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City makes way for the elderly
Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
The busy Panampilly Nagar Road will be freed of traffic for three hours and opened to elders to have a field day ... Elder residents of the city would also get an opportunity to move around freely and enjoy the variety entertainments on the day. The Welfare Standing Committee of the Kochi Corporation is planning to engage the elders in the city in a relaxing environment on the day to support them ... Sabu, chairman of the committee....
I Have Shameful Thoughts When I Get to Work
Edit PsychCentral 01 Aug 2016
As soon as I clock-in and start working, I have shame-based thoughts, mostly memories of long-past instances of private (with one other person) embarrassment ... I’d like to get to the root of this problem because it’s my livelihood and I think I could do much better if not for these distracting thoughts....
'Critical' period for TV in Wales (Cardiff University)
Edit Public Technologies 01 Aug 2016
Alun Davies AM, Minister for Life Long Learning and Welsh Language, with responsibility for broadcasting Rhys Evans, BBC Cymru Wales Head of Strategy and Digital Ian Jones, S4C Chief Executive Huw Rossiter, ITV Cymru Wales Public Affairs Manager Liz Saville Roberts MP, Welsh Affairs Committee ... foundation of the service for the next 10 to 20 years'....
Dude Bodies, Dude Selves
Edit Medium 01 Aug 2016
With men he hires on Craigslist and Reddit, video artist Kenneth Tam captures the essence of awkward straight masculinity ... So I had images of what I wanted ... It’s kind of funny — no, not really ... I thought they were all weird [laughs] ... I didn’t know this going in there, I just thought it was another sort of space, but apparently the guys that use it are generally white, sort of tech-familiar dudes, so that’s one reason it looked like that....
Pune lad wins bronze at int'l linguistics Olympiad
Edit The Times of India 01 Aug 2016
Over 170 students representing 30 countries, including India, USA, Japan, Germany and Singapore among others, took a shot at cracking some of the world's toughest puzzles in language and linguistics ... Padma Shri awardee professor Anvita Abbi, in his keynote address, introduced students to features of India as a linguistic area, and spoke about her experiences with the fast vanishing languages of the Andamans....
Corridors of Power
Edit The Hindu 01 Aug 2016
In response, Leader of the Opposition M.K ... Karunaas to debate on financial matters in any language of his choice ... Venkaiah Naidu made it clear that he could follow Tamil but could not speak the great language, State BJP president Tamilisai Soundararajan should have been doubly cautious as she took up the microphone to translate his speech at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the memorial of former president APJ Abdul Kalam ....
Pat.ai chat technology is a step in the right direction
Edit Venture Beat 01 Aug 2016
Natural Language Processing or NLP can read what you say and interpret some meaning ... Yet, most of us communicate without following a specific set of commands ... In the Yahoo Weather chatbot, you’ll only get a report for Miami — the bot ignores the second part of your request. That’s not the case with Pat.ai, a new technology that uses Natural Language Understanding....
Time to raise a toast for pay hikes in 2016-17
Edit China Daily 01 Aug 2016
... life sciences and banking are set to be prime sectors of demand this year, the guide reported ... "Candidates with international exposure, good language skills, market knowledge and who are well-disciplined will continue to receive multiple offers as well as counter-offers from their current employer," said Frank Yu, chairman of ZW HR Consulting....
Miss Teen USA winner to keep crown despite racist tweets
Edit San Francisco Chronicle 01 Aug 2016
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The new Miss Teen USA will get to keep her crown despite an outcry over tweets she once wrote using racist language. The Miss Universe Organization, which owns the Miss Teen USA pageant, issued a statement Sunday chastising Karlie Hay's words but also "supporting her continued growth." ... ....
How to deal with a colleague who just can't say 'no'
Edit Canberra Times 01 Aug 2016
You have to pick up on body language and other contextual cues to know that your colleague who just said yes actually means a firm no ... ....
New Miss Teen USA apologizes for past Twitter slurs
Edit The Miami Herald 01 Aug 2016
... for using the N-word and other language on social media years before....
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