Friday, September 10, 2021

Pastor Chen Biao: 陈彪牧师的蒙恩和蒙召见证

Sept. 10, 2021

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编修自:陈彪<你跟从我吧!——陈彪牧师的蒙恩和蒙召见证>《生命季刊》 总第18期 2001年6月 第5卷 第2期)

整理:又青

我出生在一个中国知识分子家庭,上大学前,似乎未曾听说圣经和基督教,也没想过西方人“迷信”的上帝。只记得小时候,大人说“只有小资产阶级和坏人才在礼拜天到阴森森的教堂去作礼拜……”。


当邓小平把国门打开一条缝,各式各样的西方思潮开始涌进中国。出于好奇和求知,我买了本以介绍西方文化为目的的《圣经故事》。学英语缺乏动力时,也索取免费的中英对照基督教刊物《OK杂志》来读。进入研究生院和在大学任教时期,听收音机练习英文听力,偶尔也听到“良友福音广播”。但当时,我对基督教仍是一无所知。

与假见证人学习圣经

六四后来美,求学成为我人生的重大转折。来到德州农工大学的第一周,为了提高英语水平,通过朋友介绍,我同“耶和华见证人”一起学《圣经》。四年里,几乎每星期三晚上,都花四十五分钟学习英文圣经和他们的小册子。当妻女来到德州,我让妻子也一起“学《圣经》”。一些朋友就警告说耶和华见证人是异端,提醒我们离开。但我又不是真关心什么神和基督信仰,而且他们的人很不错,为什么要换人?然而,实际上我开始戒备。


近四年里,圣经学习并没有对我产生实质影响。连朋友也开玩笑说我是“花教徒”(一面学圣经,一面继续活在罪中)。但因着神的恩典,我和妻子内心深处,都认识到“承认有上帝要比否定有上帝更合理”。

遇到真见证人

1993年我到俄亥俄州立大学做博士后研究。离开德州时,把哥伦布的新公寓地址告诉耶和华见证人,以便“和组织取得联系”继续学习圣经。然而,他们那段时间却没有敲我们的门。感谢神,透过环境的改变来预备我们的心。后来,一名中国店的妇女知道我们初来乍到,邀请我们去附近的华人基督教会。


第一次走进神的教会,神就像一个强力磁石,把我们紧紧地吸引在祂身边。崇拜后,几位基督徒邀我们参加一个查经聚餐会。几次后,我们接受了几乎所有的基要真理,如:人的罪、基督的救赎、永远的生命等。然而,我们却卡在三位一体的教义,一时间,我们很难接受。多年来耶和华见证人的教导已经起了潜移默化的作用。比如他们说,耶稣是耶和华的第一个被造物,是上帝的儿子,怎么可能又是神呢?圣灵只是耶和华父神的能力,就像你有精神能力一样等等。

进入光明的国度

二个月后一个福音主日,我和妻子的心被神的话摸到,我们的思念被圣灵改变,当神透过牧师呼召,我们来到神的面前,悔改、接受基督为救主。后来,我们进一步查经,神开始让我们明白<约翰福音>一章所讲的真谛:“太初有道,道与神同在,道就是神——道成了肉身住在我们中间,充充满满的有恩典有真理。我们也见过他的荣光,正是父独生子的荣光。”——这位为我的罪死在十字架上的耶稣,就是那永恒中与神同在的道,这道成了真正的人,住在我们中间充充满满地彰显了神的恩典和真理。我们夫妻于1994年复活节受洗。


一两周后,耶和华见证人找到了我们,原来之前是将街区号搞错了。如今回头看,我们就从心底发出感谢和深深的敬畏。是上帝信实和全能的保护,使我们脱离异端的险恶,领我们走出黑暗的权势,进入他光明的国度。

恩典中成长,事奉中学习

主给我和妻子一颗渴望认识他和服侍他的新心。我们开始参加教会诗班,并负责更新普通话团契的成员名单。那一年,我成了团契的主要同工。其实我当时不知如何带领,但神怜悯和保守,让我们的团契在质量和数量方面上成长。


1996年,我被选为教会执事,负责差传事工。这事奉有极大挑战,也让我有成长的机会。两年中,神让我学到很多功课,特别是发现了自己的不足后,人就变得谦卑了一些。除了每周参加主日崇拜和团契,我参与多种服侍,热心领人归主。后来加入“网络基督使团”,作技术同工。但个人读经祷告的灵修生活极不规律,我们自己以往的经历仍不断告诉我们,一切要靠自己的奋斗和努力。

学做门徒,跟随耶稣

1997至1998年,神透过两位弟兄建立了我们的生命。先是一位有教导、关怀、培训及管理恩赐的成熟基督徒从Michigan搬到本地,在他家中开始了一个弟兄们的圣经学习团契。他着力帮助一批年轻基督徒建立敬虔的灵修生活。我开始建立良好的灵修习惯:读经、在祷告中认识真理、在顺服神话语的生活中实践真理。九个月后,我从主日学的学生,变成了老师。不久,妻子也加入了。


教会在那一年举办了两次神学入门课程。吕沛渊牧师讲授的系统神学简介,帮助我们建立起正确的圣经启示观,也让我对神学产生了兴趣。神又带领另一位弟兄从密执安州来哥城,与我在同一个公司工作。神透过他对我的影响是多方面的,最深刻的是合乎圣经的神学思维模式和基督徒的使命意识、国度观念以及敬虔操练的实践。

神的呼召,人的逃避

经这位弟兄鼓励和推荐,1998年夏天我和妻子参加了为期一周的归正神学院密集课程。短短一周,过去许多不正确观念都被纠正了,模糊不定的思想变得清晰,令我们在主的知识和恩典上长进,让我们真知道他。


唐崇荣牧师常在各种聚会向会众发出不同层次的呼召。但是,我没有想到他在课堂上也呼召未来的工人。早在1996年中西部夏令会,我和妻子一同走向祭坛,立志带职事奉神。但这次课上,自己抵挡神的罪和参杂私欲的事奉动机,在神面前赤露敞开,暴露无遗。我当时没有顺服神对我全时间服事的呼召,我的回应是“我不配”——这里的老师有我无法相比、绝对一流的头脑,而许多同学在许多方面比我更有恩赐和能力,我不配。其实隐藏在这理由背后的是我担心惧怕:我的孩子可能要受苦,以及父母亲那边的极力反对。


1996年的那个秋天,我灵命低潮,自己的服侍像是悬在空中,没有力量、方向。常问自己:我如何在神的旨意中做人?神对我的呼召和带领是什么?

信心的回应和行动

那学期我是成人主日学老师之一,教<约翰福音>,圣灵以神的话再次召唤和鼓励我:“若有人服事我,就当跟从我;我在哪里,服事我的人也要在哪里;若有人服事我,我父必尊重他。”(约12:26)那是十字架的荣耀,愿天父的名得到荣耀。我的泪水流下,告诉妻子,我愿意回应神的呼召进修神学,成为全时间神的工人,她的回答令我意外:“好哇!”


1999年3月,为准备全时间读神学,我开始在职神学学习(远距课程)。从归正神学院回来后,妻子经过祷告,也部份时间奉献。她每周在公司工作30小时;在网络使团事奉20小时。

神、人之间——家事

开始带职学习神学后,繁忙的工作、教会、机构事奉和神学装备之间,让我们找不到焦点和平衡点。我开始省察:我为什么不全时间读神学?我留在这里还有其他原因吗?我眷恋高薪、好房、好学区?还是熟悉教会服事和情投意合的弟兄姐妹?我惧怕什么?怕没钱,不能像现在这样买书了?


追问下去,我发现“世界”并没有死掉……学历、智力、能力和财力,这些东西仍在左右着我;就“世界”而论,我没有“被钉在十字架上”。感谢主借着<加拉太书>6:14节告诉我:“但我断不以别的夸口,只夸我们主耶稣基督的十字架;因这十字架,就我而论,世界已经钉在十字架上;就世界而论,我已经钉在十字上架上。”我们夫妻又被神的话更新和建立。


我们告诉女儿和儿子说爸爸要去读书,再不会有这么大的房子,而且今后可能会经常搬家。儿子尚小不太懂事,觉得经常搬家也挺好玩;可12岁的女儿听完,眼泪就流下——她不想搬家,好不易在学校和教会遇到几个知心朋友。我们给她时间祷告和思想,一个月后,她说愿意和我们住小房子,但希望能在这里小学六年级毕业。感谢神,不仅在我们身上,也在孩子心里作奇妙的事。


但与父母的沟通则困难多了。这次父亲从他繁忙科研工作中退休后来美,打算与我们久住安度晚年。他知道我在职读神学,也没什么反对。当我提出将来要全时间读神学,打算作传道人,他老人家一听就意外。他原先最希望我回国带职事奉,既不丢掉专业技能,又能领人归主。


经过一段时间,父亲看出改变我的心志没什么希望,就改变计划,不准备办绿卡了,在我去神学院之前打道回府。我们的变动,竟将老人家的田园生活给“毁了”,令我们很难过。最后,我们达成共识,要是我从神学院毕业,能够在北美什么地方牧会为业,如果他和母亲身体许可,他很有可能再来美居住。


在我们家,最难的一关是母亲。其一,她还没信主,其二,我对她多有伤害和得罪。 1994年初父母来美探亲,他们逗留期间,对我们小家庭大力帮助,但由于我的骄傲、性急又缺乏智慧,在几个关键时机,都和母亲起了争吵,失去了见证,伤了母子感情,真理也没有讲解清楚,反而成为她信主的障碍。当她从父亲的去信中得知我要全时间读书,作传道人,她回信极为强烈:


“……一提基督教,想到陈彪变成这个样子,选择这样的前程,我心里就堵得慌。我是百思不得其解,一万个想不通!回想起彪儿出生后,满身湿症,多么难带,送到上海时,外婆都恐怕他养不大。好不容易培养到大学毕业,出国留学,取得博士学位,也有了一份好的工作和较丰厚的收入……突然要放弃眼前的一切,毁掉22年的努力奋斗,真寒心。我早就对你说,他们离上帝越近,就会离我越远。……我的确太伤心了,我的孩子变得我都不认识了。记得我在美国的时候,虽然不想入教,但对基督教的传道并不是一点也听不进,觉得听别人传道或做见证时心情格外地平静。但自从他们回国发生一次争吵后,见到他们对宗教如此偏激,把自己的一切都归功于上帝,不考虑父母的养育和个人的努力,那个时候起,我已经意识到我们和陈彪之间已经很难沟。现在已经是无法沟通了。彼此都不能说服对方……”


恢复母子关系成了我的一大心病。曾几度努力请母亲来美小住,以求沟通和了解,都因故没有成行。

“你跟从我吧!”

2000年下半年,我们全家开始为在2001年夏季的南迁祷告和计划。神成就这些事的方式,再次超过我们所想、所求。去年开始,我任职的公司盈利大幅度下降,开始裁人。我的项目要压缩,面临着“换到其他项目”或“预备进入大裁员名单”两个选择。像我这种情况,如被解雇可能有近四个月的工资和其他福利。我们决定不再换工作,争取进入大裁员的名单。一个月后,事就这么成了。


从三月到六月,我领受神额外的恩典——白拿四个月工资,在家预备搬迁的许多事情(修两门神学课、整理维修房屋、带慕道福音查经、主日学教学、定期一对一教导辅导同工、作心理辅导、教会的差传工作及其交接)。感谢奇妙全能的上帝、祂的祝福和安排,我和母亲的沟通相当和谐——虽然,她从心里并不赞成我的选择。


四年前,卖小房子买大房时,经历了许多周折。现在卖掉这栋三千平方英尺的大房子,我们是最没信心的。但做梦也没想到,第一天房子上市,就按我们的理想价格卖出去了。


《圣经》告诉我们,不论是遇见拦阻,还是一切顺利,都有神的美意。我预备进神学院时,也有联串的不顺利,很多奇奇怪怪的事情。有内心的挣扎、与家人关系的困难,也有管教孩子上的失败;有工作不顺,同事间不愉快,很多的事情和头绪……很多时候觉得自己到了极限,很想放弃不做了,但每次又靠神的恩典走过来了。这一年充满神的恩典——自己软弱、痛苦、无能为力到极点;另一方面,神奇妙的平安喜乐和力量,一直托住我们。神的恩惠慈爱,透过读经、祷告,还有弟兄姐妹代祷、扶持和帮助,不住地浇灌。


这七年的心路历程中,最令我们惊奇的是我和妻子几乎同步地在主的手中被改变、被洁净、被教导、被塑造、被使用,正如<以弗所书>2章10节所讲:我们原是他的工作,在基督耶稣里造成的,为要叫我们行善,就是神所预备叫我们行的。


“你跟从我吧!”进入神学院之际,恩主耶稣对门徒的呼声犹在耳际。主啊,是的,我要一生一世跟从你,我和我的全家。


陈彪牧师生长于中国大陆。1994年获德州农工大学大气科学博士学位,同年蒙恩成为上帝的儿女加入教会。1998年蒙召全时事奉,2004年在美国改革宗神学院获道学硕士;在神学院装备期间(2001-2004)参与奥兰多华人福音教会的植堂、并担任第三千禧年(IIIM)神学资源中心的中文部协调人。毕业后蒙召任奥兰多华人福音教会传道人,并在2005年被按立为牧师。在2015年8月卸任主任牧师职分。目前陈牧师任IIIM神学资源中心中文部主任,并经常受邀在北美、大陆及东南亚带领不同类型聚会中宣讲福音、教导圣经和神学课程。目前在美国改革宗神学院进修教牧学博士。


8月22日,陈彪牧师、刘彼得牧师及王一乐牧师受邀担任“福音DNA”讲座讲员,畅谈以福音为DNA的神学异象,让人看到福音可以在个人心里、社区、并在整个城市产生伟大的效果。


Re-Architecting Apps for Cloud: Why, How, and So What? (Cloud Next '19)

 Sept. 10, 2021

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The re-architecting approach to leverage native GCP capabilities often follows a pattern that attempts to minimize risk while providing incremental value. In this session, we will share Accenture's approach of digital decoupling that helps organizations take on re-architecting existing monoliths and legacy applications with confidence. We will share experiences from real customers and projects where this method was applied successfully to move existing complex enterprise applications to GCP. A variety of best practices and lessons learned will be discussed, along with potential implications on Organization, DevOps, Security, and Management and how such challenges can be met to ensure a successful journey to native cloud applications. Build with Google Cloud → https://bit.ly/2WQBYJQ Watch more: Next '19 Architecture Sessions here → https://bit.ly/Next19Architecture Next ‘19 All Sessions playlist → https://bit.ly/Next19AllSessions Subscribe to the GCP Channel → https://bit.ly/GCloudPlatform Speaker(s): Mamoun Hirzalla, Norman Woodard Session ID: ARC217 event: Google Cloud Next 2019; re_ty: Publish; product: Cloud - General; fullname: Mamoun Hirzalla, Norman Woodard;


Building blocks


  • Change data capture (CDC)
  • Event-driven architecture / event streaming
  • Microservices
  • API gateway
  • User experience
Evolving to exponential architecture (Aka monolith to microservices, APIS, events & lake)




2021 Teacher day: My thoughts and advice | My 25 years in USA and Canada

Sept. 10, 2021

Introduction

I like to write a short blog to talk about Being a teacher, how to teach and willing to share in general. I still remembered back in Florida from 2001 to 2010, the struggles I had and one thing I did was to spend a lot of years in FAU. 

Good teacher and professor in my life 


How is Amplitude Different from Google Analytics?

Sept. 10, 2021

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Growth designer Lex Roman examines the core differences between Amplitude and Google Analytics—and why these differences matter for product teams. Curious about how Amplitude works? Use our demo to create your first chart: https://analytics.amplitude.com/login...

Amplitude: Amplitude Announces Record Year of Growth in 2020 | Jan. 27, 2021

 JANUARY 27, 2021

Amplitude Announces Record Year of Growth in 2020

Company reveals unprecedented momentum, with revenue growth of 50% YoY, 15 $1 million dollar customers and accelerated new enterprise customer adoption

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 27, 2021 – Amplitude, the operating system for digital business, today announced business results from 2020 that demonstrate record growth in revenues and customer adoption. The company grew revenues by 50%, signed on 400 new customers, doubled new enterprise customers in Q3, and increased its penetration of the Fortune 100 to more than 20 percent. Additional recognition and milestones reflecting Amplitude’s hypergrowth in the last twelve months include:

  • Celebrated the best quarter in company history for new business;
  • Inclusion on The Deloitte Fast 500 at spot 208;
  • Inclusion in top 25 of Y Combinator’s list of top companies by valuation;
  • Designated as a Forbes Cloud 100 company;
  • The completion of the company’s first acquisition: predictive analytics firm, ClearBrain;
  • Named the #1 rated Product Analytics Vendor, and rated a leader in Digital Analytics and Mobile App Analytics by the top software review site G2;
  • 28 trillion digital events tracked and 40,000+ digital products powered in 180+ countries around the world;
  • Record attendance (14K global viewers) for Amplify: The Digital Transformation Conference of 2020;
  • The launch of Amplitude’s inaugural Pioneer Awards, recognizing companies like Atlassian, HBOMax and IBM for their excellence in using digital product intelligence to drive business growth;

There is a historic shift to digital-first occurring across all industries, yet businesses don’t have a system to manage digital growth. Amplitude’s vision is to become the operating system for every digital business, arming growth leaders and the C-suite with the insights to answer the strategic question, "where do we place our digital bets to maximize revenue?" Digital businesses across all vertical sectors are placing their bets on Amplitude, including two of the top five auto manufacturers, three of the top five telecommunications companies, two of the top five retailers, three of the top five entertainment/media companies, four of the leading financial services companies and four of the most successful digital-first IPOs of 2020.

"Amplitude has an opportunity to build a billion-dollar business amidst the next chapter of massive transformation: the shift to digital revenue," said Spenser Skates, co-Founder and CEO of Amplitude. "In this digital era, it’s critical that every digital business has an operating system to understand what product bets drive revenue. Amplitude was built from the ground up to deliver the digital revenue insights that legacy marketing analytics and business intelligence tools struggle to unlock. Our performance in 2020 validates the massive opportunity. Amplitude has the right product and the right team at the right time, as we look to bring new innovations to market and aggressively scale the business through an IPO and beyond."

In 2020 Amplitude bolstered its executive leadership team with the addition of seasoned go-to-market and market creation leader Jennifer Johnson as Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, formerly Chief Marketing Officer at Tenable (Nasdaq: TENB). The company also added Confluent’s Erica Schultz, an accomplished go-to-market leader in enterprise technology with over 25 years of experience building and scaling companies through hyper-growth, transformation, and IPO, to its board.

The company has raised $186 million from leading venture capital firms Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, Battery Ventures, IVP and others which will continue to help the company scale to capitalize on the explosive shift to digital-first, and fuel further global business expansion as every organization, everywhere, seeks to better understand their digital customers.

"In 2020, virtually every company realized they have to win on digital or risk irrelevance," said Eric Vishria, General Partner at Benchmark. "The most innovative leaders from entertainment to financial services have partnered with Amplitude to make their digital products the best for their customers. To sustain this level of growth with virtually no cash burn and absolute best-in-class ARR/headcount is an incredible testament to Amplitude’s business fundamentals. The future is bright for Amplitude in 2021 and beyond as even more enterprises discover the enormous competitive advantage Amplitude gives them."

For additional information about Amplitude, visit our website or tune in to our upcoming Product Roadmap Webinar on March 3 by registering at this link.

Ye Jun | shanghai jiaotong university alumni | Professor in Physics

 Jun Ye (Chinese: 叶军; pinyin: Yè Jūn; born 1967) is a Chinese-American physicist at JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the University of Colorado Boulder, working primarily in the field of atomic, molecular and optical physics.

Education & Career[edit]

Ye was born in Shanghai, China, shortly after the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. His father was a naval officer and his mother an environmental scientist. He was primarily raised by his grandmother.[1] Ye graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1989. He then moved to the United States to commence graduate studies, completing a master's degree at the University of New Mexico under Marlan Scully in theoretical quantum optics in 1991. He also gained experience in experimental physics under John McInerney working on semiconductor lasers, and spent a summer at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.[1]

Ye then went to the University of Colorado Boulder to begin a Ph.D. in physics. He was accepted as the last graduate student of eventual Nobel Prize laureate John L. Hall. His thesis was on high-resolution and high-sensitivity molecular spectroscopy, which he completed in 1997.[2] He then moved to California Institute of Technology as a Milikan Postdoctoral Fellow, working under Jeff Kimble.[3]

Ye moved back to Boulder and JILA as a JILA Associate Fellow and NIST physicist in 1999. John Hall donated most of his lab space to him.[1] He was promoted to full Fellow in 2001 and has been there since, establishing a research program in AMO physics and precision measurement.[4]


Research[edit]

Ye's research focuses on ultracold atoms, ultracold molecules, and laser-based precision measurement. His group has built record breaking very precise experimental optical atomic clocks. In 2017 Ye's JILA group reported an experimental 3D quantum gas strontium optical lattice clock in which strontium-87 atoms are packed into a tiny three-dimensional (3-D) cube at 1,000 times the density of previous one-dimensional (1-D) clocks, like the 2015 JILA clock. A synchronous clock comparison between two regions of the 3D lattice yielded a record level of synchronization of 5 × 10−19 in 1 hour of averaging time.[5] The 3D quantum gas strontium optical lattice clock uses an unusual state of matter called a degenerate Fermi gas (a quantum gas for Fermi particles). The experimental data showed the 3D quantum gas clock achieved a precision of 3.5 × 10−19 in about two hours. In 2018 JILA reported that the 3D quantum gas clock reached a frequency precision of 2.5 × 10−19 over 6 hours.[6][7]

Such clocks could potentially be used for research into variations in the Earth's gravitational field, searching for particles of dark matter, performing quantum simulations of many-body physics, and investigating the fundamental nature of light and matter.[8][9] He also conducts research on strontium for experiments in quantum information science (collaborating with Mikhail Lukin, Ana Maria Rey, Peter Zoller, and others).[10]

Ye's other research focuses include ultrastable lasers (which are essential for the mechanics of his atomic clock), frequency combs, and molecular spectroscopy.[10] In 2012, his group successfully constructed the world's stablest laser.[11] He pioneered the development of direct frequency comb spectroscopy, and also collaborates with Eric Cornell on an experiment aiming to measure the electric dipole moment of the electron using trapped ions.[12]

Breakfast and learn: Google Cloud Next Amsterdam '17 - "Keynote"

Sept. 10, 2021

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Hear from Sebastien Marotte, VP Google Cloud EMEA, Julien Blanchez, Security & Compliance Strategist, Tino Tereshko, Global Big Data Lead, Bill Hippenmeyer, EMEA Head of Sales Engineering and André Hoekzema, Head of Google Cloud Benelux. Discover and deep dive into Google Cloud's technology to turn data into a comprehensive business and innovation. Attendees will also hear some exclusive partner and customer products announcement as well as use cases. Let's build together what's next with Google Cloud.

Pour Leylah Annie Fernandez, le tennis est une histoire de famille

Sept 10, 2021

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La famille Fernandez a tout misé sur le tennis. Le papa, Jorge, est arrivé très jeune au Canada avec sa mère et sa réalité d'immigrant a été difficile. Il s'est juré que ses enfants auraient tout pour réussir leur vie. C'est pour cette raison qu'il est devenu l'entraîneur de ses filles et que la famille s'est installée en Floride, où le climat et surtout l'accès au terrain de tennis gratuit favorisent leur développement. Un choix qui vient avec son lot de difficultés, mais qui favorise les aventures. Leylah Annie, qui n'a que 16 ans, a un superbe potentiel. En janvier dernier, elle a atteint la finale aux Internationaux d'Australie juniors, un des quatre tournois du grand chelem. Découvrez cette histoire de famille. Pour voir nos autres documentaires Podium: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Site web : https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/po... Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/radiocanada.... Twitter : https://twitter.com/RC_Sports Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/rcsports/

US Open: Leylah Fernandez’s dad on the Canadian tennis star's incredible run

Sept. 9, 2021

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Canada’s Leylah Fernandez continued her remarkable run at the U.S. Open on Tuesday, earning a spot in the semifinals with an upset victory over Elina Svitolina of Ukraine. The 19-year-old from Laval, Que., held on through some difficult stretches to post a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) win over the tournament’s No. 5 seed. Fernandez, ranked 73rd in the world and participating in only the seventh major tournament of her career, broke Svitolina midway through the first set and won 4-of-10 breakpoints across the two-hour-and-24-minute match. Her father and coach Jorge Fernandez spoke to the Morning Show hosts Jeff McArthur and Carolyn Mackenzie on his journey coaching his own daughter. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/8173318/ca... Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews

Coach dad - 2021 US open final - Leylah Fernandez

  • Believe in yourself. Bet on yourself. 
  • Three times bigger than you are. Believe yourself. 
  • Train extremely hard. 
  • You live in your dream. Go fight for your dream. 


Thursday, September 9, 2021

Aryna Sabalenka Press Conference | 2021 US Open Semifinal

Sept. 9, 2021

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Aryna Sabalenka's press conference following her semifinal loss to Leylah Fernandez in the 2021 US Open. Don't miss a moment of the US Open! Subscribe now: https://bit.ly/2Pdr81i The 2021 US Open main draw runs from August 30 - September 12 in New York City at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The tournament takes place for the 141st time and is the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year. Dominic Thiem is the men’s singles defending champion but has withdrawn following an injury. Naomi Osaka is the women’s singles defending champion and will be aiming to claim the title for the third time in four years. Meanwhile, No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic looks to complete the calendar Grand Slam after winning the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon already this year. Should the Serbian lift the title here for the fifth time, he will also overtake Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to become the first-ever man to win 21 Grand Slam singles titles. With full capacity crowds back again, it’s time for the greatest return! Twitter: https://twitter.com/usopen Facebook: https://facebook.com/usopentennis Instagram: https://instagram.com/usopen Website: https://www.usopen.org TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@usopen

Amazon virtual onsite interview: Big surprise! I made it by passing online code assessment

 Sept. 9, 2021

Introduction

It was such a big surprise for me to take online assessment this year, I could not pass one in 2020 and one in 2019 as well. I will have Amazon onsite interview in a few weeks. This will be my 4th onsite interview from Amazon. 

4th Amazon onsite interview | Amazon AWS storage S3 | Exciting learn opportunity

I just could not believe that I could have another onsite interview in 2021. I had onsite from Google last December, I passed Microsoft code assessment and then onsite with Microsoft Vancouver in February, and Facebook onsite this May. So I had four onsite interviews last 12 months. 

Study plan | What to focus on | Stay on track

I enjoy reading books about large distributed system, and I like to read a book called Cassandra definitive guide. 

I also like to spend time to write some code, and learn more about Amazon leadership principles. 

I just could not believe that it is so important for me to make better choices to get educated. I choose to watch all Google IO videos first, since I believe that those videos will help me gain more confidence in learning. 


Leylah Fernandez Press Conference | 2021 US Open Semifinal

Sept. 9, 2021

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Leylah Fernandez's press conference following her semifinal win against Aryna Sabalenka in the 2021 US Open. Don't miss a moment of the US Open! Subscribe now: https://bit.ly/2Pdr81i The 2021 US Open main draw runs from August 30 - September 12 in New York City at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The tournament takes place for the 141st time and is the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year. Dominic Thiem is the men’s singles defending champion but has withdrawn following an injury. Naomi Osaka is the women’s singles defending champion and will be aiming to claim the title for the third time in four years. Meanwhile, No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic looks to complete the calendar Grand Slam after winning the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon already this year. Should the Serbian lift the title here for the fifth time, he will also overtake Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to become the first-ever man to win 21 Grand Slam singles titles. With full capacity crowds back again, it’s time for the greatest return! Twitter: https://twitter.com/usopen Facebook: https://facebook.com/usopentennis Instagram: https://instagram.com/usopen Website: https://www.usopen.org TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@usopen

Emma Raducanu On-Court Interview | 2021 US Open Semifinal

Sept. 9, 2021

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Emma Raducanu's on-court interview following her win against Maria Sakkari in the semifinals of the 2021 US Open. Don't miss a moment of the US Open! Subscribe now: https://bit.ly/2Pdr81i The 2021 US Open main draw runs from August 30 - September 12 in New York City at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The tournament takes place for the 141st time and is the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year. Dominic Thiem is the men’s singles defending champion but has withdrawn following an injury. Naomi Osaka is the women’s singles defending champion and will be aiming to claim the title for the third time in four years. Meanwhile, No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic looks to complete the calendar Grand Slam after winning the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon already this year. Should the Serbian lift the title here for the fifth time, he will also overtake Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to become the first-ever man to win 21 Grand Slam singles titles. With full capacity crowds back again, it’s time for the greatest return! Twitter: https://twitter.com/usopen Facebook: https://facebook.com/usopentennis Instagram: https://instagram.com/usopen Website: https://www.usopen.org TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@usopen

Google Cloud Next Amsterdam '17 - "Keynote"

Sept. 9, 2021

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My favorite part is about Spanner with demo starting from 50:00/ 1:56:20

Hear from Sebastien Marotte, VP Google Cloud EMEA, Julien Blanchez, Security & Compliance Strategist, Tino Tereshko, Global Big Data Lead, Bill Hippenmeyer, EMEA Head of Sales Engineering and André Hoekzema, Head of Google Cloud Benelux. Discover and deep dive into Google Cloud's technology to turn data into a comprehensive business and innovation. Attendees will also hear some exclusive partner and customer products announcement as well as use cases. Let's build together what's next with Google Cloud.


Google Cloud Platform Live: Keynote from Urs Hölzle

Sept. 9, 2021

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Urs Hölzle, Senior Vice President, will be sharing Google's vision for cloud computing and announcing a number of new products and services. Bobby Murphy, CTO and co-founder of Snapchat, will make a guest appearance to talk about building one of the world's most popular applications on Cloud Platform.

Cloud Spanner 101: Google's mission-critical relational database (Google Cloud Next '17)

Sept. 9, 2021

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In this video, Dominic Preuss shares an overview of Google Cloud Spanner, Google's mission-critical, relational and scalable application database, which is now publicly available as a managed service on Google Cloud. You'll learn how Cloud Spanner evolved, how Google uses it internally, and how you can use it for your next project. Missed the conference? Watch all the talks here: https://goo.gl/c1Vs3h Watch more talks about Infrastructure & Operations here: https://goo.gl/k2LOYG


Fortinet: Understanding Fortinet stock performance in 2021 YTD | near 100% gains in 2021 YTD

 

  1. Fortinet

    Fortinet is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It develops and markets cybersecurity products and services, such as firewalls, anti-virus, intrusion prevention and endpoint security. Fortinet was founded in 2000 by brothers Ken Xie and Michael Xie. The company's first product was FortiGate, a firewall. The company later added wireless access points, sandboxing, and messaging security. By 2004, Fortinet had raised over $90 million in funding. The company went public in November 2009, raising $156 million through an initial public offering.In 2016, Fortinet released its Security Fabric architecture that included integration and automation with other network security devices and third-party vendors. The product was later adapted to include multi-cloud, IoT, and SD-WAN capabilities.