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Breaking Down Barriers: Dean Abbott Revolutionizes Machine Learning for Businesses

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:48:12 GMT

Machine learning and data analytics are crucial elements of modern businesses. However comprehending these intricate subjects can often be challenging due to their complexity. Dean Abbott, founder of Abbott Analytics firmly believes that this should not be the case.He strives to make machine learning accessible and applicable within mainstream business practices by breaking down these barriers through practical expertise combined with an outstanding ability to communicate complex ideas simply.Dean’s roots go far back into data science dating all the way back from 1986; his experiences are encapsulated in his book chapter titled “Journeys to Data Mining: Experiences from 15 Renowned Researchers” (Springer Verlag, 2012).It outlines his evolution as a data scientist long before anyone had heard about machine learning! One thing sets apart Abbott Analytics from other companies that deal with similar issues – its emphasis on practical expertise in machine learning...

Teen arrested for driving 176 mph on I-5 tells cop he was going faster than that

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:48:12 GMT

A teenage driver who was clocked at 176 mph on Interstate 5 in Oregon told the deputy who pulled him over that the speed was actually higher.The young man’s car, a 2016 BMW M3, caught the attention of a Washington County sheriff’s deputy at 12:32 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17. Southbound on I-5 in the Portland suburb of Tigard, it was recorded by the deputy’s Lidar device at 176 mph, said a statement from the sheriff’s office.The deputy called in a description of the speeding vehicle, and it was seen exiting the freeway about 2½ miles south, in Tualatin. Two deputies caught up to the vehicle as it was stopped on the off-ramp and blocked it in.The driver, a 19-year-old from Tualatin, reportedly cooperated with the deputies. He told them that his speedometer had displayed 183 mph, the sheriff’s office said.He was arrested on suspicion of reckless driving, and the Oregonian reported that he faces a $1,100 fine and a license suspension.The BMW M3 is a high-perf...

Cal Symphony closes season with a starry-starry world premiere

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:48:12 GMT

The California Symphony is finishing its 2022-23 season on a high note, with a new work that looks to the stars.“Stargazer,” the latest work by Viet Cuong, the Symphony’s Young American Composer in Residence, receives its world premiere this weekend under music director Donato Cabrera, with pianist Sarah Cahill as soloist.The program, which also includes Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival” and William Walton’s Symphony No. 1, will be performed Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon at Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center as the final concerts of the Symphony’s 2022-23 season.“Stargazer” is a significant new work for the organization; Cuong, who was named the Symphony’s composer in residence in 2020, has been the recipient of commissions far and wide.In a call from his home in Las Vegas, he said that “Stargazer” has an unusual perspective. “It is a piano concerto, and it does have a kind of nocturnal atmosphere to it, with kind of a luminous, sparkly sound,” he said.That sound was essential to Cuong, ...

How the fall of Bed Bath & Beyond—and its 20% coupon—is impacting the retail industry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:48:12 GMT

Customers of Bed Bath & Beyond have been accustomed to using the popular 20% off any single item coupons the retailer has mailed out for years. With the retailer filing for bankruptcy and ending the use of the coupon, customers could be searching for new places to shop.Two retailers are accepting the 20% off coupons in a potential marketing move that could help their own struggling stock prices. SF restaurant that hosted anti-trans dinner apologizes amid backlash What Happened: Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy protection in late April as the company has seen its shares fall over 90% in the last year and the company struggled with liquidity.The company has locations of Bed Bath & Beyond and BuyBuy Baby stores open during its wind-down process, but will no longer allow customers the ability to use its famous 20% off coupons, according to Retail Dive.Bed Bath & Beyond Chief Financial Officer Holly Etlin credited the success of the coupon in court documents recen...

$1.5 billion of unclaimed tax refunds are about to expire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:48:12 GMT

You wouldn't think that anyone would forget to collect a tax refund, but it happens. Typically, taxpayers have three years to file and claim their tax returns. However, because the 2020 tax season coincided with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the filing deadline for 2019 earnings has been extended until July 17, 2023. Anyone with unclaimed tax refund money from their 2019 earnings stands to lose this cash if they don't file their return by this fast-approaching date. Bay Area city drops out of Top 10 in most-populous US cities MoneyGeek analyzed 2019 unclaimed tax refund data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and estimated the average amount of unclaimed tax cash per affected resident in every state. We found that while the average resident in some states could gain more from filing their taxes, Americans across the board are sitting on significant refunds.KEY FINDINGS:There's still $1.5 billion in total unclaimed tax refunds for 2019 earnings — that's an average of...

Marina man pleads no contest in fatal DUI crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:48:12 GMT

(BCN) -- A Marina man has pleaded no contest to charges in a 2022 fatal DUI collision case, Monterey County prosecutors said. Daniel Wetle, 40, pleaded no contest to one count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and one count of driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, admitting to an enhancement that he personally inflicted great bodily injury on the victim. SF restaurant that hosted anti-trans dinner apologizes amid backlash Just after 6 p.m. on Aug. 13, 2022, Wetle was driving a rented BMW sedan on state Highway 68 near Spreckels when he lost control of the vehicle and swerved into oncoming traffic, hitting a Toyota Camry head-on.The driver of the other vehicle was killed instantly and a passenger suffered serious injuries, prosecutors said. Wetle, who was uninjured in the collision, exhibited signs of being under the influence of alcohol, and a subsequent blood test showed he had a blood-alcohol level of .101. He faces up to 11 years and eight mo...

Raising a kid is the most expensive in these 10 U.S. cities: report

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:48:12 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (NEXSTAR) - It’s no secret that raising a child can be expensive. From childcare, housing, food, and other associated costs, the expenses can rise quickly. Depending on where you live, being a parent can be even more expensive. Using data from MIT’s Living Wage Calculator, personal finance website SmartAsset found that nationally, raising a child costs roughly $20,800 annually. That cost includes childcare (which, on average, will set you back more than $9,000), food and housing, healthcare, transportation, and other necessities. SmartAsset reviewed 381 U.S. metro areas to determine how much it could cost for a two-adult household to raise a child in 2023. Unsurprisingly, many of the most expensive cities were in California, specifically in and around the Bay Area. These are most popular baby names of 2022 Topping out the list was the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley area, where SmartAsset found the annual cost of raising a child is more than $35,60...

Stock market today: Wall Street ticks higher as it heads for best week since March

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:48:12 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is ticking higher Friday as it heads toward its best week since March, despite a long list of worries hanging over it.The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in midday trading and on pace for a 2% gain for the week. That would break a long, listless stretch where it failed to rise or fall by 1% for six straight weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 72 points, or 0.2%, at 33,608, as of 11:05 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was virtually falt.Rising hopes that the U.S. government can avoid a disastrous default on its debt have been one of the main engines for the market this week. The White House said Friday morning in Japan that negotiators told President Joe Biden, who’s at a Group of Seven summit there, they’re making progress on a deal to raise the credit limit for the federal government. Without the ability to borrow more, the U.S. government could default on its debt for the first time and trigger widespread pain across the economy. The...

How one North Carolina lawmaker’s defection from the Democratic Party upended abortion protections

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:48:12 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mere weeks before North Carolina’s GOP-controlled legislature enacted a 12-week abortion limit over the Democratic governor’s opposition this week, state Republican lawmakers appeared just one vote shy of an override.But one House Democrat — formerly a strong advocate for women’s reproductive rights — unexpectedly switched to the GOP and then voted to squash Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the bill to limit abortion access. The switch by Charlotte-area Rep. Tricia Cotham also gave Republicans veto-proof margins in both the House and Senate, upending the state’s fragile power balance and perhaps opening the floodgates to a new wave of conservative policies.Republican bill sponsors also could use their newly attained veto-proof majority to propel some GOP-backed education policies and transgender restrictions across the finish line — several of which they introduced the same week she announced her party change.She ran last fall on a platfor...

PGA Championship Scores

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:48:12 GMT

ThursdayAt Oak Hill – EastRochester, N.Y.Purse: $15 millionYardage: 7,394; Par: 70First RoundBryson DeChambeau, United States32-34—66Corey Conners, Canada33-34—67Scottie Scheffler, United States33-34—67Dustin Johnson, United States34-33—67Eric Cole, United States34-33—67Keegan Bradley, United States34-34—68Ryan Fox, New Zealand33-35—68Viktor Hovland, Norway34-34—68Adam Scott, Australia33-35—68Justin Rose, England33-36—69Keith Mitchell, United States33-36—69Sepp Straka, Austria36-33—69Justin Suh, United States34-35—69Hayden Buckley, United States35-34—69Thomas Pieters, Belgium35-34—69Pablo Larrazabal, Spain35-34—69Taylor Pendrith, Canada36-34—70Michael Block, United States36-34—70Adam Hadwin, Canada36-34—70Kurt Kitayama, United States36-34—70Matthew NeSmith, United States33-37—70Adam Svensson, Canada35-35—70Harold Varner III, United States35-35—70Patrick Rodgers, United States35-35—70Chris Kirk, United States34-36—70Victor Perez, France35-35—70Cameron Davis, Australia34-37—71M...