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Hilton Vacation Club Misrepresented the timeshare; scammed us; duped us, scammed us, lied, gave us a line, dishonest... Carlsbad California
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The resort is, of course, beautiful and right down the road they were building another one, pre-construction, wow what a deal.... As my sister lives in Carlsbad we decided to purchase a 2 bedroom, it seemed like the thing to do. We already owned 2 other timeshares and had great experiences. We thought that if we had a timeshare right next to my sister, Lego Land and Sea World, etc we would be practically guaranteed a nice, convenient place to stay.
We discussed what were looking for in a time share, flexibility and availability were on the top of the list (we own 3 family businesses and we're pretty busy). We were assured that becoming Platinum owners would assure us the kind of kit-glove treatment that we had at our other 2 timeshares.
Debbie told us that my sister could come over and use the gym and since I was the one who booked vacations that we all needed access to the timeshare we could add the ownership to our family trust. She would make sure that all the paperwork was in order to make that possible.
In a nut shell, it took us almost 2 years to get the deed correct and initially they wanted to charge us a re-deeding fee. Needless to say we have no flexibility or availability and have yet to be able to use our time share from our Hilton account, we have however gotten in via our other time share company! $30,000 we spent for the convenience of being close to family and activities and we can't even get a room! I am not talking about booking for a vacation tomorrow, we tried just today for this summer and were told that there isn't a room a available in Carlsbad From April to October!
I have tried to reach someone to help me resolve my concerns and have gotten the run around. I guess what we have is a premium week that we need to book at least 9 months ahead of time because if we don't all members get to book and then all the resorts in the Carlsbad area get booked up!
I do not want anyone to have to go through what we are still going through. We have wasted a lot of time, money and heart muscle on this! Please be warned about the Hilton Grand Vacations Club and their sales staff. They are dishonest and fraudulent people; and even when you think you have it in writing, they are much slicker than you...
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Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Score
Best Sound Editing
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Dame Helen Mirren and producer Cathy Schulman co-host the annual Women in Film pre-Oscars event in Los Angeles. Among the attendees were Oscar nominees Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years a Slave"), June Squibb ("Nebraska"), Julie Delpy ("Before Midnight"), and producers from "Captain Phillips," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Frozen," "Philomena," and "The Wolf of Wall Street." Others included Lake Bell, Jaime King, Sarah Paulson, Elisabeth Rohm, and Gabourey Sidibe. L.A. Times.
Sandy Cohen reveals the secrets behind Oscar rehearsals on Friday. Pharrell Williams practiced his song "Happy" with a choir of high school students and 20 pro dancers. He will be introduced by Jamie Foxx at the ceremony Sunday. Idina Menzel, who will perform "Let It Go," was "awed by the technology" and orchestra, which is playing off-site at the Capitol Records building (as they did last year). Karen O rehearsed "The Moon Song" with Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig on acoustic guitar. No details emerged about U2 ("Ordinary Love"), but they did stay well into the night. Huffington Post.
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The motion picture academy may have a notoriously short memory, but Razzie Award voters reached back more than a year to decide their Worst Picture.
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Lindsay Lohan, "The Canyons"
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Gold Derby's very own Paul Sheehan was the best Expert with an outstanding 86% correct on his 2013 Independent Spirit Awards winner predictions. 12 film journalists took part in this year's contest.
In second place were Thom Geier (Entertainment Weekly) and Steve Pond (The Wrap) with 79%.
There is then a large six-way tie at 72% right between Edward Douglas (Coming Soon), Scott Feinberg (Hollywood Reporter), Tariq Khan (Fox News) Tom O'Neil (Gold Derby), Anne Thompson (Thompson on Hollywood), and Peter Travers (Rolling Stone).
The final three spots are Keith Simanton (IMDB) at 65%, Susan Wloszczyna (Roger Ebert) at 58%, and Claudia Puig (USA Today) at 50%.
Click here for a breakdown of all top scorers in our leaderboard. To see the pundits' original predictions, click here.
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Congratulations to our site User JamesNeat, who earned a score of 93% accuracy predicting the Independent Spirit Awards winners. He actually tied with Justin Poletti, GOJeffreyYounger, and DerekReviews but used his 500 and 200 point bets wisely and had the better point score of 2,537.
Over 1,100 Gold Derby readers forecasted this year's Spirit champs, logging over 14,000 predictions. To see how you fared, log in to your account and under your profile picture click Independent Spirit Awards 2013.
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Those were the only four Users who beat our best Editor -- David Schnelwar -- who came in at 86% accuracy. The other four Editors tied with 65% right -- Marcus Dixon, Rob Licuria, Daniel Montgomery, and myself.
Our overall best Expert was Gold Derby's own Paul Sheehan with an excellent 86% correct. In second place were Thom Geier (Entertainment Weekly) and Steve Pond (The Wrap) with 79%.
There is then a large six-way tie at 72% right between Edward Douglas (Coming Soon), Scott Feinberg (Hollywood Reporter), Tariq Khan (Fox News) Tom O'Neil (Gold Derby), Anne Thompson (Thompson on Hollywood), and Peter Travers (Rolling Stone). The final three spots are Keith Simanton (IMDB) at 65%, Susan Wloszczyna (Roger Ebert) at 58%, and Claudia Puig (USA Today) at 50%.
What did the Independent Spirit Awards tell us about the Oscars?
(For the complete list of winners, click here.)
These kudos can't influence tomorrow night's Oscars because the academy's deadline for ballots has passed. And, as in the past, the Indie Spirits went to the strongest Oscar contenders among their nominees.
Granted, they nominated more Oscar frontrunners than usual this year, but that probably tells us more about the decreasing independence of the Indie Spirits than it does about the Oscars.
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"12 Years a Slave" is a top contender for Best Picture. It didn't have to worry about "Gravity" or "American Hustle" here because they cost too much to qualify for these kudos.
Best Female Lead Cate Blanchett ("Blue Jasmine") and Best Supporting Male Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club") are still virtual locks in their Oscar categories.
And Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years") had pretty much a free ride in the Supporting Female race without Jennifer Lawrence ("American Hustle") in the mix.
RELATED: Indie Spirits preview Oscars: '12 Years a Slave,',McConaughey, Blanchett, Leto
Saturday's Indie Spirit Awards offered an unprecedented preview of Sunday's Oscars. "12 Years a Slave" won Best Picture, Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyongo) and Adapted Screenplay here as it is predicted to do on Sunday. While the film also claimed Best Director (Steve McQueen) and Cinematography, it is not expected to repeat in those races at the Oscars. (See full list of winners here.)
Matthew McConaughey ("Dallas Buyers Club") and Cate Blanchett ("Blue Jasmine") and supporting players Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club") and Lupita Nyongo ("12 Years a Slave") -- picked up prizes here as well.
And the Spirits pick for Best Documentary -- "20 Feet from Stardom" -- is predicted to prevail again on Sunday.
"Blue is the Warmest Color" won Best International Film. It was ineligible for the foreign-language category at the Oscars as it did not open in its native France before the deadline.
The academy snubbed "Fruitvale Station" which won Best First Feature. However, Best First Screenplay winner Bob Nelson ("Nebraska") is in contention on Sunday for his original script; however, that Oscar race looks like it is between "American Hustle" and "Her."
Winners for the 29th annual Independent Spirit Awards were announced on Saturday (March 1), one day before the Oscars, during an afternoon ceremony on Santa Monica beach. The 1:30 p.m. start means that only a taped version of the show will air on IFC at 10 p.m. ET/PT. (Read full report on winners here.)
Indie Spirits preview Oscars: '12 Years a Slave,' McConaughey, Blanchett, Leto
American feature film nominees, culled from entries with budgets of under $20 million, were determined by a committee while winners were chosen by members of Film Independent.
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Shane Carruth, "Upstream Color"
J.C. Chandor, "All Is Lost"
X - Steve McQueen, "12 Years A Slave"
Jeff Nichols, "Mud"
Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"
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Oscar Isaac, "Inside Llewyn Davis"
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Robert Redford, "All Is Lost"
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Title: Problems with non-native Star jasmine
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QUESTION:My Jasmine leaves are turning red. I think it's a Star Jasmine as it get those pretty little white fragrant flowers that look like a star. What is causing this and is it something I should be concerned with? If it's a disease, how would I treat it? Thank you Sue
There are three plants native to North America with "jasmine" in one of their common names. They are:
Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana (Lehmann's rockjasmine) - native to Alaska and Montana
Androsace septentrionalis (pygmyflower rockjasmine) - native to Washington
Clematis crispa (swamp leather flower) - not native to Washington
You can follow the links to these plants, and look at the pictures, but we're pretty sure your plant is none of the above. The description sounds like Trachelospermum jasminoides, also known as Star jasmine, or Confederate jasmine.This plant, in spite of the common names, is not native to North America. At the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, we only deal with plants native not only to North America but also to the area in which they are being grown. Since we have no information in our Native Plant Database on plants outside our expertise, we are referring you to this Floridata website, Trachelospermum jasminoides for more information and the possible answer to your question.
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Vitals: Morgan Daniels, 33, is originally from East St. Louis, Ill. He moved to Rockford six years ago after earning his bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Southern Illinois. Daniels is unemployed, but spends his free time looking for jobs and reading.
1. If you could choose any elected official – local, state or national – to speak with one-on-one, who would it be and what would you say? I'd speak with Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D). The only thing I'd have to say to him is: "Where are all the jobs?" I've been out of work for six months now, and the prospects of getting a job are very slim. The more people we have working, the more money they spend – and the state's economy could sure use some of both.
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James McCoy will likely join the cast of an upcoming drama based on the WikiLeaks scandal. According to the Chicago Tribune, the Scottish actor is in talks to portray Daniel Domscheit-Berg, the German spokesperson for WikiLeaks, the contoversial organization that aims to expose classified government information from countries across the globe. The film is based on Domscheit-Berg's book, "Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian Assange At The World's Most Dangerous Website," as well as on "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War On Secrecy," by journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding.
Bill Condon ("Dreamgirls," "Twilight: Breaking Dawn") is set to direct the film. TV writer Josh Singer ("The West Wing," "Fringe") is tapped to pen the screenplay.
On Friday, Indie Wire confirmed that British actor Benedict Cumberbatch will play Australian-born WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Cumberbatch and McAvoy previously costarred in the 2007 wartime romance "Atonement."
The film could mark a turning point in McAvoy's career. He has starred in box office sensations like the acclaimed 2008 thriller "Wanted" and "X-Men: First Class," the 2011 prequel to the popular comic book franchise. McAvoy also appeared in such notable films as the Oscar-winning "The Last King of Scotland" in 2006 and the 2005 hit "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."
Despite taking on such high-profile projects and achieving heart-throb status, the actor has yet to become a household name. But based on the films he has in the pipline, the star could follow in the footsteps of Michael Fassbender, who gave a string of impressive performances in films like "Hunger" and 'Fish Tank" but didn't obtain A-list status until the age of 34.
McAvoy is slated to star in a total of five films next year, including "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby," opposite Jessica Chastain and Viola Davis. He has also signed on to star in the Danny Boyle-directed art thriller "Trance." The actor will also reprise his role as Professor Xavier in "X-Men: Days of Future Past," alongside Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence.
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An Orange County beagle named Rufus, who was set to be euthanized after biting a child, is now home with its family.
The incident sparked a public outcry after it was revealed that the dog could have been killed even though the owner wanted the dog back at home.
The dog bit the owner's 4-year-old child on the lip, triggering a visit from Animal Control.
Animal Control said it is its policy to take the dog when someone suffers a severe injury.
Rufus was set to be euthanized on May 1, but the family filed an appeal, and its owner, Nikki West, started a Facebook petition to save the dog. West had to prove that the injuries to her child weren't as severe as initially reported in order to get the dog back.
"Today I reviewed medical documentation provided by a representative for Ms. West. This documentation contradicts initial information provided by Ms. West on April 9, 2013, and as a result, l have decided to release Rufus to Ms. West," said a statement from Orange County Animal Services.
The beagle was sent home with the family Thursday evening.
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This brake kit is really effective when it comes to braking. I was recommended by these brake and as soon as you punch in the brake it instantly locks on to the brake instead of having to punch in the brake a bit further with the stock kit. However, it does make a noise that I dislike but I got use to it. I believe it is because of the drilled hole, make a hissing sound, such as air flowing through.


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Lowther Castle launches tourism boost
Lowther Castle is being used to launch a new campaign to boost tourism in the Eden area of Cumbria.
Lowther Castle is being used to launch a new campaign to boost tourism in the Eden area of Cumbria.
The gardens of Lowther Castle will be open once more to the public on Good Friday.
As part of a £9m restoration project 121 acres were rescued from abandonment and will be seen by visitors for the first time in 70 years.
By July the Castle ruins, a shop, museum and gallery will open.
Tourism in Eden like many parts of Cumbria is big business for the local economy.
It brings in 4 million visitors and £217m each year.
Eden tourist board hopes the new attraction will boost visitor numbers in the area.
This autumn is on course to become the third mildest on record.
Despite all-party agreement on more powers, the constitution debate continues...
Deputy First Minister John Swinney says some of the proposals of the Smith Commission may have fallen short of expectations.


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Bookies win big ($64M big) following blown call at end of SD-Pitt game
Cold, Hard Football Facts for Nov 16, 2008
This story came to us from alert reader Rick Stoppe, through a press release sent to him and attributed to R.J. Bell of something called Pregame.com.
Apparently, bettors lost about $64 million thanks to an errant officials' decision at the end of the San Diego-Pittsburgh game.
The Chargers, trailing 11-10 on the last play of the game, attempted a number of laterals in the hopes of scoring a freak TD from deep within Pittsburgh territory. But Steelers DB Troy Polamalu pounced on the ball and raced into the end zone for an apparent TD as time expired.
However officials ruled an illegal forward pass against the Chargers and took the TD off the board. Game over.
After the game, officials said they made a mistake.
The mistake didn't change the outcome of the game. But it did change the outcome for millions of gamblers, according to Bell. The Steelers, 5-point favorites, won 11-10 instead of 17-10.
"An estimated 100 million dollars was wagered worldwide on the Pittsburgh/San Diego game. Approximately 66 percent of that money was on the Steelers; with only 34 percent on the Chargers," said Bell.
"If the touchdown was properly upheld, Steelers bettors would have won about 32 million dollars instead of losing big. This admittedly incorrect call resulted in a 64 million dollar swing in favor of the bookies."
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Table of contentsPage(s): C1| | PDF (36 KB)
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks publication informationPage(s): C2| | PDF (38 KB)
Probabilistic Classification Vector MachinesPage(s): 901 - 914| | Quick Abstract | PDF (1245 KB) | | HTML
In this paper, a sparse learning algorithm, probabilistic classification vector machines (PCVMs), is proposed. We analyze relevance vector machines (RVMs) for classification problems and observe that adopting the same prior for different classes may lead to unstable solutions. In order to tackle this problem, a signed and truncated Gaussian prior is adopted over every weight in PCVMs, where the sign of prior is determined by the class label, i.e., +1 or -1. The truncated Gaussian prior not only restricts the sign of weights but also leads to a sparse estimation of weight vectors, and thus controls the complexity of the model. In PCVMs, the kernel parameters can be optimized simultaneously within the training algorithm. The performance of PCVMs is extensively evaluated on four synthetic data sets and 13 benchmark data sets using three performance metrics, error rate (ERR), area under the curve of receiver operating characteristic (AUC), and root mean squared error (RMSE). We compare PCVMs with soft-margin support vector machines (SVMSoft), hard-margin support vector machines (SVMHard), SVM with the kernel parameters optimized by PCVMs (SVMPCVM), relevance vector machines (RVMs), and some other baseline classifiers. Through five replications of twofold cross-validation F test, i.e., 5 times 2 cross-validation F test, over single data sets and Friedman test with the corresponding post-hoc test to compare these algorithms over multiple data sets, we notice that PCVMs outperform other algorithms, including SVMSoft, SVMHard, RVM, and SVMPCVM, on most of the data sets under the three metrics, especially under AUC. Our results also reveal that the performance of SVMPCVM is slightly better than SVMSoft, implying that the parameter optimization algorithm in PCVMs is better than cross validation in terms of performance and computational complexity. In this paper, we also discuss the superio- - rity of PCVMs' formulation using maximum a posteriori (MAP) analysis and margin analysis, which explain the empirical success of PCVMs. View full abstract»
A Delayed Projection Neural Network for Solving Linear Variational InequalitiesPage(s): 915 - 925| | Quick Abstract | PDF (728 KB) | | HTML
In this paper, a delayed projection neural network is proposed for solving a class of linear variational inequality problems. The theoretical analysis shows that the proposed neural network is globally exponentially stable under different conditions. By the proposed linear matrix inequality (LMI) method, the monotonicity assumption on the linear variational inequality is no longer necessary. By employing Lagrange multipliers, the proposed method can resolve the constrained quadratic programming problems. Finally, simulation examples are given to demonstrate the satisfactory performance of the proposed neural network. View full abstract»
Sparse Bayesian Modeling With Adaptive Kernel LearningPage(s): 926 - 937| | Quick Abstract | PDF (1127 KB) | | HTML
Sparse kernel methods are very efficient in solving regression and classification problems. The sparsity and performance of these methods depend on selecting an appropriate kernel function, which is typically achieved using a cross-validation procedure. In this paper, we propose an incremental method for supervised learning, which is similar to the relevance vector machine (RVM) but also learns the parameters of the kernels during model training. Specifically, we learn different parameter values for each kernel, resulting in a very flexible model. In order to avoid overfitting, we use a sparsity enforcing prior that controls the effective number of parameters of the model. We present experimental results on artificial data to demonstrate the advantages of the proposed method and we provide a comparison with the typical RVM on several commonly used regression and classification data sets. View full abstract»
Robust Dynamic Sliding-Mode Control Using Adaptive RENN for Magnetic Levitation SystemPage(s): 938 - 951| | Quick Abstract | PDF (3726 KB) | | HTML
In this paper, a robust dynamic sliding mode control system (RDSMC) using a recurrent Elman neural network (RENN) is proposed to control the position of a levitated object of a magnetic levitation system considering the uncertainties. First, a dynamic model of the magnetic levitation system is derived. Then, a proportional-integral-derivative (PID)-type sliding-mode control system (SMC) is adopted for tracking of the reference trajectories. Moreover, a new PID-type dynamic sliding-mode control system (DSMC) is proposed to reduce the chattering phenomenon. However, due to the hardware being limited and the uncertainty bound being unknown of the switching function for the DSMC, an RDSMC is proposed to improve the control performance and further increase the robustness of the magnetic levitation system. In the RDSMC, an RENN estimator is used to estimate an unknown nonlinear function of lumped uncertainty online and replace the switching function in the hitting control of the DSMC directly. The adaptive learning algorithms that trained the parameters of the RENN online are derived using Lyapunov stability theorem. Furthermore, a robust compensator is proposed to confront the uncertainties including approximation error, optimal parameter vectors, and higher order terms in Taylor series. Finally, some experimental results of tracking the various periodic trajectories demonstrate the validity of the proposed RDSMC for practical applications. View full abstract»
Permitted and Forbidden Sets in Discrete-Time Linear Threshold Recurrent Neural NetworksPage(s): 952 - 963| | Quick Abstract | PDF (685 KB) | | HTML
The concepts of permitted and forbidden sets enable a new perspective of the memory in neural networks. Such concepts exhibit interesting dynamics in recurrent neural networks. This paper studies the basic theories of permitted and forbidden sets of the linear threshold discrete-time recurrent neural networks. The linear threshold transfer function has been regarded as an adequate transfer function for recurrent neural networks. Networks with this transfer function form a class of hybrid analog and digital networks which are especially useful for perceptual computations. Networks in discrete time can directly provide algorithms for efficient implementation in digital hardware. The main contribution of this paper is to establish foundations of permitted and forbidden sets. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the linear threshold discrete-time recurrent neural networks are obtained for complete convergence, existence of permitted and forbidden sets, as well as conditionally multiattractivity, respectively. Simulation studies explore some possible interesting practical applications. View full abstract»
Associative Memory for Online Learning in Noisy Environments Using Self-Organizing Incremental Neural NetworkPage(s): 964 - 972| | Quick Abstract | PDF (1299 KB) | | HTML
Associative memory operating in a real environment must perform well in online incremental learning and be robust to noisy data because noisy associative patterns are presented sequentially in a real environment. We propose a novel associative memory that satisfies these requirements. Using the proposed method, new associative pairs that are presented sequentially can be learned accurately without forgetting previously learned patterns. The memory size of the proposed method increases adaptively with learning patterns. Therefore, it suffers neither redundancy nor insufficiency of memory size, even in an environment in which the maximum number of associative pairs to be presented is unknown before learning. Noisy inputs in real environments are classifiable into two types: noise-added original patterns and faultily presented random patterns. The proposed method deals with two types of noise. To our knowledge, no conventional associative memory addresses noise of both types. The proposed associative memory performs as a bidirectional one-to-many or many-to-one associative memory and deals not only with bipolar data, but also with real-valued data. Results demonstrate that the proposed method's features are important for application to an intelligent robot operating in a real environment. The originality of our work consists of two points: employing a growing self-organizing network for an associative memory, and discussing what features are necessary for an associative memory for an intelligent robot and proposing an associative memory that satisfies those requirements. View full abstract»
A Neural Network Model to Minimize the Connected Dominating Set for Self-Configuration of Wireless Sensor NetworksPage(s): 973 - 982| | Quick Abstract | PDF (1003 KB) | | HTML
A wireless ad hoc sensor network consists of a number of sensors spreading across a geographical area. The performance of the network suffers as the number of nodes grows, and a large sensor network quickly becomes difficult to manage. Thus, it is essential that the network be able to self-organize. Clustering is an efficient approach to simplify the network structure and to alleviate the scalability problem. One method to create clusters is to use weakly connected dominating sets (WCDSs). Finding the minimum WCDS in an arbitrary graph is an NP-complete problem. We propose a neural network model to find the minimum WCDS in a wireless sensor network. We present a directed convergence algorithm. The new algorithm outperforms the normal convergence algorithm both in efficiency and in the quality of solutions. Moreover, it is shown that the neural network is robust. We investigate the scalability of the neural network model by testing it on a range of sized graphs and on a range of transmission radii. Compared with Guha and Khuller's centralized algorithm, the proposed neural network with directed convergency achieves better results when the transmission radius is short, and equal performance when the transmission radius becomes larger. The parallel version of the neural network model takes time O(d) , where d is the maximal degree in the graph corresponding to the sensor network, while the centralized algorithm takes O(n 2). We also investigate the effect of the transmission radius on the size of WCDS. The results show that it is important to select a suitable transmission radius to make the network stable and to extend the lifespan of the network. The proposed model can be used on sink nodes in sensor networks, so that a sink node can inform the nodes to be a coordinator (clusterhead) in the WCDS obtained by the algorithm. Thus, the message overhead is O(M), where M is the size of the WCDS. View full abstract»
Recurrent Neural Networks Training With Stable Bounding Ellipsoid AlgorithmPage(s): 983 - 991| | Quick Abstract | PDF (549 KB) | | HTML
Bounding ellipsoid (BE) algorithms offer an attractive alternative to traditional training algorithms for neural networks, for example, backpropagation and least squares methods. The benefits include high computational efficiency and fast convergence speed. In this paper, we propose an ellipsoid propagation algorithm to train the weights of recurrent neural networks for nonlinear systems identification. Both hidden layers and output layers can be updated. The stability of the BE algorithm is proven. View full abstract»
Spatio–Temporal Adaptation in the Unsupervised Development of Networked Visual NeuronsPage(s): 992 - 1008| | Quick Abstract | PDF (3003 KB) | | HTML
There have been many computational models mimicking the visual cortex that are based on spatial adaptations of unsupervised neural networks. In this paper, we present a new model called neuronal cluster which includes spatial as well as temporal weights in its unified adaptation scheme. The ldquoin-placerdquo nature of the model is based on two biologically plausible learning rules, Hebbian rule and lateral inhibition. We present the mathematical demonstration that the temporal weights are derived from the delay in lateral inhibition. By training with the natural videos, this model can develop spatio-temporal features such as orientation selective cells, motion sensitive cells, and spatio-temporal complex cells. The unified nature of the adaption scheme allows us to construct a multilayered and task-independent attention selection network which uses the same learning rule for edge, motion, and color detection, and we can use this network to engage in attention selection in both static and dynamic scenes. View full abstract»
Large Scale Nonlinear Control System Fine-Tuning Through LearningPage(s): 1009 - 1023| | Quick Abstract | PDF (1191 KB) | | HTML
Despite the continuous advances in the fields of intelligent control and computing, the design and deployment of efficient large scale nonlinear control systems (LNCSs) requires a tedious fine-tuning of the LNCS parameters before and during the actual system operation. In the majority of LNCSs the fine-tuning process is performed by experienced personnel based on field observations via experimentation with different combinations of controller parameters, without the use of a systematic approach. The existing adaptive/neural/fuzzy control methodologies cannot be used towards the development of a systematic, automated fine-tuning procedure for general LNCS due to the strict assumptions they impose on the controlled system dynamics; on the other hand, adaptive optimization methodologies fail to guarantee an efficient and safe performance during the fine-tuning process, mainly due to the fact that these methodologies involve the use of random perturbations. In this paper, we introduce and analyze, both by means of mathematical arguments and simulation experiments, a new learning/adaptive algorithm that can provide with convergent, an efficient and safe fine-tuning of general LNCS. The proposed algorithm consists of a combination of two different algorithms proposed by Kosmatopoulos (2007 and 2008) and the incremental-extreme learning machine neural networks (I-ELM-NNs). Among the nice properties of the proposed algorithm is that it significantly outperforms the algorithms proposed by Kosmatopoulos as well as other existing adaptive optimization algorithms. Moreover, contrary to the algorithms proposed by Kosmatopoulos , the proposed algorithm can operate efficiently in the case where the exogenous system inputs (e.g., disturbances, commands, demand, etc.) are unbounded signals. View full abstract»
Subgradient-Based Neural Networks for Nonsmooth Nonconvex Optimization ProblemsPage(s): 1024 - 1038| | Quick Abstract | PDF (557 KB) | | HTML
This paper presents a subgradient-based neural network to solve a nonsmooth nonconvex optimization problem with a nonsmooth nonconvex objective function, a class of affine equality constraints, and a class of nonsmooth convex inequality constraints. The proposed neural network is modeled with a differential inclusion. Under a suitable assumption on the constraint set and a proper assumption on the objective function, it is proved that for a sufficiently large penalty parameter, there exists a unique global solution to the neural network and the trajectory of the network can reach the feasible region in finite time and stay there thereafter. It is proved that the trajectory of the neural network converges to the set which consists of the equilibrium points of the neural network, and coincides with the set which consists of the critical points of the objective function in the feasible region. A condition is given to ensure the convergence to the equilibrium point set in finite time. Moreover, under suitable assumptions, the coincidence between the solution to the differential inclusion and the ldquoslow solutionrdquo of it is also proved. Furthermore, three typical examples are given to present the effectiveness of the theoretic results obtained in this paper and the good performance of the proposed neural network. View full abstract»
A Growing and Pruning Method for Radial Basis Function NetworksPage(s): 1039 - 1045| | Quick Abstract | PDF (425 KB) | | HTML
A recently published generalized growing and pruning (GGAP) training algorithm for radial basis function (RBF) neural networks is studied and modified. GGAP is a resource-allocating network (RAN) algorithm, which means that a created network unit that consistently makes little contribution to the network's performance can be removed during the training. GGAP states a formula for computing the significance of the network units, which requires a d-fold numerical integration for arbitrary probability density function p(x) of the input data x (x isin R d) . In this work, the GGAP formula is approximated using a Gaussian mixture model (GMM) for p(x) and an analytical solution of the approximated unit significance is derived. This makes it possible to employ the modified GGAP for input data having complex and high-dimensional p(x), which was not possible in the original GGAP. The results of an extensive experimental study show that the modified algorithm outperforms the original GGAP achieving both a lower prediction error and reduced complexity of the trained network. View full abstract»
A Class of Sparsely Connected Autoassociative Morphological Memories for Large Color ImagesPage(s): 1045 - 1050| | Quick Abstract | PDF (653 KB) | | HTML
This brief introduces a new class of sparsely connected autoassociative morphological memories (AMMs) that can be effectively used to process large multivalued patterns, which include color images as a particular case. Such as the single-valued AMMs, the multivalued models exhibit optimal absolute storage capacity and one-step convergence. The remarkable feature of the proposed models is their sparse structure. In fact, the number of synaptic junctions - and consequently the required computational resources - usually decreases considerably as more and more patterns are stored in the novel multivalued AMMs. View full abstract»
Boundedness and Convergence of Online Gradient Method With Penalty for Feedforward Neural NetworksPage(s): 1050 - 1054| | Quick Abstract | PDF (216 KB) | | HTML
In this brief, we consider an online gradient method with penalty for training feedforward neural networks. Specifically, the penalty is a term proportional to the norm of the weights. Its roles in the method are to control the magnitude of the weights and to improve the generalization performance of the network. By proving that the weights are automatically bounded in the network training with penalty, we simplify the conditions that are required for convergence of online gradient method in literature. A numerical example is given to support the theoretical analysis. View full abstract»
A Convergent Hybrid Decomposition Algorithm Model for SVM TrainingPage(s): 1055 - 1060| | Quick Abstract | PDF (256 KB) | | HTML
Training of support vector machines (SVMs) requires to solve a linearly constrained convex quadratic problem. In real applications, the number of training data may be very huge and the Hessian matrix cannot be stored. In order to take into account this issue, a common strategy consists in using decomposition algorithms which at each iteration operate only on a small subset of variables, usually referred to as the working set. Training time can be significantly reduced by using a caching technique that allocates some memory space to store the columns of the Hessian matrix corresponding to the variables recently updated. The convergence properties of a decomposition method can be guaranteed by means of a suitable selection of the working set and this can limit the possibility of exploiting the information stored in the cache. We propose a general hybrid algorithm model which combines the capability of producing a globally convergent sequence of points with a flexible use of the information in the cache. As an example of a specific realization of the general hybrid model, we describe an algorithm based on a particular strategy for exploiting the information deriving from a caching technique. We report the results of computational experiments performed by simple implementations of this algorithm. The numerical results point out the potentiality of the approach. View full abstract»
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Aims & Scope
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks is devoted to the science and technology of neural networks, which disclose significant technical knowledge, exploratory developments, and applications of neural networks from biology to software to hardware.
This Transactions ceased production in 2011. The current retitled publication is IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems.


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Taking over the "Bourne" franchise from Matt Damon is a huge weight to carry for "The Bourne Legacy's" Jeremy Renner, not to mention all the other weights he had to lug around getting in shape for the action movie.
Access Hollywood caught up with the actor at the movie's premiere in New York City on Monday night, where he was enjoying a break from working on his "Bourne" body.
"I haven't been in the gym in three-and-a-half months and I'm very happy about that," the actor – who plays Jason Bourne's fellow agent, Aaron Cross, in the Tony Gilroy-directed movie — told Access.
The 41-year-old actor was required to log a full day sweating it out for the movie.
"You get up at four in the morning and work out for eight hours and fight and stretch and do all this stuff because it's part of your job," he continued. "But I'm not doing that if I'm not working."
Damon is not involved in the latest "Bourne" project, but Jeremy is open to a possible collaboration with the original star.
"What's exciting about the movie is that there's many ways it can go… and I'm very excited about any direction it goes," he told Access. "Working with Matt would be f***ing awesome…there's loads of ways it can go."
"The Bourne Legacy" opens in theaters on August 10.
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Demolition Recommended At Ohio Uranium Plant Site
The federal government recommends demolishing over 200 buildings at the site of a former Cold War-era uranium plant in southern Ohio.
Listen to the Story
Investigators in Bucyrus say the mobile home where three children died in an overnight fire did not have smoke detectors.
Shane Cartmill from the State Fire Marshal's Office says they've yet to piece together exactly what happened, other than the fire started late at night when the mother of the three children who died and another teenager who survived was at work.
"When firefighters arrived, they did find all four people in the home and did try to make a rescue on all four people," Cartmill says. "Three people, the three children, did die, either en route to or before they arrived at the hospital."
Investigators haven't said how the fire started, but that it likely began in the living room and quickly took over the mobile home.
The lone survivor, identified by a local newspaper as a 15-year-old boy, escaped with minor injures and was treated and released at a nearby hospital.


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Cola wars break out in China
Sunday 23 August 1998
An advertising campaign launched Feichang Cola - or Future Cola - during the World Cup, and the company claims to have sold 24 million half-litre bottles in the past two months. "I think maybe the Chinese would like to see their own companies produce cola and take some market share," said Lu Dong, head of the Peking office for Wahaha Group, the Hangzhou-based parent company. So is this the world's first patriotic cola? "If one has a patriotic feeling, maybe one drinks Future Cola. But if one does not drink Future Cola, it does not mean one is not patriotic," said Ms Lu.
For the time being it is a Chinese David against the multinational Goliaths. But the attempt by a domestic company to challenge the might of foreign brands follows a trend already seen with other consumer products, such as Lucky camera film (pitched against Kodak) and Li Ning sportswear (the nearest thing to a local Nike or Adidas).
According to figures from the Chinese Beverage Industry Association, the sales volume of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in China has jumped five fold since 1992, with 1.36 million tonnes of the two drinks sold last year. This makes Future Cola but a teaspoon in the ocean of cola drinks, with maximum production around a 20th of its combined two big rivals' sales. But Wahaha is not the only Chinese soft drinks company that is trying to compete with the multinationals. Fenhuang Cola and Lechen Cola are two other Chinese cola products being promoted this summer.
While Wahaha's Future Cola is the one trying to sell itself on patriotism, advertisements conveniently ignore the fact that the company is 51 per cent owned by the French company Danone and a Hong Kong investment company. But Ms Lu claims it also caters to Chinese palates: "We make the taste more suitable for Chinese. We made a market survey. Coca-Cola is a bit too strong in taste, so we make Future Cola a bit more gentle." A "tiny" amount of Chinese medicine was included for its taste but, just like Coca- Cola, the recipe is "secret," she added. Still, the most relevant weapon is probably the 5 mao (4p) saving Wahaha promises against Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
Wahaha's total sales reached 2.1bn yuan (pounds 161m) last year, and it has a network that should be able to reach large parts of China, although distribution so far has been patchy.
A spokesman for Coca-Cola has said that the drinks giant was not worried about the new competition, and fittingly enough, it has a plan to beat the Chinese at their own game. On Friday the US company announced the launch of "ready-to-drink teas", the version sold in cans and bottles. Coals to Newcastle? The new products, which will compete with China's domestic brands, feature Oolong and jasmine teas - from China's Fujian province.
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