U2 bassist Adam Clayton is showing off his artistic talents on an elephant to raise money and awareness for mental health issues. The rocker has decorated and signed a 4-foot-tall elephant statue titled “All At Sea.”…
The Washington Post says that counties with the highest level of legal opioid use from 2006-2013 (i.e., oxycontin) now have the highest level of fentanyl overdoses: According to the Post, "The data confirms what’s long been known about the arc of the nation’s addiction crisis: Users first got hooked by pain pills saturating the nation, ...continue reading "Did the oxy crackdown lead to the fentanyl crisis?"
An Israeli company developing treatments for cancers and rare disease said Monday it has received approval for a new drug after completing clinical trials in partnership with Washington University.
How do you proceed when the state legislature gives you $2.8B to build a third lane of a highway across the state, keeping mind that the industry’s contractors are currently near capacity and that half of your funding could evaporate at the drop of a ballot box? The answer is both cautiously and expeditiously according […]
ALTON — The Agency for Community Transit (ACT) Board of Directors has awarded $100,000 to the City of Alton for the construction of a shared-use path. The funding was awarded under ACT’s Community Action Grants Program. The City of Alton will leverage the ACT grant against IDOT and City funding to implement Phase III of Alton’s Safe Routes to School program. “On behalf of the City of Alton, I am grateful to receive this funding that will improve the safety for all pedestrians and especially students in our community. My staff and I look forward to working with their talented staff on future opportunities,” said Mayor Goins. Improvements will include continuation of the shared-use path along College Avenue near Rock Springs Park and Alton Middle School, safety enhancements to the pedestrian crossing at College Avenue and Rock Springs Drive, as well as sidewalk improvements along Rock Springs Drive. This is part of the city’s ongoing efforts to secure
Today, national culinary magazine Food & Wine announced its 2023 11 Best New Chefs in America — and St. Louisans will find one of the names very familiar. Steven Pursley, who opened his Japanese ramen shop Menya Rui (3453 Hampton Avenue, 314-601-3524) in April 2022, made the exclusive list. Food & Wine cited his "tender, bouncy, delectably slurpable noodles," which led reviewer Khushbu Shah to eat four bowls of ramen in one sitting, as the star of the show.
"Employer costs for employee compensation" is yet another estimate of worker pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It's based on a quarterly survey of 35,000 observations from 8,500 establishments. For some reason, federal workers aren't included. Here are results through the second quarter of 2023, adjusted for inflation: In addition to wages, total comp ...continue reading "Chart of the day: Employee compensation declined 2.7% in Q2"
Pearl Jam's Mike McCready has announced a new signature guitar with Fender. The Mike McCready Stratocaster is inspired by his own beloved '60s Strat and recreates the worn, chipped-paint of…
It seemed like a sure thing at the beginning of the year that Adam Wainwright could reach 200 wins. Entering his final season with 195 victories, he even joked about it May, "If I end the season with [just] five wins, are you going to be happy about that?"
GODFREY - Lewis and Clark Community College (LCCC) invites the community to join them for an evening in the gardens at their annual Garden Festival. This year’s gardens follow the theme “Discover the Monticello Sculpture Gardens,” with several gardens spread out across the 215-acre campus. The season will culminate in the festival from 5:30–8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14 at the LCCC campus, where attendees can take walking tours, play lawn games and enjoy food and live music. “We are really excited to celebrate this year with our garden festival,” Katie Piper, LCCC’s garden designer and horticulturist, said. “It’s amazing to see so many people on campus at once enjoying all the hard work that we’ve put into it. To really see people smile and enjoy it is my favorite part.” Piper added that the festival will be family-friendly, with plenty of games and places to lounge as local band Soulshine Groove plays.
If you read this morning’s story about Elon Musk’s impulsive decision to move servers out of Sacramento and up to Portland in a dangerous and wholly unsecure manner, and wondered if the FTC (who has two consent decrees with the company regarding how it protects users’ private data) was aware of it, we already have […]
Charter Communications has launched a new “proactive maintenance” program designed to spot minor issues before they noticeably impact customers’ service and expects to complete 1 million-plus service calls through the program this year across its cable, internet and voice services in the 41 states where it operates.
As the name suggests, classification algorithms are what allow computers to well… classify new observations, like how your inbox decides which incoming emails are spam or how Siri recognizes your voice. The Essential MATLAB & Simulink Training Course will show you how to implement classification algorithms using MATLAB, one of the most powerful tools inside […]
The largest utility in western Missouri has requested permission to allow customers to opt out of controversial time-of-use pricing plans imposed by state regulators. Evergy is expected under an order from the Missouri Public Service Commission to implement time-of-use pricing, which places a premium on electricity prices at times of high demand, starting next month. […]
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