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Judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail delivery
Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano weighs in on debate over USPS and mail-in voting. A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a request to temporarily block controversial Postal Service changes that have been accused of slowing mail nationwide, calling them "a politically motivated attack " ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Wash., said he was issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction against the USPS sought by 14 states that sued the Trump administration and the Postal Service. The states, all led by Democratic attorneys general, challenged the Postal Service's so-called "leave behind" policy, where trucks have been leaving postal facilities on time regardless of whether there is more mail to load. They also sought to force the Postal Service to treat election mail as first-class mail.
- North America > United States > Washington > Yakima County > Yakima (0.26)
- North America > United States > Pennsylvania (0.06)
- Government > Regional Government > North America Government > United States Government (1.00)
- Government > Post Office (1.00)
Delta Air Develops Artificial Intelligence Tool to Address Weather Disruptions
Disruption is widespread in almost any sector as technology like artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way into core businesses to improve processes, including airline operations. In a keynote speech at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian used the forum to discuss the operational structure for Delta, which will be driven by an AI machine learning tool. Per an Avionics International report, Bastian "did not provide a specific product name for the technology, but instead called it a proprietary tool that will mainly be focused on helping passengers and flight crews overcome weather occurrences that impact the routes they fly on a daily basis. The keynote speech is a familiar strategy across all of the divisions of Delta, including their maintenance team whose predictive maintenance leadership gave a speech on how the airline is shifting towards the adoption of AI at the 2019 AEEC/AMC annual conference." Broadly speaking, the AI tool will help improve airline operations in the midst of extreme weather conditions.
- Transportation > Passenger (1.00)
- Transportation > Air (1.00)
- Consumer Products & Services > Travel (1.00)
Delta, We're Ready When You Are!
That has been the advertising slogan, on and off, for Delta Air Lines since the 1960s. Throw in a We Love to Fly, and It Shows, You'll Love the Way We Fly and a few other customer-focused taglines and you get the idea that Delta, if it makes good on its slogan – or brand promise, as it is often called today – will make its customers very happy. It did, and it was featured in a case study in Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr.'s 1982 mega-bestselling book, In Search of Excellence, that featured Delta as one of the most excellent companies in the world. Delta was founded in 1928 in Monroe, Louisiana. Today, with its worldwide alliance partners, it serves more than 300 destinations in more than 50 countries.
- North America > United States > Louisiana > Ouachita Parish > Monroe (0.25)
- North America > United States > Nevada > Clark County > Las Vegas (0.07)
- Transportation > Passenger (1.00)
- Transportation > Air (1.00)
- Consumer Products & Services > Travel (1.00)
A Neural Model of Descending Gain Control in the Electrosensory System
Certain species of freshwater tropical fish, known as weakly electric fish, possess an active electric sense that allows them to detect and discriminate objects in their environment using a self-generated electric field (Bullock and Heiligenberg, 1986). They detect objects by sensing small perturbations in this electric field using an array of specialized receptors, known as electroreceptors, that cover their body surface. Weakly electric fish often live in turbid water and tend to be nocturnal. These conditions, which hinder visual perception, do not adversely affect the electric sense. Hence the electrosensory system allows these fish to navigate and capture prey in total darkness in much the same way as the sonar system of echolocating bats allows them to do the same.
- North America > United States > New York (0.04)
- North America > United States > Illinois > Champaign County > Urbana (0.04)
A Neural Model of Descending Gain Control in the Electrosensory System
Certain species of freshwater tropical fish, known as weakly electric fish, possess an active electric sense that allows them to detect and discriminate objects in their environment using a self-generated electric field (Bullock and Heiligenberg, 1986). They detect objects by sensing small perturbations in this electric field using an array of specialized receptors, known as electroreceptors, that cover their body surface. Weakly electric fish often live in turbid water and tend to be nocturnal. These conditions, which hinder visual perception, do not adversely affect the electric sense. Hence the electrosensory system allows these fish to navigate and capture prey in total darkness in much the same way as the sonar system of echolocating bats allows them to do the same.
- North America > United States > New York (0.04)
- North America > United States > Illinois > Champaign County > Urbana (0.04)
A Neural Model of Descending Gain Control in the Electrosensory System
Certain species of freshwater tropical fish, known as weakly electric fish, possess an active electric sense that allows them to detect and discriminate objects in their environment using a self-generated electric field (Bullock and Heiligenberg, 1986). They detect objects by sensing small perturbations in this electric field using an array of specialized receptors, known as electroreceptors, that cover their body surface. Weaklyelectric fish often live in turbid water and tend to be nocturnal. These conditions, which hinder visual perception, do not adversely affect the electric sense. Hence the electrosensory system allows these fish to navigate and capture prey in total darkness in much the same way as the sonar system of echolocating bats allows them to do the same.
- North America > United States > New York (0.04)
- North America > United States > Illinois > Champaign County > Urbana (0.04)