Garbage odyssey: San Francisco's bizarre, costly quest for the perfect trash can
Here was the plan being described to him, as far as Supervisor Matt Haney could parse it: In late 2018, San Francisco had embarked on a quest to design
How Delta Air Lines mandated employee vaccinations without losing workers
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Student debt can make buying a home feel impossible. Here are your options
Half of people who haven't yet purchased a home blame their student debt. Here are strategies for getting approved for a mortgage even if you have the loans.
A hot dog could cost you 36 minutes of healthy life
Researchers recently ranked more than 5,800 foods by their nutritional disease burden to humans and their impact on the environment. Small changes in diet – fewer hot dogs, more nuts – could help you live healthier, more sustainably.
Which College Programs Give Students the Best Bang for Their Buck? – Third Way
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Commentary: Film incentives make a big difference for workers
We've seen this scripted act of fiction before. Every year at this time, so-called "experts" from biased, politically motivated think tanks release a report concluding it is time to call "cut" on film, TV, and streaming program tax credits nationwide, as a columnist did in the July 26 issue of…
Vaccine drive hits diminishing returns but plows on
Only a mile and a half from the nearest CVS Pharmacy, Deborah Hurst received the first dose of a Pfizer vaccine last week sitting at a computer desk at her home in Lincoln Park, the midsummer sun peeking through the rear sliding door. The 68-year-old retired school teacher finally received the…
Commentary: The reviews are in, and film incentives are still wrong for Michigan
Some legislators want to resuscitate Michigan's defunct tax subsidies for film and television production — a program that once spent half a billion taxpayer dollars. That would be a colossal mistake.I should know. I've analyzed those incentives more than most. My first nationwide study…
Analysis: Michigan gives out first vaccine lottery prizes, but it hasn't increased vaccination rates
Michigan won't get 70 percent of residents vaccinated against COVID-19 by the Aug. 3 end of the state's "vaccine lottery" program.The realization presents an expensive reality as the state on Wednesday announced the first four winners of the MI Shot to Win lottery program designed to boost…
VR collaboration opens huge production possibilities - SkyReal
VR collaboration enable exchanges as they are in real life erasing the barrier made by distance between two work teams and allowing total interactions.
Commentary: Vaccination lotteries don't move the needle on inoculations
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's MI Shot to Win vaccination lottery program isn't doing much to convince vaccine-hesitant residents to get inoculated. As of July 13, about 62.4 percent of Michigan residents 16 or older have received at least one dose of the vaccine. That's an increase of less than 1…