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Larger security checkpoints, more reliable and faster baggage systems and better roadways and multimodal connections are just some of the improvements passengers will see

Funding going to small, medium and large communities across the country

WASHINGTON – With air traffic poised to reach or beat pre-pandemic levels this year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding nearly $1 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 99 airports of all shapes and sizes across the country.

The funding helps meet the growing demand for air travel and invests in key areas to help get travelers in and out of airports more quickly and improve the passenger experience by investing in new baggage systems, larger security checkpoints and improved ground transportation. Other projects increase terminal sustainability and improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities. Several grants will address the needs of aging air traffic control towers. The investments will go to airports in 47 states and two territories.

“Americans deserve the best airports in the world, and with demand for air travel surging back, this funding to improve the passenger experience comes at the right time,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “These grants will make it faster and easier to check your bags, get through security and find your gate, all while creating jobs and supporting local economies.”

View a data visualization of the airports receiving funding.

“Today’s funding doesn’t just improve airport terminals. It creates opportunities in communities large and small for good-paying jobs and a chance to be part of our country’s thriving aviation sector,” said Deputy FAA Administrator A. Bradley Mims.

These awards are on top of the $1 billion for Airport terminals announced for 85 airports last year. The vast majority of those projects are under construction.

Many grants contain an element that will build new or expanded terminal facilities. Among them are:

Many grants contain an element that will make passenger check-in more efficient by improving security-screening areas. Among them are:

Many grants contain an element that will improve passenger experience, including more reliable and faster baggage systems. Among them are:

Many grants will increase access to other modes of transportation or improve roadways. Those include:

6 grants are awarded to airports to refurbish their air traffic control towers. Among those are:

Many grants contain an element that will increase terminal sustainability. Among them are:

Many grants contain an element that will go to improving airport access in smaller communities. Among them are:

Today’s funding is from the Airport Terminal Program, one of three aviation programs created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The law provides $1 billion annually for five years for Airport Terminal Program grants. In total, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provided a historic $25 billion to modernize our country’s airport infrastructure. Learn more at faa.gov/bil.

The President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law makes a historic investment in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness. It will rebuild America’s roads, bridges and rails, upgrade and expand public transit, modernize the nation’s ports and airports, improve safety, tackle the climate crisis, advance environmental justice and invest in communities that have too often been left behind. It will drive the creation of good-paying union jobs and grow the economy sustainably and equitably to help everyone get ahead for decades to come.

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Arizona Cardinals new general manager Monti Ossenfort gave reason to believe that DeAndre Hopkins will be with the team in 2023, but cautioned that any longterm roster decision involving the star receiver was in the early stages. The Cardinals looks to succeed under new head coach Jonathan Gannon and keeping Hopkins would give the offense a much higher ceiling than moving on from the former Clemson star.

"I had a great talk with D-Hop a couple weeks ago," Ossenfort said on the Bickley and Marotta Show. "I explained to him what my philosophy was. It was a great conversation. D-Hop has been a great player in this league for a long time. I'm excited to work with him. I think any roster decisions like that, we are in the very early stages right now.

"From afar, I've had to compete against -- not me personally, but I've (worked) for teams that have to compete against D-Hop, I know what a problem and a stress he puts on defenses. I'm excited to have D-Hop on the team. Whether it's D-Hop's situation or anyone's situation, we are in the stages of evaluating that."

Hopkins missed the first six games this season because of a suspension for violation of the league's Performance Enhancing Drugs policy. He finished the season with 64 catches for 717 yards and three touchdowns in nine games.

Injuries limited Hopkins to only 10 games in 2021. Hopkins still managed 42 catches for 572 yards and eight touchdowns during a season in which the Cardinals went 11-6 and were eliminated in the NFC Wild-Card round of the playoffs by the Los Angeles Rams. The last time Hopkins played a full season came in 2020, when he finished with 115 receptions for 1,407 yards and six touchdowns.

"I've been through worse things in life than having to sit out six games," Hopkins said after the suspension was announced. "So for me, mentally, I think I've been prepared for tough moments like this my whole life coming from Section 8. This is just a little scratch. It is what it is. It's my job, I love it, but I'm ready for whatever comes my way. Obviously six games is what I'm looking at, but we've got a great team. I'm sure those guys will go out and get it done."

Hopkins was drafted by the Houston Texans out of Clemson with the 27th overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. He was a three-time first-team All-Pro (2017-19) and a second-team All-Pro selection in his time with the Texans prior to a 2020 trade to the Cardinals.

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Hopkins starred throughout his college days with the Tigers. He recorded 206 receptions for 3,020 yards (14.7 average) and 27 touchdowns in 39 games. A former four-star recruit out of Central (S.C.) D W Daniel, Hopkins was the No. 213-ranked prospect from the Class of 2010, according to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite. He was the No. 29-ranked wide receiver and the 11th-ranked prospect from South Carolina.

Building a custom home is exciting, but without the right builder, it can be riddled with stress and headache. Dogwood Construction is committed to personal attention, open communication and quality craftsmanship, ensuring a positive building experience from start to finish.

Dogwood Construction, Aiken’s premier home building expert, is proud to help families with their custom home building and renovation needs. With unmatched experience and unsurpassed dedication to each of their clients, this leading general contractor helps people create their dream homes.

“We make sure your experience with Dogwood Construction is stress-free from start to finish,” says David Hopkins, the founder of the company. “Our team walks in lockstep with you throughout your build or renovation, and we are available for questions any time of day. We are dedicated to our clients, attendant to even the smallest details and committed to a finished product you can enjoy for years to come.”

David and his wife, Carole Ann, started the construction company in 2012, offering custom home builds, as well as custom equestrian facilities and custom barn construction. David is a Georgia native, a legacy home builder, an experienced horse riding enthusiast and a licensed general contractor, making him uniquely positioned to serve clients in the Aiken area, and Dogwood Construction maintains a reputation for quality craftsmanship in both new construction and home renovations.

The Dogwood Construction team specializes in both the design and construction of custom homes. From the initial consultation, to designing a floor plan that works for your needs, to choosing finishes that fit your design aesthetic and budget, the Dogwood team is available to help clients bring their vision to life. The staff designers can help you design the perfect space for your lifestyle, while working within your budget. From custom-drawn floor plans and elevations, to custom furniture and built-ins, the team is committed to a truly custom experience and thoughtful, original craftsmanship.

Dogwood Construction also specializes in building custom barns and equestrian sites, with more than ten years of experience building equestrian sites around the southeast. As equestrians and barn owners themselves, they have a deep understanding of the elements and details required for a functional and beautiful space, equipped to safely house horses and other family animals.

As a family-owned and operated business, Dogwood Construction proudly offers a family-friendly and stress-free approach to homebuilding for all its clients. Aiken residents trust Dogwood Construction because the team brings unmatched experience, high building standards, a friendly demeanor and a bit of Southern charm to every aspect of home construction and renovation.

If you are interested in building a home in the Aiken SC area, call Dogwood Construction to schedule a free initial consultation.

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Dogwood Construction was established by David and Carole Ann Hopkins in 2012. David is the general contractor, and Carole Ann is the primary designer for all client projects. The company specializes in custom home builds, interior home renovation projects, home additions, outdoor space construction, and total renovations. David is also an expert in creating equestrian facilities and new barns. Dogwood is committed to high-quality construction, open communication, and a family-friendly environment.

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BALTIMORE — Futuristic “biocomputers” using the power of human brain cells could soon become a reality — revolutionizing digital technology, a new study explains. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University say the half-human-half-machine devices have the potential to push past current technological limits by using brain organoids taken from tiny human skin samples.

The team of scientists has been experimenting with brain tissue the size of a pen dot, containing neurons and other functions with the ability to learn and memorize. Professor Thomas Hartung, who leads the work, says this “biological hardware” could soon assist with valuable research on how the human brain works and provide a way of alleviating energy consumption demands in supercomputers.

The study team also hopes organoid intelligence could additionally revolutionize drug testing research for neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodegeneration. Though computers can do calculations with numbers and data far quicker than humans, the brain is much better at making complex logical decisions, such as identifying one animal from another.

“The brain is still unmatched by modern computers,” Hartung says in a media release. “Frontier, the latest supercomputer in Kentucky, is a $600 million, 6,800-square-feet installation. Only in June of last year, it exceeded for the first time the computational capacity of a single human brain — but using a million times more energy.”

Prof. Hartung’s study, published in the journal Frontiers in Science, outlines his team’s plan for organoid intelligence.

“Computing and artificial intelligence have been driving the technology revolution but they are reaching a ceiling,” says Hartung, a professor of environmental health sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Whiting School of Engineering. “Biocomputing is an enormous effort of compacting computational power and increasing its efficiency to push past our current technological limits.”

For nearly two decades, scientists have been using tiny organoids — lab-grown tissue resembling fully-grown organs — to experiment on human organs without having to resort to human or animal testing. In 2012, Prof. Hartung and his colleagues began to grow and assemble brain cells into functional organoids using cells from human skin samples. The team then reprogrammed these cells into embryonic, stem cell-like states. Each organoid contains around 50,000 cells, which are as small as a fruit fly’s nervous system.

Prof. Hartung and his team now envision constructing a supercomputer with these organoids, which they believe could begin to alleviate the energy-consumption demands of supercomputing, which are becoming increasingly unsustainable. Though it may take decades before organoid intelligence can even power a computer mouse, by scaling up organoid production and training them with artificial intelligence, Prof. Hartung predicts a future in which biocomputers support superior speed, processing power, data efficiency, and storage capabilities in computing.

“This opens up research on how the human brain works,” Hartung explains. “Because you can start manipulating the system, doing things you cannot ethically do with human brains.”

“It will take decades before we achieve the goal of something comparable to any type of computer. But if we don’t start creating funding programs for this, it will be much more difficult.”

The Johns Hopkins team also suggests organoid intelligence could revolutionize drug testing research for neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodegeneration.

“We want to compare brain organoids from typically developed donors versus brain organoids from donors with autism,” says Lena Smirnova, an assistant professor of environmental health and engineering at Johns Hopkins.

“The tools we are developing towards biological computing are the same tools that will allow us to understand changes in neuronal networks specific for autism, without having to use animals or to access patients, so we can understand the underlying mechanisms of why patients have these cognition issues and impairments.”

To assess the ethical implications of working with organoid intelligence, a diverse consortium of scientists, bioethicists, and members of the public were embedded within the Johns Hopkins team.

South West News Service writer James Gamble contributed to this report.

Queen banking, the process of storing extra queens in the spring to replenish colonies in the autumn, can be made more stable and labour-efficient by keeping queen bees frozen in indoor refrigeration units, according to a Washington State University research. It could also improve honey bee survival in the face of climate change. Researchers compared queen banks kept in refrigerated units to those kept outdoors in the traditional manner and an "unbanked" control group in a study that was published in the Journal of Apicultural Research. They discovered that queens kept indoors had a greater survival rate and required less upkeep than those kept outside.

This study, and future potential refinement, could be another piece in the ultimate puzzle of reducing the loss of bee colonies each year, said senior author Brandon Hopkins, an assistant research professor in WSU's Department of Entomology. "A lot of honey bee losses are queen-quality issues," Hopkins said. "If we have a method that increases the number of queens available or the stability of queens from year to year, then that helps with the number of colonies that survive winter in a healthy state."

In the beekeeping industry, queen producers often "bank" queens over the summer by storing them in small cages. Those small cages are then put into a large colony with many workers to care for the caged queens, with as many as 200 queens per bank. A bank of 100 queens has a value of more than $5,000, and producers may have 10 to 20 banks on hand. For this study, the team prepared 18 banks with 50, 100 and 198 queens per bank. The refrigerated banks matched survival of the outside groups, and in the banks of 100, survival was higher, with 78% of queens surviving the six weeks of storage compared to 62% in the outdoor group. The queens in both groups were of the same quality, showing similar good health. The cooled queen banks also needed less maintenance.

Beekeepers need honey bee queens to sustain colonies that pollinate crops, and there's a huge spike in demand for queens in the spring. That's when beekeepers replace their losses from the previous year. Once queen producers meet that demand, they can't just turn off queen production. Producers can bank excess queens to help meet the future needs of beekeepers, who often replenish their queen supplies after the summer.

Queens can't be produced in hot temperatures, Hopkins said. Banking keeps an inventory on hand for when demand returns in the fall. Keeping a supply of queens available for beekeepers to purchase is growing increasingly difficult. The vast majority of U.S. queen producers are based in California, where rising temperatures and wildfires are becoming more common.

"We heard queen producers in California are having a difficult time banking queens when temperatures are over 100 degrees in the summer," said Hopkins. "It's a little scary to be banking 80% of the country's queen supply in a location prone to wildfires, smoke and high temperatures." Hopkins was surprised by how well the experiment worked, considering the challenges of queen banking.

"It's an art," he said. "There's a significant amount of maintenance, skill and care required: managing, feeding and moving resources around." The team found that in the refrigeration units, the bees fared well with just food and no human interference. (ANI)

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