The makeup and actions of the family tell about our priorities and beliefs. This lesson is to encourage our families to draw closer together and provide a lasting influence.
This message was presented during our Friends and Family day. We had many visitors present and this lesson was to encourage those who did not have a church family.
Short slide presentation on how to care for disaster victims. Ultra-basic and cursory to help high school students on a short term missions trip be equipped to serve with some elemental teaching. Presented by Pastor Daron Butler, Pastor of Cross-cultural Ministries 06.01.11 for HSM Wooster Grace
What will an appropriate and effective Christian response to HIV be in practical terms?
There are many ways that these questions can be answered. The developers of Churches, Channels of Hope chose to find practical pointers for a truthful Christian response that may help Christians in diverse circumstances and situations. Therefore a number of “guiding principles” have been selected. All guiding principles are developed from and based on Scripture.
The makeup and actions of the family tell about our priorities and beliefs. This lesson is to encourage our families to draw closer together and provide a lasting influence.
This message was presented during our Friends and Family day. We had many visitors present and this lesson was to encourage those who did not have a church family.
Short slide presentation on how to care for disaster victims. Ultra-basic and cursory to help high school students on a short term missions trip be equipped to serve with some elemental teaching. Presented by Pastor Daron Butler, Pastor of Cross-cultural Ministries 06.01.11 for HSM Wooster Grace
What will an appropriate and effective Christian response to HIV be in practical terms?
There are many ways that these questions can be answered. The developers of Churches, Channels of Hope chose to find practical pointers for a truthful Christian response that may help Christians in diverse circumstances and situations. Therefore a number of “guiding principles” have been selected. All guiding principles are developed from and based on Scripture.
God wants us all to have a Blessed Life. As a man who has lived a full and adventurous life, I share that Jesus' teachings on how to acquire a Blessed Life are true.
This is a presentation to the Presbytery of Whitewater Valley on September 12, 2009 to intruduce them to the power of stories in understanding how change and identity work in congregations, both to help utilize conflict and to enhance mission and growth.
Presentación del proyecto de Implementación de estrategias de trabajo colaborativo en la práctica educativa en el Instituto Técnico Superior Industrial de Barrancabermeja
God wants us all to have a Blessed Life. As a man who has lived a full and adventurous life, I share that Jesus' teachings on how to acquire a Blessed Life are true.
This is a presentation to the Presbytery of Whitewater Valley on September 12, 2009 to intruduce them to the power of stories in understanding how change and identity work in congregations, both to help utilize conflict and to enhance mission and growth.
Presentación del proyecto de Implementación de estrategias de trabajo colaborativo en la práctica educativa en el Instituto Técnico Superior Industrial de Barrancabermeja
This course will discuss how the church, through KOINONA, is the demonstration of the character of the Kingdom of God & how it can begin Building a Small Piece of that Kingdom. This will include understanding & deciding which issues are essential & which are non-essential as we seek to fulfill our mission. It will also begin defining a cell group.
This course will discuss how the church, through KOINONA, is the demonstration of the character of the Kingdom of God & how it can begin Building a Small Piece of that Kingdom. This will include understanding & deciding which issues are essential & which are non-essential as we seek to fulfill our mission. It will also begin defining a cell group.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
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GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
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In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
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Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
National Security Agency - NSA mobile device best practices
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Now that you’ve looked at some ways a congregation can move through conflict and come out healthier on the other side, let me let you in on a basic insight about conflict that has given us hope in every situation we’ve encountered. It “change.” As strange as it may seem, we think change can be a good thing for congregations, and it helps us to see conflict in more constructive way.
Here’s the baseline of our experience with congregations in conflict. … (say what’s on the slide) . The conflict usually also involves some unpleasant interactions and pain and hurt and sometimes betrayal among members and leaders of congregations. But looking beyond the immediate difficulty of the conflict, we find it’s helpful to see what’s prompted this time of upset. The conflict did not just crop up out of nowhere. It is a kind of turbulence that always invoves some sort of change.
So how does change work and how in the world can it be hopeful? When I started working with the Justinsburg church, here’s what I found. They had endured four pastorates that had started hopefully and ended badly. Twenty years ago they had moved from their old site on Main Street, out to the bypass on a beautiful 10 acre lot. They have had three building projects, the latest of which was the addition of the beautiful “family life center” (also known as a gym). In those 20 years membership has gone up and down with the ups and downs of pastoral relationships. When I asked them about what was happening in the community around them, they told me the county was growing and changing, which is another kind of change, but one which suggests the congregation could be growing, too, but they’re not. Instead they’ve been busy playing victims of their pastors and of that mean old Presbytery. All of these changes had made for a very troubled and anxious congregation, as you might imagine. Now enter the new pastor who decided to embrace change and try to help them get back on track. The troubles were real, and the pastoral difficulties were not good, but looking at all the changes that had happened in twenty years, it’s not too surprising that they had experienced conflict. So how does change actually work in congregational conflict?
From studies in biology and physics and sociology we know three things about organisms which includes the organism known as a congregation. First is that every organism and organizes itself, creating its own unique way of being in the world. The way it organizes itself helps it keep in balance with all the shifts and changes around it. Congregations have structures that help keep them in balance—the formal structures of the session, the staff, the groups such as the choir, the Sunday school, the Presbyterian Women, and the informal structures that provide support and leadership, such as the matriarchs and patriarchs. Each sub-unit organizes itself through roles and rules and rituals, like who belongs, who does what when, and how they spend their time together. The best balance or steady state in a congregation comes when these structures are open, transparent, shared widely, and when they’re flexible, able to shift and adapt to new situations. For example, do we always have to have 24 people on the session or is it possible to shift that number to better represent a smaller congregational membership or a different understanding of the roles of the session?
The second things we know about change is that in order to be alive and to survive an organism or an organization can’t be so steady and balanced that there are no places where things are a little bit unstable. In this “map” of a congregation, notice the red and wavy lines. At the Justinsburg church that represents the “flap” that occurred when the property committee changed the locks on the entire building and only gave out keys to those who actually had a role or function that required them to get into the church when no one else was around. Needless to say, those who did not get keys were upset and they tried to cause a little trouble. This is a sign not of doom, but that the church is alive and well. Here are some other events or changes that create their smaller or larger centers of instability. Mention each of the bullets above with a very brief commentary on each.
We learn the third fact about change from the study of cell biology. Cells, tiny organisms that are the basis of life, are constantly subject to changes when the environment around them changes. But the biologists have discovered that when the transformation is taking place, some essential part of the cell’s “identity” is surrounded by a protective “shield” and the new cell continues to be the same basic kind of cell but in a new version. I think congregations fear change because they are afraid they’ll lose their identity, they’ll lose their history and their stories. But here’s the good news—”We’re still us!” Out of the creative instability of the new pastor’s leadership with them, the Justinsburg church went through a gathering of strengths and ideas and arrived at a new sense of their identity and their mission and purpose. But it was not completely new. It was the same basic familiar identity of the congregation, but a newer, more flexible, more focused version or translation of itself.
So we would like to suggest to you that there is a hopeful wisdom in every congregational conflict. Instead of seeing conflict as a negative or destructive phenomenon (although of course it can be if it’s not utilized in hopeful ways), we think it plays a postive role in the life of a congregation. In fact, a situation of conflict points to the changes God desires for that church and brings out the need of the congregation to look to its own good health. Our task, “should we choose to accept it” is to find that wisdom and utilize it. One of the ways we recommend in our approach to conflict utilization is by carefully looking at the changes in and around the congregation.
So we invite you to get back in your groups and talk about changes you see. Name at least one change that you see happening in your church.