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Jo Schück (* 12. September 1980 als Joachim Schück in Fürth) ist ein deutscher Journalist und Fernsehmoderator. Seit 2007 arbeitet er als Autor und Moderator für das ZDF.

Leben und Karriere
Schück ist im hessischen Lorsch aufgewachsen. Während seiner Schulzeit machte er erste journalistische Erfahrungen beim Bergsträßer Anzeiger, einem Lokalableger des Mannheimer Morgen.

Schück absolvierte in Mainz und Sydney ein Studium der Publizistik, Philosophie und BWL. Während seiner Studienzeit arbeitete er für Hit Radio FFH in Frankfurt und den öffentlich-rechtlichen Sender SBS Radio Alchemy in Sydney. Für letzteren moderierte er unter anderem die Formate Alchemy Chills und Friday Night. Zudem schrieb Schück für ZEIT Online (Zuender), das Wiesbadener Tagblatt und die Mainzer Allgemeine Zeitung.

Ab 2004 arbeitete er bei Radio Fritz (RBB) in Berlin/Potsdam als Reporter, vor allem mit Themenschwerpunkt Musik und Gesellschaftspolitik. Ab 2006 war er zudem Moderator einer täglichen vierstündigen Musiksendung Soundgarden, der Hörer-Call-in-Sendung Blue Moon und diversen Spezialsendungen (beispielsweise IFA).

Schück absolvierte 2007 ein Volontariat beim ZDF, wurde anschließend Teil der ZDF-Politik-Redaktion und wagte erste Moderationsversuche im TV-Digitalen. Unter anderem trat Schück bei Bundestags- oder Landtagswahlen als Live-Reporter auf und konzipierte neue Sendungen, die er teils moderierte.

Seit 2010 arbeitet er außerdem als Autor und Presenter für Dokumentationen der Sendereihe ZDFzoom. Besonders der Film Flucht in die Karibik – Die Steuertricks der Konzerne sorgte 2013 für größere Aufregung, für den er auch mit dem CNN Journalist Award in der Kategorie TV ausgezeichnet wurde.

Zur Gründung 2011 wurde er zudem einer der Hauptmoderatoren von zdf.kultur, dem ersten öffentlich-rechtlichen Popkulturkanal. Hier moderierte er u. a. eine tägliche Magazinsendung (der Marker), Live-Übertragungen der großen Musikfestivals sowie Sondersendungen in den Bereichen Musik, Poetry und Politik.

Ab Februar 2014 war er neben Katty Salié und Tobias Schlegl Moderator des wöchentlichen ZDF-Kultur-Magazins aspekte und trat abwechselnd mit seinen Kollegen im Duo auf. Seit Schlegls Ausstieg im September 2016 moderiert er die Sendung mit Katty Salié zusammen im Duo. Parallel fungiert er weiterhin als Autor und Presenter diverser Dokumentationen und Reportagen.

Seit Juni 2021 moderiert er bei ZDFneo im Wechsel mit Salwa Houmsi ein Debattenformat namens 13 Fragen, in dem meinungsstarke Personen zu einer kontroversen gesellschaftlichen Thematik trotz ursprünglich entgegengesetzter Auffassungen durch den Austausch von Argumenten gemeinsame Kompromisse erkennen sollen.

Schück moderiert und konzipiert zudem Off-Air-Veranstaltungen (u. a. Grimme Online Award, re:publica, Media Convention, Medientage München).

Schück lebt in Berlin.

Sendungen

Als Autor
 2010: Auslandsjournal XXL – Die Pizza Connection (ZDF)
 2012: ZDFzoom: Hopfen und Malz verloren! Wie gut ist Deutsches Bier wirklich? (ZDF)
 2013: ZDFzoom: Flucht in die Karibik: Die Steuertricks der Konzerne (ZDF)
 2013: ZDFzoom: Böse Mine: gutes Geld: Das Schmutzige Geschäft mit der Kohle (ZDF)
 2014: ZDFzoom:
 2016: ZDFzoom:
 2016: aspekte on tour: Kulturhauptstädte 2016: Breslau und San Sebastian

Als Moderator
 2009 bis 2010: KAVKA – live aus dem Watergate (ZDFinfo, Co-Moderator)
 2010: Log In – Stuttgart21 (ZDFInfo)
 2011: Queens of Pop (Arte)
 2011 bis 2013: ZDF in concert – Open Air Spezial (ZDF)
 2011 bis 2014 ZDFkultur (Der Marker, Montage, The Vice Reports, Berlin Live, London Live, Poetry Slam)
 2011 bis heute: zdf@bauhaus (ZDFkultur/3sat)
 2012 bis heute: ZDFzoom
 2014 bis heute: aspekte (ZDF)
 2017: Volksvertreter (ZDFneo)
 2019: heute: Lass uns reden (ZDFkultur)
 Seit 2020: Klassik im Club (ZDF)
 2020: Grimme-Preis 2020 – Die Reportage
 Seit 2021: 13 Fragen (ZDFkultur)

Auszeichnungen
 2012: Grimme-Preis – Nominierung der Serie Der Marker in ZDFkultur – Schück war einer von vier Moderatoren.
 2013: Axel-Springer-Preis (1. Platz) für ZDFzoom: Hopfen und Malz verloren!
 2014: CNN Journalist Award – Kategorie TV für die Presenter-Doku ZDFzoom: Flucht in die Karibik – Die Steuertricks der Konzerne
 2014: Ernst-Schneider-Preis für ZDFzoom: Flucht in die Karibik – Die Steuertricks der Konzerne
 2015: Hoimar-von-Ditfurth-Preis für die beste journalistische Leistung, verliehen von der Deutschen Umwelthilfe, für ZDFzoom: Böse Mine, gutes Geld
 2016: Echo (mit der Redaktion aspekte (ZDF)) als Partner des Jahres
 2018: Deutscher Fernsehpreis – Nominierung für die ZDFneo-Sendung Volksvertreter
 2022: Blauer Panther für die Moderation von 13 Fragen

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Einzelnachweise

Journalist (Deutschland)
Fernsehjournalist
Hörfunkjournalist
Zeitungsjournalist
Fernsehmoderator (Deutschland)
Hörfunkmoderator
Autor
Person (ZDF)
Deutscher
Geboren 1980
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Technology and architecture
by Timothe Simoens, 28 May 2021
What are the challenges of data silos and how can I manage them?
Not only is data big and scattered everywhere, but it is also siloed. Shattered into a thousand pieces, part of it is stored in the cloud, some other part rests in a random computer memory. Data that you didn't even know existed on your servers falls off your radar. Untouched, it slowly ages until it rots in the depth of your databases infecting the integrity and consistency of the rest of your data.
What is a data silo?
Also known as an information silo, a data silo is a repository of data that is not part of an organization's enterprise-wide data management. These silos reveal a situation where one or more information systems or subsystems that are conceptually connected, are incapable of operating with one another.
With data solely accessible to specific groups of users, these data silos describe isolated islands in an insular system that are discovered when discrepancies occur.
When building a 360° view, we might need to cross internal data from one or many ERPs, back-ends, CRMs and some real-time customer behaviour data from the website. Ideally, all systems provide complementary data about customers, their user profile, history of purchases and online behaviour and when all linked, can create consolidated intelligence. However, if the systems cannot communicate with each other, then, the data sets cannot be linked, hence are invisible to each other.
Why do data silos exist?
Silos can be formed intentionally but also unintentionally. In dysfunctional organizations, people regroup in cliques, inter-office politics ensue and data protection becomes the cultural norm.
In other big organizations, silos exist for a reason. For large-sized companies, opening up all information silos equates to information overload. In a sense, compartmentalization creates discretion and prevents these data floods. However, inter-communication is instrumental in facilitating the sharing of information and preventing teams' isolation.
Data silos develop due to different causes:
Lack of data management strategy.
In dysfunctional organizations, politics between departments might cause them to be insular and opaque to the idea of sharing information and collaboration.
Lack of data governance
It is like seeing departments as separate rooms, each with its own locked door, blocking the passage of information. In these disorganized organizations, it becomes more and more difficult to uncover silos. And whether they happen because of departmental politics, turf warfare or accentuated sense of rivalry, the result is the same: division.
In most cases, these silos happen naturally, driven by one-sided views and a lack of transparency, where people look at things in isolation from one company's perspective.
Data silos can have insidious effects, impede productivity and call into question data integrity, which can be disastrous for any organization.
Nonetheless, it is still valid to ask whether silos can be useful, rather than assuming that because they do have negative aspects that we need to break them down.
Does the silo align with the organization's strategy? Is the silo an instrument for data security? Is the silo causing challenges? How can we integrate the silo?
It is important to acknowledge that data silos emerge out of organizational silos. Separating people in forms of departments or workgroups will inevitably lead to some sort of silos. It's a basic relationship of cause and effect.
Unmanaged data silos
When unmanaged, data silos can cause an insidious effect on a company. They, impede productivity and call into question data integrity, which can be disastrous for any organization due to:
Unilateral view of data - Data silos make it impossible to have a comprehensive view of an organization's data system. Silos tend to give fragments rather than the full picture, which may give rise to confusion and inconsistency as to which picture depicts best the reality of things. The risk in processing data in isolation is missing the linkages hidden within the silos. When brought together, data can tell incredible stories with endless possibilities. However, keeping data in spreadsheets compared to using interactive dashboards or analytics-enabled solutions, is like merely scratching the surface of what is possible.
Inconsistent data & duplicated resources - Data silos hinder the sharing of information, hence inherently leads to data integrity decay. It's common to store the same information in multiple locations. When this happens, you end up with duplicated data that may never be updated and higher IT expenses since data has a financial cost too.
Impeded collaborative work - Because data is imprisoned in silos, it cannot be shared. It remains under the close watch of a group of users, who will protect it at all costs. In this context. Silos become a tool of power for internal politics and inter-department dominance and the individual interests of the few win over the interest of all. Needless to say that the concept of collaborative work loses all its essence
These silos cause wasted resources, inhibit productivity and slow down all organizations' dreams of becoming data-centric, where access to data is democratized
How to fix the data silos?
Let's cut to the chase, undoing data silos is not a piece of cake. There are 2 solutions: either you:
Break the silos down:
Identify what systems or practices are generating those data silos. Audit how each department or each team collects data. Identify which data sources are in use, the data consumers and assess if the generated data is accurate.
The second step is to unify your technology platforms. Most companies rely on siloed software systems to store data, hence, produce inefficiences and duplicated data flows. It's surprising how many technologies are used within one single department, let alone a whole company. Too many disparate software applications that do not communicate, siloed systems that create blind spots and super-users serving as data bottlenecks.
Breaking the silos down is a time-consuming process with high costs. This method does not give you the insurance that the silos will disappear or reappear.
Embrace them and find a way to manage them:
Rather than falling into the trap of trying to break the data silos, embracing them via a management solution. We cannot stop data silos from emerging, yet what we can do is think of ways to manage them. It is no longer about breaking down the data silos but rather about looking across the silos and uncovering the insights hidden inside them. What you need is a flexible and source-agnostic solution, so that data from anywhere and everywhere can interact with each other. Using an end-to-end data platform that is architected to connect to data sources, collect and process all forms of data (structured, unstructured, historical or real-time) will help you manage, control and explore your data. It will also help you tap into your data in full autonomy and have an end-to-end picture of his journey and experience with your organization thanks to a holistic all-in-one platform.
The holistic all-in-one solution Digazu
Digazu is a cutting-edge, feature-rich data science platform that can help you navigate through data silos and bring holistic data management into your organization. Thanks to the platform, you can leverage the highest possible value out of your data and build custom-made customer experiences.
With Digazu, you can ingest data from all your data sources be it your internal databases, social media or even web data, store it in a ready-to-use data lake and make it available to different data users in a standardized and fully governed way.
You can also build distribution and transformation pipelines to cross and combine data coming from all sorts of sources, and uncover more meaningful insights. Needless to mention, that you have access to a secured environment, where your analysts can explore and build artificial intelligence in real-time.
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HomeNewsZimra stalls Harare water project
Zimra stalls Harare water project
CONSTRUCTION machinery and equipment worth millions of dollars meant for the refurbishment of Morton Jaffray Waterworks under the $144 million Chinese loan facility is reportedly stuck at Forbes Border Post as the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is demanding import duty although the project has been granted national project status.
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Top executives at China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) which won the contract to refurbish the city's water pipeline yesterday threatened to stop shipment of additional material if Zimra continues with its demands.
Some of the seized goods include an ambulance, forklifts and several containers of workshop material.
The company's chief representative, Zhang Xin, told members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment during a tour of the water purification plant that the project was being stalled by internal fights between Zimra and Harare City Council.
"Several containers with workshop equipment, forklifts and other goods to be used for the project was being kept by Zimra. They can't give us rebate, but we have the national project status. Maybe there is a problem between Harare City Council and Zimra," Xin said.
Recently Zimra garnished council bank accounts and seized $40 million for outstanding taxes, resulting in the city failing to pay its workers and improving in service delivery.
"This is a loan borrowed by the government of Zimbabwe for this project. It's not investment money. This is now affecting our schedule. Our equipment is now stuck at the border and Zimra has been charging storage fees. CMEC should now pay, but if this persists, we will stop shipment of additional equipment," he said.
"We are only contractors and the government of Zimbabwe should clear the goods for us."
He also said the China Eximbank was delaying releasing part of the money for the project adding that this was also affecting their schedule.
Committee chairperson Annastancia Ndhlovu (Zanu PF Shurugwi South MP) rapped Zimra for stalling the project through its tax demands.
"We don't expect Zimra to delay such a project that will benefit millions of people," Ndhlovu said.
Bulawayo MP Thamsanqa Mahlangu questioned why council officials gave members of the committee bottled water if they were confident that council water was clean. Council officials were at pains to explain why, but argued that their water met World Health Organisation standards.
The $144 million deal has never been short of controversy from the beginning amid reports of rampant abuse by council executives who allegedly inflated prices for goods purchased for the project.
Part of the money was also used to purchase state-of-the-art vehicles for council officials, raising the ire of residents and councillors who claimed the transactions were fraught with irregularities.
The project, according to council, was meant to replace or pipes, pressure-reducing valves and ageing equipment at the waterworks to increase water supply to 80% of the Harare population.
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Q: CSV File does not exist , Python, Pandas Dataframe I've downloaded a csv, let's call it april.csv
Then I got an error message, april.csv does not exist.
I tried to open it like this:
df = pd.read_csv("C:\Users\Lenovo\Downloads\pydata_pandas-master.zip\pydata_pandas-master\data\april.csv")

I also tried it without " ", I tried it with ', I also tried it with two backslashes, C:\Users etc.
Nothing worked.

A: Please first unzip file and try below approach from unzipped directory.
df=pd.read_csv("C:\\Users\\alice\\Downloads\\emp.csv",encoding='latin-1')

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97% of Australian CIOs are implementing measures to boost innovation in their company. Read the full press release today.
With new tax breaks and the government funding a marketing campaign to promote Australia as an innovative technology destination, there has never been a more opportune time to harness innovation. According to an independent survey from specialist recruiter Robert Half, chief information officers (CIOs) are embracing the innovation trend, with 97% implementing measures to boost innovation in their company.
The overall majority of Australian companies are taking measures to boost innovation with an approach that consists of a combination of both technology and people. Human capital tops the list with more than half (51%) planning to employ IT talent with unique skills over the next 12 months for the purpose of building a more innovative business. Almost half (49%) will reshape network infrastructure to improve operational processes, followed by 48% who point towards building data centres to leverage big data more efficiently.
"In order to maximise the return on investment in technology, companies need to make sure they have the best human resources to develop and support IT initiatives. Investing in and continuously optimising the technological infrastructure as well as recruiting talented IT staff are both crucial elements in establishing an innovative culture," David Jones added.
With 91% of Australian CIOs saying that it is challenging to find skilled IT staff, having an innovative corporate culture can serve as a point of difference to attract and retain top IT talent.
"Top tech talent are looking for professional opportunities where they can have a meaningful impact by developing and driving innovation. This is why companies with a visibly innovative culture have an advantage in attracting and retaining the best IT professionals. The better a company communicates its focus on innovation, the more attractive it will be to the top IT professionals," David Jones added.
Source: independent survey commissioned by Robert Half among 160 Australian CIOs – multiple answers allowed.
Capture ideas: By failing to note creative ideas as they are formed, businesses could miss out on valuable innovative solutions. Developing a well-defined strategy to gather and capture these ideas as well as making the strategy accessible to employees will lead to more innovation in the long term.
Create a culture of innovation: Leaders must foster a culture that supports new ideas. This includes developing clear structures and processes to identify and implement innovation.
Develop the talent in your organisation: Staff development is integral to innovation. It promotes innovation skills like personal responsibility, understanding of errors and visionary thinking.
Remove the barriers: Innovation relies on both financial and technological possibilities. IT must support innovation with modern technologies – like data analytics and cloud technology – and remain attractive to IT professionals at the same time.
The annual study is developed by Robert Half and conducted in April 2016 by an independent research company, surveying 160 Australian CIOs/CTOs in Australia. This survey is part of the international workplace survey, a questionnaire about job trends, talent management and trends in the workplace.


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Q: login con php y mysql estoy danto mis primeros pasos en PHP y estoy trabajando en un login, trato de comparar la contraseña que esta en la base de datos y la que el usuario ingreso, pero no logro que funcione,
Este es el codigo que tengo:
// data sent from form login.html
$email = $_POST['email'];
$password = $_POST['password'];

// Query sent to database
$result = mysqli_query($conn, "SELECT * FROM users WHERE Email = '$email'");
$ps=mysqli_query($conn, "SELECT * Password from users WHERE Email = '$email'");

// Variable $row hold the result of the query
$row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);

// Variable $hash hold the password hash on database
//$hash = $row['Password'];

/*
password_Verify() function verify if the password entered by the user
match the password hash on the database. If everything is ok the session
is created for one minute. Change 1 on $_SESSION[start] to 5 for a 5 minutes session.
*/

if (strcmp($password,$ps)==0) {

    $_SESSION['loggedin'] = true;
    $_SESSION['name'] = $row['Name'];
    $_SESSION['start'] = time();
    $_SESSION['expire'] = $_SESSION['start'] + (1 * 3660) ;

    echo "
Welcome! $row[Name]
    //
Edit Profile

    //
Logout

";

    // Donde estamos
}
 else {
     echo "mal";
    echo "
Email or Password are incorrects!

Please try again!

";
}
 ?>


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text: Q: Вибрация на мобильных устройствах Здравствуйте хочу сделать вибрацию на мобильных устройствах и везде больше всего рекомендуют:https://developer.mozilla.org/ru/docs/Web/API/Navigator/vibrate. Мне этот вариант тоже нравится, но кроссбраузерность нулевая, не поддерживает даже Яндекс. Подскажите знаете ли более адаптивный способ?


A resourceful, devious man who provides the Prices with most of their food and supplies during their time in the Congo—albeit at exorbitant prices. It's strongly implied that Axelroot is involved in the CIA operation to murder Patrice Lumumba, and after Lumumba's death, Axelroot is seen as a powerful, well-connected man in the new Congolese society. Axelroot is last seen married to Rachel Price, who gravitates to Axelroot because he represents safety and security, if not love. Axelroot isn't a faithful husband at all, and after a few years Rachel leaves him for another man.
The timeline below shows where the character Eeben Axelroot appears in The Poisonwood Bible. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Arn, Jackson. "The Poisonwood Bible Characters: Eeben Axelroot." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 29 Jun 2016. Web. 25 Apr 2019.
Arn, Jackson. "The Poisonwood Bible Characters: Eeben Axelroot." LitCharts LLC, June 29, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-poisonwood-bible/characters/eeben-axelroot.


1 in 6 kids in America struggles with hunger! That's why we are hosting a Friendsgiving for No Kid Hungry fundraiser this year.
As we all gather with friends and family to celebrate the season, let's give back to those less fortunate. Please make a donation today and help us to ensure that our nation's kids are getting the food they need to thrive this holiday season - and all year long. Every $1 you donate can get 10 meals to hungry kids so it really is true that, EVERY SINGLE $1 HELPS!
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Abbie Grace Burnett Shows Off Her Growing Baby Bump During Duggar Family Trip
Oct 9, 2019 7:03 pm·
By Chelsea Duff
Looking good, Abbie Grace Burnett! While visiting the west coast with husband John David Duggar and his family, the mama-to-be gave fans the bumpdate they've been waiting for. When the Counting On crew made a pit stop in Phoenix, Arizona to visit friends, she smiled and posed for a picture with the rest of the bunch. As she rested a hand on her stomach, she shared a glimpse of her growing baby bump with her followers.
The Arizona adventure came a few days after the Duggars' visit to the Grand Canyon and before they wound up in Los Angeles while visiting Jinger Duggar. Though the nurse popped up in the family's photos from both locales, she subtly disguised her bump even while rocking a matching outfit with sister-in-law Jana Duggar. As she stood in front of her husband, however, holding one of his hands while he rested the other on his shoulder, they looked as perfectly posed as if they were participating in their own maternity photo shoot.
Visiting with sweet friends in Phoenix today!
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A few weeks before their trip, they did just that as they revealed they were 25 weeks along. On Instagram, the couple revealed that they've reached a major pregnancy milestone and can now feel their daughter's kicks. "One of our new favorite pastimes — feeling our little girl's movements!" John, 29, and Abbie, 27, captioned an album of photos they'd taken together. "We are so excited to meet her in January!!! 💖💖💖"
Fans watched as the couple got engaged, planned their wedding and walked down the aisle during the last season of the TLC show. The trailer for the new season revealed that their pregnancy journey will feature largely into this fall's storyline as episodes start airing on October 15. "Hey, girls, can I join your shoot?" Abbie asks her sisters-in-law in the clip after Jana drives her up to their maternity photoshoot.
Months later, the family seems as excited to meet John and Abbie's daughter as they did when they first found out the married couple was expecting. "Can't wait for her to arrive!! 💞Maybe she'll be born on our birthday! 😃" Jana commented on a recent photo. "Such a fun season! Can't wait to meet her!" added Anna Duggar. Even Jill Duggar chimed in, writing, "Looking beautiful mama! 💞"
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Anime streaming services have become increasingly popular in recent years, as more and more people are discovering the joys of watching their favorite shows online. With the rise of streaming services, there has been a lot of news and updates about the latest anime streaming services. Here is a look at some of the latest news and updates about anime streaming services.One of the biggest news stories in the anime streaming world is the launch of Funimation's new streaming service, Funimation Now. The service offers a wide selection of anime titles, including some of the most popular shows in Japan.
It also offers a variety of features, such as subtitles in multiple languages, HD streaming, and more. Funimation Now is available on a variety of platforms, including iOS, Android, Apple TV, and Xbox One.Another major news story in the anime streaming world is the launch of Crunchyroll's new streaming service, Crunchyroll Premium. Crunchyroll Premium is available on a variety of platforms, including iOS, Android, Apple TV, and Xbox One.In addition to these two major news stories, there have been several other updates and announcements about anime streaming services. For example, Netflix recently announced that it will be adding more anime titles to its library.
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Jennifer Connelly used real needle for junkie role
Actress JENNIFER CONNELLY refused to use a fake syringe for a grisly scene in new drama SHELTER and insisted on injecting herself for real.
Daily Star
The Wimbledon star was working alongside her husband Paul Bettany in the movie about a homeless couple on the streets of New York, and she decided not to hold back when depicting her character's drug use.
Connelly joined a New York needle exchange program to research the role, and she kept hold of some working syringes to use in the scene.
When it came time to shoot the moment, Connelly refused a retractable needle provided by the props department and plunged the real syringe into her hand, drawing blood.
Bettany tells the Daily Mail, "She's a card-carrying member of the New York needle exchange program... There's no one I have ever worked with who's as fastidious as my wife. The contract between us seemed to be that she would give me absolutely everything and I would protect her."
Bettany, who directed the movie, originally starred alongside his wife, but he decided to remove himself from the cast to concentrate on his work behind the camera.
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Analysis, Brain, Science & Technology News
Spoken sentences can be reconstructed from brain activity patterns
It is now possible to reconstruct spoken sentences from activity patterns of the human brain surface. "Brain to Text" combines knowledge from neuroscience, medicine and informatics.
Continue reading… "Spoken sentences can be reconstructed from brain activity patterns"
Analysis, Animals, Brain, Science & Technology News
A mouse with a human speech gene learns faster
The humanized gene actually improved the animal's behavior rather than messing up the system.
According to a new study, mice that receive a human version of a speech and language gene display accelerated learning. Don't expect these findings to lead to a rush of smarter, "uplifted" animals—though they might just reveal something new and fascinating about the evolution of human speech and language.
Continue reading… "A mouse with a human speech gene learns faster"
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Microsoft turns spoken English into spoken Mandarin – in the same voice
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Microsoft has posted a video with a complementary explanation of language translation that goes far past what we thought was currently possible. The speaker explains and demonstrates improvements made to the machine understanding of his English words, which are automatically transcribed as he speaks. He then demonstrates having those words translated directly into Mandarin.
Continue reading… "Microsoft turns spoken English into spoken Mandarin – in the same voice"
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Mind-reading device closer to reality translates brain activity into words
Scientists could soon be able to eavesdrop on the constant, internal monologs that run through people's minds, or hear the imagined speech of those patients who cannot speak, a new study has revealed.
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Researchers teaching computers how to listen for lies
The person's speech provides all the cues to detect deception.
A professor of computer science at Columbia University, Julia Hirschberg, may spell trouble for a lot of liars. That's because Dr. Hirschberg is teaching computers how to spot deception — programming them to parse people's speech for patterns that gauge whether they are being honest.
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Regional accents in the U.S. are getting stronger
Regional accents are the hallmark of who you are and are a tie to communities.
The United States is an international melting pot and the average American makes a dozen moves in a lifetime. And regional accents are alive and well in America. ,William Labov, a professor of linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, says, in fact, regional accents are becoming stronger and more different from each other although it's not entirely clear why.
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Conan O'Brien delivers commencement address to Dartmouth College Class of 2011
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Comedian and talk show host Conan O'Brien delivered the Class of 2011 Commencement address at Dartmouth College on June 12th. O'Brien, who hosted NBC's Late Night from 1993 to 2009, currently hosts his self-titled show on TBS weeknights. O'Brien was infamously ousted from his position on NBC's The Tonight Show in January 2010, just months after succeeding Jay Leno as host in June 2009.
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Every Language in the World Evolved From Single Prehistoric Mother Tongue
Every language can be traced back to a long-forgotten dialect spoken by our Stone Age ancestors in Africa.
From English to Mandarin – Every language in the world evolved from a prehistoric 'mother tongue. ' The mother tongue was first spoken in Africa tens of thousands of years ago, a new study reveals.
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Dad's iPad App Lets Disabled Son 'Speak'
Victor Pauca's father develops iPad app to help son 'speak'.
Victor Pauca will have plenty of presents to unwrap on Christmas, but the 5-year-old boy has already received the best gift he'll get this year: the ability to communicate.
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EyeHear – Displays Spoken Word as Text on Glasses for the Hearing Impaired
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Designer Kaitlyn Fox has developed a microphone and mini-computer embedded device, which is clipped onto a pair of glasses to record peoples' speech and then convert the same into text for the deaf and the hearing impaired to read. (Pics and videos)
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Babies Can Understand Dogs
Believe it or not, babies as young as six months can understand dogs.
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Children's Speech Development Harmed When TV On In Background
Mothers should not have the television on in the background when bringing up small children as it harms their speech development
Parents talk less to their children if the TV is on and youngsters also speak less, American researchers have found.
A study of children and babies from two-months-old to four-years-old found that for every hour the television was on, parents said between 500 and 1,000 fewer words to their children.
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Home Blog BRUNO SENNA Mark Gillan,chief operations engineer admires Bruno Senna
Mark Gillan,chief operations engineer admires Bruno Senna
Williams' chief operations engineer, Mark Gillan has admired the performance of Bruno Senna in the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix which was held at Hungaroring in Budapest.
Senna secured 7th place finish after taking a start from 9th grid position. Moreover, it was one of his best performances for his team in the season so far.
Gillan praised the performance of the Brazilian driver and expressed that he is extremely pleased with his progress in the season until now. Furthermore, he said that they are expecting Senna to keep on making the essential improvements in his pace and to continue learning so as to develop as a competent driver in the future.
"Bruno did an excellent job this weekend and this was the strongest that he has been for Williams. He was clearly happy and confident within car and we look forward to seeing Bruno build on this performance going forward into latter half of season," said Gillan.
On the other hand, Senna's teammate, Pastor Maldonado struggled during the preceding race and could not score even a single point. Nonetheless, the Briton said that they have firm faith in the capabilities of Maldonado who is pushing hard to get back in form in the season ahead.
"As usual Pastor was strong in qualifying and despite a poor race start, which was due to excessive wheel spin, he pushed hard throughout race, ultimately finishing out of points in P13 following his drive-through penalty. One of Pastor's key strengths is his mental toughness and already 'moved-on' and is preparing diligently for remaining races," he said.
It will be important to mention that the Venezuelan driver took his maiden victory in the Spanish GP and bring his team their first win after 2004. Even though, he has been facing issues with his pace, nevertheless, he is positively looking forward to come up stronger in the upcoming races.
At present, the Grove based team is at seventh place in the constructors' championship. Additionally, they are ahead of Force India and are behind Sauber.
Let's see how the British team show up after the summer break.
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The Middle East: a zone of frenemies?
What should the world do about the rise of Islamic State?
Amin Saikal
PHOTO: U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos
International relations, National security | The World
By leading the charge against Islamic State, the United States has missed a foreign policy opportunity to encourage regional cooperation.
The oil-rich but volatile Middle East and its wider eastern environs are in the grip of multiple humanitarian and geopolitical crises.
From Pakistan and Afghanistan to Iraq and Syria and as far as Palestine and Libya, the region is experiencing long-term structural instability and insecurity. It is in the throes of major geopolitical and power shifts, the likes of which not seen since the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the British-French colonial realms nearly a century ago.
The old correlation of forces in support of maintaining the status quo, especially following the Iranian revolution more than 35 years ago, has been altering. A set of new alignments and realignments along multiple overlapping and contesting regional fault-lines, including sectarian divisions and geopolitical rivalries at different levels, has come to redefine the region and possibly change its traditional political and territorial contours.
The sudden rise of the extremist Sunni group of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and its conquest of vast swathes of Iraqi and Syrian territories, have introduced a new dimension to the conflict-ridden Middle East. The group's declaration last June of khilafat or 'Islamic State' (IS) and its name change from ISIL to IS has amounted to a geopolitical tsunami. It has fatally fractured what was already shaping up as a politically and territorially fragmented Iraq and Syria.
IS's radical ideological disposition to fight for the control of the rest of the Middle East and the Muslim world, with a call on Muslims to join it in this mission, has also posed a serious threat to Iraq's and Syria's neighbours.
PHOTO: U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Justis Beauregard.
This has shocked the United States and many of its Western allies, and caught them off-guard. The shock has especially been painful when considered in the light of the staggering amount of blood and money that the US had invested in Iraq for nine years following its 2003 invasion of the country, which aimed to transform Iraq into a stable, secure and democratic state. In a matter of weeks, IS was able to rout what was reputed to be the best US-trained and equipped Iraqi military, and capture one-third of Iraq's territory, including the country's second largest city Mosul. Added to this were large quantities of modern US arms, as well as millions of dollars and some small oil fields.
The group's Iraqi gains multiplied what it had already consolidated in terms of territory and wealth in the northeastern part of war-ravaged Syria. It is now said that the group has total assets of $2 billion, with some of its revenue having come in the past from sources in oil-rich Gulf Arab countries, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar in particular.
IS has emerged more of a threat to Iraq and Syria and their Sunni-dominated neighbours, from Jordan to Kuwait to Saudi Arabia and Turkey, as well as the Shia Islamic Republic of Iran, than to the West. However, given IS's medievalist atrocities and its attraction of many foreign Muslim fighters, including hundreds from Western countries, President Barack Obama and many of his Western counterparts have found it compelling to take the lead in launching what is called a humanitarian and non-combat military campaign to roll back IS.
President Obama's long-term strategy has included: intensified and wider airstrikes against IS bases in Iraq and also Syria; arming and retraining anti-IS forces on the ground, including Iraqi Government forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga; cutting off financial support for IS and like-minded groups; stopping the flow of foreign fighters to IS: assisting moderate opposition forces against the Bashar al-Assad government in Syria; providing humanitarian aid; and forging and maintaining a regional and international coalition to assist the US in its mission.
However, this strategy has not really worked so far and the pressure is building for Western ground combat involvement. Given that past US-led interventions in the region have created, not solved, more problems, with serious blowback, an alternative to the US-led strategy would have been a regional-led one, backed by the US and its allies.
The IS phenomenon, whose roots go back deep to US mismanagement of the post-2003 Iraqi invasion, has indeed posed, foremost, a threat to Iraq, Syria and their neighbours.
To address this threat, the best option would have been for the regional states to fight IS as a common enemy. Although a great deal is said about the Arab-Iranian or, more specifically, Saudi-Iranian rivalry in this highly complex region, the need to deal with the IS threat would have forced them to put their differences aside and unite in a shared cause. It is unthinkable that Iran would have allowed Baghdad to fall to IS and that Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies would not have acted in concert to prevent the IS from crossing their borders and foregone any cooperate with Iran in this respect. As such, IS could have become a factor in opening the way for regional cooperation, which is badly needed in the area. This would have enabled the US and its allies to avoid getting involved in another, possibly counter-productive major conflict in the Middle East.
The Western countries have reason to be concerned about their hot-headed young Muslim citizens who have gone to fight for IS. But this should not be regarded as an insurmountable problem. Many of those citizens are likely to be killed or not return to their countries. Those who may return could easily be screened and re-orientated by the authorities.
This is not the first time that a noticeable number of young Muslims from the West have participated in foreign violent Jihads. Hundreds of them went to Afghanistan to take part in the Afghan Jihad against the Soviet occupation of the country in the 1980s. Then, the CIA was happy to coordinate and assist their supply, from New York to Islamabad, to the Afghan Islamic Resistance forces or the Mujahideen. This was justified in the name of a good cause.
Similarly, some Western countries, including Australia, have had no qualms over some of their Jewish citizens either joining or fighting for the Israeli security forces, and have not viewed their return with trepidation. It is not surprising to hear Muslim voices raised about double standards.
As President Obama has said, the fight against IS is going to be multi-dimensional and drawn-out. Yet, there is no certainty as to what might emerge at the end in what is now a disintegrated Iraq and Syria in an already very complex region. Ultimately, the US and its Western allies, including Australia, will have to shoulder most of the heavy lifting against IS.
The current US-led strategy may well please those who cherish the opportunity to once more focus not only Muslim but also world attention on the US and its allies as hegemonic and trigger-happy.
This piece was first published in Asia and the Pacific Policy Society's quarterly magazine, Advance: https://crawford.anu.edu.au/research/advance-magazine
saliyaex	says:
Truly the questions on Middle east, Muslim countries & Terrorism is becoming never ending questions. Do really feel that the responsible parties are actually not addressing the issues in the correct way. This article is really good.
snanglebreak	says:
This article is a synopsis or timeline article and is not really that good at all. The suggestion that the Iraqi forces that fled from ISIS in June 2014 are fantastically US-trained soldiers is to ignore the systematic weaknesses in the Iraqi army, a consequence of corruption, laziness and low morale. US soldiers would not have fled.
Nocturnal	says:
Excellent article.
Invariably the west has misunderstood the motivations of radical groups or presented them in a two dimensional way: good v evil; communist v capitalist etc.
We would do well to examine our own secular values and ensure that they are consistently applied. There are some red flags that may not seem important to moderates, but are likely to cost us dearly unless we address them – they are fuel for radicalisation back home.
The double standard of allowing Australian duel citizens to train in the IDF is one that can no longer be tolerated. This 'symbolism' of our hypocrisy is on display to the Arab world and does us no good.
More troubling is the religious right of our current government and the twisted path that makes the Middle East their ideological home turf where their cherished mythology was based. The predominance of hard line religious politicians in our cabinet is dangerous. Their decisions are coloured by the same bronze-aged belief system that is core to the religious-based conflict in the region.
The ideologies that caused the conflicts are not going to solve them. Australian politics must be secular and be seen to be secular. Currently it is not and we are sleepwalking into long term religious tension with Indonesia and the Middle East because our politicians are religious conservatives prepared to chain Australia's identity to their own mythology while fighting against another that they do not understand.
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ravi bhangaonlar	says:
Middle East problem, needless to say, is much complex than it is perceived. Vast oil reserves in this region has been the root cause. Instead of bringing glory to this region, it has cauded misery. Hagemony of west has compounded this problem. IS is misleading people, or rather taking advantage of misery to form public opinion against west. Solutions to such problems, obviously are not at all easy. However, till IS and west do not realize their misconceptions and greed, people in middle east in particular and all over the world in general are going to suffer due to this.
Nadeem Rizvi	says:
I do not think the US and other western countries shall send their forces in the volatile regions of Iraq and Syria. They have tasted the bitterest experience in the past. They shall try to disintegrate the gulf countries to make them weaker. However, it seems it is now far-fetched.
Perhaps??	says:
The Middle East has a security problem, the sovereign states are Iraq and Syria, and Daesh is the security threat.
Daesh is not an insurmountable hurdle to defeat on the ground, as the Iraqi Army is proving that and the ideology campaign will move on as the money dries up. The youth will need to be occupied and given opportunities, while the world hopes that Iraq is mature enough to form states with a federal system in which federal government administers assets in a fully transparent way. Perhaps the equation of revenue back to the states is based on per head of population with a census and vote every 5 years.
Representatives may be rotated from each community to be leader. Building a country is about now, and every day it is not in place it effects the citizen.
It is hard to listen to stories of ordinary everyday people lamenting the lack of safety and security, they need to build together and fight for it.
Amin Saikal AM, FASSA, is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science, ANU Public Policy Fellow and Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University. His most recent book is Zone of Crisis: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq (2014).
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It's easy to forget in the every day bustle of our lives that the little things we do are often the ones that remain unforgettable.
Sometimes little acts of kindness can become giant deeds to the recipient and can make all the difference in the world. And we may not even have realized what we have done.
When I was eighteen, I decided I knew everything there was to know in the world and graduated from high school with a brick, not a chip, on my shoulder and a mental block the size of a cement block.
By the time of my graduation open house, I think my mother had actually stopped speaking to me. I had rented an apartment in Ann Arbor, thirty miles from my parents, and had gotten a job as a clerk typist for a large corporation. Now in my mother's world a daughter didn't do this kind of thing. I was supposed to live at home and work or go to college and receive my Mrs. Degree.
But I had no use for college or for anyone's advice, and believe me, when I'd made up my mind on something, my family had learned in a mere eighteen years, to leave me alone.
Enter my high school government teacher, Howard Johnston. He was the only one who took a few moments to talk to me.
Because he took those few moments with me, I began to reevaluate. I kept remembering his words. They weren't a command or a question, but a statement. And because he had bothered with me at all, I began to open my mind to other possibilities. By the following January, I was enrolled in college and within four years, I was a teacher.
And my mother was speaking to me again.
When my mother contracted double pneumonia in 1998, I wasn't sure when I should go back to Michigan from my home in Florida. She had a 50/50 chance for survival and my brothers and sister-in-laws didn't know what to tell me.
I arrived within twenty-four hours with my mother still conscious. She nearly pulled the IV out of her arm reaching for me when I walked into her room. Within hours of my arrival, she slipped into a coma and died a day later. I made it just in time to say good-bye.
I never thanked that doctor for his act of kindness. He probably has no idea what it meant to me to arrive at my mother's bedside while she still knew I was there.
I never thanked my government teacher either. And I don't know how to reach him now.
Those acts of kindness need not be with someone we know. A simple smile, a grateful word, a slowing of our pace to let someone else go first in line at the grocery store. We probably do many of these things unconsciously. Today try to consciously help someone and see what happens. Remembering to give a word of gratitude helps continue the cycle of kindness.
With so many words of hate and disparagement floating around us these days as the political season heats up, let's remember we have more in common as human beings than we have differences. Kindness and compassion help us live in a state of grace.
It's better than aspirin as a pain reliever.
My blogger colleague Marcella Rousseau has nominated me for two awards: Super-sweet award and Beautiful Blogger Award. Marcella writes one of my favorite blogs, For Your Good Health. Please stop by her blog, and I think you'll discover why she's an inspiration to me.
I've received several awards since I started writing Living Lightly Upon this Earth in April. Each time I'm honored to be nominated. The requirements for acceptance involve mentioning the nominator (thanks, Marcella), answering some questions about ourselves, and nominating others. I'm going to take a few liberties today with the requirements. The super-sweet award wants answers about our sweet tooth, and I try to pretend I don't have one. I've answered lots of questions about myself on the other blogs. Since my book Live from the Road is about travel and I'm going to launch a new blog with travel posts in the next month, I'm going to give a list of some not so common places I've visited over the years.
These awards are a way for our blogs to be recognized and to draw more followers and comments to our sites. I appreciate that, and I appreciate the followers of both my blogs. I love getting comments because it tells me someone out there is listening/reading. I want the same for my fellow bloggers. I'm going to provide a list below of the blogs I read every time they write a post (I follow 30-some posts – I can't read every single one!) because they are so inspiring to me. If you're reading this post, please visit at least one of the blogs below and leave them a comment if you like what you read. That helps us bloggers as much as anything.
I will leave it to these bloggers now nominated for the Super-sweet award and the Beautiful Blogger Award to do what they may with the award!
And please remember to visit at least one of them and leave a comment. Thanks!
This past weekend we put up seven quarts of Italian sauce from our tomatoes, peppers, onion, garlic and basil. See my post "The Tomato – Luscious and Delicious for the process and recipe.
This is our third year for preserving the harvest from our garden. We've developed a rhythm for our time in the kitchen as we make sauce. My husband washes, peels and cuts up the tomatoes, peppers, and onions. I prepare the garlic and basil. I squeeze the juice and seeds out of the tomatoes after my husband does his thing with them. Sometimes the process gets slowed down because he pulls out seeds from the very best to use next year.
The whole process – from washing the tomatoes to pulling the jars of sauce out of the canner – probably takes four hours. It's not a cost effective process if only dollars and cents are factored. But there's other considerations. Nutritionally, the minerals and vitamins from the vegetables are outstanding. The taste alone justifies the time.
And then there's the other and perhaps the most important part. Robert and I love working together in our kitchen handling the vegetables we've nurtured. We handle the tomatoes and other vegetables with loving care. I am lost in the texture of the tomato as I squeeze each one. The smell of garlic and onion sauteing in olive oil beats eau de cologne any day. For mere hours, we are suspended and lost in the garden of our creation. The love we pour into our concoctions cannot be calculated on any cost analysis.
As the sauce simmers and boils down, we begin taking the pulp and straining it into juice. Then it's time for our Bloody Mary or Maria (with tequila) with juice from our garden. Last night we savored our first taste of the sauce on pasta (I wanted the flavors to meld so I let a meal-sized portion rest in the fridge for two days). We both agreed this year's batch is definitely the best – until next year rolls around.
How about you? Do you think preparing your own food (even if it's not from your garden) is worth the effort?
When is green more than a color? When it's part of social responsibility, of course. It wasn't long ago that we only focused on simple things such as can recycling and light bulbs when it came to being green; nowadays that is not enough. People are looking beyond easy for ways to affect real change. Recycling has blossomed beyond just separating out paper from other trash. Most cities have massive recycling centers, and many locations have bins for recycling that don't even need to be sorted. That sure makes it easier for people to do the right thing.
I saw a poor Elvis impersonator on a street corner in Portland, Oregon a few years back. I watched him from across the street as I sat with my daughter at an outdoor cafe in one of Portland's lovely small-town neighborhoods.
He wore all the accoutrements of a typical Elvis imitator: thick black hair, yellow plastic glasses, white sequined bell-bottoms, red cape and hand-held microphone. He looked the part. But when he sang? Nothing at all like the real "Jailhouse Rock" rocker. If someone walked by without stopping or tossing money, he drooped his shoulders and stopped singing, leaning down to turn off the boom box that sat near his white vinyl boot-clad feet.
Nothing sadder, I thought, than a poor Elvis impersonator. All the trouble it must take to dress for his excursion to the street. And frankly, , it looks ridiculous unless the impersonation is impeccable.
"Are you going to give him some money?" my daughter asked as I continued to watch the Elvis wanna-be across the street.
"I'm thinking about it, but I don't want to contribute to his sad state of being," I answered.
I wanted to walk across the street and give him the best philosophy I could impart.
I never gave him the advice, but I've remembered it myself every day since. Whenever I find myself headed away from who I am, I remember that man in Portland and change my direction.
Maybe he's not such a sad character after all.
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I fell in love twice several years ago. The first time I fell in love with my husband. The second time I fell in love with the city he called home for more than three decades: Pittsburgh.
"You're moving where?" family and friends asked. Even strangers asked me why I would move from Florida, the Sunshine State, to the cold north. I still am asked that question.
Each time I answer that love brought me here – twice. Pittsburgh remains a well-kept secret from most of the country, except for those of us who know about its not-so-secret charms.
How did this second love affair begin? Perhaps it began in a geography class in Michigan, my first year in college in 1974. That's when I learned about the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers converging to form the mighty Ohio, giving Pittsburgh a starring role in the Industrial Revolution of this country.
The idea of water creating our urban centers left an impression. Then I never thought much about Pittsburgh until 2009, when love brought a renaissance to my world.
Probably the first surprise was the landscape of the Pittsburgh area. When I drove into the city from the airport, I marveled at the hills and the valley below created by the three rivers of Pittsburgh. There are particular vistas all around the city and its environs that allow me to believe anything is possible.
I lived in Florida for nearly thirty years, having moved there from Michigan in 1980. Many of the residents come from somewhere else. Finding a native Floridian resembles the search for that old needle in the haystack.
When I first came to Pittsburgh, I noticed a difference right away. Most people I met and still meet were born and raised in the Pittsburgh area. Although they might think of moving somewhere else, they really do not intend to leave. I've learned those who do leave tend to return.
Soon after I moved to the Steel City, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported folks volunteered to paint planters downtown to freshen up for spring. No wonder Pittsburgh could reinvent itself after U.S. Steel left town. The people – not institutions – made it possible because they love this place, which uniquely exists as the western East, the eastern West, the southern North and the northern South of the United States.
Places of green still exist here because the hills make some sections uninhabitable, both surprising and delighting me. I am an urban country girl, and I have always wanted it both ways. Here I've found that balance in both my surroundings and in my personal life.
I love the hills, but I love the architecture of the churches, commercial buildings, and homes as well. Studying those structures is a lesson in American history all by itself. The bridges are also a wonder of engineering and architecture. Pittsburgh has more bridges than any other city in the world.
My love affair intensified after a visit to the Heinz History Center. I found myself curiously emotional as I learned about the city and its inhabitants. I never realized so many influential folks from Pittsburgh played an important role in my life. Dr. Benjamin Spock taught me I would not spoil my child by picking her up when she cried, and Mr. Rogers visited our neighborhood every day to reinforce the concepts of friendship and citizenship in my young daughter.
Rachel Carson, whose environmental writing helped develop awareness of DDT and the pollutants in the air, inspires me in my writing and life. Nellie Bly broke through glass ceilings allowing me privileges unknown to the women of her generation.
Stephen Foster immortalized the place I lived in Florida for nearly three decades through song. He never visited "way down upon the Suwannee River," but he called Pittsburgh home.
Although I did not know it at the time, Pittsburgh and its inhabitants served as the backdrop to my life, from the ketchup I poured on my burgers to the polio shot I received as a child. No wonder I fell hard for this place of steel with its soft edges and open arms.
My surprise at falling in love with Pittsburgh is exemplified in the surprise that comes whenever I approach the downtown area from my home 45 minutes west of the city. Within one mile of the center of Pittsburgh, there is no view of a skyline, only the hillside and then the sign announcing the Fort Pitt Tunnel.
The tunnel is a mile long cutting through the rock of the hillside. The tunnel's lights guide the way when suddenly daylight is seen at the end.
Suddenly, the car bursts out into the sunshine and I'm crossing the Monongahela River and there is the surprise and delight of a city in its Renaissance – Pittsburgh in all it glory with the Ohio to the left and the Allegheny straight ahead, and a distinctive skyline of steel and glass. That's all it took for me to fall in love with my new city.
Pittsburgh also provides the backdrop for my new marriage. As I traverse the city and experience the Strip District and its glorious markets, cruise the three rivers and cheer the Penguins, Steelers, and Pirates, I am certain my decisions to marry and to move here are victories for love both times.
Note: This was originally published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on May 5, 2010 in the "Raves" guest column as "Raves: She first fell hard for a Pittsburgher, then for his city." It's published under my former name, Patricia Behnke, three months before our wedding.


Most people accomplish about half of what Steve has in 25 short years. After high school he entered into an intense year long program to become a Firefighter/Paramedic. He not only passed but he was in the top of his class. Due to the hiring freeze for firefighters Steve has decided to temporarily put his firefighting career on hold. Steve has also received his USCG Captains license and is now driving the Loggerhead III on weekends and when the need arises during the week. Steve is the head waiter at the U-Tiki Beach restaurant during the week and is responsible for making it one of the most popular dining options in Jupiter.
Steve is a Florida Native growing up in Jupiter his whole life, there are not many Natives left. When Steve is not diving or piloting the Loggerhead III you can find him riding waves at local beaches. I have seen video of him surfing and I would swear that it is video of a professional surfer. And it's not just local beaches you can also find him at Costa Rica or Nicaragua beaches. Steve loves to dive and is an incredible asset here at The Scuba Club. We could not do without him!


Intel hopes a new transistor technology, in development for 11 years, will help it challenge Arm's reputation for energy efficiency.
It used to be the race to meet the 2 GHZ or 3 GHZ speed mark, but since the rise of ARM, Intel is now trying to catch up with them in power efficiency.
I think after their 2013 processor, codenamed 'Haswell' arrives, we may start to see notebooks with ARM processors in as well as today's tablets, and a total change will occur once that happens.
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Federico Biraben is a bandoneon player, composer and musical arranger. His is the natural outcome of his academic studies ay Conservatory Manuel de Falla, combined with his work with his composition teacher Manolo Juarez, and his experience as a bandoneon player, playing any type of Tango, from Orquestas Tipicas to Tango Jazz. There are all types of influences seen in his musical universe, but Federico has a special interest in an Argentinian and Latin American popular music.
Having played with such great figures of Tango like Cacho Castaña, Amelita Baltar y Raúl Lavié, among others, allowed him to understand deeply the meaning of popular music. His work in so many groups and Tango companies, gave him the opportunity to travel around the globe with concerts in Japan, Germany, Austria, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Angola, New Zealand, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Canada among others countries.
He arranged and directed the album "Carmin", by Mariana Quinteros, and towards the end of 2014, he creates Cuarteto Biraben, band with which he tries to capture, through the music, his vision of Buenos Aires nowdays.


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Introduction: In rare instances, we are able to re-operate on patients laparoscopically who have had previous hernia repair surgery with mesh. In this single case report, we highlight a patient who underwent incisional hernia repair with Strattice biologic and then 13 months later underwent an elective laparoscopic procedure for acute cholecystitis. At the time of surgery we biopsied a small piece of the intact mesh to examine it histolgically for evidence of inflammation, incorporation, and re-vascularization. Methods: Proper consent from the patient was obtained. All histologic findings were outsourced in conjunction with LifeCell Corp and to our own Department of Pathology.Results: Through laparoscopic interpretation, we found no evidence of hernia recurrence as the source of the patient's pain. The Strattice mesh was examined bluntly and a small biopsy was taken inferiorly measuring 0.4 cm. A standard H&E slide was done demonstrating fibrous tissue with a small focus of hemosiderin. Further analysis by the manufacturer demonstrated no evidence of collagen breakdown, no inflammatory cells, and high rates of re-vascularized native tissue. In light of these findings, we notice that swift incorporation of the mesh to the abdominal wall might not be as quick in this patient population as in other hernia repair test groups. Conclusion: On rare occasions such as these, we are able to extensively analyze the efficacy based upon inspection and associated pathologies. Our result provides support for using biologic mesh in peritoneal dialysis patients presenting with abdominal wall hernias. Future Prospectus: It is our groups hope to further analyze this population for other factors such as cytokine recruitment and a separate infection control study in vitro.


Last year we launched the Geovation Hub in London. The collaborative workspace is aimed at providing entrepreneurs, developers and innovators unparalleled access to geospatial data and expertise, as well as a place to exchange ideas, innovate and get inspired. The Hub has grown to almost 500 members, the team have their first Geovation Programme well underway (and are recruiting for the second intake) and have run the Geovation water challenge, producing three winning teams to support further.
We've also updated our developer licence terms and launched the new look terms as the Data Exploration Licence at the Geovation Hub, as a trial before rolling it out across the OS licence framework. The Data Exploration Licence gives Hub members free access to OS data for 12 months (or 3 months for any OS data products which contain third party data). Members can access all of the data while they're at the Hub to research and evaluate ideas, build prototypes and identify commercial opportunities for their business ideas.
The unrivalled access includes all OS data from OS MasterMap to AddressBase to our OS OpenData range of products, to really help Hub members to build their business case and explore options. If the business idea comes to the point of being commercially viable, Hub members can then explore future OS commercial licensing options with support from the Hub.
Since the licence launched Hub members have been using it to develop ground-breaking new products across a range of industries and areas of commercial opportunity: from the property and planning sector, to smart city simulations, farm management and drone deployment. The Data Exploration Licence is only available to registered members of the Geovation Hub. You can see the licence in full on the Geovation Hub pages, and find out more about the workspace.