“It's not what you don't know that kills you, it's what you know for sure that ain't true.”
There are two 105 year olds who sprint. The current world record holder, Stanislaw Kowalski, of Poland, has the world records in the 100 meter sprint, the shot put and the discus.
His Japanese competitor, Hidekichi Miyazaki, after a recent meet in Kyoto, Japan
A Virginia contractor bitten and scratched by a squirrel has sued a nearby couple who he says had fed the animal and encouraged it to interact with humans. “We’ve already proven the fact that this wasn’t our squirrel…It’s not a pet,” said the defendant husband. [Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk), Lowering the Bar]
Supreme Court Seems Wary of Hurdles for Refunds of Fines After Exonerations New York Times. Jess M: “This is insane. SCOTUS is hearing a case about whether people who have their convictions overturned are entitled to have any fines they paid refunded. Colorado is arguing that there is no such right. Kafka would be proud.”
How to make routine stories memorable
Field study suggests wealthy less willing to tax rich when poor people are around PhysOrg
Three of the biggest challenges associated with making any Knowledge Repository useful are 1) generating enough relevant content to keep up with the needs of its end users, 2) keeping that content up-to-date and fresh while underlying data and information continuously changes, and 3) enriching that content with advanced features that are well beyond the capabilities of manual content authoring, such as data visualizations. At the heart of the problem is the reality that manual authoring, formatting, curation and publishing of content is simply too slow, error prone, and expensive. As a result, many enterprises are turning to automated content generation solutions that address all three of these problems…”
IF4IT – Best Practices and Career Development for Information and Technology Management (ITM) professionals.
“Three of the biggest challenges associated with making any Knowledge Repository useful are 1) generating enough relevant content to keep up with the needs of its end users, 2) keeping that content up-to-date and fresh while underlying data and information continuously changes, and 3) enriching that content with advanced features that are well beyond the capabilities of manual content authoring, such as data visualizations. At the heart of the problem is the reality that manual authoring, formatting, curation and publishing of content is simply too slow, error prone, and expensive. As a result, many enterprises are turning to automated content generation solutions that address all three of these problems…”
IF4IT – Best Practices and Career Development for Information and Technology Management (ITM) professionals.
“Three of the biggest challenges associated with making any Knowledge Repository useful are 1) generating enough relevant content to keep up with the needs of its end users, 2) keeping that content up-to-date and fresh while underlying data and information continuously changes, and 3) enriching that content with advanced features that are well beyond the capabilities of manual content authoring, such as data visualizations. At the heart of the problem is the reality that manual authoring, formatting, curation and publishing of content is simply too slow, error prone, and expensive. As a result, many enterprises are turning to automated content generation solutions that address all three of these problems…”
In An Era Of Viral Media And Fake News, What Is The Role Of Libraries
“Making sense of information is hard, maybe increasingly so in today’s world. So what role have academic libraries played in helping people make sense of world bursting at the seams with information?”
Jeff John Roberts – “Last
time you dialed a corporate call center, did the agent seem nicer than
usual? That could be because companies now pull data from sites like
Facebook and LinkedIn in order to select an operator who is most likely
to charm you. – According to the Wall Street Journal,
phone giant Sprint and casino operator Caesars are among the firms
using the new matchmaker tools, which works by running phone numbers
through a variety of databases prior to when a call center agent picks
up the phone. The new system is based on the idea that it’s possible,
using thousands of call records, to determine which agents perform best
with certain type of customers
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, who is responsible for keeping government spending under control, billed taxpayers more than $23,000 for weekend trips to the beach resort town of Broome with his wife over five years.