Page 7 - Robert Sharp News Today

Im fully vaccinated, but am I ready to travel? USA TODAY In June or July I might finally be able to meet my nephew who was born in 2020. But how am I going to get to Michigan to see him?  Im long past two weeks from my second vaccination dose, and my husband is a mere 10 days away from his two-week mark. Ive written before about some of the small things we plan on doing, from a haircut to outdoor dining, but now we also have to start thinking about some of the bigger things. Like whether we...

View Comments Since the tragic events of 9/11 and the abrupt halt to travel that followed, about every 10 years, the tourism industry is knocked back on its heels. The economic meltdown of 2008 and 2009 was even worse for the travel industry. And the pandemic is a once-a-century calamity. The travel industry has rebooted before, and it will bounce back again soon. And if history is any guide, LGBTQ travelers will be leading the way. “Gays lead, and the rest follow," Roger Dow tells the Natio...

Post Office plea as ‘no interest’ shown in re-opening Stonehaven branch © Kenny Elrick/ DCT Media Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Businesses in an Aberdeenshire town are being encouraged to step up and run their own Post Office – one year after the closure of its largest branch. Last April the shop within the Al...

Credit: Joe Pugliese/Harpo Productions via AP SIR – In their interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex expressed concerns regarding their mental health. Did it not cross their minds to consider the mental health of those they were vilifying, two of whom are over 90 years old? We are led to believe that nobody is more aware than they are when it comes to mental health, but I wonder. Sheila Hale   SIR – The Duchess of Sussex has a pack of cards stored for use against our m...

CROSSGATES is once again benefitting from a Post Office after it reopened yesterday on the village’s Main Street. The shop has opened on 41 Main Street and is open seven days a week for all services. It is operating as a new-style local branch with Post Office services provided from an open-plan counter alongside the retail counter of the new convenience store. The previous Postmaster for Crossgates resigned in 2017 and a Mobile Post Office service was introduced, providing service tw...

Feb. 1—ST. LOUIS — Emerson, the Ferguson-based global technology and industrial software company, announced Monday that Chief Executive Officer David N. Farr will retire on Feb. 5. Surendralal ‘Lal’ Karsanbhai, who has served as executive president of the company’s Auto

By   Theresa Hitchens on January 21, 2021 at 5:32 PM WASHINGTON: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has developed AI algorithms that could be deployed for ‘target recognition’ — but only if you define “target” recognition in the narrowest manner possible, says Joe Victor, the spy agency’s guru for artificial intelligence and machine learning. “Can I deploy AI for target recognition? Yes. I can’t get into too much details, but what does that mean though? … If ...

REUTERS/Danish Ismail Disputes between India and China over their border in the Himalayas have intensified in recent months, after a deadly clash between their troops in June. That adds to broader competition between India and China on land and at sea around Asia, but recent military agreements with the US allow India to watch rival Chinese forces more closely. As tension between India and China has increased in recent months, the US military has helped India keep ...