Ford Motor has done a deal with the upstart self-driving car firm Argo AI. Argo is made up of defectors (so to speak) of the self-driving teams at Google and Uber. These clever people have Ford’s handshake to invest as much as $1 billion US over the next five years in the Pittsburgh tech start up. The firm that Henry built will now be the largest shareholder in Argo AI Ford chief executive officer Mark Fields said the investment is in line with previous announcements on planned capital expenditures. Argo AI, which focuses on artificial intelligence and robotics, will help build what Ford calls its “virtual driver system” at the heart of the fully autonomous car Ford said last year it would develop by 2021. “With Argo AI’s agility and Ford’s scale we’re combining the benefits of a technology start up with the experience and discipline we have at Ford,” Fields said at a press conference.
The children had a wonderful day at CGS Wednesday as they got the opportunity to experience Gumboots dancing. Just Aissi, an accomplished choreographer and percussionist, came to the Eglinton Ave E. school again this year for a workshop with both the JK/SK and 1-3 students. The children learned that Gumboots originates in South Africa and was created by miners who were forbidden to speak while they worked. They invented codes and rhythms by clapping, stomping and slapping their boots. Students got a kick out of wearing their rubber boots, and picked up the moves and rhythms well. They were very surprised at how tiring this was. They were exhausted afterwards. The JK/SKs also learned how to sing a song in Zulu. This was a wonderful activity to commemorate Black History Month and experience a different kind of physical activity. Thank you to the CGS PA for sponsoring this again for our students.
There are high hopes for the Leaside Skating Club Meraki teams this weekend as they compete in the 2017 Ontario Regional Synchronized Skating Championships. These are on at the Herb Carnegie Centennial Centre (formerly named the North York Centennial Centre). This is at 580 Finch Ave. W for those who might like to cheer on the home teams. There is skating until 8.30 Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Meraki by the way is a Greek word meaning todo something with soul, creativity, or love; to put something of yourself into your work Meraki
Bombardier, the train maker that sometimes seems to be hardly working, has filed a court order against the Ontario government transit agency, Metrolinx, in response to complaints about failed delivery and poor quality, Bombardier’s retort is that it is Ontario which has jeopardized the delivery of train cars for the Crosstown Eglinton LRT. It did this by changing the scope, timeline and technical qualifications of the project “countless times” Bombardier claims. CBC
An Australian man has survived hours straining to keep his nose above filthy water after his excavating machine tipped over hurling him into the pool. Daniel Miller, 45, had been riding the machine at his isolated property 300 Sydney. When the edge of an earthen dam gave way, the farmer was pinned down by a bar on the three-tonne excavator. Mr Miller said he adopted a yoga pose — arching his back for air — until a neighbour 500 metres away heard him shouting.
Look for a business selling vintage clothing and jewellery at the newly-leased (and long-time vacant) 1592 Bayview Ave. This fragmentary description winkled out so far suggests there is a consignment element.
This Twitter account is @torontomobilia. The post is moments old suppertime Friday but from the weather, taken om a whole different day.
https://twitter.com/Torontomobilia/status/830191925517045765
Yes, it is crummy tonight and yes, there may be ten centimetres sometime near midnight but it may all be gone by noon or shortly after if the forecast of six degrees is correct. Much better than the mayhem caused by the driver in the video at the left in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Dedicated conservationists are gathered on New Zealand’s Farewell Spit between the north and south islands to try to save about 100 whales stranded on the beach. They are the survivors of a pod of 400 or so who ran adrift on sand. The most recent reports suggest the rescuers have been able to re-float as many as 50 of the whales.
A statement from the police chief says the service will accede to the expressed wishes of the Pride membership to have no TPS presence in this summer’s event. The statement doesn’t say it, but police will provide security at the parade. They are required by their duty under the law to do that. The decision is being cast as a triumph of “dialogue” by Councillor Shelley Carroll and others. The mayor said he respects the decision but is disappointed and frustrated “by the current situation.” As the day proceeded, discussion of the matter was reduced to complaints about carding and other perceived issues relating to race. Advocates offered unchallenged statements that LGBTQ and others are “experiencing violence at the hands of the police every single day.” There seems little chance to remedy issues that are stated this way. It also seems that the majority of LGBTQ persons are the losers in this matter.
Kelly Dolson of the busy Core Body Science Pilates Studio at 862 Millwood Rd has added a potent new medical technique to her many nursing skills with her personal certification in the Medical Neurofunctional Acupuncture program at McMaster University. The program is only open to those who are doctors, RNs and others governed by professional colleges.
The scope of care Kelly provides is now wider and clients who combine acupuncture into their private sessions are finding they have greater mobility and a lot less cranky body parts. It seems to be a great combination. Kelly notes that a single session yields a positive change and outcome in the issue.
Contemporary Medical Acupuncture, also known as Neurofunctional Acupuncture is a precise nerve stimulation technique, in which acupuncture needles are inserted into defined sites and stimulated for the therapeutic purpose of altering abnormal activity of the nerves in musculoskeletal pain and movement disorders, sports injuries, functional problems, headaches, stress-related disorders and chronic pain. Changes are created in the peripheral nerves/muscles, spinal cord, brain stem, brain and cerebellum (motor control centre). The magnitude of how much of the problem lives in each area depends on the severity and length of the issue and influences how the treatment is approached. The needles are painless on insertion.
Anyone who has done soft tissue and manipulation therapies with limited success. When these therapies are combined in the same session with neurofunctional acupuncture the results are unprecedented in creating positive change in motor function and reduction of pain.
Like NeuroKinetic Therapy, Neurofunctional Acupuncture reprograms the brain and muscles’ understanding of the injury to restore function and eliminate pain. Neurofunctional Acupuncture addresses the issues through more complex pathways on a biological, metabolic and chemical level. Unlike other forms of acupuncture Contemporary Medical Neurofunctional Acupuncture can determine the dysfunction on multiple global and minute levels. A truly individual treatment plan can be created with success measured by functional outcome measures.
