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Gov. Abbott declares state of disaster for all Texas Counties
"From the very start, the state of Texas anticipated the possibility of community spread of COVID 19."
Author: Gabriela Garcia (KAGS)
Published: 5:34 PM CDT March 13, 2020
Updated: 10:44 PM CDT March 13, 2020
BRYAN, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster for all counties in Texas Friday afternoon.
As of right now, Texas has 39 confirmed cases spread across 10 counties in the state. He spoke to the public today to address several concerns.
"From the very start, the state of Texas anticipated the possibility of community spread of COVID 19," Gov. Abbott said.
Surrounded by a team of officials who've been dealing with coronavirus since at least January, Gov. Abbott assured people the state has been preparing for various possible scenarios.
"On January 31, DSHS activated the state medical operations center. Last week DSHS announced that 10 public health labs in Texas are now equipped to perform COVID 19 testing throughout the state."
Working with schools and healthcare providers, DSHS has been on several calls with local health officials and school districts.
"Texas is seeking waivers for federal regulations for the school lunch program to give districts flexibility to provide students food should the district need to shut down," he said.
Texas is also addressing concerns about health insurers.
"The state has also asked health insurers and HMO's operating in Texas to waive costs associated with the testing and telemedicine visits concerning coronavirus. If an uninsured person needs testing for coronavirus, there are two options, public health testing or private laboratory testing."
The governor then held up a list of those providers willing to comply, and said that uninsured people needing tests need to consult with public health departments and their test would come at no cost to them.
"Texas public health labs have the capacity to test 273 people per day currently, with that ability to increase also with private labs coming online."
Next week, CPL will be able to test several thousand people per week, and the first drive through testing facility in Texas is open in San Antonio.
According to the governor, "It will initially be for first responders, healthcare workers, operators of critical infrastructure and key resources and certain high risk patients."
Governor Abbott is also in talks with other major cities in Texas to provide that kind of facility. He also noted the state's disaster declaration authorizes various directives to take place in the coming days:
1. It will authorize the use of all available and necessary state resources to respond to COVID 19.
2. It will give the Texas division of emergency management the ability to reassign and fully utilize personnel where they are needed the most.
3. It will give the immediate ability to move resources around the state
4. It will empower the state attorney general to pursue price gouging cases and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law
5. And the governor's office can now approve the waiving of state laws that hinder the ability to respond to COVID 19.
State agencies will also restrict visitation at nursing homes, state sponsored living centers, daycare, prisons, jails and juvenile facilities.
"I'm directing state agencies to provide flexible work and telework policies to employees to give them the ability to care for their families while ensuring the state government continues to function at full capacity and provide the necessary services," he said.
Governor Abbott also wanted to stress Texans should be doing their part to ensure their neighbor's safety too.
He noted, "There is absolutely no need to go out and stockpile supplies. There will be plenty available. We are gonna make it through this. We've been through situations like this before and we'll make it through this as well."
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Kurt Cornelius (* 3. Dezember 1893 in Barmen; † 5. Dezember 1966 in Bad Honnef) war ein deutscher Politiker und Landtagsabgeordneter (CDU).

Leben und Beruf
Nach dem Besuch der Volksschule absolvierte Cornelius eine Maurer- und Zimmererlehre. Er war danach als Bautechniker und Bauführer tätig und ab 1920 selbstständiger Bauunternehmer. Ab 1932 gehörte er dem Presbyterium der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde in Honnef (ab 1960 Bad Honnef) an. Nach dem Krieg war er Mitglied in verschiedenen Gremien der CDU und wurde schließlich zum Ehrenvorsitzenden des CDU-Stadtverbands Bad Honnef ernannt. 1948 war Cornelius Mitbegründer der Bad Honnef AG.

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Vom 5. Juli 1950 bis zum 20. Juli 1962 war Cornelius Mitglied des Landtags des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Er wurde jeweils im Wahlkreis 022 Siegkreis-Süd direkt gewählt. Dem Stadtrat der Stadt Honnef gehörte er von 1946 bis 1961 an, darunter lange Jahre als Vorsitzender des Bau- und Stadtplanungsausschusses und ab 1950 als Vorsitzender der CDU-Fraktion. Im Kreistag des Siegkreises war er von 1948 bis 1952 vertreten.

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Nortel Networks's next chief executive promised to bring integrity, strategic focus, innovation and double-digit operating margins back to Canada's largest telecommunications equipment maker.
The Brampton, Ont.-based firm on Monday said Mike Zafirovski, 51, would replace William Owens on Nov. 15. Zarifovski comes to Nortel from Motorola, were as chief operating officer he was largely credited with turning around its troubled PCS handset business. Zarifovski also spent 25 years in senior executive roles with General Electric.
During a press conference in Toronto, Zafirovski said he will be spending the next four weeks learning about Nortel with its chief financial officer, Peter Curry, and how he could profitably apply the firm's R&D investments towards commercial enterprise customers.
"I'm thrilled to take over but I'm not at all confused to the challenges facing us," he said.
Owens, who took over Nortel following a tumultuous period that included charges of improper financial reporting, said he was not asked to step down.
Iain Grant, an analyst with the SeaBoard Group, welcomed Zafirovski's plan to reexamine the corporate market.
IDC Canada analyst Lawrence Surtees said Zafirovski's track record at Motorola doesn't guarantee a repeat performance at Nortel.
Zafirovski said he has no plans to move Nortel's headquarters to the United States and that he was in the process of reading A Short History of Canada to learn more about the country. He said he was drawn to Nortel by its similarities to his two previous employers.
Surtees said Zafirovski is faced with the challenge of how to motivate and retain the people who will be the intellectual engine of Nortel's future growth. Constant restructurings and the company's accounting scandal have made that more difficult, he added.
Nortel chairman Harry Pearce acknowledged the strain Nortel employees, customers and shareholders have been through in his praise of Owen's performance.
"I can assure you no one was lining up for that job. This company was in serious trouble on all fronts," he said.
Zafirovski lost the top job at Motorola to Ed Zander, the former No. 2 at Sun Microsystems. He comes to Nortel not long after two top operational executives quit unexpectedly, and said he has no plans to hire a COO.
"It's virtually impossible to separate execution from strategy," he said.


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Halve and remove the pits of the avocados. Use a paring knife to score the flesh in a 1/2-inch crosshatch pattern, being careful not to cut through the skin. Use a spoon to scoop the avocado into the bowl. Add the remaining cilantro and the lime juice, and mash the avocado gently with the pestle or a fork, leaving some chunks. Season to taste with more lime juice, salt, and chile. It's best served immediately.
Love this recipe! I have a big mortar and pestle so it is fun pounding the salt with the first ingredients. I think that is the trick of the recipe, using the mortar and pestle. I also add garlic in the pounding stage. It is a great party dish, as well as a constant family request.On July 4th I made the recipe with my daughter's food processor. Fantastic! Still better texture with the mortar and pestle, but the taste is excellent. I also add a couple tomatoes, seeds removed, at the end for color and taste.
I found this guacamole absolutely delicious! Will definitely make again.
This is the identical recipe that I have been using for many years, down to the consistency of the finished guac being more chunky. It is hands down the best guac ever, and I have been asked repeatedly for the recipe. Enjoy.
This recipe completely overpowers the taste of avocado and is not one I find acceptable. Guacamole should feature the flavor of fine avocados, not be overpowered by chili and cilantro. A little lime juice, salt and ripe avocado is wonderful.I find this recipe interesting for a number of reasons. If you're using an inferior variety of avocado(too many to name) then it is a different game. "Hass avocados, preferably Mexican" means what? there are three major varieties of avocado - West Indian, Mexican and Guatemalan. There are of course many hybrids - Haas being one. Two comments here: Haas from Mexico - WHY? Second: There are numerous avocados which have a much richer taste. Why Haas?


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The President of the State
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The President of the State 5724/1964
1. The State is headed by a President.
2. The President's place of residence is Jerusalem.
(a) The President of the State is elected by the Knesset for seven years. The term of office shall be calculated on the basis of the Jewish calendar.
(b) The President of the State shall serve for one term of office only.
4. Every Israeli citizen, who is a resident of Israel, is eligible to be a candidate for the office of President of the State.
5. The election of the President of the State shall be held no earlier than ninety days and no later than thirty days before the expiration of the term of the serving President. Should the position of the President of the State fall vacant before the expiration of his term of office, the election shall be held within forty five days from the day on which his position fell vacant. The Speaker of the Knesset, in consultation with the Deputy Speakers, shall set the election day, and shall inform all the Knesset Members in writing thereof, at least three weeks in advance. Should the date of the election fall outside one of the Knesset sessions, the Speaker of the Knesset shall convene the Knesset for the purpose of electing the President of the State.
(1) The proposal of a candidate for the President of the State shall be submitted in writing to the Speaker of the Knesset, together with the written consent of the candidate, on the fourteenth day before the election day. A Member of the Knesset shall not participate in the proposal of more than one candidate.
(2) Whoever is proposed by at least ten Members of the Knesset as a candidate shall be a candidate for the President of the State, unless the number of proposers fell below ten due to the deletion of the name of a Knesset Member as stated in paragraph (3).
(3) Should a Member of the Knesset be party to proposing more than one candidate, the name of the Knesset Member shall be deleted from the list of the proposers of all the candidates who he proposed. Should the number of proposers of a candidate fall below ten due to the deletion of a name from the list of proposers, a Member of the Knesset who was not party to any proposal may add his name to the list of proposers of that candidate, no later than eight days before the election day.
(b) The Speaker of the Knesset shall inform all the Knesset Members in writing, no later than seven days before the day of the election, of every candidate who was proposed, and shall announce the candidates at the opening of the sitting at which the election is to be held.
7. The election of the President of the State shall be by secret ballot, at a Knesset sitting to be dedicated exclusively to this matter.
(a) Should there be two candidates or more, the candidate who received the votes of a majority of the Knesset Members – he is elected. Should no candidate receive such a majority, a second ballot it to be held. In the second vote only the two candidates8 who received the votes of the largest number of Knesset Members in the first vote shall stand for election. The candidate who received a majority of the votes of the Knesset Members participating in the second vote and who have voted for one of the candidates – he is elected. Should two candidates receive an equal number of votes, the voting shall be repeated.
(b) Should there be only one candidate, the voting is to be held in his favor or against him, and he shall be the person elected should the votes in his favor surpass the votes against him. Should the number of votes in his favor be equal to the votes against him, the voting shall be repeated.
(c) Should a President fail to be elected on the basis of clause (b), a reelection shall take place within thirty days from the day of the voting on the basis of the provisions of articles 5 to 7 and this article. However, the proposal of a candidate on the basis of article 6(a) shall be submitted no later than seven days before the day of voting.
9. The elected President shall make and sign the following declaration of allegiance in front of the Knesset:
"I pledge myself to bear allegiance to the State of Israel and to its laws, and to faithfully fulfill my office as President of the State".
(a) The President-elect shall make his declaration upon the termination of the term of office of the previous President, or as close as possible beforehand, and shall begin to serve at the end of the term of office of the previous President.
(b) Should the position of the President of the State fall vacant before the end of his term of office, the President- elect shall declare his allegiance as soon as possible after his election, and he shall start to serve from the moment that he made his declaration.
(a) The President of the State -
(1) Shall sign every law, other than laws relating to his powers;
(2) Shall fulfill the responsibilities assigned to him by Basic Law: the Government;
(3) Shall receive from the Government reports on its meetings;
(4) Shall accredit the diplomatic representatives of the State, shall receive the credentials of diplomatic representatives sent to Israel by foreign states, shall empower the consular representatives of the State, and shall confirm appointments of consular representatives sent to Israel by foreign states;
(5) Shall sign treaties with foreign states approved by the Knesset;
(6) Shall carry out every responsibility assigned to him by law in connection with the appointment and removal from office of judges and other office holders.
(b) The President of the State has the power to pardon offenders and mitigate penalties by reducing or commuting them.
(c) The President of the State shall carry out any other responsibility, and hold every other power assigned to him by law.
12. The signature of the President of the State on an official document requires the countersignature of the Prime Minister, or of another minister assigned by the Government, except for a document connected with the formation of the Government or the dissolution of the Knesset.
(a) The President of the State shall not be accountable to any court of law or tribunal for anything connected with his functions or powers, and shall be immune to any legal action on this account.
(b) The President of the State is not obliged to disclose in giving evidence anything that came to his knowledge while fulfilling his office as President of the State.
(c) The immunity of the President of the State on the basis of this article shall continue to apply also after he has ceased to be the President of the State.
14. The President of the State shall not face criminal charges. The period during which the President of the State cannot be prosecuted for an offence by force of this article, shall not be counted as part of the period of prescription of the said offence.
15. Should the President be required to give evidence, the evidence shall be taken at such place and time as shall be determined in agreement with him.
16. The salary of the President of the State, and other payments paid to him during his tenure of office, shall be determined by a decision of the Knesset, and it is entitled to authorize the Finance Committee for this purpose. Decisions on the basis of this article shall be published in the Official Gazette.
(a) The President of the State shall not serve in a post and shall not fulfill any position other than his post and position as President of the State, unless the Knesset House Committee has agreed to it.
(b) The President of the State is except from any mandatory service.
18. The President of the State shall not leave the State boundaries save with the consent of the Government.
19. The President of the State is entitled to resign from his office by submitting a letter of resignation to the Speaker of the Knesset. The letter of resignation need not be countersigned. The position of the President shall become vacant after the letter of his resignation has reached the Speaker of the Knesset.
(a) The Knesset is entitled, by means of a resolution, to remove the President of the State from office, should it decide that he is unworthy of his office due to conduct that is unworthy of his status as President of the State.
(b) The Knesset shall not remove the President of the state from office, save after a complaint was brought to the House Committee by at least twenty Members of the Knesset, and on the basis of a decision of the House Committee adopted by a majority of three quarters of the members of the Committee. The decision of the Knesset to remove the President from his office also requires a majority of three quarters of its members.
(c) The House Committee shall not propose the removal of the President of the State from his office, unless he has been given the opportunity to contradict the complaint on the basis of the procedure laid down by the Committee with the approval of the Knesset, and the Knesset shall not decide to remove the President of the State from his office save after he has been given the opportunity to have his say on the basis of the procedure laid down by the House Committee with the approval of the Knesset.
(d) The President of the State is entitled to be represented before the House Committee and before the Knesset by his council, as long as a Member of the Knesset shall not serve as council of the President. The House Committee and the Knesset are entitled to invite the President of the State to be present during the deliberations on the basis of this article.
(e) The Knesset deliberations on the basis of this article shall be held in a sitting designated to this matter alone, or in successive sittings designated as stated. The debate shall begin no later than twenty days after the decision of the House Committee. The Speaker of the Knesset shall inform all the Knesset Members in writing of the time of its beginning, at least ten days in advance. Should the beginning of the debate not occur during one of the Knesset Sessions, the Speaker of the Knesset shall convene the Knesset in order to hold the debate.
(a) The Knesset is entitled, in a resolution taken by a majority of its members, to declare that for health reasons the President of the State is permanently unable to fulfill his office.
(b) The Knesset shall not adopt the said resolution, save in accordance with a proposal of the House Committee, adopted by two thirds of its members, on the basis of a medical opinion submitted according to rules laid down by the Committee
(c) Should the Knesset adopt a resolution as aforesaid, the office of the President of the State shall become vacant from the day of the resolution.
(a) The President of the State shall temporarily cease to fulfill his office, and exercise his powers -
(1) Should he leave the borders of the State - from the time of his departure until his return;
(2) Should he notify the House Committee that he is temporarily unable to fulfill his office, and the House Committee has approved his notification by a majority of the votes - from the approval of his announcement until the end of the period, which the Committee has fixed, or until the President of the State has notified the House Committee that he is no longer unable to fulfill his office, whichever is the earlier date;
(3) Should the House Committee decide by a majority of two thirds of its members, on the basis of a medical opinion submitted in accordance with the rules determined by the Committee, that for health reasons the President of the State is temporarily unable to fulfill his office - from the adoption of the decision until the end of the period fixed by the Committee in its decision, or until it has decided that the President is no longer unable to fulfill his office.
(b) The House Committee shall not determine, on the basis of clause (a)(2) or (3), a period of over three months. It is entitled to prolong it, consecutively, for no more than three additional months. A prolongation of the period for above this period requires a resolution by the Knesset adopted by a majority of the Knesset Members, on the basis of a proposal by the House Committee.
(a) Should the position of the President of the State be vacated, and as long as the new President of the State has not assumed office, the Speaker of the Knesset shall serve as Acting President of the State.
(b) During the period that the President of the State has temporarily ceased to fulfill his office, and exercise his powers, the Speaker of the Knesset shall substitute for the President of the State.
(c) While serving as Acting President of the State, or as the replacement of the President of the State, the Speaker of the Knesset shall fulfill the functions assigned to the President of the State by law, and exercise the powers vested in the President of the State by law.
The Speaker of the Knesset shall publish a notice in the Official Gazette with regards to the following-
(1) The commencement of the service of the President of the State;
(2) The vacating of the position of the President of the State;
(3) The commencement of the service of the Speaker of the Knesset as replacement of the President of the State, and the termination of this service, on the basis of article 22(a)(2) or (3).
(b) The Prime Minister shall publish a notice in the Official Gazette regarding the departure of the President of the State from the borders of the State.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, Emergency Regulations cannot change, temporarily suspend, or condition this law.
(a) The following are repealed -
(1) Articles 2(c), 6 and 7 of the Transition Law, 5709- 1949;
(2) The Office of the President of the State Law,
(b) The Law for Determining the Salaries of the President of the State, the Members of the Government, and the Chief Rabbis of Israel, 5711-1950, shall not apply to the salary of the President of the State, or to the payments due to him or his heirs.
The President of the State elected by the Knesset on 27 Iyar 5723 (21 May, 1963), shall be considered to have been elected on the basis of this law, and to have served in accordance with it.
© Copyright, The State of Israel.


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The Games, Manga and Anime Society (GMAS) is RMIT's anime and gaming club.
Our club is dedicated to bringing people together who share a passion for games, manga and especially anime in order to provide a fun and social experience for people on their way through their journey of RMIT.
Every Friday afternoon during the semester, we have a 3 hour gathering where we screen anime, socialise and host exciting events. At GMAS, we put the focus on allowing members to have fun and chat with other members rather than screening anime, therefore screenings usually only take up the first hour. During our meetings, we also host small events such as bad anime nights, quizzes, scavenger hunts, karaoke, gaming tournaments and more.
We understand and do not expect that everyone can always participate for the whole meeting every week, so anyone interested should feel free to pop in at any time. We also host bigger events throughout the year outside the meets, such as BBQ's, LAN parties, alcoholic anime screenings & even a Hot Springs trip!
RMIT GMAS wants to ensure that each member enjoys and are comfortable with our club atmosphere. That is why we encourage those who are interested in joining, to first come along to one of our weekly meetings and experience it for yourself, before deciding whether you would like to officially join the club.
The joining fee for RMIT GMAS is AUD$10 for an annual membership card, which will last until February the following year.
With our RMIT GMAS membership card, you will be given discounts on your purchases at our sponsor stores such as Nekocards, Critical Hit, One Stop Anime, AnimeTown, Little Print, Gundam Universe, & also Animasia. These stores are all located within a short walking distance from RMIT city campus. Moreover discounts are also available for online stores such as Madman and The Game Experts.
We hold weekly meets during semester.
Details about our meetings will be posted on our Facebook page every week.
If you have any other questions or queries, please feel free to contact us!
GMAS hopes to see you soon!


Did you retain any of that language?
Did you take a language class in School? How much do you remember? Did it benefit you at all?
Here's a study that says even if you don't remember any of the vocabulary or words of a foreign language, there are still benefits to your brain.
Sometimes we need to step away from learning all the grammar rules and just simply listen to a language. Listening and hearing how it sounds can be a great way growing your intuition on how a language should be spoken.
Riding a bike wasn't always easy. You had to practice, and fall down many times before zipping along on your bike. And even if you haven't ridden your bike in a long time, a few wobbly blocks might be all it takes before you can ride like a kid again. Practice, practice practice.
Learning a new language means also opening yourself up to new cultures. Different cultures perceive things differently, from how you organize your home to the logical transportation to work. Exposing yourself to multicultural opportunity leaves the door open to creativity and a different way of thinking.
Congratulations to Jennifer Martinez-Sanchez of the German School Phoenix in Tempe, Arizona. Jennifer has been awarded the Gold Medal and received special recognition on the Presidential Honor Roll for outstanding performance on the 2016-2017 National German Exam for High School Students. Jennifer received this award after scoring in the 93rd percentile on the Level 2 2016-2017 National German Exam sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG).
Founded in 1926, the AATG represents German teachers at all levels of instruction. The AATG is dedicated to the advancement and improvement of the teaching of language, literature, and culture of the German‐speaking countries.
Jennifer Martinez-Sanchez is a student of Arun Ryan, German teacher at German School Phoenix.


Something for Everyone in Lincoln!
If you're looking for a nice place to live in Rhode Island, Lincoln just may be the spot. Located in the northeastern section of the state, just north of Providence, it is ideal for many lifestyles. The climate is typical for New England, of course, so life is exciting here in all seasons.
Lincoln is populated with people in all walks of life. You'll meet people from a variety of ethnic groups, including Italian, French, African-American, French Canadian, English and Portuguese. The area boasts a high level of professionals, with a preponderance of white collar workers. In fact, a whopping 87.46% of people here list their profession as administration, sales, management or other white collar occupation.
Naturally, with that sort of demographic, you would also expect a high level of education and you wouldn't be disappointed. Almost forty percent of the people in Lincoln have a bachelor's or advanced degree of some kind. The people working in the math/computer occupations number more than 95 percent of the national average. That's pretty hefty stuff, wouldn't you say?
Nonetheless, there is plenty to do in Lincoln that takes you away from the computer screen or the office. The center of outdoor activity is the beautiful Lincoln Woods State Park. Hit the freshwater beach for swimming, as well as boating. The trails for biking, hiking and horseback riding are top notch. You can also go rock climbing. Picnic facilities abound. In the winter, ice skating, ice fishing and snowmobiling are popular.
If you prefer less physical activity, you'll be delighted to know Lincoln can accommodate you nicely. Theatres and museums are both in the town and in surrounding areas. Casinos and family arcades are in the area. There's also a wide array of arts to enjoy, including ballet, art galleries and folk art venues. Concerts are scheduled regularly in the area, too. Since Lincoln is near Providence, it's convenient to get to some city activities.
All in all, Lincoln, Rhode Island is a great place to settle. If you are interested in viewing or listing a property in the Lincoln area, please contact me, Alex Biliouris, at (401) 769-4333. You can check my website to discover the many ways we can serve you. We can satisfy all your real estate needs!


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Q: Bi directional LSTM Regularization how to increase accuracy This is my model:
    class BiLSTM(nn.Module):

     def __init__(self):
        super(BiLSTM, self).__init__()
        self.hidden_size = 128
        drp = 0.2
        n_classes = len(le.classes_)
        self.embedding = nn.Embedding(max_features, embed_size)
        self.embedding.weight = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(embedding_matrix, dtype=torch.float32))
        self.embedding.weight.requires_grad = False
        self.lstm = nn.LSTM(embed_size, self.hidden_size, bidirectional=True, batch_first=True)
        self.linear = nn.Linear(self.hidden_size*4 , 128)
        self.relu = nn.ReLU()
        self.dropout = nn.Dropout(drp)
        self.out = nn.Linear(128, n_classes)

    def forward(self, x):
        #rint(x.size())
        h_embedding = self.embedding(x)
        _embedding = torch.squeeze(torch.unsqueeze(h_embedding, 0))
        h_lstm, _ = self.lstm(h_embedding)
        avg_pool = torch.mean(h_lstm, 1)
        max_pool, _ = torch.max(h_lstm, 1)
        conc = torch.cat(( avg_pool, max_pool), 1)
        conc = self.relu(self.linear(conc))
        conc = self.dropout(conc)
        out = self.out(conc)
        return out

n_epochs = 87

model = BiLSTM()
loss_fn = nn.CrossEntropyLoss(reduction='mean',)
optimizer = torch.optim.Adam(filter(lambda p: p.requires_grad, model.parameters()), lr=0.002)
model.cuda()

# Load train and test in CUDA Memory
x_train = torch.tensor(train_X, dtype=torch.long).cuda()
y_train = torch.tensor(train_y, dtype=torch.long).cuda()
x_cv = torch.tensor(test_X, dtype=torch.long).cuda()
y_cv = torch.tensor(test_y, dtype=torch.long).cuda()

# Create Torch datasets
train = torch.utils.data.TensorDataset(x_train, y_train)
valid = torch.utils.data.TensorDataset(x_cv, y_cv)

# Create Data Loaders
train_loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(train, batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=True)
valid_loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(valid, batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=True)

train_loss = []
valid_loss = []

for epoch in range(n_epochs):
    start_time = time.time()
    # Set model to train configuration
    model.train()
    avg_loss = 0.
    for i, (x_batch, y_batch) in enumerate(train_loader):
        # Predict/Forward Pass
        y_pred = model(x_batch)
        # Compute loss
        loss = loss_fn(y_pred, y_batch)
        optimizer.zero_grad()
        loss.backward()
        optimizer.step()
        avg_loss += loss.item() / len(train_loader)
        #acc =n-avg_loss

    # Set model to validation configuration
    model.eval()
    avg_val_loss = 0.
    val_preds = np.zeros((len(x_cv),len(le.classes_)))

    for i, (x_batch, y_batch) in enumerate(valid_loader):
        y_pred = model(x_batch).detach()
        avg_val_loss += loss_fn(y_pred, y_batch).item() / len(valid_loader)
        #val_accuracy = n- avg_val_loss
        # keep/store predictions
        val_preds[i * batch_size:(i+1) * batch_size] =F.softmax(y_pred).cpu().numpy()
        val_preds=val_preds*5000

    # Check Accuracy
    val_accuracy = sum(val_preds.argmax(axis=1)==test_y)/len(test_y)
    train_loss.append(avg_loss)
    valid_loss.append(avg_val_loss)
    elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time
    print('Epoch {}/{} \t Train_loss={:.4f} \t val_loss={:.4f}  \t val_acc={:.4f}  \t time={:.2f}s'.format(
                epoch + 1, n_epochs , avg_loss, avg_val_loss, val_accuracy, elapsed_time))

This is the output I am receiving.I have used the BiLSTM model. I tried changing the loss techniques and dropout value but it didn't work. The issue is I guess the model is overfitting how can I increase the accuracy this is the output I am receiving.I have used the BiLSTM model. I tried changing the loss techniques and dropout value but it didn't work. The issue is I guess the model is overfitting how can I increase the accuracy
This is the output I am receiving.I have used the BiLSTM model. I tried changing the loss techniques and dropout value but it didn't work. The issue is I guess the model is overfitting how can I increase the accuracy, The size of the dataset is 3000
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A real beauty, Julian! One of your best landscapes.
Will I ever win one! I loved the Lemon on Blue Striped Towel! I look forward to your inspirations everyday and hope to have one soon!
Simply wonderful... love the signs of civilization in the phone/electric lines. Julian, is the work of one house or two? I want to meet those who live there! Lucky folks, as is Bridget in LA.
Am curious, Clara... what time (EDT) does your PfP arrive? Mine gets to OR at 10AM PDT, ie 1PM in NY... I'm wondering if it's the server.. We, too, are left out of the buying loop..too late, too late. Alas.
so like tuscany - where my mother was born. nakes me want to return there. i love the contrasts of dark and light particularly the house in the background. someday i'll have one.
I only just found your site a week ago (thanks to a yahoo weekly email of cool sites) and I must say I am getting addicted. I find myself looking at your landscapes like other viewers said.. "to see what the weather is like"!
oops.. that should read "Provence" hit the post button without checking!
one of your best landscapes today but i seem to be addicted to your lemons !
I often wonder what you take with you when you paint en plein air? Duane K. shows his cigar box pochade; do you have something similar or a more elaborate setup. Would you consider showing us a photo of your painting outfit and/or you at work?
You can't be 77308 serious?!?


Kevin Dearwester, left, and Lori and Phil Mele educated the Food Protection Committee on Lm during a meeting in Willow Grove.
PFMA's Food Protection Committee met on May 3 in Willow Grove for its regular meeting. Kevin Dearwester, Select Micro Technologies, educated the group on the physical properties of Listeria Monocytogenes (Lm), and the products available on the market to properly combat it.
Participants from the group, including Terry Levee and Mike Diskin, Giant Eagle, and Steve Oswald, Wakefern, presented their findings from the Conference on Food Protection, where recommended changes were made to the Food Code. To wrap the meeting, the group discussed inspection reports publicized in the press and how the industry can both be proactive and respond appropriately.
PFMA thanks all members that participated in the meeting, especially Mr. Dearwester, as well as Phil and Lori Mele from PLM and Associates, for their presentation on Lm.


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I am up early and off we go, back to the working week.
I always get a tinge of excitement, as we turn the corner and see the coffee shop in front of us. In we go, and I am out into the dazzling light, for all to see. I can see the kind barista who greets me every morning with a smile and all the regular customers.
We wait in the queue; the café is always busy and has a lively excitable hum to it, as the world slowly wakes from its weekend slumber.
Have You Found Your Gap Yet?
Business can be daunting, especially if you keep looking at what your competition is up to.
In the promotional products industry, there are lots of distributors, who can do things cheaper and quicker. If I worried about them all of the time, I wouldn't get any work done.
It probably the same in your industry.
If you think about it, every industry is probably the same, but smaller businesses still exist.
Whether you are selling promotional products, holidays or your time businesses can be tiring. Whilst I love what they do, there is the odd day now and again, which feels like it is a hard slog. You probably get the same feeling every now and again? Sometimes the reason for this is clear, other time not so.
There can be so many things to do, some of which you probably didn't even realise the need to be done when you started out.


Have you been reading Octopus Pie? You should be. If you just read the latest, though, it probably won't make sense. Start maybe back here.
Today is the last day to contribute to my Kickstarter! You have until 11pm CST, which means if you put it off, you'll forget—so if you wanted to do this, go ahead and do it now.
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Chicago passes bicycle safety ordinance
Richard MasonerMarch 12, 20087 Comments on Chicago passes bicycle safety ordinance
(I almost wrote "ordnance," which could either be really good or really bad for cyclists).
The City of Chicago passed the Bicycle Safety Ordinance this afternoon. The new law now establishes fines for turning left or right in front of a bicyclist, passing a bicyclist with less than three feet of space, and opening a vehicle door into the path of a bicyclist. Fines range from $150 to $500 and go up to $500 if the violation results in a bicycle crash.
It also establishes a fine for double-parking in a marked shared lane, and increases the fine for driving, standing or parking in a bicycle lane.
"We are committed to making Chicago the most bicycle friendly city in the country, and safety is a very critical part of the plan," Daley said after the measure passed. "More than 6,000 crashes between bicycles and motor vehicles were reported in Chicago between 2001 and 2005. Unfortunately, 30 bicyclists were killed. These new laws will help prevent injuries and save lives."
Daley defended bike messengers when asked about their sometimes risky riding and rude behavior. "The bike messengers are a breed unto themselves," Daley said, smiling. "I got to meet a lot of them so I know a lot of them. They've got a job to do, and like anything else, they are respecting the laws on the road and all that, and the rules."
From Chicagoland Bicycle Federation via Jennifer in Chicago. Dave also points us to an illustrated PDF with photographic examples of the types of actions this law prohibits.
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Effective advocay pays large dividends. Now let's hope that law enforcement is properly trained. My kind of town!
Effective advocay pays large dividends. Now let's hope that law enforcement is properly trained. My kind of town!Jack
bikesgonewild says:
…i gotta agree w/ jack…hopefully the laws will be applied intelligently & judiciously so as to not foment more cyclist/ motorist negativity…
…that & i'd like to go for a ride & a beer in his town w/ mayor daley…
…i gotta agree w/ jack…hopefully the laws will be applied intelligently & judiciously so as to not foment more cyclist/ motorist negativity……that & i'd like to go for a ride & a beer in his town w/ mayor daley…
I think I would rather have explosives at my disposal than more laws to be ignored by officers.
Dan Gutierrez says:
I wonder how a bicyclist is ever found at fault given that another ordinance, "at all times" gives motorists explicit right of way over bicyclists:
9-52-040. Yielding right-of-way. …(c) Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near as practicable to the right-hand side of the roadway, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction and at all times giving the right-of-way to other moving vehicles.Given this ROW ordinance, I don't see whjy a police officer ever has to find a bicyclist at fault when a crash occurs. The law allows him to blame the cyclist, since they didn't yield to the motorist.- Dan Gutierrez -Long Beach, CACABO District 7 Director


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One of the things you have to accept early on is that life isn't going to go as planned. You've got to accept the letdowns and move on. You can map out your life, with specific left turns here and right turns there, but you'll likely end up making U-turns and meeting dead ends along the way. But as they say, it's not about the destination; it's all about the journey. Embrace it and define your own success.
I remember when MapQuest was first invented. I was like, "You mean we don't need to plan our trip using the crinkled old map in the glove compartment?" Sometimes, printing those directions made life easier, but if you made a wrong turn, good luck trying to figure out how to get back on the right path. I don't miss those days, and I bet you don't either.
In fact, a recent British study found that 69 percent of women say they prefer using satellite navigation while driving, like the GPS on smartphones or built into modern-day cars.
But navigation systems aren't always what they're cracked up to be. For instance, one Brussels woman trying to get to the train station 38 miles away ended up in Croatia—900 miles from her home—after her car's navigation system went on the fritz. That's one heck of a detour!
Thanks to the geniuses who developed accurate electronic mapping assistance, we can now feel confident to explore new territory. Jen Fitzpatrick is one of those wise techie map gurus we can thank. As a 15-year veteran of Google (and one of the company's first female engineers) she diligently worked her way up to the position of vice president of Google Maps.
When Jen took her first computer-science class in college—almost by accident—she became intrigued. It led her to earn her master's degree in the subject from Stanford University. Jen was part of the first-ever internship program at Google, or, as she called it then, a "crazy little startup," and remembers that her dad thought she was taking a huge risk.
Seventeen years later, it looks like Jen made the right choice. Google is now most people's go-to source for any and all information, and Google Maps is a must for traveling. In fact, 1 billion people worldwide use Google Maps. In addition to providing up-to-date directions from point A to point B, Google Maps also lets users view real-time traffic conditions and detailed street views and satellite images. Users can also search for nearby restaurants, clothing stores and gas stations, click on one and learn more about it.
Jen says she was fortunate that from the very beginning, women were integral members of Google's rise to dominance. She never felt like the odd lady out; instead, she was part of a cohesive team that was building a unique system that tons of people would use every single day.
Jen initially worked under Marissa Mayer, a high-level executive at Google who is now the CEO of Yahoo! During that time, Jen and Marissa made moves to improve company diversity by insisting that at least one female executive be part of all job-candidate interviews–a move that made a significant impact.
Jen is passionate about bringing the real world and the online world closer together. And she's certainly on the right track. We can't wait to see where Jen guides us to next.


The doctor noted that I'd continued to lose weight, and I observed that he'd lost weight as well.
Over the course of seeing him once or twice a year for several years now, I'd noticed that my doctor struggled just a bit with his own weight. He was a runner, and kept his weight under control when he was able to run. When something (injury, weather, schedule pressures) kept him from running, he tended to gain weight. As this has been my own experience as well, I figured we understood one another a bit better than we otherwise might.
When I mentioned his own weight loss, he said that he'd thought a lot about weight problems, and had decided that the right perspective to address excess weight was that of addiction.
This makes sense to me. At least, I have no doubt that the dopamine pathways involved in other sorts of addictions are involved in people's poor eating choices.
Continuing, my doctor went on to point out that it's pretty well accepted that addicts can't just choose to use whatever substance they're addicted to moderately. Someone who's not a smoking addict might be able to choose to smoke tobacco a few times a year, but a smoker cannot. Someone who's not addicted to alcohol can choose to have a drink or two without going on to drink way too much, but an alcoholic cannot.
He went on to provide a short list of foods that, if he ate them, he'd overeat—chips, cake, burgers, etc. Instead, he said, you could choose to eat only foods that didn't trigger those addictive behaviors, and he provided a short list. It started with vegetables and fruits. I forget the next few items—but I immediately recognized the main differentiator. The foods that were safe to eat were foods. The items that were dangerous to eat were industrially manufactured food-like edible substances.
So I told him about Michael Pollan and his book In Defense of Food, and suggested a quick rule of thumb: Things you eat shouldn't have ingredients; they should be ingredients. Certainly, they shouldn't have any ingredients that your grandmother wouldn't recognize.
Without saying that I buy into my doctor's take completely, I think there's a lot there that's of interest. The principles of addiction management had always seemed valid—but not applicable to overeating, because you have to eat. The idea that you're only addicted to those foods that kick those dopamine reward pathways into overdrive . . . . Maybe that is an insight into how to take the things we've learned about managing addiction and apply it to overeating.


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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours
May 3, 2018 Off By Dan Saada
Spotify shares plunged by as much as 10% in the longer session. The entertainment firm reported monthly active users and revenues which were according to its estimates. However, the company's guidance for the next quarter was weak, which saw it still lose money. The earnings of this quarter are the first ones Spotify has reported.
Tesla shares also sank by up to 2% in the extended trade sessions. The firm had earlier posted better-than-expected earnings, but its stock would later give up the gains. The energy storage and electric vehicle manufacturer's losses per share were smaller than expected with its revenues surpassing estimates. It also recorded a smaller cash burn than expected by analysts. The firm expects some positive cash flow and profitability in the second-half of next year.
Tesla had previously said that it planned to ramp up its Model 3 productions to about 6, 000 every week by late June. Currently, it's estimating production of up to 2, 020 for the first quarter, which is still way short of its goal.
Square's stock plunged over 10% post-market. The mobile payment and financial services firm's earnings were, however, in line with expectations, and the revenues it collected were better than estimates. Square's gross payment volumes were also as expected. However, weak earning guidance disappointed many investors.
AIG's shares sank nearly 6% after the bell. AIG, which deals in finance and insurance, reported a significant miss on its earnings per share.
The shares of Sprint gained by up to 2% in the extended trade sessions. While the mobile carrier beat it revenue estimation, its net additions were much lower than expected. The company also announced that Michel Combes, its current CFO, is going to be the next CEO while Marcelo Claure, the current CEO will become the executive chairman. The latter official will also double up as CEO and COO of Softbank Group International.
The changes, Sprint says, are as a result of its plan to collaborate with T-Mobile. In case the deal goes through, John Legere, the CEO of T-Mobile while remain the Chief Executive Officer of the new merger.
Fitbit share sank as well, by over 4% post-market. However, the wearable technology manufacturer beat its revenue estimations. Still, guidance for the next quarter was somewhat weak both on the bottom and top lines.
Express Scripts stock went down by over 1% post-market before the prescription management firm recovered its losses. It missed its revenues expectations but beat the estimated earnings. The company's full-year earnings guidance lowered as well.
Kraft Heinz' stock went up over 3% in the extended trade period, after the firm reported mixed earnings. While the grocery manufacturer missed its revenue estimations, it beat the expected earnings per share. The achievement came despite the firm's lower first-quarter sales.
Zynga stock went up by over 2% after the firm announced its new share structure. On Wednesday, the gaming company said that it is moving to a single-class structure that'll reduce the voting power of co-founder and chairman, Mark Pincus. Zynga reported higher revenues (up to $208.2 billion) and mobile audience.
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Half of India's children are poor
It raises a question: will they ever be out of poverty?
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The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (ophi) recently released its report on poverty levels across the world. The report uses the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index that takes into account deprivations in health, education and living standards. Thus, according to this index, a poor person is called "multidimensionally poor". Its findings based on data from across 103 low- and middle-income countries suggest that children represent 48 per cent of the multidimensional poor in the world. And half of India's children are multidimensionally poor.
We tend to study poverty figures in general terms. There is not much focus on child poverty even though various global development goals revolve around the welfare and well-being of children. Worryingly, children account for just 34 per cent of the 103 countries' total population. It means children are poorer than adults. Expectedly, a significant percentage of the poor children are in South Asia and Africa. The younger a child, the deeper is the level of poverty. According to this report, children up to nine years of age are the poorest.
For a country that gives an impression of talking less and less about poverty despite hosting the largest number of poor in the world, this report should be an urgent call for action. This is because the assessment is not a usual "income poverty" assessment. It takes into account 10 indicators that define a healthy child like access to health, education and living standards comprising nutrition and sanitation. A child is termed multidimensionally poor if s/he is deprived in one-third or more of the indicators. Thus, this poverty assessment makes a statement on the basic human development situation that children are exposed to. Half of our children being poor under this assessment means they are not able to access basic human development needs.
Ideally, this assessment shows that all the government programmes targeted at children are failing to show the desired results. In India, a child is protected with various development programmes from conception to adulthood. Most of these programmes aim to lessen malnutrition and protect food security for children. Why have we failed then? There is no state-level disaggregation of the data in the ophi study. But if one goes by the geography of poverty in India, most of these children will be found in states like Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. And in all likelihood, they will be from marginalised Scheduled Caste and Tribe groups.
These are the states rich in natural resources like forests and water. Some years ago, the Chronic Poverty Research Centre brought out a series of research publications on why some areas in the country remain poor despite years of targeted development activities. These reports clearly showed that access to and use of local natural resources critically decides whether a person would be poor or move out of the trap in future. One research paper convincingly argued that people who live near forests are prone to be chronically poor. It also said that the chronically poor have a "high probability" of transmitting their poverty to the next generation. Are today's poor children the next generation mentioned in the study?
If yes, it calls for a massive change in the design of development programmes. Our programmes for children are ad hoc in approach; they don't treat the causes of poverty. Instead, they just focus on arranging a few facilities that treat deprivations in short term. So, a child gets nutrition supplements but will not get access to the wholesome food s/he once used to access from the forest. For this problem to be fixed, the government has to change forest laws, the mechanism of the public distribution system and also the approach to poverty as a national challenge.
Poverty Economy World
India has the second highest number of obese children in the world
Incidence of childhood cancer has increased: Lancet study
Nine in every 10 children do not get adequate diet in Jharkhand, Bihar: NFHS data
Poverty eradication - Why do we always fail?
Southeast Asia's double whammy—child malnutrition and obesity
India Environment Portal Resources :
Levels and trends in child malnutrition 2016
Synergies in child nutrition: interactions of food security, health and environment, and child care
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Malnutrition in Tribal Children, 05/08/2016
Determinants of child health: an empirical analysis
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme: Public Accounts Committee (2014-15)


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