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KDnuggets™ News 20:n18, May 6: Five Cool Python Libraries for Data Science; NLP Recipes: Best Practices

5 cool Python libraries for Data Science; NLP Recipes: Best Practices and Examples; Deep Learning: The Free eBook; Demystifying the AI Infrastructure Stack; and more.




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Best Coronavirus Projections, Predictions, Dashboards and Data Resources

Check out this curated collection of coronavirus-related projections, dashboards, visualizations, and data that we have encountered on the internet.




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Explaining “Blackbox” Machine Learning Models: Practical Application of SHAP

Train a "blackbox" GBM model on a real dataset and make it explainable with SHAP.




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Top April Stories: Mathematics for Machine Learning: The Free eBook

Also: Introducing MIDAS: A New Baseline for Anomaly Detection in Graphs; The Super Duper NLP Repo: 100 Ready-to-Run Colab Notebooks; Five Cool Python Libraries for Data Science.




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India's cotton yarn exports to fall to a decade low: ICRA




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Vishal Fabrics partially resumes manufacturing in Gujarat




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Microsoft Advertising UI: What’s new (so far)

Love it or hate it, the double sidebar makes context switching a lot easier as you move between ad accounts or from other search engines.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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Soapbox: Customer-centricity in the new normal

All our underlying assumptions about what makes consumers tick need to be pressure-tested.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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Shopify launches post-COVID POS, Yelp rolls out omnichannel tools for SMBs

The companies are part of a shift toward deeper integration between online and offline operations.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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Not just martech: Vendors go all-in on professional services to speed digital transformation

For many sophisticated marketing technology platforms, it is nearly impossible to be a technology-only company.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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Community update from CEO Dale Dickson - 1 April 2020

The City of Gold Coast continues to take action in line with the advice being provided at a State and Federal level to minimise the spread of the Novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Our staff are part of a larger front line team including health workers and police, keeping the city running and the community safe in these difficult times.

They are working around the clock to ensure essential services such as water and waste services and traffic management continue.

We are implementing necessary changes to protect the health and safety of the public with our cleaning and maintenance teams increasing their level of service in public spaces.

We thank you for your patience in allowing our staff to go about their daily work with respect, while practising social distancing.

There will be no tolerance for abuse, aggression or violence against our staff, who, like you, are undergoing personal stress at this difficult time.

Please remember we are all in this together.

Additionally, the City is asking everyone to change the way you do business with us.

I urge everyone to access our services online – you can do the following on-line at you own convenience:

 

  • register your dog
  • apply for a licence, permit or development application
  • make service requests and track their progress
  • perform property searches
  • lodge and track licence and permit applications

 

Register for MyAccount on our website – a secure one-stop shop for all our services.

 

Visit cityofgoldcoast.com.au/myaccount

 

You can also access MyAccount from your mobile device through your internet browser, save it as a website shortcut for quick access.

 

For urgent enquiries you can phone our customer service staff 1300 GOLDCOAST

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Dot & Key Water Drench Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum Concentrate

As usual, my dilemma for finding the perfect moisturizer has not yet solved. So, after using the hyaluronic acid serum (Marine Hyaluronics) from The Ordinary, this is my second hyaluronic acid serum and I was and was completely unsure of what to expect. The best part is I am writing the review almost a month […]

The post Dot & Key Water Drench Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum Concentrate appeared first on Perfect Skin Care for you.




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How to Stop Getting Sick all the time after a serious illness?

Usually, you are more prone to infections due to a weakened immune system. In my case, my lower body muscles had stiffened up and it had become extremely difficult for me to sit on the floor or squat or even bend for a few seconds. Body needs a lot of rest after undergoing a serious ailment. Instead of pushing the your body, understand the body’s needs and abilities and respect it. This is a temporary phase and it will recover, do not worry. In the meantime, eat healthy and protect your body from all factors which may make you fall sick.

The post How to Stop Getting Sick all the time after a serious illness? appeared first on Perfect Skin Care for you.




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Senior UK medic confident "R" contagion number below 1 across country

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's deputy chief medical officer said on Saturday he was confident the coronavirus "R" number, a measure of the rate of contagion, was below 1 across the United Kingdom. "I am confident that our R is less than 1 overall," Jonathan Van-Tam said at the government's daily news briefing

The post Senior UK medic confident "R" contagion number below 1 across country appeared first on Firstpost.




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Leading Through Conflict

Mark Gerzon, mediation expert and author of "Leading Through Conflict: How Successful Leaders Transform Differences into Opportunities."




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Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators

Chris Trimble, Tuck School of Business faculty and coauthor of "Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators: From Idea to Execution."




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What Is Wikinomics?

Don Tapscott, CEO of New Paradigm and coauthor of "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything."




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Made to Stick

Chip Heath, Stanford Graduate School of Business professor and coauthor of "Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die."




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Competing on Analytics

Tom Davenport and Jeanne Harris, authors of "Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning."




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Preparing for a Pandemic

Dr. Leonard Marcus and Dr. Barry Dorn of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative.




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Authentic Leadership

Bill George, Harvard Business School professor and author of "True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership".




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What Makes Gen Xers Tick?

Tammy Erickson, McKinsey Award-winning author.




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How to Manage Conflict

Gill Corkindale, executive coach and former management editor of the Financial Times.




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Where Does Strategic Innovation Come From?

George Stalk, senior partner at The Boston Consulting Group and author of "Five Future Strategies You Need Right Now."




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Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life

Stewart Friedman, Wharton School professor and author of "Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life."




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Should Managers Have a Green Hippocratic Oath?

Rakesh Khurana, Harvard Business School professor.




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Authenticity – What Voters (and Consumers) Really Want

Joseph Pine and James Gilmore, founders of Strategic Horizons LLP and authors of "Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want."




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Picking the Right Transition Strategy

Michael Watkins, cofounder of Genesis Advisers and author of the HBR article "Picking the Right Transition Strategy."




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Is Transparency Always the Best Policy?

Paul Levy, president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.




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How to Be Strategic with Your Workforce

Dick Beatty, professor of human resource management at Rutgers University and coauthor of "The Differentiated Workforce."




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Restoring American Competitiveness

Gary Pisano, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of the HBR article "Restoring American Competitiveness."




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How to Cut Costs – Strategically

Cesare Mainardi, managing director of Booz & Company and coauthor of "Cut Costs, Grow Stronger."




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Making Time Off Predictable and Required

Leslie Perlow, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of the HBR article "Making Time Off Predictable--and Required."




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Copenhagen’s Unofficial Cleantech Carnival

Nicholas Eisenberger, managing principal of GreenOrder, joins us from Copenhagen.




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Better Decisions Through Analytics

Tom Davenport, Babson College professor and coauthor of "Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results."




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How Iconoclasts Think

Gregory Berns, the Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics at Emory University and author of "Iconoclast."




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The Subtleties of Strategic Swearing

Bob Sutton, Stanford University professor and author of "The No Asshole Rule."




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When the Corporate Ladder Becomes a Lattice

Cathleen Benko, vice chairman and chief talent officer for Deloitte LLP and coauthor of "The Corporate Lattice."




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Talent Analytics: How Do You Measure Up?

Tom Davenport, Babson College professor and coauthor of the HBR article "Competing on Talent Analytics."




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The Economics of Mass Collaboration

Don Tapscott, chairman of nGenera Insight and coauthor of "Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World."




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Defeat Criticism Before It Goes Viral

Leslie Gaines-Ross, chief reputation strategist at Weber Shandwick and author of the HBR article "Reputation Warfare."




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Post-Traumatic Growth and Building Resilience

Martin Seligman, director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the HBR article "Building Resilience."




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Ricky Gervais on Not Having a Real Job

Ricky Gervais, creator of the hit television series "The Office."




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Rebooting America’s Job Engine

Henry Nothhaft, serial entrepreneur and author of "Great Again: Revitalizing America's Entrepreneurial Leadership."




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Idea Watch: Coworkers, Bosses, and Cubicles

Dan McGinn and Scott Berinato, HBR senior editors.




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Pricing Secrets of Ticket Scalpers

Rafi Mohammed, pricing strategy consultant and author of "The 1% Windfall: How Successful Companies Use Price to Profit and Grow."




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Leading in Office, in Crisis, and in Exile

Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile, executive director of UN Women.




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Economics for Humans

Umair Haque, director of the Havas Media Labs and author of "Betterness: Economics for Humans."




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The End of Customer Service Heroes

Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, authors of "Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business."




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Restoring America’s Innovation Economy

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School professor and author of the HBR article "Enriching the Ecosystem."