Path Of Discovery

Collected architectural projects by the PAI Design firm.

Step into the Labyrinth Sacred Practices for Health, Wisdom, and True Purpose The labyrinth is an enigma, a seemingly ordinary symbol that has the power to open the gateway to profound self-discovery. Within its coils and turns, secret wisdom is revealed that has the potential to help humanity on its journey toward spiritual advancement. In this book, spiritual teacher Tony Christie shares new information and powerful techniques for exploring the labyrinth as a source of wonder, wisdom, healing, and enlightenment. Discover how to work with labyrinths to quiet your mind and gain insights and answers for the questions that matter most to you. Use the labyrinth as a safe container for letting go of your troubles and finding that peaceful place within yourself. Learn about the fascinating connections between the labyrinth and tarot, alchemy, crop circles, and the cosmos. With the right guidance and intention, every step you take in a labyrinth can bring you greater understanding of your life's purpose on your own sacred journey. Praise: "Tony combines a deep wisdom of labyrinths and his personal experience to offer an opportunity to the reader to explore the labyrinth of their own sacred being. I love the mix of practical and theory. A truly enjoyable read."—Abby Wynne, author of How to Be Well and AZ Spiritual Colouring Affirmations "This book is a confident statement of the limitless possibilities of the labyrinth on all levels of existence, material and immaterial."—Robert Ferré, master labyrinth builder and author of The Labyrinth Revival "This book by Tony Christie covers the entire spectrum of time—back to the Big Bang and into the Future. If you are to read only one book on labyrinths, this is the one to read."—Sig Longren, author of Labyrinths: Ancient Myths and Modern Uses "This is an important book for anyone interested in working with labyrinths or who wishes to try to gain some understanding of the immense power of them."—Yvonne Ryves, author of Shaman Pathways—Web of Life, shamanic healer, Reiki master, and past life therapist "Well researched and written with a steady hand and heart, Labyrinth offers Tony Christie's unique understanding of this amazing tool."—Lauren Artress, author of Walking a Sacred Path "Readers interested in esoteric spiritual traditions will find much to enjoy in Christie's tutorial on the spiritual powers of labyrinths."—Publishers Weekly

Written by a noted historian of science, this in-depth account traces how Watson and Crick achieved one of science's most dramatic feats: their 1953 discovery of the molecular structure of DNA.

This three-volume set, LNAI 10937, 10938, and 10939, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 22nd Pacific-Asia Conference on Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2018, held in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, in June 2018. The 164 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 592 submissions. The volumes present papers focusing on new ideas, original research results and practical development experiences from all KDD related areas, including data mining, data warehousing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, databases, statistics, knowledge engineering, visualization, decision-making systems and the emerging applications.

Naming is an integral building block within data networks and systems and is becoming ever more important as complex data-centric usage models emerge. Internet Naming and Discovery is timely in developing a unified model for studying the topic of naming and discovery. It details the architectural and economic tools needed for designing naming and discovery schemes within the broader context of internetwork architecture. Readers will find in this book a historic overview of the Internet and a comprehensive survey of the literature, followed by and an in-depth examination of naming and discovery. Specific topics covered include: • formal definitions of name, address, identifier, locator, binding, routing, discovery, mapping, and resolution; • a discussion of the properties of names and bindings, along with illustrative case studies; • taxonomy that helps in organizing the solution space, and more importantly in identifying new avenues for contributing to the field; • a general model for exploring the tradeoffs involved in designing discovery systems; • an illustrative design exercise for differentiated discovery services; • broad treatment of the main economic issues that arise in the context of discovery; and • a game-theoretic incentive model for route distribution (and discovery) in the context of path-vector routing protocols (mainly BGP). Internet Naming and Discovery will be of great value to readers, including graduate students, engineers and computer scientists, theoreticians and practitioners, seeking a training in advanced networking, or specializing in computer and communications networks.

During the last decade, the French-speaking scientific community developed a very strong research activity in the field of Knowledge Discovery and Management (KDM or EGC for “Extraction et Gestion des Connaissances” in French), which is concerned with, among others, Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Business Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering and SemanticWeb. The recent and novel research contributions collected in this book are extended and reworked versions of a selection of the best papers that were originally presented in French at the EGC 2009 Conference held in Strasbourg, France on January 2009. The volume is organized in four parts. Part I includes five papers concerned by various aspects of supervised learning or information retrieval. Part II presents five papers concerned with unsupervised learning issues. Part III includes two papers on data streaming and two on security while in Part IV the last four papers are concerned with ontologies and semantic.

The Goblin and the Ocean's Secret Summary of this Story: "The Goblin and the Ocean's Secret" is a children's fairy tale about a curious and brave monster named Gob. Gob is amazed by how big the ocean is. He can see it from his home, which is in the middle of a thick forest near the water. He decides to explore the ocean to find out more about it, so he packs food and drink into a small backpack. Gob spends a long time making his way through the thick jungle before he gets to the beach. He wades into the water. After swimming for several hours, he finally gets to an island in the middle of the ocean. In a small cave on the island, Gob finds a treasure chest full of things. One of them is a small gem that pulsed with a soft light. As soon as he picks up the crystal, he realizes that it is the key to opening the secrets of the sea, and he feels a strange rush of energy. Gob makes his way back to his people, the goblins, who are having a hard time making it through the harsh winter and are quickly running out of food and supplies. He shows them how the crystal can use the power of the ocean to bring warmth and plenty to their town. He also tells them how this is done. Gob and his friends come up with a way to use the power of the crystal to heat their homes and grow food. But their victory doesn't last long because a group of evil goblins who are jealous of Gob's success attack their town. They are willing to do anything to get the crystal because they want it for themselves. Gob gives the order for his friends to run away, but he stays put to fight the enemy. He uses the power of the sea to give himself a quick burst of strength and throw them crystal high into the air. The evil goblins are scared away, and the crystal shines brighter than ever before. But winning does not come without a cost. After letting out too much energy, the crystal breaks into a million pieces, which then scatters all over the forest floor. Gob's heart is broken, but he quickly realizes that the pieces of the crystal still have their life force. He puts all these parts together and comes up with a new way to use the power of the ocean. It's not as strong as the original crystal, but it's enough to support his group and keep them warm and fed. Gob realizes that the ocean's main secret is not just the energy it has, but rather the chance to work together and help each other that it represents. He has decided that information is not something that can be owned or controlled. Instead, it is something that should be shared and used for the good of society. He is grateful for the help and support he has gotten from his friends and advisors, and he knows that he needs to keep working with them to build a better future. In the end, Gob and his people learn to live happily with the sea and use its power to keep themselves and their community alive. When Gob looks out at the ocean and sees how big it is, it reminds him that he still has a lot to learn and understand. On the other hand, he is no longer afraid of things he can't know. He is sure that if he and his people work hard, don't give up, and stick together, they will be able to overcome any problem and use the power of the sea to build a better future for themselves and their society. When it comes to learning and understanding, "The Goblin and the Ocean's Secret" is an uplifting story that shows how important it is to be persistent, dedicated, work together, and be thankful. This lesson is meant for kids and teens. It also shows the possible benefits and risks of seeking knowledge and understanding, as well as the importance of putting information to use for practical reasons and the good of society.

This book details the development and evaluation of technological interventions designed to improve human and economic development within complex, low-resource settings, showing that a solution becomes an innovation when it reaches widespread use. The book shortens the time-gap between development and up-take of the intervention, especially for student solution-developers or innovators who are new to the cultural and geopolitical settings of the problem-source country or region. Technological interventions in development are sustainable if they meet a real need, are affordable by the users, fit within the cultural context and are ergonomically appropriate. Many interventions have failed because of inattentiveness to one or more of these factors. Each of the book’s points is backed up with scholarly research work, confidently guiding solution-developers confronted with issues such as acquiring intellectual property protections, among many others.