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WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TRAVEL TO TECHNOLOGY XC CHALLENGE
Newark, N.J. (10/5/19) The Dominican College women’s cross country team traveled to the Technology XC Challenge, hosted by New Jersey Institute of Technology, at Branch Brook Park this morning. Sophomore Ann McCormack (Pearl River, N.Y.) was the high finisher for the Lady Chargers as she finished the 5k race in 119th place overall with a …
Facial recognition technology scrapped at King’s Cross site | Technology
Facial recognition technology will not be deployed at the King’s Cross development in the future, following a backlash prompted by the site owner’s admission last month that the software had been used in its CCTV systems. The developer behind the prestigious central London site said the surveillance software had been used between May 2016 and …
ICO opens investigation into use of facial recognition in King’s Cross | Technology
The UK’s privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into the use of facial recognition cameras in a busy part of central London. The information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, announced she would look into the technology being used in Granary Square, close to King’s Cross station. Two days ago the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wrote to …
King’s Cross developer defends use of facial recognition
Image copyright Getty Images The developer behind a 67-acre site in the King’s Cross area of central London has defended its use of facial recognition technology. Under data protection laws, firms must provide clear evidence that there is a need to record and use people’s images. A spokeswoman said the tool was used to “ensure …
World Cross Stitch Day celebrated in Wausau
WAUSAU Wis. (WAOW) — It was World Cross Stitch Day on Friday. A mother-daughter team from Cincinnati that goes by the name “Just Keep Stitchin’” on YouTube, celebrated with fans of the craft at Needle Workshop in Wausau. The pair travel the world meeting with other stitching enthusiasts. On Friday, they met fans from Madison, …
Franky ‘Flyboard’ Zapata fails in attempt to cross Channel | World news
Frenchman Franky Zapata has failed in his effort to cross the Channel on his jet-power hoverboard. Zapata fell into the sea as he attempted to land on a vessel to refuel half way across the Channel. A member of his team said the movement of the waves required “perfect timing” and the landing platform had …
Globalization – How It Impacts Cross Cultural Relationships
It used to be that ‘Cross-Culture” meant reaching across ethnicities. The bar for developing a successful relationship with individuals or groups of other cultures was low. You needed to communicate a common language, or used an interpreter, understood the basic do’s and don’t of the culture and conducted your relationship without much thought to anything …
Cross Cultural Advertising
“Culture is a like dropping an Alka-seltzer into a glass – you don’t see it, but somehow it does something,” Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Culture affects everything we do. This applies to all areas of human life from personal relationships to conducting business abroad. When interacting within our native cultures, culture acts as a framework of …
Pros and Cons of a Cross Cultural Relationship
Dating has indeed become global, and finding a soulmate on that scale can be rewarding if managed well, and conversely, heart-breaking if not. Those who are contemplating on how to find love beyond their physical borders (especially for people who are still single after 40) should weigh the pros and cons of a cross-cultural relationship …
Supreme Court rules memorial cross in Maryland can remain
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented from the 7-2 ruling in the case and took the unusual step of reading her dissent from the bench. “Just as a Star of David is not suitable to honor Christians who died serving their country, so a cross is not suitable to honor those of other faiths who died …
