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A12 THE BULLETIN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2021 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 TODAY THURSDAY TONIGHT HIGH 41° LOW 23° Intervals of clouds and sun Rain and drizzle in the a.m., then showers ALMANAC SATURDAY 44° 27° 45° 32° Becoming cloudy SUNDAY 42° 32° Cloudy with snow showers in the afternoon MONDAY 51° 35° Cloudy TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normal Record 45° 44° 70° in 1977 32° 24° -1° in 1956 PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday 0.00" Record 0.53" in 1958 Month to date (normal) 0.28" (0.65") Year to date (normal) 0.94" (2.18") Barometric pressure at 4 p.m. 30.08" SUN, MOON AND PLANETS Rise/Set Today Thu. Sun 7:01am/5:38pm 7:00am/5:39pm Moon 9:55am/11:55pm 10:19am/none Mercury 6:01am/4:12pm 5:57am/4:06pm Venus 6:46am/4:46pm 6:45am/4:48pm Mars 10:07am/12:54am 10:05am/12:53am Jupiter 6:26am/4:14pm 6:23am/4:11pm Saturn 6:06am/3:39pm 6:03am/3:35pm Uranus 9:39am/11:34pm 9:35am/11:30pm First Full Last New High: 53° at Eugene Low: 21° at Crater Lake Coos Bay 51/41 Cottage Grove 50/36 Bandon 52/42 Port Orford 53/45 Feb 19 Feb 27 Mar 5 Mar 13 Tonight's sky: In the evening, the galaxy M31 in Andromeda is visible high in the west. Gold Beach 50/44 UV INDEX TODAY 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 3 2 1 The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low, 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme. ROAD CONDITONS For web cameras of our passes, go to www.bendbulletin.com/webcams I-84 at Cabbage Hill: Flurries during the morning; otherwise, partly sunny today. US 20 at Santiam Pass: Snow showers today; an inch or less. Dry and cold tonight. US 26 at Gov't Camp: A little snow at times today; a coating to an inch. US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Chilly today with clouds, some sun and a fl urry or two. ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Mostly cloudy today; a few snow showers. Fair and cold tonight. Snow Thursday afternoon. ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: A few snow showers today then dry and cold tonight. SKI REPORT Medford Ashland 46/38 53/43 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Beaver Marsh 38/22 48/34 Brookings Fort Rock 40/20 Burns Riley 36/14 34/17 Christmas Valley 39/21 Silver Lake 41/21 Klamath Falls Jordan Valley 33/15 Burns Junction 39/20 Rome 40/22 Fields 38/18 Lakeview 37/18 43/23 42/19 Juntura 40/18 Frenchglen 36/19 Paisley 40/22 Chiloquin 44/24 McDermitt 35/16 Yesterday Today Thursday Yesterday Today Thursday Yesterday Today Thursday City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Astoria 49/43/0.25 47/38/c 47/41/sh La Grande 37/34/0.10 36/16/sf 34/30/sn Portland 49/38/0.02 48/36/c 43/39/sh Baker City 41/36/0.04 38/16/c 33/25/sn La Pine 38/30/0.08 39/21/c 39/29/sn Prineville 43/32/0.00 41/23/pc 39/34/sh Brookings 50/41/0.09 53/43/c 49/43/r Medford 53/40/0.03 48/34/pc 46/40/r Redmond 44/35/0.00 42/22/pc 43/29/sh Burns 40/30/Tr 36/14/pc 35/31/sf Newport 48/43/0.09 47/40/c 48/43/r Roseburg 51/42/0.25 50/37/c 48/42/r Eugene 53/41/Tr 50/36/c 48/42/sh North Bend 51/44/0.35 52/42/c 51/45/sh Salem 52/39/0.07 49/35/c 46/41/sh Klamath Falls 41/30/Tr 43/23/pc 39/32/sh Ontario 45/26/Tr 42/19/pc 38/29/c Sisters 41/32/0.04 41/23/c 43/35/r Lakeview 38/28/Tr 37/18/pc 34/29/sn Pendleton 39/22/0.07 36/21/pc 34/31/c The Dalles 46/25/Tr 44/30/c 37/32/r Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday NATIONAL WEATHER -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s NATIONAL EXTREMES YESTERDAY (for the T-storms Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Warm Front Stationary Front Cold Front Source: OnTheSnow.com Cruise told the Port Commission. Will Isom, the port’s ex- ecutive director, said he was caught off guard by the length of the cruise ship ban in Canada, but that things can change quickly. “I think there’s a potential that with the vaccine rollout and other precautions that may be put in place, that that window may become shorter,” he said. “But again, it’s hard to project. There’s a lot unknown moving forward.” American Cruise Lines’ Columbia River fleet — including Queen of the West, American Pride, American Song and American Harmony — has homeported at North Tongue Point while the cruise season re- mains in flux because of the coronavirus. ‘All potential avenues’ Alaska’s congressional del- egation derided the length of Canada’s ban, calling it unac- ceptable. “Upon hearing the an- nouncement, we immediately reached out to Canadian and American agencies to try to understand the rationale be- hind this decision — particu- larly the duration of the ban,” U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and U.S. Rep. Don Young, Alaska Republicans, said in a joint statement. “We are exploring all potential avenues, includ- ing changing existing laws, to ensure the cruise industry in Alaska resumes operations as soon as it is safe. We will fight to find a path forward.” Bruce Conner, the port’s cruise ship marketer, said he understands Canada’s deci- sion. But he said it’s too soon to say whether there will be a cruise ship season this year. “I believe there are some options out there that we are going to be able to, for fall especially, find solutions for the Canadian government to amend its decision,” he said. Conner said lawmakers from Alaska and Washington state are working with Cruise Lines International Associ- ation, a trade association, to find compromises, such as waivers to the federal Passen- River cruises The port was also supposed to make more than $118,000 from 37 smaller river cruise vessels docking at Pier 2. But American Queen Steamboat Co. canceled 29 of 34 visits by its ship, the American Em- press, to Pier 2 this year, eras- ing three-quarters of the Port’s river cruise revenue. “If the restrictions get lifted, I think we’ll have reservations come in pretty quickly,” Tran- sue said. “But at this point, with the way the situation is, I think we’re pretty much going to stay at this point until that changes.” Isom pointed to the chal- lenges river cruise ships face operating in several counties along Oregon and Washing- ton state, often in different stages of government restric- tions. “I think that could be a challenge as we move forward as well. Some jurisdictions are going to be farther ahead, as far as the vaccination process and the level of virus outbreak in those communities,” he said. “That’s obviously going to impact the ability of ports to host a vessel. And along with that, it’s hard to plan around.” Conner said the port, Or- egon, Washington and other ports upriver are planning to discuss how to approach the river cruise season this spring. He said river cruise companies are hoping to be in a lower risk category than oceangoing vessels because all their vessels carry fewer than 250 people. Grocery an approach many epidemi- ologists support as the most ethical and efficient because it will help reduce deaths and hospitalizations faster. People over 65 account for 80% of deaths in the country, accord- ing to the U.S. Centers for Dis- ease and Control Prevention. “Our main goals with vac- cines should be reducing deaths and hospitalizations,” said William Moss, execu- tive director of the Interna- tional Vaccine Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. “In order to do that, we need to begin vac- cinating those at the highest risks.” But many grocery workers have been surprised and dis- heartened to find that they’ve been left out of such policies, in part because a CDC panel had raised their expectations by recommending the second phase of the vaccine rollout — 1B — include grocery and other essential employees. Even when grocery workers are prioritized, they still face long waits. New York opened up vaccines to grocery work- ers in early January, along with other essential employees and anyone 65 and over. But limited supply makes booking an appointment difficult, even more so for the workers who don’t have large companies or unions to advocate for them. Only 13 states are currently allowing grocery workers to sign up for vaccines, accord- ing to the United Food and Commercial Workers union, which represents 1.3 million U.S. grocery, meatpacking and other front-line workers. Some states are still work- ing through an initial phase that prioritizes health workers and nursing home residents. Many states have divided the second phase into tiers that put grocery workers lower than others, including people 65 and over, teachers and first responders. Eleven states have no clear plan for prioritizing grocery workers at all, accord- ing to research from United 4 Respect, a labor group that advocates for workers at Walmart, Amazon and other major retailers. Oregon has not made gro- cery or other essential workers outside of health care settings a priority, adding them into a future category with the gen- eral population and those of all ages with underlying con- ditions. Continued from A11 Continued from A11 “Apparently we are not front-line workers when it comes to getting the vaccine. That was kind of a shock,” said Dawn Hand, who works at a Kroger supermarket in Houston, where she said three of her co-workers were out with the virus last week. She watches others getting vac- cinated at the in-store phar- macy without knowing when she’ll get her turn. Texas is among several states that have decided to leave grocery and other essen- tial workers out of the second phase of its vaccination effort, instead prioritizing adults over 65 and people with chronic medical conditions. Focusing on older adults is NATIONAL Yesterday City Hi/Lo/Prec. Abilene 23/-4/0.07 Akron 21/19/0.25 Albany 34/22/0.75 Albuquerque 39/23/0.16 Anchorage 27/19/0.08 Atlanta 32/28/0.01 Atlantic City 52/33/0.57 Austin 25/6/0.00 Baltimore 48/35/0.84 Billings 21/6/0.03 Birmingham 29/16/Tr Bismarck 14/-13/Tr Boise 40/33/0.05 Boston 40/27/0.66 Bridgeport, CT 47/33/1.06 Buffalo 25/24/0.54 Burlington, VT 35/20/0.63 Caribou, ME 21/18/0.60 Charleston, SC 65/55/0.56 Charlotte 53/38/0.25 Chattanooga 30/23/0.01 Cheyenne 35/10/0.00 Chicago 20/6/0.15 Cincinnati 20/12/0.17 Cleveland 20/19/0.26 Colorado Springs 38/4/0.00 Columbia, MO 13/-8/0.02 Columbia, SC 54/46/1.14 Columbus, GA 38/27/Tr Columbus, OH 20/17/0.25 Concord, NH 34/26/0.93 Corpus Christi 34/19/Tr Dallas 20/-1/0.00 Dayton 18/12/0.20 Denver 38/-1/0.00 Des Moines 6/-17/0.00 Detroit 19/14/0.28 Duluth 13/-26/0.00 El Paso 49/23/0.02 Fairbanks 13/3/0.18 Fargo 2/-21/0.00 Flagstaff 39/25/0.16 Grand Rapids 19/7/0.32 Green Bay 19/3/0.00 Greensboro 51/34/0.68 Harrisburg 44/33/0.76 Hartford, CT 44/29/0.76 Helena 34/11/0.01 Honolulu 82/69/0.05 Houston 35/13/0.00 Huntsville 19/13/0.02 Indianapolis 19/9/0.13 Jackson, MS 30/14/0.03 Jacksonville 67/57/0.61 Today Thursday Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 24/13/sn 28/12/s 23/19/c 30/21/sn 24/13/s 25/21/sn 37/18/pc 37/19/s 30/25/sf 31/10/c 51/41/pc 47/35/sh 34/32/s 39/36/sn 35/24/i 36/18/sn 36/28/s 33/31/sn 22/6/sn 25/14/pc 49/39/pc 46/27/sh 14/1/pc 18/-1/pc 37/19/pc 38/31/s 31/21/s 30/28/sn 33/23/s 31/29/sn 22/13/pc 28/22/sn 21/7/s 25/17/c 23/-1/s 18/-1/pc 55/47/pc 68/48/t 47/35/pc 40/35/sh 47/36/c 45/29/r 25/4/sn 25/9/s 21/14/c 26/12/sn 24/21/sn 30/15/sn 21/17/pc 28/21/sn 30/13/sn 26/6/s 20/7/sn 22/3/c 52/43/pc 46/41/r 53/45/pc 57/38/r 24/21/sn 32/18/sn 27/10/s 28/20/c 52/32/c 41/23/pc 27/20/sn 31/14/c 22/18/sn 29/14/sn 29/12/sn 31/14/pc 14/3/c 16/1/pc 21/13/pc 27/18/sn 11/1/pc 14/0/c 54/31/pc 48/27/s 17/-1/pc 8/-25/sn 8/-5/pc 13/-3/pc 32/13/pc 37/14/s 23/13/pc 25/11/sn 19/9/sn 25/10/c 43/30/pc 34/32/sn 32/25/s 32/29/sn 30/18/s 27/24/sn 26/7/sn 27/19/pc 81/71/c 80/70/sh 39/31/i 38/24/c 42/33/c 40/22/r 21/16/sn 26/7/sn 37/32/i 37/24/sh 58/52/sh 81/59/t Amsterdam Athens Auckland Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Beirut Berlin Bogota Budapest Buenos Aires Cabo San Lucas Cairo Calgary Cancun Dublin Edinburgh Geneva Harare Hong Kong Istanbul Jerusalem Johannesburg Lima Lisbon London Madrid Manila 50/43/sh 47/39/pc 76/54/pc 70/47/sh 87/76/pc 37/10/s 53/47/r 42/37/sh 68/48/c 40/33/r 79/66/pc 72/56/s 54/48/pc 22/2/pc 85/77/pc 49/38/pc 48/41/r 54/36/s 68/58/r 74/60/s 38/31/sf 40/38/sh 79/61/s 77/68/pc 62/54/pc 52/47/r 61/38/pc 87/75/pc City Juneau Kansas City Lansing Las Vegas Lexington Lincoln Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Madison, WI Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Newark, NJ Norfolk, VA Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Palm Springs Peoria Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Providence Raleigh Rapid City Reno Richmond Rochester, NY Sacramento St. Louis Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco San Jose Santa Fe Savannah Seattle Sioux Falls Spokane Springfi eld, MO Tampa Tucson Tulsa Washington, DC Wichita Yakima Yuma Yesterday Hi/Lo/Prec. 29/14/0.04 12/-10/0.01 18/8/0.39 63/50/0.00 15/13/0.17 3/-31/Tr 20/2/Tr 69/53/0.00 17/14/0.13 17/1/0.03 18/1/Tr 83/77/1.46 22/6/0.54 12/-13/0.00 18/11/0.03 35/25/0.00 51/32/0.82 51/32/0.85 69/40/0.56 11/-14/0.12 4/-23/0.00 74/64/0.35 76/49/0.00 13/0/0.15 51/33/0.75 72/52/0.00 30/27/0.46 32/26/0.60 56/31/0.60 60/41/0.63 4/-12/0.01 47/33/0.00 53/37/0.64 27/24/0.68 63/40/0.00 16/-3/0.04 38/32/0.26 30/12/0.00 64/57/0.06 58/49/0.00 57/44/0.00 35/19/0.13 61/56/0.03 51/38/0.17 0/-24/Tr 28/17/0.02 14/-14/Tr 69/64/0.16 66/47/0.00 13/-13/0.00 45/36/0.97 8/-16/0.00 38/9/Tr 75/51/0.00 Today Thursday Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 37/32/sf 39/36/c 22/7/sn 21/3/pc 22/11/pc 25/12/sn 58/40/s 57/40/s 26/23/sn 31/15/sn 14/-2/pc 17/3/s 24/22/sn 33/15/sn 70/48/s 68/48/s 28/24/sn 33/15/sn 17/6/sn 22/5/c 27/24/sn 29/15/sn 82/75/pc 85/75/pc 23/16/c 26/13/c 11/4/sn 16/0/pc 35/30/c 35/18/sn 60/45/sh 49/34/c 32/25/s 30/29/sn 33/24/s 31/29/sn 37/33/s 43/38/r 22/8/sn 23/3/pc 13/1/c 16/5/pc 75/67/sh 84/68/pc 71/48/s 71/47/s 16/8/sn 20/1/c 33/26/s 32/30/sn 66/44/s 66/43/s 24/21/pc 30/24/sn 28/11/s 28/21/c 33/22/s 29/28/sn 46/30/pc 37/37/r 21/-1/pc 22/-1/s 43/24/s 51/37/c 41/28/s 37/34/i 24/13/pc 27/20/sn 63/36/s 62/48/pc 20/11/sn 23/5/c 35/23/sn 36/28/c 44/24/i 36/19/sn 65/49/s 69/48/s 61/45/s 61/52/pc 63/38/s 66/48/pc 33/13/c 33/11/pc 54/49/pc 73/50/t 47/36/c 44/41/r 9/-3/c 15/1/pc 31/18/c 33/28/sn 22/8/sn 23/8/c 75/69/r 81/67/s 62/34/s 61/38/s 26/11/sn 26/9/pc 37/29/s 36/31/sn 20/6/sn 25/7/s 43/26/s 35/26/sn 69/45/s 68/41/s 92/71/0.00 77/47/0.00 27/19/0.38 10/-11/0.20 82/61/0.00 84/75/0.00 82/56/0.00 50/36/0.11 26/18/0.12 18/18/0.40 54/43/0.08 82/73/0.02 52/27/0.00 68/55/0.00 84/66/0.36 31/30/0.29 30/16/0.03 55/37/0.00 88/75/0.00 27/5/0.00 78/63/0.28 80/62/0.36 68/49/1.11 61/49/0.00 19/12/0.13 46/37/0.08 36/24/0.18 30/18/0.00 81/59/pc 74/45/pc 16/5/s 19/0/c 82/58/pc 82/73/pc 79/54/pc 41/30/sf 29/25/sn 18/3/s 54/44/pc 86/76/t 56/38/sh 77/53/pc 84/68/t 30/23/sn 25/15/s 48/31/s 88/75/pc 25/16/sf 75/66/pc 63/55/sh 53/46/r 54/35/sh 25/13/pc 44/35/s 48/31/sh 33/17/sn INTERNATIONAL 48 contiguous states) National high: 87° at West Palm Beach, FL National low: -46° at Ely, MN Precipitation: 2.06" at Vero Beach, FL In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday Ski resort New snow Base Anthony Lakes Mtn 5 0-48 Hoodoo Ski Area 3 0-85 Mt. Ashland 4 60-64 Mt. Bachelor 7 109-121 Mt. Hood Meadows 12 0-172 Mt. Hood Ski Bowl 12 54-73 Timberline Lodge 14 0-150 Willamette Pass 3 0-60 Aspen / Snowmass, CO 2 44-61 Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA 0 75-120 Squaw Valley, CA 4 0-127 Park City Mountain, UT 10 50-55 Sun Valley, ID 2 87-104 Partly sunny, a couple of showers possible TRAVEL WEATHER Hampton 35/19 39/21 Crescent 38/21 Roseburg 50/37 Grants Pass 52/39 La Pine Oakridge 46/32 52° 25° A couple of showers possible Remaining cloudy Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. EAST: A few snow Astoria showers Wednesday; 47/38 Umatilla Seaside partial clearing at Hood 40/25 47/37 night. Becoming River Rufus Hermiston cloudy Thursday; Cannon Beach 40/30 40/23 41/28 Arlington Hillsboro Portland Meacham Lostine 47/37 snow late. 45/28 47/34 48/36 34/13 Wasco 34/11 Enterprise Pendleton The Dalles CENTRAL: Mostly Tillamook 32/10 37/26 36/21 Sandy 44/30 McMinnville 48/39 cloudy Wednesday; Joseph Heppner La Grande 45/35 Maupin Government 47/36 snow showers, then 36/16 32/11 Camp 36/25 Condon 37/25 Union Lincoln City partial clearing at 37/24 33/25 36/16 Salem 47/41 Spray night. Light snow Granite Warm Springs 49/35 Madras 40/22 Albany 31/16 Thursday afternoon. Newport Baker City 42/26 43/25 Mitchell 47/40 49/34 38/16 WEST: A morning Camp Sherman 37/22 Redmond Corvallis John Yachats Unity shower or two in the 41/25 42/22 50/35 Day Prineville 36/16 northwest, then partly 47/41 Ontario Sisters 41/23 Paulina 36/18 42/19 sunny Wednesday. Florence Eugene 41/23 Bend Brothers 36/19 Vale Periods of rain 49/43 50/36 41/23 34/20 Sunriver 41/18 Thursday. Nyssa 39/22 OREGON EXTREMES YESTERDAY TUESDAY 54° 33° OREGON WEATHER Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest. High Low FRIDAY The Astorian ger Vessel Services Act requir- ing visits to foreign ports by foreign-flagged vessels. The association said there have been more than 200 sail- ings in Europe and Asia with enhanced safety measures. Cruise companies have agreed to require testing, masks and physical distancing and quar- antine crews prior to trips. 50/37/0.29 37/30/0.45 75/68/0.06 80/57/0.00 91/75/0.00 33/20/0.00 66/57/1.59 41/28/0.17 68/45/Tr 34/18/0.01 75/63/0.00 75/54/0.00 58/55/0.06 23/-6/0.06 79/72/0.26 52/46/0.04 50/45/0.00 52/32/0.02 69/64/0.77 77/64/0.00 36/32/0.11 60/43/0.15 74/57/0.00 80/70/0.00 61/55/0.01 52/48/0.12 59/36/0.00 88/75/0.00 53/40/r 56/43/s 74/57/s 60/41/s 90/72/s 42/15/s 55/51/sh 46/37/pc 65/49/r 48/30/pc 86/71/s 74/54/s 60/51/pc 26/15/pc 86/74/pc 47/40/pc 47/38/r 56/40/pc 75/61/t 69/60/s 42/36/sn 45/42/sh 83/62/pc 76/66/c 61/53/sh 51/40/r 59/42/pc 85/73/pc Coding Continued from A11 Samaira later realized that her experience was common for people new to coding. They “start with the hardest prob- lems first, and that intimidates them.” That’s why it’s so im- portant to begin by learning the basic concepts, she said. With her father’s encourage- ment, Samaira started again. Eventually she was able to cre- ate the app, which features a disappearing on-screen button. “That brought me a lot of joy,” said Samaira, who lives in Santa Clara, California. When Samaira told her friends about her love of coding and encouraged them to try it, they weren’t interested. Coding was “scary” and “boring,” they said. But Samaira was determined to change their minds. She asked her friends what they loved. Their answer? Games. “Maybe I could put this cod- ing thing into a board game,” she recalled thinking, “and somehow make it fun for my friends.” She began to sketch ideas for a game featuring a bunny that travels through a maze to eat a carrot. In 2016, with support from her parents and after a lot of trial and error with design- ers, Samaira introduced Coder- Bunnyz, her first board game. As Samaira shared the game Taxis Continued from A11 Hwang is leading the re- search team, which includes UCSD engineer Shirley Meng, one of the nation’s foremost battery experts, as well as col- laborators from San Diego State University, UC Davis, Brigham Young University, Aurora Flight Sciences and M4 Engineering. Interest in urban air mobil- ity has waxed and waned over the years. It’s been on the up- swing lately; United Airlines announced last week that it would buy 200 vertical take- off-and-landing aircraft from Archer in a deal that could be worth up to $1 billion. Toyota Mecca Mexico City Montreal Moscow Nairobi Nassau New Delhi Osaka Oslo Ottawa Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Santiago Sao Paulo Sapporo Seoul Shanghai Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei City Tel Aviv Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw 75/55/pc 76/42/s 23/15/pc 9/-5/s 83/58/pc 83/73/pc 80/54/pc 42/33/pc 36/32/sn 23/14/pc 57/39/r 84/75/t 59/42/s 77/54/s 85/67/t 32/26/sn 34/20/pc 49/35/s 88/76/pc 29/27/pc 76/69/sh 64/52/pc 59/50/sh 46/36/s 26/19/c 42/38/r 46/34/pc 25/14/s with her friends, she saw their attitudes about computer sci- ence begin to change. “They were starting to think of it as something they could enjoy,” she said. After creating CoderBunnyz, Samaira wanted to teach more kids about coding. She asked libraries about hosting work- shops, but because she was so young, “getting people to agree to do things with me was a huge challenge,” she said. With time and persistence, Samaira found people who be- lieved in her. She began leading workshops and developed a successful track record. Samaira invented two more coding board games: Coder- Mindz, which focuses on ar- tificial intelligence, and Co- derMarz, which shares facts about Mars and space. She also launched the “Yes, 1 Billion Kids Can Code” initiative to donate educational resources to children around the world. During the coronavirus pan- demic, Samaira created Boss Biz, an online program that teaches kids how to start their own business. About 200 peo- ple have participated. Whatever you choose to do in life, having a basic coding understanding will help you succeed, said Samaira. “It gives us that mind-set that we can take any situation, analyze it, and come up with the best po- tential solution.” and Airbus also are investing in the field. Ken Moelis, CEO of the in- vestment bank Moelis and Co., told CNBC that creating aircraft involves essentially refining what has already be done with helicopters. People are “adding the word electric to it ... The technology exists. There’s nothing to invent.” But UCSD’s new NASA grant expresses a different out- look, saying that engineers are going to have to do everything from improving vertical take- off-and-landing battery tech- nology to making the taxis quieter than helicopters and ensure that they won’t suffer catastrophic problems while flying over urban areas.