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Safe-T-Cam daylight saving glitch proves costly for truckie
The truckie says drivers everywhere should be aware of the potential glitch in the camera system. Image: Alf Wilson The failure of a SA Safe-T-Cam system to correctly adjust for daylight saving changes ended in a surprise court summons and a costly legal bill for a distraught veteran interstate truckie. Adelaide-based Kym Ottey has since …
The Editorial Board: Buffalo massacre proves again why military-style weapons must be kept off the streets | Editorial
News Editorial Board It’s not news that horrific mass shooting events occur with deadly frequency throughout the United States and worldwide. It’s also expected that, after every single one – sometimes with a short period of discreet silence observed first – gun rights advocates come out with their usual justifications for widespread availability and ownership …
The Health 202: Coronavirus proves U.S. needs Medicare-for-all, its advocates say
with Paulina Firozi Medicare-for-all advocates say the coronavirus pandemic makes their case. The public health crisis, they say, boosts their arguments for a single-payer system and the comprehensive, affordable coverage it promises — even after a presidential primary in which Democratic candidates inched away from the controversial idea of overhauling the U.S. health-care system to …
New technology proves useful for YWCA domestic advocates amidst COVID-19
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — In the last two months, the YWCA’s Resolve Family Abuse Program has seen a decrease in the number of calls to their domestic violence crisis hotline. Usually, that would be great, but in a world where people are now being encouraged to stay home, possibly with their abusers, the result could …
Self-isolation proves a boon to rainfall project
Image copyright Hulton Collection Scientists have been amazed at the public’s response to help digitise the UK’s old rainfall records. Handwritten numbers on documents dating back 200 years are being transferred to a spreadsheet format so that computers can analyse past weather patterns. The volunteers blitzed their way through rain gauge data from the 1950s, …
Museum in Athens proves Ancient Greek technology was way ahead of its time
The Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology in Kolonaki, Athens, features more than 100 inventions, which prove that the Ancient Greeks were way ahead of their time, as they had created amongst other things, an analogue computer, an alarm clock and automatic fire doors. The unique Museum aims to highlight the relatively unknown aspect of …
Opinion: Courtroom cross-up proves technology is awesome, until it’s not | Opinion
The frustrated facial expressions in the courtroom said more than spoken words could. A Christian County sheriff’s deputy stood with a cell phone in his hand as attorneys and a judge were on speaker, watching a television screen. On the screen, a jail inmate stood next to another sheriff’s deputy, also holding a cell phone …
Health Care Rationing? It’s Already A Reality Here, And This Report Proves It.
Nearly 18% of working-age adults with diabetes are rationing their own medication by taking smaller dosages, waiting to fill prescriptions or skipping the treatments altogether, according to a new government study. The finding, which comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is not exactly a revelation. Over the past few years, there’s been no …
Fossil proves hyenas once roamed Canada’s Arctic Plains
Image copyright Thinkstock A 50-year-old mystery surrounding a pair of fossilised teeth has been put to rest by new research that suggests hyenas once roamed Canada’s Arctic. A team of researchers have identified the teeth, which were found in the Yukon in the 1970s, as belonging to hyenas one million years ago. Their findings were …
