AdAgenyOnline.Net, a nationally recognized automotive advertising resource / networking portal, reviews cutting edge automotive advertising technologies and vendor solutions on their hosted blog talk radio station -- WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time. This week's Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising show, moderated by Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., will feature a review of InstaQuote in an interview with Carlos Diaz, the founder of InstaQuote and the C.E.O. of Caryote. The show is scheduled to air live on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2011 between 12 Noon and 12:30 PM EST.
Philip shared his reasons for reviewing InstaQuote as a possible conversion tool for his affiliated automotive advertising agencies and his online audience of automotive advertising decision makers. "To price or not to price on an auto dealer's website is a question that automotive advertising agencies have already answered with a resounding yes. Customers demand transparency in their online shopping experience and price is a question that must be answered almost before it is asked. Some auto dealers stick to the old school philosophy of posting MSRP with an offer to contact them for their best Internet price. Their intention is to preserve gross profit and incentivize the online shopper to contact them so the dealer can explain why price isn't as important as their product and excellent service. Unfortunately, today's educated consumer knows that the best price is only a click away and they can service their vehicle anywhere after their purchase. Although, why would they go to the dealer that wanted to overcharge them for the vehicle in the first place?"
"I am reviewing InstaQuote for an Internet Sales Manager who contacted me to ask if they could provide an efficient way to instantly quote a competitive price to his online shoppers as well as in response to his leads sourced from various third party providers. Frankly, I am not a believer in auto response based systems, however sometimes limited staff and resources force a dealer to choose between an automated response or no response at all. The solution lies in a hybrid of a timely response with a competitive price followed by a personal reply to fill in the holes and establish a relationship with the customer. Customers soon discover that most dealers will "meet or beat" any legitimate price so their objective quickly converts to finding a dealership that they are comfortable with. Price still matters but people and process are more of a consideration for online shoppers who are compiling their short list of dealers to visit."
"InstaQuote is able to quote 100% of a dealers' new vehicle Internet leads from their own site, the manufacturers' site and third party marketing platforms in seconds. They use proprietary multi-point information matching to ensure quotes are generated accurately in a very comprehensive conversion tool on the dealers website using a manufacture-grade configurator that follows business rules defined by the dealer to respond to all inbound inquiries."
"Perhaps the most unique value offered by InstaQuote is the customer friendly format that the price is delivered in. In addition to providing the price on the vehicle selected by the customer, they also quote several comparable vehicles as well as providing information on the dealer including a convenient Google based map and directions to facilitate a visit. When combined with a comprehensive follow up system integrated into a process powered by a motivated staff and efficient CRM I can see InstaQuote as a key ingredient in the sales process."
In early 2001, after the "dot-crash", Carlos Diaz, the founder of InstaQuote was forced to enter the car business as a means to support his family and like most others who first enter the "business", the transition was not easy. A month later when Toyota began pushing the concept of internet sales. With over 7 years of web development experience and having worked for such companies as General Electric, Carlos was ahead of the curve with in-depth knowledge of the internet. Now also armed with car sales experience, he was a perfect fit for a department which, at the time, no other salesperson wanted to be part of.
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Bankia was Spain's biggest bailed-out bank, at the height of a deep financial crisis that almost sent the country into default, and new private investment in the lender will help cement a Spanish financial and economic turnaround.
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Q: How to automatically update R to the latest version? I am posting this issue here as I suppose it bothered many R users. It is recommended to update R and packages as frequently as possible (see https://community.rstudio.com/t/should-i-update-all-my-r-packages-frequently-yes-no-why/5856). Yet, this can be time consuming to look if your version is the latest one, download the last version of R and reinstall all your packages.
Recently I discovered the installr package. It provided the very nice function updateR(). According to the documentation, the updateR() function performs the following: finding the latest R version, downloading it, running the installer, deleting the installation file, copy and updating old packages to the new R installation
Thanks to this post: How should I deal with "package 'xxx' is not available (for R version x.y.z)" warning?

A: Windows
To update R on Windows, try using the package installr (only for Windows)
Install and load installr: install.packages("installr") and library(installr)
Call updateR() function. This will start the updating process of your R installation by: "finding the latest R version, downloading it, running the installer, deleting the installation file, copy and updating old packages to the new R installation."
From within RStudio, go to Help > Check for Updates to install newer version of RStudio (if available, optional).
You are ready for Data Science Essentials for R!
Mac
On Mac, you can simply download and install the newest version of R. When you restart RStudio, it will use the updated version of R.
Go to https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/
Click the link "R-3.5.2.pkg"
When the file finishes downloading, double-click to install. You should be able to click "Next" to all dialogs to finish the installation.
From within RStudio, go to Help > Check for Updates to install newer version of RStudio (if available, optional).
To update packages, go to Tools > Check for Package Updates. If updates are available, select All (or just tidyverse), and click Install Updates.
You are ready for Data Science Essentials for R!
For more details see below link
https://uvastatlab.github.io/phdplus/installR.html

A: If you're using Mac or Linux you can use a package manager for that.
On Mac you can use brew. On Linux it depends on your distribution. Most ditros ship with a default package manager. On Manjaro it's pamac.
This approach has the advantage that it lets you automatically update all programs which you obtained using the package manager and not just R.

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With Week 8 of a 2018 NFL deteriorate entrance up, a anticipation football debate is reaching a vicious point. The playoffs are usually over a month divided and a contenders are starting to apart from a pretenders. Even if we are now on a outward looking in during a postseason in your league, it's not too late to spin things around. The best approach to do that right now is to ingeniously play a waiver wire, adding a tip giveaway agents to accelerate your lineup.
Making a many of your waiver claims are a best approach to tarry a assault of bye weeks on a horizon—the Titans, Chargers, Cowboys and Falcons are all off in Week 8—or find a deputy for one of a countless injuries that tormented anticipation contributors this past weekend. Players like LeSean McCoy, Albert Wilson, Kenny Stills, Keke Coutee and Sony Michel all left their particular Week 7 contests, while maestro using behind Marshawn Lynch landed on harmed haven after pang a groin repairs behind in Week 6. Those who were relying on these players for points shouldn't fret, as there are copiousness of suitable substitutes sitting unclaimed in a infancy of anticipation football leagues.
Keep reading to find out who we put a waiver explain in on brazen of Week 8. The players listed subsequent are accessible in during slightest 50% of all Yahoo Sports anticipation leagues. Last week's recommendations, many of that are still applicable and value adding if accessible as a giveaway agent, can be found by clicking here.
There haven't been many anticipation revelations during a quarterback position lately, that is hapless for owners of Marcus Mariota, Philip Rivers, Dak Prescott and Matt Ryan. All 4 will be on mangle in Week 8, that means those that don't have a backup choice already lined adult will need to hasten to get a one-week starter. Flacco is expected a best choice during this connection in many leagues, as a Ravens signal-caller is entrance off a decent opening opposite a Saints, joining on 23-of-39 passes for 279 yards and dual touchdowns with no interceptions.
Flacco has a middle-of-the-road invulnerability on daub this Sunday in a Panthers, a patrol that allows 260.3 yards per diversion on normal to hostile quarterbacks. Carolina was burnt generally badly in Week 7 by Carson Wentz, who led his Eagles to feat with a 30-of-39, 310-yard, two-touchdown tour by a air. With a Ravens struggling to run a ball—averaging a common 96 yards per diversion on a ground—and a Panthers ranking in a top-10 opposite a rush, things are environment adult easily for Flacco to have a clever anticipation week. Don't demur to use him if your QB is on bye or your unchanging starter is going adult opposite an chosen defense, nonetheless don't rubbish a high priority explain on him either.
The Niners have had their satisfactory share of injuries during a using behind position. They mislaid cherished giveaway representative merger Jerick McKinnon before a deteriorate even started and second-year rusher Matt Breida has been traffic with a whinging ankle repairs that he aggravated on a initial play of a team''s blowout detriment to a Rams. With Breida singular to usually 5 carries in that contest, Mostert stepped adult and delivered to a balance of 59 yards on usually 7 carries. He also played a purpose in a flitting game, hauling in all 4 of his targets for an additional 19 yards.
It's positively some-more than a small questionable that a fourth-year actor is entrance out of a blue and doing what Mostert is doing. But that's now back-to-back games in that Mostert finished a box to be San Francisco's best anticipation using back. Alfred Morris is carrying roughly no success and Matt Breida is traffic with several injuries. Mostert is already value a start in shoal leagues and could pierce into every-week FLEX domain with another good game.
If Michel's repairs is critical and a Patriots are looking to trade for an RB, we consternation if a 49ers would be meddlesome in relocating Alfred Morris. He's slipped behind Breida and Mostert in new weeks, and a Pats have a good attribute with Shanahan/Lynch from a Jimmy deal.
Potential Mostert owners shouldn't worry too many about Morris, even nonetheless he was given dual some-more carries than Mostert in Week 7. Morris was usually means to beget 25 yards with those totes, a insignificant 2.8 YPC average, and unsuccessful to tilt in his usually aim from quarterback C.J. Beathard. Given a talent that Mostert flashed opposite a miserly Rams defensive front, it would be obscure for San Francisco conduct manager Kyle Shanahan not to boost a fourth-year veteran's effort going forward, generally if Breida can't fit adult for a team's Week 8 showdown with a NFC West opposition Cardinals. Arizona is permitting an NFL-worst 148.3 yards per diversion on a belligerent and has given adult a league-high 12 rushing touchdowns, creation this a luscious matchup for any San Francisco using back. For that reason alone, cruise Mostert a plug-and-play RB2 for a matchup, with an intensely high roof should Breida sit.
The aforementioned Marshawn Lynch repairs is opening a doorway for a rest of a Oakland backfield to competition for Beast Mode's touches. Lynch isn't authorised to lapse until during slightest Week 16, that creates Richard and/or Doug Martin clever additions for a residue of a anticipation football season. Owners in PPR joining will expected wish to aim Richard, who has held during slightest 6 passes in 4 games this deteriorate and has totaled adult 13 receptions over a final dual weeks. Oakland mislaid one of it's categorical weapons in a flitting conflict when it traded receiver Amari Cooper to a Cowboys this week, that competence open a doorway for some-more targets directed during Richard going forward.
Martin is a many expected to lead a group in carries for a subsequent dual months and has a best possibility to collect adult a lion's share of a 17.5 touches per diversion that Lynch was removing before alighting on IR. The Muscle Hamster hasn't finished all that many in his initial deteriorate with Oakland—garnering 99 yards and no touchdowns on 27 carries—but could collect adult steam with an stretched role. Owners that are unfortunate for prolongation during a position can take a possibility on this 29-year-old behind and start him as shortly as a Raiders lapse from bye in Week 9, nonetheless a wiser preference would be to get him on a register and keep him benched until he shows adequate to aver a start.
The Pats seemed like they finally found a bell cow behind in Sony Michel, nonetheless a rookie first-rounder went down with a nasty looking knee repairs opposite a Bears in Week 7. An MRI suggested no constructional repairs to a left knee, that is good news for a club, nonetheless it could still keep Michel out for a bit. Outside of James White—who is a pass-catching behind for a New England offense—there is no proven and healthy using behind on a roster. Barner is a best claimant to step adult while Michel heals, as he had a season-high 10 carries opposite Chicago—most of that came after Michel went down—and incited those into 36 yards.
We'll take a demeanour during that over a subsequent day or dual and try to figure it out so when we start practicing for Buffalo, we'll be prepared to go. We'll demeanour during a options and see what we feel like a best thing is [and] see how prolonged we consider Sony competence be out.
Not certain a Pats will hang with Kenjon Barner as a primary between-the-tackles RB in a eventuality that Michel's repairs is serious, nonetheless he runs with burst/aggressiveness. Physical man for his size.
Even if a Patriots pointer a RB off a street, it's rarely doubtful that they would see suggestive movement in Week 8 opposite a Bills. Belichick also pronounced that a coaching staff does not wish to overkill White, who already boasts a team-high 51 targets and has rushed 29 times opposite his 7 contests. Barner has never been a lead behind during a NFL turn and usually has 93 carries in 47 career games, nonetheless a 5'9", 195-pounder is in line to get some-more opportunities on a belligerent for a unfortunate backfield. Expect descent coordinator Josh McDaniels to get artistic and find ways to get White and Barner into space, where these sleek backs can do a many damage. Barner competence not be a long-term resolution for anticipation owners, nonetheless those in need of a replacement RB for a subsequent few weeks could do distant worse, generally in PPR formats.
Williams has detonate onto a stage after a still start to his 2018 season, bursting for a contingent of scores and over 200 yards in his final dual contests. He's already matched his 2017 touchdown sum and is on gait to transcend his career-high of 7 TDs set behind in 2016, that was a Western Oregon product's best debate as a pro. Williams accessible 69 receptions for 1,059 yards that season, nonetheless was a bigger partial of a Chargers offense that year and had a whopping 120 targets. Quarterback Philip Rivers has usually thrown to Williams 27 times this year, that has resulted in 20 catches and 428 yards in further to a scores.
The large plays aren't tolerable and some teams won't be means to clear holding Williams during a bye. But after 236 yards and 3 touchdowns in his final dual games, everybody should be holding a demeanour during him. He has during slightest 48 yards or a touchdown in 6 of his 7 games, definition he has a decent building to go along with his high ceiling. The bye hurts his appeal, nonetheless also could benefaction a shopping opportunity. Other owners in your joining competence not be peaceful to dump as many of their FAAB budget.
Wise owners will devise brazen and get Williams on a register for his Week 9 showdown with a Seahawks. It's not a good matchup on paper, nonetheless Seattle could onslaught to enclose a perfect volume of gifted wideouts in a Los Angeles receiving corps. The fourth-year pro is on a prohibited strain right now and should be employed until he cools off. Don't go all-in to get him, nonetheless Williams is positively value fixation a waiver explain in on for his sky-high roof and large play intensity during this juncture.
The Saints non-stop a deteriorate with maestro wideout Ted Ginn Jr. portion as a club's No. 2 receiver, nonetheless an repairs has privileged a approach for rookie Tre'Quan Smith to step adult and uncover off a talent that finished him a third-round collect in a draft. He usually had a best diversion of his immature career in Week 6, snaring 3 passes on 3 targets for 111 yards and dual touchdowns. He came behind to earth a bit in Week 7, nonetheless still had a many targets nonetheless with six, branch those into 44 yards and 3 catches opposite a heartless Ravens defense. There are copiousness of mouths to feed in New Orleans, nonetheless a high-octane offense can support copiousness of anticipation contributors if it continues to normal over 400 yards per diversion in sum and over 300 per competition by a air.
A few quick-thinking anticipation owners were means to gain on Smith's dermatitis day by adding a first-year actor right after Ginn was placed on harmed haven with a knee issue, nonetheless Smith is expected still accessible in your joining right now. Unfortunately he's another actor that you'll have to be studious with due to his Week 8 bye, nonetheless it appears he will be value a wait. Get Smith on your register now before he's scooped adult and muster him with certainty as a high-ceiling flex option.
Herndon was a actor that wasn't unequivocally on anyone fantasy's radar until now, even after he scored his initial career touchdown in Week 6. He's now looking like a good anticipation choice during a position that is scorched by repairs and inconsistency, generally after he snagged 4 of his 7 targets for 42 yards and another TD in Week 7. Herndon was one of a few splendid spots in Gang Green's 20-point detriment a Vikings, showcasing a flourishing rapport with associate first-year actor Sam Darnold. The signal-caller appears to trust a parsimonious finish some-more than he did over a initial few weeks, even if Herndon hasn't been removing as many snaps as he was progressing in a year.
My giveaway anticipation football recommendation to you: Chris Herndon.
Don't be repelled if Herndon's snap rate jumps behind adult and his aim count rises after he accounted for many of New York's points final week. The 6'4", 253-pounder out of Miami is still tender and will have weeks where he isn't contributing many of anything in a anticipation points department—something that is partial of training maybe a toughest position in a NFL—but a upside is undeniable. Considering a state of a TE position right now, Herndon is resolutely on a streaming radar and competence even aver weekly starting care if he can keep anticipating paydirt.
Watson is an time-honoured consternation and is still anticipating a approach to minister during a plain shave during age 37. The 15-year maestro is entrance off his best diversion of a 2018 deteriorate opposite his former team, compiling a six-catch, 43-yard, one-touchdown stat line in a Saints 24-23 feat over a Ravens. Watson is now adult to 23 catches on 28 targets for 230 yards and a TD in 6 games, that creates him a 16th-best parsimonious finish in terms of points scored in PPR formats.
One of a biggest things about a 500th touchdown pass, it was held by one of my favorite teammates of all time. we couldn't consider of a improved man to locate this touchdown than Ben Watson. He is a superb veteran, and we demeanour adult to him.
One thing that creates Watson utterly appealing is his high floor. He's usually had one diversion in that he has held reduction than 3 passes or had fewer than 4 targets. Those don't always proportion to outrageous yardage totals and scoring hasn't been in a cards, nonetheless PPR owners that wish to get something from a position can rest on Watson to during slightest do something. That's some-more than some people are removing from their parsimonious ends right now, so explain this rock-solid oldster on waivers if we need someone arguable for Week 8.


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"""Contains classes for SentimentDL."""

from sparknlp.annotator.param import EvaluationDLParams, ClassifierEncoder
from sparknlp.common import *
from sparknlp.common.annotator_type import AnnotatorType

class SentimentDLApproach(AnnotatorApproach, EvaluationDLParams, ClassifierEncoder):
    """Trains a SentimentDL, an annotator for multi-class sentiment analysis.

    In natural language processing, sentiment analysis is the task of
    classifying the affective state or subjective view of a text. A common
    example is if either a product review or tweet can be interpreted positively
    or negatively.

    For the instantiated/pretrained models, see :class:`.SentimentDLModel`.

    For extended examples of usage, see the `Spark NLP Workshop <https://github.com/JohnSnowLabs/spark-nlp-workshop/blob/master/jupyter/training/english/classification/SentimentDL_train_multiclass_sentiment_classifier.ipynb>`__.

    ======================= ======================
    Input Annotation types  Output Annotation type
    ======================= ======================
    ``SENTENCE_EMBEDDINGS`` ``CATEGORY``
    ======================= ======================

    Parameters
    ----------
    lr
        Learning Rate, by default 0.005
    batchSize
        Batch size, by default 64
    dropout
        Dropout coefficient, by default 0.5
    maxEpochs
        Maximum number of epochs to train, by default 30
    configProtoBytes
        ConfigProto from tensorflow, serialized into byte array.
    validationSplit
        Choose the proportion of training dataset to be validated against the
        model on each Epoch. The value should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and by
        default it is 0.0 and off.
    enableOutputLogs
        Whether to use stdout in addition to Spark logs, by default False
    outputLogsPath
        Folder path to save training logs
    labelColumn
        Column with label per each token
    verbose
        Level of verbosity during training
    randomSeed
        Random seed
    threshold
        The minimum threshold for the final result otheriwse it will be neutral,
        by default 0.6
    thresholdLabel
        In case the score is less than threshold, what should be the label.
        Default is neutral, by default "neutral"

    Notes
    -----
    - This annotator accepts a label column of a single item in either type of
      String, Int, Float, or Double. So positive sentiment can be expressed as
      either ``"positive"`` or ``0``, negative sentiment as ``"negative"`` or
      ``1``.
    - UniversalSentenceEncoder, BertSentenceEmbeddings, or SentenceEmbeddings
      can be used for the ``inputCol``.

    Examples
    --------
    In this example, ``sentiment.csv`` is in the form::

        text,label
        This movie is the best movie I have watched ever! In my opinion this movie can win an award.,0
        This was a terrible movie! The acting was bad really bad!,1

    The model can then be trained with

    >>> import sparknlp
    >>> from sparknlp.base import *
    >>> from sparknlp.annotator import *
    >>> from pyspark.ml import Pipeline
    >>> smallCorpus = spark.read.option("header", "True").csv("src/test/resources/classifier/sentiment.csv")
    >>> documentAssembler = DocumentAssembler() \\
    ...     .setInputCol("text") \\
    ...     .setOutputCol("document")
    >>> useEmbeddings = UniversalSentenceEncoder.pretrained() \\
    ...     .setInputCols(["document"]) \\
    ...     .setOutputCol("sentence_embeddings")
    >>> docClassifier = SentimentDLApproach() \\
    ...     .setInputCols(["sentence_embeddings"]) \\
    ...     .setOutputCol("sentiment") \\
    ...     .setLabelColumn("label") \\
    ...     .setBatchSize(32) \\
    ...     .setMaxEpochs(1) \\
    ...     .setLr(5e-3) \\
    ...     .setDropout(0.5)
    >>> pipeline = Pipeline().setStages([
    ...         documentAssembler,
    ...         useEmbeddings,
    ...         docClassifier
    ... ])
    >>> pipelineModel = pipeline.fit(smallCorpus)
    """

    inputAnnotatorTypes = [AnnotatorType.SENTENCE_EMBEDDINGS]

    dropout = Param(Params._dummy(), "dropout", "Dropout coefficient", TypeConverters.toFloat)

    threshold = Param(Params._dummy(), "threshold",
                      "The minimum threshold for the final result otheriwse it will be neutral", TypeConverters.toFloat)

    thresholdLabel = Param(Params._dummy(), "thresholdLabel",
                           "In case the score is less than threshold, what should be the label. Default is neutral.",
                           TypeConverters.toString)

    def setDropout(self, v):
        """Sets dropout coefficient, by default 0.5.

        Parameters
        ----------
        v : float
            Dropout coefficient
        """
        self._set(dropout=v)
        return self

    def setThreshold(self, v):
        """Sets the minimum threshold for the final result otheriwse it will be
        neutral, by default 0.6.

        Parameters
        ----------
        v : float
            Minimum threshold for the final result
        """
        self._set(threshold=v)
        return self

    def setThresholdLabel(self, p):
        """Sets what the label should be, if the score is less than threshold,
        by default "neutral".

        Parameters
        ----------
        p : str
            The label, if the score is less than threshold
        """
        return self._set(thresholdLabel=p)

    def _create_model(self, java_model):
        return SentimentDLModel(java_model=java_model)

    @keyword_only
    def __init__(self):
        super(SentimentDLApproach, self).__init__(
            classname="com.johnsnowlabs.nlp.annotators.classifier.dl.SentimentDLApproach")
        self._setDefault(
            maxEpochs=30,
            lr=float(0.005),
            batchSize=64,
            dropout=float(0.5),
            enableOutputLogs=False,
            evaluationLogExtended=False,
            threshold=0.6,
            thresholdLabel="neutral"
        )

class SentimentDLModel(AnnotatorModel, HasStorageRef, HasEngine):
    """SentimentDL, an annotator for multi-class sentiment analysis.

    In natural language processing, sentiment analysis is the task of
    classifying the affective state or subjective view of a text. A common
    example is if either a product review or tweet can be interpreted positively
    or negatively.

    This is the instantiated model of the :class:`.SentimentDLApproach`. For
    training your own model, please see the documentation of that class.

    Pretrained models can be loaded with :meth:`.pretrained` of the companion
    object:

    >>> sentiment = SentimentDLModel.pretrained() \\
    ...     .setInputCols(["sentence_embeddings"]) \\
    ...     .setOutputCol("sentiment")

    The default model is ``"sentimentdl_use_imdb"``, if no name is provided. It
    is english sentiment analysis trained on the IMDB dataset. For available
    pretrained models please see the `Models Hub
    <https://nlp.johnsnowlabs.com/models?task=Sentiment+Analysis>`__.

    For extended examples of usage, see the `Spark NLP Workshop
    <https://github.com/JohnSnowLabs/spark-nlp-workshop/blob/master/tutorials/Certification_Trainings/Public/5.Text_Classification_with_ClassifierDL.ipynb>`__.

    ======================= ======================
    Input Annotation types  Output Annotation type
    ======================= ======================
    ``SENTENCE_EMBEDDINGS`` ``CATEGORY``
    ======================= ======================

    Parameters
    ----------
    configProtoBytes
        ConfigProto from tensorflow, serialized into byte array.
    threshold
        The minimum threshold for the final result otheriwse it will be neutral,
        by default 0.6
    thresholdLabel
        In case the score is less than threshold, what should be the label.
        Default is neutral, by default "neutral"
    classes
        Tags used to trained this SentimentDLModel

    Examples
    --------
    >>> import sparknlp
    >>> from sparknlp.base import *
    >>> from sparknlp.annotator import *
    >>> from pyspark.ml import Pipeline
    >>> documentAssembler = DocumentAssembler() \\
    ...     .setInputCol("text") \\
    ...     .setOutputCol("document")
    >>> useEmbeddings = UniversalSentenceEncoder.pretrained() \\
    ...     .setInputCols(["document"]) \\
    ...     .setOutputCol("sentence_embeddings")
    >>> sentiment = SentimentDLModel.pretrained("sentimentdl_use_twitter") \\
    ...     .setInputCols(["sentence_embeddings"]) \\
    ...     .setThreshold(0.7) \\
    ...     .setOutputCol("sentiment")
    >>> pipeline = Pipeline().setStages([
    ...     documentAssembler,
    ...     useEmbeddings,
    ...     sentiment
    ... ])
    >>> data = spark.createDataFrame([
    ...     ["Wow, the new video is awesome!"],
    ...     ["bruh what a damn waste of time"]
    ... ]).toDF("text")
    >>> result = pipeline.fit(data).transform(data)
    >>> result.select("text", "sentiment.result").show(truncate=False)
    +------------------------------+----------+
    |text                          |result    |
    +------------------------------+----------+
    |Wow, the new video is awesome!|[positive]|
    |bruh what a damn waste of time|[negative]|
    +------------------------------+----------+
    """
    name = "SentimentDLModel"

    inputAnnotatorTypes = [AnnotatorType.SENTENCE_EMBEDDINGS]

    def __init__(self, classname="com.johnsnowlabs.nlp.annotators.classifier.dl.SentimentDLModel", java_model=None):
        super(SentimentDLModel, self).__init__(
            classname=classname,
            java_model=java_model
        )
        self._setDefault(
            threshold=0.6,
            thresholdLabel="neutral"
        )

    configProtoBytes = Param(Params._dummy(), "configProtoBytes",
                             "ConfigProto from tensorflow, serialized into byte array. Get with config_proto.SerializeToString()",
                             TypeConverters.toListInt)

    threshold = Param(Params._dummy(), "threshold",
                      "The minimum threshold for the final result otheriwse it will be neutral", TypeConverters.toFloat)

    thresholdLabel = Param(Params._dummy(), "thresholdLabel",
                           "In case the score is less than threshold, what should be the label. Default is neutral.",
                           TypeConverters.toString)

    classes = Param(Params._dummy(), "classes",
                    "get the tags used to trained this SentimentDLModel",
                    TypeConverters.toListString)

    def setConfigProtoBytes(self, b):
        """Sets configProto from tensorflow, serialized into byte array.

        Parameters
        ----------
        b : List[int]
            ConfigProto from tensorflow, serialized into byte array
        """
        return self._set(configProtoBytes=b)

    def setThreshold(self, v):
        """Sets the minimum threshold for the final result otheriwse it will be
        neutral, by default 0.6.

        Parameters
        ----------
        v : float
            Minimum threshold for the final result
        """
        self._set(threshold=v)
        return self

    def setThresholdLabel(self, p):
        """Sets what the label should be, if the score is less than threshold,
        by default "neutral".

        Parameters
        ----------
        p : str
            The label, if the score is less than threshold
        """
        return self._set(thresholdLabel=p)

    @staticmethod
    def pretrained(name="sentimentdl_use_imdb", lang="en", remote_loc=None):
        """Downloads and loads a pretrained model.

        Parameters
        ----------
        name : str, optional
            Name of the pretrained model, by default "sentimentdl_use_imdb"
        lang : str, optional
            Language of the pretrained model, by default "en"
        remote_loc : str, optional
            Optional remote address of the resource, by default None. Will use
            Spark NLPs repositories otherwise.

        Returns
        -------
        SentimentDLModel
            The restored model
        """
        from sparknlp.pretrained import ResourceDownloader
        return ResourceDownloader.downloadModel(SentimentDLModel, name, lang, remote_loc)

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Christmas is coming up..and fast. As usual, around this time every year I suddenly realize how close it is to Christmas time and I panic. You'd think, since Christmas is every year, I wouldn't be so surprised when it gets to that time of year. I mean the date doesn't change. It doesn't just randomly pop up yelling "surprise!" So anyway, I have very little time to get all that I would like to get done before the big day.
My neice and nephew are pretty much the only ones I plan on making gifts for. Hailey loves Hello Kitty so I plan on making her a pillow with a picture of HK on it, and perhaps her mane on the back. She will also get the HK teddy I made her since I never gave it to her… I know, I am a terrible aunt lol.
I found this pattern for a HK ear flap hat. I started it last night and it worked up quickly.. though I'm not too sure about the size, mine looks alot narrower than the creators.
I also found this pattern for a monkey hat for Aiden. His mom calls him a monkey so I thought it would be cute.
I participated in another swap at crochetville and my partner sent me some really nice yarn which I can't get in any stores up here.. she was from the States. The yarn is I Love This Cotton from Hobbly Lobby, colourway is Summer Sky. It is soooo soft and has such nice drape, when I get a chance I will definately have to order some online. I digress though..
So it has been pretty cold here lately and since I got this lovely yarn, I would make myself a scarf. I though I would knit it instead of crochet because I really need to work on my knitting skills and let's face it, a scarf isnt brain surgery so I figured I would be successful. Looking through my copy of Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Knitting, I found some really pretty stitch patterns. I finally settled on the Diamond Brocade pattern. I don't really know why but I had to restart it about 5 times because I kept messing up. I got frustrated and put it down to start on the HK hat or my neice. Well this morning I decided to tackle it and I am loving how it is looking.
I'm surprised at how fast it's working up… not as fast as crochet does but alot faster than I thought it would.
That I am not a very good blogger. I want to be and I want to blog and I also mean to. But somehow I just haven't. Maybe instead of a New Year's resolution, I will have a November resolution; which will be to blog more often.
Plus a shawl, a teddy bear and penguin for my aunt and cousins.
Over extend myself much? Oh well lol.
Wasn't she thoughtful? I can't say enough how much I have enjoyed getting to know her and to swap parcels with her!


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Brock Lesnar will be defending the WWE Universal Championship SummerSlam following weeks of speculation about his status for the biggest WWE event of the summer.
Dave Meltzer was noting up until recently that it was not confirmed but assumed Lesnar would be on the card, but something has changed regarding Lesnar's status because Bryan Alvarez tweeted that he will be defending the Universal Championship in Brooklyn.
It remains unknown at this stage who Lesnar will defend against.
Brock is defending the title at SummerSlam.


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The Future of School: What's Possible, What's Practical, and How Do We Get There? | EWB
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Current school frameworks exist largely in systems that replicate practices and processes from over a century ago. In the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we are stuck in patterns and habits from the Second Industrial Revolution. If education doesn't change, we only continue to stifle our very capacity to truly help students prepare to navigate complexity, adapt to uncertainty, and thrive in a future of their own design.
To prepare students for the world of both today and tomorrow, we either need to deconstruct and rebuild school from the ground up, or we need to leverage elements of its existing structure to make school "work" for students.
As appealing as it is to start from scratch, we know this approach is a long and uncertain one. So, what can we do to make meaningful changes that will equip students with the skills they need to be ready for jobs that don't even exist yet? We need to grow future-ready learners.
Today's discussion will center around one core question: how can classroom teachers and school administrators adjust their practices to cultivate the learning conditions most favorable for students to access the skills they need to be ready for the certain but unknown properties of the emerging future?
Join Vriti Saraf (Founder/CEO, k20Educators.com, Co-Founder, ED3DAO), Alegria Barclay (Director of Social Justice & Equity, The Nueva School), and Tim Fish (Chief Innovation Officer, NAIS). Hosted by Zak Cohen (Director of Middle School, St. Francis School).
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The Chronicle of Higher Education has ranked Colorado Christian University as the seventh fastest-growing private nonprofit master's institution in the nation; these results were published in The Almanac of Higher Education 2017-2018.
The Chronicle's rankings included only U.S. degree-granting institutions with at least 500 students in 2005.
"We are continually amazed by God's provision and direction for CCU," said Dan Cohrs, vice president of Business Affairs and CFO at the University. "We hold extremely high standards for our students, faculty, and staff, and that makes us a magnet for outstanding students around the world."
The ranking is based on The Chronicle's analysis of U.S. Department of Education data that reported fall enrollment for both full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students in both 2005 and 2015. According to these records, CCU's enrollment included 6,879 students in 2015 — a 224.2% increase from 2005 student enrollment.
CCU is no stranger to rapid growth, as its College of Adult and Graduate Studies and College of Undergraduate Studies have both been recognized for eight-straight years of record-breaking enrollment. This dramatic growth has necessitated the University's campus redevelopment project which has resulted in the construction of a new academic building; a new residence hall; and the Anschutz Student Center, which was dedicated on August 24 of this year.
"We aren't just teaching skills," said Cohrs, "we are preparing our students for a life of impact — to be world changers."
The Chronicle of Higher Education is considered "the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators" and is published on a weekly basis. The Almanac of Higher Education is published annually, alongside two other publications printed by The Chronicle.


The CPU Usage Monitor PRTG features more than 200 preconfigured sensors. During installation, PRTG will scan your network and create appropriate sensors, saving you lots of time during setup. Several sensors are also available for CPU load monitoring. For more information, see our PRTG manual.
This sensor is one of the most commonly used sensors. SNMP requires very little bandwidth and CPU load. More information on the sensor here.
This sensor monitors the CPU load on Windows servers by using Windows performance counters and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Check out the sensor here.
With this sensor, you can monitor individual processes or applications and therefore uncover the causes of a high CPU load. More information on the sensor here.
This preconfigured sensor is designed for monitoring Linux/Unix systems. Find out more about this sensor here.
You can also use this sensor to monitor Linux/Unix systems. Instead of SNMP, you will use Secure Shell (SSH). Find out more about this sensor here.
This sensor monitors the system health of Cisco devices, such as routers or servers. Alongside processor load, other health data is monitored, including CPU temperature. More information.
Use this sensor to monitor IBM hardware with SNMP. Here too, a set of data (including CPU temperature) is queried and monitored. More information on the sensor.
Use this sensor to monitor an HP ProLiant Server. Alongside CPU load, data such as temperature and ventilation will be gathered. More information.
This sensor monitors the status of a NetApp storage system. Find out more in our manual.
New accounting software causes a spike in CPU utilization on the application server. Employees notice their programs are running more slowly. But because the disruption is still minor, nobody notifies IT. Even IT is unable to detect the increased utilization. The result: Gradually all the company's work processes become slower. Only after a few months will the problem be identified and corrected.
PRTG to the rescue: PRTG CPU monitoring software allows administrators to quickly diagnose their server CPU utilization. You will see the effect new software has on CPUs as soon as it is installed. This means you can act promptly.
A company launches a web campaign. Its website traffic increases dramatically. Consequently, CPU utilization on the web server soars. Within a few hours, the online store is running at a snail's speed. Few orders reach the final checkout stage. The positive effect of the campaign is squashed as customers become frustrated with the slow website, or find they can no longer use the service as their requests time out.
PRTG to the rescue: Here too, administrators are informed quickly about the increased CPU usage. PRTG comes with a built-in notification system that you can configure yourself. Choose to be notified by email, or in emergencies by SMS. Once notified, you can quickly get to work to find a solution.
IT networks are extremely susceptible to malware and viruses. Even sysadmins with the highest security standards are unable to protect their networks entirely. The same goes for medium-sized companies. Their computers get slower and slower, and it's not long before the support desk receives its first complaints.
PRTG to the rescue: With our CPU monitoring tool, sysadmins can quickly tell if the CPU load is too high – even when few employees are actually working. They'll also be able to recognize if data traffic is unusually high. As a result, they can immediately set out in search of malware, find it, and fix the damage.
Let's take the example of an engineering firm. These companies grow extremely quickly and are therefore required to hire large numbers of staff in short periods of time. The inevitable result is that interruptions and downtime plague the network – despite the use of high-performance servers. Sysadmins must then determine where the problem lies.
the CPUs of switches are about to overload.
Sooner or later, every network shows signs of wear and tear. One such example is a server's fan: due to a technical problem, the fan gradually slows down until it stops working completely. Error message: CPU fan error. Result: The CPU heats up much more quickly and threatens to shut down.
PRTG to the rescue: PRTG System Health Sensors monitor the functionality of fans produced by a variety of manufacturers. Sysadmins are promptly notified in the event of a problem and can take action at once.
CPU and server utilization is measured collectively and listed as a percentage. You get a constant overview of the current load and its long-term evolution. If the processor load begins to rise, you can respond quickly by upgrading your hardware.
Increased CPU usage can be caused by a number of factors. With PRTG, you can examine utilization for a specific period of time or an individual process. For example, you can determine if utilization is extremely high on certain weekdays or if a new application is responsible for greater processor utilization.
PRTG lets you create customized reports. These reports feature charts and graphs that are easy to read. This means you can keep other departments informed of load problems or quickly and effortlessly explain to managers why additional hardware investments are required.
PRTG is an all-in-one solution for your entire network. Along with CPUs, you can also monitor memory, network cards, hard disk space, and much more. You will therefore enjoy a complete overview of your entire network.
Paessler offers a free PRTG trial version. With this trial version, you can try CPU monitoring with no strings attached. A variety of licenses are available, allowing you to upgrade your monitoring as best suits your needs, such as when your company grows or you would like to reinforce your monitoring.
The processor or central processing unit (CPU) is a central part of the motherboard. It processes a computer program's incoming commands. A processor chip usually contains multiple "cores," or independent processing units. A quad-core processor, for example, has four CPU cores. Such a processor provides for greater stability and performance. However, because CPU utilization can spike (causing a variety of side effects), it makes sense to monitor the processor separately. The largest CPU manufacturers for computers are Intel and AMD.
Whether Windows, Linux, or Mac: PRTG monitoring works with a variety of operating systems. Monitoring takes place via SNMP or WMI (for Windows servers). For Linux and Mac systems, the monitoring may also occur via the SSH protocol. PRTG comes with preconfigured sensors for each of these systems so you can get started with your monitoring as quickly as possible.
There is a CPU in every piece of hardware. Hardware is a central pillar for the stability and performance of a device. It is therefore especially important to monitor the processors of these vital network components. In general, a CPU monitor should cover a company's servers, routers, and switches. But processor monitoring is valuable for other components as well. Proper monitoring depends on interfaces to hardware manufacturers such as Cisco, IBM, NetApp, Dell, or HP. As a processor monitor, PRTG also provides preconfigured sensors for these providers.
PRTG notifies you as soon as complications are brewing - not once your server's CPUs have already failed. This means you can catch problems earlier and fix them faster. Failures are displayed quickly, saving you lots of precious time.
With PRTG, employee dissatisfaction will decrease, for your CPUs, servers, and entire network simply run better. Setting up the monitoring is quick and easy. And there are preconfigured sensors just for CPU monitoring.
80% of our customers report substantial or even exceptional network management cost savings. The experience shows that the costs for their PRTG licenses have paid for themselves in an average of a few weeks.
The CPU is an integral part of all your hardware devices and ensures their stability. If, for example, your server or network performance deteriorates, a possible reason could be a high processor load. With preconfigured sensors PRTG keeps you updated about the CPUs of all your computers, servers, routers, and switches.
PRTG CPU Monitor includes fully customizable alarms and sends you an instant notification if the usage of any processor rises exceeds a defined threshold.
Server Monitoring: PRTG monitors a variety of different servers. Whether a mail, web, or database server or entire server rooms - PRTG lets you keep an eye on everything.
VMware Monitoring: PAESSLER AG has been a certified VMware Technology Alliance Partner for many years now. This means you will enjoy a tailor-made monitoring solution.
Bandwidth Monitoring: PRTG lets you promptly detect bandwidth overloads. You can also use PRTG to get down to root causes.
When the load increases, the processor's core gets hotter. Overheating can occur when certain loads are reached or when a fan malfunctions or goes down. Savvy sysadmins like to overclock the CPU to increase performance. But overclocking can lead to overloading and excessive heat. Most CPUs come with overheat protection. If they get too hot, they shut down automatically.
The maximum recommended processor temperature is usually provided by the manufacturer. PRTG System Health Sensors check the temperature of CPUs from a variety of different manufacturers. Sysadmins can also use the SNMP Custom Sensor to check the temperature of devices (provided they are compatible with SNMP), and define the temperatures which, when exceeded, will trigger an alarm. In other words, they define threshold values for themselves. Thresholds are a good idea when it comes to monitoring critical infrastructures.
If a critical value is reached, IT managers will immediately receive a notification. This lets them quickly take action before the CPU fails completely. CPU monitoring increases the stability of the entire network. The network crashes a lot less frequently – which saves the company considerable time and money.
CPU temperature: At what temperature is the CPU too hot?
Rule of thumb: The temperature of the room is the best temperature for the CPU. Limits or thresholds depend on the manufacturer and model.
What happens if the CPU overheats?
Most CPUs shut themselves off automatically. This always leads to a crash. The CPU can also become permanently damaged. In such a case, you'll need to replace its processor.
When you install PRTG, sensors are created for all the devices found within the specified IP address range. These include the CPU and System Health Sensors, which are described above. PRTG automatically checks the CPU temperature in accordance with the manufacturer and target device.
Which CPU monitoring tools check CPU temperature?
Generally speaking, there are two types of tools: specialized tools for monitoring CPUs only, and all-round software for monitoring the entire network. Private users may find that smaller, free tools are often enough. Companies, on the other hand, will want to have a look at professional solutions such as PRTG.
Paessler AG worldwide trialled PRTG in over 600 IT departments. The aim was to tune the network monitoring software closer to the needs of the administrators.


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A Trustee Establishes Insolvency by Preponderance of the Evidence-Based upon the Presumption of Insolvency and the Testimony of the Trustee's Expert
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April 30, 2019, Massachusetts – The Chapter 7 Trustee Gary W. Cruickshank for the estate of Debtor Boston Grand Prix, LLC (BGP) brought a lawsuit against the Defendant, George R. Roberts Company (GRRC) to avoid two allegedly preferential transfers made by checks payable to GRRC in the total amount of $278,326.63.
The Trustee asserted that the alleged payments were paid from funds held in BGP's bank account and thus constituted transfers of property of the Debtor for purposes of subsection 547(b). Also, the Plaintiff contended that the alleged payments were made to GRRC, who was the creditor of the Debtor and that the payments were made on account of an antecedent debt owed by the Debtor to GRRC. The Trustee also asserted that the Debtor was presumptively insolvent in the ninety days before the petition date under § 547(f). GRRC contended that the Debtor was solvent on April 25, 2016. GRRC submitted its expert's going concern valuation and balance sheet and noted that the Trustee presented no testimonial or documentary evidence to rebut the same. GRRC contended that BGP was an operating business and there was no evidence that it was on its deathbed.
The Court concluded that the Trustee sustained his burden of establishing insolvency by a preponderance of the evidence based upon the presumption and the expert testimony. The Court found that GRRC did not prove that the Debtor was solvent on April 25, 2016, the date selected by the expert witness as the initial test date and the date that the two alleged payments cleared the bank. The Court agreed with the Trustee's contentions that the expert's assumptions and use of going concern valuations were unwarranted, unsupported, and overlooked "red flags" that would have undermined his assumptions and methodologies. The Court added that the testimony of its expert, who correctly determined that use of a liquidation value for the assets set forth on a recreated balance sheet was appropriate, as the Debtor did not maintain organized financial records or a system to prepare financial statements. Since there was no direct evidence of the parties' intent to have the transfer be a contemporaneous exchange for new value, the Court concluded that the creditor failed in its burden of establishing a defense to liability under § 547(c)(1). The Court ruled in favor of the Trustee


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Endothelin-1 increases superoxide production in human coronary artery bypass grafts.
Cerrato R., Cunnington C., Crabtree MJ., Antoniades C., Pernow J., Channon KM., Böhm F.
AIMS: Endothelin-1 (ET-1) has been shown to increase endothelial superoxide (O(2)(-)) production in experimental animal models. It is unclear whether ET-1 increases O(2)(-) production in humans. We sought to elucidate whether ET-1 increases O(2)(-) production in human vessels and to identify the mechanism behind this effect. MAIN METHODS: Segments of internal mammary artery (IMA) and human saphenous vein (HSV) were harvested from 90 patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Paired vessel rings were incubated in the presence and absence of ET-1 (10(-10)M), the ET(A) receptor antagonist BQ123 alone, or in combination with the ET(B) receptor antagonist BQ788 (dual BQ) and known inhibitors of sources of O(2)(-) and further analysed for O(2)(-) production using lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence and DHE fluorescence. KEY FINDINGS: ET-1 increased O(2)(-) production in both IMA (2.6 ± 1.5 vs. 1.4 ± 0.8 relative light units/s/mg tissue (RLU); n=33; p < 0.0001) and HSV (1.4 ± 0.8 vs. 1.1 ± 0.6 RLU; n=24; p<0.05). The increase in O(2)(-)production induced by ET-1 in IMA was inhibited by co-incubation with dual BQ (p < 0.05; n=15) and BQ123 (p<0.05; n = 17). Of known O(2)(-) inhibitors, only incubation with Tiron and diphenyleneiodonium resulted in a significant reduction in ET-mediated O(2)(-) production. SIGNIFICANCE: ET-1 increases O(2)(-) production especially in human arteries and less so in veins from patients with coronary artery disease via a receptor-dependent pathway involving a flavin dependent enzyme which is likely to be NADPH oxidase. Production of O(2)(-) may be an important factor underlying the negative effects of ET-1 on vascular function such as impairment of endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and pro-inflammatory effects.
10.1016/j.lfs.2012.03.024
1,2-Dihydroxybenzene-3,5-Disulfonic Acid Disodium Salt, Aged, Coronary Artery Bypass, Coronary Artery Disease, Endothelin A Receptor Antagonists, Endothelin B Receptor Antagonists, Endothelin-1, Female, Humans, Luminescent Measurements, Male, Mammary Arteries, Middle Aged, Oligopeptides, Onium Compounds, Peptides, Cyclic, Piperidines, Receptor, Endothelin A, Receptor, Endothelin B, Saphenous Vein, Superoxides


Welcome to the website of the Gestation Network. This site aims to highlight the importance of an individual approach in the assessment of fetal growth, based on maternal, fetal and pregnancy characteristics.
Antenatal care: failure to thrive in utero can lead to fetal death; antepartum stillbirth is the largest contributor to perinatal mortality in most developed countries.
Intrapartum surveillance: growth restricted fetuses are more likely to become distressed during labour.
Neonatal care: babies who are small due to prematurity or growth restriction are more prone to neonatal complications.
This site contains access details for fetal growth charts and birthweight centile calculators. It also has software for calculating gestational age, fetal weight estimation and scan errors. Click on the relevant link below.
To learn more about the GROW technique, see GROW documentation.
Disclaimer: The Gestation Network, Perinatal Institute and authors of the software cannot accept responsibility for any clinical diagnoses or decisions made on the basis of software programmes or charts provided through this and associated websites.
Copyright: GROW - customised software programmes contain algorithms based on published principles and formulae which are copyright of the Gestation Network.


There's never been a better time in history to be the kind of person who enjoys not eating things. In my corner of New York City – as in most major cities, these days – your dining options aren't limited to not eating meat or not eating dairy products. There are restaurants you can visit to not eat gluten or wheat; to not eat anything our prehistoric ancestors wouldn't have eaten; or to not eat food that has been cooked. And you can wash it all down with a milky coffee containing neither milk nor much in the way of coffee (a decaf skinny soy latte, known sarcastically among baristas as the Why Bother?). It's a strange kind of self-indulgence, this conspicuous non-consumption. Yet the non-diners of contemporary New York stand in a proud contemporary tradition. It includes Immanuel Kant, who barely ate anything for breakfast, and who once wrote that the urge to eat dinner, if you'd already had lunch, "can be considered a pathological feeling". I harbour the fantasy of one day opening a chain of upscale Kant Diet restaurants, open for dinner only, serving nothing. Oh, and with a special, high-priced tasting menu, for those who can afford to deny themselves a truly extravagant range of dishes.
It's easy, of course, to disdain the absurdities and exploitation of the diet industry: the ridiculous menu items, the miles of profit-motivated books on the paleo, Dukan, Atkins, and South Beach diets, or the 5:2 plan for intermittent fasting – and the desperation with which we fling ourselves at them, over and over, in the face of bitter experience. Yet perhaps no other corner of modern culture is the crucible for so many of the ways in which we struggle to transcend our human limitations. For one thing, the person embarking on a new diet longs to overcome the power of temptation once and for all: to live like Ulysses, strapped to the mast of his ship in an effort to resist the Sirens, but to do it entirely through force of will. Furthermore, the dieter is seduced by the dream of pure self-creation: the hope that we can become who we choose to be, unhindered by previous bad decisions or circumstances beyond our control. Nobody seeking fame as a diet guru is going to tell you your tendency to chubbiness might be fixed in your genes.
This, surely, is what explains the powerful allure of each new nutritional regime, even though the basic facts of healthy eating are generally obvious and undisputed. True, there are debates about the advantages and disadvantages of red meat, grains, and dairy, among others. But if you're a normally unhealthy 21st-century Westerner, your dietary to-do list is simple: you need to eat many more vegetables, plenty of fruit, and far fewer processed foods, especially those with added sugar. But we're not primarily consulting diet books and experts for new nutritional knowledge. We're seeking something more profound: therapeutic wisdom that might enable us finally, somehow, to square the circle of no longer feeling guilty about what we eat – while not forgoing pleasure ("Eat the foods you love and still lose weight!"), improving our physical attractiveness, and boosting our mood.
Behind it all, not very well hidden, is the ubiquitous desire to transcend death – or at least to extend life sufficiently that we needn't think too hard about death for a while longer. No wonder the more extreme varieties of diet begin to resemble the ascetic practices of ancient mystics, intent on achieving spiritual enlightenment through denial of the physical body. We may talk about merely getting ready for beach season, but we too are seeking transcendence. "All religions, nearly all philosophies, and even a part of science," wrote the biochemist Jacques Monod, "testify to the unwearying, heroic effort of mankind desperately denying its contingency." And the philosophies of clean eating, low-carb, or macrobiotics are no exception.
The trouble is that diets don't simply express the human yearning to transcend limitation; they also confront us, time and again, with the impossibility of doing so. To start with, there are physiological reasons why people who successfully lose the poundage find themselves in a worse position to remain at a stable weight than those who hadn't lost any. But the more frustrating traps are mental. Diets, as the neuroscientist Michael Graziano has pithily expressed it, "cause the psychological struggle that causes weight gain". You stick to your diet all week – and then reward yourself with a weekend binge so unhealthy it reverses the gains. Or you don't stick perfectly to your diet – and feel so bad about it that you soothe yourself with cheeseburgers and ice-cream, making things worse than if you'd set less demanding rules to begin with. In one dispiriting study, overweight people who were exposed to "weight-stigmatising messages" – about the importance of staying slim – were more likely to consume unhealthy confectionery afterwards, in an effort to allay their feelings of anxiety. The more general, and annoyingly ironic, point is that dieting entails a relentless focus on what you're eating; yet that means food becomes more salient, hunger pangs more noticeable, and mental images of prohibited treats more alluring. The quest for a healthy diet begins to resemble the quest for happiness: the more vigorously you pursue the goal, the more it eludes your grasp.
All of which might seem to suggest a counterintuitive solution: focus on something else instead. When my son was born, late last year, I gave myself permission to temporarily abandon my endless, unsuccessful efforts to eat more virtuously. For a few months, I figured – with apologies for the pun – I'd have enough on my plate. If burgers and potato chips were what got me through the sleep deprivation and new-parent panic, so be it. And sure enough, for a few weeks, I ate appallingly. But then something shifted. I got fed up with eating rubbish. I turned to oatmeal for breakfast, and grilled salmon with steamed vegetables for dinner, because I wanted to, not because of a regimen I'd previously vowed to follow. My earlier rule – no more than one burger every two weeks – had left me in the same situation as the rats in research studies, provided with and then deprived of unhealthy food: it's only when the food is withdrawn that it acquires addictive qualities. By contrast, when I could eat all the burgers I wanted, it turned out I didn't want many.
I suspect that the real problem here – deep down, beneath all those layers of melted cheese and discarded potato-chip packets – is that we desperately seek a sense of autonomy and control in a world that doesn't offer much of it. This is the urge that leads us to embark on diets in the first place, resolving to assert our willpower over our mysterious and disobedient bodies. But it's also the urge that causes those diets to fail: the newly-imposed rules begin themselves to feel imprisoning, and so we rebel against them, if only to prove that we won't be ordered about in such a fashion. We resist being dictated to – even when the dictator is us.
What to do? It won't work to emulate my early parenthood strategy, by consciously abandoning self-discipline: if you're doing that with the intent of eating more healthily, then by giving up dieting, you're really only dieting in a sneakier way, and you'll be subject to all the same pitfalls. No, the real, unglamorous answer – that staple of ethical philosophy, echoing all the way back to its founding – is surely to pursue the path of moderation. The most charming aspect of the legend of the Buddha is that he finally achieved enlightenment not through extreme self-denial, but when he finally gave up extreme self-denial, and accepted a bowl of rice pudding from a local girl. There's a lesson here – about the futility of idealised extremes, and the wisdom of acknowledging reality as it is, including our bodily urges. The lesson is not, just to be clear, that you should eat rice pudding if you want to achieve spiritual awakening. Though I assume someone's already planning to publish The Buddha's Enlightenment Diet: all rice pudding, all the time. If you see a copy alluringly displayed in the window of a bookshop, I recommend not succumbing to temptation.
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Q: Как реализовать многократный вызов AsyncTask? Есть класс AsyncTask, который в методе doInBackground загружает из сети значение, а в методе onPostExecute вставляет его в TextView. Проблема в том, что TextView несколько, а значения загружаются с разных ссылок. Нужно чтобы при вызове класса AsyncTaskи по очереди заполнялись все TextView. Как правильно реализовать поставленную задачу? Пробовал помещать AsyncTask в цикл, но тогда методы doInBackground и onPostExecute начинают работать асинхронно. Пробовал так же помещать в цикл по отдельности(и вместе) методы doInBackground и onPostExecute, но всё равно получается путаница.  Постарался как можно понятнее изложить проблему.
p.s.Код специально не стал выкладывать, чтобы еще сильнее не запутать. Если без него не получится разобраться, то выложу.
Если требуется получить значения для одного TextView, то все работает без проблем, но как только появляется несколько TextView, то начинается хаос в методе doInBackground

A: В doinBackground после полученного результата вызывайте метод publishProgress в котором входящие параметры это значение вашего результата и какому textview передавать это значение.
Далее в AsynkTask переопределить метод onProgressUpdate.
После каждого вызова метода publishProgress будет выполнятся метод onProgressUpdate


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Guitar legend Jeff Beck played in Peoria, and threw his dinner across the room
Phyllis Collins January 16, 2023 3 min read
English guitarist Geoff Beck is considered one of rock's finest men. Beck, who died on Tuesday at the age of 78, was enlisted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Not once, but twice: first as a member of the Yardbirds (1992) and second as a solo artist (2009). He was ranked fifth on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Among other songs, Yardbirds are remembered for beating "a heart full of soul" With Beck's guitar imitating the sitar in an unforgettable way.
In Peoria, Beck is called in for a rather poor performance and a heated encounter with a catfish dinner.
On Friday, June 25, 1976, the Beck and Jan Hammer Group performed as the opening act for a concert at the Glen Oak Park Amphitheater. Fleetwood Mac was the frontrunner.
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"Most of the crowd came to see Fleetwood Mac and just used Jeff Beck's slot to warm themselves up and finish socializing" before the main show, read the Journal Star review the next day. "Jeff Beck was kind of a let down at first," the story continued. "The band began to roll near the end of their set, however, and Beck's shimmering guitar was more than his usual surreal rock high quality by the end of their performance."
Was Beck's slow performance related to his constant dissatisfaction with his pre-concert meal?
In a 2016 Journal Star article, promoter Jay Goldberg looked back on that ill-fated dessert.
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"At his contract contestant, Beck specified that he wanted a fish dinner before the performance," the story said. In an effort to impress, Goldberg sent a ride to King's Restaurant, north of Peoria on Galena Road, known for its fried catfish.
"I was so proud that I took her to Beck myself, to the dressing room," Goldberg said then. "He looked at her, then he looked at me, then he looked at her again — and then he threw her across the room."
The story continued, "Goldberg yelled, but later asked Beck's manager what the catfish's reaction was. Hovey, the manager, explained that the British viewed the catfish as being beneath them: 'Jeff was offended.' We don't eat catfish in England."
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Now 72, Goldberg remembers the catfish incident — and the party — with amusement.
He sees hurling fish as just a sign of Beck's high standards.
"Jeff Beck was a perfectionist and wanted everything professional. But he was a really nice, easygoing guy otherwise," he said recently. "When Jeff realized that for us purists, catfish king was a delicacy, we laughed together and the show went on."
He added, "I have some fond memories of that concert and hanging out with Jeff Beck and Fleetwood Mac later that evening, but some of the stories were left untold — LOL."
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Brewers Escape Marlins' Grasp
May 31, 1998 / 11:05 PM / CBS/AP
The Florida Marlins muffed an inning-ending double play and it cost them the game.
Darrin Jackson scored the go-ahead run in the eighth on throwing error Sunday as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Marlins 7-6 for their fifth consecutive win.
Reliever Antonio Alfonseca (0-2), just up from the minors, hit Jackson to start the eighth. After a sacrifice bunt by Eric Owens and walk by pinch-hitter Jeromy Burnitz, the Marlins were looking for a double play to get out of the inning.
They got their chance when Fernando Vina slapped a hard, one-bounce liner to first baseman Derrek Lee.
Lee threw to shortstop David Berg who was covering second to easily force Burnitz, but Berg's throw back to first sailed wide of the bag and allowed Jackson to score the winning run.
Alfonseca was late covering first, which left Florida manager Jim Leyland fuming.
"It wasn't Derrek's fault," Leyland said after the Brewers completed a sweep of the three-game series. "It's a play you work on in spring training. The pitcher has got to get over there.
"Bergy tried to hit him on the run and that's what happens. It's a tough double play, but you have to be there."
The Marlins' miscue allowed the Brewers to escape with the narrow victory.
Milwaukee starter Scott Karl blew a 6-2 second-inning lead as the Marlins chipped away with a run on Todd Zeile's groundout in the third and two more in the fourth on RBI singles by pinch hitter Ryan Jackson and Berg.
Karl, who left after allowing 11 hits and one walk in six innings, admitted it was a bad outing.
"It was a combination of some bad luck and bad pitching," he said after his ERA went from 3.69 to 4.12. "The important thing is that the team pulled through with the win."
The Brewers scored five runs in the second off starter Jesus Sanchez, but only one was earned, to stake Karl to a comfortable lead.
Marc Newfield reached on third baseman Zeile's fielding error before Mike Matheny drove a 1-0 pitch into the left-field seats that gave Milwaukee a 3-2 lead.
Owens doubled off Ziele's glove and Karl reached when Sanchez misplayed a chopper back to the mound.
Vina doubled in Owens and Mark Loretta followed with a two-run double for a four-run cushion.
"We had the big inning when they made a couple of mistakes and we put five runs on the board," Brewers manager Phil Garner said. "But, they just kept chipping away at us.
"The next thing you know we have a tie ball game, but we did a pretty good job against a pretty good reliever (Alfonseca)."
Brad Woodall (2-2) pitched two shutout innings for the win and Bob Wickman pitched the ninth for his second save.
Florida rookie catcher Mike Redmond celebrated his first majo league start with three hits, including the solo homer off Karl that tied the game at 6 in the sixth inning.
"I'm still pretty much in shock," said Redmond who was called up from Triple A Charlotte on May 22. "I guess everybody dreams about a day like this. I wanted to get the win more than get three hits, but I'm happy."
Two of the six runs Sanchez allowed were earned. He gave up six hits before Matt Mantei took over to start the fourth. Mantei pitched three scoreless innings before giving way to Alfonseca in the seventh.
Cliff Floyd gave the Marlins an early lead with a two-run single in the first, but in the bottom of the inning, Jeff Cirillo's fifth home run made it 2-1.
Notes: The Marlins had activated Alfonseca (0-1, 6.00 ERA in 18 games) from the 15-day disabled list before the game and optioned right-hander Andy Larkin (2-5, 7.79 ERA in 10 games) to the Charlotte Knights, the club's Triple-A affiliate. ... Redmond singled on the first pitch from Karl in his first at bat. ... The first 12,000 fans 14 and under received a tan Beanie Baby named Batty and a baseball card featuring the little bat-like critter as part of a Brewers' promotion. ... The Marlins have lost five straight games and are 0-7 against the Brewers this season.
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So far, the inflatable replica has made quite a splash, both at the tournament and on social media. "The inflatable was a way to bring a boat back into the mix," says Zelhofer. "By staging it next to our main court complex, it became a powerful marketing and awareness tool."
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