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Is the World Ready for #self-driving cars?
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The self-driving Audi R8 is a car model produced by Audi and owned by Tony Stark. It first appeared in Avengers: Age of UltronSelf-driving cars are prowling the streets of California, Paris, London, Singapore and Beijing. Intel says, that the driverless tech will add $7 trillion to the global economy and save hundreds of thousands of lives in the next few decades. Also, it will devastate the car industry and its associated gas stations, drive-thrus, taxi drivers, and truckers.Some people will benefit. Many will damage.This article takes a look at the #future of self-driving cars. But first, let’s look at exactly what a driverless car is.What is a Self-driving Car? And How Does It Work?A self-driving car, also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is (...)

#self-driving-cars #automotive-industry #automotive

FDA Seizes Documents From E-Cigarette Maker Amid Crackdown On Flavored Vapes : NPR
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JUULs are trendy, USB-shaped vaporizers that provide a quick dose of nicotine to users. Introduced in 2015, the vapes are marketed as an alternative to tobacco cigarettes for adult users, but some critics say that flavors such as mango and creme appeal primarily to teenagers and children. One study suggests that 81 percent of children who ever use tobacco start with a flavored tobacco product.

“The popularity of JUUL among kids threatens our progress in reducing youth e-cigarette use,” said Dr. Robert Redfield, director of CDC, in a press release. “We are alarmed that these new high nicotine content e-cigarettes, marketed and sold in kid-friendly flavors, are so appealing to our nation’s young people.”

The seizure was the latest in a series of FDA crackdowns on the e-cigarette market. In September, the agency announced it had issued more than 1,300 warning letters and fines to convenience stores, gas stations and other stores over the summer for selling e-cigarettes to minors — its largest such action to date.

“It is abundantly clear that tobacco companies are developing and marketing e-cigarette flavors that appeal to, and addict, children,” the senators wrote in a letter.

Durban and Murkowski recently introduced legislation that would ban the use of flavoring in cigars — not e-cigarettes — and give tobacco companies one year to prove that “their e-cigarette flavors actually help adults quit smoking cigarettes” and “do no cause children to start smoking.” Currently, there is no legislation regulating the flavors of e-cigarette products.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb called youth e-cigarette use an “epidemic” last month, saying the practice “shows no signs of abating.”

“The FDA won’t tolerate a whole generation of young people becoming addicted to nicotine,” he continued.

#Tabac #Salopards #Addiction

Two Years After Jimmy Kimmel, Paper Receipts Remain: Why It’s Time to Skip the Slips
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Two Years After Jimmy Kimmel, Paper Receipts Remain: Why It’s Time to Skip the SlipsWe are living in a bright new age in which sustainability and ethical practises are moving out of the sphere of abstract international treaties such as the Paris agreement, and into the day to day behaviour of consumers and the stores they buy from. Plastic bags have been banned in various countries across the world, and in France supermarkets face fines for food wastage. However, one persistent outdated practise remains in stores, cafes and gas stations all over the world: the use of paper receipts.▻https://medium.com/media/488d5d687525455053c69140026f8d04/hrefAnd it’s not as if we don’t know the damaging effects of continued use. Over the last few years, the issue has been highlighted not once but twice (...)

#retail-technology #tillbilly #paper-receipts #environment #digital-receipts

Social Decay : Illustrations by Andrei Lacatusu

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Signalé sur Twitter par @freakonometrics (who else dirait @isskein) à qui on dit un grand merci

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Bucharest-based self-taught digital artist Andrei Lacatusu created these 3D visualizations of decaying social media signage. The signs look realistic and reminded me of those old motels or gas stations that have been abandoned due to economic reasons. Maybe this is a prelude of things to come but eventually, people will get tired of social media and move on to the next big thing.

The ’Green Book’ Was a Travel Guide Just for Black Motorists - NBC News
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For 30 years, a New York City mailman by the name of Victor Green wrote and distributed the Green Book—a travel guide for African American motorists.

Now, to be clear, this was not your average AAA guide or a Zagat’s providing the “hot spots” to travel, this was in actuality a life saver for black folks during the heights of segregation in the United States, from 1936-1966.

The Green Book helped black travelers navigate the dangers and constant humiliations that racial segregation posed.
The book included everything from gas stations that would serve African Americans to restaurants, barber shops, beauty salons and safe places to stay. So, how is it that a book that was in circulation for three decades is relatively unknown today?

Author and playwright Calvin Ramsey is currently working to make sure that Victor Green and his efforts to keep black motorists safe are as well-known as Rosa Parks with his latest project, The Green Book Chronicles.

“Discrimination was so real that not only did they [black travelers] pack their own food; but also their own gas. You never knew when traveling while black what was going to happen to you and if you had kids with you it just added to the anxiety,” said Ramsey.

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The Green Book - NYPL Digital Collections
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From the Introduction to the 1949 edition: With the introduction of this travel guide in 1936, it has been our idea to give the Negro traveler information that will keep him from running into difficulties, embarrassments and to make his trips more enjoyable. The Jewish press has long published information about places that are restricted and there are numerous publications that give the gentile whites all kinds of information. But during these long years of discrimination, before 1936 other guides have been published for the Negro, some are still published, but the majority have gone out of business for various reasons. In 1936 the Green Book was only a local publication for Metropolitan New York, the response for copies was so great it was turned into a national issue in 1937 to cover the United States. This guide while lacking in many respects was accepted by thousands of travelers. Through the courtesy of the United States Travel Bureau of which Mr. Chas. A. R. McDowell was the collaborator on Negro Affairs, more valuable information was secured. With the two working together, this guide contained the best ideas for the Negro traveler. Year after year it grew until 1941. “PM” one of New York’s great white newspapers found out about it.

The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automate millions of jobs
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A convoy of self-driving trucks recently drove across Europe and arrived at the Port of Rotterdam. No technology will automate away more jobs — or drive more economic efficiency — than the driverless truck.

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In addition, once the technology is mature enough to be rolled out commercially, we will also enjoy considerable safety benefits. This year alone more people will be killed in traffic accidents involving trucks than in all domestic airline crashes in the last 45 years combined. At the same time, more truck drivers were killed on the job, 835, than workers in any other occupation in the U.S.

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There are currently more than 1.6 million Americans working as truck drivers, making it the most common job in 29 states.

The loss of jobs representing 1 percent of the U.S. workforce will be a devastating blow to the economy. And the adverse consequences won’t end there. Gas stations, highway diners, rest stops, motels and other businesses catering to drivers will struggle to survive without them.

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The demonstration in Europe shows that driverless trucking is right around the corner. The primary remaining barriers are regulatory.

#Automatisation #Camion #Chauffeur_de_poids-lourd #Chômage #Emploi #Numérique #Transport_routier_de_marchandises #Travail #Voiture_autonome #Économie

Russian truckers continue protest over road tax system condemned as ’corrupt’ - watch on - uatoday.tv
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Russian truckers have continued to protest against a new road toll system. As of last month, the state has started charging a fee for every kilometre that trucks over 12 tonnes in weight drive on Russian roads. Drivers angry at the extra charge have staged protests around the country. The company awarded the contract to collect the fees is co-owned by Igor Rotenberg, the son of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s judo partner. That connection has also sparked ire.

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Introducing Dirty Little Secrets: Investigating New Jersey’s Toxic Legacy - Montclair State University
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You don’t have to go any further than late-night monologues to know New Jersey’s reputation as a toxic dump. We came by that reputation honestly. As an early leader in industry and manufacturing – much of it in the chemical sector – New Jersey provided a good standard of living for workers and has become one of the richest states in the union.

But not without a cost: Acres upon acres of toxic waste.

There are more than 13,000 active or pending contaminated sites in New Jersey, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. Of those, 114 are Superfund sites – considered the most severely polluted. But many of the rest are smaller contaminated sites that may also threaten the health of our environment and our people.

We’re talking about dry cleaners, concrete companies, tire centers, auto body shops – and lots and lots of gas stations. Thousands of underground oil tanks in older New Jersey neighborhoods are becoming more corroded by the year, leaking toxic materials into the ground. And many of these toxic sites are subject to the kind of storm surge and flooding we witnessed during Hurricane Sandy.

Most of the contaminated areas are in some stage of remediation, with a licensed remediation professional assigned to manage the cleanup. But more than 1,300 have no remediation professional assigned. Many of these are abandoned, with no owner to be found.

So what are the lasting impacts of this toxic legacy in New Jersey? How are our communities still affected by the lingering waste in our backyards and waters?

Dirty Little Secrets: New Jersey Is Just a Storm Away from a Major Toxic Mess - WNYC
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It was early on October 30, 2012, after the winds from Sandy had died down, when the call came in to the Coast Guard’s National Response Center hotline. Just before 5 a.m., a worker at the Motiva diesel terminal in Woodbridge said that flooding had caused an unknown quantity of fuel to leak into the Arthur Kill, between New Jersey and Staten Island.

As day broke and employees were able to conduct a more thorough inspection, they realized that the storm had knocked over one of the storage tanks, sending hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel into the river. Hundreds of workers were dispatched to the scene, and a massive cleanup and containment operation began, which would continue into the evening hours as a news helicopter hovered overhead.

The Coast Guard also received a call that morning from the Phillips 66 Bayway refinery in Linden, which reported a discharge of “slop oil” from the facility’s sewer system.

Then there were the calls from boaters and residents throughout the area who had seen rainbow sheens on the water, and someone reported a slick layer of oil covering tombstones and geese in a cemetery near the refinery.

In the three years since Sandy, the Christie administration — in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — has focused on rebuilding and fortifying beach towns along the Jersey Shore, as well as communities on the Raritan Bay.

But there’s another part of the waterfront that’s been largely forgotten. Unlike popular tourist destinations farther to the south with their beaches and boardwalks, the stretch of industrial coast in the northern part of the state is largely hidden from the average person, and it hasn’t received nearly as much attention in the Sandy recovery.

Reports : Millionaire lawmaker Yeremeyev dies after horse riding accident
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Lawmaker and businessman Ihor Yeremeyev died on Aug. 12, two weeks after he received a head injury falling from a horse, according to reports in Ukrainian media.

Several media reported Yeremeyev’s death, quoting their own sources. There has been no official announcement as of yet.

Yeremeyev, 47, was the owner of Continuum, a group of companies that owns the chain of WOG gas stations. He was elected to Ukraine’s Parliament in 2002, 2012 and 2014. Ukraine’s Focus magazine estimated his net worth to be $95 million in 2015, making him Ukraine’s 68th richest person.

Yeremeyev was married. He leaves two children.

Yeremeyev’s accident occurred in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine on July 26. He received first aid in a hospital in the regional capital Lutsk, and was then moved to Kyiv. On July 28 his press service announced that he had been medevaced to a clinic in Europe.

During his last term in Parliament, Yeremeyev was best known as the creator and leader of the Volya Narodu (People’s Will) group of 19 lawmakers, most of whom ran for election as independents. The group was dubbed by the Ukrainian media as the Group of Yeremeyev.

Yeremeyev was reported to be giving financial support to Ukrainian volunteer battalions fighting in the country’s east against combined Russian-separatist forces. His fund has donated Hr 40 million to these battalions since 2014, according to the fund’s own figures.

According to media reports, Yeremeyev had been in a coma since the accident.

#Sanaa today. Endless lines going like a snake in the city waiting for fuel at gas stations.

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#Ashura Threats Heighten South #Lebanon Security
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Various commercial establishments also expressed the Karbala spirit: Shops were united in black, so were gas stations and vegetable stands, which displayed sayings uttered by Imam Hussein at the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) Various commercial establishments also expressed the Karbala spirit: Shops were united in black, so were gas stations and vegetable stands, which displayed sayings uttered by Imam Hussein at the Battle of (...)

#Culture_&_Society #Analysis #Hezbollah #Nabatiyeh #South_Lebanon

Alep : la révolution des jerry-cans
Aleppo Energy Crisis : Running Out of Patience | Al Akhbar English
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At one of the city’s gas stations, Abu Mohammad, an avowed supporter of the regime, vents his frustration.

“The situation has become unbearable,” he says. “If the state does not act fast, Aleppo will declare a revolution of jerry-cans.”

His friend Fouad concurs, and raising his voice – in itself a noteworthy act in this city – declares: “Yes, we support the regime, but patience has its limits.”

We are interrupted by the voice of a young attendant sarcastically addressing the queue of customers.

“You want freedom, right?”

“No, brother,” replies a voice from the crowds. “If things continue like this, it looks like we’ll want to overthrow the regime.”

#Syrie
#énergie
#pénurie
#électricité

New Opinion : Shameful negligence
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Indeed, on Tuesday, Bassil himself offered some startling figures: Of Lebanon’s 3,250 gas stations, fewer than 45 percent are legal. If these figures are correct (and indeed, given past experience, they are probably conservative) it matters little who is to blame, for it is clear that the very fabric of what is left of Lebanon’s public-sector administrative and regulatory bodies was worn to a thread years ago.

(Bon, j’ai un nouveau flux assez large dans mes sources, c’est pour ça que désormais je référence parfois du Now Lebanon. Alors que bon, Now Lebanon, tout de même...)

Des villes en sets cartonnés // papierowemiasto.pl
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Paper Town is inspired by Polish suburban life. Houses, playgrounds, gas stations, department stores and other elements of a small Polish town can be found here.

The Town is aviable in a few different sets, that can be freely combined. A single set contains four sheets of gray cardboard with a fine color print.

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#design #ville