A new national study using artificial intelligence found that Philadelphia has the best roads in the nation. Yet perhaps unsurprisingly, people who actually drive in Philly disagree...strongly. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce teamed up with the company Roadbotics to create a report on roads. The study used smartphones aimed out of the windshield of vehicles. The cameras were then used to analyze road conditions, noting factors like potholes and cracking.  For Philadelphia, the Roadbotics study mainly focused on Center City and the A.I. technology mapped out the streets, rating them from “green” to “red.”  In the end, Roadbotics

Spending on services was particularly robust in the second quarter as widespread vaccinations and falling virus cases led Americans to return to restaurants, nail salons and other in-person activities. But goods spending remained strong as well, reflecting the healthy financial position of many households after successive rounds of government aid, said visit Aneta Markowska, chief financial economist for Jefferies, an investment bank. Personal income after taxes fell from the first quarter, when stimulus payments provided a temporary lift, but is still 6.4 percent above its prepandemic level

So now the governor is going to use the taxpayers’ money to blackmail school board members to do what he wants them to do, which would put our students and our staff at risk. And I’m just not going to do it. It’s the good trouble that I’m willing to get into.” In a special meeting held Tuesday, all nine board members lashed out at DeSantis for what they call government overreach and abuse of power following his executive order that forces school districts in Florida to make the wearing of masks optional. The school board is seeking legal counsel because they want to challenge some of the

The Company's audit committee and board have approved the appointment of MNP effective August 13, 2021. MNP LLP is one of the largest national full-service business advisory firms in Canada, providing client-focused accounting, taxation, digital solutions and consulting advice. The Company and its management are committed to working closely with MNP LLP on the completion of its audited financial statements for 2020 and 2021 for filing in the second quarter of 2022. With a successor auditor engaged, CannTrust intends to develop a plan and timetable for curing the Company's historical disclosure defaults with the ultimate objective of submitting an application to the Ontario

"Many details of that transition aren't well known," study co-author Arjan Mann, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, told AFP. "Microsaurs have recently become important in understanding the origins of amniotes," he said. "A lot of these microsaurs have been thought to be either ancestors of amphibians or ancestors of reptiles." Encased in a bog in what is today the central United States, the specimen's serpentlike body measures about 5 centimeters (2 inches).  In deference to its tiny size, researchers dubbed the new species Joermungandr bolti, after a giant sea serpent

The Irish Times view on road safety: signs that progress is going into reverse Ireland was among just six European countries to experience a rise in road deaths last year Chief Superintendent Mick Hennebry, Garda National Roads Policing Bureau, at the publication of the Road Safety Authority’s six-month road safety review in Tara Street Fire Station, Dublin, on Monday. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill It has occurred slowly and without fanfare, but the significant reduction in the number of people dying on Irish roads over the past two decades has been an important achievement. At the turn of the century,

"This is a brand with enormous potential," he said, noting its multi-categories menswear, women's, accessories, home, fragrance and gift items. "It's very identifiable and one of the few brands that's remained pure to its vision," he added, remarking on the lack of diffusion or secondary lines or brand collaborations. He sees the family-business approach as a significant asset too. "You would be hard-pressed to have a more family-run organization and that is part of the allure. There is a face you can recognize associated with it." He praised their retail savvy that translated into real estate

"In addition, covered employers must ensure 6 feet of distance between workers. In situations where this is not possible, employers should erect barriers between employees where feasible." Covered employers also must provide workers with paid time off to get vaccinated and recover from side effects. Employees who test positive for the coronavirus or could be contagious must work remotely or separately from other workers or be provided paid time off (up to $1,400 a week). Tax credits under the American Rescue Plan may cover paid time off for employers with fewer than 500 employees. Notably, under the

https://t.co/N95X6gFxLf pic.twitter.com/wHiEJRHJwy — Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) August 2, 2021 Qualcomm has a virtual monopoly on processors in Android devices in the US. Worldwide, there is a little bit more competition as Samsung, MediaTek, and Huawei all have chips in Android phones. But on the whole, processing power on Android phones is rightfully thought of as woefully behind what Apple has done with its own in-house silicon on its A-Series line of chips. Because of that situation, there’s a lot of interest to see if Google could potentially make a more competitive chip that could