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The Irvine Ice Foundation Closes $75 Million Deal Through CEDA to Finance the State-of-the-Art 'Great Park Ice & Sports Complex'
The California Enterprise Development Authority (CEDA) is proud to serve as issuer in the May 2017 financial deal closing with the Irvine Ice Foundation. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2016 to build on the Anaheim Amateur Hockey Association's legacy in the local community serving thousands of youth and their families in Orange County each year. Farmers & Merchants Bank (F&M) served as the bank in this project and is one of the oldest and strongest financial institutions in California. With almost $7 billion in assets, it is one of the top 150 banks in the US, and is a strong supporter of 501(c)(3) tax-exempt financing.
Since 1996, the Anaheim Amateur Hockey Association, consisting of the Anaheim Jr. Ducks and the Anaheim Lady Ducks, has been in operation and committed to its mission of growing the sport of hockey and skating in Southern California. The $75 million deal through CEDA finances the Irvine Ice Foundation's construction (which began in February 2017) of a new state-of-the-art public skating facility at the Orange County Great Park. When it opens in early Fall 2018, the Great Park Ice & Sports Complex will be the largest in California and one of the largest in the U.S. with a 280,000-square-foot structure. The Complex will be owned by the Irvine Ice Foundation and managed by locally-based civic leaders. All proceeds generated from the Complex will be applied to further the growth of ice sports and activities locally.
The new facility will provide significant benefits to the residents of Irvine and its surrounding community through the cultural, recreational and educational services provided by the Foundation. Tax-exempt financing through CEDA provides the Irvine Ice Foundation with the benefit of demonstrable savings in effective interest rate. Additionally, the new facility will create 15 full-time and 150 part-time positions while serving more than 10,000 youth each year.
More information about the Great Park Ice & Sports Complex can be found online at:
https://www.nhl.com/ducks/news/ducks-city-of-irvine-break-ground-on-ice-complex/c-286829068.
About CEDA: In 2006, CALED established CEDA, a Joint Powers Authority (JPA), to address gaps in Economic Development financing. CEDA is committed to providing alternative financing options to manufacturers, 501(c)(3) non-profits, and California communities, with the ultimate mission of supporting economic development. To learn more about CEDA, please visit its web site at https://ceda.caled.org/.
Rendering of the Great Park Ice & Sports Complex
Source: AnaheimDucks.com
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Wilshire Boulevard Temple Closes $50 Million Tax-Exempt Financing with CEDA to Complete Master Building Plan
CEDA Closes $7.1 Million Tax-Exempt Financing with Sequoia Affordable Housing Foundation for Assisted Living Facility in Vista
St. Helena Montessori School and CEDA Close $4.9 Million Tax-Exempt Financing
CEDA's IDB Program Supports California Manufacturers & the Passing of AB 1547 Removes Barriers to this Low-Cost Financing Tool
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            ->setDescription('Installs the Symfony bundle provided by the formula using composer require')
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The yoga apparel company beat quarterly expectations and raised its full-year guidance. Here's what investors need to know.
Shares of lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) were up 16.3% as of 11:30 a.m. EDT Friday after the yoga apparel retailer announced strong fiscal first-quarter 2018 results.
More specifically, Lululemon's revenue climbed 25% year over year (or 23% at constant currencies) to $649.7 million, with adjusted net income of $75.2 million, or $0.55 per share, up from $0.32 per share in the same year-ago period. Both the top and bottom lines arrived well above Lululemon's latest guidance, provided in March, which called for revenue between $612 million and $617 million, and adjusted earnings per share between $0.44 and $0.46.
Lululemon's revenue was helped by 20% total comparable-sales growth, including 8% growth from comparable-store sales and a 62% increase in direct-to-consumer revenue.
"Our first quarter results reflect the ongoing strength of our business and our continued focus on product innovation, global growth, digital acceleration, and, most importantly, investing in our people," said Lululemon Chief Operating Officer Stuart Haselden. "Our momentum remains strong and we are optimistic for 2018 and beyond."
To that end, Lululemon expects fiscal second-quarter revenue to be in the range of $660 million to $665 million, assuming total comparable-sales growth in the high-single-digit percent range at constant currencies. That should translate to earnings per share of $0.46 to $0.48. Here again, both ranges were comfortably ahead of consensus estimates for fiscal Q2 earnings of $0.45 per share on revenue of $646.3 million.
Finally, Lululemon increased its full fiscal-year 2018 guidance for revenue in the range of $3.04 billion to $3.075 billion (up from $2.985 billion to $3.022 billion previously), and for full-year earnings per share of $3.10 to $3.18 (up from $3 to $3.08 before).
In the end, this was a straightforward beat and raise from Lululemon, and it's no surprise to see the stock soaring in response.


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Hood by Jenny Elder Moke
Author: Jenny Elder Moke
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Release Date: June 9th 2020
Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Retellings, Fantasy
You have the blood of kings and rebels within you, love. Let it rise to meet the call.
Isabelle of Kirklees has only ever known a quiet life inside the sheltered walls of the convent, where she lives with her mother, Marien. But after she is arrested by royal soldiers for defending innocent villagers, Isabelle becomes the target of the Wolf, King John's ruthless right hand. Desperate to keep her daughter safe, Marien helps Isabelle escape and sends her on a mission to find the one person who can help: Isabelle's father, Robin Hood.
As Isabelle races to stay out of the Wolf's clutches and find the father she's never known, she is thrust into a world of thieves and mercenaries, handsome young outlaws, new enemies with old grudges, and a king who wants her entire family dead. As she joins forces with Robin and his Merry Men in a final battle against the Wolf, will Isabelle find the strength to defy the crown and save the lives of everyone she holds dear?
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Hood turned out to be a really cute story. I love that it's not re-telling of Robin Hood as much as a continuation of the story. We get to glimpse some of things we are familiar with from the legend but also a whole new story.
Isabelle is an interesting character. I could tell if i always like her or not. She struggles with a lot of self-doubt and kind little miny pity parties. She is also sixteen though and figuring out that her father and mother are not exactly who she thought they were. When she overcomes her challenges she really overcomes them. Throwing herself into the fray to help people. She can show great strength at times.
I really enjoyed the plot. It's an easy flowing story that is a fun quick read. Very fast paced and of course brings together elements from the Robin Hood tale. Lie Sherwood Forest and the Merry Men. I really loved the design of Sherwood Forest. It makes so much more sense in Hood. Ha ha. I also like how no element is too overpowering. There is a little dabble in romance but it doesn't take over the story. There is definitely adventure but the root of the story is family. I think the things that were meant to shine through did and didn't get lost in the story somewhere.
It would definitely be interesting to see more from this world. Even maybe with some of the characters that were particularly close to Isabelle. Maybe Adam, Helena, Little or Patrick could get some more spotlight.
I really enjoyed Hood and it's a nice read when you need a break. Of course I really like Robin Hood tales in general though and I think this does justice in the vein.
Jenny Elder Moke writes young adult fiction in an attempt to recapture the shining infinity of youth. She was a finalist in the 2017 Austin Film Festival Podcast Competition, and studied children's writing with Liz Garton Scanlon.
When she is not writing, she's gathering story ideas from her daily adventures with her two irredeemable rapscallions and honing her ninja skills as a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Jenny lives in Austin, TX with her husband and two children.
Her debut novel, HOOD, about the daughter of Robin Hood and Maid Marien, will release from Disney/Hyperion in Spring 2020. She is represented by Elizabeth Bewley of Sterling Lord Literistic.
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Mr. Alan Johnson: I have been asked to reply.
In accordance with the recommendations of the performance and innovation unit's report on the future of the post office network, the Postal Services Commission will be advising the Government on the best way to channel financial assistance to rural post offices and issued a discussion document in December. The Commission has been asked to report by the autumn following consultations and discussions with the Consumer Council for Postal Services, the National Federation of Sub-postmasters and other key post office network stakeholders. A report to the House will be made thereafter.
Miss Melanie Johnson: The latest data show that by the end of September 2000 the value of goods exported to the EU from Scotland had grown by 15 per cent. since the euro was launched.
Miss Melanie Johnson [holding answer 15 January 2001]: Investors in euro notes will pay the Bank of England in euro. The Bank of England will pay interest on the notes in euro. These arrangements are identical to those in place for euro notes issued by the Government.
Miss Melanie Johnson: The "Getting Britain Giving" package introduced last year provides significant incentives for businesses and wealthy individuals to make charitable donations. The £1,200 annual limit on donations under the payroll giving scheme has been removed to make it more attractive for higher earners, boosted by the Government's three year 10 per cent. supplement on all donations made in this way. The new relief for gifts of certain shares and securities provides a tax effective way for wealthy individuals with extensive shareholdings to give shares to charity and reduce their income tax bill by the full value of the gift. Higher rate taxpayers have always been able to claim tax relief on donations under gift aid. Companies can now give to charity by simply making a gross payment and claiming a deduction for the amount in their accounts.
Mr. Timms: The Chancellor announced in the pre-Budget report 2000 that the Government would further explore how resources going through the landfill tax environmental bodies credit scheme can be better used to increase recycling rates, particularly of household waste. No decisions have been taken yet on reforming the scheme.
Miss Melanie Johnson: The Government have not received any representations about insurance policies which provide cover for the loss of mobile phones.
Dawn Primarolo: I have seen and approved for publication the Inland Revenue Annual Report for 1999-2000. It is planned to submit the report to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury and Parliament by the end of the month.
Miss Melanie Johnson: Figures for public sector net debt, the GDP deflator and UK population are available form the Office for National Statistics. Figures for public sector net debt (ONS series RUTN) are published in Table 1.1A of Financial Statistics; the GDP deflator (ONS series YBGB) is published in Table 2.1 of Economic Trends; and population figures are published in Tables 1.1 and 1.2 of Population Trends (number 102, Winter 2000).
Mr. Andrew Smith: Public expenditure by function is presented in Chapter 4 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2000-01 (CM 4601).
The specific series requested by the question are presented as a percentage of total managed expenditure on services in the following table.
1. Table 4.5 Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2000-01 (CM 4601).
Miss Melanie Johnson: The latest available information on the distribution of UK marketable wealth relates to 1998. Data for 1984 to 1998 are given in the Table 13.5 of Inland Revenue Statistics 2000, and for the earlier years in the 1996 edition. Copies are available in the House of Commons Library.
Mr. Andrew Smith: Figures for public sector net borrowing and taxes and social security contributions as a per cent. of GDP from 1989-90 to 1999-2000 were published in Table B26 of the pre-Budget report. Projects to 2005-06 were published in Tables B6 and B10 respectively.
The Government have cut borrowing by £44 billion since 1996-97. As a result of lower borrowing, the Government are able to spend £4 billion a year more on key public services rather than on servicing the national debt.
Ms Armstrong: I have been asked to reply.
I refer my hon. Friend to my reply of 16 January 2001, Official Report, column 183W, given to my hon. Friend, the Member for Preston (Mr. Hendrick). The Government are committed to tackling deprivation and the needs of disadvantaged communities through the national strategy for neighbourhood renewal action plan, launched on 15 January 2001. This aims to narrow the gap between deprived neighbourhoods and the rest of the country and to ensure that within 10 to 20 years no-one is seriously disadvantaged by where they live. The neighbourhood renewal unit, which is being established in DETR, will lead on implementing the action plan. It will work closely with new neighbourhood renewal teams in the Government Offices in the Regions.
Miss Melanie Johnson: I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice) on 7 December 1999, Official Report, columns 521-22W.


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Praise for The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far)
4 Steps to Starting an Open Textbook Project
About Rebus Community
Building a Team Summary
Building a Team Overview
How to Build a Leadership Team
Contributor MOU Template
Engagement Guide
Project Scoping
Project Scoping Summary
Project Scoping Overview
Project Summary Template
Creating & Editing Content
Authoring and Content Creation Summary
Authoring and Content Creation Overview
Author Guide Template
Editing Summary
Editing Overview
Hiring Editors
Feedback & Review
Peer Review Process Summary
Peer Review Process Guide
Review Guide Template (Google Docs)
Review Guide Template (Hypothes.is)
Review Statement Template
Marketing and Communications Summary
Marketing & Communications Overview
Preparing for Release
Release Overview
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[Example] Formatting Accessible Tables
Post-Release Considerations
Adoption Summary
Improvements and Maintenance Summary
Improvements and Maintenance Overview
Adaptations Summary
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Making Open Textbooks: A Video Guide
Other Open Textbooks Created with Rebus Community Support
The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far)
From the beginning, the Rebus Community as an organization has been dedicated to building a new, collaborative model for open textbook creation in partnership with the OER community. Our idea of this model has also always been that it be replicable and scalable, meaning that anyone – including you, the undoubtedly intrepid OER creator reading this guide – should be able to use it to create and adapt more and more OER without running into the limitations of traditional publishing models. From early on, we knew we had to think hard about how to actually go about achieving this vision — not only how we would develop our model and share it with the world, but also how it could then continue to grow and change over time as the community needs and values evolve.
There's no one way to meet that goal, but this guide, and how we went about creating it, is one of them. It is the result of thousands of hours of work by dozens of open textbook creators who were generous enough to allow us to join forces and learn about open textbook publishing together. We have spent many months researching, creating resources, problem solving, celebrating, commiserating, and more with the projects we've supported – all the while being responsive to their needs and learning not just from them, but also from the wider OER community.
This guide is our effort to distill that learning and experience into a comprehensively documented process for you to use, in part or in whole, keeping as true to or deviating as much from it as you choose. While it does a deep dive into the publishing process, it also includes summaries and videos for each section to give you an easier pathway in. In addition, the templates and examples throughout keep it grounded very much in the practical. This is a useful book. It's made to be used. It's also made to be used in whatever way is useful to you, whether that means reading it start to finish, out of order, in pieces, skimming quickly, or any other way you can find.
We've also worked hard to make it easy to tackle big questions like how to make sure your content is accessible, and how to manage a big team of volunteer contributors. Our philosophy of creation as a collaborative act is woven throughout, as is the belief we share with the community that OER content should be created to serve all students, with all their unique contexts, understandings of the world, needs, and goals.
The goal of this guide is very simply to help you create quality OER, build a community around it, and have it make a positive impact in the world. We believe that those in the classroom – both instructors and students – know best what they need to be successful in their teaching and learning. What they and those supporting them on campuses (librarians, instructional designers, etc.) don't always know is how to go about creating and publishing their content. To do so, they have typically had to invent a process, or pull together information from many sources. But, true to the open education ethos, there is no need to reinvent the wheel!
This guide offers concrete, practical steps to go from the idea of a textbook (or other OER) to a thriving community gathered around a robust resource being used in classrooms around the world. It's also just as useful if you want to work with a small team on a resource for your own classroom, that may or may not end up being used by others. At every stage, you get to decide what works best for you. Whether you're a faculty member acting as lead author or editor, or a librarian or OER program manager tasked with supporting creation on your campus, we've got you covered.
The final critical piece of this guide is the fact that it is a living document, and will continue to change and improve over time. This is reflected in the title, of course, and we very much want the community at large to be part of the evolution. So, if you've read or used this guide and have some thoughts – maybe something worked well or not, maybe you came up with another approach, maybe there's something missing, or something is overly-complicated – please share them with us on the Rebus Community project home. We also encourage you to share this resource with anyone you know who is starting out on their OER creation journey, or who is looking to add some more tools to their belt.
The Rebus Community has never sought to be the gatekeepers of knowledge. We don't want to keep it for ourselves and dole it out to a select few as we see fit. Knowledge shouldn't be contained, and knowledge should never come from only one source. These principles inform the very best of what open education has to offer, and we take them very seriously. This guide is a prime example of that philosophy, and we hope it serves you well on your adventures.
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The Capitals face a tougher division this year than the supposed "cake walk" it was a season ago. I am going to preview the Southeast one team at a time starting with Atlanta.
Atlanta these days are looking more like southeast Blackhawks. In the off season that saw the Thrasher make changes among the brass, they also picked up a few salary cap casualties from Chicago. Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager, Andrew Ladd and Brent Sopel all will be sharing a moving van from Chicagoland to Blueland.
With a new head coach in Craig Ramsay and a general manager that seems to make Atlanta playoff worthy now in Rick Dudley the Thrashers are looking to muscle in the top 8 in the Eastern Conference. But it may take a while for this team to click, they went without a win in the preseason.
The Thrashers can now boast two solid lines for the first time in a long time. If Evander Kane can repeat the season he had a year ago, the Thrash will have some scoring power on the left wing along with Ladd and Eager. The trio combined for over 75 points last season. But there is not a whole lot of talent there. Youths Kane and Niclas Bergfors can't be expected to carry this team to a playoff spot.
Byfuglien was pushed back to the blue line to give this defensive squad some more size. Coupled with the fact that they have some solid youth on the blue line in Zach Bogosian and Toby Enstrom, The Thrash feature a pretty solid defense. That should help out the goaltenders a bit more.
The Thrash dealt away their franchise goaltender in Kari Lehtonen. In return they acquired Chris Mason from the Blues. Mason did pretty well in St. Louis posting save percentages above the .900 mark both seasons he played there. If Mason doesn't pan out, their backup in Ondrej Pavelec who has yet to get is goals against average below 3. It could be the only weak point the Thrash have this season.
The Thrashers' organization is a bit frustrated that they haven't been back to the playoffs in some time. They have tried to grow and develop much like the Capitals have, but the patience is starting to wear thin. The changes they have made starting at the top is an aim to shake up the club and start getting production out of their youth. The experience they gain from Chicago should give this team a boost, but it's got to click quickly for it to work.


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National Program for Women in Business and Tech Announces Second Round of Applications
Editor 20 October 2016
Access Latina is a business acceleration platform for Latinas in STEAM, social innovation and agriculture that will be accepting applications online from October 19, 2016 to January 19, 2017.
Access Latina, a business acceleration platform for Latina-owned firms headquartered in Florida, New York, Massachusetts, Texas, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, launched its second cohort to compete for a chance at more than $100K in capital and resources for Latinas to grow their businesses.
Access Latina announced the details for its second round of applications at the Golden Seeds Headquarters in New York City, along with cross collaboration initiatives with the Stanford Latino Entrepreneur Leaders Program to continue to grow the database of U.S. Latino-owned companies, Meredith Corporation's Siempre Mujer Magazine as a part of their 'Projects That Can Change the World' initiative, and Lili Gil Valletta, creator of Dreamers Ventures and HSN partner to Project American Dreams to select up to three semifinalists to access the fast-track program and be among the twenty semifinalists of HSN's Project American Dreams.
CNNMoney writer and editor, Octavio Blanco, conducted a question and answer session with the 2016 finalists and one of the winners, New York-based Francesca Kennedy, owner and founder of IX Style and TEDx resident.
"We are focused on finding ways to fill the gaps Latina business owners face, such as limited access to capital and mentorship. We strive to propel high-growth Latina entrepreneurs and create a network of successful trailblazers. As we've seen with our 2016 alumni and their remarkable achievements, latina women represent key engines of economic growth," says Lucienne Gigante, co-founder of Access Latina, adding that according to the most recent State of Women-Owned Businesses Report by American Express, Latina-owned businesses created over 550,400 jobs and contributed over $97 billion in revenues to the U.S. economy in 2015.
Some of last year's finalists went on to compete at Project Runway: Fashion Startup a Lifetime Reality TV show, were profiled by Forbes and TIME, and got a chance to launch a line with renowned business woman and designer, Rebecca Minkoff. The finalists in year one together generated over $1.2 million in revenue.
To participate, the Latina entrepreneurs need to own at least 20% of an early-stage company in the industries of STEAM, social innovation and agriculture. Up to ten finalists and up to five winners are selected by independent judges and will receive:
A three-day acceleration module "Growth Spark" with global leaders.
The opportunity to present their business to Golden Seeds.
Access to seed capital in the form of a grant, crowdfunding rounds with Kiva Zip, and/or direct traditional and non-traditional investment.
Connection to a network of advisors, sponsors, and mentors.
The opportunity to collaborate with other business owners going through the same journey.
The opportunity to win a $25k grant
Latina business owners are a force in today's U.S. economy — with 1 in 10 of all women-owned firms being lead by a Latina according to The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. "This is the reason and passion behind Access Latina, to drive Latina entrepreneurs' economic potential by creating a platform of opportunities, connections and capital," says Marta Michelle Colon, Co-Founder of Access Latina.
For more information about Access Latina or to apply to the business acceleration platform please visit www.accesslatina.org. To join the conversation online please use #AccessLatina2017 and follow @AccessLatina.
Lucienne Gigante and Marta Michelle Colon
About Access Latina
Access Latina is the the first of its kind platform for Latinas pioneering entrepreneurial growth in the industries of STEAM, Social Innovation and Agriculture. Access Latina believes in the power of Latina entrepreneurs coming together to reach their entrepreneurial and economic potential through capital and resource investment.
About Lucienne Gigante
Lucienne Gigante is the Co-Founder of AccessLatina and the Co-Founder of Animus, the largest innovation platform in the Americas to maximize women's economic and personal development around business, mindfulness, empowerment, and entrepreneurship. She is the founder of LuGi, LLC, a strategic positioning firm that creates social responsibility platforms tied to their business models as key differentiators and brand drivers. She has been responsible for the creation of award-winning social corporate responsibility platforms including Women of Success, an accelerator program that resulted in the creation of over 40 new women-owned businesses. Lucienne received recognition from the Commission on Women Issues of the Senate of Puerto Rico and has won more than 30 awards in Puerto Rico and abroad.
About Marta Michelle Colon
Marta Michelle Colón is the Co-Founder of AccessLatina and the Founder of Buena Gente, a platform that drives performance and modifies behavior to promote competitive advantage professionally and individually. She worked in the private sector for more than a decade, specializing on multi-sector program development, leading multi-market change initiatives, and identifying investment opportunities. In the non-profit sector, she has developed hundreds of social innovation programs in low-resource communities, as well as, capital campaigns and funding strategies, raising more than $50 million. She is also a Mentor at the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurs Initiative.
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We Talk, Share, Create, Exchange, and Resolve: Decentralized Autonomous Society
August 19th, 2014 by lainfinity
New Editor: Crystal Editor: Cheryl
Decentralized autonomous society empowers individuals by rewarding innovation through sharing, distributed ownership and abundance. By sharing innovative ideas we can build a much better, fair, transparent and innovative society which is based on group consensus rather than a society enforced by rules and regulations.
Therefore for any society to operate on complete autonomy, it should have these 5 major components or in other words the 5 pillars as its foundation. I would like to explore these components and provide a bird's eye view of how decentralized autonomous society can thrive.
Decentralized Communication to talk
Decentralized Collaboration to share ideas and designs
Decentralized Creation to manifest goods and services
Decentralized Exchange to barter goods, services and resources
Decentralized Arbitration to resolve conflicts
Decentralized Communication and Privacy
Establishing privacy in our communication channels is the first and foremost priority in order to be self-autonomous and free. Without private correspondence we cannot strive to build a free autonomous society. Privacy enables an individual to be free as a self autonomous entity and thus empowering the society as a whole to be self autonomous.
Why mass surveillance is a violation of Article 12 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights of United Nations?
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.Source
Mass digital surveillance in any form is an arbitrary interference of privacy and correspondence. Therefore it is a gross violation of human rights. On December 19 2013 the United Nations passed a resolution backing the right to digital privacy.
Deeply concerned that electronic surveillance, interception of digital communications and collection of personal data may negatively impact human rights, the United Nations General Assembly has adopted a consensus resolution strongly backing the right to privacy, calling on all countries take measures to end activities that violate this fundamental tenet of a democratic society.Source
we can hardly trust any third party to keep our information safe and secure because of conflicts of interest such as maximizing profits and legal obligations to local jurisdiction. The E-mail privacy can only be achieved through decentralized peer to peer communication.
How does Bitmesssage enable E-mail privacy?
Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities.Source
Bitmessage protocol implements two major features which are storing the information in peer nodes for a limited period of time and encrypting the message end to end. Thus it is extremely difficult for anybody to intercept the information.
Bitmessage is not the only open source tool that enables digital privacy as there are many other tools which serve similar purpose. One such tool is known as Tox which fascilitates instant messaging and video calls.
Tox is a free and open-source, peer-to-peer, encrypted instant messaging and video calling software. The stated goal of the project is to provide secure yet easily accessible communication for everyone.
Decentralized Collaborative Sharing vs Centralized Hiding
Let us imagine a cave man discovered how to make fire to keep him warm and cook food. If he did not share his discovery and decentralized the concept of light and warmth but instead claimed intellectual property right on how to make light and heat, I do not think I would be able to type this article in a markdown format and share my vision with all of you today. The moral of the story is to let your light shine. It would be nothing but an absurdity for anyone to claim a patent right on how to make light and heat because inventions and discoveries are nothing but an innovative improvisation of a priori.
There is nothing wrong in awarding compensation for inventions and discoveries. But it should rather be awarded to the collective for decentralized collaborative sharing than compensating global monopolies such as corporates for centralized hiding.
In 1742 Benjamin Franklin invented a new type of stove for which he was offered a patent. Franklin refused it arguing in his autobiography
we enjoy{ed} great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours. source
In similar veins Linus Torvalds could not afford to buy propriatiary Unix so he created Linux kernel and released the source code under GPL Licence so that it can be used for similar purpose and to empower others.
Why is Linux kernel a success story even though it defied the conventional knowledge of the academic paradigm?
Decentralized collaborative sharing enabled the success of Linux kernel.Thousands of ordinary people shared small pieces of code known as patches. Linus Torvalds designed and developed a tool known as git. This open source tool enabled the decentralized collaborative sharing by managing a distributed revision control archive and Linus along with his team merged the patches with the kernel.
But the irony is that thousands of ordinary people who contributed to the Linux kernel walked away without a penny and the monopoly corporates such as Redhat and Google reap billions of dollars today in profits thanks to Linux kernel. It is neither fair nor ethical but it bootstrapped the open source movement because they don't want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Open source tools that enables decentralize collective sharing
Even though there are many tools that enable decentralize collective sharing I would like to highlight only two tools. One is git which enables to develop open source software by means of decentralize collective sharing and contribution of source code which I have discussed before. And the other one is Twister which is a hybrid of two peer to peer technologies such as Blockchain from Bitcoin and DHT from Torrents.
Twister is a social microblogging peer to peer network such as twitter but is based on decentralized peer to peer network. It enables decentralized sharing of ideas and concepts without being tracked or compromising your digital privacy. It creates and authenticates users using Blockchain and stores the data using Distributed Hash Table (DHT)
What is the issue with Centralized Hiding?
By enforcing centralized hiding such as intellectual property rights on the masses, it leads to a situation where the benefits are funneled to the 1% at the cost of 99%. It also impedes innovation resulting in stagnation and scarcity thus empowering the few to control the many. For example if there are 7 different brands of cars and there is a billion of each brand, controlling and manipulating one of each 7 brands will be easier than controlling each of the 7 billion different cars. Control, manipulation and corruption are applicable to finite sets of numbers. They are of no relevance to infinite set of numbers.
An example of a centralized hidden archive is the vault below the Vatican which runs for more than 52 miles and hoards vast collection of knowledge dating back 10000 years from various libraries from around the world such as Alexandria.
Knowledge is power when applied, but is wisdom when shared. Power corrupts but wisdom redeems.
Decentralize Creation and Abundance
Let me clarify the key difference between creation and cloning. Creation is the process of manifesting our shared ideas and design into a physical or readable form. Cloning on the other hand is a process of producing photocopies of someone's design using it as a template. Creation can also be compared to writing your own book or novel but production is photocopying a book written by someone else.
In a decentralized creation the value is based on network effect and abundance. Let us consider LTBcoin for example, the value of the coin will increase provided more people use the LTB network and the network creates higher quality content. Thus the value is not based on scarcity but is based on abundance. The decentralized creation operates on the principle of abundance, the more the better as we do not produce but we create.
On the other hand, centralized production operates on the principle of scarcity of innovation, the lesser the better. This is because we do not create but we clone someone's design which resides in a centralized hidden archive. We are forced to pay a patent fee for the clone even though someone has the knowledge to design and create their own car.
For example if we consider a centralized car manufacturing industry, the value of the car is directly proportional to the quantity that has been produced.Ford is a cloned mass produced car based on a single template.Even though there are million clones they have less value because they are not original, creative or innovative.
Let me give you another example even though someone has the knowledge to use one of the open source software distributions like Ubuntu, every time he buys a new laptop or computer he is forced to pay the license fee for Windows which has its source code residing in the centralized hidden archive which the buyer has no access to.
Decentralized exchange of goods, services and resources
Any exchange involves two major transactions. We sell what we create and we buy what we need.Peer to peer payment system enables individuals to pay directly to the producers bypassing the middlemen. This enables the producers to have a better profit margin and the consumers to have better value for their money. One such example is OpenBazaar.
OpenBazaar is an open source project to create a decentralized network for peer to peer commerce online using Bitcoin that has no fees and cannot be censored.Source
Let s say that you would like to sell vegetables from your garden. Using the OpenBazaar, you create a new listing on your computer with details of the vegetables and quote for the price in Bitcoin. When you publish that listing, it is sent out to the distributed p2p network of other people who use OpenBazaar. Anyone who searches for the keywords such as local vegetables will find your listing. They can either accept your price, or offer up a new price.
If you both agree to a price, OpenBazaar creates a contract with your digital signature and sends it to an entity called a notary. In the case of a dispute an arbiter can be brought into the transaction. There is no third parties involved. The notaries and arbiters are also part of the distributed p2p network who the buyer and seller trust in case something goes wrong. The notaries and arbiters witness the contract and create a multisignature Bitcoin account that requires two of three people to agree before the Bitcoin can be released.
Decentralized distributed exchange can also empower individual innovation at a personal level through crowdfunding. Crowdfunding in turn enables decentralized distributed ownership.
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. One early-stage equity expert described it as the practice of raising funds from two or more people over the internet towards a common Service, Project, Product, Investment, Cause, and ExperienceSource
How decentralized distributed ownership is different from stocks and bonds?
Decentralized distributed ownership enables individuals to directly own a company but not through third parties like stock brokers or banks. The dividends are paid directly to the individual owners of the company. Distributed ownership can enable all the 7 billion people of this planet to own one single company directly without any major issues or downsides.
The funds raised through bonds are invested in public infrastructure projects such as roads, rails, bridges etc. The decentralized distributed ownership enables individuals to directly participate in the public infrastructure projects without the need for bonds.
Decentralized Arbitration
We as individuals each one of us is a sovereign. We are not a person but a sovereign, which is a basic right granted by the Creator. We exist simultaneously in a parallel multiverse which has many domains or dimensions that exist in parallel but we are aware of only one domain. These are some of the practical implications of the Multiverse hypothesis.
We can only be tried in any jurisdiction as a person. We consent to be represented as a legal person to be tried in a court of law in a temporal domain. A person is a legal entity such as a limited liable company which can be tried by any jurisdiction. The purpose of a legal entity such as a person is to limit the liability to this temporal domain.
We can create our own rules without involving any third parties to arbitrate and abide by them as a sovereign as long as the rules are consented by the counter party and are not violating the common law or natural law. This is made possible by the application of smart contracts.
Smart contracts are computer protocols that facilitate, verify, or enforce the negotiation or performance of a contract, or that obviate the need for a contractual clause. Smart contracts usually also have a user interface and often emulate the logic of contractual clauses.Source
What is Temporal Jurisdiction?
As a sovereign, if anyone prefers litigation rather than decentralized arbitration, then they should be at liberty to exercise their freedom to choose their temporal jurisdiction in order to resolve their conflicts.
When Ethereum started the first round of crowd funding the funds are managed by a company incorporated in Switzerland. The developers of Ethereum had the freedom to choose their legal jurisdiction of sale and thus are accountable to the laws of Switzerland but not accountable to the temporal jurisdiction of Canada or USA. This is a classic example of exercising their freedom to choose their temporal jurisdiction in order to resolve their conflicts in future.
This article is meant for informational purposes and is not an endorsement. Articles published on the LTB network are the author s personal opinion and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the LTB network.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_privacy
https://bitmessage.org/bitmessage.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tox_(software)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)
http://twister.net.co/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZpNQUIqIg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse
https://www.ethereum.org/
Categories: General, Columns
Solution to Sybil attacks and 51% attacks in Decentralized Networks
August 3rd, 2014 by lainfinity
Original (dhimmels):
In the early days Internet started as a symmetric peer to peer decentralized network of computers. As time passed by, the Internet became more asymmetric and concentrated in a few centralized data centers with billions of PCs and laptops on the edges. The reason Internet started as peer-to-peer decentralized networks are scalability, high fault tolerance and resilience to censorship. However security is a major drawback in these types of networks as it is almost a certainty that malicious nodes will be joining the network from time to time. These malicious nodes can flood the network with invalid packets, thus preventing the packets from being delivered causing a simple flood attack.
Another common attack is Man in the Middle (MitM) attack in which an attacker places himself between two peer nodes in the network. Such an attack can remain undetected, as long as the attacker remains passive. This also enables the attacker to listen to the communications between the two nodes. As a result, the attacker can assume the identity of both the peer nodes, compromise one or both nodes and try to infiltrate the network.
What are Sybil Attacks and Sockpuppets?
Sybil attack is another security vulnerability specific to peer to peer decentralized networks as it is open and anonymous in nature. The attack is named after the subject of the book Sybil which deals with the case study of a woman diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. The main component of the Sybil attack comprise of creating a large number of pseudonymous identities. Once the identities are accepted as peers they try to gain control of the network and subvert the whole network from within. The network's resilience depends on the main criteria which is how easy it is to create an identity and be accepted as a peer. As there is no 100 percent fail-proof firewall against these types of attacks, the best defense against sybil attacks is to make it as impractical as possible.
Sockpuppet is a term that implies many online identities for the sole objective of deception in the online communities.
A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception. The term, a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock, originally referred to a false identity assumed by a member of an Internet community who spoke to, or about, themselves while pretending to be another person. A significant difference between the use of a pseudonym and the creation of a sockpuppet is that the sockpuppet poses as an independent third-party unaffiliated with the puppeteer.
What is 51% attack?
A "51% attack" means a bad guy getting as much computing power as the entire rest of the Bitcoin network combined, plus a little bit more.
In his white paper Satoshi proposed the Proof of Work. The main purpose of this algorithm is to minimize 51% attacks. However proof of work does not completely eliminate 51% attack. If a bad guy tries to launch an attack, the algorithm makes it harder as it requires a lot of resources to take down the hashing power of 51 percent of the nodes that constitutes the Bitcoin network. I would therefore like to discuss the possibilities of mitigating these risks by proof of reputation.
Why centralized proof of work increases the risk of 51% attack?
Let us imagine a case scenario where the proof of work is centralized in a few data centers. As a result whoever controls the data centers can intentionally manipulate the proof of work algorithm of the decentralized network to his own ends. It is also feasible for the hackers to have a total control of the network. It will play out exactly the same way the centralized Bitcoin exchanges are getting hacked nowadays. Thus we can conclude that if we centralize the proof of work it only magnifies the risk of the attack rather than mitigating it.
Why delegated Proof of Stake is equivalent to centralized Proof of Work?
Delegated proof of stake magnifies the risk of 51% attack same as centralized proof of work. It is relatively easy to corrupt, say 100 delegates than to corrupt the 51 percent of the stake holders.
A bank is an example of a hybrid of delegated Proof of Stake and fractional reserve system. When a user deposits 100 pieces of silver coins into a bank, the user delegates his stake of silver to the bank. Then the bank releases a token of 10000 notes based on the user's 100 pieces of silver coins.
The issue with banks is that it involves trusting the third parties as it is based on delegated Proof of Stake. If the trust is violated it magnifies the risk out of proportion because of fractional reserve system. Thus Delegated Proof of Stake cannot be classified as a decentralized system because one has to trust a third party to delegate his stake. In the long run more users tend to delegate their stakes because of brand loyalty, user friendliness etc. This leads to more centralization, violation of the trust, dilution and corruption of the whole stake.
Proof of Reputation
The motive behind proof of work is based on the control of processing power while proof of stake is based on the percentage of wealth. It is very easy to corrupt both. On the other hand the motive behind proof of reputation is based on ethics and morality which is very resilient to corruption.
Let us examine the Proof of Reputation in depth and its implications. Assuming there are 10 anonymous generals who don't trust each other but are willing to undertake an invasion by providing 1000 soldiers each. In return they are willing to settle with one tenth of the spoils. It is highly probable for a general to either have 2 to 3 sockpuppets, to conspire with another 5 generals or the combination of the two.
Let us now bring in the proof of reputation in the equation. Say for example each general has a score for Proof of Reputation which is based on how many of the 1000 soldiers like them. It is very difficult to gain good reputation for all the 3 sock puppets even if they tend to have similar reputation as it negates the purpose of the sock puppets. If a general tries to conspire with another 5 generals, it will be very difficult to conspire with all the 5 generals with good reputation. This is because each one will have to risk his reputation.
In a decentralized peer to peer network it is next to impossible to corrupt 51% Proof of Work, 51% Proof of Stake and 51% Proof of Reputation of the whole network.
Implementation of Proof of Reputation
Proof of Reputation can be implemented as an assurance contract which is explained as follows:
In a binding way, members of a group pledge to contribute to action A if a total contribution level is reached. If the threshold level is met, the action is taken, and the public good is provided; otherwise, the parties are not bound to carry through the action and any monetary contributions are refunded.
The problem with assurance contract is that it enables free riders. Free riders are those who do not contribute to the public good but reap the benefits of the public good at the cost of other contributers. In order to eliminate the problem of free riders, Alex Tabarrok proposed Dominant Assurance Contract by publishing a white paper. Dominant Assurance Contract not only defines the monetary incentive, expiry date as in Assurance contract but also adds another parameter known as minimum number of contributers required for the contract to come into effect.
Therefore Proof of Reputation has to be implemented as a dominant assurance contract to discourage free riders. One method of implementation is based on semi-trusted oracles. Gavin Andresen explains the implementation as follows.
So I'll start there, and imagine that there are semi-trusted 'oracles' that compete to be the most reliable and trustworthy verifiers of contracts. People involved in contracts choose N of them, and then require that contract conditions be validated by one or more of them before the contract pays out. Pick more than one so no single oracle can steal the contract's funds, but less than N in case some of them go out of business or just aren't around to validate contracts when it is time for the contract to pay out.
These oracles need an agreed-upon, machine-readable contract language, but that shouldn't be hard. There are lots of interesting design decisions on what information contract scripts have access to (and lots of not-so-interesting-to-me design decisions on the language itself; is it stack-based, register-based, high-level, low-level bytecode, etc etc etc).
Another method of implementation is by awarding tokens to miners based on honesty and integrity. Tokens are basically an implementation of the assurance contract to make sure that the motives of the miners and end users are aligned for the common good. For example, if the mining pool operators will tweak their mining rigs between 10-20 percent for a period of time then the operators will have an incentive to be honest and earn reputation as tokens in addition to mining incentives. If a miner is using a mining pool, he can pledge may be 5% of his total Bitcoin mining towards the dominant assurance contract so that the mining pool will receive a reputation token which can be pegged to the market value of Bitcoin.
Tokens can also be crowd funded as a pledge by the stake holders in the decentralized network to ensure the miners and pool operators have an incentive to be honest, hence earn reputation. The tokens can be earned or burned depending on the nature of the coin which is either inflationary or deflationary. If it has to be burnt it can be released as a token and claimed by charities.
The tokens can be issued either as 1 to n, n to n or n to 1, depending on individual requirements based on Counterparty protocol, Colored coin protocol for Bitcoins or Dogeparty protocol for Dogecoins.
Another method of implementation is using the Lighthouse platform. Lighthouse has a lightweight encrypted HD wallet. It uses payment verification by directly synchronizing with the block chain. It also enables dominant assurance contracts for people to pledge for the projects directly using Bitcoins. If they want their money back before the contract reaches its target amount, they can revoke the pledges they have already made. As the contract is entirely based on the block chain, pledges cannot be claimed individually. They can only be claimed when the combined pledges together reaches the targeted amount.
In LTB network, Proof of Reputation is being implemented to defend against sockpuppets which is based on token controlled access. Each piece of content is mapped to certain tokens and quantities. If the quantity is zero, the content is accessible to users. If the quantity required is more than zero, the content is then blocked.
Token-Controlled Access (TCA) is a simple idea. In a given system, different levels of access to that system are granted according to the combination of tokens in a particular user's wallet.
Token Controlled Viewpoint (TCV) is an application of TCA to information content (forums, posts, comments, bonus content, bloopers, walkthroughs, tips, tweets, supplemental blogs, RSS feeds or other data) on basic web pages.
This article is meant for informational purposes and is not an endorsement. Articles published on the LTB network are the author's personal opinion and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the LTB network.
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Attacks#Attacker_has_a_lot_of_computing_power
http://gavintech.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/bit-thereum.html
http://mason.gmu.edu/~atabarro/PrivateProvision.pdf
http://blog.vinumeris.com/2014/05/17/lighthouse/
Categories: General, Columns, LTBCoin
Blockchain Bootstrapping Resource based Economy
July 14th, 2014 by lainfinity
ADAM's NOTE: PLEASE EDIT THIS COPY FOR THE TEST
Differentiation of the blockchain from proof of work to proof of resource.
Advantages of a resource based economy.
Disadvantages of a consumption based economy.
Examples of resource based crypto-currencies.
What is Proof of Resource?
The Bitcoin network is built on Proof of Work, which is based on an algorithmic assymetry: valid hashes are computationally easy to verify but difficult to create. The vast processing power devoted to mining consumes electricity and therefore the bitcoin network is resource-backed.
Downsides of the proof of work model such include the cost of maintaining the network and centralization of the asymmetric processing power. However instead I would like to discuss the upside which is long term impact of blockchain technology on the economy.
Resource Based Economy vs Consumption Based Economy
The concept of resource-based economics was developed by Jacque Fresco through his Venus Project in 1995.
The Venus Project is an organization founded by Jacque Fresco that advocates for what it calls a resource-based economy. The goal is to combine Fresco's versions of sustainable development, energy efficiency, natural resource management and advanced automation in a global socioeconomic system based on social cooperation and scientific methodology.
Jacque Fresco's work focuses only on natural resources of the planet such as minerals, natural gas and oil. However in the internet era, the scope of resources goes beyond natural resources of the planet. In a decentralized computer network resources include processing power, storage and network bandwidth. In any given community, resources include member skills, software development, availability of tools, and content produced.
Since our current economy is based on the equilibrium between production and consumption, perpetual growth is only possible with perpetually increasing consumption. In other words, for growth to never reverse or cease, consumption must eventually become infinite. As inflation is baked into the very core of the growth pattern of this economy model, it is like a tornado that feeds itself anything on its path. Among this model's destructive consequences are peak oil, depletion of natural resources, and ever increasing pollution.
Transition from division of labor which is Proof of Work by humans to Proof of Resource has already begun. Division of labor was advocated by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations. Thanks to the innovation of Blockchain, the technology is moving towards transforming centralization and corruption into decentralization, transparency and accountability at all levels.
One of the main advantage of Proof of Resource model is that it is based on deflation rather than inflation. This is because the resources do not and cannot be inflated to infinity. Gold or any mineral mining are very good examples of this model. By implementing the Proof of Resource in a decentralized system we are making sure the resources are not controlled by few but managed by the people based on group consensus.The Blockchain enables the group consensus and empowers the people on a grass roots level.
When we observe how nature operates, we can infer that the natural world conserves resources by reducing, reusing and recycling them. The planet powers itself by with plants that photosynthesize rather than combust fossil fuels. The planet's ecology does not operate under the premise of inflation but is guided by the principle of conservation.
Resource based Crypto-Currencies
Proof of Resource model is implemented in some of the crypto currencies such as LTBcoin and SolarCoin. These are backed by resources such as community produced content and production of electricity through solar energy.
Why is LTBcoin Proof of Resource based?
Proof of Publication and Proof of Participation are the basis of LTBcoin. This model considers content produced by the community as a resource. The end users, who are the consumers, earn coins by participating in the community and enhancing the content through Proof of Participation. The distribution of LTBcoin for the next five years is as follows.
60% of LTBcoins will be distributed to members who publish content on the LTB Network
25% of LTBcoins will be distributed to members who are the end users
10% of LTBcoins will go towards the maintenance of the platform
5% of LTBcoins will go towards administration
The main advantage of this model is that group concencus is required to control the discussion. This makes subtle censorship less likely than on sites like reddit or slashdot.
Solarcoin
SolarCoin is backed by two forms of proof of work. One is the traditional cryptographic proof of work associated with digital currency. Another proof of work is a 3rd party verified meter reading. SolarCoin is equitably distributed using both of these proofs of work as a means to reward solar energy generation.
SolarCoin is the first renewable energy currency and also a resource based coin as it is backed by production of solar electricity. One solarcoin is rewarded to the producer of 1 megawatt of electricity.
This article is meant for informational purposes and is not an endorsement. Articles published on the LTB network are the author's personal opinion and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the LTB network.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KphWsnhZ4Ag#t=13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsV_3yBDXXI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations
http://www.hashcash.org/
http://wiki.solarcoin.org
http://solarcoin.org/news/


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Q: Como cargo y almaceno ciertas filas y columnas de un archivo csv con la libreria pandas en una variable import pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split

df = pd.read_csv('coords.csv') #Cargo el archivo csv

#x = df.drop('class', axis=1) #features values
x = df.iloc[0:,1:]
#y = df['class'] #target value
y = df.iloc[0:,:1]

print(x)
print(y)

x_train, x_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(x, y, test_size=0.3, random_state=1234)

print(x_train)
print(y_train)

from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler

from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression, RidgeClassifier
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier, GradientBoostingClassifier

pipelines = {
    'lr':make_pipeline(StandardScaler(), LogisticRegression()),
    'rc':make_pipeline(StandardScaler(), RidgeClassifier()),
    'rf':make_pipeline(StandardScaler(), RandomForestClassifier()),
    'gb':make_pipeline(StandardScaler(), GradientBoostingClassifier()),
}

fit_models = {}

for algo, pipeline in pipelines.items():
    model = pipeline.fit(x_train, y_train)
    fit_models[algo] = model

print(fit_models)

print(fit_models['lr'].predict(x_test))
print(fit_models['rc'].predict(x_test))
print(fit_models['rf'].predict(x_test))
print(fit_models['gb'].predict(x_test))

Como hago para que los datos encuadrados en rojo del csv que se ven en la siguiente screenshot de Excel(delimitados por el simbolo de la coma), que serian los targets, queden guardados en la variable y , y los que estan encuadrados en azul que serian las features (x1,y1,z1,v1,x2,y2,z2,v2,...,x501,y501,z501,v501) que se deben guardar en la variable x.

Yo lo he intentado con la funcion .iloc pero no ha funcionado correctamente con esto:
x = df.iloc[0:,1:]
y = df.iloc[0:,:1]

Me sale lo siguiente cuando imprimo x, ademas en la siguiente screenshot tambien se ve el error que da la funcion fit() de scikit-learn, al intentar entrenar un modelo con esos datos que no se pueden cargar correctamente del csv.

Y esto sale cuando imprimo la variable y

En ambos casos los datos que carga del archivo csv son incorrectos y no entiendo el porque, ya que se supone que el iloc deberia seleccionar esas filas y columnas.
No se si es util para el problema, pero el codigo con el que cree el csv, es el siguiente (aqui un fragmento):
pose = results.pose_landmarks.landmark

pose_row = list(np.array([[landmark.x, landmark.y, landmark.z, landmark.visibility] for landmark in pose]).flatten())

face = results.face_landmarks.landmark

face_row = list(np.array([[landmark.x, landmark.y, landmark.z, landmark.visibility] for landmark in face]).flatten())

row = pose_row+face_row
row.insert(0, class_name)

with open('coords.csv', mode='a', newline='') as f:
    csv_writer = csv.writer(f, delimiter=',', quotechar='"', quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL)
    csv_writer.writerow(row)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Another successful auction was held on Feb 22nd, with a variety of books on subjects ranging from art and Aboriginal Australian, to antiquarian, medical and law. Highlights included Strehlow Songs of Central Australia selling for $2,000, an 1831 broadsheet Testimonial To George Augustus Robinson reaching $2,000, a set of Art in Australia reaching $3,000 and a beautiful Eighteenth Century Compass and Sun Dial realising $550.
The clearance rate was approximately 90%, showing strong interest in the auction and great value for both vendors and buyers alike. We would like to thank all of those that attended or bid online and look forward to seeing you at our next sale.
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You may recognise her as Jennie in the indie film Kids. Since her breakout role, Chloë Sevigny has moved on from being It Girl of the 90s to play fashion muse and designer for a whole generation. Oh, and she's written a book.
Bound in pink gingham fabric, the 224-page tome published by Rizzoli— including the gushiest afterword in the world and blank (!) pages –is a fan-pleasing wealth of Chloë miscellany. You get old magazine covers, fashion ads, pencil drawings, childhood photos, and professional and amateur shots of varying quality, taken mostly in the 1990s. The overall effect is surprisingly intimate.
Why a book? Sevigny, who turned 40 this year, claims to have come across a (possibly unauthorized) Chloë photo book that was popular in Japan–this sounds suspiciously like a humblebrag "I'm big in Japan" –and wanted to produce a more flattering "Chloë book" herself. Unlike many celebrities with books about themselves, however, Sevigny isn't famous just for being famous: besides starring in Kids, she is memorable as Christian Bale's secretary (and almost-victim) Jean in American Psycho and as Hilary Swank's love interest Lana in Boys Don't Cry.
She also modelled for Sassy magazine and starred in a Sonic Youth music video—both opportunities given to her because of her unusual street style.
Although she's the perpetual subject of photographers/filmmakers/journalists, Sevigny isn't entirely passive. She was grabbing up clothes from thrift stores before it was cool (this was before hipsters officially existed) and is now an actress-slash-fashion designer. Heroin chic and grunge are out, but Sevigny''s retrospective still makes an attractive coffee table book.
Last month, Sevigny released No Time for Love, a photo zine about the men who have shared her life, starting with her father. Are zines still relevant? To a woman known for looking as if she does'n't care about being cool, the question wouldn't matter anyway.


Decent, not bad, and just okay. Those are adjectives I would use to describe the week my club had in the MLS Fantasy Manager game.
It was another 60+ point week for the club, better than the game average but in the end not good enough to push my club further up the overall rankings (still in the 300s). Apparently now there is a Cup tournament going on as well but it turns out due to the one extra transfer that I may this week, my club lost. Darn.
I made the right call with the two new additions (Higuain and De Rosario) as they added a combined 35 points. The bad was everything else in between.
There are only a few more weeks left in the season and in the Fantasy Manager game, hopefully there will be a late season push here by my club but right now it looks like we are playing for next year already.


Indispensable leaders make employees better, they drive revenue and maintain a sense of optimism around the office.
They understand that each day of leading is a challenge and embrace the hurdles they encounter rather than circumvent those obstacles.
These are the individuals who accept full responsibility for the performance of their people. They embrace the fact that the buck stops with them.
Most importantly, indispensable leaders leverage their influence, knowledge and experience in order to make the companies they work for win.
They share an unwillingness to accept defeat. As a result, they figure out what must be done in order to achieve uncanny monetary improvements.
Below, you'll find a few key implementations that will not only propel you to the next level, but that will also make you invaluable and indispensable to any company.
Remember, the more important an applicant is to their company, the more options they have upon working with recruiters, HR managers or executives upon searching for other jobs.
When average leaders depart from an organization, it is an annoyance to that company. HR may have to take significant time and energy to find a replacement, people around the office may have to take on extra responsibility.
Though, it does not hinder the "big picture." The more difficult you are to replace, the easier it is to negotiate raises, start entrepreneurial ventures within the company and gain the respect of both your subordinates, bosses and clients.
Prior to requesting a promotion, asking for a raise or leveraging another job offer, you have to gauge how crucial you are to the company's success.
For measurement purposes, there are a few questions that are imperative to answer. Be honest with yourself and, where you fall short make the necessary adjustments to improve your skills, work ethic and sense of character as the greater the consequences for the company, the greater your leverage is in a myriad of areas.
How much disorganization would result from if you left the company?
How much would moral suffer? A leaders' mood, for lack of a better word is catching.
1. Create an unified vision among your subordinates. A team doesn't win the championship if their players are working from conflicting agendas. Getting everyone on the same page will allow you to become a key part of the company as the organization risks losing clients, employees and moral if you leave.
2. Develop a good relationship with those under you. People want to go along with those whom they get along with. Build trust by being honest and authentic.
3. Become cognizant of market changes. Really strong leaders have a special capacity to anticipate the radically unexpected. Start to become cognizant of the moves made by your competitors and be aware of new entrants and threats to the industry.
Companies live and die by their ability to alter business strategies with changing market conditions. Often, the individual who can do this is worth their weight in gold to the company.
4. Surround yourself with people better and smarter than you are. A good leader has the courage to surround themselves with people better than themselves.
5. Gain a heavy duty resilience. Every leader makes mistakes, every leader stumbles and falls. Indispensable leaders learn from mishaps, regroup and then get going with a renewed speed, conviction and confidence.


Foster guest-starred as herself on the HBO series Entourage, in which she had a romantic tryst with character Vincent Chase (played by actor Adrian Grenier) before appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in the episode "Talk Show". She briefly hosted Entertainment Tonight spin-off ET on MTV in 2002. Based on that she was cast as the lead femme fatale in The Big Bounce, a remake of a movie adaptation of the same novel by Elmore Leonard. She has also appeared in the Backstreet Boys music video "Shape of My Heart", as well as music video for "Drop That Baby" by The Wondergirls.
In 2004, she played crime-fighting bisexual spy Amy in Angela Robinson's film D.E.B.S.. In 2009, she signed on to play Jen Clark, the sister of Naomi Clark (AnnaLynne McCord), on The CW drama series 90210. Additionally, Foster stars in the 2010 science-fiction film Psych 9, which was directed by Andrew Shortell.
Foster is the daughter of music producer David Foster and former model Rebecca Foster (née Dyer), and is married to tennis player Tommy Haas. In November 2010, Haas announced on his website that Foster had given birth to a baby girl. Foster gave birth to another daughter in November 2015.
2005 Crossing Jordan Tammi Eldridge Episode: "Family Affair"
2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Amy Maynard Episode: "Unbearable"
2018 The $100,000 Pyramid Herself Celebrity player; episode: "Leslie Jones vs. Taye Diggs and Sara Foster vs. Erin Foster"
^ Sara Foster [@saramfoster] (August 2, 2012). "Guys thanks so much for my birthday wishes.The thing is,ITS NOT MY BIRTHDAY!!My bday is FEB 5th!!Internet wants me to be younger apparently" (Tweet). Retrieved June 18, 2016 – via Twitter.
^ Michael Fleming (September 11, 2002). "Tyro actress snags 'Bounce' lead". Variety. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
^ "Sara Foster". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
^ David Rooney (January 21, 2004). "Review: 'D.E.B.S.'". Variety. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
^ Stacy Dodd (March 11, 2009). "Sara Foster cast on '90210'". Variety. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
^ "Psych: 9 Teaser Poster and a Few Stills". Dread Central. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
^ New Clip and Site Update for Psych: 9, Dread Central; accessed March 29, 2015.
^ "Sara Foster Gives Birth to Her Second Child, Kate Hudson Shares Adorable Photos". Entertainment Tonight. November 12, 2015. Retrieved 2018-11-20.


Looks like this message board has been dead for a while, with a few exceptions. Should we perhaps set up a Facebook private group? Is there any way to revive this website?
My fear is that, as a parcopresis sufferer, this circle of support will eventually vanish.


"It is time for the Department of Justice to give Congress the documents we've requested," Jordan said.
"Sir, I certainly hope that your colleagues are not under that impression. It is not accurate sir," Rosenstein said.
This guy is just BEGGING to be fired.
Please, Mr. President. Grant his wish.
Also, many people are questioning why Trump has not declassified these docs. My theory is that Trump will let this farce play out and then, strategically, order these docs released in time for maximum impact on the Midterms.
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It is unfortunate that he got injured - Nienaber
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Johan Goosen - Getty
The Springbok coach, Jacques Nienaber, has conceded that the injury to the Bulls flyhalf, Johan Goosen, has thrown the spanner in the works ahead of the End of Year Tour to the United Kingdom.
Goosen sustained a serious ACL injury while in action for the Bulls against the Cardiff Blues in the United Rugby Championship.
Yesterday, Nienaber, named Handré Pollard and Elton Jantjies as the only specialist flyhalves for the tour.
Nienaber admitted that Goosen was in the mix for a Springbok return.
"There are a lot of fringe players on our standby list, and Johan was definitely one the guys that we were looking at.
"It is unfortunate that he got injured, especially with Morné Steyn deciding that he is going to retire from international rugby.
"It probably opened up a little bit of a window there."
If the need arises, the seasoned Toyota Cheetahs double World Cup winner, Frans Steyn, could be used at flyhalf, while Damian Willemse has played in the position for the Stormers in the past.
The Springboks leave for France on Friday where they will be in camp for a week before heading to the UK.
Morgan Piek OFM Sport
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Q: How to implement custom API keys using Okta I am looking for instructions to implement API keys to protect an API using Okta.
The idea is similar to the GitHub Personal Access Tokens workflow.
The frontend application will have the access token to unblock access to the BFF.
It is not per end-user auth but about access tokens between applications ( App-2-App authorization, as opposed to End-User-2-App authentication? If that makes sense ).
Thanks,
André

A: You can register an OIDC application with client_credentials OIDC flow, which will allow that application to use client id/secret pair to get an OAuth access token to call your API. It's exactly for your use case of some system app/account to get a JWT to call back-end services


The Emergency Management Association of Georgia is excited to welcome professionals from emergency management, public health, healthcare coalitions, and others to the 2019 Emergency Management Summit and Training Sessions.
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The main thing you will notice if you come to Ballinamore with the intention of doing business is that people are very welcoming and will go out of their way to help you out. You will experience a lot of good will.
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As sea and land ice diminish and rapidly alter the Arctic environment, the implications for natural environments, human well-being, national security and economic development are great. While agencies face tighter budgets, interagency collaboration is crucial for understanding and forecasting this change. This discussion explores the current state of U.S. government investment in Arctic research and articulates how to move forward. Opening remarks will explain a vision for interagency collaboration, followed by the first of three discussions in which scientific program directors give an overview of current and planned investment in Arctic change research.


Light and Shadow studio: Here comes Santa Claus!
My name is Tammy and I love making one of a kind original folk art. After 25 years of working as a designer and production artist for a gift company, I decided to start doing what I truly love! I love to sculpt and I love folk art. Especially Halloween and the odd Santa too. I sculpt in paper clay and take pride in using German glass glitter, rare and unusual ribbons and findings in my work. Gourds grown here in the USA form the foundation for much of my work. I also love to carve and enjoy incorporating wooden treasures to my work. I feel so blessed to be finally doing what inspires me and have received so much support! It has been a humbling experience. I live in the mountains of Montana with my husband and one very bossy Scottish terrier.
All original artwork, photos and text are protected under copyright © 1992-2015. All rights reserved by Tammy Strum of Light and Shadow Studio . You may not use my creations/designs in any form, that includes all of my written work, no exceptions, without my express permission.
Merry Christmas everyone! I just finished the last of my Santa sculptures for the season. I had so much fun creating him. Here is a few pictures of some of the other Christmas sculptures I did. Thank you for stopping by and hope you enjoy the Season!
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Trucker Spots Tesla Semi Stuck On Highway On-Ramp
It was stopped midway up the on-ramp with a Tesla service van behind it.
Oct 12, 2022 at 2:53pm ET
By: Andrei Nedelea
Tesla will deliver its first Semi trucks to a customer, PepsiCo, on the 1st of December, but the manufacturer is still out testing prototypes and not all of them may be performing as expected. One was spotted stuck halfway up a highway on-ramp with several other vehicles stopped around it, leaving us wondering what exactly happened.
In a short video posted by Serge The Car Hauler on YouTube, he stopped to film this exact scene with the Tesla Semi, another truck carrying a trailer that looks like it is off the road, a tow truck facing the wrong way down the on-ramp and a Tesla service van. Had there not been a second truck (the one that appears to have been driven off the road), we would have assumed that the Semi had encountered a problem rendering it unable to move.
Gallery: Tesla Semi new photos
Maybe the Semi and the other truck were involved in some kind of incident. Perhaps the other truck driver didn't see the stopped Semi in time and made a sudden avoidance maneuver that could have resulted in what we see in the video. There's a good chance the aforementioned tow truck was there to pull the truck onto the road, not for the Semi.
It could be just that the Semi ran out of electricity in that exact spot - maybe Tesla was testing the vehicle in this way, having it driven with very low state of charge. There's also a chance something could have malfunctioned, of course, and that wouldn't be at all surprising given the fact that while Tesla may have learned how to build cars, it isn't that experienced when it comes to building trucks, so unforeseen problems may arise.
The Tesla service Ford Transit parked behind the Semi could be there to try to give the Semi some juice to get it moving - if indeed that was the problem - or it could have brought technicians and engineers over to diagnose whatever was keeping it from moving. There is a good chance that early Tesla Semi operators will encounter bugs that will be ironed out over time.
More on the Tesla Semi
Tesla Semi With Storytelling Graffiti Shows Up At Tesla's AI Day
More Tesla Semis Out On Public Roads Prior To Upcoming Deliveries
Source: Serge The Car Hauler / YouTube via Electrek
Tesla China Shipping Out Huge Fleets Of Exports
9:36am Electrify America Charging Stations Vulnerable To Hacking


This exhibition was a highly immersive object-rich exhibition and one of the V&A's blockbuster exhibitions. It still tours to international venues.
Our design took visitors on an experiential journey through the late 1960s as they explored activism, music, fashion and design. Large scale projected film, AV and sound mixed with objects created theatrical environments that took people from Carnaby Street to Woodstock. Throughout the visit, visitors wore headphones that provided soundscapes and soundtracks to the exhibition. As they moved between spaces, the music triggered to change.


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Demi Lovato To Share Details Of Overdose In New Docuseries
Jan 13, 2021 @ 2:53pm
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Demi Lovato announced via Instagram that her new docuseries, "Demi Lovato Dancing With The Devil", will be available March 23rd.
The YouTube Originals series will provide viewers an in depth look into some of the traumas that Lovato has faced including her near fatal overdose.
The series will be offered for free on YouTube.
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These skinny, super-stretchy and soft Slim Cords have a high rise and a close fit. A side zipper helps keep the silhouette clean and simple. These are similar to Prairie's much-loved Cigarette Legging. These pants are made from "deadstock," unused material leftover from other garment manufacturers and mills, as part of Prairie's continued efforts to reduce waste in the fashion industry.


Hi there :) Here's the next one. Until I get at least an overall 9 grade :P I love these lessons anyway. Any improvements in the vibrato ?
Hey Alex! The take has potential and it would be super if you would focus a little more on the bends! What i mean by that, is that they sometime sound unsure regarding the pitch. Remember what we discussed over at the v-chat 3 days ago - get the pitch right first things first!
Prett good, although I would try and add more 'snap' to some of those notes. BB King would play these high notes and quickly slide out of them. To get that effect, you'll need to be more confident with your hand movements.. just give it a bit more attitude and trust it to do its job !
Yes, this is very very good. Vibrato is excellent, but you need to work with it a bit more to polish it up on slower tempos. But you are getting there. You realized that for this type of vibrato thumb on the back is hardly needed at all. You do a complete motion from rotating the forearm + little wrist forward/backward movement.


Square Enix released the brand new RPG for Nintendo Switch™, "OCTOPATH TRAVELER" in July 2018. The title has enjoyed success with world-wide sales figure of more than a million copies (combined from both full and digital versions), and the sensational reception of its music has led to plans for the release of a new soundtrack album with completely new arrangement!
The composer Yasunori Nishiki fully supervised this new CD production, with popular tracks arranged for performance by bands and on piano. Utterly different from the original, this album will bring a new sound for you to enjoy! The new recordings of 12 much loved tracks will include "OCTOPATH TRAVELER -Main theme-" and "Battle 1".