cog Small-scale wool makers launch new trademark to recognise 100 per cent Australian-produced fibre By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 08:21:00 +1100 A group of wool makers launches a new trademark to recognise textile producers whose homegrown fibre is 100 per cent Australian from the farm right through to the finished product. Full Article ABC Ballarat southeastnsw ballarat Rural:Agribusiness:All Rural:Agricultural Crops:Wool Rural:All:All Australia:NSW:Bega 2550 Australia:NSW:Bermagui 2546 Australia:NSW:Candelo 2550 Australia:NSW:Wallaga Lake 2546 Australia:VIC:Bacchus Marsh 3340
cog Treaty's value questioned by Indigenous elders, but recognition of Australia's first people important By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Sun, 07 Jul 2019 13:13:00 +1000 This year's NAIDOC Week theme is Voice. Treaty. Truth. But the truth is that many Indigenous people feel voiceless when it comes to expressing where Australia stands on treaty today. Full Article ABC Illawarra illawarra Community and Society:All:All Community and Society:History:All Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Aboriginal Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Aboriginal Language Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):All Education:All:All Education:Subjects:Geography Education:Subjects:History Australia:ACT:Jervis Bay 2540 Australia:NSW:Milton 2538 Australia:NSW:Nowra 2541 Australia:NSW:Port Kembla 2505 Australia:NSW:Wollongong 2500
cog Unrecognisable: Historic photos show Australia in shutdown By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 04:57:43 +1000 One day, future generations will look back at the history we're living right now, captured in these photos of a nation in shutdown. Full Article COVID-19 Community and Society Photography
cog Native bee honey set to be officially recognised under food standard laws By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 07:03:00 +1000 Honey from Australian native stingless bees is not technically honey and moves are buzzing around to change that. Full Article ABC Mid North Coast midnorthcoast Environment:All:All Rural:Agribusiness:All Rural:All:All Rural:Food Processing:All Rural:Livestock:Beekeeping Science and Technology:Animals:All Science and Technology:Ecology:All Australia:NSW:Macksville 2447 Australia:NSW:Port Macquarie 2444
cog Role of traditional owners recognised as 137-year relationship with historic homestead goes full circle By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:29:00 +1000 A piece of land formerly part of the Durack pastoral empire handed back to traditional owners. Full Article ABC Kimberley southwestwa kimberley perth Community and Society:History:All Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Aboriginal Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Indigenous Culture Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Land Rights Environment:Rivers:Dams and Reservoirs Government and Politics:Indigenous Policy:All Rural:Agribusiness:All Rural:Pasture:All Australia:WA:Argyle 6239 Australia:WA:Broome 6725 Australia:WA:Halls Creek 6770 Australia:WA:Kununurra 6743 Australia:WA:Perth 6000
cog Wombat cubic faeces mystery solved and recognised by Ig Nobel prize By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:53:00 +1000 Wombat researchers at the University of Tasmania have won an Ig Nobel Prize for unexpectedly discovering the "quite incredible" reason the animal's scat is cubed. Full Article ABC Radio Hobart hobart northtas Human Interest:All:All Human Interest:Animals:All Science and Technology:Animals:All Science and Technology:Animals:Animal Behaviour Australia:TAS:All Australia:TAS:Hobart 7000 Australia:TAS:Launceston 7250
cog Lives of Australia's 'largely unrecognised' unpaid carers the focus of new campaign, 3-legged challenge By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 06:16:00 +1100 Phoebe is your average 13-year-old, except that when she's not at school, she cares for her mum. She is among one in eight Australians who are unpaid carers, but are "largely unrecognised", something a new awareness campaign hopes to change. Full Article ABC Eyre Peninsula and West Coast sydney adelaide southeastsa eyre northandwest riverland melbourne Community and Society:All:All Community and Society:Carers:All Community and Society:Family and Children:All Community and Society:Family and Children:Family Health:Disabilities:All Australia:NSW:Sydney 2000 Australia:SA:Adelaide 5000 Australia:SA:Mount Gambier 5290 Australia:SA:Port Lincoln 5606 Australia:SA:Port Pirie 5540 Australia:SA:Renmark 5341 Australia:VIC:Melbourne 3000
cog Australian anthem rewritten to represent all Australians and promote Indigenous constitutional recognition By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 14:13:00 +1000 The national anthem has been rewritten and performed for the first time in Alice Springs by a group that says it should be more inclusive of all Australians. Full Article 783 ABC Alice Springs alicesprings Community and Society:All:All Community and Society:Community Organisations:All Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):All Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Indigenous Culture Human Interest:All:All Australia:All:All Australia:NT:Alice Springs 0870 Australia:NT:All
cog Animal sentience recognised for the first time under new ACT laws By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:23:00 +1000 The ACT has passed historic legislation, changing the legal status of animals from property to beings with their own intrinsic value and that comes with consequences for pet owners. Full Article ABC Radio Canberra canberra Education:Subjects:Philosophy Human Interest:Animals:All Law Crime and Justice:Animal Welfare:All Science and Technology:Animals:All Science and Technology:Animals:Animal Behaviour Australia:ACT:All Australia:ACT:Canberra 2600
cog Deltora Quest's Emily Rodda one of six Australian authors recognised in Prime Minister's Literary Awards By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:43:00 +1100 Celebrated children's writer and novelist Gail Jones takes out two of six Prime Minister's Literary Awards, worth a total of $480,000. Full Article ABC Radio Canberra canberra Arts and Entertainment:All:All Arts and Entertainment:Books (Literature):All Arts and Entertainment:Books (Literature):Author Australia:ACT:Canberra 2600 Australia:All:All
cog Indigenous constitutional recognition is needed to 'shift national consciousness' By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:32:00 +1000 Dani Larkin knows the struggles of a young Indigenous woman in a "nation of divisiveness", and insists that constitutional recognition is the key to unlocking meaningful change. Full Article ABC Gold Coast northcoast goldcoast Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):All Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Indigenous Culture Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Indigenous Protocols Government and Politics:All:All Government and Politics:Federal Government:All Government and Politics:Indigenous Policy:All Human Interest:All:All Australia:NSW:Baryulgil 2460 Australia:QLD:Mermaid Beach 4218
cog Jockey Laura Cheshire says she 'failed' after recognising her horse slaughtered on camera By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:36:00 +1100 A jockey who rode War Ends for a year and made numerous attempts to rehome him says she recognised the horse being slaughtered in an abattoir on the ABC's 7.30 program and laments she "failed" him. Full Article ABC Gold Coast brisbane goldcoast Law Crime and Justice:All:All Law Crime and Justice:Animal Welfare:All Sport:All:All Sport:Horse Racing:All Australia:All:All Australia:QLD:All Australia:QLD:Caboolture 4510 Australia:QLD:Mermaid Beach 4218
cog Professional group recognises Maurice Henry's 50 years of service By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 19:02:00 +1000 Full Article ABC Central West NSW centralwest Australia:NSW:Bribbaree 2594
cog What is constitutional recognition? By education.abc.net.au Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 04:40:34 GMT The constitution was written more than a century ago, but Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are not mentioned in it at all, despite having lived here for more than 50,000 years. What is constitutional recognition and why is it important? What are some of the perceived barriers to changing the constitution? Full Article
cog Headline: Four IBM accessibility clients recognized at ComputerWorld Honors Program Awards By www.ibm.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:59:27 EST Featured accessibility news Full Article
cog COGNO 2.0 — Designed for the human mind. The next generation of technology design. By www.ibm.com Published On :: Tue, 29 May 2012 09:00:00 EST The ultimate goal of the COGNO 2.0 initiative is to develop technology that leverages patterns of human cognition to become smarter with every use and experience. Full Article
cog (500) https://joshuatdean.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NoiseCognitiveFunctionandWorkerProductivity.pdf By joshuatdean.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T05:47:01+00:00 Wow! Noise is a secret killer of performance. A 10db noise increase (from a dishwasher to a vacuum) drops productivity by 5% - but most people don't notice since it impacts cognition, not effort. Also, note that noise is greater in poorer neighborhoods... Full Article
cog Minister Recognizes Bermudian Icons At School By bernews.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:58:45 +0000 Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports Lovitta Foggo recently joined Northlands Primary students in “celebrating those who have made great contributions to Bermuda,” including Calvin ‘Bummy’ Symonds and Mary Prince. A Government spokesperson said, “As part of the island’s black history awareness, Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports Lovitta Foggo recently joined Northlands […](Click to read the full article) Full Article All History News #BermudaHistory #Education
cog Harrisburg University Researchers Claim Their 'Unbiased' Facial Recognition Software Can Identify Potential Criminals By www.techdirt.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 13:43:51 PDT Given all we know about facial recognition tech, it is literally jaw-dropping that anyone could make this claim… especially without being vetted independently. A group of Harrisburg University professors and a PhD student have developed an automated computer facial recognition software capable of predicting whether someone is likely to be a criminal. The software is able to predict if someone is a criminal with 80% accuracy and with no racial bias. The prediction is calculated solely based on a picture of their face. There's a whole lot of "what even the fuck" in CBS 21's reprint of a press release, but let's start with the claim about "no racial bias." That's a lot to swallow when the underlying research hasn't been released yet. Let's see what the National Institute of Standards and Technology has to say on the subject. This is the result of the NIST's examination of 189 facial recognition AI programs -- all far more established than whatever it is Harrisburg researchers have cooked up. Asian and African American people were up to 100 times more likely to be misidentified than white men, depending on the particular algorithm and type of search. Native Americans had the highest false-positive rate of all ethnicities, according to the study, which found that systems varied widely in their accuracy. The faces of African American women were falsely identified more often in the kinds of searches used by police investigators where an image is compared to thousands or millions of others in hopes of identifying a suspect. Why is this acceptable? The report inadvertently supplies the answer: Middle-aged white men generally benefited from the highest accuracy rates. Yep. And guess who's making laws or running police departments or marketing AI to cops or telling people on Twitter not to break the law or etc. etc. etc. To craft a terrible pun, the researchers' claim of "no racial bias" is absurd on its face. Per se stupid af to use legal terminology. Moving on from that, there's the 80% accuracy, which is apparently good enough since it will only threaten the life and liberty of 20% of the people it's inflicted on. I guess if it's the FBI's gold standard, it's good enough for everyone. Maybe this is just bad reporting. Maybe something got copy-pasted wrong from the spammed press release. Let's go to the source… one that somehow still doesn't include a link to any underlying research documents. What does any of this mean? Are we ready to embrace a bit of pre-crime eugenics? Or is this just the most hamfisted phrasing Harrisburg researchers could come up with? A group of Harrisburg University professors and a Ph.D. student have developed automated computer facial recognition software capable of predicting whether someone is likely going to be a criminal. The most charitable interpretation of this statement is that the wrong-20%-of-the-time AI is going to be applied to the super-sketchy "predictive policing" field. Predictive policing -- a theory that says it's ok to treat people like criminals if they live and work in an area where criminals live -- is its own biased mess, relying on garbage data generated by biased policing to turn racist policing into an AI-blessed "work smarter not harder" LEO equivalent. The question about "likely" is answered in the next paragraph, somewhat assuring readers the AI won't be applied to ultrasound images. With 80 percent accuracy and with no racial bias, the software can predict if someone is a criminal based solely on a picture of their face. The software is intended to help law enforcement prevent crime. There's a big difference between "going to be" and "is," and researchers using actual science should know better than to use both phrases to describe their AI efforts. One means scanning someone's face to determine whether they might eventually engage in criminal acts. The other means matching faces to images of known criminals. They are far from interchangeable terms. If you think the above quotes are, at best, disjointed, brace yourself for this jargon-fest which clarifies nothing and suggests the AI itself wrote the pullquote: “We already know machine learning techniques can outperform humans on a variety of tasks related to facial recognition and emotion detection,” Sadeghian said. “This research indicates just how powerful these tools are by showing they can extract minute features in an image that are highly predictive of criminality.” "Minute features in an image that are highly predictive of criminality." And what, pray tell, are those "minute features?" Skin tone? "I AM A CRIMINAL IN THE MAKING" forehead tattoos? Bullshit on top of bullshit? Come on. This is word salad, but a salad pretending to be a law enforcement tool with actual utility. Nothing about this suggests Harrisburg has come up with anything better than the shitty "tools" already being inflicted on us by law enforcement's early adopters. I wish we could dig deeper into this but we'll all have to wait until this excitable group of clueless researchers decide to publish their findings. According to this site, the research is being sealed inside a "research book," which means it will take a lot of money to actually prove this isn't any better than anything that's been offered before. This could be the next Clearview, but we won't know if it is until the research is published. If we're lucky, it will be before Harrisburg patents this awful product and starts selling it to all and sundry. Don't hold your breath. Full Article
cog Recognizing energy efficient ceiling fans on the market By www.kimvazquez.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 06:14:40 +0000 Power reliable ceiling followers are a wonderful method to make your home much more inviting, visually pleasing and also, as an added bonus offer, reduced your overall house power air conditioning bill if you currently have a home cooling system.… Continue Reading → Full Article Shopping
cog IBM Research Opens in South Africa; Cognitive Computing and the IoT help Track Diseases and Forecast Air Quality By www.ibm.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:08:02 GMT IBM Research today opened its second research location on the African continent and announced several new project collaborations in the areas of data driven healthcare, digital urban ecosystems and astronomy. Full Article Smarter Planet
cog IBM Unveils New AI Software, Reduces Barriers for Data Scientists to Fuel Cognitive Development By www.ibm.com Published On :: Wed, 10 May 2017 09:10:53 GMT IBM today announced a significant new release of its PowerAI deep learning software distribution on Power Systems that attacks the major challenges facing data scientists and developers by simplifying the development experience with tools and data preparation while also dramatically reducing the time required for AI system training from weeks to hours. Full Article OpenPOWER
cog IBM and Nutanix Launch Hyperconverged Initiative to bring Enterprises into the Cognitive Era By www.ibm.com Published On :: Tue, 16 May 2017 12:05:09 GMT IBM and Nutanix today announced a multi-year initiative to bring new workloads to hyperconverged deployments. Full Article OpenPOWER
cog IBM Recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management Suites By www.ibm.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 08:01:34 GMT IBM Security today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. as a Leader for the sixth consecutive year in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management Suites1 for its ability to execute and completeness of vision. Full Article IBM MobileFirst
cog IBM Study: 61 Percent of Surveyed CMOs and Sales Leaders Say Cognitive Computing Will Be a Disruptive Force in Their Industries—But Are They Ready for the Disruption? By www.ibm.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 12:33:45 GMT While marketing and sales professionals increasingly find themselves drowning in data, a new IBM study finds that nearly two thirds—64 percent--of surveyed CMOs and sales leaders believe their industries will be ready to adopt cognitive technologies in the next three years. However despite this stated readiness, the study finds that only 24 percent of those surveyed believe they have strategy in place to implement these technologies today. Full Article Education
cog IBM lanza la primera plataforma cognitiva de servicios para transformar las operaciones de negocios By www.ibm.com Published On :: mié, 12 jul 2017 02:19:24 GMT IBM anunció hoy la primera plataforma de servicios basada en IBM Watson y construida en IBM Cloud para aumentar la inteligencia humana y ayudar a mejorar las operaciones de los proveedores de servicios a través de tecnologías cognitivas. Full Article Global Technology Services
cog IBM presenta HackaPalooza, el primer festival de hackeo para desarrolladores cognitivos en México By www.ibm.com Published On :: lun, 25 sep 2017 06:14:47 GMT Este año IBM cumple 90 años de ser un jugador clave en el progreso de México, impulsando a diferentes generaciones a través de la transformación de industrias y profesiones, e impactando el panorama económico, académico y social del país gracias a la estrecha colaboración con todos los actores de la sociedad. Full Article Cloud Computing
cog ¿Cómo ayudan los sistemas cognitivos en las compras navideñas? By www.ibm.com Published On :: lun, 05 dic 2016 04:43:23 GMT De acuerdo con un estudio reciente de IBM, sólo dos de cada 10 empresas tienen capacidad para indicar dónde, cuándo y cómo sus clientes están teniendo dificultades para comprar en línea, una actividad que cada día toma más relevancia. IBM predice que en esta temporada navideña 2016, las ventas en línea mundiales para los minoristas aumentarán en casi un 14 por ciento, en comparación con 2015. Full Article Commerce
cog Presenta Foro Soluciones para Habilitar la Transformación de la Empresa Digital en la Era Cognitiva By www.ibm.com Published On :: jue, 02 mar 2017 10:48:15 GMT Durante la cumbre Business Connect 2017 en la Ciudad de México, IBM presentó a la Transformación Digital como una de las áreas de mayor crecimiento para los negocios en 2017 y mostró cómo las soluciones cognitivas (de analítica avanzada, de nube, de engagement), están transformando la forma en la que trabajamos y vivimos. Full Article Services and solutions
cog IBM expande la plataforma IBM Watson para la nueva generación de desarrolladores y despliega la mayor oferta de APIs cognitivas By www.ibm.com Published On :: mar, 29 sep 2015 04:27:42 GMT IBM anunció la expansión de la mayor y más diversa oferta de APIs, tecnologías y herramientas cognitivas para los desarrolladores que están creando servicios, productos y aplicaciones que se integran con IBM Watson. Full Article Software
cog IBM Watson provee información cognitiva en el Torneo de Tenis US Open 2016 By www.ibm.com Published On :: vie, 02 sep 2016 02:24:06 GMT IBM y la Asociación de Tenis de los Estados Unidos (USTA por sus siglas en inglés) anunciaron que IBM Watson participará en el campeonato US Open por primera vez por medio de una nueva característica de consejería cognitiva piloteada en las aplicaciones móviles oficiales del torneo, a fin de mejorar la experiencia de los aficionados presentes en el Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Full Article Analytics
cog Amplify 2016: IBM met à la disposition de ses clients toute la puissance du Cognitif dans le domaine du Marketing et du Commerce By www.ibm.com Published On :: mer., 18 mai 2016 03:31:07 GMT Dans ce monde où les business model des entreprises et encore plus les technologies sont en rupture, le challenge est le même : rester en contact avec le consommateur hyper connecté d’aujourd’hui. Ce challenge peut être vu comme un véritable cauchemar ou à l’inverse, considéré comme la prochaine grande opportunité pour les entreprises. Elles sont obligées d’aller au-delà des prévisions, en identifiant et capitalisant sur des opportunités que d’autres entreprises ne voient pas. Full Article Commerce
cog IBM Recognises Leading Australian IBM Cognos Partners of the Year By www.ibm.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:41:26 GMT The 2009 IBM Cognos Partner Awards recognise Australian channel partners that meet or exceed assigned revenue targets , such as license sales and maintenance deals, and, create successful customer relationships through the delivery of IBM Cognos Performance Management based solutions for the IBM full fiscal year 2008, ended December 31st 2008. Full Article Storage
cog At ASCO 2017 Clinicians Present New Evidence about Watson Cognitive Technology and Cancer Care By www.ibm.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 05:25:39 GMT Watson matched tumor board treatment recommendations in up to 96% of cases;reduced clinical trial screening time by 78%, studies find. Prostate cancer is latest add to Watson for Oncology; the tech will be available to support 80 percent of the incidence of cancer by year-end. Nine new adopters of Watson oncology offerings around the globe expands Watson's reach to 55 organizations worldwide. Full Article IBM Watson
cog International Firefighters’ Day: Recognizing and Supporting Firefighters in Their All-Hazards Role By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T17:42:26Z Today, May 4th, is International Firefighters’ Day. Each year on this day, firefighters are celebrated – and rightly so. Most people have an image of firefighters clad in heavy coats, over-sized boots and sturdy helmets, rushing into Full Article fire service firefighter codes and standards research first responders nfff fema dhs iaff training public education fire chief responders iafc nvfc community risk reduction wild land fire response
cog International Firefighters’ Day: Recognizing and Supporting Firefighters in Their All-Hazards Role By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 10:42:26 PDT Today, May 4th, is International Firefighters’ Day. Each year on this day, firefighters are celebrated – and rightly so. Most people have an image of firefighters clad in heavy coats, over-sized boots and sturdy helmets, rushing into Full Article fire service firefighter codes and standards research first responders nfff fema dhs iaff training public education fire chief responders iafc nvfc community risk reduction wild land fire response
cog 4 Steps of Cognitive Restructuring to Help You Think Clearly By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 15:00:03 +0000 Humans are guilty of having less than rational thoughts. We do it all the time. We might assume the worst is going to happen or jump to conclusions before we have all the information. Cognitive restructuring helps people become aware of their irrational thoughts so that they can correct them and replace them with more [...]Read More... Full Article
cog International Firefighters’ Day: Recognizing and Supporting Firefighters in Their All-Hazards Role By community.nfpa.org Published On :: 2020-05-04T17:42:26Z Today, May 4th, is International Firefighters’ Day. Each year on this day, firefighters are celebrated – and rightly so. Most people have an image of firefighters clad in heavy coats, over-sized boots and sturdy helmets, rushing into Full Article fire service firefighter codes and standards research first responders nfff fema dhs iaff training public education fire chief responders iafc nvfc community risk reduction wild land fire response
cog Change This Browser Setting to Stop Xiaomi from Spying On Your Incognito Activities By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 07:44:35 PDT If you own a Xiaomi smartphone or have installed the Mi browser app on any of your other brand Android device, you should enable a newly introduced privacy setting immediately to prevent the company from spying on your online activities. The smartphone maker has begun rolling out an update to its Mi Browser/Mi Browser Pro (v12.1.4) and Mint Browser (v3.4.3) after concerns were raised over its Full Article
cog How to find your "Helen": Alison Knott and recognizing your ideal client By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:29:35 PDT The key to success in freelancing is realizing how to find the right clients - the people who are not only great to work with, but actually have money to pay you. Alison Knott is a web consultant who mentors creatives, and she knows all the mistakes that freelancers make: targeting the wrong clients, the wrong platforms, the wrong rewards. In this episode, she shares the decisions you have to make right now to start making money! Today’s links: https://eraserheader.com/ https://twitter.com/Eraserheader https://e3chalifax.ca/ https://easel.ly/infographicdesign Theme song by topmen.bandcamp.com! Want to support the show? Order a custom infographic from Easel.ly! Use this link (https://www.easel.ly/infographicdesign/) for a great price! Think you’d be a great fit for the show? Let me know at twitter.com/KCarCFH Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or recommend us to a friend. It helps immensely. Download here! Full Article podcast
cog EPA Recognizes Peace Dining Corporation of Philadelphia with Honorable Mention in WasteWise Large Business Category By www.epa.gov Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 PHILADELPHIA (May 7, 2020) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the 2019 winners of the National WasteWise Awards this month. Peace Dining Corporation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received an honorable mention in the Large Business Category. Full Article
cog Surviving Covid19 Nacogdoches County Texas USA By www.travelblog.org Published On :: A few months ago most people did not know what a pandemic was or how deadly it could become. Just common sense told me that the Corona virus could become a global pandemic with many sick and many would perish. A pandemic is an disease epidemic with a rapi Full Article
cog Racial justice groups criticize city teachers union’s use of controversial face recognition technology By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 20:43:42 +0000 The United Federation of Teachers tested security camera technology from a company affiliated with Clearview AI Full Article
cog Communities come face-to-face with the growing power of facial recognition technology By www.pbs.org Published On :: As law enforcement agencies deploy AI-powered facial recognition systems, some communities are pushing back, insisting on having a say in how they’re used. Full Article
cog Team USA recognizes Clippers' Montrezl Harrell as gold standard in NBA By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 19:36:10 -0500 When USA Basketball announced last week 44 finalists in consideration for the 12-man team it will take to the 2020 Olympics, the Clippers' rising Montrezl Harrell was on the list. Full Article
cog 'Fresh Air' Remembers Jazz Archivist And Historian Michael Cogswell By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 13:51:41 -0400 Cogswell, who died April 20, was executive director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, which houses journals, trumpets, tapes, photographs and other artifacts. Originally broadcast in 2001. Full Article
cog How the more inclusive Spirit Awards recognize the true diversity in movies today By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 18:22:18 -0500 With little overlap with the Oscars, the 2020 Spirit Awards look to have a more diverse and inclusive group of nominees, setting their own standards. Full Article
cog Cognizant Expects To Lose Between $50 Million and $70 Million Following Ransomware Attack By rss.slashdot.org Published On :: 2020-05-09T01:10:00+00:00 IT services provider Cognizant said in an earnings call this week that a ransomware incident that took place last month in April 2020 will negatively impact its Q2 revenue. ZDNet reports: "While we anticipate that the revenue impact related to this issue will be largely resolved by the middle of the quarter, we do anticipate the revenue and corresponding margin impact to be in the range of $50 million to $70 million for the quarter," said Karen McLoughlin, Cognizant Chief Financial Officer in an earnings call yesterday. McLoughlin also expects the incident to incur additional and unforeseen legal, consulting, and other costs associated with the investigation, service restoration, and remediation of the breach. The Cognizant CFO says the company has now fully recovered from the ransomware infection and restored the majority of its services. Speaking on the ransomware attack, Cognizant CEO Brian Humphries said the incident only impacted its internal network, but not customer systems. More precisely, Humphries said the ransomware incident impacted (1) Cognizant's select system supporting employees' work from home setups and (2) the provisioning of laptops that Cognizant was using to support its work from home capabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Humphries said staff moved quickly to take down all impacted systems, which impacted Cognizant's billing system for a period of time. Some customer services were taken down as a precaution. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Full Article
cog Substrate recognition and ATPase activity of the E. coli cysteine/cystine ABC transporter YecSC-FliY [Microbiology] By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-17T00:06:05-07:00 Sulfur is essential for biological processes such as amino acid biogenesis, iron–sulfur cluster formation, and redox homeostasis. To acquire sulfur-containing compounds from the environment, bacteria have evolved high-affinity uptake systems, predominant among which is the ABC transporter family. Theses membrane-embedded enzymes use the energy of ATP hydrolysis for transmembrane transport of a wide range of biomolecules against concentration gradients. Three distinct bacterial ABC import systems of sulfur-containing compounds have been identified, but the molecular details of their transport mechanism remain poorly characterized. Here we provide results from a biochemical analysis of the purified Escherichia coli YecSC-FliY cysteine/cystine import system. We found that the substrate-binding protein FliY binds l-cystine, l-cysteine, and d-cysteine with micromolar affinities. However, binding of the l- and d-enantiomers induced different conformational changes of FliY, where the l- enantiomer–substrate-binding protein complex interacted more efficiently with the YecSC transporter. YecSC had low basal ATPase activity that was moderately stimulated by apo FliY, more strongly by d-cysteine–bound FliY, and maximally by l-cysteine– or l-cystine–bound FliY. However, at high FliY concentrations, YecSC reached maximal ATPase rates independent of the presence or nature of the substrate. These results suggest that FliY exists in a conformational equilibrium between an open, unliganded form that does not bind to the YecSC transporter and closed, unliganded and closed, liganded forms that bind this transporter with variable affinities but equally stimulate its ATPase activity. These findings differ from previous observations for similar ABC transporters, highlighting the extent of mechanistic diversity in this large protein family. Full Article
cog Quantification of the affinities of CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases for cognate protospacer adȷacent motif (PAM) sequences [Molecular Biophysics] By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T03:41:14-07:00 The CRISPR/Cas9 nucleases have been widely applied for genome editing in various organisms. Cas9 nucleases complexed with a guide RNA (Cas9–gRNA) find their targets by scanning and interrogating the genomic DNA for sequences complementary to the gRNA. Recognition of the DNA target sequence requires a short protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) located outside this sequence. Given that the efficiency of target location may depend on the strength of interactions that promote target recognition, here we sought to compare affinities of different Cas9 nucleases for their cognate PAM sequences. To this end, we measured affinities of Cas9 nucleases from Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, and Francisella novicida complexed with guide RNAs (gRNAs) (SpCas9–gRNA, SaCas9–gRNA, and FnCas9–gRNA, respectively) and of three engineered SpCas9–gRNA variants with altered PAM specificities for short, PAM-containing DNA probes. We used a “beacon” assay that measures the relative affinities of DNA probes by determining their ability to competitively affect the rate of Cas9–gRNA binding to fluorescently labeled target DNA derivatives called “Cas9 beacons.” We observed significant differences in the affinities for cognate PAM sequences among the studied Cas9 enzymes. The relative affinities of SpCas9–gRNA and its engineered variants for canonical and suboptimal PAMs correlated with previous findings on the efficiency of these PAM sequences in genome editing. These findings suggest that high affinity of a Cas9 nuclease for its cognate PAM promotes higher genome-editing efficiency. Full Article