The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and several partners today are kicking off the year-long Global City Teams Challenge to help communities around the world work together to address issues ranging from air quality to traffic management to emergency services coordination. NIST is inviting communities and innovators to create teams that will foster the spread of "smart cities" that take advantage of networked technologies to better manage resources and improve quality of life.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced the Global City Teams Challenge today during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Business Forum, which is part of the Obama administration's efforts to increase trade and investment with Africa. The Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA) will support the challenge by assisting U.S. companies that want to export their products or services overseas for the first time or expand their international client base, and by connecting participants with government officials around the world.
This new challenge will leverage the success of the SmartAmerica Challenge, which from December 2013 through June 2014 brought together more than 100 companies, universities and other organizations to form teams that developed and applied networked technologies. That challenge demonstrated that these technologies have the potential to create jobs and business opportunities and provide socioeconomic benefits.
Smart cities rely on effective networking of computer systems and physical devices. These Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber-physical systems (CPS) currently account for more than $32 trillion in global economic activity, a number that is projected to grow as they bring improvements to health care, advanced manufacturing and a host of other industries.
The challenge will kick off Sep. 29-30, 2014, with a two-day workshop at NIST's Gaithersburg, Md., campus that will bring together city planners and representatives from technology companies, academic institutions and nonprofits. The challenge is open to participants around the world, and international representatives will be able to participate in the kick-off meeting via webcast.
To support the challenge, NIST has teamed with US Ignite, a nonprofit focused on the creation of next-generation Internet applications that provide transformative public benefit. US Ignite will host the website where communities and technology innovators can sign up to create teams that will focus on particular smart city goals and challenges. Partners in the challenge will include the National Science Foundation; the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Health and Human Services; and, from the private sector, Intel, IBM, Juniper Networks, Extreme Networks and ARM Holdings, which work in these technology areas.
San Jose, Calif., and Intel are developing a sensing platform to gather real-time air quality and vibration data to improve the quality of life for the city's residents.
Honolulu and IBM are providing transparent access to city data, encouraging better government-public dialog.
The Cleveland Connected Collaboration Corridor (4Cs) links four of the city's districts to support educational, residential and medical IoT projects through OneCommunity's fiber-optic network.
Register for the September 2014 workshop at http://www.nist.gov/cps/global-city-teams-challenge-workshop.cfm. Learn more about the challenge at http://www.nist.gov/cps/sagc.cfm.


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Circus Oz – Close To The Bone
Dec 15, 2014 | Professional Theatre, Reviews | 0 |
Circus Oz in Close to the Bone at The Melba Spiegeltent is a unique take on contemporary circus. The 100 year old Belgian mirror tent, previously based at the Melbourne Docklands, is now permanently based at the Circus Oz headquarters in Collingwood. This makes it the perfect venue for Circus Oz to debut this short season of their intimate, raw take on their usual large scale touring show.
The Spiegeltent's have a unique atmosphere that adds a certain something to every performance. Director Debra Batton states in the program that they wanted to create a show that "…didn't meet the expectations of what a usual Spiegeltent show should be." That, at the very least, they have done. Close to the Bone is clearly not just another example of the "glamorous entertainment that is typical of Spiegeltent's". There is very little about this show that is 'glamorous'. Guest Directors Simon Yates and Jo-Ann Lancaster are apparently known for the 'anti-aesthetic' of their productions, which is seen very clearly in this performance. The constrained nature of the space, and extreme closeness of the audience, means that the 'polish' that distance can provide, is not there. The audience can clearly see that not only are the costumes quite dark, and clearly not portraying the festive sparkle and colour we associate with circus, but are also worn and showing the strain that such physical performance subjects them to. In fact, Nathan Kell's costume failed in the opening Chinese Pole act, ripping open down his side, which seem to cause him considerable pain by the end of his impressive act. This initial performance brought home to the audience just how different this show would be to previous circus performances we may have seen. From a distance of just a couple of metres away at most, the front row could clearly see every muscle straining, sweat beading, hear grunts of effort, or the sound of the pole being hit, see the stitching fraying on his costume and see first-hand how very close to the ground Kell often ended up. The intimacy removed the way distance usually makes such acrobatic performances look effortless, and instead provided the audience with a raw view of the effort and strength required. This theme continued throughout the performances, providing a unique 'up close and personal' perspective to each new act. Not only could we clearly see the physical strain the performers were under, but before long, we could smell it. Gasps from the audience not only indicated concern for the performers, but for the audience itself, as a fall or dropping of a prop would have had the audience diving for cover. This caused an unusual tension in the audience, as they were entertained, but also tensed to move quickly if something should go wrong.
The show opened to a lively performance from the resident band, led by dynamic Musical Director Ania Reynolds on Saxophone. One of the aspects of the show I enjoyed the most, was that the band was almost entirely made up of the circus performers – they are a multi-talented bunch! Only Reynolds and the drummer Ben Hendry did not actively participate in the acrobatics (although they were still included in some of the circus performances). The band included guitars, banjo, trumpet, piano, a Melodica and a selection of percussion instruments ranging from a gourd to a rubber chicken drumstick. Performers would enter and leave the band depending on the acrobatic performance currently under way.
The slightly dark vibe of the show continued with Lillikoi Kaos' hoop performances, assisted (in the guise of conflict) by Dale Woodbridge-Brown. Kaos' persona is fierce and aggressive, which was suited to the theme of the conflict between the 2 characters, and the raw approach continued with a very simplistic costume (basically sports bra and briefs) and a deliberately unpolished approach, with Kaos continuously tugging at and adjusting her underwear. Definitely no glamour here! Kaos' control of over 20 hoops, however, particularly on such a small stage, was quite impressive.
Between acts, the audience's attention was redirected in various ways – by the band circumnavigating the tent, or at one time, by the entire audience being blindfolded. At one stage, our view was directed away from the stage by the use of a handheld spotlight. Olivia Porter appeared on the table of one of the booths, and circulated through the back of the tent with her juggling performance, as changes occurred on stage. Her characterisation also had a dark element, vacillating between a disturbing blank countenance, and one of extreme tension and anxiety. Her incredible manipulation of the small juggling balls was portrayed as an extension of her character, like a nervous tic. The music played by the band accentuated the mood this created. Porter's interaction with the audience, without engaging with them at all, was mildly disturbing. Her attention never seemed to focus on the audience, even when she was using them as a prop to bounce or roll her ball on.
The next performer flew into our view suspended on a safety line form the roof of the tent. Once again, this was slightly uncomfortable, as Matt Wilson appeared to be wearing pajamas, and for a moment, looked like he was hanging from the wire by his neck. Before the audience could take that in, however, and before his amazing balancing act could begin, what appeared to be a major costume malfunction occurred, leaving Wilson naked. In hindsight, I now know there is a warning regarding possible nudity on the website and a suggested 15 plus age limit. There was no warning with the initial announcements however, despite warnings to be ready to duck, and no mention in the program. Clearly the parents of the 2 pre-teens in the front row were not aware, and the girls were clearly mortified. The dark humour continued as Wilson struggled to get into his underwear while suspended from the ceiling and attempting to cover himself. A more serious note quickly returned as he undertook a seemingly impossible balancing act and removed his safety line.
Spenser Inwood's aerial ring performance was next. While the lead-up to this act seemed unnecessary, the performance itself was another chance to see a traditional circus performance that is usually far away from the audience, up close and personal. This once again highlighted the strength and skill required, and ironically, added tension, despite the fact that the performer was at a much safer distance above the stage than normal.
The performance that probably has the audience most concerned for their own safety was Kyle Raferty's unicycle. The balance needed for such an act is always impressive – add a stage runway that looks less than a metre wide and the stage proper about 2 metres in diameter, and the tension (and skill required) is definitely raised!
There were several acts that included a larger number of performers together on stage, which in such close confines, required extreme precision. The only act that was somewhat disappointing, if only in its brevity, was Woodbridge-Brown's rope act. I'm not sure if something occurred to cut it short, or if it was planned, but it hardly seemed worth the time spent to set it up.
Overall, the show was highly entertaining and memorable. They certainly met their goal in bringing something new to the Spiegeltent, and condensing the elements of circus performance to a raw, fundamental level, that left the audience in no doubt of the strength and skill of the performers.
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Q: Incrementar ID en un DataRow Me encuentro con el siguiente problema. Estoy comenzando con datatables y estoy relizando inserciones a traves de datarow. me funciona todo perfecto hasta que quiero intentar usar una incrementador para un ID en poscion 0.
El codigo:
 public Form1()
    {

        InitializeComponent();
        Tbproductos = new DataTable();
        Tbproductos.Columns.Add("IdProducto");
        Tbproductos.Columns.Add("Nombre");
        Tbproductos.Columns.Add("Precio");

        DataRow r = Tbproductos.NewRow();
        r[0] = "1";
        r[1] = "Uno";
        r[2] = "40";

        Tbproductos.Rows.Add(r);
        DataRow r2 = Tbproductos.NewRow();
        r2[0] = "2";
        r2[1] = "dos";
        r2[2] = "770";

        Tbproductos.Rows.Add(r2);

        DataRow r3 = Tbproductos.NewRow();
        r3[0] = "3";
        r3[1] = "tres";
        r3[2] = "70";

        Tbproductos.Rows.Add(r3);

        combproducto.DataSource = Tbproductos;
        combproducto.ValueMember = "IdProducto";
        combproducto.DisplayMember = "Nombre";

        dataGridView1.DataSource = Tbproductos;

    }

    private void Binsertar_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //Insertar nueva fila con nuevos datos
        DataRow Fila = Tbproductos.NewRow();
        Fila[0] = (int)Fila[0]+1;
        Fila[1] = NprodText.Text;
        Fila[2] = NprecText.Text;

        Tbproductos.Rows.Add(Fila);
    }
}

Gracias !!!

A: Con una columna autoincrementable
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("id");
dt.Columns["id"].AutoIncrement = true;
dt.Columns["id"].AutoIncrementSeed = 1;
dt.Rows.Add(dt.NewRow());
dt.Rows.Add(dt.NewRow());
dt.Rows.Add(dt.NewRow());

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Hesselbach ist ein geographischer Name

von Orten:
 Hesselbach (Gummersbach), Stadtteil von Gummersbach im Oberbergischen Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen
 Hesselbach (Bad Laasphe), Stadtteil von Bad Laasphe im Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen
 Hesselbach (Oberkirch), Ortsteil im Stadtteil Butschbach der Stadt Oberkirch im Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg
 Hesselbach (Oberzent), Ortsteil von Oberzent im Odenwaldkreis, Hessen
 Hesselbach (Üchtelhausen), Ortsteil von Üchtelhausen im Landkreis Schweinfurt, Bayern
 Hesselbach (Wilhelmsthal), Ortsteil von Wilhelmsthal im Landkreis Kronach, Bayern

von Gewässern:
 Hesselbach (Altmühl), linker Zufluss der Altmühl bei Winkel, Markt Bechhofen, Landkreis Ansbach, Bayern
 Hesselbach (Banfe), rechter Zufluss der Banfe (Lahn) nahe Hesselbach, Stadt Bad Laasphe, Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen
 Hesselbach (Gießgraben), linker Zufluss des Gießgraben (Zusam), zwischen dem Stadtteil Roggden und Wertingen selbst, Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau, Bayern
 Hesselbach (Itter) durch die Höllklinge, linker Zufluss der Itter (Neckar) bei Badisch-Schöllenbach, Stadt Eberbach, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
 Hesselbach (Kohlbach), rechter Zufluss des Kohlbachs (zum Kraichbach) vor Zaisenhausen, Landkreis Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
 Hesselbach (Murg), rechter Zufluss der Murg (Nordschwarzwald) unterhalb von Raumünzach, Gemeinde Forbach, Landkreis Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg
 Hesselbach (Odeborn), rechter Zufluss der Odeborn bei Hoheleye, Stadt Winterberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen
 Hesselbach (Rench), linker Zufluss der Rench in Oberkirch, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg
 Hesselbach (Tennenbächle), rechter Zufluss des Tennenbächles bei Glasig, Gemeinde Freiamt, Landkreis Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, das über das Aubächle in den Brettenbach (Elz) entwässert

Hesselbach ist ein Familienname:
 Adam Kaspar Hesselbach (1788–1856), Mediziner, Sohn von Franz Kaspar Hesselbach
 Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (auch Franz Caspar Hesselbach; 1759–1816), Anatom und Chirurg
 Jens Hesselbach (* 1959), Professor für umweltgerechte Produkte und Prozesse in Kassel
 Josef Hesselbach (* 1931), deutscher Agrarwissenschaftler
 Jürgen Hesselbach (* 1949), Professor und Präsident der TU Braunschweig
 Paul Hesselbach (* 1951), deutscher Fußballspieler und -trainer
 Walter Hesselbach (1915–1993), deutscher Bankier
 Wilhelm Hesselbach (1907–1960), deutscher Maler und Graphiker

Hesselbach ist außerdem Namensbestandteil von:
 Die Hesselbachs, Hörspiel- und Fernsehserie des Hessischen Rundfunks
 Die Firma Hesselbach, Fernsehserie aus den 1960er Jahren

Siehe auch:
 Hasselbach
 Heselbach
 Hessenbach
 Rittergut Hesselbach

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College Player May Be Blocked from Collecting on $20,000 Half-Court Shot
By Eben Novy-Williams | November 26, 2013
Making a half-court shot during a promotion at an Oklahoma City Thunder game might be easier for 23-year-old Cameron Rodriguez than keeping the $20,000 prize.
Rodriguez, a basketball player at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, made the shot Nov. 18 during halftime of the National Basketball Association team's game against the Denver Nuggets. Now he and his school are asking the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for a rules exception that would allow him to use the money as a scholarship to help pay his tuition.
"I didn't really think about it at first because I was way too excited," Rodriguez said in a telephone interview. "After things settled down, I realized we might have an issue because I was receiving a large amount of money."
Rodriguez knocked over the Thunder mascot during his celebration after becoming the fourth person since February to hit the National Basketball Association team's half-court shot, sponsored at every home game by Oklahoma City-based MidFirst Bank. On Nov. 22, 33-year-old teacher Brad Brucker became the fifth, and the second in as many games.
"We might go broke after these guys," Thunder forward Kevin Durant joked to reporters afterward, according to ESPN.
The NAIA student guide says athletes cannot use their sports ability or fame for financial reward. John Leavens, the executive director of the NAIA Eligibility Center, said rulings on these cases typically take one to two weeks.
"It would certainly hurt his cause if he had tried to circumvent the rules," Leavens said in a telephone interview. "The fact that he connected with the right officials to make sure that he understood the proper application of the rule is something that we expect, and we're glad to see."
Every one of Southwestern College's 1,700 students receives financial aid through institutional grants to help with the $23,000 annual tuition, according to Brenda Hicks, the school's director of financial aid. Rodriguez, who is on a $4,000 athletic scholarship, said he pays roughly $33,000 per year when he adds room, board, books and other fees.
If the NAIA says he can't use the money as a scholarship, Rodriguez said, MidFirst Bank offered to donate it to a charity in his name. Rodriguez said he probably would choose between a non-profit set up to help the Southwestern basketball program, or a group through the Thunder's work with local children — "a thank you for the opportunity and the experience," he said.
Rodriguez would have lost eligibility for at least a full academic year had he pocketed the money, according to Ed Loeb, a Southwestern math professor and faculty athlete representative. There would be no conflict if Rodriguez won the money in a non- basketball promotion, such as a long golf putt, Loeb said.
The request for a rules exception will go first to the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, then to the Kansas City, Missouri,-based NAIA, according to Leavens.
Established in 1937, the NAIA governs 13 sports in college athletic programs that aren't affiliated with the larger National Collegiate Athletic Association. It covers 60,000 athletes at almost 275 member schools.
NCAA regulations also say that athletes aren't eligible if they use their athletic skills for pay in their sport of focus. Spokeswoman Emily Potter didn't immediately respond to an e-mail asking about a member school's options in a case like Rodriguez's.
NBA teams or sponsors often buy insurance to cover payoffs on promotions like half-court shots. MidFirst Bank said it skips the insurance and pays the $20,000 itself each time the shot is made.
That's good news for Rodriguez, because the standard contract from promotion companies bars professional and college players, and anyone fewer than five years removed from a high school team from participation, according to Chris Hamman, vice president at SCA Promotions. The Dallas-based company assumes the risk on shot promotions for NBA teams, including the Dallas Mavericks.
"The theme of these promotions is that an average guy has a chance to win a large prize, not someone who's trained and highly skilled at the sport," Hamman said in a telephone interview.
Not all NBA teams feature a half-court promotion at every game. The Brooklyn Nets, for example, will give fans a shot for $10,000 at 10 home games this season. The promotion is sponsored by closely held Speck Products, which designs cases for electronic devices.
Seeking Shooters
Thunder employees seek people in the stands who appear capable of making the half-court shot, according to team spokesman Dan Mahoney. He said basketball experience wouldn't make a fan illegible to participate.
"We think that for the integrity of the promotion and for our fans, we always want to have someone that has a reasonable chance to make it," Mahoney said in a telephone interview. "That's a lot of people in our building. It's a random selection process before the game."
The shot's sponsor since 2008, MidFirst said in a statement that it considers the promotion an "integral part of the Thunder game experience" and had no plans to drop its involvement. G. Jeffrey Records Jr., the bank's chief executive officer, owns a stake in the Thunder.
Oklahoma City has held the promotion at all 231 home games since 2008, including playoff contests, Mahoney said. After no one hit the shot in the first 90 games, eight have since converted their attempts.
Mahoney said that had the team known Rodriguez was a scholarship basketball player, he probably wouldn't have been picked because of the eligibility issues.
A 6-foot-6, 210-pound sophomore from Elk City, Oklahoma, Rodriguez said he hadn't attempted a half-court shot since high school before he swished the shot at Chesapeake Energy Arena. He said his teammates have been replicating the attempt in practice for the past week.
"Shooting clutch free throws at the end of a game is hard to beat, but that's the first time I've ever had almost 20,000 sets of eyes on me," Rodriguez said. "In an NBA arena, it's something else."
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One of corporate America's proven achievers and innovators, Frank Maguire was a founding senior executive at Federal Express, and served in a variety of senior executive positions with Kentucky Fried Chicken, ABC and American Airlines during benchmark years in the history of each.
Frank Maguire served in the executive offices of President's Kennedy and Johnson. He was one of five invited to the table to both 'imagine' and initiate Project Headstart.
While at Federal Express, Frank Maguire's "absolutes" turned the company's "absolutely, positively overnight" commitment from a hope into a reality. Fred Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Express, credits Mr. Maguire with having created the corporate culture that resulted in Federal Express being named "The Top Corporation of the Decade" by Fortune magazine.
He now heads Maguire Communications, Inc. His public speaking and seminar practice is based on a set of "Maguire Absolutes" - immutable truths - informed by experience Frank teaches the same leadership skills that he used to recognize, launch and nourish, the careers of Ted Koppel and Charles Osgood during his tenure as the director of program development for American Broadcasting Company.
Frank Maguire is the Chairman of the International Experts Committee for the International Brand Forum of China. He also serves on the Board of Regents at California Lutheran University and is a Trustee of the Yosemite National Institutes. Mr. Maguire is the recipient of the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from Fordham University, an honorary degree of Doctor of Business Administration from Johnson & Wales University.
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Editor's Note: Peter Arndt is a Community Group Leader at Desert Springs Church in Albuquerque, NM. This post is a summary of D.A. Carson's message from Sunday morning at Clarus, March 22, "The Rich Man and Lazarus," from Luke 16:19-31.
Dr. Carson began the final session of Clarus 2015 by asking question of this parable: is Jesus saying that a simple reversal takes place in status between this world and the next? While at first glance, it appears this might be the case, but the rest of Scripture denies an idea this simplistic. Wealth in this world does not always result in suffering in the next, e.g., Abraham, Job, and Philemon.
Wealth as a means of self-justification is a major theme throughout the gospel according to Luke, and the rich man in this parable proves himself to be devoted to one master (wealth) and despising the other (God – Luke 16:11-13). He worships wealth as an idol and is blind to the suffering around him. Dr. Carson explained in the society of Lazarus' day, the rich were to care for the poor, so the rich man failed to meet his responsibility. By not naming the rich man, who seems so important and posh, Jesus is identifying him as eternally not that important. Lazarus means "the one whom God helps," and while it is initially difficult to see this to be true, by the end of the story, its clear who it is God helps. We can't make our assessments of who God helps in this life alone—it's too complex.
Their situation is reversed, in a sense, now eternally as the rich man is suffering and Lazarus is at rest at Abraham's bosom. The rich man shows no signs of repentance—no acknowledgment of his wronging Lazarus—only a desire to relieve his suffering. Abraham speaks of how the rich man's suffering is fitting judgment for his life and that his condition is irreversible. He appeals to Abraham to warn his loved ones of this place of torment, thinking incorrectly about what causes repentance in men. Dr. Carson observed that, as far as he can tell, there is not a hint that anyone will ever repent in hell. In this parable there is not a hint of contrition, apology, repentance on the part of the rich man—only the view that his view of the world is right over and against God's. Just as in this life, in hell, the damned are still trying to justify themselves.
Abraham corrects the rich man by saying it is Moses and the prophet's words that brings repentance, not messengers from the dead. This remains a poignant lesson also for this current age where men still seek signs—we have the Bible, which is all we need to bring repentance.
There is a sphere of rejoicing to pursue,and there is a place of torment to flee.
The things in which we take so much pride now (wealth, religious privilege, good looks, success and recognition) may actually blind us to our need for grace.
God has not left himself without witness. We must listen to the witness of Scripture or we are dead.
The parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus challenges all of us to choose God's eternal rewards over earth's temporal treasures, for once this life is over there is no undoing of the consequences.
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Editor's Note: Scott Pilgreen is a lay leader and biblical counselor at Desert Springs Church in Albuquerque, NM. This post is a summary of a panel discussion from Saturday afternoon at Clarus, March 21, with Alistair Begg, D.A. Carson, and David Helm.
Question: Another get-to-know you question. You both have ministries outside the local church. Tell us how those began.
David Helm: Simeon Trust started as a "one-trick pony" on the back of a napkin. Simeon Trust exists to increase pastor's confidence in preaching God's Word.
D.A. Carson: The Gospel Coalition started in 2002, when Tim Keller and I began to wonder what it would take to constitute an organization that lay at the centered of Reformed, evangelical Christianity.
Question: How did you come to believe that the Lord was leading you to preach and teach?
David Helm: When I was 17 years old, I was met with the classic fork in the road. I was pegged to be in some form of student ministry leadership, but called my friend and told him that I was out, and I didn't want to do the faith thing anymore. My friend then began to tell me about the road that I was heading down and that it only ended in death and destruction. Instantaneously, my conversion to Christ was united in a call to lead the church.
D.A. Carson: My dad was a pastor so I don't remember a time when we didn't read and memorize Scripture. My attention was on mathematics and science at the university and not much thought on ministry. Then I heard a missionary amongst the poor in Haiti preach on Ezekiel 22 stating that there was no one to stand in the gap. That was my call.
Question: Is evangelism preaching? Or is preaching limited to only Sunday morning pulpit ministry?
D.A. Carson: If you are declaring the gospel, it is preaching even though it may not be expositional. Preaching is not tied to Sunday morning, but one of the main reasons for the church is to sit under God's Word. However, this also happens in the best family devotions, as well.
David Helm: As preaching pastors, I think that it would be good for us over the next 15 years to find multiple venues for preaching the gospel. We need to find ourselves in more strategic and interpersonal dialogues.
Question: It seems like the sermons in Acts are pretty short. Why do modern preachers preach so long?
David Helm: For one thing, those sermons in Acts are summaries. We don't have all that was said and preached, we just have the bones and main points.
D.A. Carson: Growing up in French Canada, I can remember preaching for an hour and a half and people still wanting more. There are different cultural expectations and variations in gifting that can contribute to the length of time in preaching.
Question: What in the broader evangelical culture is concerning?
David Helm: I'm not concerned about anything. God knows how to grow and take care of His church and He will be faithful to do so. There is an army of men who are being mobilized in the preaching of the Word, and most of the things that feel concerning end up dying away anyway.
D.A. Carson: In the New Testament, Paul often points out things that were concerning, so it is good to point these things out today as well. Among other things there is a lot of health and wealth prosperity teachings, a whooping up of joy instead of true joy in the Lord, and a rising level of Biblical illiteracy.
Question: What in the broader evangelical culture is encouraging?
David Helm: There is a hunger for the Word of God everywhere. Young people are rising up who are handling the Word incredibly.
D.A. Carson: There is more church planting going on all over the world and not just in white, suburb America. Things are happening in France and Japan that are very encouraging. I am far more encouraged by the spread of the gospel than I was 15 years ago.
Question: Is there possible tension on the one hand for a desire for one's pastor to preach with more power and clarity and passion but remaining content with whom God has given as your pastor?
D.A. Carson: There is danger is thinking that we should pray for our pastors who are not preaching well. The New Testament model is to pray for things that are working.
David Helm: Appreciate your pastor for the temperament he has, pray that he would be confined and shaken by the text, and pray that he would have a greater command of the text.
Editor's Note: Tim Bradley is Pastor for Biblical Counseling and Family Ministry at Desert Springs Church in Albuquerque, NM. This post is a summary of D.A. Carson's message from Saturday afternoon at Clarus, March 21, "The Parable of the Good Samaritan," from Luke 10:25-37.
Dr. Carson began by stating that while the parable of the Good Samaritan is likely the most well-known parable in our culture, it is also one of the most misunderstood. Many believe the parable essentially teaches "Christianity is all about being nice to your neighbor," but Carson repudiated this as the main teaching of the parable. He stated that most do not understand the context and therefore misunderstand the parable. In winsome fashion Dr. Carson reflected upon his own father who taught him, among other things, "a text without context becomes a pretext for a proof text." In light of this Carson explained both the immediate and extended context of the parable, so that we may truly understand Jesus and the hope of the gospel.
The immediate context is a Jewish "lawyer-theologian" asking Jesus a question in order to "test" Him. The lawyer asks, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He is attempting to discredit Jesus by his question, but Jesus answers the lawyer's question with a masterful question of His own, which leaves the lawyer trapped. The lawyer knows he does not measure up to the standard given in his own answer, and that he cannot go and do this as Jesus has now told him he must do. In response to the lawyer's second question, Jesus tells this parable to set up his own next question.
Carson explains there is much context to be understood in the parable itself, especially about the actions of the Samaritan, who got down from his beast to care for the man, took him to an inn, cares for him further, and provides for all his costs of healing and care in order to save the beaten, half-dead, naked man from death and slavery. Carson states Jesus is taking the OT law and forcing it upon the heart. In the end, He asks the lawyer which man in the parable was a neighbor to the robbed man. Being trapped again with the impossibility of this, and having difficulty with even mentioning the Samaritan, the lawyer answers in a general way by stating, "The one who showed mercy toward him." And Jesus again tells him to go and do likewise.
The larger context of this parable must be understood by understanding that the book of Luke turns in 9:51, and that from this point in Luke's gospel Jesus is "on the way" to Jerusalem and the cross. This means that the parable must be understood as being under the shadow of the cross. Jesus' undeterred determination to get to Calvary and finish His work is critical to understanding this parable. Jesus is saying the ultimate answer to the lawyer's question is that there is only one thing that is really needed—to become My disciple on the way to My cross. Jesus and His gospel is the answer to the question.
If we are to think of eternal life as inherited, then we must see clearly that we cannot possibly earn this inheritance.
Who is the Good Samaritan? Jesus is the one who rescues the dead and damned, pays for it all, rescues them from slavery, and is often hated by the ones he cares for.
Clearly Jesus expects His followers to live as he does. The gospel of Jesus justifies us, but it also transforms us.
Editor's Note: Ethan Hester is the Interim Senior Pastor at Grace Bible Church, Las Cruces, NM. He is a member of the Albuquerque Chapter of The Gospel Coalition. This post is a summary of David Helm's message from Saturday afternoon at Clarus, March 21, "Preaching: God's Speech," from Acts 17:16-34.
Pastor David Helm began his message by reminding us that his addresses at this conference are not sermons but rather two seamless talks (the first in Session 4) on the important subject of preaching the Word. So far he has asked three questions: 1) What is preaching?, 2) What does preaching do?, and 3) What strategies can we learn from the Athenian setting of Acts 17 that all preachers can employ?
Where Does Paul's Athenian Discourse Fall In Regards to Preaching? Is it preaching?
We ask this question because there are some who would claim that Paul's sermon in Athens is a non-Christian sermon. To discern if this is true we first need to recognize the language. The dominant word in the New Testament for preaching is kerysso. But in the second half of Acts a different word emerges euaggelizo which means to bring good news.
These two words for preaching are like the two rings used by a magician, in that they can be put together or pulled apart with no issue. The Athenian discourse of Paul falls into the sense of preaching that is of the second word. It is bringing good news. We must recognize that while Paul's preaching at the Areopagus doesn't seem to be the same kind of preaching that we may expect on a Sunday morning, is very much preaching because he is proclaiming the truth of the gospel.
What Can We Learn From This Sermon To Put Into Practice?
There is a debate in missiology as to whether or not or how much we should contextualize in missionary work, yet we see that Paul has no issue contextualizing by helping the Athenians see the truth of the gospel through appealing to their belief in "the unknown god". While, like Paul, we should find ourselves to be "provoked" by the idols of our culture, we shouldn't entirely isolate ourselves from understanding the unknown gods around us, that we might use them to point others to Jesus.
Another take away from Paul's sermon is his command of the grand sweep of Biblical history. We can observe the impact that this understanding and communication of God's plan and work in history has in evangelism. From this we must ask ourselves how well we can grasp and communicate the plan of redemptive history, and how we might work towards a better command of God's story.
Finally, Paul's address at the Areopagus proves its validity from the response of those who heard. They responded in one of three ways: some mocked, some had renewed interest, and some joined him and believed. We should not be surprised when our proclamation of the gospel brings the same range of responses.


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Малый Тальник — река на полуострове Камчатка в России. Протекает по территории Мильковского района. Длина реки — около 14 км.

Начинается к северу от озера Сево, на северном склоне прибрежного хребта. Течёт в общем северо-западном направлении по местности, покрытой берёзовым лесом. Впадает в реку Сево справа на расстоянии 19 км от её устья между урочищами Кавычинским и У Харемины.

По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Анадыро-Колымскому бассейновому округу.
 Код водного объекта — 19070000112220000013366.

Примечания

Бассейн Малой Вахминой
Реки Мильковского района


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Solidarity Is Our Weapon
Against the Russian Empire and its World
For the last month, the people of Ukraine have been resisting Russia's invasion. Many are putting their lives on the line not to protect the Ukrainian state, but against the so-called Russian world which only brings authoritarianism, torture and misery. We can't forget that the very same air force that struck a shopping district in Kiev and a maternity hospital in Mariupol also razed Aleppo to the ground, burying the Syrian revolution in its rubble. Resistance against Putin and his world requires solidarity across borders.
We are calling on all anarchists and antifascists to support the fight. Anarchist Black Cross collects money for comrades in Ukraine and those who have decided to leave the country. You can support their efforts at abcdd.org.
Solidarity is our weapon.
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Q: Record collection in javascript You are given a JSON object representing a part of your musical album collection. Each album has a unique id number as its key and several other properties. Not all albums have complete information.
You start with an updateRecords function that takes an object like collection, an id, a prop (like artist or tracks), and a value. Complete the function using the rules below to modify the object passed to the function.
1.Your function must always return the entire object.
2. If prop isn't tracks and value isn't an empty string, update or set that album's prop to value.
3. If prop is tracks but the album doesn't have a tracks property, create an empty array and add value to it.
4. If prop is tracks and value isn't an empty string, add value to the end of the album's existing tracks array.
5. If value is an empty string, delete the given prop property from the album.
Note: A copy of the collection object is used for the tests.

var collection = {
  2548: {
    albumTitle: 'Slippery When Wet',
    artist: 'Bon Jovi',
    tracks: ['Let It Rock', 'You Give Love a Bad Name']
  },
  2468: {
    albumTitle: '1999',
    artist: 'Prince',
    tracks: ['1999', 'Little Red Corvette']
  },
  1245: {
    artist: 'Robert Palmer',
    tracks: []
  },
  5439: {
    albumTitle: 'ABBA Gold'
  }
};

function updateRecords(object, id, prop, value) {

  if(prop !== 'tracks' && value !== "") {
    collection[id][prop] = value;
  }
  if(prop === 'tracks' && collection[id][prop] === undefined) {
    collection[id][prop] = [value];
  }
  if(prop === 'tracks') {
    let track = collection[id][prop];
    track.push(value)
  }
  if(value === "") {
    delete collection[id][prop]
  }
  console.log(collection)
  return collection;
}
updateRecords(collection, 5439, 'artist', 'ABBA');
updateRecords(collection, 2548, 'tracks', "");
updateRecords(collection, 2468, 'artist', "");

what's not working is:-

*

*After updateRecords(collection, 2548, "artist", ""), artist should not be set

*After updateRecords(collection, 2548, "tracks", ""), tracks should not be set

A: Your code is good. But you missed one point here. The object being passed in the updateRecords method is named object. but you are updating an object named collection. You have two option you can either rename the parameter to collection like this,
function updateRecords(collection, id, prop, value) { // changed here.

  if(prop !== 'tracks' && value !== "") {
    collection[id][prop] = value;
  }
  if(prop === 'tracks' && collection[id][prop] === undefined) {
    collection[id][prop] = [value];
  }
  if(prop === 'tracks') {
    let track = collection[id][prop];
    track.push(value)
  }
  if(value === "") {
    delete collection[id][prop]
  }
  console.log(collection)
  return collection;
}

Or you can rename all the reference of collection in your updateRecords method to object.

A: You can try:
function updateRecords(records, id, prop, value) {
  if(prop !== 'tracks' && value !== "") {
    records[id][prop] = value;
  }
  if(prop === 'tracks') {
    if (typeof records[id][prop] === 'undefined') records[id][prop] = [value];
    else records[id][prop].push(value);
  }

  if(value === "") {
    delete records[id][prop]
  }

  return records;
}

A: // Setup
var collection = {
  2548: {
    albumTitle: 'Slippery When Wet',
    artist: 'Bon Jovi',
    tracks: ['Let It Rock', 'You Give Love a Bad Name']
  },
  2468: {
    albumTitle: '1999',
    artist: 'Prince',
    tracks: ['1999', 'Little Red Corvette']
  },
  1245: {
    artist: 'Robert Palmer',
    tracks: []
  },
  5439: {
    albumTitle: 'ABBA Gold'
  }
};

// Only change code below this line
function updateRecords(object, id, prop, value) {
  if (prop != "tracks" && value != "" ){
     object[id][prop]= value;
   } else if (prop =="tracks" && !(object[id].hasOwnProperty('tracks')))   {
    var tracks=[];
    object[id]["tracks"]= [value];
  }else if (prop=="tracks" && value != ""){
  object[id][prop].push(value);
  } else if (value === ""){
    delete object[id][prop];
  }

  return object;
}

updateRecords(collection, 5439, 'artist', 'ABBA');


LOS ANGELES –– Rubicon Project (NYSE: RUBI), which operates one of the largest advertising marketplaces in the world, today announced that the company's Board of Directors has approved the appointment of David Day as Chief Financial Officer of the company, effective immediately.
Day previously served as Rubicon Project's interim CFO since May 2016 and has been the company's Chief Accounting Officer since joining the Company in March 2013. As CFO of Rubicon Project, Day is responsible for overseeing all finance functions, including financial reporting, treasury, tax, audit and investor relations for the publicly traded technology company and reports directly to Rubicon Project's CEO and Founder, Frank Addante.
Before joining Rubicon Project, Day was most recently Chief Accounting Officer at ReachLocal, a public digital advertising company, and was previously Senior Vice President of Finance at Overture and at Yahoo Search Marketing. Day was also co-founder of SignJammar, a start-up in the out-of-home advertising space, and was Vice President of Finance for Spot Runner, a technology-based ad agency for small and medium-sized business. Prior to that he had approximately 12 years of public accounting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Arthur Andersen, including three years in PwC's Frankfurt, Germany office.


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Companies Are Locked in a Heated Battle to Produce the Best So-so CoffeeWalmart has partnered with a third-wave roaster.
Walmart Yodeler Is Going to CoachellaMason Ramsey has a busy weekend ahead of him.
The Walmart Yodeler Is Here to Improve Your Shopping ExperienceMason Ramsey can belt wherever, whenever.
Why Walmart Is Removing Cosmo From Checkout LinesThis is the result of a long-running campaign by a group that has made targeting the magazine one of its priorities.
Walmart Is Sorry They Advertised Guns As Back-to-School ItemsWhoops.
How Walmart's Strict Attendance Policy Hurts Women WorkersThe retail behemoth is once again being accused of labor violations.
Walmart Officially Bought ModCloth, and Customers Are Freaking Out"The world is in shambles, America is crumbling," one tweeted about the sale.
Walmart Will Unleash Peeps OreosIn mid-February, before real Peeps are even in stores yet.
Lawsuit Says Walmart's New Craft-Beer Brand Is a 'Wholesale Fiction'Trouble Brewing is mass-produced by Genesee and meets "none of the criteria" for craft beer.
Is Walmart Discriminating Against Blacks by Locking Up Black Hair Products?Beauty products for black customers are disproportionately scrutinized.
Walmart Yanks 'Got Retard?' Coffee Mugs From Its WebsiteIt also decided shoppers can do without a "Got Hitler?" option.
Walmart Horrifies Shoppers With 9/11-Themed Soda Display"We will never forget" is about right.
Nearly 150,000 People Have Signed a Petition Demanding Walmart Sell Ugly Produce#WhatTheFork is getting harder for the country's largest grocer to ignore.
42 Frozen-Food Brands Recalled Over Listeria FearsThe list includes 358 products sold under 42 different brands.
Lawsuit Accuses Walmart of Defrauding Shoppers With Fake ParmesanThe company's "100% Grated Parmesan" allegedly contains as much as 10 percent wood pulp.
Walmart Is Giving Up on Trying to Be Your Neighborhood GrocerClosing smaller stores, opening more giants.
Walmart's Black Friday SpiesSave money. Sneak better.
Taste-Testing Patti Labelle's Viral PieThere's some nutmeg blowback, but it can compete with any fancy shop's version.


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Sales Improve at Jaguar Land Rover Despite Pandemic
Sales Improve at Jaguar Land Rover Despite Pandemic : New figures have revealed that the sales at Jaguar Land Rover's significantly improved during its second quarter, but continued to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Coventry-headquartered automotive giant has revealed sales for the three-month period to 30 September 2020 of 113,569 vehicles, a rise of 53.3 per cent from its first quarter. However, its second quarter performance was down 11.9 per cent compared to the same period in 2019.
Land Rover's sales totalled 86,222 cars, a rise of 56 per cent compared to Q1 but a 5.9 per cent drop on the same time last year. Meanwhile, Jaguar's sales were 27,347, up 45.6 per cent on Q1 but a 26.7 per cent fall compared to Q2 in 2019.
JLR added that the vehicle manufacturing plants at Solihull, Halewood and Nitra in Slovakia, as well as the Engine Manufacturing Centre outside of Wolverhampton, have now increased to a two-shift pattern to meet increasing demand.
"Covid-19 and second lockdowns continue to impact the global auto industry but we are pleased to see sales recovering across our markets. In China, the first region to come out of lockdown, our performance has been particularly encouraging. But we are also seeing strong improvement versus the preceding quarter in other key markets, with sales up more than 50 per cent worldwide," said chief commercial officer Felix Brautigam.
"The recovery has been demand-led and we are delighted that we have been able to reduce stocks to achieve ideal levels in most markets, despite the ongoing pandemic, to support a healthier and more profitable business for Jaguar Land Rover and its retailers. During the quarter we continued our ambitious roll-out of electrification to meet recovering demand. This included the launch of plug-in hybrid versions of the Range Rover Evoque, Land Rover Discovery Sport and Defender. In addition, our brand new smooth, torque-rich six-cylinder diesel with mild-hybrid technology debuted in the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport," he added.
The company is set to release its financial results for the second quarter later this month.


This book is a vigorous and well-researched polemic against financial deregulation and the offshore tax havens around the world that have come into widespread use in recent decades. Shaxson, a British journalist, especially attacks the remnants of the British Empire -- Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, and the like -- and their supporters in the City of London and in the British political establishment, but their American fellow travelers also get a drubbing. He makes clear that "offshore" is a misnomer, since many ostensibly offshore practices have been adopted onshore in the United Kingdom and the United States. The U.S. state of Delaware and the British-controlled island of Jersey receive special scrutiny, and in the author's view, the legislatures of small jurisdictions such as these are in effect for hire by major outside financial interests. Many of them enshrine client secrecy in law, which, not surprisingly, attracts wealthy people and companies (and criminal organizations) wanting to evade taxes and disagreeable regulations. Shaxson is not impressed with efforts during the past decade, seemingly led by the U.S. government, to make this global system more accessible to law enforcement agencies. Influential Americans, especially in finance, have too great a personal interest in preserving and even enlarging the gaping holes in the existing systems of taxation and regulation.
According to Victor, the Kyoto Protocol's target-based approach to climate-change negotiations is fatally flawed.


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Your Arsenal — третій сольний альбом Морріссі, виданий в 1992 році.

Список композицій
Автор слів Морріссі.

Учасники запису
Гурт
 Морріссі — вокал
 Алан Вайт — гітара
 Боз Бурер — гітара
 Гарі Дей — бас-гітара
 Спенсер Кобрін — ударні

Технічний персонал
 Мік Ронсон — продюсер

Позиції в чартах

Альбом

Примітки

Посилання
 Your Arsenal  на Discogs

Альбоми Морріссі
Альбоми британських виконавців
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Władysława Nawrocka (ur. 14 lipca 1917 we Lwowie, zm. 26 marca 2007 w Dallas, Stany Zjednoczone) – polska aktorka.

Życiorys
W czasie okupacji niemieckiej występowała w Teatrze Komedia w Warszawie. W latach 1945–46 aktorka Teatru Kameralnego TUR w Krakowie. Następnie aktorka Teatru Powszechnego TUR w Łodzi (1947), Dolnośląskiego we Wrocławiu (1948–52), Teatru Domu Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie (1952), Teatru Wybrzeże w Gdańsku (1953–55), Teatru Ludowego w Warszawie (1955–57) oraz Teatru Współczesnego w Warszawie.

Była pierwszą żoną Stanisława Dygata i matką Magdy Dygat-Dudzińskiej.

Linki zewnętrzne

Polskie aktorki filmowe
Polskie aktorki teatralne
Artyści Teatru Wybrzeże w Gdańsku
Ludzie urodzeni we Lwowie
Urodzeni w 1917
Zmarli w 2007


Mockingbird returns with a new concept that carries the mood of a laid-back bistro, with steak and cocktail as its main stars.
Previously located in Pondok Indah and serving food with the concept of "fine dining on a dime", the new Mockingbird in Shophaus Menteng has decidedly changed its concept. No longer does one need to make an early reservation at Mockingbird, for the establishment has swapped its fine dining approach with the spirit of a casual bistro.
Menu wise, the establishment puts an emphasis on their steak, which comes in a handful of "styles". The European Style, for instance, pairs the steak with potato gratin and portobello & champignon mushroom reduction. On the other hand, diners with Asian palate tend to settle for the Japanese Style, which marries the steak with ponzu sauce and seaweed.
When the afternoon rolls to evening, that's the time when the restaurant welcomes most of its crowd, who vie for the al fresco seats. Come early to score the best seat and treat yourself to Mockingbird's classic cocktails, then lose yourself in the summer-nights vibe of Jakarta.


This is a small step by step guide to get you hooked onto the basics of machine learning. It is not necessary that you have any prior knowledge on any of these the concepts to understand this guide. It's for everyone!
Before we step into the vast world of machine learning, lets get you up to speed on what kind of amazing and exciting things machine learning is helping us achieve across the world today just to motivate you a little more to dig deeper into this.
With the amount of data being shared on the internet today, researchers thought why not use this data in someway to benefit companies. This gave birth to data science and big data where we label vast amount of data and bring structure to it.
What can be done with this structured data? Well, that's one place where machine learning steps in. This vast amount data can be used to train machines to learn and improve. Interesting? That's not even the best part! These machines can not only learn and teach themselves to improve from this data, we can also leverage something called deep neural networks. Sounds familiar? That's because your brain works the same way. Neurons in your brain are interconnected with each other and share information with each other.
That's the concept behind an artificial brain, which takes us to another concept called artificial intelligence (AI). I'm sure you have come across this especially in sci-fi movies. But having robots that can walk and act like humans is not what exactly AI means – at least as of today. In fact you are interacting with AI on a more regular basis more than you realise.
Due to its potential, machine learning has a great scope for learning and also from a job perspective. It is THE TRENDING or "hot topic" in today's world of fast growing technology. I am sure the technical (I.T) people understand what this means for them. Many top companies in the world, including Google, Facebook, Netflix etc. are using machine learning to improve their products and also investing a good amount of money in research and development of AI and machine learning.
A UK company, Wavye, has come up with their first ever self driving car. The car uses reinforcement machine learning algorithm to learn and drive. It was able to do so within 15-20 minutes. The car was able to learn to follow lanes and even understand different signs it might come across on the road. It is still in its testing phase. You can read more about the article here. The company has also released a video which shows how they taught the car to drive. You can check out an article on this and the video here.
While we're on the topic of self driving cars. Another company, drive.ai, from texas, has released their own self driving car with Andrew Ng's help. And this car does even better. It utilised deep learning coupled with computer vision to be aware of its surroundings. It can respond to a traffic police waving it to stop and even has a panel that can interact with pedestrians letting them know it's safe to cross. You can read more about this and watch the video here.
Another interesting and popular example is an internet meme which can add popular actor Nicolas Cage's face into any movie in history. This was a very popular internet meme and it uses a machine learning algorithm that scans any celebrity's face and uploads it onto any existing video. You can read more about it here.
Researchers have successfully been able to transfer full 3 dimensional head poses, expressions, eye motions etc. from the face of one actor to another. The results are quite funny actually. You can read more about it here.
Coming to the next part of the article, what exactly does artificial intelligence mean?
The first time the word AI was used was way longer than you think. Take your guesses, 5 years back? 10 years? 20 years? Nope. It was first used in a Dartmouth conference by John Mccarthy in the year 1965! AI was defined as a computer or system smart enough to interact with its surroundings and learn and improve by itself. It is capable of performing tasks that's was only possible by humans. So yes, they do have a brain of their own, but, minus the emotions unlike what they show in sci-fi movies.
They can actually outperform humans in many of the the tasks they are asked to do. Yes, the concept is that old, but it was an idea way ahead of its time, since we lacked the both the computer power and technology to get deeper into it. But now with the advent of high performance GPU's like NVIDIA's Titan X and billions of Gigabytes of data at our disposal, we have just started to realise what AI is capable of.
Experts and critics have different ways of looking at this ground breaking technology: some say it is a boon, some say its a bane, and quite frankly speaking it's a little bit of both. Let's take an example of self driving cars. It's obviously a great breakthrough right? Having cars that drive themselves and that are also capable of interacting with each other and the environment avoiding accidents and traffic in the process in great. Because honestly, who would not want to live in a world where you spend 30% of your day driving in traffic!
Well, all of this may sound great. But, in reality, in the US alone, almost 3% of all working people are drivers of some sort, more than 2% are truck drivers, 0.4% are bus drivers and 0.3 are taxi drivers or drivers of some sort. And when this technology reaches its peak, US drivers will lose their jobs at the rate of almost 25,000 a month and about 300,000 a year. Which could lead to millions of people losing their jobs! This is one the concerns many people have about AI and automation.
On the other hand it could lead to job openings for AI and machine learning or big data engineers. Keeping yourself updated on the latest technologies and trends in data science, AI and ML is important as more jobs move to this domain because there is going to immense competition in that field as well.
Strong AI works like the human brain, connected by neural networks, like how the human brain is connected via neurons, which form the basis of this artificial brain. This system thinks like a human and gives an insight on the how the brain works, Currently strong AI is not a reality.
Weak AI also behaves like a human but does not give insight on how the brain works. An example of weak AI could be IBM's speech recognition tool Watson. Watson can learn and improve from various sources like how a human brain would.
I hope this article made sense and helped you get a better grip on machine learning and AI and the differences between them. Lets talk about what might happen if AI achieved human level intelligence in the next article.


Originally downloaded April 12, 2007. The basic concept here is simple, and quite appealing at first glance: Instead of maintaining separate user profiles in order to segregate specific preferences, settings, and content for various applications, simply maintain separate profiles for each application. As easy as the Mac OS X quick-user-switching is, it's still not a piece of cake to maintain multiple desktops, global settings, and application collections, especially if you are working across different computers or have a particularly complicated account setup. RooSwitch comes in both a shareware and a "lite" (free) version, the main differences being that the free version excludes AppleScript (and Automator) support and is restricted to a set of six basic applications: Address Book, iTunes, iPhoto, Mail, Safari, and Stickies. Also, the full version lets you open multiple rooSwitch documents at the same time, whereas the lite version has all the profiles in one window. In any case, it's great the developer is providing so much flexibility, and I'm quite anxious to try this out! As he points out, such a tool has particular relevance to anyone who does software development, but I can imagine a lot of non-geek users might find the free version quite "liberating" in the way they use apps like Stickies. I recommend you watch the 4-minute screencast as a first step if you decide to try rooSwitch out. The full version, by the way, is $15.


It has been a decade since Alan Langford's charred remains were discovered in his burnt-out car. His wife Donna was found guilty of conspiracy to murder her husband and served ten years in prison. But just before she is released, Donna receives a nasty shock: an anonymous letter containing a photo of her husband. The man she hates with every fibre of her being - the man she paid to have murdered - seems very much alive and well. How is it possible that her husband is still alive? Where is he? Who sent the photo, and why? DI Tom Thorne becomes involved in a case where nothing and no one are what they seem. It will take him much further from his London beat than he has ever been before - and closer to a killer who will do anything to protect his new life.
Loved and enjoyed this book, as I do with all Mark Billingham's! Maybe not my favourite but gripping and enjoyable all the same with some good twists and turns and great characters.


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Q: Computing the functional integral over the gauge and ghost fields In Peskin&Schroeder page 517 the authors mention that the functional integration of the gauge fields and ghost fields yields the following determinants
$$
(\det[-\partial^2])^{-d/2}\cdot(\det[-\partial^2])^{+1}.\tag{16.43}
$$
This comes from the following terms in the Lagrangian
$$
\mathcal{L}_{\text{free}}=-\frac{1}{4}(F^a_{\mu\nu})-\bar{c}^a\partial^2\delta^{ac}c^c
$$
where we take $g\rightarrow 0$. Now to compute the functional integral we take
$$\begin{aligned}
\int\mathcal{D}A \mathcal{D}\bar{c}\mathcal{D}c\; exp\left({iS[A,c,\bar{c}]}\right)=\int\mathcal{D}A\mathcal{D}\bar{c}\mathcal{D}c\exp\left(-i\int d^dx\left[\frac{1}{2}A^a_\mu(x)(\partial^2g^{\mu\nu}-\partial^\mu\partial^\nu)A_\nu^c\delta^{ac}+\bar{c}^a(x)\partial^2\delta^{ac}c^c(x)\right]\right)
\end{aligned}$$
I'm don't understand how these give the determinants mentioned in the book. Specifically, the exponents(which is the important part).

A: On page 517, the author tells you that the calculation is carried out in Feynman-'t Hooft gauge. The problem with your last equation is that the propagator of the photon is singular before imposing gauge fixing conditions. i.e it has zero modes, and the path-integral is not well-defined.
On page 513, there's another hint for the calculation in the bosonic sector. Equation (16.29) says $$\langle A^{a}_{\mu}(x)A^{b}_{\nu}(y)\rangle=\int\frac{d^{d}k}{(2\pi)^{d}}\frac{-i}{k^{2}+i\epsilon}\left(g_{\mu\nu}-(1-\xi)\frac{k_{\mu}k_{\nu}}{k^{2}}\right)\delta^{ab}e^{-ik\cdot(x-y)}.$$
The Feynman-'t Hooft gauge is when $\xi=1$. i.e $$\langle A^{a}_{\mu}(x)A^{b}_{\nu}(y)\rangle=\int\frac{d^{d}k}{(2\pi)^{d}}\frac{-i}{k^{2}+i\epsilon}g_{\mu\nu}\delta^{ab}e^{-ik\cdot(x-y)}.$$
This time, the photon propagator is non-singular and has an inverse. You only need to calculate the following functional integral of the partition function in the bosonic sector:
$$\int\mathcal{D}[A]\exp\left(-\frac{1}{2}\int d^{d}x A_{\mu}^{a}(x)g_{\mu\nu}^{E}\delta^{ab}\Box A^{b}_{\nu}(x)\right),$$
where $g^{E}_{\mu\nu}$ is the Euclidean metric after a wick rotation. What Peskin and Schroeder didn't say in their book is that equation (16.43) is actually in Euclidean signature. Later, they mentioned in the next paragraph that "this physical effect was illustrated, using the language of Section 9.4, in Problem 9.2."!!! There, in Problem 9.2, readers are asked to perform the same path-integral in Euclidean signature. Please check page 312, 313, and 314.
Now, taking the coupling $g=0$ is essentially going back to the Abelian case, i.e. QED where photons and the ghost fermions decouple, and you can ignore the Killing form $\delta^{ab}$. Then, in such a case, turning to the Euclidean signature, the full partition function should be written as $$\mathcal{Z}=\int\mathcal{D}[A_{1}^{E}]\ldots\mathcal{D}[A_{d}^{E}]\int\mathcal{D}[c]\mathcal{D}[\bar{c}]\exp\left(-\frac{1}{2}\int d^{d-1}xdx^{d}(A_{\mu}^{E}\Delta\delta^{\mu\nu}A_{\nu}^{E}-\bar{c}\Delta c)\right),$$
where $d^{d-1}xdx^{d}=dx^{1}\wedge\cdots\wedge dx^{d-1}\wedge dx^{d}$ is the Euclidean volume form, and $x^{0}_{E}=x^{d}$, and $\Delta$ is the Laplacian operator (the Euclidean counterpart of the d'Alembert operator in Lorentzian spacetime) in the Eulidean space, and $\left\{\delta_{\mu\nu}\right\}=\mathrm{diag}(1,\cdots,1)$.
Then, using the Gaussian integral formula and the Berezin integral formula you should find $$\mathcal{Z}=\left(\mathrm{Det}\left(-\Delta\right)\right)^{-d/2}\mathrm{Det}(-\Delta).$$


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Q: Choosing a specific row in a table in rails I have a migration and model with a table called medications. I need to pick a specific row from the medications table. I also am trying to filter out all medications that don't have the current user's id.
Here is the current code I have.
Medication.find(:name, :conditions => { :user_id => current_user.id }, :order => "Medication.name")

I know this isn't complete, but any help would be greatly appreciated.

A: You can load the first medication for a specific user_id like this (assuming that your medications table has an user_id):
Medication.where(user_id: current_user.id).order(:name).first

When our User model has a belongs_to :medications it can be simplified to:
current_user.medications.order(:name).first

When you want to load the e.g. 5th medication just add an offset of 4:
current_user.medications.order(:name).offest(4).first

Or load all medications and iterate through them:
current_user.medications.limit(10).each do |medication|
  puts medication.name
end

When you want to output the first ten medications on a website you would do something like this:
# in the controller
@medications = current_user.medications.order(:name).limit(10)

# in the view

  <% @medications.each do |medication| %>

<%= medication.name %>

  < end %>

The finder syntax you use is deprecated and was replaced in Rails 4. See Rails Guide about querying the database.

A: This is a perfect use case for a has_many :through association if you don't already have it set up.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :prescriptions # or whatever
  has_many :medications, :through => :prescriptions
end

class Prescription < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user
  belongs_to :medication
end

class Medication < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :prescriptions
  has_many :users, :through => :prescriptions
end

Now you can do stuff like @user.medications to retrieve only that user's medications, @user.medications.find(params[:medication_id] to find a specific one within a user's assigned medications, and @user.medications << Medication.find_by(name: 'Aspirin') to add a medication to a user, and so on.
This is a basic overview of this technique, but it's a basic Rails concept so there's plenty of information on use cases close to whatever you may be trying to do.

A: I fixed the problem and I have decided to post the answer in case anybody else seems to have a similar problem.
I ended up not putting anything in my controller or adding anything new to my models. I just used this line of code in the view.
<%= Medication.offset(0).where(:user_id => current_user.id).pluck(:name).first %>

I couldn't have done it without the support of everyone who posted, Thank you!


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from google.cloud import recaptchaenterprise_v1

async def sample_update_key():
    # Create a client
    client = recaptchaenterprise_v1.RecaptchaEnterpriseServiceAsyncClient()

    # Initialize request argument(s)
    key = recaptchaenterprise_v1.Key()
    key.web_settings.integration_type = "INVISIBLE"

    request = recaptchaenterprise_v1.UpdateKeyRequest(
        key=key,
    )

    # Make the request
    response = await client.update_key(request=request)

    # Handle the response
    print(response)

# [END recaptchaenterprise_v1_generated_RecaptchaEnterpriseService_UpdateKey_async]

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Many gardeners enjoy growing and eating tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum). However, tomato plants are susceptible to many viruses. Viruses can infect tomato plants in the nursery or after they are planted. The most common viruses affecting tomatoes are the tobacco mosaic virus and the tomato spotted leaf virus. Luckily, there are virus -resistant tomato plant varieties available, but there are no tomato varieties that are resistant to all the viruses.
BHN 444 is a tomato variety also sold under the name Southern Star. It is resistant to the tomato spotted wilt virus, but not the tobacco mosaic virus. It produces large, uniform tomatoes.
HMX 0800 is most often sold under the name Amelia or Amelia Hybrid VR. It is resistant to the tomato spotted wilt virus and well as fusarium wilt and nematodes. It produces larger fruit than other virus-resistant varieties and the fruit is considered good tasting. The plant also produces a good canopy of leaf cover to protect fruit from sun scald.
The BHN 555 tomato variety is resistant to the tomato spotted wilt virus. It produces medium to large-sized tomatoes of good eating quality.
Celebrity is one of the most widely grown tomato varieties. It is resistant to the tobacco mosaic virus as well as nematodes and verticillium wilt. Celebrity tomatoes produce large- to medium-size tomatoes with excellent taste. The plant is a heavy producer, and because it is considered a bush type of determinate variety, it does not grow as large as many other tomato plants. However, it only sets fruit over a four to six week period in late spring.
Big Beef is a popular variety of tomato because of its resistance to the tobacco mosaic virus and its ability to produce large uniform tomatoes of good eating quality. Big Beef produces excellent quality tomatoes on a large plant over a long period during the growing season. It is considered an indeterminate or vining type tomato plant because of its potential to grow up to 6 feet or more. The Big Beef tomato needs staking to keep its large fruit from touching the ground.
The Early Girl tomato variety gets its name because it produces tomatoes in as few as 55 days. This is a good tomato plant to grow in areas where the weather heats up fast in the spring. Early Girl is resistant to the tobacco mosaic virus as well as nematodes. The tomatoes are medium-sized with good eating quality. Early Girl produces tomatoes on smaller plants than the large indeterminate types, so it is a good variety to grow in container gardens.


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Le  est un jardin botanique situé dans l'une des plus grandes serres du monde, au milieu du parc Tsurumi ryokuchi, dans l'arrondissement de Tsurumi-ku, à Osaka, au Japon. Il est ouvert tous les jours sauf le lundi ; un droit d'entrée est perçu.

Les jardins ont été construits entre 1987 et 1989 et contiennent actuellement environ , représentant  de différentes zones climatiques. La surface totale est de près de , avec une hauteur maximale de 30 mètres.

Le nom de la serre est tiré de l'expression , le début d'un poème du Kokin wakashū, une anthologie éditée en 905 sur ordre de l'empereur Daigo. Elle signifie : « Il est maintenant temps pour les fleurs de s'épanouir à Osaka. »

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
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Articles connexes
 Exposition horticole de 1990

Liens externes
 Article sur le site Osaka City Planning

Jardin botanique au Japon


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