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Dr. Carey was born August 17th, 1761, at Paulersbury, in Northamptonshire. His mother died when he was young. His father was Preceptor in the Established Church at Paulersbury. Though imperfectly brought up in the tenets of the Christian religion, his mind was not directed to the Saviour of the world by his father, who was at that time, unhappily, ignorant of the Saviour himself, but at the age of fifteen the subject of our memoir was apprenticed to a Shoe Maker in the village of Piddington, (ten miles from Paulersbury) and there, often held conversations with a fellow-apprentice, named John Ward, which first led him to reflect closely on his state as a sinner before God; and his occasional access to the ministration of the Rev. Thomas Scott, author of the Commentary on the Bible, and Pastor at Ravanstone, (a village a few miles distant,) tended greatly to increase his convictions of his fallen condition.
At length he met with the excellent Mr. Hall's "Help to Zion's Travellers," which did more towards giving him just ideas of himself, as a sinner, and in pointing out the way of salvation than all that he had ever read or heard before, and encouraged him, finally, to give himself up to the exclusive service of the Lord Jesus Christ. When he was about eighteen years old, left wholly to his own judgment, he thought he saw many things in the Established Church, in which he had hitherto been brought up, that he could not reconcile with the scriptures; and at length a sermon which he heard from Heb. xiii. 13—"Let us therefore go forth without the Camp bearing his reproach," led him at once to forsake it and cast lot with a few poor people near him who were of the Baptist denomination. Before he was twenty, a number of persons, in a village a few miles distant, came to him one sabbath, and urged him, as they were that day destitute of a minister, to attend and give an exhortation from the word of God.
With much reluctance and fear he complied with their desire, and they felt themselves so much instructed by his discourse from the scriptures that they asked him again, and again, till in a year or two be consented to become the pastor of the small Church at Moulton, where he continued, up to 1788, when he was prevailed upon to remove to Leicester. In the interval, he became acquainted with the Rev. John (afterwards Dr.) Ryland, then an assistant to his father in the Gospel ministry at Northampton, by whom he was soon after baptized: and about the same time with the Rev. John Sutcliff of Olney, whose Church he joined, and the Rev. Andrew Fuller of Kettering; who was, also, his senior by about seven years. Possessed of kindred minds these four pious men gradually framed a bond of union with one another, which was never interrupted in this life, and which eternity itself will never dissolve.—With these, with Mr. Thomas Scott, and with the Rev. Robert Hall of Arnsby, father of the late, Robert Hall of Bristol, the author of "Help to Zion's, travellers" (whom he esteemed above all the rest as a minister,) Carey spent the first ten years of his Christian life to his unspeakable advantage. His desire for the salvation of the heathen appears to have sprung up in his own mind, without any fostering from without; for, as soon as that work appeared, he read Cook's voyages, and the state of the Islanders in the South Seas, deeply impressing his mind, he was led into a train of thought which ended in the full conviction, that it was a duty binding on Christians now, as well as in the Apostles' days, to carry the Gospel to the heathen in every part of the world. This conviction affected him so strongly that it became at length irrepressible, and he constantly conversed on the subject with such of his friends as appeared most eminent for spirituality of mind. Being one day at Birmingham about the year 1785, he mentioned his views to a few friends there; upon which one of them said, "If you will write your thoughts on this subject, I will be at the expense of bringing them through the press." Animated with this promise, Carey replied, "That if he could not prevail on some one else to undertake it he would attempt it himself." "Well," said his friend, "remember that I have your pledge from which you cannot recede."
On returning home, Carey mentioned the subject to his friends Fuller and Ryland, urging them to undertake the task; they respectively excused themselves and advised him to begin writing without delay, but not to print his thoughts immediately. It is probable, however, that he did this, for we find it said in the Periodical Accounts, that he wrote the article on missions as early as 1786. The Missionary feeling however appeared to gather strength in the minds of his three friends Fuller, Sutcliff, and Ryland, with whom originated those monthly prayer-meetings for the spread of the Gospel, both at home and abroad, which gradually spread wider and wider among the worshippers of the Saviour, till at length they now fill nearly the whole of the Christian world.—Two sermons were at length preached at a meeting of ministers at Clipstone, in April 1791.—One on "Jealousy for the Lord of Hosts," by Mr. Sutcliff, from 1st Kings, xix. 10, and another on the "Pernicious influence of delay in Religious concerns," by Mr. Fuller, from Haggai, i. 2. After these services Mr. Carey proposed it as a question for the ministers to discuss, "whether it be not practicable, and our bounden duty, to attempt something towards spreading the Gospel in the heathen world, and as the public services which included these two sermons had been attended with unusual solemnity, this question was managed by these ministers with earnest concern relative to exerting themselves for the enlargement of the Saviour's kingdom.
The chief step then taken, however, was their unanimously agreeing to request that Mr. Carey would publish his thoughts on the subject of Missions, which had laid by him for more then five years.—These issued from the press in the beginning of 1792, and in the words of Fuller, "the author generously proposed to devote profits might arise from this publication to the use of a Missionary Society," whenever it should be formed.—This pamphlet, contains a short review of former undertakings for the conversion of the heathen, commencing with apostolic times, and continuing the survey to the attempts of Ziegenbalg and Groundler in 1707.—The review concludes with the following observations respecting Moravian Missions:—"But none of the moderns have equalled the Moravian brethren in this good work; they have sent Missions to Greenland, Labrador, and several of the West India Islands, which have been blessed for good.—They have likewise sent to Abyssinia in Africa." A brief but luminous survey of the present religious state of the world follows; and then, a section showing the practicability of something being done more than what is at present done for the conversion of the heathen.
To the whole, is added an inquiry into the duty of Christians in general on this subject, and what means ought to be used in order to promote the work.—It is altogether one of the most clear, concise and heart-stirring essays on Missions that was ever published.—At the annual Association of the Baptist Churches held at Northampton, May the 31st, 1792, Mr. Fuller says, brother Carey preached a very animating discourse from Isaiah, liv. 2, "Enlarge the place of thy Tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations, spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen they stakes;" in which he pressed two things in particular, as expository of lengthening our cords and strengthening our stakes; that we should expect great things; and that we should attempt great things. This sermon so affected the audience, that before the ministers parted, a resolution was passed that a plan should be prepared against the next minister's meeting to be held at Kettering, for forming a Society in the Baptist denomination for propagating the Gospel among the heathen. This meeting was held at Kettering, October the 2nd, 1792,—but the whole day passed away, without any effort being made to form a Missionary Society, or even to bring the subject prominently forward.—At length, Carey grieved to the soul, took Fuller aside, and sharply remonstrating with him on his permitting the day thus to pass away without attempting any thing, begged him, if he intended to do nothing toward forming a Missionary Society, at once to say so, and not keep him any longer in suspense. Greatly moved by this, Fuller instantly called into Mr. Wallis' parlour, as many of the ministers as then remained, and with eleven beside himself and Carey, gave existence to the Baptist Missionary Society. The fund then subscribed to commence this holy undertaking, amounted to thirteen pounds, two shillings, and six pence.
Thus after full nine years of anxious thought and exertion, had Carey the satisfaction of seeing a Society formed, with the express purpose of sending the Gospel to the heathen. In reviewing his conversion to God, it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that he was indebted to Divine grace for a change of heart so thorough and lasting; in contemplating his being called to the ministry before he was twenty, and so greatly blessed therein, can we ascribe the fact to any thing less than the grace of God constraining him to declare to others what he himself had felt and handled of the word of life? since nothing less than Divine grace could have implanted in his mind that earnest desire after the salvation of the heathen, which lived and flourished amidst all the coldness of his brethren on the subject, until every obstacle being surmounted, he beheld a Missionary Society, formed among his dearest friends, which, small as it then appeared, was the forerunner of the London, the Church, and the Scottish Societies; and of all which have been subsequently formed in America; as well as on the continent of Europe. Surely the grace which was thus given to Carey, was not in vain; and the title of the father of Missions, so justly awarded to him, demanded on his part the deepest gratitude to the Father of mercies and the Redeemer of men.
It has been seen, that when Carey and his colleagues formed a Missionary Society, consisting of twelve persons beside himself, they had no specific object in view! That it was their duty to exert themselves for the conversion of the heathen, they felt with irresistible force; but to which part of the four hundred millions, whom Carey in his pamphlet had represented as not having yet heard the Gospel, they should turn their attention, they knew not. The Islands of the South Seas had at first attracted his attention; but it is now evident to us, that had he chosen that part of the world for his labours, the peculiar talent with which God had intrusted him, that of fitness to translate the sacred oracles, would have been almost buried—circumstances have since shown that India presented almost the only field in which this talent could be fully employed.
Perhaps some may ask, what fitness he could possess for acquiring languages, who had been trained up in such an humble sphere of life till the age of thirty-two, without even tasting those literary advantages enjoyed so fully by the Missionaries and Clergymen who now come forth to India? That his brethren deemed him possessed of such fitness, however, is evident from the language of Fuller in his "Narrative of the first Establishment of the Baptist Society," which he ascribed to the workings of his brother Carey's mind for the preceding nine or ten years, in which he observes that his conversations, prayers, and sermons, were mostly accompanied with something relative to this subject; and adds:—"He possessed at the same time a great thirst for Geographical knowledge, and a remarkable aptitude at learning languages; so that his most intimate friends were, for several years past, induced to think that he was formed for some such peculiar undertaking, that he should have acquired a knowledge of the learned languages, while labouring with his hands to supply the wants of an increasing family, or faithfully discharging his ministry among an affectionate people, in a Church, (then at Leicester,) the number of which the Saviour, by his blessing on his pastoral labours, was pleased to double, in the four years he ministered to them, will appear singular to many." So fully capable was he of going forward alone, in the study of a language when once placed in the proper course, that he could be at no loss, after his acquaintance with Mr. Sutcliff and Dr. Ryland, both sufficiently familiar with Classical and Hebrew literature, and who as they found him so much more ready than themselves in acquiring languages, would compassionate his want of leisure, amidst the labours of his calling and the cares of a family, and naturally give him the best instructions in their power.
It was in these later four years of pastoral labour that he gave a proof of his power of acquiring a language, which filled Fuller, Sutcliff, and Ryland, with surprize. In their theological researches, their diligence in prosecuting which will sufficiently appear, if we recollect, that Fuller, about this time, published his various writings on Faith,) it was found desirable to have recourse to certain Dutch divines. How to do this was the difficulty; they were not found in an English dress, and neither Fuller, Sutcliff, nor Ryland, were willing to undertake the labour of learning Dutch merely to obtain this object. Carey, understanding the case, however, instantly sat down to the language of Holland, as he had to that of Rome, Greece, and Palestine, and in about three months, presented them, to their astonishment, with a translation of the author they so much desired to peruse.
"A plan is now forming for the more effectually spreading the knowledge of Jesus and his glorious gospel in and about Bengal; any serious persons of any denomination, rich or poor, high or low, who would heartily approve of, join in, or gladly forward such an undertaking, are hereby invited to give a small testimony of their inclination, that they may enjoy the satisfaction of forming a communion, the most useful, the most comfortable, and the most exalted in the world. Direct for A. B. C. to be left with the Editor."
To this the following answer was received the next day: "If A. B. C. will open a subscription for a translation of the New Testament into the Persian and Moorish languages, (under the direction of proper persons) he will meet with every assistance he can desire, and a competent number of subscribers to defray the expence." Who the writer of this note was Mr. Thomas was never able to discover; but he was able to do no more in that voyage, although on his second to Bengal, in 1786, in the same capacity, he found three or four Christian friends connected with the family of the late Charles Grant, Esq. who had not then left India; by these, and afterwards by Mr. Grant himself, he was received in the kindest manner; and on Mr. Grant's removing from Malda to Calcutta, Mr. Thomas preached in his house every Sunday evening. Soon after, a friend gave him to understand that Mr. Grant wished him to stay in the country, to learn the language, and preach the Gospel to the Hindoos. To this he felt averse at first, but after "much prayer, and many tears," to use his own expression, he gave himself up to this work, and God removed difficulties out of the way, and encouraged him by adding two seals to his first labours, in the conversion of two Europeans, previously complete deists.
He now began to translate the scriptures into Bengalee, and actually finished Matthew, and circulated it in manuscript; for respecting it he says in his letter to Mr. Fuller, "There are several Brahmins who have the book of Matthew in their hands, who read it in their families and among their friends, whom, I have never seen." At the end of 1791, Mr. Thomas returned to Britain, with the hope of obtaining help in this good work, both as to men and money. This, coming to the ears of Carey and his friends, they requested Mr. Fuller to write to Mr. Thomas, and in reply to the request a letter was written (from which these particulars are extracted) fully acquiescing in their Missionary plans. The infant Missionary Society deemed this a call to Bengal: and the inquiry now was, who will go to India with Mr. Thomas?
No one of Carey's friends offered; but on the question being put to him, (now in his thirty-second year, with a wife, and three children, and Mrs. Carey ready to be confined with a fourth,) he at once answered, "Yes:" and as his wife was so near the time of her confinement, he made up his mind to take only his eldest son with him, and to leave the rest of his family till Providence should open the way for their following. It was on the 1st of April 1793, that he parted from his beloved flock at Leicester, with this determination, intending to come out in an English vessel. But through the mysterious ways of Providence, however, he and Mr. Thomas were disappointed in this particular, after having been a fortnight on board: and they were ultimately obliged to take their passage in a Danish Ship, then about to sail from the Downs. These circumstances occasioned a delay of nearly two months, in which period Mrs. Carey, who had been confined of her fourth son, Jabez, having fully recovered, agreed to go to India with her husband, on the condition that her sister should accompany her. This being at once acceded to, Mr. Thomas, together with Mr. Carey, his four sons, Mrs. Carey and her sister, embarked June 12th 1793, on the Danish Ship "Cron Princessa Marie" and arrived in India Nov. the 12th, after a voyage of five months. On their arrival, (as no particular part of India had been assigned for their labours by their brethren at home,) they remained two or three months in Calcutta and its neighbourhood.
The salary appointed for the two brethren, sufficiently shows how unable Fuller and his other friends at home were to judge relative to the support of a Missionary in Inda, and how necessary it was that they should do something for their own support. With the strongest affection for them, they resolved that "the salary of Messrs. Thomas and Carey shall for the first year be the sum of £150, divided between them on their arrival, and that they shall draw this sum annually for their support." Thus Carey had seventy-five pounds annually; or, as the Rupee was then two and six pence, 600 Rupees, that is, fifty Rupees monthly, to support himself, Mrs. Carey, her sister and four sons; and even the second year, when his brethren at home had in love, added to this £20 annually, because of his large family, the whole amounted the monthly allowance of sixty-five Rupees. It is no wonder, that he found it impossible to live on this pittance in Calcutta, where even a wretched house could scarcely be obtained for a monthly rent equal to the whole amount of his salary. In consequence, he, within four months, left Calcutta, and took a small portion of land at Deharta, a place about forty miles distant, towards Jessore, with the determination to subsist his family by cultivating land with his own hands, thinking it as easy to support them by agriculture in Bengal, as in Britain. Providence, however, graciously prevented the distress in which this agricultural enterprize must have terminated, by bringing before him, the very next month, an offer from Mr. Udny, then residing at Maldah, to superintend at Indigo Factory at Mudnabatty, on a monthly salary of 200 Rupees; with which offer, as Mr. Thomas had accepted a similar one, Mr. Carey closed, with deep gratitude to his Heavenly Father, for thus graciously supplying his wants in a strange land. To Maldah, he at once removed, and in June, he went to Mudnabatty, (about midway between Maldah and Dinagepore) where Mr. Carey resided until December 1799, and being soon able to converse in Bengalee, he made know the Gospel to all around him and within his reach. It is, however, our chief object to trace his progress in translating the Scriptures. In this work the ardour of his mind carried him forward in a degree scarcely credible.
In his journal, sent home to his friends Fuller, Sutcliff, and Ryland, we find the following entry:—"January 27th, 1794. This day finished the correction of the first chapter of Genesis, which my Moonshee says is rendered in very good Bengalee; just as we finished it, a Pundit, and another man from Nuddea, came to see me. I shewed it to them, and the Pundit seemed much pleased with the account of the creation; only they have an imaginary place somewhere beneath the earth, (Patala,) which he thought should have been mentioned likewise; I observed that the earth was a planet, and that the heavens and the earth included all the material creation." Within a year after he settled at Mudnabatty, he began the study of the Sanscrit language. In his course of translating, he found it necessary to examine into the original meaning of the words he used, and these being, in many instance compound words, he felt it necessary to ascertain the meaning of their primitive elements, as, without this, he scarcely felt himself safe in the use of words in a language so little known to him.
This course led him at once to the Sanscrit language, from which at least five-sixths of the pure Bengalee tongue is derived; and determined him, at the age of thirty-four, to attempt the study, encompassed as it was with difficulty. India had never seen typography applied to her own indigenous characters, till about twelve years before the arrival of Carey and Thomas, she was indebted for its existence to the ingenuity and unceasing efforts of Lieut. Wilkins, then a young man in the Bengal Army, and now, the justly celebrated Dr. Wilkins, the author of our best Sanscrit Grammar, and Librarian to the Hon'ble East India Company. The attachment of this young man to Indian literature is testified both by Sir Wm. Jones and by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, Esq., the author of the first and the most elegant Grammar of the Bengalee language which has yet appeared. This was printed at Hoogly, in 1784, with the first complete fount of Bengalee types fabricated by Lt. Wilkins, and respecting which, Mr. Halhed, then in the Civil Service, testifies in his preface, that in preparing it, Lieut. Wilkins performed all the various operations of the type-founder, from cutting the punches with his own hand, to bringing them complete from the foundery. To mention how deeply Mr. Thomas interested himself in the work both of translating and printing the Scriptures, is only an act of justice to his memery.
It has been already seen in what manner he began by translating Matthew, and circulating it in manuscript as early as 1788, and in a letter, dated Calcutta, January 4th, 1794, not two months after his landing, he says, "I am pursuing my Sanscrit studies, and keep a Pundit; brother Carey pays a Moonshee twenty Rupees per month, which takes almost half his income. I should be very happy to see a Bible in any degree of forwardness before I die, and have been talking with a printer to-day, in whose hands are the Bengalee types which are used here, on the expence of such a work." In one dated August the 4th, 1794, Carey says, "I now inform you brethren, that I can subsist without any further assistance from you. At the same time, I sincerely thank you for the exertions you have made, and hope that what was intended to supply my wants may be appropriated to some other mission. It will be my glory and joy nevertheless, to stand in the same near relation to you, and to maintain the same correspondence with you, as if I needed your supplies."
Another plan which Carey then formed for doing good to India at his own charge, was the following: "Mr. Thomas and I, between whom the utmost harmony prevails, have formed a plan for erecting two Colleges, (Chowparries, Bengalee,) one here, and the other at the place of our residence; in each of which we intend to educate twelve lads, six Musoolmans and six Hindoos; a Pundit is to have the charge of them; and they are to be taught the Sanscrit, Bengalee, and Persian languages. The Bible is to be introduced there, and perhaps a little Philosophy and Geography. The time for education is to be seven years; and we are to provide them with meat, clothing and lodging, as well as instruction. We are now inquiring for children proper for the purpose. It will be requisite for the Society to send us a printing press from England; and if our lives are spared, we will repay them. We can engage native printers to perform the press and compositors' work." Thus the comprehensive mind of Carey, while intent on printing the Scriptures planned in the very first year on his entering on his Missionary work that institution for Native Instruction which after the lapse of thirty years he lived to see realized in Serampore College.
It is satisfactory to find that Fuller, Sutcliff, and Ryland, with their associates at home, fully responded to their brethren in India in generosity of feeling; as will appear in the following extract from a public letter, written by Fuller, September the 16th, 1795:—" It affords us great satisfaction that you have conceived a design of laying out your money in such works as establishing schools and translating the Bible. The latter however will be a great undertaking, and when it is proper to print it, you must not, even if you can afford it, deny us the pleasure of participating with you in the expence. The. public is generous, and what shall we do with our money, but appropriate it to the service of our God?" He at the same time informed them that "they had already resolved upon a Mission to Africa, and were that day met at Birmingham to take leave of the brethren, Grigg and Rodway, about to sail for Sierra Leone."
It is evident however, that they soon became perplexed about printing; for while in a letter to Mr. Fuller, dated August the 8th, 1795, Mr. Thomas says, "We intend to print and send abroad Genesis, Matthew, and Mark, this year, at our joint expence," in one to Mr. Pearce, dated October 2d, Carey says: — "The translation of the Bible is going on, and it is to me a very pleasant work. Genesis, Exodus, Matthew, Mark, and part of John and James, may be reckoned ready for the press; printing is uncommonly expensive here; and if types could be got from England, there are natives who can do the business of compositors and pressmen; and this would be the cheapest way. Mr. Thomas has a set of letters fit for types to be formed by, written for that purpose by a native, who writes an excellent hand.
I will persuade him to enclose them to the Society this season. We intended to have printed at our own expence, but at present are not able." In another letter to Fuller, dated November 16th, 1796, Carey says: "I expect the New Testament will be complete before you receive this, except a very few words which may want altering a third and fourth revisal, and now I wish the printing to be thought of. It will be at least two years from this time, before communications respecting printing will arrive from England, by which time every correction may certainly be made. We were in hopes of printing it at our own expence; but in that we are disappointed. Were it printed here, 10,000 copies would cost at the nearest calculation, 43,750 rupees, an enormous sum. But it may be done much cheaper, by sending out a printing press, with types, &c. and if a serious printer could be found, who was willing to engage in the Mission, he would be a great blessing to us in superintending the work; for the natives would do the laborious part." On this plan Fuller and his associates appear to have proceeded without delay. They immediately began to correspond with Mr. William Ward, who had been brought up to printing under Benson in London, and recently called to the Ministry by the Baptist Church in George Street, Hull, of which he was a member. He was then twenty-eight, and was studying under Dr. Fawcett, at Ewood Hall, in Yorkshire.
In October 1798, Mr. Fuller and his associates engaged him as a Missionary to Bengal; upon this Mr. Ward wrote immediately to Carey, informing him of having engaged in the work; and what must have been the surprize and the gratitude of Carey to the God of all mercy, when this letter told him, that the young man lie saw in London and to whom he then said, "I am going out to India to translate the Scriptures, and you must follow after to print them;" was now coming out with this express view, and with the determination to be his helper in Mission to his life's end. Mr. Ward arrived in India, October the 13th, 1799, with his colleagues Emanuel Brunsdon, Wm. Grant, and Joshua Marshman, with their respective families.
Mr. Grant died of a fever eighteen days after they landed, and Mr. Brunsdon of a liver complaint about twenty months afterwards. In about the same space too, Mr. Fountain died at Dinagepore, and Mr. Thomas at Sadamahl, which left only Carey, Ward, and Marshman, with their respective families. When Mr. Ward had arrived from England with the printing apparatus, Bengalee types were still wanting which Providence was pleased to supply in a way quite unexpected. About two months after Carey's arrival at Serampore, with Mrs. Carey and his four sons, a native* named Punchanan, who had been instructed in cutting punches by Lieut. Wilkins and had wrought at the same bench with him in cutting the Bengalee fount of types, applied for employment, offering to cut a fount at a rupee four annas each letter. Filled with gratitude to God for an occurrence so unexpected, the brethren instantly retained him, and a fount of Bengalee types was gradually created for about 700 rupees, instead of £540 sterling, (the price they would have cost in cutting at home.) The New Testament was then brought through the press within eleven months, Carey having taken an impression of the first page, March the 18th, 1800, and the last page being printed February the 10th, 1801.
With the Old Testament he proceeded, at press, without delay; and finding, after he had occupied himself in translating so many years, that by far the greater part of the words in other dialects around him, were derived from the same source, (the Sanscrit language,) and were precisely the same in meaning and import, the translation of the New Testament into some of these, appeared quite within reach. His being appointed in May 1801, to Fort William College, gave him the command of the first Sanscrit Pundits in India, retained as they were for the College, and increased his knowledge of both the Sanscrit and Bengalee language, (in which be constantly gave lectures) to a degree he could scarcely have obtained in other way.
Meanwhile pundits continually applied to him from various countries in India, who tis man, though he lived only 3 or 4 years, instructed in his art a family at Serampore, and thus the knowledge of type cutting has remained at Serampore ever since. And as a new fount of types in any language could be obtained for so small a sum, Dr. Carey, before his death, had the satisfaction of seeing founts of types prepared at Serampore in the Deva Nagree, the Kytee, or Bazar Nagree, the Punjabi, the Cashmeer, and the Multanee characters on the West of India; the Mahratta, the Orissa, the Telinga, the Tamul, and the Cingalese, on the South; the Thibet and Assamese on the North-East, and the Burmese and the Chinese on the East; together with founts in the Persian, the Armenian, and other Oriental characters could converse with ease in Bengalee or Hindoostanee as well as Sanscrit; this gave him an opportunity of closely examining their vernacular dialects; which led to his almost immediately beginning the study of the Mahratta and the Orissa, and a few months after, to a translation of the New Testament in those languages.
He afterwards did the same with the Sikh or Panjabee, the Bulochee and other dialects on the West; the Telinga, the Kurnata, and the Konkun on the South, and the Assamese, the Khassee, and the Munipooree on the North-East, so that, (with his brethren's help,) he had the satisfaction, before his death of seeing the whole of the sacred scriptures translated and printed in seven of the Eastern languages, including the Chinese; and the New Testament completed in twenty-one others of the languages and dialects of India, and the surrounding countries. In his labours as a Missionary, he greatly abounded, in the younger part of his life, before he was closely engaged in the work of translating the scriptures. But although it was impossible to continue these in the same degree in his old age, especially when his hands were so full of other work, no less important to the cause Christianity, he never lost his Missionary spirit. On the contrary, he constantly mourned that he could do no more, personally, in a work which had filled his whole heart from his youth; and the Missionary cause was never forgotten in his prayers, either public or private. In addition to the evening monthly prayer meetings, for the revival and progress of true religion throughout the earth, constantly held at Serampore, he for thirty-three years held a weekly meeting for prayer with his brethren, in the Mission Chapel from 7 to 8 in the morning, with a view to the spread of the Gospel India—and the blessing of God, granted on the Missionary labours of those helpers, united with him European, East Indian and Native (for with him there was no difference beside that created by the grace of God,) was such as to excite the deepest gratitude. In April 1800, Serampore was the only Missionary station, in this part of India, as Mudnabutty had been unavoidably given up: and this contained a small Church of eleven Members, of which he was then chosen pastor.
This one Missionary station with a small Church, Dr. Carey lived to see increased to eighteen Missionary stations in his own immediate connection in Bengal, Hindoostan, Assam, and Arracan: and beheld twenty-six Gospel churches raised in them, each on the average containing nearly double the number of members which that one in Serampore contained in 1800, and these stations and Churches occupied by nearly thirty Missionary labourers, all, with the exception of six Missionary brethren, from Europe raised up by Divine goodness in India itself. In addition, to this he beheld eleven Missionary stations more, containing as many Churches of the same faith and order, and no less then twenty-five Missionary stations formed by other denominations of Christians, on the prosperity of which he felt scarcely less interested than in the thirty in his own denomination.
Surely when the venerable Carey looked back "on all the way the Lord his God had led him, these forty years" in Bengal, and recollected how India was brought before him as the scene of his future labour,—how the wants of himself and his family were supplied, when his brethren at home could not help him—how his mind was kept steady to his work amidst every discouragement—how the way was opened for printing the scriptures beyond his highest expectations,—and afterwards for his extending so widely the work of translation—and how the grace of God had been poured out in the increase of Missionary stations in this part of India alone.
Before we come to the close of this good and great man's memoir, we will here briefly advert to the deep interest he constantly felt in the welfare and happiness of the natives in a temporal point of view; to his labouring with the Government till he procured from the Marquess of Wellesley the abolition of the horrid cruelties practised at Saugur Island, by the natives devoting their offspring to death there; to his incessant labours in exposing the abominations of the Suttee, which he had the happiness at length to see abolished by Lord Wm. Bentinck, to his cultivation of science, particularly that of botany, which he enriched with various discoveries of his own, he could not but feel that the grace of God had kept him alive in his work even to the end. What must have been the feelings on a death-bed of a man who had lived wholly to himself compared with the joyous tranquillity filled Carey's soul in the prospect of entering into the joy of his Lord, and above all with what he felt when, a few days before his decease he said to his companion in labour for thirty-five years, "I have no fears; I have no doubts; I have not a wish left unsatisfied."
"It had been suggested to him that the death of the Rev. Dr. Carey, one of the oldest and warmest supporters of the Asiatic Society, was an occasion which called for some testimonial of the sense entertained by all its members, of the value of his services to the literature and science of India, and of their sincere respect for his memory."
"He had himself enjoyed but two short interviews with that eminent and good man; but a note from Dr. Wallich, who was prevented from attending to propose the resolution, supplied his own want of information. Dr. Carey had been 28 years a member of the Society: and (with his Calcutta duties) a regular attendant at its meetings, and an indefatigable and zealous member of the Committee of Papers since the year 1807."
"He had enriched the Society's publications with several contributions: an interesting report on the agriculture of Dinajpore, appeared in the tenth volume of the Researches. An account of the funeral ceremonies of a Burman priest in the twelfth: the Catalogue of Indian medicinal plants and drugs in the eleventh volume, bearing Dr. Fleming's name, was also known to have been principally derived from his information and research. As an ardent Botanist, indeed, he had done much for the science of India, and one of the last works upon which he had been engaged, was the publication as Editor, of his deceased friend, Dr. Roxburgh's Flora Indica."


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Q: JSF Converter implementation I have implemented Autoconverter (with forceSelection=false) in maintainance screen.
To edit existing record, User will select ID from Autocomplete list.
To add new record, user will enter new ID in same box.
In converter, Application will try to search record in DB using ID.
If not found, New empty object is created with supplied ID and to avoid duplications, this object is added to array list maintained in Converter.
This works as expected on single browser session.  but while testing with multiple browser, I found that Array list is shared across all instances.
I am not sure whether approach I have taken is right?  if not can you please suggest me an alternative approach.
private List<SchoolMasterDetails> schoolMasterDetailsDB = new ArrayList<SchoolMasterDetails>();

@Override
public Object getAsObject(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent component, String submittedValue) {
SchoolMasterDetails selectedObject = null;

System.out.println("getAsObject ==> Entering.");
System.out.println("getAsObject ==> '" + submittedValue + "'");

if (!submittedValue.trim().equals("")) {
    selectedObject = (SchoolMasterDetails) getMasterService().getSchoolbyCode(submittedValue);

    if (selectedObject == null) {
        // search Object on localDB
        for (SchoolMasterDetails p : schoolMasterDetailsDB) {
            if (p.getSchoolCode().equalsIgnoreCase(submittedValue.trim())) {
                System.out.println("getAsObject from ArrayList ==> " + p);
                return p;   // return selectedObject from list of created objects
            }
        }

        System.out.println("getAsObject ==> selectedObject is null, Hence Creating new Object");
        selectedObject = new SchoolMasterDetails();
        selectedObject.setSchoolCode(submittedValue.trim());
        selectedObject.setSchoolName("TEST TEST TEST");
        schoolMasterDetailsDB.add(selectedObject);
    }
    else {
        System.out.println("getAsObject from Database ==> " + selectedObject);
    }
}
System.out.println("getAsObject ==> " + selectedObject);
}
System.out.println("getAsObject ==> Exiting.");
return selectedObject;
}

Regards,
Shirish

A: As far as I understand this (still learning myself), a converter fulfills exactly one purpose: It prepares your custom objects to be used in the views (getAsString) and translates Strings back into objects (getAsObject). It will be used whenever an input (a radio list, textfield, autocomplete) is tied to a variable in a backing bean that is of the type of your custom object. It is in your freedom to decide what String should be used to represent your object and how you use this String in return to look up objects.
With this in mind I would not use a converter to store a local list of objects, nor let it handle the creation process itself. Instead, I'd assume there is a backing bean somewhere, which holds your data objects and takes care of all your logic. This bean can have a list of, say, schoolMasters that can be queried for the objects it contains (similar to what your doing). You could then either implement the lookup there in a way that it handles the not-found case and always returns a valid object (which may be a new one), or you could catch the not-found-case in the converter and then trigger a createNew() from the bean to get a new instance.
IMHO this separates the management of the instances more clearly from the translating purpose of your converter. Also, from your code, it seems like you have two places to look up objects - via getMasterService() (a local method?) and inside your stored ArrayList. I don't quite get this...

As for your problem with the browsers sharing an instance: This sounds like a scope issue. If your backing bean, which is supposed to store and manage your data, is in application scope then the same set of data will be available as long as the application runs. This data will be available across browsers and also across users.
On the other hand, if you put the bean in session scope, each session will create its own instance of the bean and store unique data. Similarly, view scoped beans live as long as a single view and request beans are trashed and regenerate for each http request. You can read more here: How to choose the right scope
The answers there talk about beans (which is where your data usually lives). I'm not sure about converters, I see them as classes that are available application wide, so that each session and view can use them for translation - if you maintain a list there, it may well be globally available.

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Health October 2017
Drugs: safety first
GSK adopts new text-mining technology
By Chris Russell
BCCJ ACUMEN Editor
Data is fast becoming one of the world's key resources, with some people even going as far as to classify it as the oil of the 21st century. Now, more and more firms are trying to tap this asset to drive growth and improve efficiency.
This is just as true in the world of pharmaceuticals, and a reminder of the possibilities came on 31 August when GlaxoSmithKline K.K. (GSK) announced that it would begin using the text mining technology of SciBite Limited, a British firm that has created what it calls a semantic platform for extracting and identifying data and relationships in biomedical text. GSK will use the technology for the purpose of pharmacovigilance—the science and activities involved in detecting, assessing, understanding and preventing adverse effects of drugs.
This is typically done by reviewing individual papers and, at the moment, Japanese firms use a laborious, human-centric process employing specialists to do this. In addition to being time consuming, there is a chance of mistakes being made, as each paper needs to be reviewed quickly given the sheer volume of text that needs to be checked.
"This new technology will help us to enhance our pharmacovigilance capabilities in Japan, and enable us to reach timely, well-informed decisions", said Kihito Takahashi, GSK's vice president and senior managing director of the development and medical affairs division.
"For pharmaceutical companies, pharmacovigilance is one of the most important activities. By combining our human-centric expertise and innovative technology, we will keep driving high quality pharmacovigilance that meets local requirements and needs for our patients".
No stone unturned
The key to SciBite's work is its world-leading vocabularies covering millions of diseases, phenotypes and other biomedical phenomena. It is this that enables the software to be so comprehensive in highlighting relevant information in pharmacological texts, which can then be converted into data points that can be analysed further.
"The concept that they could get a much higher degree of certainty around this was very interesting to [the pharmacovigilance team], and the majority of what they have to review is in English", said John Bolger, SciBite's general manager for Japan, who has worked in pharmaceutical software systems for more than 20 years.
Although still a relatively young technology, other applications are also becoming apparent. One is repurposing—the finding of new applications for existing drugs. Launching a new drug can cost more than $1bn, and so the possible savings of repurposing are immense. By combing through the scientific literature, SciBite can identify papers that hint at new uses for drugs, opening up additional avenues for further research.
SciBite can also be used for tracking competitors' research and assessing the relative strengths and weaknesses of drugs that have not yet reached the Japanese market. And it is likely that the partnership with GSK will yield new uses as well.
"The technology is so new that we are learning how to use it", said Bolger. "At the same time, we will learn from them once they start to power up their use strategies, which they are already doing. We will learn from them how they found it to be useful as well, because there is really very little limit on what you can do".
Keeping ahead
The seeds of GSK's adoption of SciBite were sown at a British Chamber of Commerce in Japan (BCCJ) event after Bolger gave BCCJ Executive Committee member Philippe Fauchet OBE, then president of GSK Japan and now the firm's chairman, an elevator pitch about SciBite's technology. And Bolger believes the endorsement of such a high-profile firm is key to SciBite's development.
"I think that, for these types of creative new solutions, you have to go to the top—without solid sponsorship for evaluating them at the top, it's not going to happen. That's more true in Japan than anywhere", he said. "It's very difficult to push new technologies that you don't know you need from the bottom up.
"I think it was a breath of fresh air and inspirational the way they moved ahead with SciBite".
With data becoming ever more important to business, it is an attitude that other firms will need to adopt, if they haven't already.
"I think that within a decade this technology will touch everything we do", said Bolger. "Firms who are not utilising this type of technology at the moment will risk essentially falling behind the curve".
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Q: deleting databases in sql server I need to delete databases whose name start with "In"...
I Tried "Like" but it is throwing syntax errors...
I tried following command but throwing syntax errors for "name"
SELECT 'DROP DATABASE ' + name + ';' from sys.databases where name like 'In%'

A: How about:
DECLARE @qry nvarchar(max);

SELECT @qry =
(SELECT 'DROP DATABASE ' + QUOTENAME(name) + '; '
FROM sys.databases
WHERE name LIKE 'In%'
FOR XML PATH(''));

EXEC sp_executesql @qry;

A: The syntax is
DROP DATABASE { database_name | database_snapshot_name } [ ,...n ] [;]

It does not allow for wildcards or where clauses. You would have to do that manually or programmatically, getting the names of the databases from sys.databases.

A: you can create a CURSOR that loops over
SELECT name FROM sys.databases WHERE name LIKE 'ln%'

and inside the loop you create the drop statement and execute it
SET @s = 'DROP DATABASE ' + @name
EXEC (@s)

not sure whether that works, though, and I don't have any databases to drop to test this ;)

A: You could create a SQL statement to generate a script for you:
SELECT 'DROP DATABASE ' + name + ';' from sys.databases where name like 'In%'

and then run that script.
So if you had two databases InTestDB1 and InTestDB2 the above would generate the following results:
DROP DATABASE InTestDB1;
DROP DATABASE InTestDB2;
You could then save that to a file to run as a script on another server or copy it directly into query analyzer to run immediately.

A: USE master;

DECLARE @Temp TABLE (Id INT IDENTITY(1, 1), name nvarchar(max));
DECLARE @RowCounter INT;

INSERT INTO @Temp
select name from sys.databases where name like N'In%';

SELECT @RowCounter = MAX(Id) FROM @Temp;

DECLARE @i INT;
SET @i = 1;

DECLARE @DBDeleteByName NVARCHAR(max);

WHILE @i <= @RowCounter
BEGIN
    ----- Build the drop database sql.
    SELECT @DBDeleteByName = 'DROP DATABASE ' + name
    FROM @Temp WHERE Id = @i;

    ----- Drop the database.
    EXEC sp_executesql @DBDeleteByName;

    ----- Increment counter
    SET @i = @i + 1;

END


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Former medical examiner: Evidence in Epstein's death points to homicide
Will Bishop
Dr. Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner and forensic pathologist, said Wednesday that he believes convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died as a result of murder, not suicide as is alleged by federal officials.
Baden was a guest on "Fox & Friends," and noted that the ligature marks on Epstein's neck point to homicide.
Additionally, Baden also pointed to irregularities with the case that make him question the suicide theory:
The guards responsible for watching Epstein were asleep at the time of his death
Epstein's roommate was "pulled away"
A videotape of the cell block where Epstein was incarcerated was missing
The former explained that he wants to know exactly whose DNA was found on the bedsheet ligature that was used to hang Epstein.
According to Fox News:
Baden, who was hired by Epstein's brother and observed the autopsy, told Fox News its findings are more consistent with homicidal strangulation than suicidal hanging. He noted that the 66-year-old Epstein had two fractures on the left and right sides of his larynx, specifically the thyroid cartilage or Adam's apple, as well as one fracture on the left hyoid bone above the Adam's apple, Baden told Fox News.
Those three fractures are extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation.
Ever since Epstein's body was found on August 10 at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, there has been speculation that he might have been killed to keep him from testifying against other powerful figures (i.e. former President Bill Clinton; President Donald Trump) who were associates of his and might have been implicated when Epstein went to trial for sexually trafficking minor girls.
Not long after Epstein's death, Attorney General William Barr said he was "appalled" that Epstein had been able to commit suicide:
"I was appalled to learn that Jeffrey Epstein was found dead early this morning from an apparent suicide while in federal custody. Mr. Epstein's death raises serious questions that must be answered. In addition to the FBI's investigation, I have consulted with the Inspector General who is opening an investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Epstein's death."
It remains unclear if federal authorities will open a new inquiry into Epstein's death.
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Euan McColm: Toad chorus means we'll all be ruined together by No Deal
By the time Boris Johnson was lying to the nation, on Friday morning, about his entirely repellent actions during the EU referendum campaign, I was almost out of outrage.
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But I still had a few drops in the tank.
After delivering his latest pitch for the Conservative leadership (dressed up as a speech about the need to unite a country divided by Brexit) Johnson invited questions from journalists in the audience. Channel Four's estimable Michael Crick rose to his feet and made the point that, during the referendum campaign, Johnson had made absurd claims about the prospect of millions of Turkish citizens flooding into the country if the UK didn't leave the EU (Turkey was not and still is not even a member of the EU) and didn't this show that he would say anything if it meant winning a vote?
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Without the decency even to blush, Johnson insisted he had said nothing about Turkey in 2016. Of course he had, and the TV footage and newspaper articles that showed he had were soon doing the rounds on social media.
This is where we are now. A senior Tory MP – a man who was twice voted mayor of the great city of London – is taken seriously as a potential future prime minister despite the fact he can't open his mouth without lying.
Not for the first time, last week, I felt my blood boil.
Johnson is just one of the band of cynical, self-serving toads – men and women whose professed commitment to the good of the country (barely) conceals their naked ambition or their wild-eyed ideologies – now destroying what little decency is left in our politics.
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn, still adored by the cultists who elected him in 2015, is every bit Johnson's equal in the cynical toad stakes. After the Prime Minister's withdrawal deal was put out of its misery by a Commons vote on Tuesday, Theresa May offered all opposition leaders in the house the opportunity to meet her and discuss ways in which this political impasse might be breached.
The SNP's Ian Blackford, Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable (is there anything more quaintly British than the polite way he is taken seriously?) and others across the Commons took her up on the offer because… well, because at a time like this, that's what grown-ups do.
Corbyn, of course, did not.
The leader of the opposition's insistence that he would not meet the PM to discuss progress on Brexit unless she was to take the No Deal option off the table was all the proof we needed that this is not a man serious about finding a solution. A No Deal Brexit is unavoidable if MPs from across parliament cannot reach an agreement on how to proceed. No Deal is the default.
And, with his insistence that Article 50 should be triggered promptly after the referendum, setting the UK on course for departure from the EU on 29 March, Corbyn's dabs will be all over a No Deal Brexit should it come to pass.
Labour members might hunger for a second referendum but Corbyn – a career-long Eurosceptic who would have us believe he voted Remain in 2016 – will take Brexit at any cost because, in order for him to build his socialist utopia, what now exists must be destroyed.
The Labour leader is a man whose politics were forged in adolescence and he's damned if he's going to betray his teenage self now. And if people have to lose their jobs, if the economy has to tank, thanks to Brexit, so be it because, one day, he'll have rebuilt society (spoiler – he won't).
Weary of the Labour leader's pathetic posturing, I looked closer to home for reassurance that someone might be taking this very serious situation at all seriously.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has done an excellent job of persuading a certain breed of liberal-minded voter south of the border that she possesses a unique wisdom. Every time she appears on national TV, you can be sure that numerous English voters will bemoan the fact that they cannot vote for SNP candidates.
But, when it comes down to it, she's every bit as monomaniacal as the Brexiteers she so disdains. The chaos caused by the UK's decision to leave the EU was, she said for the umpteenth time, proof that it was time for Scotland to go it alone.
Back in 2014, any suggestion that the break-up of a union might prove chaotic, might usher in a period of turmoil, might divide a nation, was dismissed by Sturgeon as the stuff of "Project Fear". Now the chaos of Brexit is proof that independence is the only way forward.
How the break-up of the UK would be any less messy than extrication from the EU, I have no idea, but Sturgeon – every bit as cynical as Corbyn – doesn't want to get bogged down in tiresome matters of reality.
As home secretary, promoting petty Little Englander policies designed to appease the right of her party rather than serve the interests of the UK, Theresa May was every bit as cynical as Corbyn or Sturgeon. Now? Now she's just rather pitiful.
The PM's task – to deliver a policy which she believes will harm the UK – is a miserable one, made all the more so by the fact she requires the assistance in her quest of opposition politicians who hold their ideological purity above anything as grubby as co-operating with an opponent.
Brexit stands to do terrible damage to the UK economy and to our standing in the world. It is a petty wheeze designed by petty nationalists and mis-sold as an act of empowerment.
Anything – and I really do mean anything – that might mitigate against the full-on disaster of leaving the EU without some kind of deal must be considered.
If Jeremy Corbyn and Nicola Sturgeon don't start putting the interests of people before their ideological obsessions, they will be very bit as responsible as Theresa May for the inevitable No Deal Brexit that follows.
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Open AI And Microsoft Exciting Times For AI
A new partnership between Elon Musk's OpenAI and Microsoft, whereby OpenAI will use Azure for its research into deep learning and neural networks sounds promising in terms of "democratizing AI", something both partners are committed to.
OpenAI is the non-profit designed to promote artificial intelligence as both beneficial for all and open to all. It was founded by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever in December 2015 with a $1 billion investment, see AI Goes Open Source To The Tune Of $1 Billion, and quickly began to implement research projects, see OpenAI Gym Gives Reinforcement Learning A Work Out .
The decision by OpenAI to use Microsoft Azure to further its research comes shortly after the formation of Partnership on AI, another non-profit with the ultimate aim of ensuring AI is beneficial rather than harmful to society as a whole, which is AI alliance between Amazon, DeepMind/Google, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft.
Whereas Partnership on AI has been established to study and formulate best practices on AI technologies, OpenAI is pressing ahead with AI research.
A blog post by Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever and Sam Altman yesterday explains the decision to partner with Microsoft from OpenAI's perspective:
We're working with Microsoft to start running most of our large-scale experiments on Azure. This will make Azure the primary cloud platform that OpenAI is using for deep learning and AI, and will let us conduct more research and share the results with the world.
One of the most important factors for accelerating our progress is accessing more and faster computers; this is particularly true for emerging AI technologies like reinforcement learning and generative models. Azure has impressed us by building hardware configurations optimized for deep learning — they offer K80 GPUs with InfiniBand interconnects at scale. We're also excited by their roadmap, which should soon bring Pascal GPUs onto their cloud.
In the coming months we will use thousands to tens of thousands of these machines to increase both the number of experiments we run and the size of the models we train.
We'll share the results of this partnership with everyone: along with publishing our research results, we'll continue releasing open-source software making it easier for people to run large-scale AI workloads on the cloud. We'll also be giving feedback to the Microsoft team so that Azure's capabilities keep pace with our understanding of AI.
It's great to work with another organization that believes in the importance of democratizing access to AI. We're looking forward to accelerating the AI community through this partnership.
A post on the Official Microsoft Blog from Harry Shum reiterates Microsoft's commitment to democratizing AI, making it accessible to everyone and enabling everyone to take advantage of the breakthroughs in AI.
In this brief video clip Harry Shum and Sam Altman share their excitement about these breakthroughs to date and how AI technology can be harnessed in the future:
At the beginning of the conversation Shum asks why is AI so "hot" today and Altman says he thinks the reason is that after 50 years of it making promises it is finally working, something Shum suggests is due to a convergence of multiple forces: having a lot more data, having amazing computing power, especially that from the cloud, referring specifically to Azure and thirdly incredible breakthroughs in deep learning. To this Altman responds with:
I think the AI revolution will be on the order of the Industrial Revolution or the Agricultural Revolution in terms of how much it changes the way our society works and the way we live. I think we are not all that far away from the super tool that will help us do everything we do better. I think we'll be able to save a lot of lives. I think we'll be able to educate our children better. I think this will transform a lot of industries and a lot of society.
Shum's blog post also explains which OpenAI has chosen to use Azure and also indicates that next month even more cloud computing power will be generally available.
We're also excited that OpenAI chose Microsoft Azure as their primary cloud platform, to help advance their research and create new tools and technologies that are only possible with the cloud. OpenAI chose Microsoft due to our deep learning research and ongoing commitment to AI, along with Azure's support for open source technologies and its unique combination of high performance computing, big data and intelligence capabilities such as Azure Batch, Azure Machine Learning and the Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (formerly CNTK).
OpenAI is an early adopter of Azure N-Series Virtual Machines, which will be generally available starting in December. These virtual machines are designed for the most intensive compute workloads, including deep learning, simulations, rendering and the training of neural networks. They also enable high-end visualization capabilities to allow for workstation and streaming scenarios by utilizing the NVIDIA GRID in Azure.
To know more about Azure N-Series, which having been in preview since August will be generally available from December 1st, see yesterday's post by Corey Sanders, Director of Compute, Azure, on the Azure blog which has links to pricing.
Azure is just part of Microsoft's contribution to the future of AI, representing the infrastructure. Other parts are already open sourced - including its Cognitive Toolkit, the new name for its Computational Network Toolkit (CTNK).
The Democratizing AI article that both blog posts refer to states:
We're taking a four-pronged approach to how we think about Microsoft AI and how we pursue this bold ambition to democratize AI for all:
We're going to harness artificial intelligence to fundamentally change how we interact with the ambient computing, the agents, in our lives.
We're going to infuse every application that we interact with, on any device, at any point in time, with intelligence.
We'll make these same intelligent capabilities that are infused in our own apps — the cognitive capabilities — available to every application developer in the world.
We're building the world's most powerful AI supercomputer and making it available to anyone, via the cloud, to enable all to harness its power and tackle AI challenges, large and small.
For those interested in AI research it's hard not to be excited at this point in time about how AI can impact all our lives for good.
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→What Do Beets Actually Taste Like? Here's What You Need to Know!
What Do Beets Actually Taste Like? Here's What You Need to Know!
Beets are just one of the typical vegetables that you can see on your table every day. Although these crops are served as food, industries also use it as food coloring and as a medicinal plant.
Most people, however, do not add beets as an ingredient to their recipes while some merely avoid eating it. In fact, the bad impression of this root has escalated concerning its actual taste.
Before everyone fires up a heated debate, it would be reasonable to really know what beets actually taste like. Does it really taste like dirt? Let's find out!
What Do Beets Actually Taste Like?
What do raw beets taste like?
Why do beets have earthy taste and smell?
Preparation and cooking tips that will reduce the strange taste
Beets are Actually Amazing!
What do raw beets taste like?
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While some people find it difficult to put a beet in their mouths, the taste of beets actually depends on how you prepare them. Most chefs use it as salad garnish and natural coloring due to its health benefits. In some countries, a variety of recipes is exclusively made with beets as an ingredient, cooked or uncooked.
Unlike other root crops, beets can be eaten raw. But the main issue here is the taste of the beets. It's something you have to figure out because some people tend to either like or dislike it. Raw beets usually taste sweet!
You can see beets extracts, beetroot juices, and beet salads everywhere. The mere fact that it is healthy gives this crop a chance to be included in the food pyramid.
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People complain about its "dirt-like" taste. It has been a common response from people whenever this topic is brought out. This is one reason why some people do not dare taste beets, but to others, they find this earthy taste most appealing.
Beets are root crops that normally grow in the soil. Thus, the assumption of its dirt-like taste comes from that theory. It is a myth that dirt and earthly particles are incorporated in the beets even after being washed.
According to Irwin Goldman's article, the earthy taste of beets is due to an organic compound which microbes produce in the soil. It's called "geosmin". This compound also gives off an earthy smell of a freshly plowed field.
It was also explained that the taste and smell which you complain about is a natural thing. Human beings are highly sensitive to geosmin making them easily react to it or enjoy its earthy features. Spinach, lettuce, and mushrooms also have high geosmin but do not be wary because geosmin is safe.
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In the grocery stores, you would usually see beets being avoided by the consumers. Unprocessed or unpeeled food are somewhat being taken off the shopping lists and beets are not an exception.
The first thing you must do is to ensure that you choose, clean, and prepare the beets appropriately. I have provided some tips on how to properly prepare a beet for your recipe.
Avoid spongy and soft beets; choose the firm ones.
Look for beets with dark green, leafy tops.
Store the crops in the fridge until ready to cook.
Rinse the beets thoroughly before peeling it off or cooking it.
If you are not making a salad or juices with beets, then you might as well want to know these cooking methods. Add a little creativity and come up with amazing ideas on how to cook beets. Most of the times, prepared and seasoned foods would taste out incredibly if it's done the right way.
Whether you want it raw or cooked, it's up to you. What's important is how you boosts up your creativity and experiment your own style. Reducing the earthy smell and taste of beets may be challenging to some but here's a cooking method guide that may help you.
Roasting. Roasted beets bring out the sweet taste with a more concentrated flavor. It comes out with a tenderer, potato-like texture.
Boiling. This is the fastest and easiest way of cooking beets. Boiling beets result in a more subdued flavor and a softer texture that can be used for different recipes.
Steaming. Steaming is the fastest way of cooking beets but the strange taste may remain. Experts recommend adding a bit of coconut oil to alter the taste.
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From its roots to its bulbs and leaves, beets are an amazing crop. The green leaves and the roots are also edible and medicinal. That's right! You don't have to throw anything out. You can add the leaves and the roots on your recipes.
It is true that beets contain substantial amounts of nutrients. Beets have low calories and rich in vitamins A, B, and C, beta-carotene, folic acid, potassium, and iron.
Nowadays, many restaurants add this vegetable to their menu. Adding this to your diet will be a good choice considering its health benefits.
Beets tend to have earthy taste and smell due to the organic compound "geosmin". This reason turns people away from it. However, creating dishes will bring out its naturally sweet flavor. Transforming the strange taste into an exquisite flavor will be a great consideration.
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As everyone realizes at some point of time, overcoming fear of rejection in relationships, is important, if you want to give yourself an opportunity to be happy. Here are some practical tips.
For everything you want in life, you have to make an effort, including happiness. Same is the case with overcoming fear of rejection in any sphere of life. If you do not venture out of your cocoon, if you don't muster the courage to ask a guy or a girl out, you are going to die alone.
Fear is an obstacle which blocks new experiences and possible futures. Each time you submit to fear, its hold on you gets stronger until succumbing to fear is a habit. The way to overcome it, is to face it, instead of running away from it.
The first thing to do is examine what is holding you back from meeting new prospects and dating. What is the source of your fear? Is it a past relationship debacle? Is it just your shyness? To overcome any fear, you must first get to its source. Whatever reason it is, it has adversely affected your self image and your opinion about yourself.
Handling rejection in relationships is a part of growing up, which every one of us must go through. It's time to reinvent that self image. You are not what others think about you. You are who you think you are. There is a subtle but essential difference between the two things. Understand it and see all that is positive in you. Thinking positively is the key.
In our mind, there are superpositions of multiple biases or prejudices, imprinted over time, through experiences and misconceptions, that warp and distort reality at times. They warp our view of the world and close down, a once open mind. Stop letting the biases about past relationships hold you back, from venturing into a new one.
Just because one relationship failed, doesn't mean every one of the future ones is doomed. There are always possibilities, if you keep your mind open to possible futures.
Remember guys, there are no gains without risks. What can happen in the worst scenario, if you ask a girl out? She may refuse. That's all that can happen, at the most.
When a girl rejects you, without even knowing you, it cannot even be classified as a rejection. That is because, she has not even gotten to know you. It's her bad luck that she lost the opportunity to meet a great guy like you. That is how you should be thinking.
One principle that may motivate you to come out of your shell and help you in overcoming the fear of rejection is the 'No Regrets' principle. There is this girl you have had a crush on, since ages, whom you have not been able to ask out, for fear of being rejected.
You have two options. One is for losers, who never can come up with the courage to ask her out and die regretting that forever. The other is for winners who decide to give it a shot anyway, because they believe in dying with no regrets. Whatever be the result, they can go ahead with no regrets.
In the end, it is all about confidence and believing in yourself. The girl of your dreams is not going to come and fall in your arms. You have to go out there and find her and risk a few rejections on the way. Handling rejection when dating is a part of the game.
Do not let one rejection close doors to other possible futures, that you could have. Give it a shot and die with no regrets.


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Find More than You Think in Fink
A one-eyed, brown cat. and rhyme so tight a reader is roped into fanciful beliefs, or memories of a past when life and fear seemed huge, simple and quick. I am sorry regret it took me so long to discover Rick Felty's writing. The three-book, early reader series about Tab itha Fink yielded a book each year since 2015. I am overjoyed, now to be caught up. The stories filled me with admiration as a children's author, and as a reader let me see the world again like a wide-eyed kid. The most recent work, Tabitha Fink: Ninja at Night, proves that a story told well in rhyme can bring a smile and even anticipation to adults. Readers will see the author's progress through the narratives.
His first book, Tabitha Fink The Cat With One Eye, is less clever in its prose and scenario. In the dedication of his third book, Felty talks about his stories as a "journey of discovery." That is the most apt description of the way the word play appears in the 45-page work.
"I am Tabitha Fink, somewhat hard to ignore," he writes. "with only one eye where some others have more. I've still got one tail and four paws on the floor. I am still Tabitha Fink as I have mentioned before."
The 39-page second book, Tabitha Fink on a Mission to Mars, spins a tale that is more playful. "I am Tabitha Fink on a mission to Mars," the book says, "where they don't fly blue planes, and they don't drive red cars. But I know they do something to travel about so I'm going to Mars , to figure it out." The adventurous makes the trip in a "cat rocket ship." She discovers a Martian family and says, "And it turns out they do things like all of us do, with a few minor changes. I
will show them to you."
I imagined youngsters' fascinations with those simple unadorned sentences. The words have a blunt feel that hit the mind with a clarity that offers a moment-to-moment I get it! There is a completeness in the main character's description that ushers listeners and readers into familiarity with the feelings and a desire to almost reach out and pet the furry hero.
Felty, who is an Emmy-winning television producer, writes prose so lyrical that the smooth word play pulls a reader into the tale. At some points wildly alliterative in the ways of a Dr. Seuss or Shel Silverstein, Tabitha Fink The Ninja at Night has a conflict that appears so trivial. Tabitha's mouse playmate Bartholomew Blink is stalked by a slew of night terrors – a big furry monster, an evil witch, a dragon, some blue bears, and a smelly troll. Yes, the problem is simple, but Tabitha's struggle tugs at the memory. The unique character modeled after his family pet is pushed into the eerie situations that seemed a big deal when I was a kid. I began to recall what it felt like to face fear of the dark. – in the lack of light, and Felty's cyclops hero confronts her friend's fright as a ninja with a flashlight.
Tabitha Fink books are the kind of imaginative and fanciful explorations that children scream for at bedtime or story time in school. Felty's clever use of language and plot sets a pleasant diversion for adults, too. Before I was aware, page after page flipped as I rushed to see the ninja's deeds. At the last of 68 pages, like Bartholomew the mouse, I was satisfied by the charming conclusion of the darkness dilemma. As many readers, I was only disappointed that I might have to wait another year for more.
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Weeks after posting $18 million in bonds to secure his release from prison, Salomon Melgen, M.D., was officially suspended from participation in the Medicaid program in July, according to a press release from Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration. Melgen, who operated out of Palm Beach, faces 76 counts of healthcare fraud for allegedly performing unnecessary tests, procedures and surgeries totaling $105 million.
Whistleblower suit implicates dozens of health plans in Medicare Advantage overpayments
More lawsuits targeting Medicare Advantage are rolling in, and the latest calls into question the practices of one company that performed in-home health assessments on elderly patients for 30 health plans in more than 15 states across the country, according to a report from the Center for Public Integrity.
Doctor shopping cost four states $33 million in Medicaid fraud
Fresh off a House Subcommittee hearing in which legislators grilled the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding Part D fraud controls, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week noting that four state Medicaid programs spent $33 million in 2011 on prescription drugs tied to doctor shopping.
Terminated physicians continue billing Medicaid in different states
August 6, 2015 | By Evan Sweeney
Nearly 300 providers who were terminated for cause from one state in 2011 continued billing Medicaid in other states for as many as three years, according to a report released by the Office of Inspector General. Those 300 physicians represented 12 percent of providers studied by the watchdog agency.
Improper payments among the four key issues facing Medicaid
Preventing improper payments, which comprised $17.5 billion of Medicaid spending in 2014, represents a specific concern for the long-term health of the government-run health program, according to a report released last week by the Government Accountability Office.
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Medicare and Medicaid turned 50 last month, and looking back over the last five decades, it's impressive to see how fraud prevention has evolved from virtually nothing in 1965 to 2015, when CMS is transitioning away from a pay-and-chase model with the use of predicitve analytics. A look back at the last 50 years shows that heatlhcare fraud prevention is constantly evolving in an effort to protect the governments health programs.
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The transition from a reactive approach to relying on claims data to better predict and prevent fraudulent payments has led to significant progress in fighting Medicare and Medicaid fraud, former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Don Berwick told the Journal for the American Medical Association.
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Medicare contractors in 13 jurisdictions across the country overpaid for outpatient drugs to the tune of $35.8 million between July 2009 and June 2012, according to a report released by the Office of Inspector General.


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Poor Mia's Hunger Strike Was a YouTube Flop
On Thursday, May 7, the 11th day of her hunger strike, Mia Farrow's only communication was her blog post, "I'm really struggling today." Her "Day 12" message was, "Feeling awful. Blood sugar under 40. Muscles hurt. I won't be able to continue much longer." She didn't explain why she hadn't quit already. For far too […]
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On Thursday, May 7, the 11th day of her hunger strike, Mia Farrow's only communication was her blog post, "I'm really struggling today." Her "Day 12" message was, "Feeling awful. Blood sugar under 40. Muscles hurt. I won't be able to continue much longer." She didn't explain why she hadn't quit already.
For far too close to two weeks, she had kept Darfur in the news and rallied nearly 300 co-fasters, for varying lengths of time and varying levels of "fasting." Some ate as much as a standard Darfuri diet of about 1,000 calories a day.
But what had she really accomplished? Impact these days is measured by hits on YouTube, and her MiaFarrow2009 YouTube channel was not a major draw. In her "Day 9" video on May 5, Mia said, "I can't believe how many people have been watching these videos. It's huge."
Not by YouTube standards. Not by Numa Numa guy standards (28,586,009 views). Not by Chris Crocker's "Leave Britney Alone!" standards (25,289,348 views). Even a seven-year-old's Chris Crocker parody got 204,826 views.
By the morning of May 8, only one MiaFarrow2009 video, "Day 8," had neared 19,000 views. "Day 9" was closing in on a decent yet, virally speaking, insignificant 9,000. And that went up the day of her second hunger strike interview on Larry King.
In the same four day period, an assessment of a Philipino boxing match by YouTube regular HappySlip (Christine Gambito) got over 360,000 views.
Could it be that hunger strikes are not the best way to change minds in
the 21st century? Or did Mia's quiet talks from her charming Connecticut
bedroom just need some spicing up? Quick jump cuts? A surprise appearance
by Michael Buckley, whose whatthebuckshow channel has 425,811 subscribers?
For a while it looked like Mia's little granddaughter Maureen might turn things around. In the early videos, she was a slightly distracting offscreen voice. By the "Day 8" webisode, she was sneaking into frame, wiggling her fingers and mugging as grandma tried to convince viewers about the importance of their support. In "Day 9," Maureen placed her head in front of Mia's handwritten sign with the White House phone number, 202-456-1111, in block letters.
Well over 11 million viewers had flocked to "Star Wars according to a 3 year old." And what about Will Ferrell's megastar discovery, Pearl? Could Maureen have become Mia's Pearl? We'll never know.
As late as the "Day 10" video, one day before Mia admitted she was "struggling," she seemed to be doing well: "OK, it's day ten of no food at all, just water, and it's really interesting, actually, because … I feel fine. It's crazy … I don't have a lot of energy, and sometimes I get, you know, hunger pangs. But other than that, it's very strange."
In her blog she added, "I realize we don't need to eat every day. And we certainly don't need 3 meals a day."
At the beginning of the fast, Mia assured the public that a doctor was coming the following Monday and she wouldn't take foolish chances with her health. Monday came and went with no mention of the doctor's visit. Before the fast, she wrote on her Huffington Post blog, "And when I can no longer continue, I pray another will take my place, and another — until there is justice and peace for Darfur's people."
Commenters begged her not to die. In a later article. she reassured readers, "I'm still a parent and I don't want to die."
Gabriel Stauring of Darfur Fast for Life told L.A. Times Technology blogger David Sarno, "We want to convince her that if we have somebody else that is famous and that would draw attention, that she should stop."
But what famous person will do it? Angelina Jolie is making a movie and, if you believe the tabloids, there's no telling if Brad will be around to help out. David Blaine called with advice before Mia's fast and has proven he can go 44 days on nothing but water — while dangling in a Plexiglas case 30 feet in the air — but as a magician his sincerity would be in question, and how could he top the Plexiglas case? Miley Cyrus is underage and Lindsay Lohan is too easily distracted.
No, there is only one celebrity healthy enough, hot enough and beloved enough for the position.
Before Paris Hilton was released from jail in 2007, she called Barbara Walters collect and recanted her purposeless, partying ways, telling Barbara, "I used to act dumb … Now I want to make a difference … God has given me this new chance."
I don't seem to remember her taking God up on that chance. Nearly two years later, Mia Farrow's frailty has given her another.
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Happy Birthday to Willie O'Ree
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Happy Birthday to Bruins legend Willie O'Ree -- hockey's Jackie Robinson
The hockey world changed forever on January 18th, 1958. That was the day Boston Bruin winger Willie O'Ree made his NHL debut. And almost no one reported it. Willie Eldon O'Ree was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada on October 15, 1935. At the time of his birth there was only one other black family living in Fredericton. That's right. What makes O'Ree so unique is he was the first African- Canadian/American to play in the NHL.
It is a milestone that is still not widely recognized. There are many hockey fans today who have never heard of Willie. But he encountered the same type of racism that Jackie Robinson did more than a decade earlier. In fact O'Ree was still dealing with racist hate letters 50 years after his first NHL game.


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Q: Null pointer Error when accessing JPARepository method in Spring data jpa When I run this in test, NullPointerException occurs in the following line :
Account acc = accRepo.findAccountById(Long id);
As if the findAccountById(Long id) returns null. But when I call this method directly inside any other test method it works fine.
My Repository file
public Interface AccountRepo extends JpaRepository<Account,Long>{

    @Query("select a from Account a where a.id  = ?1")
    public List<Account> findAccountById(Long id);

}

Service Interface and Implementation
public Interface AccountService{
    Account showAcc();
}

@Service
public class AccServiceImpl implements AccountService {

    @Autowired
    private AccountRepo accRepo;

    @Override
    Account showAcc(){
        Long id = 10L;
        Account acc = accRepo.findAccountById(id); // Null Pointer exception at this line
        String name = acc.getName();
        System.out.println(name);
    }

}

@Autowired
AccountServiceimpl accServImpl;

@Test
public void testAccount(){

    accServImpl.showAcc();
}

A: You need to provide a AccountRepo for your AccServiceImpl in the test. The @Autowired annotation only works when you have a application context and is not the case for your test.
So you'll need to add a setter or constructor in AccServiceImpl to provide the AccountRepo.
If you want to test with the application context you'll need to implement a @SpringBootTest

A: You have null pointer exception because AccountRepo is not getting autowired in your test case or actual setup if you are getting a NPE when running it outside context of a test framework. You need to check your test configurations and make sure that the accountrepo instance is created and injected by your test framework.