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To make any sense, the Jones Act must increase American ships, sailors, and ship production capabilities. But it does not. Over the years, US shipbuilding capacity has atrophied, the active fleet has aged, and the number of merchant mariners has dwindled.
By Sherry Hamilton on May 12, 2021 Judy Rowe Judy Rowe of Grimstead has spent years fighting to bring broadband to Mathews County. She attended school board and supervisors’ meetings, talked to legislators, and made numerous phone calls to cable and Wi-Fi companies. All seemed to fall on deaf ears. Then two years ago something changed. The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, faced with yet another desperate appeal from Rowe, agreed to establish a Broadband Advisory Board and make Rowe its chairman. That was all she needed, and she hasn’t stopped since. Rowe immediately began to pull toge...
The Recfish website allows anglers to upload their fish photos so they can be used to train a model to identify different species. (VIMS/WYDaily) Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) are casting a wide net in search of fish photos. Their immediate goal is to use angler snapshots to train software to identify different fish species. Their ultimate goal is to put that artificial intelligence into a “RecFish” cell-phone app, giving anglers a multi-use field guide right in their pocket, and scientists a collaborative tool for better management of recreational species...
E-Mail IMAGE: The small circles superimposed on this fish photo are used by the machine-learning software to automate species identification--in this case a red drum. view more Credit: Lisa Kellogg/VIMS. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science are casting a wide net in search of fish photos. Their immediate goal is to use angler snapshots to train software to identify different fish species. Their ultimate goal is to put that artificial intelligence into a "RecFish" cell-phone app, giving anglers a multi-use field guide and scientists a collaborative t...