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The Real World is a collection of practical ideas to empower young
adults as they enter and adjust to the real world. The ideas are
simple, straightforward and easy to adapt; no major life changes
are needed (though some could result). Most high schools and
colleges still focus primarily on academics and ignore teaching
practical skills needed to thrive in the real world. Role models
for young adults are often entertainers, Olympic athletes and
sports figures, all of whom devote much time to achieve their
goals. Self-help media most often teach about major changes that
are needed to succeed with a new approach to living. Instead, The
Real World offers simple yet powerful ideas that can be harnessed
immediately and successfully to one's life without a "major
internal overhaul." Some of the book's more than 160 powerful ideas
include how to: -Interview successfully and enter the workforce
-Get great reference letters -Think for oneself -Begin building
wealth (even with student loans) -Manage time effectively
-Communicate clearly in business and personal relationships
This state-of-the-art survey features topics related to the impact
of multicore, manycore, and coprocessor technologies in science and
for large-scale applications in an interdisciplinary environment.
The papers cover issues of current research in mathematical
modeling, design of parallel algorithms, aspects of microprocessor
architecture, parallel programming languages, hardware-aware
computing, heterogeneous platforms, manycore technologies,
performance tuning, and requirements for large-scale applications.
The contributions presented in this volume offer a survey on the
state of the art, the concepts and perspectives for future
developments. They are an outcome of an inspiring conference
conceived and organized by the editors at the Karlsruhe Institute
Technology (KIT) in September 2011. The twelve revised full papers
presented together with two contributed papers focus on combination
of new aspects of microprocessor technologies, parallel
applications, numerical simulation, and software development; thus
they clearly show the potential of emerging technologies in the
area of multicore and manycore processors that are paving the way
towards personal supercomputing and very likely towards exascale
computing.
This state-of-the-art survey features topics related to the impact
of multicore, manycore, and coprocessor technologies in science and
large-scale applications in an interdisciplinary environment. The
papers included in this survey cover research in mathematical
modeling, design of parallel algorithms, aspects of microprocessor
architecture, parallel programming languages, hardware-aware
computing, heterogeneous platforms, manycore technologies,
performance tuning, and requirements for large-scale applications.
The contributions presented in this volume are an outcome of an
inspiring conference conceived and organized by the editors at the
University of Applied Sciences (HfT) in Stuttgart, Germany, in
September 2012. The 10 revised full papers selected from 21
submissions are presented together with the twelve poster abstracts
and focus on combination of new aspects of microprocessor
technologies, parallel applications, numerical simulation, and
software development; thus they clearly show the potential of
emerging technologies in the area of multicore and manycore
processors that are paving the way towards personal supercomputing
and very likely towards exascale computing.
We live in a much more turbulent world than we like to think, but
the science we use to analyze economic, financial, and statistical
events mostly disregards the world's essentially chaotic nature. We
need to get used to the idea that wildly improbable events are
actually part of the natural order. The renowned Hungarian
mathematician and psychologist Laszlo Mero explains how the wild
and mild worlds (which he names Wildovia and Mildovia) coexist, and
that different laws apply to each. Even if we live in an ultimately
wild universe, he argues, we're better off pretending that it obeys
Mildovian laws. Doing so may amount to a self-fulfilling prophecy
and create an island of predictability in a very rough sea. Perched
on the ragged border between economics and complexity theory, Mero
proposes to extend the reach of science to subjects previously
considered outside its grasp: the unpredictable, unrepeatable,
highly improbable events we commonly call "miracles."
In State of the Heart , David Kramer takes us on a journey of
Israel's humanitarian efforts that began more than 70 years ago and
continues unabated throughout the world today. In this
extraordinary and inspiring collection of over 50 stories, personal
interviews, and photographs, David describes the benevolence and
altruism that characterizes the nation of Israel. He engages the
reader with narratives that identify and provide a glimpse into the
compassionate soul of the Israeli people. Featured in these
accounts are descriptions of life-saving technology and innovation,
helping the disabled and teens at risk, managing food collection
and distribution programs for the disadvantaged, immigrant
absorption and elder care, infertility programs, women's
empowerment and human rights, rescuing victims in the aftermath of
natural disasters worldwide, developing and providing life-saving
solutions to those in developing nations, cleaning up and
protecting the environment, and so much more. State of the Heart
captures the unique level of concern, care and uncompromising sense
of mission, undertaken by Israelis, within Israel and around the
globe.
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