifting equipment, a regular maintenance of the equipment combined with the supply of spare parts are strategic axes for ACIMEX. How did the company set up a tailor-made after-sales service to meet the requirements of its customers?
September 18, 2018 - Expert in lifting solutions in the construction, metallurgy, aircraft and energy industries, ACIMEX has been working for decades with world-renowned partners in the design of its machines. This is the case of STAHL Crane Systems, which collaborates with ACIMEX for the production of lifting grabs, segment trolleys or erectors.
July 27, 2018 - As an expert of heavy load handling, ACIMEX is an active member of CISMA, the union for construction, infrastructure, steel and material handling equipment.
June 19, 2018 - For 3 days, ACIMEX took part in the TOC EUROPE exhibition, based this year in Rotterdam. Worldwide players of the port sector attended the event: a beautiful showcase to present all ACIMEX lifting solutions adapted to this particular environment.
June 8, 2018 - TRIGANO VDL is the biggest motor caravan production unit in Europe. Located in the Rhone Valley, the company commissioned ACIMEX to modernize its production process and to get a viable automated lifting solution.
June 1, 2018 - As the 2017 edition was a success, ACIMEX will participate again in TOC EUROPE at "Ahoy Rotterdam" from June 12-14 on stand D1. Active in the port sector, ACIMEX will meet the worldwide players of the trade to present its global solutions for the lifting of heavy loads.
May 4, 2018 - On April 23-27, ACIMEX participated in the CEMAT exhibition, located at the "Hannover Messe" in Germany. Taking place at the same time as the Hannover Fair, CEMAT was, once again, the unmissable event for the handling industry.
April 19, 2018 - ACIMEX will be present at the CEMAT exhibition from 23 to 27 April 2018, at the "Hannover Messe" in Germany, on stand M11 in Hall 26.
April 12, 2018 - At the end of March, the ACIMEX team participated in the INDUSTRY trade show at the Parc des Expositions in Paris.
March 19, 2018 - ACIMEX will be present at the INDUSTRIE 2018 fair from 27 to 30 March 2018, at the Parc des Expositions in Villepinte - France.
February 20, 2018 – Owing to its reinforced presence in China since 2017, with the opening of the ACIMEX Shaanxi office onsite, ACIMEX is now participating in the construction of the new Chinese medium-haul aircraft.
January 18, 2018 - Since its creation in 1971, the company ACIMEX has quickly become a major player on his domestic market in the vacuum lifting of heavy loads.
January 17, 2018 - We spoke with Edouard Ferreira, who joined the company more than 30 years ago. He told us about ACIMEX, his role in the company and how he sees its future.
November 24, 2017 - The company, expert in lifting heavy loads, decided to get a sales support by designing and manufacturing a full-size demonstrator.
October 10, 2017 - ACIMEX released its new website at the beginning of summer 2017. A simplified tree view, refreshed content and numerous visuals allow the company to bring into light its products, designed to lift heavy loads (up to 30 tons) using the vacuum technology.
September 15, 2017 - In early October 2017, ACIMEX attended the event organized by SEPEM in Angers. During three days, a lot of companies from the Loire Valley introduced their industrial solutions to allow the smooth running of a production site.
September 8, 2017 - ACIMEX supplies the custom-made lifting machine that helps to load and unload ARCELOR's brand new testing machine.
January 18, 2017 - ACIMEX has recently supplied a tube-lifter for lifting XXL pipes 50 metres long. These tubes act as piles: they will be installed securely offshore as a basis for building the platform for extending the current port.
December 9, 2016 - As part of a contract that DCNS, Europe's leading naval shipbuilder, had won in 2014, ACIMEX has designed and produced a specific adjustable vacuum lifter, delivered in two sections and assembled on-site.
December 9, 2016 - After 6 months of preparation and intensive research, ACIMEX has been rewarded with this certification, which rates quality within the company.
December 5, 2016 - ACIMEX is marketing the new vacuum pad for lifting all types of pipework of different diameters.
February 1, 2016 - Officially opened in 2002 with just one line 9.4 km long and encompassing 15 stations, Rennes underground will be getting a second line, line B, in 2017.
February 14, 2015 - The French department of Bas-Rhin (Low-Rhine) invested in the construction of a geothermal power station at Rittershoffen, realization is planned for 2016.


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Johnson admits new GP practices will be privately-run
By Gareth Iacobucci
Health Secretary Alan Johnson has gone on the record for the first time to confirm that the private sector will dominate the rollout of new GP services.
In an interview with the Guardian today, he admitted that a large number of the Government's 100 new GP practices and 150 GP-led health centres, which are being set up to improve access in so-called under-doctored areas, would come under private ownership , directly employing GPs rather than simply providing the premises.
The plans, which confirm Pulse's exclusive story last month, which revealed the health secretary's desire for a major new role for private firms, will open the door for the likes of Virgin, Asda and Tesco to run primary care as well as providing premises, and will highten GPs fears about the fairness of the bidding processes for the APMS-led practices.
Discussing the new centres, the health secretary said: 'Lots of them will be run by the private sector. 'We will bring in GPs employed by private organisations.'
The health secretary's confirmation of the Government's plans follows the recent controversy in Tower Hamlets, where private firm Atos was awarded a new APMS contract ahead of top-performing local GPs, including the Government's own lead adviser on access, Dr Sam Everington.
The GPC last week accused the Government of paving the way for private firms to dominate the rollout of new surgeries, as anger grows over perceived bias against GPs in the tender process.
Dr Richard Vautrey, GPC vice-chair said the bidding process for APMS services was a 'David and Goliath' scenario that was 'very much slanted against local practices.'
He said: 'The Government has no interest in local practices being able to provide these services, this is simply about looking for big business to provide services in a completely different way to the traditional general practice that patients know and love.'
A Department of Health spokeswoman confirmed that the Government was looking to private companies to run the new centres, but said that the procurement process was 'open to anyone, whether it's the private sector or NHS GPs.'
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This weekend, I finished reading jQuery UI 1.7 [The User Interface Library For jQuery] by Dan Wellman (released by PACKT Publishing). It's a follow-up to his jQuery UI 1.6 book, which I reviewed in early 2009. With a technology that is evolving as fast as jQuery, it's important that the documentation keep up such that we may know how to best leverage the tools that we have available; Dan's latest book, jQuery UI 1.7, does just that - bringing us completely up-to-speed with all aspects of the jQuery UI library.
One thing that I was thrilled to see when reading this book was that after a brief introduction to jQuery and jQuery UI, Dan dives directly into the jQuery UI CSS framework. With the 1.7 release of jQuery UI, the library has become completely standardized in the way that the markup and CSS classes are applied to the library widgets. Not only does this make it easy to uniformly skin the widgets (via tools like ThemeRoller), it provides a good structure for anyone hoping to create their own custom user interface widgets.
Dan covered the CSS framework in chapter 2, but I was very happy to find the CSS framework being brought up as a consistent theme throughout the book; each widget-based chapter takes time to examine the programmatically-generated HTML of each widget instance as well as how the phenotype of each widget might be overridden with some simple CSS rules. Whether through the configuration options or through customized CSS, Dan really does a great job of painting a picture of flexibility; as with any library, it's important to not feel like you've locked yourself into a corner, and Dan takes great care to drive home the point that jQuery UI is empowering, not constraining.
The CSS exploration in this book was very good and it made me greedy; I wanted to see more. Particularly, I would have loved to have seen a chapter dedicated to the concept of authoring your own jQuery UI widgets. Throughout the book, Dan touches on this concept, showing us were we might use a ui-widget-header or ui-widget-content class to theme our own markup, but authoring as a topic was never really fleshed out. Of course, I have a suspicion that an exploration in authoring widgets would fill another book, not just another chapter (hint hint ;)).
Beyond the CSS framework and all that it entails (which is something that I was particular interested in), the book provides exhaustive documentation of how the UI widgets and UI behaviors work. Starting each widget with the out-of-the-box default configuration, Dan discusses what each option, callback, and event binding does and how we can leverage them to enhance the user experience. When it comes to the UI behaviors (drag, drop, resize, select, sort), which are by nature less tangible, Dan takes extra care to step through examples with increasing complexity, describing real-world scenarios in which the various behaviors might be used (ex. maze game, task list, image viewer, Google-style portal).
In addition to the focused explanation of each widget and behavior, Dan also demonstrates the high-intercompatability of the various library components. Whether it's nesting tabbed interfaces within accordions, accordion interfaces within modal windows, date pickers as modal prompts, or applying sortability behaviors to tabbed interfaces, I was very happy to see that the underlying structure of the jQuery UI library was so well thought out that nesting one widget within another causes no complications.
Overall, jQuery UI 1.7 [The User Interface Library For jQuery] is a very thorough book and definitely a solid resource for anyone looking to become familiar with the ins and outs of the library. Dan Wellman has a clear and easy-to-follow writing style and lays out his examples with increasing complexity in a way that everyone can understand. He appears to have a good grasp on the underlying CSS framework, and in fact, this is a topic on which I'd like to see him write a lot more.
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Would you need to read the first book before reading this one?
Definitely not. There's nothing in the first book that is not covered in the second book (in a more up-to-date way).


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The Institute > Priority Areas > Health Information Technology > Current Projects
Below are just some of the Institute's current health information technology projects:
Using registries to improve population health
The Institute created EHR-based registries for diabetes and congestive health failure (CHF). Although diabetes and CHF are serious conditions, patients who receive the right services can reduce their risk of complications. Registries are an excellent management tool: primary care providers use them to make sure all patients are getting the best quality care, and outreach staff use them to remind patients of any needed screenings or follow-up. The Institute is now working on a registry for patients with HIV.
Risk-based outreach
With funding from HRSA, the Institute is developing a customized scoring system to rank patients according to their risk of developing diabetes. Scores are based on a longitudinal analysis of factors documented in our EHR which we have found to be associated with the eventual onset of diabetes, including factors not incorporated in other studies, such as patient race and diagnosis of depression.
The Institute's risk-based outreach initiatives began with a pilot effort focused in increasing colon cancer screening among patients at increased risk of developing the disease. The pilot effort indicated higher screening completion rates among those patients with higher risk scores who were targeted for enhanced outreach.
"Granular ethnicity" data collection
Better data collection is the first step towards addressing health disparities at the population level. With funding from HRSA, the Institute has updated its patient intake process to invite patients to provide detailed "granular" ethnicity information, including country of origin and preferred language. The Institute will use this data to identify groups of patients experiencing health disparities and target services to those groups.
Health workforce retraining
The Institute's Health Workforce Retraining Initiative (HWRI), funded since 2007 by the New York State Department of Health, addresses the continuing need for high-quality employee training to keep pace with the ever-changing healthcare industry. Training and re-training medical support staff to use electronic health records (EHR) and participate in patient-centered care supports the Institute's mission and creates a skilled workforce that is up-to-date with new models of healthcare. In 2012 alone, the Institute provided over 900 hours of training to our employees as well as staff from over 60 partner organizations in New York City and the Mid-Hudson Valley Region of New York State.
MedLine Plus Connect
With funding and support from the National Library of Medicine, the Institute created MedlinePlus Connect, which integrates with any electronic health record system to link patients directly from their own health information available through a patient portal to relevant health information maintained on the NLM's MedlinePlus.gov website. The project was recently recognized by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in an award ceremony for innovations developed by HHS agencies and community partners.
MedlinePlus Connect is now being used by health systems across the country. Examples of health systems and electronic health record vendors now using MedlinePlus Connect can be found at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/connect/users.html.


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"The Last King's Amulet" by Chris Northern (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu)
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INTRODUCTION:"My name is Sumto, and I am a gambling, lazy, good-for-nothing drunk who has to join the army and fight in a war I am frankly too corpulent to cope with. Still, that's got to be as bad as things get, Am I right?"
"The Last King's Amulet" is another independent book that I discovered through a review query at FBC. The blurb above intrigued me, so I checked the Smashwords 20% sample linked above and when I liked what I was reading there, I got the full version; the novel pulled me in so I finished it a day or so and then I bought the second novel in the series The Key to the Grave which was a good sequel but lacked the freshness of the original and had a bit too much repetition in structure/plot.
ANALYSIS: "The Last King's Amulet" is narrated in first person by Sumto Cerulian "patron" of Luria - aka The City, a Rome analogue but with high magic that it reserves for itself, destroying any other state/grouping that tries to use magic.
Sumto, a scion of the highest nobility likes books, good food and drink, women and intellectual discussions, while he dislikes politics and war; of course he is considered a wastrel in the martial/political society of the City, his father is almost ready to disinherit him, the creditors are circling like vultures..
Another day in his regular life, another trip to see his mother behind his father's back and scrounge some more cash... But now there is a difference - his sister has finally been betrothed to an older noble who makes it clear to Sumto that his easy life is done; either Sumto accepts his heritage and goes on the current campaign against some troublesome Northern tribes, or he goes away forever, not necessarily alive.
As Sumto puts it, possible death in battle against certain death at the hands of his future-in-law retainers, no contest... And so the adventure starts and the troubles begin; the question though is whose troubles, Sumto's or the nasty enemies that plot the City's downfall in what seems a run of the mill rebellion?
While the Roman analogies are clear and consistent and a big plus for me as a fan of such, the novel has other strengths too. The narrator Sumto is quite engaging and his evolution from his easy life to responsibilities and command is well delineated showing his inner struggles, his doubts, his errors.
With the help of his resourceful slave and latter first freedman and client Meran and of Jocasta his girlfriend-to-be with magical powers in a culture where women of the nobility are supposed to be good wives and mothers only, Sumto confronts adversity and while he occasionally gets defeated, he does not give up. "The Last King's Amulet" also stands out by the underlying "serious" debates Sumto has with various notables, enemies or even himself about the nature of "good governance", slavery, servitude, rich vs poor and generally stuff that is quite applicable today. These debates are genrally integrated very well within the text and the novel's pace never suffers, though again in the sequel there is some repetitiveness that grates occasionally.
"The Last King's Amulet" is a fun and fast adventure fantasy that flows very well and has very little of the usual editing mistakes I've seen in independent books - there are one or two continuity errors, but nothing serious. The book is the beggining of a series that the author plans to continue for a while. While the ending achieves some closure, if you like the novel I highly recomend to read The Key to the Grave which picks up where this one ends and takes the story to a more definite ending, so these two installments are like two halves of a large novel.
The novel has a bit too much high magic for my taste and occasionally degenerates into "my sorcery is bigger than yours" - syndrome that is even more pronounced in the sequel - but it is fun, energetic and strongly recommended. I am really curious to see what's next and I plan to get the third installment whenever available.
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Q & A: Jesse Hixson
written by Phoebe Cunningham April 1, 2015
Spring Sing host Jesse Hixson answers questions about his experience
1. What was one of your most unique Spring Sing practices?
"We did like a retreat here in Searcy and worked the Friday and Saturday of spring break from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day, just us (hosts/hostesses) reviewing all the choreography we learned, doing all our features, and learning intros. So we spent the whole weekend basically doing two weeks of work in two days."
2. What of your childhood let to performing?
"When I lived in Montana for several years and there was a community production of the Wizard of Oz. That's the first thing I remember going to see. It was a community thing so it wasn't a big deal but it was a big deal to me. That was when I thought 'you know I could do that, I would really like to do that."
3. Why did you try out for Spring Sing host/hostess?
"I think it's one of the most unique performing opportunities not only here but anywhere, because it's not a play, it's not just a musical. You get to kind of be yourself on stage and that is not something normal, I would say, in the performing world because normally you're playing a character or pretending to be somebody else."
4. How do you feel when you perform on stage?
"When I get to go up there and do something that is really funny like my feature this year it is definitely the best feeling in the world. To say something and have the entire room think that it's funny, it just makes you feel more confident and carefree than in everyday life."
5. How do you prepare for a show?
"I have to get really hyped up about it, especially with a show like Spring Sing when you have to be energetic for like three hours … I'm the one running around backstage, talking to people and getting really excited. I'm kind of bouncing off the walls."
6. What is the group dynamic of all the hosts and hostesses?
"The four of us as a group were not friends before we were cast together so at the beginning there were lots of awkward things that happened. Through the magic of Spring Sing, the four of us have managed to actually become friends outside of the show and have a dynamic now that is really funny … Before I was worried; I was like 'we're going to have to fake this.' But I think it's working now."
7. What have you learned from this experience?
"That teamwork is really important, you can't do anything on your own even if you think you can."
8. What motivates you to perform?
"I don't necessarily love rehearsing, that probably goes for anyone, no one enjoys the practice part, but doing the show and having a huge audience there watching you and really enjoying the hard work you've put it and knowing you'll be at that point soon is always what keeps you going."
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Blažim (deutsch Ploscha) ist eine Gemeinde in Tschechien. Sie liegt elf Kilometer nordöstlich von Žatec und gehört zum Okres Louny.

Geographie
Blažim befindet sich im Nordböhmischen Becken in der Quellmulde des Baches Blažimský potok, der am Dorfanger einen Teich speist. Nördlich erhebt sich die Zvonice (275 m), im Osten die Vyhlídka (Baba, 285 m) und im Westen der Uhelný vrch (Kohlberg, 313 m).
Im Nordwesten liegt auf Havraňer Flur das Industriegebiet Joseph und nordöstlich das Restloch eines Braunkohlentagebaus, an dessen Stelle zuvor das Dorf Třískolupy stand, sowie dahinter das Kraftwerk Počerady.

Nachbarorte sind Koporeč und Polerady im Norden, Počerady im Nordosten, Břvany im Osten, Výškov und Vidovle im Südosten, Bitozeves und Tatinná im Süden, Nehasice, Minice und Truzenice im Südwesten, Velemyšleves, Zálezly, Škrle und Voděrady im Westen sowie Sušany, Saběnice und Moravěves im Nordwesten.

Geschichte
Erstmals schriftlich erwähnt wurde Sblažim 1183 als Besitz des Johanniterordens. Auf der Anhöhe neben der Kirche befand sich eine Feste, die seit 1390 als Sitz des Litolt von Moravěves nachweislich ist. Während der Hussitenkriege bemächtigte sich die Stadt Louny der Güter in Dlažim. 1454 zog Ladislaus Postumus die Feste und das Dorf ein und übergab sie Jaroslav von Vřesovice. Nach dessen Tod folgten 1467 Jindřich Dlažimský von Vřesovice und ab 1533 der Hauptmann des Saazer Kreises, Jan Dlažimský von Vřesovice, als Besitzer. Die Herren von Vřesovice hielten Blažim bis zum Verkauf an Paul Michna von Vacínov im Jahre 1629. Michna schlug die Güter in Blažim der Herrschaft Postelberg zu. 1671 erwarb Georg Ludwig von Sinzendorf Postelberg mit allen zugehörigen Dörfern. Zu dieser Zeit war die alte Feste bereits verfallen. Beim Verkauf der Herrschaft an Ferdinand zu Schwarzenberg wurde neben dem Dorf eine niedergebrannte Schäferei – und letztmals die Feste aufgeführt. Danach wurde das ruinöse Bauwerk zu einem Wirtschaftshof umgebaut. Während des Zwetschgenrummels besetzten preußische Husaren am 27. August 1778 Ploscha, Wischkowa und Potscherad. Seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts wurden in der Umgebung von Ploscha Braunkohlenschächte betrieben.

Nach der Aufhebung der Patrimonialherrschaften bildete Ploscha/Blažím ab 1850 eine politische Gemeinde im Bezirk Postelberg und nach dessen Aufhebung im Bezirk Saaz. 1930 hatte die Gemeinde 554 Einwohner.

Nach dem Münchner Abkommen wurde Ploscha dem Deutschen Reich zugeschlagen und gehörte bis 1945 zum Landkreis Saaz. 1939 lebten in dem Ort 426 Menschen. Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges kam Blažím zur Tschechoslowakei zurück und die deutsche Bevölkerung wurde vertrieben.

Seit 1961 gehört Blažím zum Okres Louny. Zum Ende der 1960er Jahre wurde zwischen Blažím, Polerady und Počerady ein Braunkohlenfeld erschlossen. Das darauf befindlich Dorf Třískolupy wurde 1973 wegen des Tagebaus devastiert und zwischen Polerady und Počerady ein Kraftwerk errichtet. Zwischen 1981 und 1990 war das Dorf nach Výškov eingemeindet. Bedingt durch die Lage am Tagebau sank die Einwohnerzahl bis 1989 auf 124. Seit 1990 begann die Gemeinde die Vernachlässigungen aus der Zeit der kommunistischen Herrschaft zu beseitigen und es entstanden zudem neue Einfamilienhäuser.

Gemeindegliederung
Für die Gemeinde Blažim sind keine Ortsteile ausgewiesen.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 barocke Kirche des hl. Prokop, in der Ortsmitte am Teich, errichtet 1778 bis 1781 nach Plänen von J. Jakobi
 Hof Blažim, auf erhöhten Platz nördlich des Teiches, im Ostteil sind die Mauern der Feste erhalten
 Pfarrhaus, errichtet 1710/11 nach Plänen von Paul Ignaz Bayer
 Statue des hl. Johannes von Nepomuk, am Teich

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Not So Fast. Fully Autonomous Vehicles Are More Than a Decade Away, Experts Say
"Automation is going to come. [...] I just don't think any of us know exactly when or how, or to what extent."
Justin Gerdes February 06, 2018
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Justin Gerdes is a San Francisco Bay Area-based independent journalist specializing in energy issues and a Contributing Writer for Greentech Media. His work has appeared at the Guardian, Yale Environment 360, MotherJones.com, Smithsonian.com, Ensia, and City Lab, among others.
He is the author of the e-book Quitting Carbon: How Denmark Is Leading the Clean Energy Transition and Winning the Race to the Low-Carbon Future. Find him on Twitter at @JustinGerdes.
Companies making autonomous cars need to build more consumer trust.
Don't expect to see fully autonomous vehicles in auto showrooms anytime soon. That's according to an informal poll of 300 automotive, energy and technology executives conducted at Bloomberg New Energy Finance's Future of Mobility Summit last week in East Palo Alto.
Mobility insiders were asked to name the year when U.S. consumers will be able to buy Level 5 fully autonomous vehicles. Nearly 75 percent of respondents to the live poll said the milestone won't be reached before 2030, and 40 percent said it will come after 2030.
The summit attendees were more pessimistic about the prospects for commercial-scale autonomy than recent automaker announcements suggest. According to BNEF, based on public statements, the consensus among major automakers is that commercial deployment of Level 4 autonomous vehicles will start around 2020; five years later, Level 5 fully autonomous vehicles will likely roll out.
The poll results suggest that the commercial deployment of fully autonomous vehicles is further away than it's depicted in breathless media coverage of self-driving cars -- a view that was shared by a panel of mobility experts.
"This poll makes me happy because four years ago, even two years ago, this would have been completely different," said Annie Lien, an independent analyst specializing in autonomous vehicles. "It would have been that everyone thought it would be 2020, or a majority would have thought it was 2020 because people didn't understand what true Level 5 is, and there were a lot of misconceptions."
"I'm very glad to see this also," said Carina Borelius, director of product strategy at Lynk & Co. "It shows that we are realistic. It's a stepwise approach that we are looking for because safety legislation and attitudes and trust, they need to go forward together; otherwise, we will never, ever achieve this."
"Automation is going to come," said Matthew Baldwin, deputy director-general of mobility and transport for the European Commission. "I just don't think any of us know exactly when or how, or to what extent. Anyone who tells you definitively either has access to different information or isn't necessarily telling you the whole truth."
State of play on autonomy
Despite the autonomy reality check delivered at the summit, technology development in the space rolls on. According to an intelligent mobility market update published last week by BNEF, as of this month, 21 states have passed autonomous vehicle (AV) legislation, and 19 of these enable testing of AVs on public roads. Nearly 60 cities globally are hosting pilot programs for AV testing.
Alphabet subsidiary Waymo announced last November it would soon offer ride-hail trips via a fleet of self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans to commuters who signed up for its early rider program in Chandler, Arizona. For now, a Waymo employee will ride in the back seat, and passengers can engage a "pull over" button in an emergency. But Waymo's software will be doing the driving.
Rio Tinto announced in December 2017 it would expand the fleet of autonomous haul trucks at its Pilbara iron ore mines in Western Australia by more than 50 percent by 2019. According to the company, each autonomous truck operated, on average, an additional 1,000 hours at 15 percent lower load and haul-unit cost than conventional haul trucks in 2016.
So it's possible to find autonomous vehicle use cases today, but we're still a long way from mass-market adoption. And if autonomous vehicles are going to play a role in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, we'll need to see the scale-up of electric vehicles, too.
Manufacturers must earn consumers' trust
The views expressed at the BNEF summit are an acknowledgement of the work that still needs to be done to bridge the gap between fully autonomous ride-hail pilots and showroom sales.
For Borelius of Lynk & Co, it's imperative for the industry to convince customers that autonomous cars are safe. "We need to deliver on our promises regarding safety. We need to create a strong brand; people need to be secure," she said." They won't step into a car if they can't trust it."
"The trust element is a huge one," agreed Gretchen Effgen, vice president of partnerships at nuTonomy. For that to happen, customers must recognize the differences between the five levels of autonomy. For vehicles operating at Level 3 autonomy, she noted, the human driver is supposed to be engaged and ready to take control of the vehicle at all times.
She added, "When there are accidents at that level, but it's portrayed in the media as an autonomous car having an issue, there's going to be significant element of trust we're going to have to deal with as an industry to make that distinction clear."
Lien warned that as long as humans are behind the wheel, problems will arise. "If the technology works perfectly, consumers are still not going to understand the technology," she said. "They might do something inappropriate, introduce human error. It's human nature."
Automakers and technology companies must work together to manage public expectations and educate consumers, she said. "There has been a lack of effort in trying to make sure the consumer or the public in general understands the technology really well and understands the limitations."
Autonomous deliveries and trucking may lead the way
If mass-market autonomous vehicles are at least a decade away, where should the industry focus deployment in the intervening years? "I think very long term -- maybe 20, 30, 40, 50 years, decades later -- it can be a consumer product," said Lien. "In between now and then, I think it is going to be smart to focus…[more on] deliveries, transferring goods, and shuttle services or ride-sharing."
BNEF intelligent mobility analyst Nick Albanese asked panelists in an afternoon session when they thought autonomous vehicles would make up 25 percent of the vehicle fleet.
"I don't know when they're going to be a quarter of the vehicles on the road," said Veronica Siranosian, director of Aecom Ventures. "A more interesting question to think about is: Where would we want those first deployments to be? And how can we invest either in infrastructure or in pilots that utilize connected transit or serve communities that don't currently have them?"
"It's hard to say in terms of the urban environments," said Ryan Popple, president and CEO of electric bus-maker Proterra. "I think we'll see it in long-haul trucking before anything else. I can see [that] in two, three years, maybe less. Not urban trucking, but from the distribution facility over the road and possibly even split or segregated lanes."
"I'm more optimistic about AVs when they're less likely to interact with human beings," he said.
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