![]() The next time, I used less butter, less cream and more broccoli and worried I was becoming a total bore because it was still to me more rich than it needed to be. almost cruelly delicious but seriously, if I want a cheese sauce, I promise, I will always just make one. So, I got to Googling and mashed up several well-rated recipes with overlapped ingredients and brought to the table that night something that was basically a rich cheese sauce with a few flecks of broccoli - i.e. I didn’t want to know why a cheddar cheese soup base was an obsession of so many people.īut once it got in my head, no amount of earnest effort could distract me for long. I mean, just consider all of the ways our lives have been ruined by finding how ridiculous brown butter and sea salt flakes are in crispy treats, or what happens when you make saltine crack into an ice cream sandwich, or butter in tomato sauce. Sure, I had heard of the soup, but it always seemed to be in that category of foods it was better not to investigate. I think a comment got it started and even though I can no longer find it, I’ll never forgive it. can cream style corn10.5 oz.For reasons I cannot - for once, I mean, good riddance - articulate, I spent half the summer, the half I was gestating this tiny moppet, with a nonstop craving for broccoli cheddar soup, something I’d never actually eaten before. frozen chopped broccoli, thawed and drained16 oz. chicken in a biscuit crackers (crumbled)10 oz. ![]() Notes: Broccoli and Corn Casserole - Recipe, 1/2 c.
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![]() The Small Claims Division of the Alameda County Superior Court operates a special Small Claims Court where you can resolve disputes quickly and inexpensively. You can reach the Supervising Judge for the Civil Division by calling (510) 267-6939 or emailing Claims Division The Supervising Judge of the Civil Court and of ADM is the Hon. You can reach the Clerk’s Office for the Civil Division by calling (510) 267-6911. The Civil Division encourages the use of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) to resolve disputes between the parties. The Civil Division hears non-criminal cases that are not family, juvenile, or probate cases. You can reach the Presiding Judge by calling (510) 891-6040 or emailing Alameda County Superior Court Divisions The Presiding Judge of the Alameda County Superior Court is the Hon. The Juvenile Division operates out of the Juvenile Justice Center at 2500 Fairmont Drive, Suite C3013, San Leandro, CA 94578, which can be reached by calling (510) 618-1106. You can reach John George Psychiatric Pavilion by calling (510) 891-6332. The John George Psychiatric Pavilion handles mental health cases and is located at 2060 Fairmont Drive, San Leandro, CA 94578. Manuel Courthouse, which is located at 661 Washington Street, Oakland, CA 94607, handles civil and traffic matters and can be reached by calling (510) 627-4700. The Administration Building at 1221 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94612, houses the Civil Division. The Hayward Hall of Justice at 24405 Amador Street, Hayward, CA 94544, hears civil and family matters and can be reached by calling (510) 690-2700. The Fremont Hall of Justice, located at 39439 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538, also handles criminal and traffic matters and can be reached by calling (510) 818-7500. You can reach the East County Hall of Justice by calling (925) 227-6700. The East County Hall of Justice of the Alameda County Superior Court handles criminal and traffic matters and is located at 5151 Gleason Drive, Dublin, CA 94568. ![]() Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, and can be reached by calling (510) 647-4439. The Berkeley Courthouse, which handles Probate, is located at 2120 Martin Luther King, Jr. McDonald Hall of Justice, located at 2233 ShoreLine Drive, Alameda, CA 94501, contains the Record Management Unit and Settlement Units and can be reached by calling (510) 891-6005. It houses the Civil, Criminal, Probate, and Mental Health Divisions. Davidson Courthouse is located at 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612, and can be reached by calling (510) 891-6000. The Court operates out of ten separate locations. In order to serve its population and achieve its mission, the Superior Court of Alameda County is divided into the following eight divisions: Civil, Family, Criminal, Juvenile, Probate, Small Claims, Traffic, and Collaborative Courts Divisions. The judges and employees are committed to ensuring equal access to court services and enhancing public confidence in the court system.” The employees of the Court shall strive for service excellence and, through their dedication and professionalism, implement the policies and procedures established by the judiciary and legislature. In its mission statement, the Alameda County Superior Court states that it shall “fairly and efficiently resolve disputes arising under the law and shall apply the law consistently, impartially, and independently to protect the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitutions of California and the United States. The county has an area of 813 square miles, making it the seventh largest county in California. Alameda County is home to over 1.6 million people living in 14 incorporated cities, six unincorporated communities, and various rural areas. 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![]() This helped for all of us to have a greater bond that our school provided for us. Most of the students in my graduating class I've known since elementary. Our school might've been small, and way way different from public schools, but for me it was a good place to be myself. Parent involvement was able an important thing at our school for events, fundraising, and for their own students. ![]() Throughout the 13 yrs of experience being there, I've always had a really good teacher- student experience as our classes were small. But from time to time we wanted to do something fun and we finally incorporated events like homecoming, volleyball teams, soccer teams, more dances, pep rallys. Academics have always been a priority at my school pushing all of us to go to colleges and get scholarships. This year, as my last year in this school I could really say my school has become better. “They say well, ‘am I going to have my teacher,’ and I say, ‘no, you’re going to have a new teacher.’ (Not having) a smaller group of kids in each class the attention from the teachers.”ĭe Leon tells us Jubilee Academies is doing its best to keep teachers with their current students.Ĭopyright 2023 by KSAT - All rights reserved.Alum: I have assisted to Harmony Science Academy- Dallas from Kindergarten all the way to 12th grade. “Some of them (students) are already saying, ‘we’re not going to meet each other anymore.’” Rodriguez said. Mike Rockwood shares first message as HPISD Superintendent. It has 1,092 students in grades 7-8 with a student-teacher ratio of 16. Parents and students still have concerns. The Highland Park ISD Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Kim Banuelos as the new principal at University Park Elementary School during the June 20 school board meeting. Highland Park Middle School is a highly rated, public school located in DALLAS, TX. The charter school district will offer bus transportation with drop off and pick up at the Highland Park campus through the end of the school year. We asked De Leon about making the changes during the school year, and he said, “If we didn’t rip the Band-Aid off now, there would be more pain later.” Adding that finishing the school year would have left Jubilee with a deficit of $1.5 million.ĭe Leon said students can transfer to Jubilee Highland Hills or Jubilee San Antonio. “When I heard that the school was closing, it was very heart-wrenching,” Regalado said.Īssociate Director of School Development Abel De Leon tells us the campus currently has 210 students, and they needed 300 to keep it operational. “It was very emotional, we couldn’t believe it,” Santillano said.įor Judy Regalado, the school’s closing was difficult. “Everybody got disappointed it was like a last-minute thing,” Rodriguez said.Īdriana Santillano felt a slew of emotions when she heard the news. Parents like Dora Rodriguez shared similar sentiments. By August 31, Jubilee Academies notified parents that Highland Park would close, and students would begin at one of its other campuses by September 18. Their little ones started class at the East Drexel Avenue campus on August 14. ![]() Many parents said they’re frustrated with the closure. “You go to starting school and shutting it down and giving us two weeks that’s not good,” Judy Regalado, whose child attends the campus, said. Jubilee Academies Highland Park campus students and staff will start at a new school this month. SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio charter school is closing its doors just weeks into the new school year. ![]() To create the decision tree, I used the DecisionTreeClassifier within the scikit-learn package (refer to the documentation for further information). Wine_data = pd.read_csv( '', names = wine_names)Īfter importing the pandas library and the wine dataset, I converted the dataset to a pandas DataFrame. 'Flavanoids', 'Nonflavanoid phenols', 'Proanthocyanins', 'Color intensity', 'Hue', 'OD280/OD315',\ ![]() Wine_names = ['Class', 'Alcohol', 'Malic acid', 'Ash', 'Alcalinity of ash', 'Magnesium', 'Total phenols', \ Each observation is from one of three cultivars (represented as the ‘Class’ feature), with 13 constituent features that are the result of a chemical analysis. The wine dataset provides 178 clean observations of wine grown in the same region in Italy. The data we’ll use to build our model is from the UCI Machine Learning Repository. Installation instructions can be found here. To implement the algorithm, I’ll be using the free community edition of ActivePython 3.6. Commonly known as “bagging,” his technique creates an additional number of training sets by sampling uniformly and with replacement from the original training set. Yet another strategy to improve decision tree models was developed by Leo Breiman in this paper.In the case of regression trees, the loss function weights each leaf within the tree differently, such that leaves that predict well are rewarded and those that do not are punished. Several years later, Jerome Friedman published a paper outlining another strategy for improving any predictive algorithm that he called generalized gradient “boosting,” which involves minimizing an arbitrary loss function.His paper elucidated an algorithm to improve the predictive power of decision trees: grow an ensemble of decision trees on the same dataset, and use them all to predict the target variable. Tin Kam Ho first introduced random forest predictors in the mid-1990s.Coupled with ensemble methods that data scientists have developed, like boosting and bagging, they can achieve surprisingly high predictability.Ī brief history may help with understanding how boosting and bagging came about: Without any fine tuning of the algorithm, decision trees produce moderately successful results. This elegant simplicity does not limit the powerful predictive ability of models based on decision trees. ![]() Figure 1: Decision treeĪs you can see, the tree is a simple and easy way to visualize the results of an algorithm, and understand how decisions are made. In our case, the features are Alcohol and OD280/OD315, and the target variables are the Class of each observation (0,1 or 2). Each branch (i.e., the vertical lines in figure 1 below) corresponds to a feature, and each leaf represents a target variable. At the same time, they offer significant versatility: they can be used for building both classification and regression predictive models.ĭecision tree algorithms work by constructing a “tree.” In this case, based on an Italian wine dataset, the tree is being used to classify different wines based on alcohol content (e.g., greater or less than 12.9%) and degree of dilution (e.g., an OD280/OD315 value greater or less than 2.1). One of the advantages of the decision trees over other machine learning algorithms is how easy they make it to visualize data. The code that I use in this article can be found here.ĭecision tree learning is a common type of machine learning algorithm. I’ll also demonstrate how to create a decision tree in Python using ActivePython by ActiveState, and compare two ensemble techniques, Random Forest bagging and extreme gradient boosting, that are based on decision tree learning. In this post I’ll take a look at how they each work, compare their features and discuss which use cases are best suited to each decision tree algorithm implementation. Random Forest and XGBoost are two popular decision tree algorithms for machine learning. Photo: What to Consider When Choosing the Best Clock Radio
And there are three sealed, removable layers inside, so this pillow is easier to customize than any others we tried. The Sleep Number ComfortFit Pillow Ultimate is one of the loftiest shredded-foam pillows we’ve tested. Sleep Number has recently changed its no-return policy to a 100-day return policy by mail, and the company also provides a one-year limited warranty on its pillows. Most of our testers (even some back- and side-sleepers, who generally prefer shredded foam) found a comfortable height and enjoyed the cushioned support of the PlushComfort Pillow Ultimate. But the PlushComfort Pillow Ultimate includes all three options in one pillow: It comes with three sealed, removable layers of fill to help you achieve the best fit for your body shape. Most pillows we’ve tried come in soft, medium, or firm densities. (“Down alternative” is a fluffy fill, usually polyester or rayon, that mimics the feel of down but costs much less.) ![]() The Sleep Number PlushComfort Pillow Ultimate is the only customizable down-alternative pillow we’ve ever tested, and it’s ideal for stomach-sleepers who have a hard time finding the right height. This pillow comes with a 30-day return policy and a two-year warranty. The Easy Breather comes in four sizes, including a side-sleeper version with a curved edge for your shoulder (which we haven’t yet tested). This can be a messy process, but it does let you achieve a precise fit. The pouch also has a zipper, so you can still add or remove shredded-foam filling to achieve your ideal loft. The Easy Breather was redesigned in 2021 with a softer, cooler cover, and the shredded foam is now encased in its own washable inner pouch (making it the first fully washable shredded-foam pillow we’ve tested). It’s one of the most comfortable shredded-foam pillows we’ve found, and there isn’t a persistent problem with smelly foam (which we’ve encountered with shredded-foam pillows from other companies). They take on the appearance of a small backless couch and are excellent for lounging, napping, and sleepovers.The Nest Bedding Easy Breather Pillow has been a consistent tester favorite for its firm, adjustable support. Not only are they an excellent addition to any bedroom but they also work well as additions to guest rooms as well. These luxury bean bag chairs are available in a broad range of materials and styles. Instead, the soft texture of the quilting will make this seat an eye-catching piece in the room. So, when you're moving or redecorating a room, the bean bag chair won't get tossed into the donate pile. ![]() The seams won't split like a typical bean bag chair. However, when selecting a luxurious bean bag featuring quilting and high-quality styles, they'll last for years. It isn't uncommon for bean bag chairs to only be in homes for a few years due to their subpar quality. ![]() In addition to being available in an assortment of colors, these luxury bean bags are large enough for adults to sit in them comfortably. However, you'll sink in and have that same cozy feeling you would experience in a traditional bean bag.įeaturing opulent comfort, these bean bags are soft and cushiony. ![]() Some of these chair style bean bags will offer some backrest support, but it's not as optimal as a traditional chair. The main reason is that there's no back support. However, to stay in an upright position, those sitting in it must use their core strength. These luxury bean bags feature all the comfort and style of a traditional bean bag but maintain the shape of a traditional chair. ![]() One reason is that online free tools are borne with potential risk of information leakage and unstable conversion quality, while the other reason is that offline ones bring high-quality and professional conversion results. Though there are good online free tools available to export JPG as Excel, many users still pay for an offline JPG to Excel converter in the end. I tried to upload the same testing file to ilovepdf, other online programs could process the conversion, but ilovepdf couldn’t even recognize there were tables in the PDF file.īut this doesn’t mean there are no alternatives to those best 3 converters, you can still have a try on easypdf, online-convert and other online free OCR tools to turn a JPG file to Excel format. When talking about converting JPG to Excel with ilovepdf, it is a pity that ilovepdf won’t help on this. So, if you want to recognize some simple text from an image file, smallpdf worth a try. According to my test, smallpdf cannot fully recognize the text and there is no formatting retained. The answer is Yes, but similar to Zamzar, you will need to save JPG as PDF first, then convert PDF to Excel with smallpdf. However, they all fall short on the conversion quality.įor example, many users are wondering if they can convert JPG to Excel with smallpdf. There are other online JPG to Excel converters available and I did tested them to find out if there are more options to convert JPG to Excel online free. What About Other Online Free JPG to Excel Converters? Click “Convert Now” to turn JPG file to Excel format.Choose output as PDF, then click “Convert Now” to save JPG as PDF first.Steps to Convert JPG to Excel Online Free with Zamzar Only 2 files can be converted for free.Output needs manual adjustment when working on complicate files.Even, Zamzar allows users to convert virtually all files, such as videos, audios, documents, ebooks, archives, etc. And the reason why I still put this on the top 3 list is due to its capability to yield good conversion quality as other 2 online free converters. In fact, Zamzar doesn’t allow to convert JPG to Excel directly, you will need to save the JPG file as PDF first, then convert PDF to Excel. Once the conversion finishes, download the Excel file.Click “Convert” to change JPG to Excel. ![]() Click “Select file” to add JPG files to the program.Steps to Convert JPG to Excel Online Free with OnlineOCR Output needs manual adjustments when working on complicate files.Preview results before downloading Excel output.Even, you are allowed to preview the conversion results before downloading the Excel file. It is super easy to use and can recognize more than 40 languages in the file. OnlineOCR is another online free JPG to Excel converter with accurate OCR results and good formatting. Preserve original file layout and formatting Īllow to add password to the PDF output Free download #2 OnlineOCR Ĭonvert native, scanned and protected PDF to 16 formats Once the conversion finishes, the Excel will be downloaded automatically, save it to your device.Ĭonvert JPG, PNG and other images to Excel, Word, searchable PDF, etc.Click “Convert” to turn JPG to Excel format.(Optional) In the preferences option, customize the Excel output as needed.Choose output as Excel and select the file language in OCR options.Click “Select files” to add JPG files into the program.Steps to Convert JPG to Excel Online Free with Online2pdf Poor quality when working on complicate files;.Support native PDF, scanned PDF and images.In my test, I captured a table and saved in JPG format, online2pdf helped to recognize the tables in original formatting. The greatest part of using this tool is the high-quality conversion result. Online2pdf is a powerful file converter, allowing users to convert PDF and images, also helping on editing, compressing, unlocking, protecting, merging PDFs. Whenever I was asked to recommend an online free tool to convert files, online2pdf is always on the top of my list. So, we will start with the top list of 3 best online free JPG to Excel converters. Anything that costs nothing but does the job for you is attractive. If you are new to convert JPG to Excel, you may be looking for an online free JPG to Excel ocr converters as many other users do, since they are free and super easy to use. How to Convert JPG to Excel with Adobe Acrobat?ģ Best JPG to Excel Converter-Online Free.Best JPG to Excel OCR Converter for Windows.Best JPG to Excel OCR Converter for Mac.3 Best JPG to Excel Converter-Online Free. Given below is a list which illustrates ten largest drugs and medicines exporting countries as per 2013 statistics. Germany, Switzerland and Belgium have highest share in world’s export of drugs and medicine. Indian drugs are exported to more than 200 countries in the world, with US being the key market. India is the 12th largest exporter of medical goods in the world. ![]() Several countries are dominant in medicine manufacturing which export them as well. Exports of Drugs & Pharmaceuticals was estimated to be at US 2.48 billion in March, 2023 and shared 6.47 of the total exports of the month. The United States of America (USA) has the distinction of being the largest producer of medicines in the world. Production and export is also concentrated in a few key products and in a relatively small number of companies, which often have factories and offices in many countries. Two-thirds of the value of medicines produced globally is accounted for by firms with headquarters in just five countries – the USA, Japan, Germany, France and the UK. import of a given product) and 247 partner economies (the origin of the import), the database covers the largest part of world trade and is considered the. Sales of commodity group 3006 from Pakistan went up by 1. The combined share of middle- and low-income countries decreased from 10.9% to 7.1% over the same period. The value of exports of commodity group 3006 'Pharmaceutical goods specified in Note 4 to this Chapter.' from Pakistan totalled 4.99 million in 2021. High-income countries are world’s leader in world pharmaceutical industry(by value) with share increased from 89.1% in 1985 to 92.9% in 1999. ![]() China and India offer lower-price medicines and rapidly expanding its export with its global competitive prices. They can be made from a variety of materials, including stainless steel, plastic, and glass.Medicine production has grown four times from 1985 to 1999 and is mostly concentrated in industrialized countries. ![]() Ranking Medical Instruments ranks 262nd in the Product Complexity Index (PCI).ĭescription Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences are used to help diagnose diseases. Tariffs In 2018 the average tariff for Medical Instruments was 3.57%, making it the 1084th lowest tariff using the HS4 product classification. Imports In 2021 the top importers of Medical Instruments were United States ($31.9B), Germany ($11.9B), Netherlands ($11.7B), China ($10.7B), and Japan ($6.69B). They include Instruments, appliances for medical, etc science, nes, Needles, catheters, cannulae etc, (medical), Electro-diagnostic apparatus, nes, Syringes, with or without needles, Instruments and appliances, used in dentistry, Ophthalmic instruments and appliances, Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures, Electro-cardiographs, Dental drill engines, and Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus, among others.Įxports In 2021 the top exporters of Medical Instruments were United States ($30.2B), Germany ($18.9B), Mexico ($12.2B), Netherlands ($11.9B), and China ($11.2B). Medical Instruments are a part of Optical, photo, & film equipment medical instruments. Australia’s economic and health response to COVID-19 has been among the best in the world. ![]() Trade in Medical Instruments represent 0.71% of total world trade. Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of drugs and medicines from 2019 to 2020 were: Slovenia (up 42.2), Ireland (up 28.8), India (up 13.5. With 8,300 doctors in Cuba before they were ordered home on Nov. Between 20 the exports of Medical Instruments grew by 13%, from $133B to $150B. Brazil paid around 3,600 per doctor per month to the Cuban government, according to the Brazilian health ministry. In 2021, Medical Instruments were the world's 14th most traded product, with a total trade of $150B. Overview This page contains the latest trade data of Medical Instruments. ![]() ![]() When a bigger guy comes over, people tend to listen more. What’s the secret to finding a good person to work security? I did all the initial hiring for the club with John Lee, the GM. One day, I was at the bank and a gentleman came up to me and said, “I like your style,” I thought he was BSing me-”I’m opening the world’s largest gentlemen’s club.” I went into the office the next day. Then I started doing promotions at Baby’s nightclub inside the Hard Rock. I was basically taking care of all his clients, checking them into hotel rooms, making sure there were no problems whatsoever. I got recruited to work out here through an independent junket host, who had players from overseas. I worked the door at a club out there called Empire. Make a Kamikaze and I’m good to go.ģ025 Sammy Davis Jr. When they’re on duty, I’ll let them in and they can walk around. Most Metro cops that come here armed, they’ll walk back, put their pistol in the car and come right back. She said, ‘I will never respond to you guys if you call for us.’ That was very surprising to me. Our policy is that you’ve got to put the gun away in our safe. I said look, you can’t come in here with that gun. What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen working the door? We have a DJ on Friday and Saturday nights. We open up the backyard and people roller skate the third Wednesday of every month. You’ve got Jenga and beer pong in the back. I always say it’s like a grown-up’s Dave & Busters. What’s unique about the Gold Spike? What makes it special? My impression has always been the Gold Spike is a very safe place. You’re seeing them in Louis Vuitton and Gucci now. You don’t usually see them in colors anymore. If you’ve got the same color on-all red or all blue-that might not be the person you want in here. When you’re walking in intoxicated and pushing people, that person shouldn’t be here. Most people with common sense would know how to detect. What are the telltale signs of trouble you know how to detect that the average person doesn’t? They can blend in downtown and nobody would even know… Biker gangs, we look out for them too. We get a lot more-I wouldn’t say trouble downtown, but… We have more L.A. It’s much more affordable than the Strip. What’s the biggest difference between those venues and a place like the Gold Spike? ![]() I’ve worked at strip clubs, nightclubs on the Strip and all around downtown. I work for Gold Spike, but under the umbrella of DTP (the Downtown Project). In the latest edition of A Night at the Door, we dive into Vegas at the moment it comes alive-and hear from the people who hold the line in three very different ways.Ģ17 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, NV 89101, Īlmost five years. With his tall, lean frame, Lloyd Garcia doesn’t seem imposing at first glance, but he carries himself with an authority earned from years of working clubs up and down the Strip. The largest of these, Hakkasan Nightclub at the MGM Grand, holds thousands of people and spans three levels of lounges, plus a main floor where the world’s most famous DJs-Tiesto, Steve Aoki, Calvin Harris-take the stage well after midnight it’s a place where even the VIP line moves slowly. Of course, the center of the action is on the Strip, a four-mile slice of Las Vegas Boulevard littered with hotels, casinos, restaurants and clubs. Known for its outdoor fire pits and jumbo beer pong and Jenga sets, Gold Spike is where you’ll see Howard Faagata, an easygoing, broad-shouldered man who runs security operations under the oversight of the Downtown Project the neighborhood rejuvenation campaign is headed by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, who relocated his company’s headquarters into the old City Hall campus in 2012. But there are also plenty of locals who have little reason to ever hit the Strip.Īt Gold Spike, a two-minute walk from the neon chaos of the Fremont Street Experience-a touristy five-block stretch of downtown casinos transformed into a pedestrian mall-both post-shift industry types and guests from the adjacent Oasis boutique hotel find a place of respite. There are bachelor parties and trade show attendees blowing money on VIP tables, lap dances and slot machines. We all know the tagline-“What happens here, stays here”-but not everyone is here for the same reasons. Sin City built its reputation by marketing equal doses of excitement and discretion. As the glow of casino marquees illuminates the skyline, voices get louder, dresses get tighter and inhibitions begin to fade. Everything changes in Las Vegas when the sun goes down. |
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