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One person was killed and 13 others were injured when lightning struck an outdoor archery range in New Jersey, according to police.

A look at this restaurant's sales for the week of October 7-13 reveals that people consistently spend more money on dinner than lunch. The highest revenue for dinner came in on Friday, and the largest revenue day for lunch was Wednesday.

Weekend days brought in less business than weekdays for both lunch and dinner, quite possibly because less people are in the business district on weekends. The highest revenue for lunch was on Wednesday, perhaps because more people need a break from work in the middle of the week, and the highest dinner revenue was on Friday, another day when people want to let loose as a result of working life.

Depending on how much it costs to open the restaurant, it might be a good idea to close the restaurant on weekends. It would also be useful to know how much the lunch and dinner meals cost and how many patrons visited on each day. If the additional dinner revenue comes from drink sales, it may be worth promoting lunchtime drinking, as long as it is ethical in the restaurant's context.

This table presents the sales data for a restaurant during the week of October 7-13, breaking down the revenue for lunch and dinner on each day of the week. The lunch sales ranged from a low of $1,550 on Sunday to a high of $2,595 on Wednesday. The average lunch sales for the week seemed fairly consistent, staying within a $450 range, with a noticeable dip on Sunday.

Dinner sales were consistently higher than lunch sales, with the lowest dinner total of $3,445 on Wednesday and the highest at $4,350 on Friday. Overall, dinner sales were significantly more stable, with only minor fluctuations throughout the week. Friday was the peak day for dinner sales, and Saturday saw a surge in dinner sales as well, reaching $2,900, which was quite a bit higher than other weekdays.

In terms of overall trends, both lunch and dinner saw a drop in sales over the weekend, particularly Sunday, which showed the lowest numbers across both meals.

As technology develops, computers do replace people at jobs, but not necessarily because they are better at those jobs. The key to job elimination is not doing a better job than people, but rather, convincing investors that they can get a higher return on investment by eliminating people's jobs.

For example, a human customer service representative may do a better job at actually helping a customer than a simple branching script running on an automated phone system or an A.I. assistant. However, the metrics that businesses will often track are: 1) How long the company spends answering calls 2) how many calls answered per day 3) customer satisfaction survey results and 4) how much it cost the company.

The time spent on calls and calls answered per day favor automated systems because customers will often hang up or give up once they realize the system is automated and they won't get the help they want. Similarly, many automated phone systems will simply end the call if they've reached a dead end in their script. As for customer satisfaction surveys, those are often presented at the end of the call. Many customers do not have the luxury to spend extra time on them, and of course, those that do not make it to the end of the call will make it. An automated system will nearly always be cheaper in labor costs than human employees. That is, after all, their central pitch.

All of this amounts to automated systems scoring far higher than human customer service representatives in commonly measured metrics. This looks great in a report, and the effect on company profits will not appear in the short term, as reputation takes a longer time to react to drops in quality than it takes for changes in costs and metrics to appear, which is almost immediately. Investors generally do not operate in individual company investments on a long-term outlook, so it is fine for them if the poor service catches up with the company long after the investor has cashed out.

Similarly, illustration work can and is being replaced by A.I. image generation. In ad design and journalism, graphics are needed to keep the reader's interest among groups of words. Ideally, an illustration will fit its context and make the piece stronger just as much as the words do. Sometimes, computer clip art or stock images are used instead of hiring an illustrator. However, these have become easily identified by typical reader and are either tuned out or harm the reputation of the piece, making it seem "cheap."

A.I. image generation, however, can produce images that mimic the real art that then are trained on (often against the wishes of the creators of that art), that may seem "off" but are not quite the same as any other image out there, unlike stock images or clip art. For businesses making publications or ads, it is often free, thanks to speculative investors subsidizing the cost. Human illustrators charging anything at all can't beat that price, and so the ads and publications will have graphics that will be qualitatively but pervasively worse, lacking intentionality. Their product will feel "garbagey", but again the reputation cost will not land before the upside in cost savings will.

There are some jobs in which computer automation will produce better results than humans working at those same jobs, like searching for proteins with particular properties or precision laser cutting. Of late, however, computer automation is replacing human jobs whether or not it does better work, as long as it can product short-term cost savings.

As technology continues to advance, many jobs are being replaced or heavily altered by computers and automation. This trend can be seen across various industries, where machines and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly performing tasks that were once carried out by humans. Some job positions that may be lost because of computers include roles in manufacturing, customer service, and transportation.

In manufacturing, robots and automated systems are already replacing workers on assembly lines. Machines are faster, more accurate, and do not require breaks, making them more efficient than human workers. For example, car manufacturers use robots for tasks such as welding, painting, and assembly, significantly reducing the number of people required on the production line. This has led to a decrease in factory jobs, especially those that involve repetitive manual labor.

Customer service jobs are also being impacted by computers, particularly through the use of AI chatbots and automated phone systems. These technologies can handle customer inquiries, process orders, and resolve issues without human intervention. For instance, many companies now use AI-powered chatbots on their websites to answer questions, schedule appointments, and solve basic problems. This reduces the need for call center employees and customer service representatives.

The transportation sector is also facing changes, with self-driving vehicles and drones expected to replace jobs in trucking, delivery, and even taxis. Companies like Tesla and Waymo are developing autonomous vehicles that could eventually replace human drivers. This poses a significant threat to truck drivers, taxi drivers, and delivery workers, who may see their jobs eliminated as self-driving technology becomes more reliable and widespread.

The loss of these jobs can lead to several problems. First, there is the potential for significant unemployment, particularly among low-skilled workers who are most vulnerable to automation. This could lead to increased poverty and income inequality, as displaced workers struggle to find new employment. Additionally, there is the risk of social unrest, as large segments of the population may feel left behind by rapid technological advancements.

Another problem is the challenge of retraining workers for new roles. Many displaced workers may lack the skills required for the emerging job markets, particularly in fields like software development, data analysis, and AI maintenance. Governments and educational institutions will need to invest in retraining programs to ensure workers can adapt to these changes.

In conclusion, while computers and automation bring significant benefits in terms of efficiency and cost savings, they also pose challenges in terms of job displacement and social implications. The key to addressing these issues will lie in preparing the workforce for a rapidly changing job landscape through education, retraining, and social support systems.

A couple days later on Saturday she got her regular twice-a-week visit from the public HomeCare nurse, a friendly and highly competent Nigerian immigrant, to check her meds and general condition. She looked at Mom’s wrist and said “Get her an appointment with her doctor, they’ll probably want an X-Ray.”

I called up her doctor at opening time Monday. The guy who answered the phone said “Don’t have any appointments for a couple weeks but come on over, we’ll squeeze her in.” So we went in after morning coffee and waited less than an hour. The doctor looked at her arm for 45 seconds and said “I’m writing a prescription for an X-Ray” and there was a radiologist around the corner and she was in ten minutes later. The doctor called me back that afternoon and said “Your mother’s got a broken wrist, I got her an 8AM appointment tomorrow at the Regina General’s Cast Clinic.”

The doctor at the clinic looked at her wrist for another 45 seconds and said “Yeah, put on a cast” so they did and we were home by ten. I’d pessimistically overpaid a couple bucks for hospital parking.

• Spider guard: As long as your foot is in the crook of the elbow, you don't necessarily need a hand on the sleeve. You do have to follow their arm when it moves, though.


• Sweeping from guard
  
  
  
  • Don't forget to move away from closed guard so you have space to sweep, if that's what you want to do.
  
  
  • Cross grip (and pull) is critical for sweeping from guard. I used to know this!
  
  
  • I always sweep with the foot on the outside of the hip, but you can also do it with a butterfly hook.
  
  
  
  


• Armbar on arm reaching toward your upper torso
  
  
  
  • Focus first on flattening uke's arm to your chest, then move your leg around their head/over their arm. If you move first, you'll lose the arm. In some cases, you can get the armbar without even getting the leg around.
  
  
  
  


• Passing guard by lifting a leg is dangerous if you have your shoulder by their knee because you could be triangled. Need to have the shoulder near their ankle.


• Triangle: You really need to pull the arm all the way through before attempting.


• Harai goshi: For me, easier to get kuzushi for this than for anything else, except osotogari.


• Ippon seoinage: Focus on not leaning over ahead of time. Establish a connection at the shoulder with your back upright. If you lean over ahead of time, you can't pull them all that much.


• Randori
  
  
  
  • Gyaku juji jime: Need to push their hip back while choking to break their posture.
  
  
  • Someone kept pushing on my neck from inside my guard, which is not a choke but is intended to make you move in some disadvantaged way. I just stuck it out and broke down the arms, but I completely forgot about armbarring. Need to remember next time!
  
  
  • Counter o-goshi isn't working anymore. Maybe I'm ducking down too early?
  
  
  • Left side (both hands on the left lapel) osotogari worked well. Easy to switch to that from an unsuccessful right side grip attack.
  
  
  • Had opponent in bent over posture that's a good uchimata opportunity a bunch of times, but I don't think I rotated them enough, and it never worked. Probably forgot to pull the left arm out.
  
  
  • There's a balance between getting in enough attacks and waiting for the right opportunity. You don't want to move around and let the opponent do all of the attacking. But I need to shift back toward feeling out when someone's balance is vulnerable and do more with my wrists to disrupt their balance in small ways.
  
  
  • Need to remember to maintain my own posture when attacking.
  
  
  
  

That said, we must also admit that “I am going to change the bad organization from the inside” is often something that people wave around as a magic shield to protect themselves from accountability for their own evil jobs. Are you actually doing that? Are you actually working and organizing and taking risks to try to change the place for the better? Or do you just like your salary, and not want to quit, and assume that, since you are a good person, having you in the position is automatically a moral good?