Böcker utgivna av Elena Art

Subzero. That's what folks around the league call Constantine Zimin, hockey's best defenseman. He's unflappable. Stoic, even. No cracks in all that ice, not until he meets Suji Meriwether. The pediatric nurse has no time for bad-boy jocks who want to use her patients as props. But as soon as they meet, temperatures rise and their defenses fall.

This book is dedicated to what may be the most important concept in human history, namely, the Singularity - what it is, what it is not, the steps by which we may reach it, and, crucially, how to make it more likely that we'll experience a positive singularity rather than a negative singularity. For now, here's a simple definition. The Singularity is the emergence of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), and the associated transformation of the human condition. Spoiler alert: that transformation will be profound. But if we're not paying attention, it's likely to be profoundly bad. Despite the importance of the concept of the Singularity, the subject receives nothing like the attention it deserves. When it is discussed, it often receives scorn or ridicule. Alas, you'll hear sniggers and see eyes rolling. That's because there's a kind of shadow around the concept - an unhelpful set of distortions that make it harder for people to fully perceive the real opportunities and the real risks that the Singularity brings. These distortions grow out of a wider confusion - confusion about the complex interplay of forces that are leading society to the adoption of ever-more powerful technologies, including ever-more powerful AI. This book seeks to dispel the confusion, to untangle the distortions, and to attract much more serious attention to the Singularity. The future of humanity is at stake. Reviewer comments "An excellent and detailed introduction to the AI Safety problem, the Singularity, and our options for the future."Roman Yampolskiy, Professor of Computer Science, The University of Louisville "It truly is gratifying to see deep thought on these crucial issues."David Brin, Science fiction author and scientist, Winner of Nebula, Locus, Campbell, and Hugo Awards "One of the most important books that you will read this decade, which David Wood calls 'The Decade of Confusion'. The 2020s bring us to the cusp of a transformation in human civilization quite unlike any we have previously experienced. David's book is an essential handbook to aid you in navigating this transformation."Ted Shelton, Expert Partner, Automation and Digital Innovation, Bain and Company "David's book provides a powerful overview of what's ahead of us, and thoughtfully describes the opportunities and challenges brought on by the rise of exponential technologies. A must-read for anyone that is looking to increase their Future-Readiness."Gerd Leonhard, Futurist, CEO The Futures Agency, Author and Film Maker, The Good Future "I have followed David's work for nearly twenty years. It's great to see him taking his thinking to the next level. AGI is arriving faster than many expected. It's vital to raise the calibre of the discussion on AGI and on the Singularity. That's what this timely, valuable book achieves."Ajit Jaokar, Visiting Fellow and Course Director, Artificial Intelligence: Cloud and Edge Implementations, >"David Wood is a man of great intellect which shines through in this erudite analysis of the potential benefits and costs of cataclysmically disruptive technologies. David's Singularity Principles provide a strong basis for the critical tasks of the anticipation and management of alternative outcomes. I commend this book most warmly to friends and colleagues alike."Hugh Shields, Chairman and Founder, The Centre for Research into AI and Mankind "The Singularity Principles is an absorbing, comprehensive overview of the challenges I truly believe we will soon face as AGI arrives. Are we intellectually and emotionally ready to have serious discussions about it?"Patty O'Callaghan, Google's Women Techmakers Ambassador

The most professional and industry relatable text currently available for linear interest rate derivatives.Written by a practicing derivatives portfolio manager with almost twenty years of fixed income trading experience, this book focuses on core trading concepts; pricing, curve building (single and multi-currency), risk, credit and CSAs, regulations, VaR and PCA, volatility, cross-gamma, trade strategy analysis and market moving influences.The book's focus is interest rate swaps and cross-currency swaps, updated for a risk free rate (RFR, such as SOFR and ESTR) framework as opposed to LIBOR. Topics are presented from that perspective, outlining the importance of regulations in an IRD capacity, with volatility and swaptions taught from a practical point of view rather than an overly cumbersome academic one. This third edition (2022) markedly expands the second (2017), by not only providing extensive analysis but also building up a modern codebase, step-by-step, in Python. It constructs and solves interest rate curves and goes on to implement risk and cross-gamma calculations, demonstrating the implementation of automatic differentiation for superior efficiency. Read more at https: //github.com/attack68/book_irds3.The treatment of risk is expansive and deep. Formal analysis of market-maker techniques to accurately predict PnL, and implement multiple models to view all details of risks.Almost everything included here is compulsory knowledge for a modern, successful, swaps trader or interest rate risk portfolio manager. Certainly this book sets the benchmark for the level of expertise that swaps traders should strive for, and the style is aimed at the novice and professional alike. Table of Contents 1) Mathematical Review: calculus, linear algebra, statistics and optimisation.2) Interest Rates: definitions and common nomenclature.3) Basics of Interest Rate Derivatives: product specifications and trading mechanics.4) Users of Interest Rate Derivatives: market context.5) Cash, Collateral and Credit: underpinning necessities for pricing and valuation.6) Single Currency Curve Modelling: general curveset construction principles.7) Multi-Currency Curve Modelling: necessary components to construct curves across currencies.8) Term Structure of Interest Rate Curves: different real world factors that drive the shapes of curves.9) Delta and Basis Risk: definitions of financial sensitivity to market movements.10) Risk Models: different perspectives of risks and transformations between them.11) Quant Library and Automatic Differentiation: an introduction to coding Swaps, Curves and Solvers using AD.12) Advanced Curve Building: using flexible parameter sets to construct curves around market effects.13) Multi-currency Risk: how to view risks across currencies arising from different effects.14) Value At Risk: what is VaR and how to calculate and use it.15) Principal Component Analysis: what is PCA and how to calculate and use it.16) Customised Risk Management: how market makers allocate risks in their portfolio for ease of management.17) Regulatory Capital, Leverage and Liquidity: a summary of regulations that shape the IRD market.18) Market-making and Price-Taking: an overview of the market making process including margin considerations.19) Electronic Trading: issues involved with latency and transforming subjective processes to algorithms.20) Swaptions and Volatility: a summary of swaptions including quoting conventions and general considerations.21) Gamma and Cross-Gamma risks: analysis of the second or risks of linear IRDs.22) Analytic Cross-Gamma: mathematical extension of 21)23) Constructing Trade Strategies: directionality hedges, carry and roll-down analysis and Sharpe ratio.24) Reset Risk: how to manage daily fixing risk e.g. for Euribor, Stibor, etc. or Term-RFRs.

In this book, I have attempted, phenomenologically, to explore the concept of the human unconscious. However, the unconscious cannot be analysed without a deep understanding of the conscious. The conscious and unconscious are not two entities, but just one. Yet, they survey each other, protect each other, mislead each other and steal from each other. They both have their birth in the sophisticated sponge of human flesh. Dropped and kneaded into the river of life, the sponge collects all sorts of moss. Language can be a torch in the night, but it can also lead to a dungeon and cage itself. Discourse, be it political, religious or even scientific, can cage and be caged. It is the core aim of this book to journey into the unconscious mind and unravel its connection to our very existence and what makes us human.

Some people are afraid of the dark, monsters, spiders, or sharks. When I was young, I was afraid of a fried egg! Read my story of how I faced my fear of... Yertle, the Fried Egg!

Gain insight into the earthly plane from master teachers and beings, the Council of 12, as channeled to Kijana Earthly Insights from the Council of 12 is full of ahas, confirmations, and knowledge that will help you put the pieces of this and your existence together. Each insight provides simple, yet deeply profound information, that piques curiosity, while giving you the ability to relax, knowing that what you thought of or downloaded now makes sense. You can take your time with each insight to expand your knowledge and perspective of this Earth realm. Receive the promptings that you've been waiting for to help you remember who you are.Sincerely, The Council of 12 & Kijana.

Pide a creyentes que hablen acerca de su salvación, y notarás que la mayoría lo hará con alegría. Tales conversaciones usualmente se refieren a uno de dos temas: #1. Ellos hablarán acerca de la persona que los llevo a Cristo o mencionarán la fecha o lugar donde el milagro del nuevo nacimiento ocurrió. Muchas veces hablarán con entusiasmo de un pastor, misionero, amigo o maestro de la escuela dominical que tomó la importancia y el tiempo suficiente para presentar las buenas nuevas del Evangelio a ellos. En muchas ocasiones, los creyentes también se refieren al lugar donde ellos experimentaron la gracia de Dios para salvación. Sería justo decir que para la gente las circunstancias en las que fueron salvos tienen un papel muy importante.>Pregúntale a esas mismas personas que definan la palabra "propiciación," y muy pocos tienen alguna idea de lo que significa. Puede ser que recuerden haber oído la palabra en un sermón, pero no pueden explicar su significado. Pregúntale a esta misma gente sobre la justificación, el sello, la glorificación, la redención, o cualquier otra palabra bíblica importante, y su reacción será similar. Francamente, ellos tienen poco conocimiento sobre su salvación. En este punto haríamos bien en hacer unas preguntas simples. ¿Debemos confiar principalmente en circunstancias y emociones para explicarle a otros y a nosotros mismos lo que sucedió cuando fuimos salvos? ¿Son estas cosas confiables? Cuando hacemos esto, ¿no estamos en alguna manera tratando de interpretar verdades bíblicas con emociones o circunstancias en vez de interpretar las emociones o circunstancias con verdades bíblicas? Después de haber reflexionado sobre estas preguntas, debemos extraer tres conclusiones simples: #1. La Biblia es nuestra única fuente fiable de información; es inspirada por el Espíritu Santo, infalible en todos los temas, y tiene autoridad. Al referirnos a su "autoridad" queremos decir que es la única fuente que podemos usar para determinar qué hacer, que ser y que creer. Otras fuentes tienen sus limitaciones porque son basadas en mero conocimiento humano y opiniones. Hay muchas referencias bíblicas que pueden ser dadas aquí, pero los siguientes versos demuestran este punto: Tenemos también la palabra profética más segura, a la cual hacéis bien en estar atentos como a una antorcha que alumbra en lugar oscuro, hasta que el día esclarezca y el lucero de la mañana salga en vuestros corazones; entendiendo primero esto, que ninguna profecía de la Escritura es de interpretación privada, porque nunca la profecía fue traída por voluntad humana, sino que los santos hombres de Dios hablaron siendo inspirados por el Espíritu Santo (2 Pedro 1:19-21).#2. Las emociones son muy cambiantes. Un predicador muy conocido, ya con el Señor, decía algo así "Me alegro que mi salvación no depende de mis emociones, porque no siento que soy salvo hasta tomar una taza de café en la mañana." ¡Aparentemente ese café le ayudaba a "sentirse" salvo, pero estará de acuerdo que el café no sustituye a la sangre de Cristo!#3. La manera que cada persona interpreta las circunstancias es muy diferente. Por ejemplo, escucha a los analistas de noticias y notarás que los comentaristas están de acuerdo en los puntos básicos, pero cada uno llega a conclusiones completamente diferentes de acuerdo a la importancia que los eventos tengan nacional o internacionalmente en el área de cada uno. ¡Las opin

Working together in Tuscany, she wants it all, but can he give it to her? Alessandra De Luca, 28, is an interior designer who has it all: great friends, a successful career, beauty, and captivating wit. She never imagined designing a celebrity's new home in Tuscany, Italy. She didn't envision working with an arrogant architect either. Romeo Bianchi, 31, is a prolific architect with exacting standards and he isn't sure of the boisterous new designer brought on to his project by celebrity client Flavio. Too much is at stake for this woman to ruin things on his watch. A casual intimate encounter inspired by the romance of Tuscany leaves Alessandra wounded and Romeo distant. Can Alessandra and Romeo find a way to continue working together until the project is completed or will their Tuscan affair ruin everything?

The Qur'an fully translated into English based on the Qur'an's internal definitions rather than the conclusions required by the religion called Islam.

Winner of the 2014 Trio Award: What the Night Numbered by Bradford Tice unfolds the experience of queer individuals in search of liberation. Cloaked in Greek mythology, the tale of Cupid and Psyche is transformed into a distinct focus on the queer experience. Tice's language dares the reader to dive into the reality of queer lives, "we have bitten our tongues like raw mothers, we have birthed ourselves, hemmed by everything we have borne." He captures the complexity of the gay and lesbian civil rights movement, with a coming-of-age sequence that focuses on individuals merging into their true selves. Channeling a multitude of voices, What the Night Numbered provokes the reader's empathy, as the speakers vividly and openly express the innerworkings of their personal worlds.

"Winner of the 2014 Louise Bogan Award for Artistic Merit and Excellence."

Learn three methods to choose from to return to your natural hair color. There are tips to help you go through the awkward beginning stages and how to deal with polite hair trolls.

Questo libro si propone non solo di divulgare la conoscenza della lingua milanese ma, soprattutto, di promuoverne la cultura, di cui tutti noi italiani dobbiamo essere orgogliosi. Del resto, è bene preservare i dialetti italiani e proteggere le nostre tradizioni, usanze e origini. Questo corso di milanese, dunque, si rivolge a chiunque ami questa lingua, voglia apprenderla o, semplicemente, approfondirla: è un libro di lingua e cultura milanese che si rivolge a milanesi e non. Il metodo è ormai noto: leggere un capitolo al giorno, per 30 giorni. In questo modo, ti assicuro che in un mese, potrai parlare milanese, cantare senza incertezze le canzoni del repertorio classico milanese e seguire senza problemi film e commedie in dialetto. Scoprirai tante cose curiose e divertenti su Milano e sui milanesi e, sicuramente, ti verrà voglia di apprezzare al più presto, anche di persona, le tante opportunità che solo questa città sa offrire, dalla cultura, alla storia, ai monumenti, alla cucina tradizionale, fino alle più disparate curiosità e tradizioni meneghine.

Escaping the clutches of the evil King, Maisie has a choice to make. Does she turn her back on Lasina and her own Kings; or embrace the destiny that was put in place long ago?Battles force her to accept the role of Queen as her father begins to attack the people of Lasina. A mysterious new foe arrives, taking Maisie's last link to Earth away, leaving her devastated and itching for revenge. The treaty still looms over her head as she begins to fall more in love with men she wanted nothing to do with. Her people need her, her men want to love her, all while she is navigating the forces threatening to take it all away. WARNING: This novel is intended for readers 18+. There is explicit language, sexual scenes, and violent content.

When he sleeps, Brets slips into other worlds, experiencing the broken pieces of an ethereal tech. Working for Inverse Voices, a tech company, Bret had escaped the murders that had killed everyone else, chasing a paranormal link that revealed the company was far more than they appeared. So, once again, he falls into the Eschatos Diagram, seeking answers. But this time he's gone too deep leaving his physical body helpless to an otherworldly killer. The same killer who wiped out the entire Seattle branch of Inverse Voices and his boss, Dr. Samantha Escarra. Thankfully, his best friend Howard Kearns is there to protect him. But, will be he able to save a man, who may never wake? And if he wakes, will he be the same man who went sleep?The Eschatos Diagram. A vast diorama of stars, cut by the edge of life and death, where reality crawls and twists into imagination, and doors yawn open to other worlds. A complex puzzle of esoteric technology, linking a multiverse of worlds.Earth is only one realm in the Eschatos Diagram. And Brett Bryce is unwittingly called to serve.Pulled in ways beyond his greatest imagination, Bret is cast into the mix of plots woven by aliens realms and the creatures who seek to bend the Eschatos Diagram to their will.

Sahara Taylor has never obeyed the rules. She hopes that a move to a remote mountain valley will help her forget the relationship she has ruined and temper her lustful soul. Far away from prying eyes, Sahara can practice her witchcraft and reconnect with the invisible forces that govern her life. But Fate has other plans. A well-worn path leading from Sahara's cabin into the Aspen Wood brings a rugged lover who falls willingly into Sahara's web of mystery and indulges her in the erotically submissive role she likes to play. Their passions reveal a desire for an unconventional relationship and before long Sahara is longing once more for the touch of a woman. Love is only a whisper away, when Sahara is undone by talking in her sleep. A secret from a lifetime in medieval England threatens to destroy Sahara's every intention to be faithful to her new found loves. In this tale of wicked sex, sorcery and innocence lost, one woman must choose between her past and her present, find courage to live authentically and resist the charms of an alchemist whose love for her has survived six hundred years.

Since its first publication in 1925 Streams in the Desert has become one of the most loved and best selling devotionals by inspiring generations of Christians. Enjoy this classic work and be filled with rich insight of God's love and purpose for his people.