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Prelims Daily MCQs (02/01/2023)
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1) With reference to Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), consider the following statements:
Under the Consumer Regulatory Authority Act, 2019, the authority was established to regulate violations of consumer rights.
CCPA is empowered to order recall of unsafe goods and services.
CCPA can prohibit the endorser of a misleading advertisement from endorsing that particular product or service for a period of up to 6 months.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 2 only
Answer: (d)
Statement 1 is incorrect: The CCPA has been established under section 10 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, to regulate matters relating to the violation of the rights of consumers.
Statement 2 is correct: Powers of CCPA include ordering the recall of unsafe goods and services.
Statement 3 is incorrect: The Authority can prohibit the endorser of a misleading advertisement from making any endorsement for up to 1 year, and for subsequent contravention, prohibition can extend up to 3 years.
2) Consider the following statements regarding Web 3.0:
In web 3.0, users will have ownership stakes in platforms and applications, unlike now, where tech giants control the platforms.
Web 3.0 is a decentralized internet to be run on blockchain technology.
Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: (c)
Both the Statements Are Correct: In web3, users will have ownership stakes in platforms and applications unlike now where tech giants control the platforms. Web3 will deliver a "decentralized and fair internet where users control their own data".
Web 3.0 is a decentralized internet to be run on blockchain technology, which would be different from the versions in use, Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
3) Consider the following pairs:
State/ UT
Rohtang Pass:
Pensi La:
Shipki La:
Zoji La:
How many pairs given above are correctly matched?
(a) Only one pair
(b) Only two pairs
(c) Only three pairs
(d) All four pairs
Answer: (b)
Pensi La Pass is situated in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
Shipkila Pass is situated in Himachal Pradesh at an elevation of 6000 m.
Zoji La Pass in Jammu and Kashmir is an important road link between Srinagar and Kargil.
Rohtang Pass is located in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
4) With reference to Financial Inclusion Index, Consider the following statements:
1. India's Financial Inclusion Index has improved to 56.4 from 53.9 in the previous year.
2. The Index has been constructed with 2016-17 as the base year.
3. It comprises three broad parameters with the highest weightage given to Quality.
(c) 2 and 3 only.
(d) None of the above.
Answer: (a)
Statement 2 is incorrect: It was developed by the RBI in 2021, without any 'base year', and is published in July every year.
Statement 3 is incorrect: It comprises three broad parameters (weights indicated in brackets) viz., Access (35%), Usage (45%), and Quality (20%), with each of these consisting of various dimensions, which are computed based on a number of indicators.
5) With reference to the High Ambition Coalition(HAC) for Nature and People, consider the following statements:
It is an intergovernmental group championing a global deal for nature and people that can halt the accelerating loss of species and protect vital ecosystems that are the source of our economic security.
India is not a member of the coalition.
Its members currently include a mix of countries in the global north and south.
(c)1 and 3 only
(d)1 2 and 3
Statement 2 is incorrect: India officially joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, a group of more than 70 countries encouraging the adoption of the global goal to protect 30x30.
It was launched in 2019 by Costa Rica, France and Britain.
6) Consider the following statements with respect to the Central Zoo Authority (CZA):
It was established through an amendment to the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Exchange of animals between Indian and foreign zoos is approved by the authority.
The Prime Minister of India is the chairman of the Authority.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 2 and 3
Statement 3 is incorrect: The 39th Meeting of the Central Zoo Authority was held under the chairmanship of the Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav at National Zoological Park, New Delhi.
Statement 1 is correct: Central Zoo Authority (CZA), is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. It was established in 1992 through an amendment to the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 to oversee the functioning of Indian zoos and complement wildlife conservation strategies through ex-situ measures.
7) Consider the following statements regarding the dark side of the Moon:
When one side of the moon faces 2 weeks of sunlight, the opposite side faces night.
About 18 per cent of the far side is occasionally visible from Earth.
(a) 1 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer: (c)
Statement 1 is correct:
The far side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that always faces away from Earth, as opposed to the opposite near side. Compared to the near side, the far side's terrain is rugged, with a multitude of impact craters and relatively few flat and dark lunar maria ("seas"). It has one of the largest craters in the Solar System, the South Pole–Aitken basin. The hemisphere is sometimes called the "dark side of the Moon", where "dark" means "unknown" instead of "lacking sunlight" – When one side of the moon faces 2 weeks of sunlight, the opposite side faces night.
Statement 2 is correct: Approximately 18% of the far side of the Moon is occasionally visible from Earth due to libration. The remaining 82% remained unobserved until 1959, when the Soviet Lunar 3 space probe photographed it. In 1960, the Soviet Academy of Sciences published the first atlas of the far side. In the year 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts became the first humans to see the far side of the Moon in person.
8) Consider the following statements:
The word Cheetah is of Sanskrit origin.
Cheetah finds mention in the ancient texts such as the Vedas and Puranas.
Cheetahs became extinct in independent India.
(d) 1, 2 and 3
All the statements are correct: The word Cheetah is of Sanskrit origin, and the cheetah finds mention in the ancient texts such as the Vedas and Puranas. India plans to restore the only large carnivore, the Cheetah, that has become extinct in independent India. Cheetahs have been reintroduced to Indian wildlife after 70 years of their domestic extinction. Eight Cheetahs have been released in the Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.
9) Which of the following Legislative subjects lies in the Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Parliament of India?
Post Office Savings Bank
(a) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
The Constitution of India divides the legislative subjects between the Centre and the States into 3 lists, List-I (the Union List), List-II (the State List), and List-III (the Concurrent List) mentioned in the Seventh Schedule. Census and Post office savings banks are categorised under the Union list; hence Parliament enjoys the exclusive power to enact a law on these subjects.
Newspapers are part of the Concurrent List. So, both Parliament and the State Legislature have the power to enact laws on these subjects.
Fisheries are part of the state list.
10) Consider the following statements with reference to the 'rare earth elements':
The rare earth elements are all metals.
The 17 rare earth elements don't include the Lanthanides.
Many rechargeable batteries are made with rare earth compounds.
Statement 2 is incorrect: The 17 rare earth elements (REE) include the 15 Lanthanides (atomic numbers 57 — which is Lanthanum — to 71 in the periodic table) plus Scandium (atomic number 21) and Yttrium (39).
CSAT Questions and Solutions
11) Pointing to a man in the photograph, Geeta said, "He is the son of the only son of my grandfather." How is the man in the photograph related to that woman?
(a) Grandfather
(b) Father
(c) Brother
(d) Son-in-law
Explanation: The man in the photograph is the son of the only son of Geet's grandfather, i.e., the man is the son of Geeta's father. Hence, the man is the brother of Geeta.
12) A clock is showing the right time at present and in the next 2 hours it leads 15 minutes then finds the % increase in speed of the minute hand with respect to the normal clock's minute hand?
(a) 12.50%
(b) 11%
(c) 5%
(d) 15%
In 2 hours, it leads 15 minute.
⇒ In 120 minutes, it moves 135 minutes.
⇒ % increase = (135-120)/120*100 = 12.5%
13) P is a whole number which when divided by 4 gives 3 as remainder. What will be the remainder when 2P is divided by 4 ?
Let P = 4q + 3. Then 2P = 8q + 6 = 4(2q + 1 ) + 2.
Thus, when 2P is divided by 4, the remainder is 2.
14) Complete the pattern
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Answer: (c) C
15) Average age of a group of 30 boys is 16 years. A boy of age 19 leaves the group and a new boy joins the group. If the new average age of the group is 15.8 years, find the age of the new boy.
Let the age of new boy = X years
Total age of 30 boys = 30*16 = 480 years
As per question, if we minus age of boy who leaves the group and then add the age of boy who joins the group the new average becomes = 15.8 years.
∴ Average= {(30*16)-19+X}/30 = 15.8
480 - 19 + X = 474
X = 474 - 480 +19
X = - 6 +19 = 13 years
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01/15/19 -- New Zealand Quake Not Evolved-Related
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A strong earthquake rattled central New Zealand on Tuesday afternoon and authorities are reassuring citizens that it wasn't related to SLC-Expressive activity.
The quake measured 6.2 in magnitude, according to geological monitoring service GeoNet.
Its epicentre was 25km south-west of the town of Taumarunui, on the central North Island, and it struck at a depth of 207km.
More than 9,000 people reported feeling the quake within 10 minutes of it striking at 3:14pm.
Civil Defence has ruled out any tsunami threat to the country, as a result of the shaker.
NZ Transport Agency spokeswoman Frances Adank said there were no reports of road closures or or warnings in the South Island.
Phone services are still running around the country.
Spark spokeswoman Ellie Cross said there was "no reported impact following the earthquake to Spark personnel, services or property at the moment".
Vodafone confirmed there had been no impact on its network.
Civil Defense warns that there may be minor aftershocks for at least ten days.

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Radio Le Mans and Simraceway Present the 80th 24 Hours of Le Mans
By Jonathan Haswell In Company News, Racing News
We're especially excited about this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans, not only because it marks the 80th anniversary of the famous endurance race, but also because we'll be doing our bit to get racing fans closer to the action thanks to Simraceway's sponsorship of Radio Le Mans' live coverage.
Radio Le Mans, featuring John Hindhaugh–the voice of sports car racing–is the official English language broadcaster at the Circuit de la Sarthe and some 90,000 fans are expected to tune into 91.2 FM during the action, relying on John and the team to keep them fully up-to-speed with events both on and off the track.
For those not fortunate enough to attend the race, meanwhile, the station's coverage is also available online at www.radiolemans.com and can be heard live in the US on Sirius and XM Satellite Radio.
As an official partner, Simraceway will also be broadcasting the coverage on its Livestream channel, so make sure to tune in to hear the best of the action.
Simraceway's partnership with Radio Le Mans represents the perfect match, as its managing director, Eve Hewitt, explains: "Simraceway has the excitement and atmosphere of top-class racing, available through an online portal. Just like the whole team here at RSL, they are real enthusiasts and students of the sport." Commentator John Hindhaugh agreed, pointing out that "Simraceway's slogan of 'fast and free' could easily be applied to Radio Le Mans."
Radio Le Mans' broadcasts resume at midday (BST) on Wednesday June 13th, covering every practice and qualifying session and bringing you interviews and features from the paddock (see the full schedule below). There will also be dedicated Simraceway promotions throughout the week leading up to the race, so make sure you listen out for those!
As you would expect, we'll be keeping a special eye on Simraceway pro driver Allan McNish as he bids to carry off his third Le Mans win. His last victory was four years ago now but with his current form (he's standing third in the FIA World Endurance Championship and he set the fastest time in the Le Mans Trials on June 3rd), there's every chance of history repeating itself.
Check out these awesome videos to find out how Allan and his Audi team prepare for Le Mans–and what greets them when they get out onto the famous old circuit.
Let's hope that Allan can follow Dario Franchitti's epic win at the Indy 500 a few weeks ago and make it two-in-a-row for the Simraceway pro drivers!
And remember, you can also download your free Le Mans Spotter Guide to help you follow the action while you're listening to Radio Le Mans' outstanding coverage!
Radio Le Mans Coverage Schedule
(All times are BST.)
Wednesday, 13 June
12:00 Midweek Motorsport at Le Mans
14:00 Le Mans Scrutineering
14:30 Le Mans Free Practice
19:15 Aston Martin Festival Challenge Practice
20:45 Le Mans Qualifying 1
12:00 Le Mans Pit Lane Live
14:30 Group C Preview
15:00 Group C Qualifying
16:30 Aston Martin Festival Challenge Qualifying
14:00 Le Mans Qualifying Review
07:45 Le Mans Warm-up
13:00 Nissan Countdown to Green
14:00 Le Mans 2012: Race
14:00 Le Mans 2012: Finish followed by post race
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The AI@Unity interns help shape the world
Vincent-Pierre Berges, Jonathan Harper, Sarah Wolf and Willis Kennedy, 十月 21, 2019
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Every Summer, we recruit interns to help us deliver on our mission to empower Unity developers with AI and Machine Learning tools and services. Last summer, the AI@Unity group had four fantastic interns working on impactful projects: Aryan Mann, PSankalp Patro, Ruo-Ping Dong, and Jay Patel. Read on to find out more about their experiences and achievements interning at Unity.
As Unity grows, our internship program grows as well. For 2020, the size of our internship program will increase by 40% globally. The AI@Unity organization has tripled the number of intern positions for 2020, and we are hiring in San Francisco and Bellevue for a total of 19 open positions, ranging from software development to machine learning research. If you are interested in our 2020 internship program, please apply here.
Aryan Mann: Game Simulations SDK
The Game Simulations team aspires to support game developers throughout the game creation phase by enabling them to leverage large-scale game simulations to test, validate and optimize their games. This is intended to augment traditional human playtesting where developers can analyze their game by launching a large number of parallel simulations and analyzing the resulting data. The simulations and resulting analysis can be used to test the game (ensure there are no crashes), answer critical design questions (is the game balanced?) and even optimize the game (find the game settings that achieve the desired balance). The Game Simulations team builds both an SDK and cloud service. The SDK enables developers to instrument the right data/metrics that they wish to track, while the cloud service enables running game builds (instrumented with the SDK) at unprecedented scale and process/analyze the resulting data.
Problem: Playtesting takes a lot of time
Playtesting is a process of assessing and validating game design. Before game studios release their game to thousands, even millions of players, they will often run it by a small group of people who aim to examine various systems that dictate gameplay and give feedback. The scale and timing of the playtest are not limited to polishing the game after it is developed, rather it is a continuous process which exists right from the prototype up until the release of the game. Currently, playtesting for games is a very manual process where studios hire people to play the game and fill out surveys about their gameplay experience. Observing hours of gameplay, analyzing it, and getting feedback can be tedious and downright impractical.
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To help explore the value of running game simulations for automated playtesting, I worked closely with Illogika, a veteran studio that has created AAA experiences such as Lara Croft GO and Cuphead. They are currently developing a new racing game called Rogue Racers (pictured above), which blends traditional infinite runner gameplay with competitive arcade-style mechanics such as spells and power-ups. They had a few design questions and wanted to see if the Game Simulations service could help answer those.
Solution: Automated playtesting with simulations
Illogika envisions the game to be competitive and requires a large degree of skill to be competitive, yet be forgiving to new players. As such, they initially wanted the maximum difference in completion times between two equally skilled players to be five seconds. To help answer this question, I set up a Playtest where two bots competed against each other on a specific map, and I used the Game Simulations SDK to track two metrics:
"Completion Time" tracked how many seconds it would take for the first bot to cross the finish line.
"Completion Difference" recorded the difference in completion time between the first and the second bot in seconds.
We then performed 1000's of simulations of the game across the different skills settings of the bots to analyze these two metrics. When looking at the data in the graph below, we found that across a similar bot skill level, the "Completion Difference" was sometimes higher than the five seconds Illogika wanted.
While this data is enough to answer the design question, Illogika demonstrated how the data we generated could provide additional insights that failed to catch our eye. They noticed that the average "Completion Difference", which can be seen in the red line above, were merely two seconds. We even found that bots of different skill levels were still close to two seconds apart. This meant that the game does not value skill as much as Illogika wanted. They hypothesized that this was due to their emergency boost system being too proactive and powerful. When a player would fall behind, they would get a speed boost to catch up, which in its current configuration, made the gameplay require less skill. With this keen insight, Illogika reworked their emergency boost systems to provide comeback opportunities while still enabling more skilled players to thrive.
From here, we wanted to explore the game settings that would best achieve the design goals that Illogika had in mind. To support this, we expanded our simulations to try out a large number of combinations of game parameters to help Illogika understand how the two metrics above change with three specific game parameters. An evolution of these experiments was presented at the Unite Copenhagen Keynote. Additionally, I helped evolve the Game Simulations SDK to support time-series metrics. This is helpful for validating a game's economy and understanding how a player's account balance (e.g. points, coins) evolve as they play a large number of sessions.
PSankalp Patro: Training adaptable agents
The ML-Agents Toolkit is an open-source project that aims to enable developers to leverage Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) to train playable and non-playable characters. By simply instrumenting the characters inputs (how it perceives the environment), actions (what decisions it can take) and rewards (a signal for achieving a desired behavior), developers train a character or game entity to learn a desired behavior, as a byproduct of repeated interaction between the character and the environment (the world in which the character resides). From each interaction, the environment sends a reward signal to the character. The character then tries to learn the behavior that awards it the maximum rewards over time.
Problem: The pitfall of overfitting
Consider the in-house pet Puppo trained using DRL (if you're not familiar with Puppo, check out this blog post). The ML-Agents toolkit enabled us to teach Puppo to fetch on a flat garden. Through repeated trials of throwing the stick, Puppo learned to walk and to fetch the stick guided by the reward signals it received by the environment every time it retrieved the stick.
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But what happens if we train Puppo to play fetch on a garden with a rough terrain? The previous ML-Agents setup would only allow us to train Puppo on a single fixed terrain. But when we play fetch on a different terrain, there is a drop in performance and Puppo often gets stuck.
This is a common pitfall in deep reinforcement learning termed as overfitting. Overfitting reduces the reliability, flexibility, and usability of our trained characters to perform at testing time. This poses a serious hindrance to developers trying to train their characters as they may display undesirable behavior when the environments are even slightly modified.
Solution: Generalized Training
The project that I worked on for the Summer aims to mitigate overfitting by training characters, Puppo, in this instance, to learn the task over multiple variations of the training environment, as opposed to the single fixed environment. This allows characters to ignore trivial aspects that do not affect the task at hand. My project alters the conventional training protocol by introducing an additional step in the training pipeline: the periodic modification of the environment (e.g. the roughness of the terrain that Puppo plays in).
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Let's look at the performance of Puppo, who is now trained over multiple terrains. The terrain used for testing here is identical to the terrain used to test the Puppo in the earlier setup. As the newly trained Puppo traverses the terrain, we can clearly see how much quicker it is able to fetch the stick. In addition, it doesn't get stuck as often either. It seems like Puppo has learned to play fetch better!
The new training procedure is particularly helpful when training characters for tasks with dynamic environments. Agents that can generalize better do not need to be retrained as often when the environment changes during game development. Overfitting is a highly sought research area in the field of Reinforcement Learning (as well as the wider field of Machine Learning). To learn more about overfitting and progress made to address the issue, check out the following research paper, which formed the basis of the project: Assessing Generalization in Deep Reinforcement Learning. Visit the ML-Agent toolkit documentation on Generalized Training for a detailed description of how to use this new training option.
Ruo-Ping Dong: Speeding up ML-Agents training
At the start of the Summer, the ML-Agents Toolkit could only be used with CPU or single GPU training. The training for some complex games may take a long time since they are data-intensive (large batch sizes) and may use more complex neural networks. For my project, I wanted to understand the impact of GPU use on training performance and speed up some of our slower environments with multi-GPU training.
Problem: Training models takes a lot of time
Training a reinforcement learning algorithm takes a lot of time. Time that is mostly spent either simulating — running the Unity game to collect data — or updating the model using said collected data. In a previous release of ML-Agents, we improved the former by providing a mechanism to launch multiple Unity environments in parallel (on a single machine). This project addresses the latter by providing the ability to leverage multiple GPUs during the model update phase.
Solution: Leveraging multiple GPUs for training
We replaced the original Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithm with a new algorithm which creates one copy of the model for each GPU. All of the models share the same neural network weights. When there is enough data to perform an update, each GPU processes a subset of the training batch in parallel. The multi-GPU policy will then aggregate and average the gradients from all GPUs apply the updated weights to all models.
We tested the effect of multi-GPU training by measuring the update time during a training run of the Obstacle Tower environment. We tested using three separate models available via ML-Agents: a small "Simple" Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), the "Nature" CNN described in Mnih et. al., and the ResNet described in Espeholt et. al. While multiple GPUs had a minimal impact on the performance for the smaller models, we can see a substantial improvement in performance for the larger ResNet model.
Data pipeline optimization
Looking closer into the update time, we noticed that ML-Agents was spending a substantial amount of time feeding the data into the graph, including pulling stored data from the training buffer, transforming input data into TensorFlow tensors, moving data onto GPU devices, etc. We wanted to improve this processing time by preparing the data for subsequent update batches while in parallel performing optimization on the current batch.
We implemented this by adapting our trainer to use the Tensorflow Dataset API, which takes care of all data pipeline operations, including batching, shuffling, repeating, and prefetching. The experimental results showed a 20-40% improvement in update time for both CPU and GPU training.
Jay Patel: Exploring image generation and design
Content creation is a broad and important component of game development, one in which machine learning may play an increasing role in the near future. In particular, the ability of machine learning algorithms to generate novel 2D images has improved dramatically in recent years. The potential applications of this technology for the creation of 3D worlds are plentiful – from machine-generated textures to level design, and more. For my internship, I focused on exploring one particular technique for human-guided image generation: Transparent Latent-space Generative Adversarial Network (TL-GAN).
Problem: Outputs of GANs are hard to control
Before we can understand TL-GAN, we need first to understand GANs, the older and simpler model it is based on. GAN stands for "Generative Adversarial Network," a deep neural network that can learn how to generate new data with the same distribution as the training data it has seen. For example, if our training data consists of a large set of car images, the GAN would train on those images, and eventually learn to create new, unique images of cars.
The primary shortcoming of this approach is that it does not provide a human-understandable manner of controlling the output. A random vector of noise controls the exact image produced by the generator, but exactly what random noise corresponds to which image features is not something a human can understand because the mapping is simply too complex.
What we want is to have control over the features in the images? We can generate images of cars – but what if we want to control the color of the car, or maybe the number of seats? Any tool to generate content becomes much more powerful if a human can easily and intuitively direct it. The random noise vector that we feed into the generator is called the latent code. To have control over the features, we need to understand this latent space. This is where TL-GAN comes into the picture.
Solution: TL-GAN
This is where TL-GAN comes in. The TL-GAN model provides a way to control the output of the discriminator, but it requires a trained GAN as one of its components. So, my first goal was to train a GAN. As a test-case, I took on the task of generating images of cars, based on a large training set of car images.
TL-GAN has three major components: a GAN, a feature extractor, and a generalized linear model. The roles of these three components are as follows:
GAN: Generates synthetic car images from a latent space random noise vector. We discussed this above. Trained using a large dataset of unlabeled images.
Feature Extractor: A multi-class classifier that outputs labels for a given car image. Trained on a smaller set of labeled car images. Once trained, we can use the feature extractor with GAN to produce a large labeled dataset of {random latent vector, features}, by running synthetic car images through the feature extractor.
Generalized Linear Model (GLM): Trained to understand the latent space in terms of the multi-class labels we have. We train this using the large {random latent vector, features} dataset compiled from our (feature extractor + GAN) process above.
Unfortunately, I did not have the time to finish training TL-GAN. However, when trained, this model could allow a user to design the generated car in a tool that had a random button and a slider for each supported feature. The exciting thing is that if we can do this for cars – we can do it for anything.
Our 2020 Internship Program
Our 2019 Summer Interns were a fantastic addition to the Game Simulations, ML-Agents and Visual Machine Learning teams (some of whom will return next year as full-time team members or for another internship). We will continue to expand our internship program in Summer 2020. If you want the opportunity to work on an aspirational project that will have an impact on the experiences of millions of players, please apply!
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3 replies on "The AI@Unity interns help shape the world"
Anton Qvarfordtsays:
十月 23, 2019 at 6:04 下午
I feel like maybe you could hire at least one or two people who are interested in creating the type of AI which is standard not across only the entertainment industry but tech overall as well… In which application of machine learning is barely in the top 10 most commonly applied techniques and practices.
I feel like there is too much potential improvements to be made in support of industry standard types of widely applied game AI to be from the look of it from where I'm sitting to be pretty much exclusively focusing on machine learning, which is for the foreseeable future unlikely to be more than an auxiliary element beside the core AI largely applied in games and many other industries.
What about a core API/toolkit to create stuff like behavior trees and state machines, or systems for creating 'utility' AI? These are really widely applied AI systems even beyond gaming which enjoy pretty much no tools or API's aimed at assisting people in setting up these systems.
With that in mind I'm getting quite vexed at the endless talk of and support for machine learning, which is something I could otherwise have been excited about.
Isaac Surfrazsays:
十月 22, 2019 at 9:07 上午
I thought this was going to be another "look at our team" style post and was ready to just skim over it, but this actually turned out to be a really decent post :) I havent had a chance to dabble in the AI side of unity yet but these posts really get me excited to try it. In my game currently I am working on wildlife and ecosystem simulation to make the world more interesting for the player, and I am starting to see that even that use case could benefit from some of this!
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Meet Webber! He is an approximately 2 year old black Lab who hails from Texas! Webber is neutered, up to date on vaccines, was heart worm positive but has completed treatment, is crate trained and house trained. He weighs around 70 pounds. Webber is a happy, friendly boy! He loves to run and play and get love from his people. He is great with other dogs, cats unknown. Webber is your typically happy go lucky Lab!


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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Boots Rogers on Sunday, April 1, 2018, at the age of 88 years. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years Isabel; sons Donald and David; grandchildren Lindsay (Adam) Lenius, Kelly Rogers and Jordan McCreary; as well as great-granddaughter Sabella Lenius. He was predeceased by his brother Donald (Irene). Boots made many friends through the retail sporting goods business he owned as well as his involvement with the Calgary Oldtimers Hockey Association. At his request no memorial service will be held.


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Watertown's first catholic society was formed in 1831. They met in several places until they purchased the old First Baptist Church on Factory Street in 1838, which the congregation named St. Mary's. Waves of Irish immigrants in the 1840's and 1850's led the Irish to build St. Patrick's Church on Massey Street. The remaining congregation of St. Mary's remained on Factory Street until the 1870's, when they moved into their new church, named Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, on Thompson Street.
Three churches have been home to the Sacred Heart parish during its history. The first church, a wooden structure built in 1876, stood on Thompson Street. In 1906, the congregation moved to a Gothic style church on the corner of Thompson and Lynde Streets. The old wooden church was then moved to the corner of Davidson and Lynde Streets, and today is home to the Disabled Person's Action Organization.
The stone church was destroyed by fire in 1969, and a modern structure was erected in its place in 1971.
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AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE: MORDENIAL — "THE PLAGUE"
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The crushing melodic death metal band Mordenial began life in early 2000 in Västervik, Sweden, eventually releasing their debut album, Where the Angels Fall, in early 2015. In just a handful of days they will return with their second full-length, The Plague, via Black Lion Records — but we have a full stream for your listening pleasure today.
The album is a 10-track, 44-minute affair, with all of the songs thematically linked to concepts of "plague", ranging from the pestilential vectors of the distant past to futuristic scenarios, and the terrors perpetrated by human beings in the name of god or gods. Consistent with this thematic focus, the music is cloaked in darkness, with death looming like a specter in the atmosphere of the melodies.
The music is also immensely powerful in its sound, and immensely punishing in its impact, and those grim melodies prove to be as infectious as the contagions that have inspired the album.
The aforementioned striking power of the music becomes immediately evident from the opening title track. After an intro of slow, reverberating guitar notes it explodes with staggering drum booms and massively heavy riffing, with a tone that vibrates the bones from head to toe. And as the pace of the song increases to a jolting gallop, the riffing becomes thoroughly vicious and seething. When the pace slows to a lumbering, afflicted stagger, that sets the stage for a viper-like, slowly slithering solo, and the song's final rush of force is highlighted by another solo — which turns out to be a real face-melter.
As you'll discover, all of the songs feature many of the same attractions, though they're not all cut from the same cloth. The grooves are massive, the thrashing eruptions of speed are capable of sucking the wind from your lungs, the soloing (sometimes slow and soulful and sometimes absolutely incinerating) is never less than riveting , and the varying melodies have staying power. All of the songs also feature remarkably barbarous vocals — wild, savage, and shudderingly intense.
Mordenial maintain a grip on the listener's attention through a full-album run by varying the mood and the pacing of their compositions — but there is no joy in this titanic onslaught. At least to these ears, it is devoted instead to renditions of grief, oppression, terror, and fury — and the renditions are impressively vivid, and impressively crushing.
The Plague was recorded at Departure/Expire Studios in late 2015/early 2016. It was mixed and mastered at Garageland Studios by Ronnie Björnström. The album will be released by Black Lion on July 31, both digitally and in a 6-panel digipak CD edition.
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The central theme of The Moon is Down is the resilience of the human spirit in the face of oppression. Although never referenced directly, the occupying force in the story closely resembles the Nazi occupation of Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. The dogged determination of the townspeople in the story is clearly a reference to the resistance movements that helped the Allied forces fight against Hitler's regime during World War II.
In chapter four, Alexander Morden is put on trial for the death of an invading soldier. He is ultimately sentenced to death. Just before being executed, Mayor Orden tells Morden:
Alex, go, knowing that these men will have no rest, no rest at all until they are gone, or dead. You will make the people one. It's a sad knowledge and little enough gift to you, but it is so.
The Mayor then kisses the condemned man on the cheek, who is then taken outside and shot. This shows us that even on the way to his certain death, the spirit of resilience and resistance is strong....
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Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized a Special Rule under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) providing for the conservation of the polar bear. While implementing important protections provided by the ESA, the special rule, in most instances, adopts existing conservation requirements for the polar bear under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The Service protected the polar bear as a threatened species under the ESA on May 15, 2008.
"When I announced the protection of the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act earlier this year, I outlined the need to continue to allow activities permissible under the stricter standards imposed by the Marine Mammal Protection Act," said Kempthorne. "This rule will protect polar bear populations, while ensuring the safety of communities living in close contact with the bears and allowing for continued environmentally sound development of our natural resources in the arctic region."
The special rule, issued under Section 4(d) of the ESA, adopts the conservation regulatory requirements of the MMPA and CITES for the polar bear in most instances; provides that incidental take of polar bears resulting from activities outside the bears current range is not prohibited under the ESA; clarifies that the Special Rule does not alter the Section 7 consultation requirements of the ESA; and applies the standard ESA protections for threatened species when an activity is not covered by an MMPA or CITES authorization or exemption. Further, this special rule does not affect any existing requirements under the MMPA, including incidental take restrictions, or those of CITES.
The 4(d) special rule does not affect the continued subsistence harvest or the production and sale of polar bear handicrafts by Alaska Natives. Those activities are already exempted under the ESA and the MMPA. The rule allows the continued noncommercial export of Native handicrafts and cultural exchange of items made from polar bear parts that would otherwise require a permit as a result of the polar bear listing under the ESA.
Onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities in Alaska have been effectively governed for decades by the more stringent MMPA provisions. Under the 4(d) rule, the Department of the Interior will continue to primarily rely on the more stringent provisions of the MMPA to manage that activity. However, the overlay of provisions of the ESA, such as the consultation requirements of section 7 of the ESA will still apply.
The final special rule maintains most of the benefits of the ESA, while streamlining the process by determining that any activity either authorized or exempted under the MMPA or CITES would also be authorized under the ESA. This is because for the most part the MMPA and CITES already provide comparable or stricter protection for polar bears. Under this final special rule, if an activity is authorized or exempted under the MMPA or CITES, the activity will be allowed to proceed without additional authorization under the ESA. However, express authorization under the ESA will be required if the activity is not authorized or exempted under the MMPA or CITES and would affect the polar bear or its critical habitat, when such critical habitat is designated.
Section 7 of the ESA requires federal agencies to ensure that the activities they authorize, fund or carry out are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of a listed species or to destroy or adversely modify its critical habitat. If a federal action may affect a listed species or its critical habitat, the permitting or action agency must enter into consultation with the Service. The special rule does not remove or alter in any way the consultation requirements under section 7 of the ESA.
Based on the extensive analysis associated with the polar bear listing rule it has been determined that activities and federal actions outside Alaska do not currently show a causal connection impacting individual polar bears. Therefore, no consultation is warranted at this time for any such activities and actions. This provision ensures that the ESA is not used inappropriately to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
"This special rule will ensure that this icon of the arctic retains important protections as we work with the State of Alaska and other nations within the polar bears range to develop and implement conservation measures. But as President Bush and I have said before, the ESA is not the right tool to set U.S. climate change policy," said Kempthorne. The rule, as delivered to the Federal Register, can be viewed at: http://alaska.fws.gov/pdf/pb4d.pdf.
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. We are both a leader and trusted partner in fish and wildlife conservation, known for our scientific excellence, stewardship of lands and natural resources, dedicated professionals and commitment to public service. For more information on our work and the people who make it happen, visit target_blankwww.fws.gov.


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An eighty-nine year old Dutch woman survived the first time but died after she caught the virus again about two months later.
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HitGen and Bayer Enter DNA-Encoded Library Based Research Collaboration
HitGen Ltd announced that the company has entered into a research collaboration with the Crop Science division of Bayer to identify novel small molecule leads for targets of interest. In this collaboration, HitGen will apply its advanced technology platform, based on DNA-encoded library design, synthesis and screening, to discover novel leads for Bayer research endeavours. Under the terms of the agreement, HitGen will receive upfront payments, and be eligible for milestone payments from Bayer. Specific financial details were not disclosed.
"We are delighted to enter this collaboration with Bayer, a global leader in finding solutions for enabling sustainable agriculture. This collaboration further emphasizes the role of HitGen in the rapidly developing field of DNA-encoded chemistry, and extends the application of the technology into the science of crop protection. We will work closely with Bayer scientists to generate new lead compounds for their research programmes to develop new solutions to agricultural challenges." said Dr. Jin Li, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of HitGen.
"Our research and development (R&D) platforms are supplemented by what we call an 'open innovation' model," said Axel Trautwein, Head of Small Molecules, Crop Science division of Bayer. "HitGen's experience in DNA-encoded chemistry fits that model well, and we look forward to using their advanced technology platform to develop solutions that help farmers control existing crop threats and get ahead of emerging ones."
About HitGen Ltd
HitGen is a rapidly growing biotech company with headquarters and main research facilities based in Chengdu, China and with offices in the USA. HitGen has established a platform for small molecular discovery centred around DNA the design, assembly and interrogation of encoded chemical libraries (DELs). HitGen's DELs contain more than 300 billion novel, diverse, drug-like small molecule and macrocyclic compounds. These compounds are members of DELs synthesised from many hundreds of distinct chemical scaffolds, designed with tractable chemistry, and yielding proven results for the discovery of small molecule leads against precedented and unprecedented classes of biological targets. HitGen is collaborating with pharmaceutical, biotech, and chemical companies, foundations and research institutes in Asia, North America, Africa and Europe to discover and develop approaches for novel medicines and agrochemical solutions.
For further information, please visit www.hitgen.com or contact:
Dr. Jin Li, Chairman & CEO, HitGen Ltd. Tel: +86 28 85197385 (8001)
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Space: A lap of loneliness – Voyager I goes interstellar
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As the Voyager Golden Record reaches interstellar space, the (western) world's jaw drops. It's almost like we forgot. But there's always time for science fiction to lap itself.
JUST 8 DAYS ON FROM THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS LAUNCH, NASA ANNOUNCED THAT THE VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT DRIFTED INTO OUR UNKNOWN AROUND ABOUT AUGUST LAST YEAR. It's a morass of semantic distinctions, but the craft originally launched to take pictures of Saturn and Jupiter and the outer solar system has entered interstellar space. That is, it's left the solar system and now doesn't have to do whatever our sun's electromagnetic influence tells it to do.
It's official (although NASA have suggested that before, and still aren't 100%) that Voyager's entered the yawning chasm of everything and nothing as it winds its way towards the next star. It's cold in space, cold and lonely. A far as we know. The idea of that blend of 20th century metals and plastics floating through the freezing vacuum is monumental. It's beyond comprehension.
So it's no wonder that the news emerged to a rapturous reception. Not horror that the human race has dispatched a map into space announcing 'hi, here we are, this is what we sound like and these are our exploitable resources' to the cosmos, but that this archaic piece of kit is still transmitting, still going. When it was compared to mobile phone reception and 1970s cars, the inevitable memes arrived online.
There are plenty of Star Trek jokes bobbing around too. It was fortuitous that in 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture used the fictional Voyager 6 iteration of the probe as its plot device. In a film far more sophisticated in its science fiction than other Trek films (it was helmed by the same man who directed The Day the Earth Stood Still after all), it spawned a cultural sci-fi trope that's survived as well as the first Voyager probe. Of course, it's also a twist on the prodigal son – this time it's the return to the prodigal father. The story is simple: it's entropy that leads to the simplified name V'Ger. It also hangs upon that bloody map again, but this time it's misinterpreted by another species rather than used as an invasion chart.
Still, as far as we know, Voyager hasn't fallen through a worm-hole yet and possibly/maybe met/created any cyborg races. Neither do we know if Voyager's been scanned, monitored, poured over, probed or duplicated. The best guess is that it will take 40,000 years or so to get to another solar system, in the constellation of Camelopardalis, at its current speed of 17 kilometres per second. It's a solar system that's slowly moving towards ours.
A better guess than that is that thousands of years before that, its isotope power source will run down and the furthest satellite of Earth will die. If its power lasts, V'Ger is just floating through space with two things to wait for. Losing contact with its maker and finding the warmth of its new sun. More than likely, travellers from Earth hundreds of years in the future will pass it after the former and before the latter. I wonder if they'll notice her.
After all, there's two ways to look at Star Trek: The Motion Picture. If Star Fleet had been a little more diligent prior to the 23rd century, you'd have thought they'd pick up the craft and package it up for the New Smithsonian. Or, If they couldn't find it – surely worth a scan – if it had already fallen into a wormhole, wouldn't that be something to investigate? It may well have helped it's namesake USS Voyager many years later.
Far from being a black hole in the script, perhaps that's exactly what will happen. While Voyager's achievement has brought out a rapturous round of applause this week, perhaps humans in 200 years time will be far too distracted by their toys. Voyager's landmark today will be lost with Miley Cyrus, and the omission of dance music from the Mercury Music Prize as the captains of tomorrow still wait for the Morrissey biography.
When the age of major space exploration begins at the start of the new age of sail, which it will, there will still be science fiction. Humans will still reflect contemporary fears through alternate realities of the one they know, just as their forbears had predicted their science fact for the same purpose. But at that time science fiction can expect to enter the age of consolidation. There will be a chance to reflect back on speculative fiction to its earliest days.
Whether Voyager is there or not, explorers arriving in Camelopardalis or any of our neighbouring constellation will beat human's earliest calls. They'll look on the light of Earth and see the planet of tens of thousands of years before. And if they wait, they'll pick up the first television broadcasts and crucially, around 41,063AD or so, they'll see the first transmissions of Doctor Who episodes long since binned by the BBC. A lot of science fiction will lap itself, that's part of the deal.
"We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours" as President Carter printed message says alongside Voyager's Golden record.
It's not clear if he was talking about Doctor Who.
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Representatives of Turkish opposition the Republican People's Party visited Ogun Samast the murderer of chief editor of Agos newspaper Hrant Dink, in jail. Speaking with them, the latter revealed the details of the murder Hrant Dink and to tell negative things about Armenians. "Yasin Hayal told me to kill Dink six months before the murder. I managed to flee for five months but they finally found me and were and were 'injecting' for 5-6 days," he told them.
According to Turkish newspaper Vatan, Samast, who is in jail for 5.5 years, has neither health nor financial issues and shares the cell with other two convicts. He said he spends his time reading. After the sentence, he is not praying anymore.
Referring to Dink's murder, Samast said of he was told to it now, he would have never agreed…"when I reached the Agos editorial office, I had changed my mind. I have entered the nearby cafe and spend 2-3 hours there. Afterwards, I called Yasin saying there are security officers there and I cannot do it, He ordered me to kill them too. But in reality I lied there were there no security officers. I was sitting on stairs when Hrant passed. Everything happened in a second. I do not remember the rest. I took the bus. I did not want to kill but when I saw him in front of me…' he said.
Samast said he was extremely touched with Raquel Dink's speech about him who said Samast was a child and until disclosing the darkness making murderer from a child, nothing can be done.


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She is passionate about protecting our beautiful countryside for future generations, and will continue to fight inappropriate developments in the Green Belt.
After serving the Borough as Mayor last year, Lynne was delighted to be given the Health Portfolio where she is continuing to fight for services at Epsom Hospital, and new and improved consulting rooms for our GPs in a redeveloped Health Centre.
Lynne has always made it a priority to keep Council Taxes as low as possible, believing that individuals are better placed than politicians to decide how to spend their own money.
"I am asking for your support on 7th May so that I can continue to work for the interests of the wonderful community of Banstead. I am a Cancer Research Scientist by profession and worked for over 10 years at the Royal Marsden. I have lived in Banstead since the age of 11 and have brought up my own family here".
Protecting the character of Banstead Village. I am keen that the Village continues to be a vibrant shopping centre. I was glad to have obtained 'heritage' style streetlamps when they were being replaced, and will seek to have other street furniture replaced in the same style.
Defending the Green Belt. I am committed to defending all green-field sites including Banstead Commons and Banstead Downs from any development.
Tackling crime & anti-social behaviour. I am a board member of Surrey Crimestoppers and I will continue to work with the police at all levels to make our area a safer place.


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Абдулмуталиб Гаджиевич Шахруханов (21 июня 1973, с. Ортаколо, Ботлихский район, Дагестанская АССР, РСФСР, СССР) — советский и российский спортсмен, специализируется по ушу.

Спортивная карьера
В августе 1995 года в Балтиморе (США) стал чемпионом мира. В 1997 году впервые на чемпионате мира, который проходил в Риме (Италия), завоевал бронзовую медаль. Является чемпионом Европы по ушу.

Политическая деятельность
В 2010 году был избран депутатом Собрания депутатов муниципального образования «Ботлихский район» пятого созыва. В 2015 году избран депутатом Собрания депутатов муниципального образования «сельсовет Мунинский» шестого созыва.

Спортивные достижения
 Чемпионат мира по ушу 1995 — ;
 Чемпионат России по ушу 1997 — ;
 Чемпионат мира по ушу 1997 — ;

Личная жизнь
В 1988 году окончил среднюю школу в Ортаколо. Окончил Институт Бизнеса и права в Махачкале.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Канаев, М. Спортивная слава Дагестана. 1956—2009.- Махачкала, 2010.- 187 с.

Мастера ушу России

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Newbuidlings' professional Peat Salmon shone with the both bat and ball again, in their win over Killyclooney, on Saturday.
Newbuildings and Ballyspallen both recorded second wins of the season on Saturday to move alongside Fox Lodge at the top of the Long's SuperValu Championship table.
Dale Culbert's side travelled to Killyclooney for one of the very few matches that were unaffected by rain and returned home with the points in a comfortable 5-wicket win. Not for the first time it was overseas man, Peat Salmon, who paved the way for the success- the Jamaican in top form again with both bat and ball.
Mattie Barr top scored for the home side with 44 while William Finlay made an unbeaten 33 as the youngster continued his good start to life in the senior ranks. Richard McMorris and Andre Henry chipped in with 31 and 30 respectively in a total of 209 all out.
Salmon, coincidentally a team-mate of Henry's at the St Catherine's club in the West Indies picked up another 'fivefor'.
Teenager Trent McKeegan - another youngster with a bright future - claimed four wickets.
Newbuildings' strength seems to be their batting these days and they made light of the chase with David Robb helping Salmon to ease to the target.
Both players scored 72 in the reply - Robb unbeaten at the end - after Dean Mehaffey had earlier made 21.
The Newbuildings' professional's knock was typically aggressive - 7 sixes and 4 fours included- as they ran out comfortable winners.
Henry claimed three wickets for 'Clooney but it wasn't enough as they fell to a second defeat in three matches.
Ballyspallen had an emphatic 81 runs (DLS) to spare over St Johnston in a match cut short by the elements.
Alan Macbeth top scored with 36 for the Donegal side with cameos from Nathan Cole and Jack Macbeth among others in their 175 all out.
Creighton Wilson claimed four wickets and Graham Kennedy three in a solid effort in the field from the hosts.
Former Brigade man Ivan Hill-Nicholl helped get 'Spallen's reply off to a scorching start as he made 81, and with Stephen Kennedy chipping in with an unbeaten 44, they had matters well in hand when the rain came.
After 28 overs the hosts were 147-1; 81 runs ahead of the par score of 66, and that was to be that as the weather closed in.
No results were possible in the other two games - there were just 3 overs bowled at Ballymagorry before time was called in the Foxies game with Bonds Glen although Glendermott and Burndennett managed a couple of hours before they too had to call it a day.
Skipper Alan Johnson had made 46 and professional Azeem Ghumman 42 not out as the Rectory side had reached 140 for 5 after 34 overs in the second of those matches, Stephen McCay had picked up three wickets and Eddie McGettigan two before play was abandoned and the teams now have to do it all again in the next fortnight.


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Is using the rock salt alone safe? Doesn't it lead to a decrease in iodine when using it for a medium-long term? Is it necessary to take the refined salt that is rich in iodine in order to compensate and to prevent the decrease of iodine?
In the Balanced Nutrition System and according to the principle of God's creation has guidance. We consider the rock salt and the natural sea salt, which is created by God-Glory to Him- for human is better than the refined table salt, to which iodine is artificially added and which the human made (Cook, 2016) .
Our Glorious Lord referred to that in Quran "Is then He, Who creates as the one who does not create? Will you not then remember" (17) An-Nahl. (Quran) .
One of the fundamentals that the principles of nutrition science in the Holy Quran consider is that the creation of God, which is dedicated to humans is a balanced and consistent creation by all standards in all types of its elements and contents and in quantities, rates of and modes of action of these elements as well as, in their source and time of availability along the year, Therefore, they are balanced and consistent by all standards and they establish a homeostasis inside the bodies that God has created and designed through being good and balanced nutrients.
(Tarighat-Esfanjani et.al., 2016) .
However, we feel this meaning in the saying of God: "And the earth We spread out, and placed therein firm mountains, and caused to grow therein all kinds of things in due proportion ''.
(19)" (Quran)
"And we have provided therein means of living, for you and for those whom you provide not (20)"And there is not a thing, but with Us are the stores thereof. And We send it not down except in a known measure''
(21)" Al-Hijr(Quran)
I recommend you to watch the episode "The creation of God has guidance "and the episode "The products of Balanced Nutrition are balanced products in every step of their manufacture" as well in which these concepts are well explained. However, we were successful to understand this principle; we believe that the rock salt and even the natural sea salt were formed throughout thousands of years by God's care. The sea salt as well was created, so human benefits from it we consider that all types of rock salt (Apurbo S et.al., 2016) and the sea salt are balanced in their elements and components.
Studying the refined salt showed that it significantly differs from the natural rock salt in quality, quantity, and ratios of elements, in a way that refined salt contains less elements. We have a complete article in our website that discusses this significant difference between the balanced salt, the rock salt and the sea salt on one side, these that God created and the refined salt on the other side, that human manufactured and discusses their impact on human health. However, to answer your question we say: We, in the Balanced Nutrition System, consider the natural rock salt even though it does not contain iodine, but it is consistent and balanced because the natural source of iodine is not the in refined salt but it is in seafood, fishes, and crabmeat in addition to seaweeds meals that are rich in natural iodine, which has a wonderful bioavailability.
(Julshamn et.al., 2001)
Therefore, the balanced natural salts, both the rock salt and the sea salt are balanced and safe, because they are not refined they do not cause any problems in the body In contrast, they are favorable according to the proved study that our website refers to even better than the refined salt that contains added iodine artificially(Cook, 2016) . Here, it is worthy to refer that the lack of iodine is related to many healthy problems. Because it is one of the rare elements in the soil and in the human body and because it is essential for many functions. (Delange, 1994) Thus, Iodine deficiency is correlated to Hypothyroidism and enlargement of the thyroid gland this unique gland plays a role in regulating metabolism, and in energy generation, in fat distribution and in controlling the weight of human(Zimmermann et.al., 2008) . The lack of iodine associates with an increasing possibility of breast cancer and gastric cancer, as studies proved(Venturi et.al., 2000) . Moreover, Iodine deficiency leads to disorders in motoric skills such as writing and embroidery. Studies also indicated to that Iodine deficiency associates with some visual problems and is correlated with autism(Zimmermann et.al., 2006) Here, we repeat again.
The redefined salt is not a natural source for iodine and adding iodine to it, is not a good alternative to natural iodine. (Diosady et.al., 1997) Rather, the natural iodine, which is essential to human body is important as Quran mentioned, it can be found as bioavailable and bioactive iodine in fishes and seafood(Julshamn et.al., 2001). God (Glory to Him) described iodine with a property that the human likes most in meat which is "a fresh meat" in the following verse, "So that you eat from it fresh meat and bring forth out of it ornaments to wear and you see the ships plow through it so that you may seek of His Bounty and that you may be grateful(14)" .
An-Nahl. (Quran)
The seaweeds were also indirectly mentioned in the Holy Quran and they are a very rich source for the natural iodine when God mentioned that they are from the seafood(Hou et.al., 1997) . "Lawful to you is the hunting of the sea and its food for the benefit of your and for those who travel"(96) Al-Maida and God Glory to Him knows best.
Your brother Dr. Jameel Alqudsi
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Cook, M. S. 2016. Boost your brain power in 60 seconds: The 4-week plan for a sharper mind, better memory, and healthier brain, Rodale Books.
Delange, F. 1994. The disorders induced by iodine deficiency. Thyroid, 4, 107-128.
Diosady, L., Alberti, J., Venkatesh Mannar, M. & Stone, T. 1997. Stability of iodine in iodized salt used for correction of iodine-deficiency disorders. Food Nutr Bull, 18, 388-96.
Hou, X., Chai, C., Qian, Q., Yan, X. & Fan, X. 1997. Determination of chemical species of iodine in some seaweeds (i). Science of The Total Environment, 204, 215-221.
Julshamn, K., Dahl, L. & Eckhoff, K. 2001. Determination of iodine in seafood by inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry. Journal of AOAC International, 84, 1976-1983.
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Quran. An-nahl (the bee) - سورة النحل [Online]. Available: [Accessed October,20 2016].
Quran. An-nahl (the bee) - سورة النحل [Online]. Available: [Accessed October, 22. 2016].
Tarighat-Esfanjani, A. & Namazi, N. 2016. Nutritional concepts and frequency of foodstuffs mentioned in the holy Quran. Journal of Religion and Health, 55, 812-819.
Venturi, S., Donati, F. M., Venturi, M., Venturi, A., Grossi, L. & Guidi, A. 2000. Role of iodine in evolution and carcinogenesis of thyroid, breast and stomach. Advances in clinical pathology, 4, 11-18.
Zimmermann, M. B., Connolly, K., Bozo, M., Bridson, J., Rohner, F. & Grimci, L. 2006. Iodine supplementation improves cognition in iodine-deficient schoolchildren in albania: A randomized, controlled, double-blind study. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 83, 108-114.
Zimmermann, M. B., Jooste, P. L. & Pandav, C. S. 2008. Iodine-deficiency disorders. The Lancet, 372, 1251-1262.Hou, X., Chai, C., Qian, Q., Yan, X. & Fan, X. 1997. Determination of chemical species of iodine in some seaweeds (i). Science of The Total Environment, 204, 215-221.
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Zimmermann, M. B., Jooste, P. L. & Pandav, C. S. 2008. Iodine-deficiency disorders. The Lancet, 372, 1251-1262.
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transforming a campus
Advanced Teaching and Research Building
The Advanced Teaching and Research Building (ATRB) is a new state of the art research facility located in a highly visible and prominent campus setting, designed to accentuate and enhance the campus gateway sequence and to provide a front door for the biosciences at Iowa State University. The facility supports growth in research and enrollment and provides future expansion capabilities. It is home to several departments including plant pathology, biological departments, the BBMB (biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology), the GDCB (genetics, developmental and cell biology), the EEOB (ecology, evolution, organismal biology) and entomology. Lab support, office/open office, and collaboration space has been placed in a radial array around the research space to maximize the efficiency of the research enterprise. This approach had led to a more efficient overall building design, which in turn has yielded more NSF for the given budget.
SLAM completed a planning study to define current unmet and future programmatic needs, generate planning options to address these needs, and establish a budget and schedule model for the biosciences at Iowa State University (ISU). Existing buildings were not designed and constructed with flexibility and modularity to accommodate collaboration across multiple disciplines and provide flexible research space that responds to changes in research activity.
The Advanced Teaching and Research Building (ATRB) was the first phase of the Biosciences Planning Study implementation.
It was apparent that over the years, outdated space allocations had produced significant imbalances, such as large labs occupied by research-inactive principal investigators, while advanced teaching labs were held in rooms that were half the size of contemporary metrics. Undergraduate teaching labs were lacking and the ones available were scheduled from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m.
The resulting plan called for a significant cultural shift, from the old model of PI-specific labs to flexible, adaptable, shared research environments.It was decided to cluster faculty in neighborhoods based on research affinities. All shared equipment would be moved out of individual labs and consolidated in core facilities, such as plant chambers or the greenhouse atop the ATRB.
Research lab allocations shrank from 400nsf to 150nsf per person, with two PIs per 1,200sf lab. Nonchemistry teaching labs were enlarged to a standard of 55nsf per person, and chemistry labs from 22nsf to 75nsf per person. Post-doc and grad students were given same-size desks and moved from small six-person rooms to open, pooled space that can accommodate up to 50 people. Shared group spaces are furnished with soft seating, writing surfaces, and areas for both formal and informal collaboration.
The atrium can be viewed from three of the five floors of the building.
A 122-seat multi-purpose classroom sits off of the atrium.
Ground floor teaching labs bring undergraduates into the facility, encouraging interest and putting science on display.
Larger open shared labs facilitate interaction and collaboration between research groups and provide the ability to assign, and reassign, bench space based on evolving need.
The roof holds nine greenhouses for plant pathology, microbiology, entomology, genetics, and developmental and cell biology studies.
Mark Rhoades, AIA
Project Designers
"We have had the opportunity to envision how to do things tomorrow, not just today, and now we have a road map of how to get there."
MRhoades@slamcoll.com
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A beautifying project on the main road of my town prompted the demolition of a church built in the 1930s. Although the windows of the empty church had been removed, the doors remained in place for several days, even as bulldozers began knocking down walls. Each set of doors around the church building held a message written in giant, fluorescent-orange block letters: KEEP OUT!
How people look on the outside, of course, is not an indicator of what is in their hearts. God's focus is on the inner life of people. He looks far below the surface of someone's appearance (1 Sam. 16:7) and that's what He desires for us to do as well. He also knows the hearts of those who appear to be "righteous" but are "full of hypocrisy" on the inside (Matt. 23:28).
God's message of welcome, which we are to show to others, is clear. He says to all who seek Him: "Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters" (Isa. 55:1).
how to be as accepting of others as You are.
May I reveal Your heart of love.
No one will know what you mean when you say, "God is love"—unless you show it.
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Apple TV picks up Billie Eilish documentary for $25 Million
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2019 break out star, Billie Eilish is having an even bigger end of the year. The 'Bad Guy' singer has signed on to Apple TV for a documentary worth $25 Million. The film has already been shot and directed by R.J. Cutler in collaboration with Interscope Records.
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the film will follow the then 17-Year-Old Eilish as she gets ready to release her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? THR also reports that the documentary's budget was about $2 Million.
The documentary is expected to be out in early 2020.
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Apple TV Plus launches. Here are my thoughts on 'The Morning Show' starring Jennifer Aniston & Steve Carrell
Apple has launched their streaming service, Apple TV+. I signed up for a free year for buying the new iPhone 11 Pro and immediately when to watched Steve Carrell and Jennifer Aniston's The Morning Show.
I only watched episode one so far, and WOW this is an incredible show so far. Everything from the filming and editing to the acting itself: one incredible show.
The premise of the show seems to be inspired from the Matt Lauer firing over at NBC's Today. Carrell plays the character loosely based on Lauer named Mitch Kessler. Aniston plays the role loosely based off Savannah Guthrie named Alex Levy.
The show begins with the executive producer, Chip Black (played by Mark Duplass), getting the results of an investigation into the allegations of misconduct by Kessler. The first episode sets a few story into motion.
The story of an aging news anchor holding the ship after her long time partner is ousted from the seat next to her. That same anchor is possibly going to be replaced as well for some new blood. The story of a man who believes he's been falsely accused of misconduct fighting for his life. And the young hot reporter looking to take the place of the aging anchor.
The Morning Show is setting the bar high for Apple TV+ subscribers. If all their originals are this good, Apple will have no problem growing their base.
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