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Emperor Akihito prays ahead of Japan's first abdication in two centuries

Japan's Emperor Akihito prayed to a Shinto sun goddess on Tuesday, starting a day of ceremonies to mark the end of a three-decade reign in which he sought to ease painful memories of World War Two and bring the monarchy closer to people. Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2Leu2B9 April 30, 2019 at 08:38AM
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Japanese thank departing emperor whose era marked shift from 1980s boom

Japanese expressed warmth and gratitude toward Emperor Akihito ahead of his abdication on Tuesday, but judged his three-decade Heisei era as a period of difficulty and transition for Japan after the economic boom and confidence of the 1980s. Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2PBLrSG April 30, 2019 at 08:38AM
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Fearful and fenced in: foreign children of IS face indefinite stay in Iraq

The children ran along the narrow enclosure, screaming, fighting and crying for the attention of the prison worker distributing sweets and balloons. Bug-bitten toddlers, too small to walk, clung to the sides of the chain link fence, staring blankly. Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2IOQoXF April 30, 2019 at 08:29AM
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Exclusive: Blackwater founder’s latest sales pitch - mercenaries for Venezuela

Erik Prince - the founder of the controversial private security firm Blackwater and a prominent supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump - has been pushing a plan to deploy a private army to help topple Venezuela’s socialist president, Nicholas Maduro, four sources with knowledge of the effort told Reuters. Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2ZLLFeM April 30, 2019 at 08:04AM
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China's Xi appeals to youth patriotism on centenary of student protests

President Xi Jinping appealed to China's youth on Tuesday to love the country and dedicate themselves to the Communist Party, warning on the centenary of student-led protests there was no place for those who ignored the country's needs. Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2J3kt53 April 30, 2019 at 07:06AM
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Factbox: Japanese say farewell to Emperor Akihito, express hopes for successor

Japan's Emperor Akihito will step down in favor of his elder son, Crown Prince Naruhito, on Tuesday, ending the 31-year Heisei era during which he sought to bring the monarchy closer to people. Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2J5lsC3 April 30, 2019 at 06:32AM
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FBI says received vague tips ahead of deadly California synagogue shooting

The FBI said on Monday it received multiple tips about a security threat minutes before a gunman opened fire in a California synagogue, killing a woman and wounding three others, but lacked sufficient details or time to prevent the attack. Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2GJeIXw April 30, 2019 at 05:49AM
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Rod Rosenstein, U.S. deputy attorney general who appointed Mueller, submits resignation

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller in May 2017 to investigate links between the Russian government and President Donald Trump's campaign, said on Monday he was resigning from his post. Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2vui5fK April 30, 2019 at 05:08AM
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Trump directs officials to toughen asylum rules

U.S. President Donald Trump directed officials to toughen rules for asylum seekers on Monday, including by introducing a fee for their applications and barring those who entered the country illegally from working until their claims are approved. Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2WcEzxL April 30, 2019 at 04:50AM
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U.S. Army veteran charged with plotting to bomb white nationalist rally

A U.S. combat veteran of the war in Afghanistan who prosecutors say plotted to detonate multiple nail bombs at a Los Angeles-area white nationalist rally, seeking to cause mass casualties, was arrested in an FBI sting operation, federal prosecutors said on Monday. Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2V2ET5v April 30, 2019 at 04:39AM
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U.S. film director John Singleton dead at age 51

John Singleton, who made his directorial debut with the acclaimed film "Boyz n the Hood" about young men struggling in a gang-ridden Los Angeles neighborhood, died on Monday at the age of 51, his family said, days after he suffered a stroke. Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2V3vTxc April 30, 2019 at 04:08AM
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Predictive Analytics Reveals Secrets To Boosting Customer Loyalty

Big data technology has played a very big role in solving many business challenges . LinkedIn released a report last year on the benefits of using predictive analytics and other data technology for branding. However, some of the lessons big data has unveiled are far from surprising. Predictive analytics data has helped brands understand the secrets to boosting customer loyalty. But they are not very surprising. What Five Years of Predictive Analytics Teaches About Customer Loyalty Brand authenticity is essential to the success of any business. Without an authentic reputation to stand behind, you’ll find that generating new customers is just as difficult as keeping your old ones. Customer loyalty means customers will choose your brand first over the competition. Customer loyalty doesn’t come easy, however. Fortunately, predictive analytics data from some of the nation’s leading brands have helped us get some better insights. Here are some of them. You should already know the answ...
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NASA aims to probe mysterious atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune

Nearly 30 years after a NASA spacecraft visited the farthest planets in our solar system, Uranus and Neptune, the space agency is looking to go back. FOX News https://fxn.ws/2IQtgZ8 April 29, 2019 at 07:17PM
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NASA gameplans massive asteroid strike

World governments have been concerned for decades about a potential asteroid collision and the chaos it would cause Earth. Now, the actions of what agencies around the world are being shared with the public for the first time ever on social media. FOX News https://fxn.ws/2Vx2mLv April 29, 2019 at 04:38PM
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Scientists on a sailboat just found nearly 200,000 viruses hiding in Earth's oceans

Scientists aboard a single sailboat have identified nearly 200,000 marine virus species, increasing the number of known marine viruses from the 15,000 documented in previous surveys. FOX News https://fxn.ws/2UMAwXd April 29, 2019 at 12:00PM
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Eigenvalue distribution of nonlinear models of random matrices

Here is a more mathematical way of dealing with nonlinearities in DNNs.  Eigenvalue distribution of nonlinear models of random matrices by  Lucas Benigni , Sandrine Péché This paper is concerned with the asymptotic empirical eigenvalue distribution of a non linear random matrix ensemble. More precisely we consider M=1mYY∗ with Y=f(WX) where W and X are random rectangular matrices with i.i.d. centered entries. The function f is applied pointwise and can be seen as an activation function in (random) neural networks. We compute the asymptotic empirical distribution of this ensemble in the case where W and X have sub-Gaussian tails and f is real analytic. This extends a previous result where the case of Gaussian matrices W and X is considered. We also investigate the same questions in the multi-layer case, regarding neural network applications. Follow @NuitBlog  or join the CompressiveSensing Reddit , the Facebook page , the Compressive Sensing group on  ...
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