Smart building technologies have come a long way, but there has been one group left out of this progress: small and medium-sized buildings. Traditional smart-building technologies have focused on the needs of large skyscrapers or sprawling corporate campuses, not the small- to medium-sized buildings that consumers use daily, such as banks, grocery stores, restaurants or medical clinics.
Big rigs continue getting stuck on a sharp turn on Reeds Gap Road in Nelson County. Six months ago, VDOT put signs on the road to warn tractor-trailer drivers not to follow their GPS devices and avoid Reeds Gap Road. Despite the warning, seven large trucks have become stuck on the road in 2021 alone.
UNION GAP -- The city of Union Gap has unveiled a new fire truck that'll be able to serve both Union Gap and the City of Yakima. The single truck with a $485,000 price tag replaces an engine made for fighting structure fires and an engine used for brush fires.
Ohio is launching a new program this year, beginning in Summit County, that focuses on the link between chronic illness and poor nutrition and connects food-insecure patients with the medical and nutritional support they need beyond the doctor's office.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. ( CLARKSVILLENOW ) - The Clarksville chapter of the NAACP hosted a forum this week with three health professionals to address concerns from the Black community about the COVID-19 vaccine. The conversation was moderated by NAACP members and the chapter's president, Jimmie Garland.
Education is the fuel to a prosperous economic engine. It is supposed to be the path to prosperity for our students, but Covid-19 has exposed the stark disparities that many already knew existed. For decades, Massachusetts has been failing large segments of our population, particularly Latinos, who now make up 22% of students across the commonwealth.
Previously controversial values of the energy gap of a van der Waals material-chromium tribromide-were reported based on various optical measurements. A University of Wyoming faculty member and his research team used scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy measurements that clearly reveal a much smaller energy gap value and resolved the controversy.
Here is how women can reskill and bridge the gap in their careers after a maternity leave. Maternity could be one of the best phases of a woman's life, but for some, it takes a toll on her career.
The Lockport-based maker of recycled rubber products was on a roll going into 2020, catching up on a formidable backlog that included several large racetrack curbing orders. Covid-19 changed things dramatically. "Our employees were pretty shaken, so we gave the entire team paid time off to be with family to absorb what was happening," said Jeff Robbins, director of operations at RubberForm.
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ella Kidron, Senior Manager, Global Corporate Affairs, JD.com & Vivian Yang, Senior Manager, Global Corporate Affairs, JD.COM China's ageing population makes it important the country digitally enables the elderly.
The first quarter grades for this year are in for St. Paul Public School students, and it appears that racial disparities are growing worse with distance learning.In 2019, Minnesota ranked 50th when it came to racial disparities in high school graduation rates. Nearly half of all St.
I have a constantly evolving relationship with bras. There was a time in 2015 when an innocuous quote I gave to a friend about my love of going bra-less went viral. "If you're comfortable, go for it," says Richards. "It's about time we stopped nipple shaming."
In December 2019, Reid Devereaux '25 was accepted to Stanford's class of 2024. Just a few months later, COVID-19 struck, closing campus. Devereaux then decided to take a gap year, something he hadn't considered until then. This year, 378 frosh and 14 transfer students chose to take a gap year.
The reading gap is widening in Prince William County elementary schools, according to new testing data obtained by InsideNoVa through a Freedom of Information Act request.
(WILX) - Who is more likely to get a COVID-19 vaccine: a man or a woman? According to recent CNN data, women are taking the lead in the vaccine race. The study found roughly twice as many women are getting vaccinated for COVID-19. The data was from a dozen states, including Michigan, that publish demographic information online.
The Women of VISE are hosting a virtual Wikithon focused on women in science, technology, engineering and math the week of Jan. 18 to contribute to and improve the quality of Wikipedia pages on female scientists and researchers. The is open to the public; it requires registration on Wikipedia.
While coronavirus information may seem to be everywhere, non-English-speaking Iowans can't always get the information quite as easily. WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - There seems to be new information about COVID-19 and vaccines every week. Keeping up with that information can be difficult for anyone, but non-English-speaking Iowans are having a harder time.
MILWAUKEE - Higher education is facing tough choices even before the pandemic changed everything. TMJ4's Charles Benson continues his conversation with the leaders of Marquette and UW Milwaukee on how closing the equity gap could benefit both schools and Milwaukee.
Investors in The Gap Inc (Symbol: GPS) saw new options begin trading today, for the September 17th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 246 days until expiration the newly trading contracts rep
Society has only recently begun to discuss the racial wealth gap in America and the many ways institutional racism - often in the form of housing discrimination, redlining, and wage and employment disparities - has robbed Black and brown families of the ability to accumulate wealth and pass down an inheritance.