Brian Merchant defends the Luddites: They were not opposed to progress, and certainly not to technology; most were skilled technicians themselves, who spent their days working on machines at home or in small shops. It is true that the Luddites hammered certain machines to pieces, but it wasn’t technology itself they were protesting — it ...continue reading "ChatGPT can train itself on your book. Deal with it."
From Construction Dive: Laura Cosgriff gets daily phone calls from local contractors looking for students to employ — and the frequency of those calls has increased in recent years. The construction technology coordinator for Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, said the volume of calls is so high she’s developed a canned response and […]
ALTON - OSF Healthcare and Lewis & Clark Community College partnered to help OSF patients with oral health needs while giving students valuable hands-on experience, and the partnership has been a major benefit for all parties involved. Kristi Davis with OSF and Dr. Kent Splaingard with LCCC appeared on an episode of Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com to discuss the partnership and how it got started. As an inpatient speech therapist for OSF, Davis said she also deals with “swallowing disorders” and emphasized the importance of keeping one’s mouth clean to benefit their health overall. After noticing many patients weren’t keeping their mouths clean, she looked to LCCC for assistance. “Having a clean mouth is really, really important … a lot of patients weren’t keeping their mouth clean, and I only have so much time - some of these mouths required a lot more than me,” Davis said. “You look around the hospital and
In the past I’ve sometimes described Australia as the land where internet policy is completely upside down. Rather than having a system that protects intermediaries from liability for third party content, Australia went the opposite direction. Rather than recognizing that a search engine merely links to content and isn’t responsible for the content at those […]
This Apple Watch Portable USB Charger allows you to charge anytime, anywhere. With a built-in magnetic adsorption module, you can charge your watch immediately after contact. This charger has the ability to charge your watch within 2 to 3 hours fully. It’s lightweight and portable, so you can charge your watch while traveling, when working […]
GODFREY - Superintendent Kristie Baumgartner, Alton School Board members and high school administration are sifting through video and investigating a group of incidents that occurred at the high school on Wednesday. Alton High School was closed on Thursday and will resume with remote learning on Friday. Alton School Board President Dave Lauschke said at the time of the interview it has been determined there were five fights that occurred but he has heard as many as 10 or 12, and some could have been sub-fights that broke out slightly away from other fights. He confirmed no weapons were involved just individuals hitting one another. He said from what he knows, no teacher, administrator, or student appeared to be seriously injured in the incidents. Lauschke said he was uncertain what next week would bring as far as classes and he said he knew law enforcement and school administrators would be monitoring social media over the weekend about these issues. He also said quite a few kids
Nearly 40 years ago, Victoria McMullen and her husband traveled from St. Louis to Sikeston to adopt a six-year-old boy with severe developmental disabilities named Ron. Now 44, Ron has cerebral palsy, autism and intellectual disabilities. He’s unable to live independently and for the last 23 years his parents have relied on a state service […]
Artists First is an inclusive center for artists of all abilities. One artist there, Danny Speck, who has a brain injury, is drawn to interesting facial expressions, animals and people.
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DECATUR — Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) at the 2023 Farm Progress Show to announce funding for a grant program aimed at breaking down the stigma of accessing mental health services in agricultural communities. The announcement was made in partnership with the Illinois FFA Foundation and the Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine. “As Governor, as a father, and as someone who has personally witnessed the mental health epidemic among family and friends, there is nothing more important than making sure every Illinoisan has access to the mental health services they need to lead happier and healthier lives,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Our greatest problems require our most creative solutions — and I am confident that this grant program will simultaneously break down barriers and open up doors for our state’s number one providers.” "As Chair of the Governor's Rural Affairs
When Luka Cai moved to St. Louis in 2016, the Tivoli Theater was a special place. Cai came here from Singapore, a “queer-phobic” environment where they say they felt pressured to be straight and cisgender.
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