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Rovaniemi, Finland
Camera: Hasselblad 503CW
Lens: Carl Zeiss Planar T* 2.8/80 C
Film: Ilford XP2 Super
Lab: Prolab, Stuttgart
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Alvar and Aino Aalto
Camera: Hasselblad 503CW
Lens: Carl Zeiss Planar T* 2.8/80 C
Film: Ilford XP2 Super
Lab: Prolab, Stuttgart
martinphoto11 has added a photo to the pool:
A young Nankeen Night Heron resting quietly on one leg by the water. A peaceful moment in nature.
Electrek reports:
We've seen various Waymo crash data before, with Waymo claiming crash reductions. That's all well and good when the company says it, but we've also seen independent data confirming similar (though lower) crash reduction numbers...
Waymo has enough miles that it's ready to start quoting how many injuries it has prevented, and the number is pretty high. Its newest crash data states that it had operated a total of 271 million driverless miles through June of this year, which is 50 million more miles added in the 3 months since its end-of-March update. Over those miles, Waymo says there was an 82% reduction in crashes that caused injury, and a 95% reduction in crashes that cause "serious injury or worse" [compared to human drivers].
Waymo also says that compared to human drivers it's reduced injury-causing crashes involving pedestrians by 93%, cyclists by 86%, and motorcyclists by 82%.
Waymo's analysis comes from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta, and Phoenix, and its blog post includes video showing some near-misses where it says its automated system prevented an injury-causing collision.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
stan.jernigan has added a photo to the pool:
I took this photo of “Amami no Sato Garden” with my iPhone 17 Pro Max during my visit to Kagoshima, Japan. The garden is full of beautiful plants, trees, ponds, bridges, and other features. I loved walking through the garden and seeing it in person…
Lucho Maya has added a photo to the pool:
De la colección Chester Beatty que narra la trágica historia de amor del emperador Xuanzong (685-762) y su consorte Yang Guifei (719-756)
Football and politics are inseparable in the modern world, no matter how many people wish they were not. But whether the beautiful game can ease the ills of our age is another matter. After a week in which the issue of Irish support for the people of Gaza had turned this fixture into a battle of conscience, the outcome of this underwhelming match ultimately felt inconsequential.
In the end the result was indeed a walkover, just not because of a boycott. On Saturday night the question had been whether Heimir Hallgrimsson’s side would take to the field in Hungary at all. If they did, would their heads be in the game? It turned out that a week of internal angst had been enough to produce collective resolve among the Irish squad, or at least those selected to play. Strong and assertive from the off, their forwards each scored in the first half to settle the contest, with plenty of symbolic action to assure those back home of their feelings.
Continue reading...Wales wilted in Copenhagen as a 2-0 defeat to Denmark left them bottom of their Nations League group with no points or goals from their first two games.
After a first half in which Wales were very much second-best and fortunate to reach the break level, Denmark’s domination was rewarded by a Ben Davies own goal and a Gustav Isaksen strike in the second period.
Continue reading...Arizona rider first US champion since Lance Armstrong
Pre-race favourite Evenpoel fails to add second gold
Brandon McNulty, a UAE Emirates teammate of Tadej Pogacar, succeeded the Slovene as world champion with an unexpected solo win in the men’s UCI road race in Montreal.
In the biggest triumph of his career, the 28-year-old American took his country’s first win in the UCI’s blue riband event since Lance Armstrong’s lone victory in Oslo in 1993.
Continue reading...Cincinnati’s unbeaten start ends in Pittsburgh
Drake Maye’s turnover woes continue for Pats
Marcus Mariota threw three touchdown passes, and Kain Medrano returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown to help the Washington Commanders (1-2) hand Seattle (2-1) their first loss since last November. The Seahawks had won 12 straight, including their postseason run to last season’s Super Bowl title, but Mariota was solid in place of the injured Jayden Daniels, and three crucial turnovers enabled Washington to win their home opener. Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught 10 passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns for the Seahawks, and he even completed a short throw on a trick play in the final quarter.
Continue reading...US attorney general argues that president is ‘sick and tired’ of inaccurate reporting by CNN, MS Now and Politico
Donald Trump’s attorney general Todd Blanche argued on Sunday that the administration banned three news outlets from the White House because it is “privilege … not a right” to be there.
Appearing on the ABC News program This Week during the second week of the White House’s dispute over press credentialing and access, Blanche also said that the administration took the decision to ban CNN, MS Now and Politico beginning on 19 September because the president was “sick and tired” of what he considered to be those media outlets’ inaccurate reporting.
Continue reading...MONTREAL (ANP) - De blijdschap overheerst bij Mathieu van der Poel na zijn derde plaats in het wereldkampioenschap op de weg. "Ik heb een heel sterke wedstrijd gereden, voelde me goed en had lange tijd de controle. Ik deed alles wat ik kon en ik was dicht bij succes, maar ik had ook geluk nodig. Uiteindelijk ben ik blij met brons", zei de wereldkampioen van 2023 tijdens zijn persconferentie in Montreal.
Van der Poel (31) reed lang op kop, maar werd teruggepakt en zag vlak daarna de Amerikaan Brandon McNulty ontsnappen en niet meer terugkeren. "Het was niet aan mij om dat gat te dichten. Ik moest op dat moment ook gokken om kans te houden op de wereldtitel en ik bleef bij die beslissing."
Van der Poel sprintte vervolgens naar het brons in de achtervolgende groep. "Ik slaagde erin wat te herstellen en ging natuurlijk voor die medaille. Gezien het wedstrijdverloop ben ik tevreden en trots."
PARIJS (ANP/AFP) - De Franse radicaal-rechtse partij Rassemblement National (RN) heeft voor het eerst sinds haar oprichting genoeg zetels om samen met haar bondgenoot UDR een fractie te kunnen vormen in de Senaat. Dat heeft partijvoorzitter Jordan Bardella meegedeeld na de verkiezingen voor het hogerhuis.
In Frankrijk werd zondag een deel van de Senaatsleden gekozen. De Senaat wordt niet verkozen door de burgers. Bijna 100.000 lokale en regionale vertegenwoordigers kozen de helft van de in totaal 348 senatoren.
Om een fractie te vormen in de Franse Senaat moet een partij minstens tien zetels hebben. Het RN moest het tot dusver stellen met drie senatoren, maar krijgt er nu in één klap negen zetels bij. UDR pakt twee zetels. Samen hebben ze er dus veertien. Het opereren als fractie heeft voordelen als meer spreektijd en extra middelen.
"Historische overwinning"
Marine Le Pen, presidentskandidate voor RN, sprak op X van een "historische overwinning en een belangrijke stap".
De centrumrechtse Les Républicains blijven wel de dominante partij in de Senaat, die minder macht heeft dan de Assemblée Nationale.
BELGRADO (ANP) - Het Nederlands elftal begint pas dinsdag aan de voorbereiding op de uitwedstrijd tegen Griekenland in de Nations League. De training van maandag komt te vervallen, meldt de KNVB.
Oranje won zondag in Belgrado met 2-1 bij Servië. De selectie van trainer Xavi Hernández vliegt zondagavond nog terug naar Amsterdam.
Het was aanvankelijk de bedoeling zowel maandag als dinsdag in Zeist te trainen ter voorbereiding op de ontmoeting van donderdag met de Grieken. Nu is er door de technische staf voor gekozen alleen dinsdag om 12.00 uur in Zeist te trainen. Die oefensessie is besloten.
Oranje heeft na twee duels 4 punten in groep 2 van de A-divisie van de Nations League.
