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Arizona Desert "Boneyard" – World's Largest Storage Site for Old Military Planes
The sun sets over C-130 cargo planes at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 14, 2015. The 309th is the United States Air Force's aircraft and missile storage and maintenance facility and provides long and short-term aircraft storage, parts reclamation and disposal. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
U.S. Marines work atop an F/A-18 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 21, 2015. The Marines are repairing F/A-18's to return to service at the 309th facility. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
An Army Sikorsky VH-34s Choctaw helicopter once used to transport President Dwight D. Eisenhower sits in a field at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. President Eisenhower became the first chief executive to be transported by helicopter. Presidents Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy were transported in VH-34 helicopters and VH-34's served as "Army One" from 1958 through 1963. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
C-130 Hercules cargo planes are lined up in a field at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 14, 2015. Over 2,300 variants of the C-130 have been produced since 1954. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
Phil Kovaric and Dennis Varney remove the missile rails from an F-4 Phantom slated for destruction at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 21, 2015. The 309th is the United States Air Force's aircraft and missile storage and maintenance facility and provides long and short-term aircraft storage, parts reclamation and disposal. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
A field of Lockheed C-5 Galaxy cargo jets are seen through a window from another C-5 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 21, 2015. The C-5A Galaxy is the largest aircraft in the U.S. armed services. The C-5 has a wingspan of over 222 feet and stands over 65 feet high has been used by the Air Force continually since 1969. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
A Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight, tail no. 153993, is stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 21, 2015. According to the U.S. Marine Corps, this helicopter was the last aircraft out of Vietnam. Known by its mission name, Swift 2-2, this CH-46 lifted the remaining 11 members of the Marine Guard off the roof of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon just before 8:00 a.m. on April 30, 1975. It was the last aircraft to touch and leave the U.S. embassy as North Vietnamese tanks breached defenses on the outskirts of Saigon as the Vietnam War came to an end. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
A demilitarization crew member removes components from the cockpit of an F-4 Phantom slated for destruction at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 21, 2015. The 309th is the United States Air Force's aircraft and missile storage and maintenance facility and provides long and short-term aircraft storage, parts reclamation and disposal. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
F-16 Fighting Falcons covered in sealing paint sit in a field along Miami St. at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 21, 2015. Over 4,500 variants of the F-16's have been produced since 1973. This field of fighters will become drone target planes in the future. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
Crew from from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard prepare a pair Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters for storage after their arrival at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Friday, May 15, 2015. The 309th is the United States Air Force's aircraft and missile storage and maintenance facility. AMARG provides long and short-term aircraft storage, parts reclamation and disposal. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
The 39th and final B-52G Stratofortress, tail number 58-0224, right, accountable under the New START Treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) with Russia, lies in the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 21, 2015. The United States cut the tails off the 39 aircraft in order to remove the B-52G models from treaty accountability, as they still count as nuclear-capable delivery platforms with their tails attached. The tails are angled at 30 degrees so Russian satellites can view compliance. Tail number 58-0224, nicknamed "Sweet Tracy", flew combat missions over North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, which began Dec. 18, 1972 and lasted 11 nights. The aircraft targeted the Yen Vien Railroad Yards and the Hanoi Railroad Repair Yards. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy cargo jets line the fields at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 14, 2015. The C-5A Galaxy is the largest aircraft in the U.S. armed services and the C-5 series has been used by the Air Force continually since 1969. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
Fields of various military aircraft are seen at dawn behind the wings of a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Cargo Jet at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Friday, May 15, 2015. The C-5 Galaxy is the largest aircraft in the U.S. armed services with a wingspan of over 222 feet and sits over 65 feet high. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
A Grumman F-14 Tomcat, bureau no. 159437, left, one of two F-14's that shot down two Libyan MiG-23's near the Gulf of Sidra, on January 4, 1989 while conducting exercises off the USS John F. Kennedy is stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard, Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
An Army Sikorsky VH-34s Choctaw helicopter, which was used to transport President Dwight D. Eisenhower, sits in a field at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 14, 2015. Eisenhower became the first chief executive to be transported by helicopter and the VH-34's served as "Army One" from 1958 through 1963 for Eisenhower and President John F. Kennedy. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
U.S. Air Force Cessna T-37 Tweet aircraft, foreground, are grouped together at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 14, 2015. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
Crew from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard prepare to remove engine fluid from a Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter after its arrival at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Friday, May 15, 2015. The OH-58 has been in continuous use by the U.S. Army since 1969 and seen combat in every conflict since Vietnam. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
The remains of a Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker, serial no. 55-3129, is stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 14, 2015. The aircraft is the original "Weightless Wonder" of NASA according to the planes' records. NASA used the aircraft to train the Mercury 7 astronauts on zero-gravity flights, and it was nicknamed the "Vomit Comet" for its effect on pilots and passengers alike. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
U.S. Marines play spades during a break at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, May 21, 2015. The Marines are repairing F-A-18's to return to service at the 309th facility. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
Heat ripples rise off the desert floor as seen through a barb-wired fence as a pickup drives past stored military aircraft at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard, Thursday, May 21, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
F-16 Fighting Falcons sit in a field along Miami St. at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard, Thursday, May 21, 2015 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. Over 4,500 variants of the F-16's have been produced since 1973. This field of fighters will become drone target planes in the future. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)
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The state Assembly Wednesday passed legislation to expand New York's beverage container deposit and recycling programs and include non-carbonated beverages.
The legislation would expand the current bottle bill to include a five-cent deposit on non-carbonated beverages, and that keeps up with the times, said Assemblyman Kevin Cahill of Kingston.
"When the original bottle bill was passed it was for soft drinks and beer," he said. "The nature of what people drink has changed dramatically. Bottled was an oddity when the bottle bill was passed. Fruit drinks and ice teas were not very common either." Now, in some cases, these drinks have become the beverage of choice.
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A Senate version of the bill awaits action in that house, and Cahill, a co-sponsor of the Assembly bill, said it is unclear as to if the upper house will approve the measure this year.


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You said you wanted a beer that was ice cold. Done!
Excuse me? This is neither a challenge, nor the responsibility of the beer company. At last check, the brewery's job is to produce piss-coloured (and in some cases, flavoured) liquid intoxicants, and my job is to put it in the fridge, thus keeping it chilly and suppressing the actual taste.
I'm particularly critical of this because I just finished reading The Efficient Society by Joseph Heath. He says that for some products, advertising cannot increase the size of the market, but can only lead to changes in a company's market share. For example, this completely mindless ad will not likely convince anyone to start drinking beer, but it might lure an Old Milwaukee drinker to try a Bud. The problem is that all beer companies advertise, essentially just stealing bits of market share from each other and spending billions of dollars without a marked increase in profits to any company. It would be more efficient if all the beer companies would agree not to advertise, and spend the money on anything from charity to product improvements to (gasp!) lowered prices for the consumer. The problem is that no company will stop advertising unless their competition does too. This is where the government can play a strong role in increasing the efficiency of a state in general: by legislating an end to advertising (such as with doctors and tobacco), they can make otherwise wasteful, commoditized markets more efficient, which results in a better quality of life for everybody.
UPDATE: The beer in question is Coors Light. I'm hoping that they're being facetious and I'm just an idiot who's missing the joke. Otherwise some ad guy needs to get fired.
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Sidewinders
Patrick Perish (author)
Publisher: Bellwether Media Inc. ISBN: 9781626179240
S-shaped markings trail behind a rattlesnake scaling a tall desert dune. It is a sidewinder making its characteristic climb! These snakes have developed a special way of moving so only two small areas of their bodies touch the scalding hot sand at a time. Readers will be slithering their way through the pages of this informative title about the desert adaptations of sidewinders!
Arctic Foxes
Rebecca Pettiford (author)
Arctic foxes are master hunters of the north! These small predators use their keen sense of hearing to listen for the rustlings of lemmings under the snow. Then, they leap to break through the layers of white to snatch their prey! This title walks readers through the fascinating adaptations Arctic foxes have developed to survive this harsh biome.
Arctic Hares
No, Arctic hares are not wearing mascara! Their long, black eyelashes help these snow white hares see across the glaring white snow and ice. Learn all about how Arctic hares live in their freezing home in this title highlighting their many adaptations.
Collared Lemmings
Burrowing deep under the snow, collared lemmings use their shovel-like claws to create a secret world of tunnels hidden from predators. These small rodents put on their white winter coat each fall to blend in with their snowy home. Early readers will love digging through the pages of this fun, fact-filled read about the adaptations of collared lemmings.
Polar bears are built for subzero temperatures! With black skin to absorb the sun's rays, two layers of thick fur to trap heat, and blubber lying under their skin, these bears are ready to take on any cold weather. Discover the many special adaptations of polar bears in this title about their lives in the Arctic!
Reindeer are migrating masters whose hooves change to tackle the different seasons of their Arctic home! In winter, hard, fur-covered hooves protect their feet from the snow and cold. As the ground thaws, their hooves become soft to make walking much easier. Travel across the northernmost biome and learn about the many adaptations of reindeer in this low-level title.
Australian Cattle Dogs
Lindsay Shaffer (author)
Australian cattle dogs live up to their name! They were first bred by cattle ranchers in Australia, but today their speckled coats and herding skills make them popular dogs around the world. This informative book introduces young readers to one of the world's most intelligent dogs!
Bichons Frises
Who can resist a bichon frise? These cute pups may come from France, but their fluffy fur and energetic personalities have taken the world by storm. This book for beginning readers will turn anyone into a bichon fan with its colorful photos, informative infographics, and adorable dogs!
The Hidden Bestiary of Marvelous, Mysterious, and (Maybe Even) Magical Creatures
Judy Young (author), Laura Francesca Filippucci (illustrator)
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press ISBN: 9781585365937
Explorer Basil Bernard Barnswhitten (B.B.B.) has a list of creatures he needs to verify for an important report so he visits the Finchhaven Museum of Extraordinary Curiosities, Oddities & Improbabilities. But he finds that one of the glass exhibit cases is damaged - something appears to be missing. Or did it escape? To complete his report, B.B.B. travels around the world to track down each creature on his list, all the while asking the same three questions: Is it alive? Is it extinct? Did it ever exist? By deciphering the clues in his journal, young explorers can accompany B.B.B. as he tries to locate each mysterious creature. Finding them won't be easy; lushly detailed scenes serve not only as camouflage but also as habitats to other strange and mysterious marvels. In addition to writing children's books, Judy Young teaches poetry writing workshops for children and educators across the country. Her other books with Sleeping Bear Press include the popular R is for Rhyme: A Poetry Alphabet and The Lucky Star. Judy lives near Springfield, Missouri. Laura Francesca Filippucci was born in Milan, Italy, where she graduated in Illustration at the Istituto Europeo di Design. She later specialized in Children's Book Illustration at the School of Visual Arts, New York. She lives in Milan with her family.
Surfer Dog
Eric Walters (author) Eugenie Fernandes (illustrator)
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 9781459814363
What is the true meaning of friendship? Follow along as a boy meets up with his friend - a dog who faithfully waits for him every day so they can ride out to the beach together to surf. The boy doesn't own the dog and he doesn't know who does, but their daily routine has created a special bond. Award-winning author Eric Walters navigates the waters of a unique friendship alongside the vibrant illustrations of Eugenie Fernandes, who brings the bumpy roads, rugged beach paths and rolling waves of the tropics to life. Sometimes the most poignant relationships in a child's life are the ones between friends.
Who Can?
Charles Ghigna (author) Vlasta Van Kampen (illustrator)
Tongue-twisty teasers lead the reader through a miscellany of animals in this brilliantly illustrated hint-and-reveal book. Careful clues invite the child to guess what's coming next, and rhythm and repetition invite early readers to try out this little riddle book on their own. From toucan to centipede, all will delight in Vlasta van Kampen's colorful art and Charles Ghigna's whimsical words.
Going Wild
Michelle Mulder (author)
Going wild. We don't see it as a good thing. And why would we? For most of our time on earth, humanity has been running from lions and other wilderness dangers. We've worked hard to make our local landscapes as safe and convenient as possible. Sometimes that's meant paving over areas that might burst into weeds. Other times, we've dammed rivers for electricity or irrigation. But now pollution, climate change and disruptions to the water cycle are affecting the world in ways we never anticipated. What if the new key to making our lives safer (and even healthier) is to allow the wilderness back into our cities?
I can write a book called "If I could talk to animals"
Bobbie Kalman (author)
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427180001
Children will find this book a lot of fun to write! After researching information about animal life, students will then formulate the questions that they would ask animals in an interview. They can then pretend to interview animals about the foods they eat, the ways they move and hide, and the challenges they face to survive. This book teaches interviewing techniques and how to ask questions using the words why, when, where, what, who, and how. Children will be inspired to write creatively and use their imaginations in new ways.
Bobbie Kalman, Rebecca Sjonger (authors)
Gerbils may be small, but they're very active! In Gerbils readers will discover the many responsibilities and delights of having a pet gerbil. They will learn about the different kinds of gerbils, what gerbils should eat, creating a great cage, grooming for healthy gerbils, proper handling, and caring for multiple gerbils.
Kelley MacAulay, Bobbie Kalman (authors)
Although guinea pigs are roly-poly, they aren't actually pigs! These cute rodents make great pets for children who like to interact with animals. The full-color photographs, clear illustrations, and easy-to-understand text in Guinea Pigs explain all the breeds available, preparing a comfortable home, play-time tips, grooming fur and teeth, the sounds guinea pigs make, and when to visit a veterinarian.
Bobbie Kalman, Kelley MacAulay (authors)
Poodles are a very popular breed of dog. Through the use of detailed illustrations, photographs, and text, this book gives children advice on how to care for these attractive and friendly dogs. Poodles fully explains training and grooming requirements specific to this breed. Children will also learn about the temperament of the breed, how to groom a poodle properly, and how much exercise a poodle needs.
Cross Country and Endurance
Penny Dowdy (author)
Cross Country and Endurance takes readers into the world of cross country and endurance competitions, which test the stamina, riding, and jumping abilities of the horse and rider. The text is clear and easy to read, providing both history and rules of the sport. Exciting, engaging photographs and informative diagrams accompany the text.
Robin Johnson (author)
Hold on to your cowboy hats and prepare for a wild read! In this book, you'll learn all about the bucking horses, lively livestock, and daring riders of the rodeo world. You'll read about roping, riding, racing, wrestling, and more! You'll also discover the breeds of rodeo horses, how riders handle and care for their animals, and how cattle herding became a rough-and-tumble sport.
Martha Martin (author)
Pounding hooves, the roar of the crowds, muscles tightening, and then - the leap! Experience the excitement and thrill of competitive Steeplechase in the latest book in the Horsing Around series, Steeplechase. You too can be a champion!
Are you longing to mount up and hit the trail? Trail Riding, the latest book in the Horsing Around series, explores the sport of competitive trail riding from head to tail. Learn the tips, the tricks, the rules and rides -- and most importantly, how to finish - a winner.
I Like Cats! and Other Purr-fect Stories
Highlights for Children (author)
Publisher: Highlights ISBN: 9781684374809
Meow! There are so many kinds of cats, but they all seem to have one thing in common: they love mischief! Tex and Indi deal with Cow interrupting their projects. Jesse and his parents decide what to name their cat. Another family ends up with too many cats who won't go away! Stories by Highlights for Children, Lissa Rovetch, and Joy Cowley.
The Great Dinosaur Hunt and Other Dino-Mite Stories
Dino tales! It took over 150 years to finally unravel the mystery surrounding this particular dinosaur. A man named Don gets his lifelong dream of having a dinosaur named after him. A scientist solves the mystery of a wounded Ice-Age creature. Fossil footprints lead to an important discovery. Stories by Dougal Dixon, "Dino Don" Lessem, Gail Jarrow, and Melissa Stewart.
Deuling Dinosaurs and Other Real Dino Stories
Real dinosaurs! Read about Triceratops' horns and their purpose. Did you know that there are animals alive today that move similarly to dinosaurs? Sometimes museums display copies of dinosaur fossils instead of the real thing. Learn how the Smithsonian made an exact copy of a dinosaur skeleton. A dinosaur fan's dreams came true as he watched a dinosaur skeleton being rebuilt. Stories by Sharon Pochron, Cheryl M. Reifsnyder, Ph.D., Suzanne McIntire, and Don Lessem, Dinosaur Editor.
Baby Bear's Bed and Other Forest Stories
The green forest! Baby Bear explores the forest looking for the perfect bed. Different forest animals prepare for the long winter ahead. Jack Rabbit doesn't believe it is going to rain. He talks to his forest friends who can smell the rain, and they all tell him that it is coming soon. Cheeper is learning how to sing. Can he learn before he must leave the forest? Stories by Lucinda H. Kennaley, Dale Cross Purvis, Gay Kamber Seltzer, and Highlights for Children.
Mrs. Dooley's Dog Dilemma and Other Pawsome Stories
Woof, woof! Mrs. Dooley has six dogs, but her house is too small. What will she do? When everyone else leaves for school, a girl spends her time with her best friend-- a dog named Sam. Rosie the dog loves smelling the neighborhood smells, but nothing smells as good as home. Autumn thinks that when her dog howls, it is a sad sound. However, when she meets Laura and her beagle, she learns that sometimes a howl means something else. Stories by June Swanson, Nancy K. Wallace, Ruth Donnelly, Nancy White Carlstrom, and Erin Berger.

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Free games available for PS5 and PS4 in August 2022 starting today – Nerd4.life
Gerald Bax August 3, 2022 2 min read
It's the first Tuesday of the month, which means that from today I am Free games for PS5 and PS4 From August 2022 subordinate PlayStation Plus Available, with subscribers of the service and therefore will be able to redeem it and add it to their digital collection.
Here are the free titles for PS5 and PS4 that PlayStation Plus Essential, Extra and Premium subscribers can redeem starting today, Tuesday, August 2nd:
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 Cross-Gen Deluxe Bundle (PS4 / PS5)
Yakuza Like A Dragon (PS4 / PlayStation 5)
Little Nightmares (PlayStation 4)
Yakuza like a dragon It is the final chapter of the historical Sega series that introduces new protagonist Ichiban Kasuga and revolutionizes the gameplay by abandoning the action-oriented mechanics to marry the turn-based combat system, but without abandoning the deep plot, which takes place between Tokyo and Yokohama. Here is our review of Yakuza: Like a Dragon. We also remind you that starting this month, all games in the series will reach the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium catalog.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2 It is the remastered version of the skateboarding games released between 1999 and 2000. An unmissable remake for fans of the series, improving the graphics sector while leaving the fun and challenging level of the original titles unchanged, as also shown in our review.
Last but not least, Little nightmares, the acclaimed horror adventure published by Bandai Namco and developed by Tarsier Studios, which blends fairy tales and horror stories, with players who must escape from a ship laden with corrupt souls as the six youngsters. Here's our Little Nightmares review.
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Autonomous Trucks Could Radically Transform U.S. Logistics Within a Decade
December 13, 2018 • by Jack Roberts
A new report predicts fully autonomous trucks being used in regular operations in little more than a decade. (Above) Test trucks run in a truck platoon on a closed course for evaluation purposes earlier this year.
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Eight years. That's how long McKinsey & Company, a global logistics think tank based in the United States and Europe, predicts it will be before autonomous trucks with no humans on board could be routinely running routes in North America.
That stunning revelation is the opening salvo in the first of a five-part report on near-term technological disruption in global logistics. The initial report focuses on the advent of autonomous trucks and the remaining parts will look at the effect emerging technologies such as analytics, e-Commerce, automation in the workplace (not including autonomous vehicles), asset sharing and data and analytics.
The report's look at autonomous truck trend lines opens by noting that trucking moves about two-thirds of all goods shipped in the U.S. and that truck driving is currently the most common occupation in more than half of all U.S. states. Furthermore, the report warns, trucking remains a "deeply traditional" industry that has experienced "few major or structural changes in the preceding decades."
Autonomous trucks are about to change all of that forever, the report says, noting that companies have already used fully autonomous trucks to make beer deliveries and business agreements between fleets to jointly operate and profit from autonomous truck operations have already been inked and signed. Basic autonomous operating systems today range in price from $30,000 to $100,000, the report's authors note.
Initial autonomous truck operations are already in their embryonic stages and the report predicts that the overall adoption curve will take place in four major stages, beginning in 2018 and extending out to 2027 and beyond.
In the first wave, two-truck platoons with drivers operating each vehicle with Level 3 automation will take to the roads between now and 2020, taking advantage of aerodynamics and subsequent fuel savings. Connected convoys will develop and operational algorithms and vehicle communications networks will mature and expand, leading to the second wave of autonomous truck development in or around 2023.
In the second phase, the authors predict, driverless platooning on interstate highways will become operational, with a driver in the lead truck of the platoon and unmanned trucks following close behind. When the platoon leaves the highway, the authors say, drivers will once again resume control of each individual truck. According to the report, autonomous operations at this stage of the development curve could deliver fuel and labor savings that will cut total operating costs for each truck in a fleet by approximately 10%.
The report projects that by 2026 unmanned autonomous trucks operating on all segments of the Interstate highway system and on geofenced areas (subject to weather and visibility conditions) will be normal. In this phase of autonomous technology development drivers will meet trucks at the interstate exits and other areas to drive them in more dynamic traffic conditions to their ultimate destinations. This "constrained autonomy" technology, as the report's authors call it, is projected to produce total savings of about 20%.
And finally, more than a decade from now, McKinsey and Company expects to see the industry's first Level 5, fully autonomous trucks hit the road, working across their entire operational scale without any human interaction at all. Once this stage of autonomous vehicle technology is attained, the report says fleets will see a stunning 45% reduction in total operating costs for an individual truck compared to today – although the report's authors point out that even by this stage, it will still be many years before autonomous fleets completely replace fleets operating with human drivers.
The disruption autonomous trucks have on the industry will spread out like ripples across a pond, the report notes, with drivers and other parties experiencing professional upheaval. Other industry segments that could see significant disruption include railroads, warehouses, as well as distribution and fulfillment centers (which will likely bear the brunt of the first wave of disruption caused by this technology), brokers, port operators and shippers.
The trucking industry is expected to experience most of the pain caused by the disruptive nature of autonomous trucks, the report concludes, in four main ways. First, autonomous trucks will cut operating costs for fleets, although capital expenditures will rise. Second, the rise of autonomous trucks could spur consolidation of the national fleets, which are highly fragmented today. Third, autonomous trucks could alleviate the industry's capacity crunch. And finally, autonomous trucks could create an opportunity for truck OEMs to move downstream and enter transport markets themselves.
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What is Hobbes?
In the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, Calvin is a boy. He has a tiger friend, who's... a little ambiguous. Is he a doll or a real tiger or a figment of his imagination? To Calvin he appears real, and to everybody else he looks like a stuffed toy.
Is Hobbes real or not?
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If you want a "real-world" explanation as to why Hobbes can do seemingly impossible things (like tying up Calvin in Valorum's answer, below) it is probably because the strip is largely from Calvin's point of view, and if we assume that Calvin performs Hobbes' actions on Hobbes' behalf, he will them attribute these actions to Hobbes in his own mind. Thus, from Calvin's point of view, it is Hobbes who has executed the action, even if in "reality", it might have been Calvin himself performing it. Of course, psychoanalysing it like this takes away all the magic and enjoyment, so let's not. – flith Apr 4 '17 at 13:09
Averroes to the rescue:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_truth. – Martín-Blas Pérez Pinilla Apr 5 '17 at 8:33
To use an in-universe explanation: I don't know. Isn't Calvin and Hobbes fiction? – Teacher KSHuang Apr 5 '17 at 10:23
Also, this is probably a question better suited for the Philosophy Stack Exchange :D. All kidding aside, I think you've answered your own question: By the very fact that you're questioning his reality, you bring him into existence. – Teacher KSHuang Apr 5 '17 at 10:30
See also scifi.stackexchange.com/q/156481/41144 – Shokhet Apr 5 '17 at 20:41
Bill Watterson has spoken about this on a number of occasions. The very short answer is that his strips obey the rule of funny, that Hobbes is a toy when it suits the story for him to be a toy and real when it suits the story that he's real (for example in the strip below where Hobbes ties Calvin up in a way that he couldn't have accomplished on his own).
WEST: Well, in a way that says more about Calvin than Hobbes because Hobbes is implicitly, explicitly just a product of his imagination.
WATTERSON: But the strip doesn't assert that. That's the assumption that adults make because nobody else sees him, sees Hobbes, in the way that Calvin does. Some reporter was writing a story on imaginary friends and they asked me for a comment, and I didn't do it because I really have absolutely no knowledge about imaginary friends. It would seem to me, though, that when you make up a friend for yourself, you would have somebody to agree with you, not to argue with you. So Hobbes is more real than I suspect any kid would dream up.
WEST: Well, at the risk of getting into psychobabble, a lot of psychologists would say that children create imaginary friends to play out family dramas. So an argument can be just as much a part of an imaginary world as, you know, a sort of sentimental, gooey friendship can be.
WATTERSON: Yeah, well, I would hope that the friendship between Calvin and Hobbes is so complex that it would transcend a normal fantasy. The resolution of the question of whether Hobbes is real or not doesn't concern me or interest me, but, hopefully, there's some element of complexity there that will make the relationship interesting on a couple of levels.
The Bill Watterson Interview
It's intentionally ambiguous; we don't know.
In his book Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary, he says:
The so-called 'gimmick' of my strip - the two versions of Hobbes - is sometimes misunderstood. I don't think of Hobbes as a doll that miraculously comes to life when Calvin's around. Neither do I think of Hobbes as the product of Calvin's imagination. The nature of Hobbes's reality doesn't interest me, and each story goes out of its way to avoid resolving the issue. Calvin sees Hobbes one way; and everyone else sees Hobbes a different way. I show two versions of reality, and each makes complete sense to the participant who sees it.
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Related question on Sci Fi SE: Did Calvin ever realise that Hobbes was not real?
I do realize that this is a somewhat old question, but I'm first going to challenge the premise of the question a little bit: what do you mean by "real"? Real in what sense?
If by "real" you mean "what would a video camera show?", that's ambiguous by design (as some of the other answers have pointed out). Watterson deliberately didn't resolve that in the strip; he consciously tried to make it not be provable either way from the strip. In fact, even in a strip where Calvin takes photographs of Hobbes, Calvin and his dad just see different things, so it doesn't really resolve which view was "true."
I think that the important thing is the characters' point of view, not who's "correct." In fact, I'm not even convinced that the question is even meaningful in terms of the strip. From the perspective of Calvin's parents, Hobbes is a toy; from Calvin's point of view, he's real. You could argue that there's a real sense in which the different points of view are equally "correct" in terms of the universe of the comic strip. Either way, it's not important, "provable," or even necessarily meaningful to ask about which is correct.
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Although I can't cite a source for this, I always saw Hobbes as a manifestation of Calvins persona. In a way, much like the 'Daemons' in Philip Pullmans 'His dark materials'.
The name, again in my opinion refers to the old English description of the devil, 'Old Hob'
Old Hob is from the Catholic belief system, and is considered a nickname of the Devil which refers to "ones character".
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Watterson has repeatedly stated that they're named after the philosophers (and somewhat reflect the philosophies of) John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes; en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes#CITEREFWatterson1995 – Valorum Jan 23 '17 at 15:54
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Andrew Edlin Gallery is pleased to debut a solo exhibition of the drawings of Charles Steffen.
From the mid-1960s until his death in 1995, Charles Steffen (b. 1927) made art full-time while living with his mother, one sister and two brothers in a Chicago bungalow. Most of his work over the first 35 years of that period was destroyed, but drawings from 1989 through 1994 have survived thanks to the interest of one of his nephews who saved them.
Steffen made drawings with pencil and colored pencil on paper, mostly brown wrapping paper. Some of them are quite large, more than 8 feet tall. Steffen's highly original figures are characterized by curiously caricatured features including large, bulbous eyeballs, thick, gnarled fingers, and skin scored with deep creases and squared off with reptilian-like scales.
Steffen's drawings contain written accounts about his art and life as well as commentaries about the artwork itself. Some are recollections of past events. In one, "Red Headed Stripper", he wrote: "She was a wild dancer, taking your breath away, I still remember her to this day over forty five years ago." Invariably the text also thanks the Lord for His artistic assistance and inspiration.
The oldest of eight children, Steffen had just begun to study art at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1949 and in 1950, he began hearing voices in his head and had a mental breakdown. He was institutionalized at Elgin State Hospital where he received electroshock treatments for schizophrenia. He remained at Elgin on-and-off until 1963.
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Employers must, in particular, consider the risks to staff who are most vulnerable to infection, so please refer to our advice for those are Black, disabled, over 70 or have an underlying health condition. Research has shown that Black workers are at increased risk of infection, serious illness and death through COVID-19. Employers should follow our guidance for disabled workers and workers with an underlying health condition. Prevent people gathering with those they do not live with, except for specific purposes. Further advice on what employers should do, including the support they should provide for staff who are required to self-isolate is available on the government website. We have a page of PPE detailed advice here. The clinically extremely vulnerable will get priority access to vaccination against COVID-19 before the general population and in line with the priority ordering set by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). Different regulations exist for wearing face coverings in different parts of the UK. People who are defined as clinically extremely vulnerable are at very high risk of severe illness from coronavirus. And working from home, in many ways, might be the smartest solution for older workers who tend to be more susceptible to severe cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Our sector-based risk assessment advice also includes guidance on taking account of the increased risk to Black staff. Working from home during coronavirus. If you or someone you care for are experiencing a mental health crisis, we urge you to make contact with a local health professional immediately. Our Black members are leading discussions around the wider issues of racism the pandemic is revealing. Top of page. If you work in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland you should go your own country's advice pages. Family contracts, study zones, games and other tips to help you juggle kids and working from home. If your employer is asking you to reduce safety measures after being vaccinated, you should contact your UNISON branch for advice. Working from home as a public health measure in response to the pandemic has been a crucial factor in mitigating the transmission of the virus amongst the general population. National information on the vaccination programmes in: The UK government announced the extension of the 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme' in a bid to avoid mass redundancies. If you work in the private sector for an employer with less than 500 employees, and have COVID-19, have COVID-19 symptoms or have been quarantined by a doctor or the government, you can … The Mental Health Foundation have produced a guide to protecting your mental health during the coronavirus crisis and MIND has produced a helpful guide which will be useful to anyone who has to practice social isolation. If you work in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland please refer to your own country's advice pages. The TUC is calling for a temporary legal right to access the furlough scheme for parents and those with caring responsibilities who have had these significantly disrupted due to coronavirus restrictions. They should instead follow the general advice and regulations set out in the national lockdown guidance that came into effect on 5 January 2021. Read our detailed advice on pregnant workers. While 'Long Covid' is not yet a formal diagnosis, it is likely that as more research is conducted it could be recognised as a long term health condition and may ultimately qualify as a disability under the Equality Act 2010. If You Have COVID-19 Symptoms, This Is How You Can Take Care of Yourself at Home April 9, 2020 by Tamara Pridgett Even if you have had both doses of the vaccine, you should continue to follow this shielding advice, until further notice as we continue to assess the impact of vaccination among all groups. 02:34 Recently, China's top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan mentioned a new pattern of COVID-19 transmission in China, that is from environment to … If someone cannot work because they have to self-isolate, they must tell their employer as soon as possible, or face a fine of £50. Please see specific information for healthcare staff on our Health sector page, We also have specific information for social care staff. The app helps the NHS understand where and how quickly the virus is spreading and respond effectively. See the links at the top of the page. Everyone in England, including those who are clinically extremely vulnerable, is required to follow the new national lockdown guidance, which has been set out by the government and applies to the whole population. Face coverings such as a scarf, bandana or mask must not be used as a replacement for PPE. Find out more about cookies and how we use them. Employers may need to keep staff informed about COVID-19 cases in their workplace but should not name the individual. If someone is told to self-isolate, they should work from home if that is possible. COVID-19, disabled, older and shielding workers. Employers must identify all those for whom they have a duty of care, whether they are staff or service-users, who are classed as being either at most or moderate risk from COVID-19. And that is a small but heroic act. You are more likely to require PPE if you are providing direct care to service users, or cleaning premises contaminated by COVID-19. It's important that PPE is concentrated on those who need and are trained in its use. Working from home during COVID-19. Your employer should support you to work from home, if you can work from home. Up to date guidance on what employers need to do to make workplaces 'COVID-secure' can be found here. Government guidance on claiming benefits in light of COVID-19. Clinically extremely vulnerable children and young people should not attend school or other educational settings, because the risk of exposure to the virus in the community is now very high. If you already have priority access to a supermarket delivery slot, that will continue – you do not need to do anything further. Find out more about cookies and how we use them. Many teachers at higher risk for complications from COVID-19 are hoping not to go back to their classrooms—and districts are having to prioritize who gets to stay home. We have also produced a leaflet specifically for Black workers on rights at work (PDF). You are advised to stay at home as much as possible and not to travel unless essential (for example, to attend health appointments). Please note that if you are required to self-isolate because you have returned to the UK from a country which does not have exemption from government restrictions on non-essential travel, the rules are different. And depending … Our PPE guide provides further advice on this. Furlough letter templates. Copied. You can use your shielding letter as evidence to prove you can't go to work - you don't need a fit note from your GP. A. Your employers must have carried out a risk assessment to ensure that your workplace meets government guidelines and do everything they reasonably can to make your workplace 'COVID-secure'. If you want access to supermarket deliveries, you will also need to set up an account with at least one supermarket and book slots yourself. There is a 24-hour employer helpline to report any shortages in health and social care providers in England. The government's advice is that you can only leave home for work purposes where it is unreasonable for you to do your job from home. You can find it on any letter the NHS has sent you, or on a prescription. By continuing to use our website you are consenting to their use. About 74 percent of CFOs surveyed by Gartner expect some of their employees who were forced to work from home because of the COVID … You can still receive care at home from professional social care and medical professionals. We understand that due to COVID-19 your working arrangements may have changed. As our knowledge of COVID-19 has grown, we now know that very few children and young people are at highest risk of severe illness due to the virus. If you have an urgent medical need, call NHS 111 or, for a medical emergency, dial 999. They do not provide the protection against the risk of infection that PPE such as certified face masks do. Some May Work From Home Permanently After COVID-19: Gartner. Currently, and prior to COVID-19, employees with 26 weeks service have the legal right to request flexible working, which can include homeworking. If nothing else, COVID-19 has taught us people can work from home. You can ask your employer if they'll furlough you - find out more about being furloughed. If you are pregnant the government has issued "strong advice" that you should work from home, if possible and be particularly stringent about 'social distancing'. If you are unwell, you must stay at home. You are strongly advised not to go to a pharmacy. They should follow social distancing guidance where close or personal contact is not required. If your employer doesn't furlough you, you might be able to get statutory sick pay (SSP). This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19. We'll send you a link to a feedback form. For other groups of staff other measures such as working from home, hand hygiene, social distancing and shielding those most at risk are most effective. Members of the household who are not clinically extremely vulnerable should continue to attend work if they are unable to work from home, in line with the wider rules set out in the national lockdown guidance. Face-to-face health assessments for sickness and disability benefits remain suspended but some reviews or re-assessments are gradually restarting. This shielding guidance applies to clinically extremely vulnerable individuals only. If you can't work from home, you can ask your boss if they will put you on furlough. If you need to stay at home to look after your children, you are legally entitled to unpaid dependant leave. If you can't work from home. Use online shopping if you can, or ask others to collect and deliver shopping for you (friends and family, local volunteers or NHS Volunteer Responders). Terms and conditions. Or if you're the relative of a UNISON member who has tragically died from contracting the disease at work. These must be kept under constant review taking into account changes such as changing government guidance, technological developments (such as vaccines, test and tracing), and increased understanding of how the virus is transmitted (by for example new variants etc). If you are in this group, you will previously have received a letter from the NHS or from your GP telling you this. On 4 January 2021 national lockdowns were announced for England and Scotland. Read the interview with our Head of Equality Gloria Mills, Read further information on risk assessment and resources to support Black Staff. If you're on a zero-hours contract you are not entitled to statutory sick pay unless you can demonstrate that you earn at least £120 per week from your employer. 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Reader Center|How We Created a New Way to Depict Addiction Visually
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How We Created a New Way to Depict Addiction Visually
An early draft of the illustration for "Tolerance."CreditCreditZach Lieberman for The New York Times
As told to Alexandria Symonds
Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times.
For a new feature, "Heroin Addiction Explained: How Opioids Hijack the Brain," which appears today, Times journalists wanted to approach the opioid crisis from an underrepresented perspective: to illustrate, in pictures and words, what each step of the cycle of addiction actually feels like to those who experience it.
The reporters Shreeya Sinha and Jennifer Harlan interviewed more than a dozen current and former opioid users about the most personal aspects of their experiences: their thoughts, feelings and physical sensations while using drugs. They synthesized those descriptions into a seven-stage explainer — gateway, tolerance, withdrawal, addiction, treatment, relapse, recovery — that aims to help readers understand more clearly what addicts go through. When it came to the visuals for the piece, Meghan Louttit, the Times editor who organized the package, and the art director Rumsey Taylor wanted to create a new kind of illustration that would equally foreground the interviewees' own subjective experiences.
First, the editors read Ms. Sinha and Ms. Harlan's interviews with the subjects. Then, the Times video journalist Leslye Davis worked with the freelance software artist Zach Lieberman to develop an idea: Ms. Davis would film a dancer, Bailey Anglin, to interpret the interviewees' words through movement. Then, Mr. Lieberman would manipulate those video clips — adding an aura, for example, to illustrate the warm thrall of an initial high; layering the video with spiky, discordant static to get across the pain of withdrawal.
Here, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Lieberman and Ms. Davis discuss the details of their process in creating the graphics.
Heroin Addiction Explained: How Opioids Hijack the Brain
RUMSEY TAYLOR The narrative of the opioid crisis has a familiar visual vernacular: track-covered arms, empty syringes, the translucent amber cylinder of an empty pill container. These images visualize how drug users look from the outside, as opposed to what's happening to them mentally, physically and emotionally.
Our task with this story was to evoke the subjective experience of heroin use. One former user, Rebecca Ronning, described the pang of desire that accompanies withdrawal as a barrage of pain: "You can't sleep. You have goosebumps, but you're sweating, but you're cold. A shower doesn't help. Being outside doesn't help. You're so tired, and your legs are shaking. And nothing makes you feel better except doing more heroin," she said. "You're not getting high anymore. You're just fixing the withdrawal."
Ms. Ronning's and other testimonies anchor Shreeya and Jennifer's reporting in vivid bursts. In reading through it, I culled all their adjectives — fuzzy, unworried, clear, depressed, gray, and many others — and collated them into a crude spectrum of experience: soft, fuzzy, comfortable on one end; hard, sharp, distressing on the other.
These words distill the experience of those who've been through treatment into a construct that we set out to adapt visually. We commissioned Zach Lieberman, a visual artist who specializes, in his own words, in "exploring new modes of expression."
These screenshots show the calculations of velocity that drive the movement in "Withdrawal."CreditZach Lieberman for The New York Times
CreditZach Lieberman for The New York Times
ZACH LIEBERMAN I am an artist who writes software to create animations — I post daily sketches on Instagram where I explore color, form and movement, often responding to body and gesture. My work generally involves iteration: taking the same movement or graphical form and through software pushing it in different directions. For this project, we discussed starting with a single source of footage and exploring how we could animate it to convey different emotional and physical states. The article is about transformation, and we thought that by using the same source footage, the artwork could echo that.
Bailey Anglin interpreted the words of current and former opioid users through dance while The Times's Leslye Davis filmed.CreditSarah Kramer/The New York Times
LESLYE DAVIS To execute the concept, we hired Bailey Anglin — a dancer and movement artist — to help represent people's descriptions of addiction. For example, Jasmine Johnson, 29, from Pennsylvania, described the feeling of withdrawal as "like a demon crawling out of you," so we choreographed the scene to represent the intensity of that experience. With Bailey's performance, we aimed to represent these experiences without making the universal experience of addiction seem too individualistic.
LIEBERMAN One of the main challenges we faced was trying to stay true to the subject matter and treat it with the respect it deserves. We found that the quotes helped immensely, always bringing our visual research back to what the body feels like as it moves through these different stages of addiction. Since the software I write is generative, we experimented with adjusting the pacing, color and movement to try to best fit the mood. We made dozens of clips.
Some of these visuals also show a human form that weaves in and out of being recognizable. It seemed like an appropriate way to express some of the physical and emotional oscillation of addiction.
TAYLOR Once Zach completed his work, we worked in parallel with him to modulate the appearance of the clips so that they all cohered into the same narrative. For example, the colors in the video for the first chapter, "Gateway," are repurposed throughout the story. The result, I hope, is a striking visualization of the physical and emotional experiences of someone who is addicted.
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Alexandria Symonds is a senior staff editor at The Times. @a_symonds
A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: A New Way to Depict Addiction. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe