Income tax cut measure has strong support among Colorado's small business owners, poll finds – The Chronicle-News - thechronicle-news.com

A large majority of small business owners in Colorado support a ballot measure to lower the state’s income tax rate, according to a poll from a business advocacy group. Colorado voters will decide next week on Proposition 121, which proposes lowering the income tax rate from 4.55% to 4.40%.

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Gardening 101: Dallas' Cool Schools initiative turns campuses into outdoor learning centers - CBS DFW

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By Jeff Ray
July 24, 2022 / 3:28 PM / CBS DFW
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — This week I updated all of us on an ongoing project of the Texas Tree Foundation. The Cool Schools Program is the transformation of Dallas county school grounds into outdoor learning centers. 
The program is working on seven school campus this fall, bringing the total to over 30. Most of these schools are in low-served areas of Dallas.
Just one visit to any of these school grounds and you can't unsee it. These are huge expanses of tree-less grass — not exactly inviting space for play or neighbors. 
The program designs and plants trees and hardscape to transform these areas into more comfortable playgrounds, teaching spaces, and a community greenspace. 
Each school gets a customized version of this; the Foundation works with teachers and administrators to design what fits best for the campus.
I can't speak highly enough of this program and the people involved with it. They need all the support and encouragement they can get. Their work takes almost a complete decade to see the final results. Imagine the level of perseverance to keep the pace. 
I can't think of a better gift to the children of this upcoming generation; a canopy of trees to learn and play under. What better way to learn the value of greenspace then to grow up learning (and playing) in it?
Jeff joined CBS 11 and TXA 21 in December 2010. He came to North Texas from Nashville, where he spent the past 11 years, most recently as the morning meteorologist at WKRN-TV. His career has also taken him to Kansas City, Mo., where he was the senior meteorologist at KSHB-TV.
First published on July 24, 2022 / 3:28 PM
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Renesas Electronics : Expands RZ/V Series with Built-in Vision AI Accelerator for Accurate Image Recognition and Multi-Camera Image Support - Marketscreener.com

TOKYO, Japan ― Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has expanded its AI-capable RZ/V Series of microprocessors (MPUs), with a new device that enables AI processing of image data from multiple cameras, offering a new level of highly accurate image recognition for vision AI applications. Equipped with two 64-bit Arm® Cortex®-A53 cores, the new device is capable of delivering high computing performance with a maximum operating frequency of 1GHz. The RZ/V2MA features a proprietary low power DRP-AI (Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor) accelerator which can process vision AI at 1 TOPS/W (tera operations per second, per watt) class performance.
The RZ/V2MA device offers high-speed interfaces such as Ethernet, USB, and PCI Express that allow image input from multiple external cameras. In addition to the DRP-AI accelerator, the RZ/V2MA includes an OpenCV accelerator that allows rule-based image processing simultaneously. These features bring highly accurate image recognition capabilities for machine vision products such as AI-equipped gateways, video servers, security gates, POS terminals and robotic arms.
The new RZ/V2MA offers a full suite of development tools to aid vision AI system design. In addition to the existing DRP-AI Translator, the new device adds DRP-AI TVM (Note 1), which is based on the open-source deep learning compiler Apache TVM technology (Note 2). While DRP AI Translator is designed to convert AI models into DRP-AI executables, the DRP-AI TVM compiler lets the DRP-AI accelerator work together with the CPU, allowing DRP-AI to convert and generate more AI models than ever before. As a first phase, Renesas supports ONNX and PyTorch AI models and plans to support Tensorflow in the future.
"One of the challenges for embedded systems developers who want to implement machine learning is to keep up with the latest AI models that are constantly evolving," said Shigeki Kato, Vice President of Renesas' Enterprise Infrastructure Business Division. "With the new DRP-AI TVM tool, we are offering designers the option to expand AI frameworks and AI models that can be converted to executable formats, allowing them to bring the latest image recognition capabilities to embedded devices using new AI models."
"Renesas' RZ/V series is ideal for embedded devices since it does not need fans or heat sinks, due to its extremely low power consumption and low heat capability when running AI," said Chiharu Nakabayashi, President of amnimo Inc., a provider of IoT and AI-based services and a wholly owned subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation. "With these devices, we are confident that we can develop powerful image AI gateways that can be installed anywhere."
Renesas has developed the "Vision AI Gateway Solution," which is an AI-based object detection and recognition platform that uses multiple cameras to collect and efficiently transmit data wirelessly. This high-speed processing solution combines the RZ/V2MA MPU with complimentary Renesas products such as power ICs, VersaClock clock generator, and communication modules for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and LTE. This solution not only provides flexible connectivity options but has an optimized power supply system and has been tested to accelerate development of robust AI gateway devices. This solution is part of Renesas' Winning Combinations, which optimally combine mutually compatible Renesas devices that work together seamlessly to reduce user design risk and shorten time to market. Renesas offers more than 300 other Winning Combinations with a wide range of products from its portfolio. More information is available at: https://www.renesas.com/win.
The RZ/V2MA and development tools are available now. More information can be found here: https://www.renesas.com/rzv2ma
A video of an AI edge gateway demo is also available on amnimo's website: https://youtu.be/OUpY2w0VdNk
This product is designed to use less power and contributes to energy savings within the system.
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. A leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at renesas.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.
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(Note 2) For more information on Apache TVM, please refer to https://tvm.apache.org
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Potential threat to heart health from extreme weather - Science Daily

An analysis in nearly 2.3 million Europeans has found detrimental associations between cold weather and deaths from heart disease, particularly in poor neighbourhoods. The late-breaking research is presented at ESC Congress 2022.¹ Hot weather was linked with excess deaths from heart disease and stroke in patients with heart conditions.
Study author Professor Stefan Agewall of the University of Oslo, Norway said: "Climate change is leading to a rise in the average global temperature but also extreme cold in some regions. More than 70,000 excess deaths occurred across Europe during the summer of 2003 due to intense heatwaves.² Cold weather also accounts for excess deaths and hospital admissions.^3,4 Previously studies on the cardiovascular effects of heat and cold mainly used aggregated data, such as daily deaths in a city. The EXHAUSTION project used individual data, enabling us to identify vulnerable subgroups for protective interventions, thereby increasing resilience for future weather events."
The analysis included 2.28 million adults from five cohort studies conducted in Italy, Germany, the UK, Norway, and Sweden between 1994 and 2010. The average age ranged from 49.7 years to 71.7 years and the proportion of women ranged from 36.0% to 54.5%. Participants with and without cardiovascular disease at baseline were included. Data on mortality and new-onset disease were collected through death and disease registries and follow up surveys. Daily average air temperatures at participants' home addresses were collected from local weather stations or estimated using modelling of temperature data from weather stations
The relationships between temperature and cardiovascular conditions and death were analysed for all participants and in subgroups with particular characteristics. A time-stratified case-crossover study design was used where for each participant, the researchers compared the temperature on the day of the week an adverse event occurred (e.g. Monday) with the temperature on the same day of the week without an adverse event (e.g. all remaining Mondays) within the same month. Using within-participant comparisons between days in the same month eliminated the potential confounding effects of participant characteristics and time trends.
The analysis found increased risks of death from cardiovascular disease overall and ischaemic heart disease in particular, as well as an elevated risk of new-onset ischaemic heart disease, associated with cold weather. With an approximately 10°C temperature drop, from 5°C to -5°C, there was a 19% greater risk of death from cardiovascular disease (relative risk [RR] 1.19; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04-1.36) and a 22% elevated likelihood of death from ischaemic heart disease (RR 1.22; 95% CI 1.07-1.38). There was a 4% higher risk of new-onset ischaemic heart disease associated with an approximately 11°C temperature drop, from 2°C to -9°C (RR 1.04; 95% CI: 1.01-1.08).
Professor Agewall said: "The relationships between cold temperatures and deaths were more pronounced in men and people living in neighbourhoods with a low socioeconomic status. The links between cold and new-onset ischaemic heart disease were stronger among women and people older than 65 years."
Heat was not related to detrimental effects in the overall study population. However, temperature rises from 15°C to 24°C were associated with 25% (RR 1.25; 95% CI 1.12-1.39) and 30% (RR 1.30; 95% CI 1.10-1.53) elevated risks of death from cardiovascular disease and stroke, respectively, in people with heart disease at baseline.
Professor Agewall said: "Clinicians can use this information to provide tailored advice to those most at risk of adverse health outcomes during hot and cold days. Patients with heart conditions should stay hydrated in hot weather and adhere to advice from their cardiologist on medication use. We can all check the news for extreme heat and cold alerts and follow safety tips from local authorities."
References and notes
¹EXHAUSTION will be presented by Dr. Siqi Zhang from Helmholtz Munich during the session Latest science in primary and secondary prevention and environmental health on Friday 26 August at 14:00 to 15:15 CEST in room Dali.
²Robine JM, Cheung SLK, Le Roy S, et al. Death toll exceeded 70,000 in Europe during the summer of 2003. C R Biol. 2008;331:171-178.
³Gasparrini A, Guo Y, Hashizume M, et al. Mortality risk attributable to high and low ambient temperature: a multicountry observational study. Lancet. 2015;386:369-375.
⁴Sun Z, Chen C, Xu D, Li T. Effects of ambient temperature on myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environ Pollut. 2018;241:1106-1114.
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