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Die dramatischen Bilder von Genua bewegen. Eine Autobahnbrücke stürzt plötzlich ein, über 30 Menschen sterben. Und in welchem Zustand sind eigentlich die Brücken, auf denen wir tagtäglich unterwegs sind? Mehrmals im Jahr stürzt irgendwo auf der Welt eine Brücke ein, konstatiert ein Brückenexperte, wir erfahren nur oft nichts davon, weil die Unglücksorte weit weg liegen. So richtig beruhigend klingt das nicht, ebenso wenig wie die Feststellung, dass laut Bundesverkehrsministerium auch in Deutschland jede achte Brücke in schlechtem Zustand ist. Viele sind mehr als 40 Jahre alt und ein Vielfaches an Fahrzeugen rollt heute darüber als damals geplant. Auf Brücken verzichten will deswegen bestimmt keiner. Nicht nur, dass es sich um faszinierende Bauwerke handelt, die oft zum Wahrzeichen ihres Standorts werden. Sie schaffen unersetzliche Verbindungen, ermöglichen Begegnungen und dienen Liebenden nicht nur auf dem Pont Neuf für besondere Momente. "Der Tag" schlägt Brücken....moreCopy Link

In a riff on President Trump's campaign slogan, on Tuesday Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that America "was never that great," and the backlash from Republicans was swift. Listeners talk about whether or not they agree with the governor and why.

New York-based band Spanglish Fly are part band and part celebration with their brasstastic mix of Latin dance-funk and soul in homage to Boogaloo - that fusion of soul music, Rhythm & Blues, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms that was born in New York City in the 1960s. [See this excellent article from The Guardian for more history, and a bit of background on the documentary in which Spanglish Fly appears.] On their latest record, Ay Que Boogaloo!, Spanglish Fly both tips a cap to boogaloo and takes that style in unexpected directions, incorporating bolero, New Orleans funk, swing jazz, Arabic chant, and other new sounds. The band brings their irresistible groove to be our in-studio dance party. Watch the live session here:...moreCopy Link

We pay a visit to the renowned Cambridge classicist to discuss her career, her passion for the ancient world and her desire to share her expertise with the masses

With Antonia Quirke. Sir Richard Eyre discusses his re-union with novelist Ian McEwan with the release of The Children Act, three decades after they collaborated on The Ploughman's Lunch. Marc Forster discusses Christopher Robin, his take on what happened to Winnie The Pooh's friend after he left Hundred Acre Wood and got a job in the city Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and Rosemary Fletcher discuss the cross-over between children's and grown-up's movies.

Afua Hirsch and Matthew Taylor discuss Britain's current identity crisis at Wilderness Festival. Britain is a nation experiencing an identity crisis – populist movements attempt to draw us back to a nostalgic vision of homogenous, white Britain, whilst demographic changes see our cities more diverse and multi-dimensional than ever. How do we tackle issues like racism, identity and belonging against this backdrop, and are so-called ‘colour-blind’ liberals part of the problem? Barrister, broadcaster and author of the bestselling book ‘Brit(ish)’, Afua Hirsch delivers a rousing call-to-action for 21st century Britain. This event was recorded live at Wilderness Festival on Sunday 5th August 2018. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2018/08/rsa-presents-on-belonging-and-britishness...moreCopy Link

Introducing Outward, Slate's new monthly LGBTQ podcast! On the first episode, hosts Christina Cauterucci, Bryan Lowder, and New America’s Brandon Tensley—along with a smorgasbord of Slate staffers—reveal their queer roots. Does it all come down to crop tops? Then, in the debut Straight Studies segment, Slate features director Laura Bennett helps us decide if straight, cisgender people have roots, too. Then Alex Barasch joins the gang to talk about his Washington Post piece, “ Biology Is Not Destiny: Seeking a Scientific Explanation for Trans Identity Could Do More Harm Than Good."Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder.This episode is brought to you by HelloFresh, a meal kit delivery service that shops, plans, and delivers step-by-step recipes and pre-measured ingredients. For $20 off each of your first three boxes, go to hellofresh.com/outward30 and use the promo code outward30. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...moreCopy Link

Caitlin is having trouble with foxes in her back garden. Callers gave her tips on how to keep them away.

The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Harish Doddi on accelerating the path from prototype to production.In this episode of the Data Show, I spoke with Harish Doddi, co-founder and CEO of Datatron, a startup focused on helping companies deploy and manage machine learning models. As companies move from machine learning prototypes to products and services, tools and best practices for productionizing and managing models are just starting to emerge. Today’s data science and data engineering teams work with a variety of machine learning libraries, data ingestion, and data storage technologies. Risk and compliance considerations mean that the ability to reproduce machine learning workflows is essential to meet audits in certain application domains. And as data science and data engineering teams continue to expand, tools need to enable and facilitate collaboration. As someone who specializes in helping teams turn machine learning prototypes into production-ready services, I wanted to hear what Doddi has learned while working with organizations that aspire to “become machine learning companies.” Here are some highlights from our conversation: A central platform for building, deploying, and managing machine learning models In one of the companies where I worked, we had built infrastructure related to Spark. We were a heavy Spark shop. So we built everything around Spark and other components. But later, when that organization grew, a lot of people came from a TensorFlow background. That suddenly created a little bit of frustration in the team because everybody wanted to move to TensorFlow. But we had invested a lot of time, effort and energy in building the infrastructure for Spark. ... We suddenly had hidden technical debt that needed to be addressed. ... Let's say right now you have two models running in production and you know that in the next two or three years you are going to deploy 20 to 30 models. You need to start thinking about this ahead of time. ... That's why these days I observed that organizations are creating centralized teams. The centralized team is responsible for maintaining flexible machine learning infrastructure that can be used to deploy, operate, and monitor many models simultaneously. Feature store: Create, manage, and share canonical features When I talk to companies these days, everybody knows that their data scientists are duplicating work because they don't have a centralized feature store. Everybody I talk to really wants to build or even buy a feature store, depending on what is easiest for them. ... The number of data scientists within most companies is increasing. And one of the pain points I've observed is when a new data scientist joins an organization, there is an extreme amount of ramp-up period. A new data scientist needs to figure out what the data sets are, what the features are, so on and so forth. But if an organization had a feature store, the ramp-up period can be much faster. Related resources: “Lessons learned turning machine learning models into real products and services” “What are machine learning engineers?”: examining a new role focused on creating data products and making data science work in production “MLflow: A Platform for Managing the Machine Learning Lifecycle” "Managing risk in machine learning models": Andrew Burt and Steven Touw on how companies can manage models they cannot fully explain “We need to build machine learning tools to augment machine learning engineers” When models go rogue: David Talby on hard-earned lessons about using machine learning in production ...moreCopy Link

This week, our friend and colleague, Taffy Akner, chats with us about her viral article, "How Goop’s Haters Made Gwyneth Paltrow’s Company Worth $250 Million." We trace some similarities and differences between Gwyneth and fellow mogul, Oprah, and ask why the wellness industry, ironically, can make us feel bad. Taffy helps us understand how oftentimes, when our current healthcare systems fail to take the pain and suffering of women and gender non-conforming people seriously, Goop can offer a seductive alternative — that comes at a price.   Discussed this week:"How Goop’s Haters Made Gwyneth Paltrow’s Company Worth $250 Million" (Taffy Akner, The New York Times Magazine, July 25, 2018)"Our First Podcast: GP Sits Down with Oprah" (The Goop Podcast, March 8, 2018)...moreCopy Link

Learn Korean with KoreanClass101.com! Your friend calls you at the last minute and invites you to the movies in Korea, so you and your Korean roommate dash out the door, hop in your car, and get on the Korean highway. You’re peacefully driving along a few kilometers over the Korean speed limit, but it’s a [...]

Learn Hebrew travel phrases with HebrewPod101.com! A little Hebrew can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, HebrewPod101.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you! In this lesson, we cover a high frequency Hebrew phrase sure to be of use on your trip, travels or vacation to Israel. [...]

Learn German with GermanPod101.com! Our German vocabulary lists are listener favorites, and now we’ve made it even better! In each lesson, you’ll hear the German words and phrases from the German vocabulary lists. Join us for German Vocab Builder! In this lesson, you’ll learn the names for Months of the Year. Click here to make your [...]

Today’s episode is a super special quickie and it involves something I’ve been manifesting for years. While I was wrapping up my three-week European vacation I received notice that I was selected to be a speaker on one of the Oprah Magazine Cruises – yes, THE Oprah! My mind is still whirling from this news.   I firmly believe that this opportunity came up after I finally cleared enough stuff to make room for it while I allowed myself to recharge and get away on my trip. And honestly, as odd as it sounds, once I was able to actually “let go” of my dream to meet Oprah (there was literally a dream where it happened – listen to hear about it) and know that either way, I’m OK – it happened. It’s all about living into your gifts.   Here’s a little Manifestation 101 on how I was able to live into my Oprah manifestation: You have to put the work in, believe in a little bit of magic and have faith. Allow that dream to look different and probably the most important – be patient. Focus on why you’re awesome and what you love about yourself. Who or what brings out that part of you? Be the energy you want to attract. Raise your vibration to get there. Get clear and declare it. If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ve likely heard my Oprah dream quite a few times. ;) Release it. You are significant and loved regardless of whether or not this dream happens.   I would love to see you on the Oprah Cruise (to the Bahamas) with me! Check out the link in the resources and let’s fill that ship up with the highest-vibing people ever! It will be like a boat version of Bliss Project! Be sure to message or tag me on Instagram if you’re in – I cannot wait!     -- In This Episode Lori talks about:   Lori’s keynote speaker opportunity on an Oprah Magazine Cruise Letting go of dreams to allow them to happen Lori’s five tips to help you manifest what you desire    Resources:   Join Lori, Oprah Magazine’s staff and other thought leaders on the Oprah Magazine Cruise to the Bahamas | Oct. 28-Nov. 4! Go here for details: https://www.hollandamerica.com/en_US/cruise-ships/ms-nieuw-statendam/oprah-caribbean-adventure-of-your-life.html   Thrive Event | Sept. 14-16, 2018, Las Vegas AttendThrive.com   Go to ATribeCalledBliss.com to find out the latest on Lori’s book tour and join the world’s biggest tribe book club A Tribe Called Bliss by Lori Harder Now available at loriharder.com/amazon or ATribeCalledBliss.com   Join me on the A Tribe Called Bliss Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1571018952966750/   Check out my website at loriharder.com. Follow me on social media @LoriHarder on Instagram and Lori Harder on Facebook....moreCopy Link

John Carreyrou is the author of Bad Blood, a book about the rise and fall of healthcare startup Theranos. For year, Theranos and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, conned investors and customers with the promise of a new blood testing technology. Carreyrou's reporting helped expose fraud at the company. John talks to Preet about how people like General James Mattis got pulled into the Theranos orbit, and his own reporting drama around the story. Also this week, Preet answers your questions about the secret Omarosa tapes and the dramatic Paul Manfort trial. Do you have a question for Preet? Tweet them to @PreetBharara with the hashtag #askpreet, email staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 and leave a voicemail....moreCopy Link

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Four music nerds and professionals tell us how to find new (and good) music in the age of the algorithm.Today's story'Finding new music in the algorithm age' by Ann-Derrick Gaillot → https://theoutline.com/post/5759/how-do-i-find-new-music?utm_source=topic_cultureCreditsToday you heard from Ann Derrick-Gaillot. We're hosted and produced by James T. Green. Our theme is by John Lagomarsino.If you’re interested in pitching a story to the Dispatch? Email james.green@theoutline.com.Find the Dispatch on Twitter, @OutlineDispatch.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...moreCopy Link

This episode is ALL Weird of The Week! Coke nuns, lunch lady thieves, and drunk wasps! Has the D.B. Cooper mystery been solved? Why are lullabies always so dark? All this and more!

AUTHOR. (Photo:Hong Kong waterfront, 1900s. Note: Queen's Building was built in 1899. The pier is probably the temporary pier off Ice House Street [1894-1911] [1], that was leased to the Star Ferry Co. from 1900. It was replaced by the Second Generation Star Ferry Pier in 1912. Date 1941 - 45 Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/acstudio/sets/72157622555491467/ Author Unknown ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China's Communists cannot agree what to do about the flagging economy. @acollier @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast...moreCopy Link

A new protection racket is in town and they threaten that if Blackie exposes them, they’ll accuse Mary of killing a man in her car while driving upstate. Original Air Date: August 27, 1947... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]