Marcia Kaufman

In a Time Before Rainbows is a beautifully illustrated children's story in rhyming verse. Readers will join the colorful adventures of unique strangers and find out how together they create a wondrous new way of being. Each brightly colored character has his own distinct personality, and the journey teaches all of us how to recognize, accept, and communicate about feelings and respect differences between ourselves and others. In a Time Before Rainbows teaches us about difference and diversity by showing us that connecting to others who may be different, while remaining true to ourselves, allows us to form a more beautiful whole together. The story suggests that we all struggle at times and when we do, connecting with others can be healing. These are important lessons for our children to learn early in their lives and important lessons for adults to remember. The book is written for children ages four to eight, but it is appropriate for children and adults of all ages.

In a Time Before Rainbows is a beautifully illustrated children's story in rhyming verse. Readers will join the colorful adventures of unique strangers and find out how together they create a wondrous new way of being. Each brightly colored character has his own distinct personality, and the journey teaches all of us how to recognize, accept, and communicate about feelings and respect differences between ourselves and others. In a Time Before Rainbows teaches us about difference and diversity by showing us that connecting to others who may be different, while remaining true to ourselves, allows us to form a more beautiful whole together. The story suggests that we all struggle at times and when we do, connecting with others can be healing. These are important lessons for our children to learn early in their lives and important lessons for adults to remember. The book is written for children ages four to eight, but it is appropriate for children and adults of all ages.

A comprehensive guide to learning technologies that unlock the value in big data Cognitive Computing provides detailed guidance toward building a new class of systems that learn from experience and derive insights to unlock the value of big data. This book helps technologists understand cognitive computing's underlying technologies, from knowledge representation techniques and natural language processing algorithms to dynamic learning approaches based on accumulated evidence, rather than reprogramming. Detailed case examples from the financial, healthcare, and manufacturing walk readers step-by-step through the design and testing of cognitive systems, and expert perspectives from organizations such as Cleveland Clinic, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, as well as commercial vendors that are creating solutions. These organizations provide insight into the real-world implementation of cognitive computing systems. The IBM Watson cognitive computing platform is described in a detailed chapter because of its significance in helping to define this emerging market. In addition, the book includes implementations of emerging projects from Qualcomm, Hitachi, Google and Amazon. Today's cognitive computing solutions build on established concepts from artificial intelligence, natural language processing, ontologies, and leverage advances in big data management and analytics. They foreshadow an intelligent infrastructure that enables a new generation of customer and context-aware smart applications in all industries. Cognitive Computing is a comprehensive guide to the subject, providing both the theoretical and practical guidance technologists need. Discover how cognitive computing evolved from promise to realityLearn the elements that make up a cognitive computing systemUnderstand the groundbreaking hardware and software technologies behind cognitive computingLearn to evaluate your own application portfolio to find the best candidates for pilot projectsLeverage cognitive computing capabilities to transform the organization Cognitive systems are rightly being hailed as the new era of computing. Learn how these technologies enable emerging firms to compete with entrenched giants, and forward-thinking established firms to disrupt their industries. Professionals who currently work with big data and analytics will see how cognitive computing builds on their foundation, and creates new opportunities. Cognitive Computing provides complete guidance to this new level of human-machine interaction.

Find the right big data solution for your business or organization Big data management is one of the major challenges facing business, industry, and not-for-profit organizations. Data sets such as customer transactions for a mega-retailer, weather patterns monitored by meteorologists, or social network activity can quickly outpace the capacity of traditional data management tools. If you need to develop or manage big data solutions, you'll appreciate how these four experts define, explain, and guide you through this new and often confusing concept. You'll learn what it is, why it matters, and how to choose and implement solutions that work. Effectively managing big data is an issue of growing importance to businesses, not-for-profit organizations, government, and IT professionalsAuthors are experts in information management, big data, and a variety of solutionsExplains big data in detail and discusses how to select and implement a solution, security concerns to consider, data storage and presentation issues, analytics, and much moreProvides essential information in a no-nonsense, easy-to-understand style that is empowering Big Data For Dummies cuts through the confusion and helps you take charge of big data solutions for your organization.