Does anyone have good news to report?

Mr. Ed

Mr. Ed

Be what you is not what you what you ain’t
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Headlines reads more bad news on the horizon. Let's end this trend of discontenting news and report something good for a change.

The good news is we have a place to live while our house is being repaired. The not so good news is work has not started on the house yet and. we don't when actual work will begin. We have an insulted trailer that house a 2500 gallon water tank connected to the Rv by a heated hose for cold temperatures ahead, and emergency housing extended Rv rental from November 30 to January 31.This simply means reconstruction is taking longer than originally planned.
 

In India’s wildlife capital of Assam State, the driver of a train was alerted to the presence of a herd of elephants crossing the tracks ahead.


The alert came from a safety system powered by an AI that can identify wildlife and convey that information to trains in the area.


Driver J.D. Das and his assistant Umesh Kumar of Kamrup Express were able to apply the emergency break in time to avoid hitting or startling the elephants.

East Central Railways claim their AI system has prevented 800 potential collisions with elephants crossing tracks in the states of Tamil Nadu and Assam.

They plan to install monitoring stations across their entire jurisdiction to make certain that no elephant corridor is without AI-assisted surveillance.

AI is an emerging force in wildlife conservation, especially in the realm of reducing human-animal conflict.



Recently in Virginia, two Indian-Americans were awarded $15,000 for their invention of an AI detection system to monitor deer crossing

Positioned on the side of the road, if the device detects both cars and deer in the vicinity, it emits high-frequency pulses and animal sounds to deter the deer from attempting to cross at that moment.
In 2022, 6,100 traffic collisions, or 15% of the total number in the state, involved deer, an incident ratio that left 500 people injured.

AI has also been used to help prevent shark attacks. The developers of a shark attack forecast app took advantage of a deep learning algorithm to compartmentalize over a hundred years of shark attack data to create a forecast for beaches around the US with an 89% accuracy.
 

Astrologically this was a super challenging of which I was very aware. Mars and Pluto in opposition makes me nervous but nothing went wrong this week so I feel like that was a plus.


:)
 
Here in Canada, 2 class action law suits against the 4 largest Canadian tobacco companies have been approved and the amounts per person are $100,000 in Quebec, and up to $60,000 in the rest of Canada. In order to qualify the person must have had a medical diagnosis made between March of 2015, and march of 2019.

My diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease was made in 2017 at Women's College Hospital's Respiratory department. The total amount that the 4 Canadian Tobacco companies have set aside to cover these class action suits in Canada is 32 BILLION DOLLARS. Some of that amount will be paid to the Provinces and Territories, to off set what they spent to treat diseases caused by tobacco use, over the years. The payments to Canadians will be confirmed on December the 12th, of 2024.

The original case that resulted in this massive settlement was brought by a man in Quebec, on behalf of his Father who died of lung cancer.

Here is a link to an information article that sets out the progress of the case.

link. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toba...s-smokers-in-historic-proposed-deal-1.7355704

JIMB.
 
My good news is my good life. No matter what is happening in the world or even my own family I recognize how good my life is. I made some very poor decisions but learned and overcame and am now humbled with appreciation at how well things turned out for me.
 
Sure I got good news: Greenland is building airports so that the big jets can land and bring tourists to their country.

My question is "are more tourists good?"
 
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