Maryland
Hawkeyes Fall to Maryland
CORALVILLE, Iowa – College of Iowa volleyball fell to Maryland, 3-1, Thursday evening in Xtream Area.
The Hawkeyes have been led by junior Delaney McSweeney who hit at a clip of .611 with zero errors within the match. Sophomore Michelle Urquhart and redshirt senior Lily Tessier led the workforce with 14 kills and 31 assists, respectively.
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET 1 (Maryland, 25-18): Maryland was capable of capitalize early on Iowa errors to take the 6-3 lead. A kill from Tessier reduce the Terrapin result in two, 7-5. Iowa was capable of get inside one after a 3-0 run. Maryland responded with three straight of their very own to increase their result in 13-9 and Iowa took their first timeout. The 2 groups have been exchanging factors because the Terrapins maintained their lead, 15-11. Iowa took their second timeout after Maryland went up by seven. The Hawkeyes responded again with three straight kills to make it 19-14. Maryland maintained management of the set and secured the primary set on an ace. Iowa was led by McSweeney within the set who hit an ideal 1.000 with 5 kills.
SET 2 (Iowa, 25-16): Redshirt freshman Sydney Dennis opened the second set with an ace. Maryland jumped out to the early lead, however Iowa answered again with back-to-back kills to tie it at three. The set was going back-and-forth. The Hawkeyes went on a 4-0 run to take an 8-6 lead. Again-to-back kills for Iowa made it 10-7. A giant kill from Urquhart places Iowa up 14-12. Three straight kills from the Hawkeyes forces Maryland to take a timeout with Iowa up 4. An ace off the hand of Sophomore Toyosi Onabanjo makes it 18-13. Iowa was capable of keep their lead and acquired to set level off an ace from senior Amiya Jones. A kill from McSweeney secured the set victory for the Hawkeyes.
SET 3 (Maryland, 25-18): Maryland jumped out to an early lead. Iowa was capable of get factors right here and there as Maryland maintained their lead. A kill From Urquhart acquired the Hawkeyes inside two with the rating at 10-8. Maryland went on a 4-0 run to increase their result in 14-8. One other 4 straight from the Terrapins prolonged their result in 9. Again-to-back kills for the Hawkeyes get the rating to 21-14. Maryland was capable of get to set level, however back-to-back kills from Urquhart made it 24-18. A Terrapin block secured the third set victory.
SET 4 (Maryland, 25-23): The set was evenly matched to open with ties at factors two by 4. Again-to-back kills from McSweeney places the Hawkeyes up 9-5 and Maryland takes their first timeout. Iowa went on a 6-0 run to place them up 12-5. Maryland tried to claw again into the set with three straight factors to chop their deficit to 4. Iowa took a timeout as Maryland pulled with two to take it 15-13. Maryland was capable of get inside a degree 4 instances, however the Hawkeyes maintained their lead. Maryland was capable of tie it at 20, however an ace from Tessier put Iowa up two. Maryland went on a 4-0 run to get it to match level, 24-22. A service error from the Hawkeyes secured the match for the Terrapins.
UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes hit the street and can face Northwestern in Evanston, Sick. on Sunday October 30 in Welsh-Ryan Area. First serve is about for 1 p.m. CT and shall be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required).
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New laws in Virginia, Maryland, DC going into effect July 1: gun control, cat declawing, child marriages
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Starting July 1, residents in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., will see significant changes as a range of new laws come into effect.
These laws, signed by Governors Glenn Youngkin and Wes Moore, cover various issues from banning cat declawing and child marriages to prohibiting auto sears and cracking down on ticket price scams.
Additionally, D.C. will implement the highest minimum wage in the country, aiming to ensure fair wages for all workers.
Virginia laws going into effect July 1
In Virginia, Governor Glenn Youngkin signed 777 bills this session.
July 1 brings with it a ban on declawing cats, a ban on child marriages, and prohibits legacy admissions at public higher education institutes.
There is also new legislation that bans “auto sears” — also known as Glock switches.
Those are devices that can convert a semiautomatic firearm into a fully automatic weapon that is able to rapidly fire a full magazine of bullets.
Delegate Michael Jones sponsored HB-22 – one of only two gun laws passed by the governor.
“It’s not your average gun owner who is going to have these, it’s people who are out there trying to hurt innocent people, innocent bystanders,” Jones said. “It’s going to keep us safe and make our streets a little safer.”
Maryland laws going into effect July 1
BALTIMORE, MD – OCTOBER 23: Maryland Governor Wes Moore speaks during a campaign event for Angela Alsobrook’s run for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat at Monument City Brewing Company in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 23, 2023.(Amanda Andrade-Rhoade
Moving into Maryland, Governor Wes Moore signed 1,049 bills into law.
Some changes you will see come July 1 include a ban on vaping in indoor spaces, public transportation, and workplaces, as well as alcohol delivery being allowed from permitted businesses.
And Maryland is cracking down on those wild ticket prices we have seen for concerts and shows lately – becoming the first state in the country to fine resellers and platforms that offer “speculative” tickets – tickets they don’t even own but sell anyway, driving up prices for everyone.
This was Maryland State Senator Dawn Gile’s bill.
She said it is in response to outrage from consumers, and she hopes it changes people’s perspectives on what it means to buy tickets.
“People have just become accustomed that this is what they have to do – pay these astronomical ticket prices to see a show but that’s not the way it should be,” Gile said. “There’s deception in the marketplace, there’s a manipulation in the marketplace of these prices and we can have a fair marketplace.”
Another one going into effect in Maryland on July 1 is called Nick’s Law – which calls for stricter boating rules and punishments when it comes to boating under the influence.
It’s named after Nick Barton, a 21-year-old college lacrosse player who was killed in a boating accident in June 2022 by someone who was drinking.
His mom, Marie Barton, has been fighting to make Maryland waterways safer ever since.
“After I lost Nick, I started looking into everything and I could not believe the law – or the lack of laws, I should say,” Barton said.
Nick’s Law prohibits a person from operating a vessel for two years if they are convicted of boating under the influence and five years if it results in death
“It also gives DNR a database which they have never had before to be able to track these boaters that aren’t supposed to be on the water,” Barton explained.
DC laws going into effect July 1
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Muriel Bowser, mayor of the District of Columbia, during an interview in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. This summer Bowser and DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said they were united in opposition to a federal measure overhauling poli
The minimum wage is increasing in the District of Columbia on July 1, to $17.50 per hour for non-tipped workers, the highest in the United States.
The DC Department of Employment Services (DOES) sent FOX 5 the following statement.
“Mayor Bowser’s commitment to creating more pathways to the middle class remains a priority.
Starting July 1, the District’s minimum wage will increase to $17.50 per hour for non-tipped workers and $10.00 per hour for tipped employees.
This adjustment is crucial for ensuring workers receive fair wages and our employers comply with D.C. wage laws.
Maryland
High-Tech Help in Clearing Your Plate
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As an undergraduate engineering student in Delhi, India, Amisha Bhaskar took a field trip to a facility for disabled war veterans and met a man who had lost both hands. When she asked him what technologies could improve his life, his reply left an indelible impression: He wanted something so he could take care of himself and not be forced to rely upon others.
Now a second-year doctoral student at the University of Maryland studying computer science, Bhaskar has focused on the wounded veteran’s broad request as her area of study. Working with others in the Robotics Algorithms & Autonomous Systems Lab, she is developing an innovative robotic tool to help people with mobility impairments feed themselves.
The team’s work was recognized last month at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Yokohama, Japan, where a paper Bhaskar presented as lead co-author received top honors in a specialized workshop on cooking and robotics.
Existing robotic-assisted feeding technology is very limited, the UMD researchers said. Commercial robotic arms have a fixed, pre-programmed motion that allows them to pick up food only in a specific spot on a plate, and they lack the ability to detect whether they’ve accomplished that task.
“They are not learning on the go, so it will just keep doing this motion no matter if you want to eat it or not, or if the food is picked up or not,” said Bhaskar.
Robotic-assisted feeding can be divided into two steps, she explained: the “acquisition” step involves a utensil picking up the food, while the transfer step is the process of the food reaching a person’s mouth without being dropped or succumbing to some other mishap.
Bhaskar and the UMD team are currently working on the acquisition step, with a lofty goal. While other research groups sometimes count picking up food on a utensil just once as a success, the UMD team’s target is to clear the plate.
The system must be able to recognize and transport a variety of foods served in assisted-care settings—from liquid foods to semi-solid ones like yogurt and tofu to cereals.
One of the most significant challenges for a robot is handling foods with varied textures and consistencies within a single dish, the researchers said. Ramen, for example, presents a complex scenario that includes a liquid broth, squishy tofu, solid vegetables and irregularly shaped noodles that remain the biggest challenge, Bhaskar said. “Every single element requires different strategies, some of which have to be combined,” she said
An interdisciplinary approach has played a key role in the project’s success, said Pratap Tokekar, an associate professor of computer science with an appointment in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies.
“The technology we’re working on involves computer vision, artificial intelligence, deep neural networks, mechanical engineering and more—it all needs to come together seamlessly so that the robotic system is both safe for users and efficient in accomplishing the task at hand,” he said.
Tokekar is academic adviser to Bhaskar and another graduate student working on the project, Rui Liu, a third-year doctoral student in computer science.
Robotic-assisted feeding is a relatively new area of research for Liu, who had previously focused on computer vision and human-robot interaction. But like Bhaskar, Liu sees the potential here to greatly improve people’s lives, particularly older adults or those with mobility issues that make feeding themselves difficult.
Additional team members include Vishnu D. Sharma, Ph.D. ’24 and Guangyao Shi, Ph.D. ’23, now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern California.
While the project is probably several years away from real-world application, Tokekar is confident in the team’s progress, and particularly in Bhasker’s and Liu’s eagerness and intense focus.
“The best part of this project is that every time we meet, they have 10 new ideas since the last time that we met,” Tokekar said. “Instead of me telling them what to do, they already know what to do. I’m just helping shape their ideas.”
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Nice Friday before weekend storms return to Maryland
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