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April 11, 2024
Recently went into a store that had automated ordering, not in California. It was irritating to have no employees in sight since the drive through had effed up my order. I had to wait for another customer's food to come out so I could talk to a human.
No people out front gives the impression the customer service is not a priority, that they are only interested in getting your money- now go away. OTOH perhaps it is simply being truthful...
California just hiked minimum wage for fast food workers. Some restaurants are replacing them with kiosks
California just hiked minimum wage for fast food workers. Some restaurants are replacing them with kiosks
California just raised the minimum wage for the states fast food sector workers by $4 to $20. As if on cue, it raised a familiar refrain that those workers would be replaced by technology, such as self-service kiosks.
Thats likely to happen in some instances where business who havent yet done so will look to technology to help offset higher labor costs, industry experts said.
But the reality is that automation in the services industry is already on a roll, and the restaurant industry has been embracing it for a while now, even in states where the minimum wage hasnt increased.
There are two things in play. One, already in motion for a while is robotics and automation at the store level, said Rob Dongoski, global lead for food and agribusiness at Kearney, a strategy and management consulting firm. Examples in what is known in the industry as the quick service restaurant space include auto-refill technology and automated frying machines.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/business/california-minimum-wage-fast-food-kiosks/index.html
California just raised the minimum wage for the states fast food sector workers by $4 to $20. As if on cue, it raised a familiar refrain that those workers would be replaced by technology, such as self-service kiosks.
Thats likely to happen in some instances where business who havent yet done so will look to technology to help offset higher labor costs, industry experts said.
But the reality is that automation in the services industry is already on a roll, and the restaurant industry has been embracing it for a while now, even in states where the minimum wage hasnt increased.
There are two things in play. One, already in motion for a while is robotics and automation at the store level, said Rob Dongoski, global lead for food and agribusiness at Kearney, a strategy and management consulting firm. Examples in what is known in the industry as the quick service restaurant space include auto-refill technology and automated frying machines.
Recently went into a store that had automated ordering, not in California. It was irritating to have no employees in sight since the drive through had effed up my order. I had to wait for another customer's food to come out so I could talk to a human.
No people out front gives the impression the customer service is not a priority, that they are only interested in getting your money- now go away. OTOH perhaps it is simply being truthful...
April 11, 2024
Added words that simply define what is already the case. Current rules do not limit dealer definitions to any locations.
Biden is correct, we need UBC legislation passed.
The Biden administration will require thousands more gun dealers to run background checks on buyers
The Biden administration will require thousands more gun dealers to run background checks on buyers
Thousands more firearms dealers across the United States will have to run background checks on buyers when selling at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Biden administration rule that will soon go into effect.
The rule aims to close a loophole that has allowed tens of thousands of guns to be sold every year by unlicensed dealers who dont perform background checks to ensure the potential buyer is not legally prohibited from having a firearm.
Its the administrations latest effort to combat gun violence. But in a contentious election year, its also an effort to show voters especially younger ones for whom gun violence deeply resonates that the White House is trying to stop the deaths.
This is going to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and felons, President Joe Biden said in a statement. And my administration is going to continue to do everything we possibly can to save lives. Congress needs to finish the job and pass universal background checks legislation now.
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/the-biden-administration-will-require-thousands-more-gun-dealers-to-run-background-checks-on-buyers/
Thousands more firearms dealers across the United States will have to run background checks on buyers when selling at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Biden administration rule that will soon go into effect.
The rule aims to close a loophole that has allowed tens of thousands of guns to be sold every year by unlicensed dealers who dont perform background checks to ensure the potential buyer is not legally prohibited from having a firearm.
Its the administrations latest effort to combat gun violence. But in a contentious election year, its also an effort to show voters especially younger ones for whom gun violence deeply resonates that the White House is trying to stop the deaths.
This is going to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and felons, President Joe Biden said in a statement. And my administration is going to continue to do everything we possibly can to save lives. Congress needs to finish the job and pass universal background checks legislation now.
Added words that simply define what is already the case. Current rules do not limit dealer definitions to any locations.
Biden is correct, we need UBC legislation passed.
April 10, 2024
Uh oh, MTG may be right. There is a new plague coming
Earthquakes, eclipse, now cicadapocalypse
Billions of cicadas are set to appear in a rare double brood emergence, scientists say
In a matter of weeks, they will dig their way out from underground, red eyes shining, deafening song filling the air. It will be a confluence of creatures the likes of which hasnt been seen in the United States since Thomas Jefferson was president and wont happen again until 2245. Its a rare emergence of insects some are referring to as cicadapocalypse.
Billions of cicadas are set to surface this spring as two different broods one that appears every 13 years, and another every 17 years emerge simultaneously. The 13-year group, known as Brood XIX, or the Great Southern Brood, is the largest periodical cicada brood, stretching across the southeastern United States. The Northern Illinois Brood, or Brood XIII, emerges every 17 years.
Its rare that we see this size of double brood emergence, said Dr. Jonathan Larson, an extension entomologist and assistant professor at the University of Kentucky. Were talking about an absolute oddity of nature, one of Americas coolest insects.
Though the idea of a cicadapocalypse may seem foreboding, experts predict that the two broods wont overlap significantly, and the bugs themselves, while loud and numerous, are harmless. Heres what you need to know going into cicada season.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/world/cicadas-2024-broods-xix-xiii-scn/index.html
In a matter of weeks, they will dig their way out from underground, red eyes shining, deafening song filling the air. It will be a confluence of creatures the likes of which hasnt been seen in the United States since Thomas Jefferson was president and wont happen again until 2245. Its a rare emergence of insects some are referring to as cicadapocalypse.
Billions of cicadas are set to surface this spring as two different broods one that appears every 13 years, and another every 17 years emerge simultaneously. The 13-year group, known as Brood XIX, or the Great Southern Brood, is the largest periodical cicada brood, stretching across the southeastern United States. The Northern Illinois Brood, or Brood XIII, emerges every 17 years.
Its rare that we see this size of double brood emergence, said Dr. Jonathan Larson, an extension entomologist and assistant professor at the University of Kentucky. Were talking about an absolute oddity of nature, one of Americas coolest insects.
Though the idea of a cicadapocalypse may seem foreboding, experts predict that the two broods wont overlap significantly, and the bugs themselves, while loud and numerous, are harmless. Heres what you need to know going into cicada season.
April 9, 2024
Even with five people, at least one person had to reload
Chicago police fired 96 shots after gunfire broke out at a fatal traffic stop, agency says. Here's what bodycam footage
Chicago police fired 96 shots after gunfire broke out at a fatal traffic stop, agency says. Heres what bodycam footage shows
Newly released bodycam footage reveals the chaotic moments before and after 26-year-old Dexter Reed was fatally shot during a traffic stop by Chicago police.
The deadly encounter happened in a residential neighborhood on March 21. In one video, an officer approaches the driver of a white vehicle with dark-tinted windows. Roll the window down. Roll the window down, she tells the driver. But he keeps rolling the window up.
What are you doing? the officer asks. Dont roll the window up. Do not roll the window up!
The officer pulls on the drivers locked door handle and draws her gun.
Unlock the doors now! Unlock the doors now! she screams, as another officer shouts the same demands.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/09/us/dexter-reed-chicago-police-shooting-video/index.html
Newly released bodycam footage reveals the chaotic moments before and after 26-year-old Dexter Reed was fatally shot during a traffic stop by Chicago police.
The deadly encounter happened in a residential neighborhood on March 21. In one video, an officer approaches the driver of a white vehicle with dark-tinted windows. Roll the window down. Roll the window down, she tells the driver. But he keeps rolling the window up.
What are you doing? the officer asks. Dont roll the window up. Do not roll the window up!
The officer pulls on the drivers locked door handle and draws her gun.
Unlock the doors now! Unlock the doors now! she screams, as another officer shouts the same demands.
Even with five people, at least one person had to reload
April 5, 2024
Quicker and probably more humane to stab him in the heart or cut his throat
Condemned inmate could face 'surgery without anesthesia' if good vein is elusive, lawyers say
Condemned inmate could face surgery without anesthesia if good vein is elusive, lawyers say
Missouris execution protocol allows for surgery without anesthesia if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesnt work, lawyers for a death row inmate say in an appeal aimed at sparing his life.
Brian Dorsey, 52, is scheduled for execution Tuesday for killing his cousin and her husband at their central Missouri home in 2006. His attorneys are seeking clemency from Gov. Mike Parson and have several appeals pending.
A federal court appeal focuses on how Missouri injects the fatal dose of pentobarbital. The written protocol calls for insertion of primary and secondary intravenous lines. But it offers no guidance on how far the execution team can go to find a suitable vein, leaving open the possibility of an invasive cutdown procedure, Dorseys attorneys say.
The procedure involves an incision that could be several inches wide and several inches deep. Forceps are used to tear tissue away from a vein that becomes the injection point.
https://kstp.com/associated-press/ap-us-international/condemned-inmate-could-face-surgery-without-anesthesia-if-good-vein-is-elusive-lawyers-say/
Missouris execution protocol allows for surgery without anesthesia if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesnt work, lawyers for a death row inmate say in an appeal aimed at sparing his life.
Brian Dorsey, 52, is scheduled for execution Tuesday for killing his cousin and her husband at their central Missouri home in 2006. His attorneys are seeking clemency from Gov. Mike Parson and have several appeals pending.
A federal court appeal focuses on how Missouri injects the fatal dose of pentobarbital. The written protocol calls for insertion of primary and secondary intravenous lines. But it offers no guidance on how far the execution team can go to find a suitable vein, leaving open the possibility of an invasive cutdown procedure, Dorseys attorneys say.
The procedure involves an incision that could be several inches wide and several inches deep. Forceps are used to tear tissue away from a vein that becomes the injection point.
Quicker and probably more humane to stab him in the heart or cut his throat
April 2, 2024
Germany to redesign Adidas soccer jersey numbering amid Nazi symbol controversy
Germany to redesign Adidas soccer jersey numbering amid Nazi symbol controversy
German soccer authorities will redesign the number 4 on the countrys national jerseys amid claims it resembles a logo used by Nazi paramilitary units.
The German Football Association (DFB) made the announcement Monday after social media users began using an online customization service to create shirts bearing the number 44 and pointing out the similarity to the Schutzstaffel, or SS, logo.
In a statement posted to X, the DFB said it had earlier submitted numbers 1 to 26 to European soccers governing body, UEFA, for review, and that none of the parties involved saw any proximity to Nazi symbolism in the creation process of the jersey design. The association said it was taking the matter very seriously and was developing an alternative design for the digit.
While 44 is not currently used by the German mens or womens teams, official uniform supplier Adidas allowed customers to personalize the jerseys with a number, from 00 to 99, and a name up to 10 letters long. The resulting images generated by Adidas online shop were then widely shared online.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/style/germany-adidas-soccer-jersey-nazi-symbol-controversy-intl-hnk/index.html
German soccer authorities will redesign the number 4 on the countrys national jerseys amid claims it resembles a logo used by Nazi paramilitary units.
The German Football Association (DFB) made the announcement Monday after social media users began using an online customization service to create shirts bearing the number 44 and pointing out the similarity to the Schutzstaffel, or SS, logo.
In a statement posted to X, the DFB said it had earlier submitted numbers 1 to 26 to European soccers governing body, UEFA, for review, and that none of the parties involved saw any proximity to Nazi symbolism in the creation process of the jersey design. The association said it was taking the matter very seriously and was developing an alternative design for the digit.
While 44 is not currently used by the German mens or womens teams, official uniform supplier Adidas allowed customers to personalize the jerseys with a number, from 00 to 99, and a name up to 10 letters long. The resulting images generated by Adidas online shop were then widely shared online.
April 2, 2024
White House to host scaled-back iftar dinner amid tensions with Arab and Muslim Americans
White House to host scaled-back iftar dinner amid tensions with Arab and Muslim Americans
President Joe Biden is expected to host a significantly scaled-down iftar dinner at the White House on Tuesday to commemorate Ramadan, three sources familiar with the plans told CNN, a reflection of the tension between the administration and Arab and Muslim American communities over the Israel-Hamas war.
Several people who were invited to the dinner have declined, sources said, citing frustration with the administrations support of Israel amid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Vice President Kamala Harris, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, senior White House aides and fewer than a dozen invited guests are expected to attend the small gathering, a senior administration official said.
Last year, the White House did not hold an iftar dinner the breaking of the daily fast after sundown but hosted nearly 350 people for a reception celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a festival marking the end of Ramadan.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/01/politics/white-house-iftar/index.html
President Joe Biden is expected to host a significantly scaled-down iftar dinner at the White House on Tuesday to commemorate Ramadan, three sources familiar with the plans told CNN, a reflection of the tension between the administration and Arab and Muslim American communities over the Israel-Hamas war.
Several people who were invited to the dinner have declined, sources said, citing frustration with the administrations support of Israel amid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Vice President Kamala Harris, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, senior White House aides and fewer than a dozen invited guests are expected to attend the small gathering, a senior administration official said.
Last year, the White House did not hold an iftar dinner the breaking of the daily fast after sundown but hosted nearly 350 people for a reception celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a festival marking the end of Ramadan.
April 1, 2024
He needs to be punished to the fullest extent of the law
Charges: St. Paul man left kids alone, guns accessible before boy was shot in face
Charges: St. Paul man left kids alone, guns accessible before boy was shot in face
A man is now facing criminal charges in connection to a shooting at a St. Paul apartment on Friday night that left an 11-year-old critically hurt.
Martinez Castillo Lloyd, 34, is charged with illegal gun possession and negligent storage of a gun following the incident.
Prosecutors say that Lloyds children and several of their friends ranging in age from 10 to 13 were at his apartment in the 800 block of Pierce Butler Road starting at around 8:20 p.m. After about 30 minutes, Lloyd left and went to a store, leaving the kids by themselves.
Charging documents state that, after Lloyd left, his son and niece went into his room and grabbed two guns that he kept in an unlocked drawer in his room. The documents note that the kids said theyve played with the guns a dozen times in the past year, including the weekend prior.
Lloyd later told police that hed seen his kids play with his guns before and told them to put them back.
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/charges-st-paul-man-left-kids-alone-guns-accessible-before-boy-was-shot-in-face/
A man is now facing criminal charges in connection to a shooting at a St. Paul apartment on Friday night that left an 11-year-old critically hurt.
Martinez Castillo Lloyd, 34, is charged with illegal gun possession and negligent storage of a gun following the incident.
Prosecutors say that Lloyds children and several of their friends ranging in age from 10 to 13 were at his apartment in the 800 block of Pierce Butler Road starting at around 8:20 p.m. After about 30 minutes, Lloyd left and went to a store, leaving the kids by themselves.
Charging documents state that, after Lloyd left, his son and niece went into his room and grabbed two guns that he kept in an unlocked drawer in his room. The documents note that the kids said theyve played with the guns a dozen times in the past year, including the weekend prior.
Lloyd later told police that hed seen his kids play with his guns before and told them to put them back.
He needs to be punished to the fullest extent of the law
April 1, 2024
Biden administration set to greenlight $18 billion sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel
Biden administration set to greenlight $18 billion sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel
The Biden administration is close to approving the sale of as many as 50 American-made F-15 fighter jets to Israel, in a deal expected to be worth more than $18 billion, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The transaction, which would amount to the largest US foreign military sale to Israel since the country went to war with Hamas on October 7, comes as the administration is also expected to notify Congress soon of a large new sale of precision-guided munitions kits to Israel, the people said.
The new sales of some of the US most sophisticated weaponry underscore the extent to which the US continues to support Israel militarily, even as Biden administration officials criticize Israels operations in Gaza, which have killed more than 32,000 Palestinians since October, according to the Gaza ministry of health.
The sale is likely to be hotly debated in Congress, particularly by members of the presidents own party. US weapons sales to Israel have come under intense scrutiny in recent months and Democratic lawmakers have called for restricting military aid to Israeli until it allows more humanitarian aid into Gaza and does more to protect civilians there.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-administration-set-to-greenlight-18-billion-sale-of-f-15-fighter-jets-to-israel/ar-BB1kTO8j
The Biden administration is close to approving the sale of as many as 50 American-made F-15 fighter jets to Israel, in a deal expected to be worth more than $18 billion, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The transaction, which would amount to the largest US foreign military sale to Israel since the country went to war with Hamas on October 7, comes as the administration is also expected to notify Congress soon of a large new sale of precision-guided munitions kits to Israel, the people said.
The new sales of some of the US most sophisticated weaponry underscore the extent to which the US continues to support Israel militarily, even as Biden administration officials criticize Israels operations in Gaza, which have killed more than 32,000 Palestinians since October, according to the Gaza ministry of health.
The sale is likely to be hotly debated in Congress, particularly by members of the presidents own party. US weapons sales to Israel have come under intense scrutiny in recent months and Democratic lawmakers have called for restricting military aid to Israeli until it allows more humanitarian aid into Gaza and does more to protect civilians there.
March 28, 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/asia/myanmar-military-junta-civilian-attacks-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
Burnings and beheadings: Myanmar junta escalates terror tactics against its people
Burnings and beheadings: Myanmar junta escalates terror tactics against its people
Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence.
CNN
The two young men are bloodied, their feet clamped in wooden stocks.
What is the PDF (Peoples Defence Force)? their tormentors yell. Dogs, they reply.
Humiliated and dehumanized, the men are hogtied and dragged across the rough ground by their thick chains.
In front of dozens of onlookers, they are strung up to a tree and a fire stoked beneath them.
As smoke rises and the flames consume them, the two men writhe and scream in agony their final moments of unimaginable pain and horror captured on video.
Phoe Tay was 21-years-old, Thar Htaung just 20.
The two young men had left their family farms in northwest Myanmar to join a local armed resistance group following the 2021 military coup, hoping to bring peace and democracy to the Southeast Asian country, their fathers told CNN.
But they were captured during a battle against the military on November 7 last year, and taken to a nearby village, where they were tortured and killed by a pro-junta militia under the watch of Myanmar army soldiers, according to witnesses.
CNN has built a timeline of events, using accounts from more than a dozen witnesses, villagers, resistance fighters, family members and analysts, with analysis of the video and pictures from the day using open source techniques. Those accounts and analysis point to the ruling military as being responsible for the killings, in contradiction of their public denials.
Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence.
CNN
The two young men are bloodied, their feet clamped in wooden stocks.
What is the PDF (Peoples Defence Force)? their tormentors yell. Dogs, they reply.
Humiliated and dehumanized, the men are hogtied and dragged across the rough ground by their thick chains.
In front of dozens of onlookers, they are strung up to a tree and a fire stoked beneath them.
As smoke rises and the flames consume them, the two men writhe and scream in agony their final moments of unimaginable pain and horror captured on video.
Phoe Tay was 21-years-old, Thar Htaung just 20.
The two young men had left their family farms in northwest Myanmar to join a local armed resistance group following the 2021 military coup, hoping to bring peace and democracy to the Southeast Asian country, their fathers told CNN.
But they were captured during a battle against the military on November 7 last year, and taken to a nearby village, where they were tortured and killed by a pro-junta militia under the watch of Myanmar army soldiers, according to witnesses.
CNN has built a timeline of events, using accounts from more than a dozen witnesses, villagers, resistance fighters, family members and analysts, with analysis of the video and pictures from the day using open source techniques. Those accounts and analysis point to the ruling military as being responsible for the killings, in contradiction of their public denials.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/asia/myanmar-military-junta-civilian-attacks-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
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