A $4 billion LA settlement impacts nationwide policies and practices significantly

A $4 billion LA settlement impacts nationwide policies and practices significantly

How do we as a society make up for past wrongs? Last week, Los Angeles County reached a tentative agreement to pay $4 billion in order to settle more than 6,800 sexual abuse claims. Filed in the wake of a 2020 law, which allows victims of childhood abuse to sue their abusers even after the statute of limitations has expired, some of these claims go back as far as the 1950s. Most of the harm occurred at juvenile detention facilities and at the MacLaren Children’s Center. According to The New York Times, MacLaren, which was open from 1961 to 2003…
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Essential Steps to Launch Your Own Successful Shoe Business Today

Essential Steps to Launch Your Own Successful Shoe Business Today

​ Key Takeaways Market Understanding: The global footwear market is valued at approximately $365 billion, growing at a CAGR of nearly 5.4%, highlighting the importance of identifying lucrative niches within the industry. Trends for Success: Stay ahead by leveraging key trends such as sustainability, e-commerce, customization, and digital marketing to enhance brand visibility and consumer appeal. Niche Definition: Clearly define your target market, focusing on specific segments like athletic, luxury, or eco-friendly shoes to differentiate your brand and tailor your product offerings. Effective Planning: Developing a comprehensive business plan that outlines your model, target audience, and strategies for sourcing and…
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Guide to Transform Text into High-Quality Audio with Open Source TTS

Guide to Transform Text into High-Quality Audio with Open Source TTS

In this tutorial, we demonstrate a complete end-to-end solution to convert text into audio using an open-source text-to-speech (TTS) model available on Hugging Face. Leveraging the capabilities of the Coqui TTS library, the tutorial walks you through initializing a state-of-the-art TTS model (in our case, “tts_models/en/ljspeech/tacotron2-DDC”), processing your input text, and saving the resulting synthesis as a high-quality WAV audio file. In addition, we integrate Python’s audio processing tools, including the wave module and context managers, to analyze key audio file attributes like duration, sample rate, sample width, and channel configuration. This step-by-step guide is designed to cater to beginners…
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LightPROF: A Lightweight AI Framework for Complex Reasoning with Knowledge Graphs

LightPROF: A Lightweight AI Framework for Complex Reasoning with Knowledge Graphs

Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized natural language processing, with abilities on complex zero-shot tasks through extensive training data and vast parameters. However, LLMs often struggle with knowledge-intensive tasks due to limited task-specific prior knowledge and understanding capabilities. LLMs need access to reliable and continuously updated knowledge bases for effective reasoning, with Knowledge Graphs (KGs) being ideal candidates due to their structured semantic framework. Current approaches to LLM reasoning on KGs encounter two obstacles: representing KG content as extensive text fails to convey rich logical relationships within the graph structure, and retrieval and reasoning processes demand numerous LLM calls and…
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