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Be Aggressive
Be aggressive and steadfast in pursuit of your dreams.
mpowered Greetings. AGGRESSIVE- is the one word that popped out to me as I was passing a billboard this week. It reminded me of when I was a cheerleader; we had a chant entitled, “Be Aggressive.” What I liked about the chant is that it was versatile. There were times when we needed our defense to
be aggressive.
However, there were also
times when we needed the offense to be aggressive and make the plays happen. Either way we encourage the players to be aggressive. Today, I want you to remember, that you must be aggressive in pursuing your dreams.
As you look down the road to
success, your dreams may appear to be outside of your reach, but they are not. If you dreamed them-you can achieve them.
However, you must be aggressive in order to do so. Be aggressive and take fundamental steps that will get you closer to your dreams.
It doesn’t matter how big or small your dreams are, nor does it matter who agrees with them and who does not, you can accomplish them as long as they remain your focal point.
Be aggressive to put in the necessary time and effort that is needed to get things done. You may occasionally need to burn the midnight oil. Although you may be tired, don’t give up and don’t give out, payday is coming.
Be aggressive in the good times. Don’t slack off and become complacent when
things are going well. Remember, seasons change.
With that being said, be 10 times more aggressive in the bad times so that you can sustain yourself and make it to a better day.
When things get a little rough, you may feel like calling it quits, but hang on in there, knowing that “failure is not an option” because “the best is yet to come.”
Be aggressive, pursue your dreams.
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The Truth On Trial
scribes an individual who goes behind another per- “son’s back to give damaging information on that individual or individuals. Many of us were introduced to this word while on the playground. Some of us were introduced to
the word “snitch” while on the prison ground.
However, wherever we met the term, experience taught us to avoid it, even when the information it brought was credible. In other words, a snitch in many people’s minds is equivalent to a back shooter in the information. Many consider the voice as heroic and patriotic. Others consider the voice to be a snitch. What should we, the people, de-
cide?
It’s called “whistle blowing,” and the federal govern-
ment makes allowance for such concepts, especially if they strive to safeguard our society. Meanwhile, our president has panned this most recent development as another witch hunt and the whistle blower as a second-hand traitor. Un- fortunately, for our Commander-In-Chief, the truth of his conversation with a foreign dignitary, is available for the world to see.
It revolves around opinions of the world west . . . or so it would seem. Fast forward to modern-day American gov- ernment several weeks ago, when an anonymous federal bureaucrat informed authorities that the President of the United States had, for all intents and purposes, extorted the President of the Ukraine in a quid-pro-quo scheme that would ultimately help our president regain a second term in office.
The information provided by an anonymous voice has shaken our nation to its roots. But how should we welcome such information that revolves around millions of dollars of aid promised a nation then stopped mid-way unless a “favor” was accorded by the president of that government.
The word is “snitch” if it’s on the playground. But what happens when it describes the well-being of the world? Furthermore, as truth is on trial even more on trial is the relationship of trust we have with our children.
Indeed, these are dark days for truth. But in order to see the sunlight, we must be able to explain to our children the difference between playground snitching and world-saving whistle blowing?
nitch!” What a repulsive term. Bluntly stated, it de-
Artificial Intelligence: The Way Of The Future
s the smart phone mar- ket continues to grow, so does the need for Artifi-
cial Intelligence. It’s a lot easier to ask Siri to look up a phone number with voice commands than chase through a whole di- rectory of over a thousand con- tacts to find one number.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the way we use computers to think intelligently and respond like human beings. Artificial Intelligence includes speech recognition, learning software like Dragon Naturally speaking and other programs which de- velop reasoning comparative to human thoughts and decisions.
Artificial Intelligence has become popular as it helps companies save a lot of money. Commercial airlines use AI to operate auto pilot in case a pilot has problems controlling
a plane and schools are now using programs that can check the work of students for plagia- rism. Teachers in the past spent a significant time manu- ally checking for errors in as- signments, which was oftentimes consuming and often inaccurate.
Companies which rely on customer service often use some form of AI to answer phone calls or help with resolv- ing billing issues, transferring data and even call specific records in a large database to help employees locate specific customers.
FaceBook is now using AI to determine which content is important to you and place it higher in your interest pool. Tesla, uses AI to apply auto pilot to their cars and improve decision making to avoid
crashes. Netflix, too uses AI to classify your viewing prefer- ences based on ratings and how often you access a particular show to determine its relative order.
Artificial Intelligence started as far back as in the 1600s by French scientist and philosopher Rene Descartes, who divided AI in two com- partments, machines that one day think and complete tasks and machines that are better at adapting to the way humans think and learn.
In 1966 MIT developed the Chabot that performs some of the same functions as Siri and Alexa. Matrix, the movie is fa- mous for using Artificial Intel- ligence in many of its scenes, where machines are shown to be more powerful than humans along with other popular movies such as Terminator 2.
Eric Hall holds a Master’s Degree from the University of South Florida in Instructional Technology and Cybersecurity Digital Forensics. He has been a computer technician for over 20 years. He is formerly the manager and owner of Comptech PC, Inc., in Fort Pierce, Florida.
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