Harold Stewart is raffling off a 2012 Black Nissan Altima to raise money for Harvest House Development Corporation, which provides food to those in need. A previous attempt to raffle the car in December was unsuccessful. The next raffle will be held on January 31. The letter asks the recipient to donate a minimum of $1000 to purchase raffle tickets, as $20,000 needs to be raised. Proceeds will go to Harvest House to help alleviate hunger in the community.
Marcelino Santos NHS is a school located in London, England. It has a faculty of 45 teachers across various subject areas including math, science, English, history and more. The school aims to provide a well-rounded education to its 600 students aged 11-16 through its academic curriculum and extracurricular programs.
Sidelines: An Algorithm for Increasing Diversity in News and Opinion AggregatorsSean Munson
Aggregators rely on votes, and links to select and present subsets of the large quantity of news and opinion items generated each day. Opinion and topic diversity in the output sets can provide individual and societal benefits, but simply selecting the most popular items may not yield as much diversity as is present in the overall pool of votes and links.
In this paper, we define three diversity metrics that address different dimensions of diversity: inclusion, alienation, and proportional representation. We then present the Sidelines algorithm – which temporarily suppresses a voter’s preferences after a preferred item has been selected – as one approach to increase the diversity of result sets. In comparison to collections of the most popular items, from user votes on Digg.com and links from a panel of political blogs, the Sidelines algorithm increased inclusion while decreasing alienation. For the blog links, a set with known political preferences, we also found that Sidelines improved proportional representation. In an online experiment using blog link data as votes, readers were more likely to find something challenging to their views in the Sidelines result sets. These findings can help build news and opinion aggregators that present users with a broader range of topics and opinions.
Paper at http://www.smunson.com/portfolio/projects/aggdiversity/Sidelines-ICWSM.pdf
Harold Stewart is raffling off a 2012 Black Nissan Altima to raise money for Harvest House Development Corporation, which provides food to those in need. A previous attempt to raffle the car in December was unsuccessful. The next raffle will be held on January 31. The letter asks the recipient to donate a minimum of $1000 to purchase raffle tickets, as $20,000 needs to be raised. Proceeds will go to Harvest House to help alleviate hunger in the community.
Marcelino Santos NHS is a school located in London, England. It has a faculty of 45 teachers across various subject areas including math, science, English, history and more. The school aims to provide a well-rounded education to its 600 students aged 11-16 through its academic curriculum and extracurricular programs.
Sidelines: An Algorithm for Increasing Diversity in News and Opinion AggregatorsSean Munson
Aggregators rely on votes, and links to select and present subsets of the large quantity of news and opinion items generated each day. Opinion and topic diversity in the output sets can provide individual and societal benefits, but simply selecting the most popular items may not yield as much diversity as is present in the overall pool of votes and links.
In this paper, we define three diversity metrics that address different dimensions of diversity: inclusion, alienation, and proportional representation. We then present the Sidelines algorithm – which temporarily suppresses a voter’s preferences after a preferred item has been selected – as one approach to increase the diversity of result sets. In comparison to collections of the most popular items, from user votes on Digg.com and links from a panel of political blogs, the Sidelines algorithm increased inclusion while decreasing alienation. For the blog links, a set with known political preferences, we also found that Sidelines improved proportional representation. In an online experiment using blog link data as votes, readers were more likely to find something challenging to their views in the Sidelines result sets. These findings can help build news and opinion aggregators that present users with a broader range of topics and opinions.
Paper at http://www.smunson.com/portfolio/projects/aggdiversity/Sidelines-ICWSM.pdf
Bethany College has hired Michael Guinn as the new head coach for their men's and women's cross country teams. Guinn has previous coaching experience at Division II schools West Virginia Wesleyan College and Seton Hill University. As a runner, Guinn was accomplished at the collegiate level, winning multiple conference individual championships and qualifying for NCAA Championships. In his first meet at Bethany, Guinn had two runners finish in the top 20 out of 186 competitors, demonstrating early success in his new role.
Durante observaciones en dos escuelas secundarias con contextos similares, una tuvo grupos más grandes de 55 estudiantes que no cabían en los salones, mientras que la otra tenía entre 33 y 35 estudiantes por grupo. Mientras que los maestros y estudiantes en una escuela mostraban interés y aprovechaban el tiempo en clase, en la otra escuela era todo lo contrario.
El capítulo describe cuatro nuevos modelos de aprendizaje colaborativo: aprendizaje basado en el intercambio abierto, aprender haciendo, aprender interactuando y aprender compartiendo, los cuales promueven el aprendizaje a través del intercambio y la colaboración entre estudiantes.
Competitive intelligence involves systematically gathering and analyzing external information to understand how it could impact a company's plans and operations. It requires human analysis and insights that can't be fully automated. Competitive intelligence identifies best practices, informs strategy and strategic analysis, isolates performance gaps compared to competitors, and helps identify risks, threats and opportunities. It should track competitors, new technologies, market trends and regulations. The tools of competitive intelligence include environmental mapping, organizational appraisal, market research, benchmarking against industry leaders, and four concerns analysis. Regardless of tools used, the indispensable element is human experience and instinct to turn facts into meaningful intelligence for business decisions.
Este documento presenta un resumen de la ciudad de Santiago de Cali, Colombia. Menciona que Cali es uno de los principales centros económicos e industriales del país y la capital del departamento del Valle del Cauca. Alberga sedes gubernamentales como la gobernación y empresas oficiales. También describe brevemente el desarrollo urbano histórico de Cali y menciona algunos parques y zonas urbanas notables como el Parque Artesanal Loma de la Cruz, La Tertulia y el Parque del Perro.
Ch09 managing decision making and problem solvingChandra Pandey
Bob Diamond made several important decisions to turn around Barclays Capital division. He focused on hiring top performers, emphasizing teamwork, and forming client-based teams. These decisions led to the creation of innovative products and Barclays Capital becoming a top global bank. Effective decision making, recognizing mistakes, and responding quickly were keys to Diamond's success in transforming the division.
On building machine learning models using Spark @ Appsflyer
The presentation includes a short intro to AppsFlyer (architcture, data architecture) and shows the process for building a model through a use case of building a fingerprinting model for matching clicks to installs
O palestrante cometeu um equívoco ao enumerar o fator "c" como influência na experiência dos clientes. A sugestão do escriturário Afonso que traria melhorias ao atendimento é o item "a". O Banco FGH deverá criar equipes de alto desempenho a partir do agrupamento de pessoas com habilidades complementares, que sejam treinadas e estejam focadas em um propósito comum.
Bethany College has hired Michael Guinn as the new head coach for their men's and women's cross country teams. Guinn has previous coaching experience at Division II schools West Virginia Wesleyan College and Seton Hill University. As a runner, Guinn was accomplished at the collegiate level, winning multiple conference individual championships and qualifying for NCAA Championships. In his first meet at Bethany, Guinn had two runners finish in the top 20 out of 186 competitors, demonstrating early success in his new role.
Durante observaciones en dos escuelas secundarias con contextos similares, una tuvo grupos más grandes de 55 estudiantes que no cabían en los salones, mientras que la otra tenía entre 33 y 35 estudiantes por grupo. Mientras que los maestros y estudiantes en una escuela mostraban interés y aprovechaban el tiempo en clase, en la otra escuela era todo lo contrario.
El capítulo describe cuatro nuevos modelos de aprendizaje colaborativo: aprendizaje basado en el intercambio abierto, aprender haciendo, aprender interactuando y aprender compartiendo, los cuales promueven el aprendizaje a través del intercambio y la colaboración entre estudiantes.
Competitive intelligence involves systematically gathering and analyzing external information to understand how it could impact a company's plans and operations. It requires human analysis and insights that can't be fully automated. Competitive intelligence identifies best practices, informs strategy and strategic analysis, isolates performance gaps compared to competitors, and helps identify risks, threats and opportunities. It should track competitors, new technologies, market trends and regulations. The tools of competitive intelligence include environmental mapping, organizational appraisal, market research, benchmarking against industry leaders, and four concerns analysis. Regardless of tools used, the indispensable element is human experience and instinct to turn facts into meaningful intelligence for business decisions.
Este documento presenta un resumen de la ciudad de Santiago de Cali, Colombia. Menciona que Cali es uno de los principales centros económicos e industriales del país y la capital del departamento del Valle del Cauca. Alberga sedes gubernamentales como la gobernación y empresas oficiales. También describe brevemente el desarrollo urbano histórico de Cali y menciona algunos parques y zonas urbanas notables como el Parque Artesanal Loma de la Cruz, La Tertulia y el Parque del Perro.
Ch09 managing decision making and problem solvingChandra Pandey
Bob Diamond made several important decisions to turn around Barclays Capital division. He focused on hiring top performers, emphasizing teamwork, and forming client-based teams. These decisions led to the creation of innovative products and Barclays Capital becoming a top global bank. Effective decision making, recognizing mistakes, and responding quickly were keys to Diamond's success in transforming the division.
On building machine learning models using Spark @ Appsflyer
The presentation includes a short intro to AppsFlyer (architcture, data architecture) and shows the process for building a model through a use case of building a fingerprinting model for matching clicks to installs
O palestrante cometeu um equívoco ao enumerar o fator "c" como influência na experiência dos clientes. A sugestão do escriturário Afonso que traria melhorias ao atendimento é o item "a". O Banco FGH deverá criar equipes de alto desempenho a partir do agrupamento de pessoas com habilidades complementares, que sejam treinadas e estejam focadas em um propósito comum.