San Francisco serves as a case study for the rollout of robotaxis, especially as Cruise and Waymo get ready to ramp up their driverless services. Others are taking close note of the friction and complications there.
Kia held an event in Atlanta to help vehicle owners safeguard their vehicles, which have been targeted by thieves because they are easy to hotwire and steal.
Glen Gilzean cannot continue to serve as Florida’s ethics commission chairman and work as the administrator of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Disney World oversight district, according to a legal opinion released Thursday.
State law does not allow public employees to serve on the government watchdog panel, Steven Zuilkowski, the ethics commission’s general counsel, wrote in the analysis.
Gilzean, chairman of the ethics commission, was hired in May to lead the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. He earns an annual salary of $400,000 as the district’s administrator.
“[I]t appears that your position as district administrator for the district is public employment,” Zuilkowski concluded.
DeSantis first appointed Gilzean to the ethics commission in August 2019. His present term expires in June 2024. The nine members of the ethics panel, who do not draw a salary, are appointed by the governor and leaders of the Florida Senate and House.
Gilzean, a DeSantis ally, was named to the tourism district administrator post on May 10. The district’s five board members, who approved the hiring, are appointed by the governor.
SeaWorld Orlando has revealed its entire lineup of five haunted houses and seven scare zones for this year’s Howl-O-Scream, which begins Sept. 8.
The Halloween event will be a mix of fresh and returning themes. The houses for 2023 will include newbies Beneath the Ice —The Meltdown (“The hottest rescue attempt ever made,” the SeaWorld news release says); Dead Vines: Nawlin’s Nightmare (gators plus gravestones); and D3LER1UM666 Laboratories, set below the surface of the sea in an “inescapable research headquarters.”
“Reimagined” returnees include Captain’s Revenge: Drowned in Darkness and Blood Beckoning.
The two new scare zones will be Toxic Turmoil (landfill, hungry plants); Blood Light District; and Carn-EVIL Pier (demented clowns). Returning zones will be Frozen in Terror: Alive in the Ice, Portal of Passage, Terrors of the Deep and Witchcraft Bayou.
Howl-O-Scream also includes a stage production featuring a Jack the Ripper character called “Monster Stomp” and the “Siren’s Song” show. Some attractions, including the new Pipeline coaster, will be available during Howl-O-Scream.
NASA’s Artemis program has one tower standing and one just getting started.
Mobile launcher 1 (ML-1), which endured some significant damage after its use on the Artemis I mission last November, has been undergoing repairs and enhancements in preparation for its reuse on next year’s planned Artemis II flight, the first with humans on board.
NASA stuck the 380-foot-tall structure atop its slow-moving crawler-transporter 2 on Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center to begin its two-day return to Launch Pad 39-B.
After a full day of crawling closer to Launch Pad 39B at @NASAKennedy, our teams have stopped just short of the launch pad’s gates.
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— NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (@NASAGroundSys) August 16, 2023
ML-1 is the ground structure that holds NASA’s powerful Space Launch System rocket, and for Artemis II, NASA has been working to add essential features for the four humans that will be riding in the Orion capsule atop the rocket. It will make its way into the Vehicle Assembly Building for the eventual stacking of all the rocket parts early next year.