text: The Bear wiki last edited by Deadknight on 11/14/13 09:22PM View full history OriginA young Fyodor is taken by mobsters.From a young age, Fyodor's father groomed him to become a great athlete who could win Olympic gold for the glory of Russia. He trained him relentlessly and even had him injected with experimental steroids on a regular basis, causing him to become incredibly hairy even at his young age. One day a couple of mobsters came for Fyodor and gunned down his father. Afterwards, Fyodor was taken in by Stavrogin, a mob-boss who was able to convince the young Fyodor that he had saved him from a cruel fate at the hands of the mobsters that killed his parents, and so took him in as his step-son. Stavrogin continued Fyodor's drug regime however, now grooming the otherwise gentle boy into the perfect enforcer. With the drugs radically altering his body, Fyodor was convinced that he was a monster, and developed a fear of his stern and at times abusive step-father. If Fyodor was good, Stavrogin would reward him with Fabergé eggs; if he disobeyed in any way, Stavrogin would beat and whip him.For years, Fyodor was "The Bear" of Moscow, Stavrogin's ace in the hole. With Fyodor eliminating anyone who opposed him, Stavrogin eventually took charge of nearly the entire criminal underworld of Moscow through fear, and ruled it as its Tsar. Much like the Batman of Gotham, some considered the Bear a myth, while others knew firsthand of his tangibility.CreationThe Bear was created by writer Peter Milligan and artist Andy Clarke, first appearing in 2009's Batman Confidential #31. He has yet to make an appearance outside of the five-issue story arc he featured in.Major Story ArcsThe Bat and the BeastWhen Batman went To Moscow to thwart Tsar Stavrogin's plan to branch out into Gotham by holding it ransom with an ex-Soviet thermonuclear bomb, he found that his adversary had more than just hired guns. He also had The Bear.When Batman fought Fyodor, he told him that he was not a monster, and that he was being manipulated by an evil man. While the words didn't take immediate impact, they did bring doubt into Fyodor's mind. These doubts unfortunately earned him a harsh whipping from the Tsar after he failed to kill Batman in their first confrontation. Determined to rid himself of this foe, the Tsar coerced Moscow's police chief into helping him take down Batman, by threatening the safety of his wife and daughter. He tasked Fyodor with making good on this threat, but Fyodor was hesitant to take the lives of innocents, having so far killed only various thugs and crime kingpins that threatened the Tsar's rule. Dutifully though, Fyodor did as he was ordered and abducted the mother and daughter as they were being transferred to a safe location by the police.Fyodor and the Tsar.When the police chief went against the Tsar's orders to kill Batman, the Tsar ordered Fyodor to kill their hostages. Fyodor remained conflicted about this however, and ultimately came to the mother and daughter's rescue when the Tsar's men decided to kill the hostages themselves, going so far as taking a bullet for them. Batman and the Moscow police soon arrived to save the hostages, prompting Fyodor to flee. Fyodor returned to the Tsar, but defiantly for the first time. He had begun to realize that a man who ordered the deaths of a mother and daughter could only be crazy of evil. Fyodor refused to kill them for the Tsar, but when Batman arrived for the Tsar, Fyodor still rushed to his step-father's aid. Batman then revealed to Fyodor that his parents' murder was at the hand of his adoptive father, pushing Fyodor to stop his attack.Without Fyodor to carry out his will, the Tsar was powerless, as no other mobsters would aid him because of the way he'd ruled them through fear all this time. Batman quickly tracked down the Tsar and handed him off to the authorities.With Stavrogin behind bars, Fyodor was admitted to a hospital so that he could receive treatment to undo the effects of the drugs he'd been administered over the years. He escaped the hospital however, deciding he needed to remain the Bear and to turn his mythical status against the criminal element of Moscow. He sent out a warning to the remaining kingpins of Moscow:"...Gotham City has the Bat... and Moscow has The BEAR."Powers & AbilitiesAccount's of Fyodor's feats.The drugs that altered Fyodor radically changed him. He's very large, perhaps over eight feet tall and incredibly muscular. He has shown to be strong enough to break concrete, warp steel, and has reportedly torn people limb from limb. Despite his massive bulk, Fyodor is considerably agile, moving with considerable speed to the point that he has managed to dodge gunfire at times. He is not invulnerable, but is tough enough for small caliber bullets to do only relatively minor damage to him, and he is at least hardy enough to shrug off most minor injuries. He's also remarkably stealthy, having an intimate knowledge of the sewer system beneath Moscow to get around the city.As a side effect, the drugs that made Fyodor so strong have left him incredibly hairy. This does however make him apparently quite unfazed by the otherwise harsh Russian cold. His fingernails also seem to sharp and strong enough to tear flesh. It's unknown whether the drugs that Fyodor was subjected to had any other long-lasting or serious side effects to his health.


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The PPCRV is one of the accredited citizens' arms of the Comelec.
PPCRV chairperson Henrietta de Villa said the command center will be fully operational starting May 12 and remain open until the end of the month.
The command center is equipped with computers and television screens on which electronically transmitted election results will be flashed.
Aside from its voter education and poll watching duties, the PPCRV will also conduct an unofficial parallel election count.
De Villa said the PPCRV and its more than 300,000 volunteers and personnel nationwide are ready for May 13.
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Lofty plans seem to be deflating for a group focused on revitalizing an old theater in downtown Leonardtown. And members of the arts community and the real estate broker representing the building's owner have conflicting views about how such a revitalization could work.
Friends of the Leonardtown Theater were in high gear in February last year, inviting business owners, elected officials and members of the arts community to learn about their plans to raise funds to revitalize the old theater just off Washington Street on the town square. But a year later, at least two key members of the group have stepped aside saying, politely, that other obligations have taken priority in their schedules and that it's unclear whether the theater business plan is sustainable.
"We did it for more than a year but there just wasn't enough people showing up," said Jim Bershon, a retired periodontist and arts aficionado who has taught film courses in the region. He organized film showings for Friends of the Leonardtown Theater, as the group tried to drum up excitement for a refurbished theater that would show independent and foreign films.
"We continue to plan programming for the spring," Friends member Kerri Thompson Frank wrote in an email Thursday.
But, Bershon said, the Friends group hasn't been able to secure a long-term lease for the theater, which he said would have helped obtain grants to refurbish it as part of an arts enrichment project.
Part of the problem was the expense of getting the property up to snuff, some working on the effort said. Berhson estimated that it could cost more than $1 million to revitalize the space.
"I think that's one reason the building was abandoned for so long," he said. "It wasn't well cared for."
"Hold on just a second. Let me tell you something. If people want an owner to give a place away, they'll find unlimited problems with a property," Gordon Stellway, the real estate broker representing the property, said on his way to the building Thursday morning.
"Everybody says it's going to cost thousands and hundreds of thousands to fix it. They're full of it," he said. "I know. I'm the 'Answer Man.'"
Stellway says he goes to the old theater three or four times a week to improve the space.
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So far, Stellway said, he's been working on structural issues and the entrances and exits.
Other work on his to-do list includes repairing or replacing the roof and gutters, renovating a bathroom, installing a new ceiling, upgrading electric and improving accessibility. He's thinking the main entry could be through an iron gate off Washington Street.
"Plans are to release the space, hopefully for some type of theater or arts use, consistent with the town of Leonardtown and their goals," Stellway said. "I will tell you that, yeah, it's going to cost a little bit of money to fix it up, but it's not going to cost anywhere in that realm" of Bershon's $1 million estimation.
"I'm sick and tired of people telling me how bad this place is, because it's not," he said.
Stellway is also working to find an occupant for the space where the Cerro Grande Mexican restaurant was before it shuttered, and said he also is making improvements to seven residential apartments upstairs.
"We'll get it up and running," he said, "and we'll rent it for fair market value. And, that's what we're going to do. The naysayers ... they'll be theater patrons, but they won't be participants in the investment."
"I don't really have much to say about whether it's going to work or not," said Joe Orlando, a downtown bookstore owner and former theatrical dancer.
Orlando said the Friends group asked him to be on the board because of his connection to the arts community, and because of his leadership in the Leonardtown Business Association.
But, he said the group didn't have many meetings. And he decided he needed to focus on his other responsibilities.
"I'm involved with too many things as it is," he said. "But I'd really like to see the theater being revived."
Bershon said seeing films from other cultures opens viewers' eyes to what is happening in faraway places. It could offer different ways to look at everyday life, and how people are connected even when they're worlds apart.
If the theater isn't resurrected, Orlando said, "I definitely think the community would miss out on something."
And Stellway isn't ready to give up on his own plans for the property.
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Charlize Theron admits she still gets anxious and nervous when she has to walk down a red carpet after 17 years in the movie business.
Charlize Theron still gets nervous on the red carpet.
The 36-year-old screen beauty - who adopted a son, Jackson, in March - admits she is moved when fans come out to greet her at premieres but still gets anxious at the glitzy events, despite her lengthy career as a Hollywood star.
Speaking on a special green carpet at the UK premiere of 'Snow White and the Huntsman' in Leicester Square, London, last night (14.05.12), she told BANG Showbiz: ''Red carpets are still the same so far as anxiety and nerves. I don't think that ever goes away because it's a lot of attention! But it's so moving that everyone comes out to support us. That always, always amazes me. It's flattering. It's sweet and I try not to think about it. Of course it's intimidating''
Discussing her role as the evil Queen Ravenna in the Rupert Sanders-adaptation of the classic fairytale, Charlize reveals she did not want the character to be entirely two-dimensional as no person is ever defined by just one trait.
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Prince Charles' passions are refreshing rather than eccentric, writes David Penberthy
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PRINCE Charles has been ridiculed or reviled for so long that it has been widely assumed that when his mum shuffles into the sunset the republican debate will renew itself amid alarm at the prospect of his ascension to the throne.
PRINCE Charles has been ridiculed or reviled for so long that it has been widely assumed that when his mum shuffles into the sunset the republican debate will renew itself amid alarm at the prospect of his ascension to the throne.
Charles cops it from all directions. Lefties don't like him simply because he is a royal, and represents the undemocratic traditions of his unelected, filthy-rich family; the same family which absurdly enough provides Australia with its head of state.
Right-wingers don't like him because he is a bleeding heart, with his ruminations about the beauty of the Islamic faith, his strong views on architecture and heritage, his passionate environmentalism and his advocacy of renewable energy.
More broadly, many members of the public who have no strong political views either way don't like him for personal reasons.
These reasons go back to his divorce from the late Princess Diana, and involve unpleasant reflections on his now wife, Camilla, fuelled by a sense of disbelief that this apparently goofy Prince could somehow land one of the most beautiful and decent women on Earth, yet persist in playing away with the Duchess of Cornwall.
The emergence of that tape-recorded conversation between Charles and Camilla, where they used pet names and some raunchy banter, is still held up as proof that he's not only an oddball but has questionable taste in women.
Not for the first time, I have found myself mildly fascinated by a royal visit to Australia as Charles and Camilla have kindly graced our shores this week.
As with the visit by Prince William a couple of years ago, where he dropped in on the deprived Aboriginal suburb of Redfern in Sydney, revved up our troops at Holdsworthy, and met with survivors of Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires, I have again found that my already muted republican sentiments are even more ambivalent in light of Charles's stay.
There is no political will in Australia to revisit the republican question and I'm not even sure if I can see it happening in my lifetime anymore. It's not really something that keeps me awake at night.
If we are going to be stuck with a royal family we might as well have this one.
For all the barbs that Charles has sustained since his divorce from Diana, her death, and his marriage to Camilla, I would argue that the perception of the man should be revisited, and that his passions are not so much eccentric as refreshing. Setting aside the constitutional absurdity of it all, it troubles me not that our next head of state could be someone who thinks that gardening is good for the mind and soul, that the weight of scientific evidence points to global warming, and that rather than bombing each other back to the Stone Age, maybe the major religions could experiment with mutual respect and understanding.
It is a good thing that one of the first things Charles wanted to do on his visit to Australia was visit a public school in a pretty average part of Adelaide that has a ground-breaking gardening program for its young students, teaching them the basics of horticulture and sustainability.
It is a good thing that his wife is here, too. For all the flak they have copped over the years, I'd say they are one of the great misunderstood love stories of the modern era, two people who were so besotted with each other, and for so long, that the apparent fairytale of his relationship with Diana was doomed from the start.
As for that "Squidgygate" business, anyone who is or has ever been in a relationship would shudder at the prospect of having their private conversations made public, as there would be a lot of other squidgies and pookies and snookies out there who would agree that it's quite normal behaviour.
Between the endearingly left-field conduct of Charles, the decency of William, and the top-shelf, wholly commendable ratbaggery of Prince Harry, at least we will end up with a head of state with whom I'd be happy to have a few beers.
It's just a pity that we can't vote for them.
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==================================================== FIRE PROWRESTLING D CHARACTER GUIDE: NOBUHIKO TAKADA ==================================================== by GokuKenshiro (firstname.lastname@example.com) note: If you e-mail me, please write "FPWD" and the wrestler's name on the subject. I also accept any other strategies. Original Character Guide Format by Bill Wood Version 1.0 Fire ProWrestling D (c) 2001 Spike/VAiLL =================== =TABLE OF CONTENTS= =================== SECTION 1: HISTORY OF NOBUHIKO TAKADA SECTION 2: SKILL AND PARAMETER STATS SECTION 3: MOVELIST SECTION 4: RE-EDITING SECTION 5: STRATEGY SECTION 6: CLOSING ========================================= ====SECTION 1: HISTORY OF NOBUHIKO TAKADA ========================================= "New Japan, UWF, UWFi, Kingdom, PRIDE, Hustle...." Nobuhiko Takada always wanted to be a pro-wrestler like his idol Antonio Inoki. He finally got the chance at the age of 19, as he started out in New Japan Pro Wrestling as a junior heavyweight. In 1983, Akira Maeda created UWF, a promotion that was based on a stiff form of wrestling, but with worked results. Takada joined, and he soon became one of the promotion's top wrestlers. When UWF closed its doors, Takada created UWFi in 1991.Takada quickly became a popular cultural icon with his fighting spirit and his promotion became quite popular. Takada would often battle against strong wrestlers like Gary Albright and Super Vader (whose arm was severly damaged by Takada), interchanging belts along the way. His promotion became so popular, UWFi fought against New Japan for a while. During this time, Takada won the IWGP Heavyweight Title against Keiji Mutoh, but later lost it against Shinya Hashimoto. After the promotion closed, Takada was called by Dream Stage Entertainment in order to help their new promotion, PRIDE. Soon, Takada would fight against fighters like Rickson Gracie, Mark Kerr, Igor Vovchanchyn, Alexander Otsuka, and Mark Coleman. With his help, PRIDE gained a large audience. At 40 years of age and 21 years of wrestling, Takada finally called it quits. He retired against former UWFi worker Kiyoshi Tamura on November 24, 2002. He now works at his Dojo and is PRIDE's spokesperson. He also acts in a villian role in the Hustle shows, along with his Takada Army. ======================================== ==SECTION 2: SKILL AND PARAMETER STATS== ======================================== SKILL ----- Real Name...................Nobuhiko Takada FPD Name................................N/A* Promotion..............PRIDE or Takada Dojo** FPD Promotion.....................Freelance Size.................................Medium Class.................................Heavy Height...............................184 cm Weight................................98 kg Country...............................Japan Birthdate.........................4.12.1962 Stance.............................Shooting Offensive Skill.....................Shooter Return Skill........................Shooter Critical Type......................Striking Special Skill..................Quick Return Recovery.............................Medium Recovery (when bleeding)...............Slow Respiratory..........................Medium Respiratory (when bleeding)...........Below Awareness............................Medium Awareness (when bleeding)............Medium Neck Strength........................Medium Arm Strength.........................Medium Waist Strength..........................Low Foot Strength...........................Low Movement Speed.......................Medium Ascend Speed...........................Slow Ascend Skill.............................No *Available on a future update **He's currently retired, but he works for many DSE events, such as PRIDE and Hustle. He also works in his dojo. PARAMETER - OFFENSE PARAMETER - DEFENSE ------------------- ------------------- Punch.............6 Punch.............6 Kick..............8 Kick..............7 Suplex............6 Suplex............4 Submission........7 Submission........7 Stretch...........6 Stretch...........6 Power.............4 Flying............4 Instant-P.........7 Crush.............3 Arm Power.........4 vs Lariat.........3 Technical.........7 Technical.........6 Rough.............2 Rough.............5 Ground............6 Ground............5 TOTAL SKILL POINTS (on a scale from 0-300): 173 ======================= ==SECTION 3: MOVELIST== ======================= Note: I don't own the official guidebook, so I used the movelist in the FAQS section and my dictionary. Specialty moves are marked with [S]. Finisher is marked with [F]. CRITICAL! moves are marked with [C]. STRIKES ------- Standing (X)..........................................LOW KICK [S] Standing (A)..........................................Mid Kick Standing (B) + d-pad.................................HIGH KICK [S] Standing (B)..........................................Solebutt Standing (X) + (A)...........................Double Leg Tackle Running (X)..................................Double Leg Tackle Running (A)........................................Back Switch Running Counter (X)...................................Solebutt Running Counter (A)................................Waki Gatame Running to corner.........................................none GRAPPLES -------- Grapple (X)......................................Forceful Knee Grapple (X) + Up................................Face Knee Lift Grapple (X) + Left/Right.........................Judo Takedown Grapple (X) + Down..................................Neck Throw Grapple (A).........................Machine Gun Face Knee Lift Grapple (A) + Up.....................................Hip Throw Grapple (A) + Left/Right.......................Body Punch Rush Grapple (A) + Down..............................Watermill Drop Grapple (B)....................................Front Neck Lock Grapple (B) + Up.........................HIGH KICK COMBINATION [S][C] Grapple (B) + Left/Right......................Twisted Backdrop Grapple (B) + Down.........................Back Spin Kick Rush Grapple (X) + (A).........................Front Neck Chanchery Back Grapple (X)......................................Mid Kick Back Grapple (A)...............................Enzui High Kick Back Grapple (B).........................Dou-Jimi Sleeper Hold Back Grapple (B) + Up/Down....................Twisted Backdrop Back Grapple (B) + Left/Right...............German Suplex Whip Back Grapple (X) + (A)......................Dragon Suplex Whip Back Grapple Counter (X)............................Elbow Patt Back Grapple Counter (A)..............................Ipponzei OPPONENT DOWN MOVES ------------------- Opponent Face Up at Head (A)..............Chicken Wing Armlock Opponent Face Up at Feet (A)...................Cross Knee Hold Opponent Face Down at Head (A)..................CROSS ARM HOLD [F] Opponent Face Down at Feet (A)............Achilles Tendon Hold Opponent Face Up at Head (B)....................Mount Position Opponent Face Down at Feet (B)............Achilles Tendon Hold Opponent Face Up at Head (B).............Step Over Arm Breaker Opponent Face Down at Feet (B).............Back Mount Position Running at Downed Opponent (B)............................none MOUNT MOVES ----------- Mount Position (X).................................Mount Punch [C] Mount Position (A)..............................Cross Arm Hold Mount Position (B)...................................Heel Hold Mount Position Counter..........................Cross Arm Hold Front Facelock Attack (X)...........................Face Punch [C] Front Facelock Attack (A)......................Front Neck Lock Front Facelock Attack (B)..........................Back Switch Front Facelock Attack Counter...................Watermill Drop Back Mount Position (X).......................Back Mount Punch [C] Back Mount Position (A)..........................Choke Sleeper Back Mount Position (B).........................Cross Arm Hold Back Mount Position Counter.......................Under Escape POST AND APRON MOVES -------------------- Post (X)..................................................none Post (A)..................................................none Post (B)..................................................none Post (X) + (A)............................................none Run-Up Post vs Standing (X)...............................none Run-Up Post vs Downed (A).................................none Corner Grapple (B) + Up..................Kushi-zashi Knee Lift Corner Grapple (B) + Left/Right...........Kushi-zashi Stomping Corner Grapple (B) + Down................Kushi-zashi Body Blow Apron Grapple from inside.................................Hook Apron Grapple from outside................................Hook Front Avalanche Counter.................................Shouda Back Avalanche Counter..........................Backhand Elbow Running to out of bounds..................................none Slingshot to outside......................................none Slingshot to inside.......................................none DOUBLE AND TRIPLE TEAM MOVES ---------------------------- Two Platon Front Grapple........................W. Brainbuster Two Platon Back Grapple............................W.Back Drop Two Platon Corner.........................High Jack Piledriver Three Platon Front Grapple..................Triple Hammer Blow Three Platon Back Grapple...................Triple Hammer Blow Three Platon Corner.........................Triple Hammer Blow PERFORMANCE ----------- Analog Stick Left...................Wrist Check and Arm Raised Analog Stick Right............................Both Arms Raised Analog Stick Up.........................One Finger Pointing up Analog Stick Down..........................Both Arms Guts Pose ======================= =SECTION 4: RE-EDITING= ======================= Injustice!! IMO, Compared to other MMA/Wrestling types in the game, Takada has low stats, not counting his Parameter rating. (Compared to Sakuraba or Maeda) The game depicts Takada after his prime (in PRIDE) He needs to be re-edited a bit, so he can be more ike his UWFi days or at least up to Maeda's standards. (He beat Maeda twice) Stick with either the 2nd or 4th Costume (4th is better) DEFENSE: Recovery (Bloody) - Medium Breathing - Above Breathing (Bloody) - Medium Suplex - Up 3 Rough - Up 3 Ground - Up 3 OFFENSE: Kick - Up 1 Stretch - Up 1 If you want, you can also change his Critical Type to Submission or Finisher instead of Striking. ======================= ==SECTION 5: STRATEGY== ======================= GENERAL STRATEGY Takada is an MMA fighter, so you need to perfect your mount timing as well as your defense. Takada can either be played as a Striker or as a sumbmission fighter. If you would like to go for an easier time, use him as a Striker. His attacks will be able to Critical the opponent, plus Takada is known for his dangerous high kicks. On the other hand, Takada can focus on seperate body parts as a submission fighter and another plus would be that his finisher is a submission move. Combine both styles for strategic destruction of a body part. In MMA fights, Takada has preferred to stand-up fighting over ground attacks. He has more control that way in this game as well. However, the mount attacks produce more Criticals. Strangely, Takada has low Rough and Ground ratings, so be careful during shoot fights. Also, Takada has the same weaknesses like other MMA fighters, so be cautious of pro-wrestlers like Luchadores and Lariat-heavy fighters. Be aware that if Takada gets a lot of damage, his Quick return special will kick in, enabling him to get up faster from big attacks. Keep on using special moves and taunts to raise your spiritual level in order to attain this special. STRIKES His 'Critical; type is Striking, so this should be a main area of interest. Takada's normal kicks can target three areas: LOW KICK [S] - Legs MID KICK/SOLEBUTT - Body HIGH KICK [S] - Head/Face Remember this while fightin in order to damage certain body parts at first. Some of his Standing stikes can Critical, but there is a higher chance while on Mount posistion, so if your going for a quicker finish, try mount attacks. Overall, his Standing and Mount strikes are both effective towards weakening the opponent. GRAPPLES Takada's Submission rating is a 7, so he's fair in this department. His attacks can either weaken the head or legs. Choose which one to finish off for an easier time. Takada's finisher in the Cross Arm Hold, so try to weaken the arms of your opponent for most of the fight to finish them off. His Grapple (A) moves are great to use as they land more damage to specific body parts. Along with the submissions, Takada's suplexes should be used a lot for tiring opponents and for head damage. ====================== ==SECTION 6: CLOSING== ====================== In closing, I'd like to give thanks to: * GameFAQS.com for hosting this FAQ and for everything they have done over the years. * Neoseeker.com for hosting as well. * www.gswf.org for Skill and Parameter stats. * Bill Wood for creating the official format for the FPW FAQs. * IceMaster's and Kilroys' movelist which helped me when I had trouble translating. * http://www.puroresufan.com for their bio on Takada. * http://www.shootangle.com/tabe/ for information on Takada. * Puroresu Power for information on PRIDE and Hustle. And I promise that there are few to no errors on this FAQ. ========================= This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. Copyright 2004 Carlos Osegueda


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In one of history's most incandescent bursts of library-building, the post-revolutionary Mexico of the 1920s created some two thousand new libraries in less than four years. This project's driving force was Secretary of Education José Vasconcelos, an intensely energetic idealist who combined political savoir-faire with a rare enthusiasm for books, libraries, and literacy. This text examines the important successes and shortcomings of Vasconcelos's work, and… (plus)
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draegtun, what is the usage of this class? For example, would the firstname and lastname assignments work the same way (with an =), or would it be a method? In other words, would it look like this:
you->firstname = 'David';
or would it look like this:
The first would require some fancy tie magic, while the second is what I would expect.
Apart from showing how this is done in Moose (in comparison to the Python example) I don't think this is of much real use in day2day stuff.
The example just shows you you can define an "internal" attribute with a different setter/getter method. However you can still get to attribute because Moose still boils down to being a hash based OO. For eg.
Remember in Moose getter & setters are just method calls:
$you->firstname('David'); # setter
$you->firstname; # getter
To get the...
$you->firstname = 'David';
... would require setting the lvalue on the method. Moose doesn't do this. However it hasn't stopped someone adding it has a MooseX extension :) See http://p3rl.org/MooseX::Meta::Attribute::Lvalue
Yes, but now for something on the crazy side. Is there a way to write a Perl method (with or without moose) such that you could say:
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and have it execute a validation method for you? The first thought is, sure, you could do this by returning a tied scalar; then, by overriding the STORE method, you could have validation code. However, what if your attribute is an object? In that case, tying a scalar would solve the assignment issue, but would break standard method chaining like
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There are some Perl modules already on CPAN which do provide lvalue accessors.....
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Bronx, NY---The second phase of the current college basketball has recently begun, the schedule of conference games. The start of each season is the playing of games by teams that rarely face one another. Although the results of these contests count toward the won/lost record for the season, it is the conference results that qualify teams for the concluding phase, the post-season tournaments.
As the snow was falling, the wind increasing and the temperature plummeting in the Bronx on Thursday night, the Fordham Rams (12-2, 1-0) and St. Louis Billikens ( 5-9, 0-1) women's teams were preparing to play their first Atlantic-10 conference game of the 2013-14 sesaon at the Rose Hill Gym on Fordham's Bronx campus.
After scoring six straight points, Fordham led, 13-4, after five minutes of play. At the mid-point of the half, Fordham amassed its first double figure advantage, 22-11. Seven unanswered points by the Billikens cut the deficit to a basket, 30-28, at 2:17. The Rams responded by scoring the next 10 points and led at the half by 40-28. Erin Rooney, Fordham's star player and captain for the three years she has been on the team, paced the club with 11 points and seven boards.
Fordham's head coach, Stephanie Gaitley, gave her view of the first half and her intentions for the second, "It's a game of runs. We have to change some things."
The defense of the Rams improved in the second half. Although their shooting from the floor fell off from its 52% of the opening stanza, their lead increased as the game went on. A three by freshman Hannah Missry at 6:20 pushed the Fordham advantage to above 20, 63-41. The Rams led by as high as 27, and won by a score of 74-52.
Rooney achieved her fifth double-double of the year with 21 points and 12 rebounds. She explained her increased scoring this season, "I try to be more aggressive."
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The victory became an important part of team history. The 11th consecutive win and 12-2 mark to start the season are team records. The Rams are now undefeated in their first eight home games.
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When Remona Roberson first became the program coordinator for the Franklin County S.P.A.N. Program in 2002, she said the first person she was told to get in touch with was Rayburn Massey.
"Rayburn is just one of those people who you know you can count on to get things done," Roberson said.
"He had been a big help to the program before I got here, and I was told he was the person I needed to get to know because he would be willing to go that extra mile."
Since that time, Roberson said Massey has been a constant supporter of the program, so it was a natural fit for Rayburn to be presented with the 2013 S.P.A.N. Program "Friend of the Year" award at the program's annual open house and silent auction on Dec. 5.
"Rayburn has always done whatever we have needed him to do, no matter what it may have been," she said.
"He served on our advisory board for four years before he was re-elected as a county commissioner in 2012, and he continues to be an advocate for our program in the community.
"Rayburn is an invaluable asset to this program and it was an honor to present him with this award."
Massey, whose family had kept the award a surprise until it was announced Thursday night, said he was truly shocked and honored to receive such a distinction from a program he thinks of so highly.
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The Human Brain Project is an ambitious initiative that aims to simulate a complete human brain in a supercomputer, in the hopes of bringing about a better understanding of the human brain and diseases that afflict it, as well as stimulating progress in computing technologies. Funded by the European Commission, this ten year programme is tasked with developing six Information and Communications Technology (ICT) platforms to provide neuroscientists with access to data across the six major areas of research underpinning the project, from neuroinformatics and neurorobotics, to high performance computing and medical informatics. We asked Sean Hill, Professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and co-Director of neuroinformatics at the Human Brain Project, to talk us through the aims of the project, the challenges it faces, and the potential benefits to be gained.
What is the rationale behind the Human Brain Project?
The Human Brain Project is a ten year effort, funded by the European Commission in the context of a Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship programme. Its goal is really to develop and accelerate our understanding of the human brain both for the purposes of neuroscience but also for better diagnosis and treatment of diseases, as well as developing computing technologies.
What will the six Information and Communication Technology (ICT) platforms planned for the Human Brain Project provide?
I think the core idea with the Human Brain Project is we'll provide these platforms where neuroscientists can come to find data, to search for data, to find relationships between data and then to identify both. One of them is the neuroinformatics platform, which has as its goal to help organise and make accessible data in a way where you can find it both spatially and semantically, and that you can also build models from it.
If I want to understand a particular brain structure – for example if I want to build a model of the thalamus – where can I find all the data that I need to build that model and also to validate it. There is a lot of data out there that maybe you can't use to build a model but you can use to validate it. These platforms are the place where you can come to find data (not just for building models but for any type of analysis), to build a model, validate it, and to couple it to, for example a virtual agent with a simulated sensory input and motor output. You then have a tool for a neuroscientist to really understand the function of this region of the brain under particular conditions.
For example, I want to understand during wakefulness how visual perception operates. I want to configure a visual thalamocortical circuit, provide the simulated retinal input and put it into an environment where I can see what actually happens, and then compare that to all the data that is available that shows the real circuit under those conditions.
How is funding for the project being prioritised across different branches of neuroscience?
Our focus is really on these ICT platforms. We're not changing the neuroscience research agenda. What we are doing is contributing a tool to neuroscientists so that those that are doing the research can find relationships across the different subdomains of neuroscience. These platforms are the core.
The ultimate goal of the Human Brain Project is to build a computer simulation of the human brain. What challenges will arise from this?
I think the real challenge is that there are so many principles that we have to learn in order to predict the composition and wiring of the human brain. The challenge is to generate the tools that you can use to predict what the gene expression relationship is. If you want to understand why a neuron in the brain has a particular morphology, then what are the genes required to define that particular morphology? Or those electrical properties, or connectivity properties, or those synapses? It's putting in place the tools to find these principles that will allow you to predict, within a species but ideally across species, so that we can really start to understand the way the brain is wired up and how it is built. That will be a tool for helping us find the right experiments to perform next. Ideally we want to make the discovery process more efficient and more rapid.
Previous work has shown that patterns in the brain, such as where synapses form, are amenable to modeling. How important is pattern recognition in the Human Brain Project?
This is an example of one of these principles that are so important for us to keep discovering – principles of how the nervous system is built so that we can learn what happens when something goes wrong. For example, from a project where we learned how to predict the positions of the neurons, we can see right away that the connectivity will be changed in a very specific way if the morphologies of neurons are altered, for example, through developmental problems. We also learnt that the cortical circuits are actually incredibly robust even if you start removing individual populations of neurons.
These principles are extremely valuable, first in understanding the way that the brain is built and therefore aspects of its function, but also in interpreting and understanding where our problems are likely to occur and where there is built-in robustness.
What are the computing challenges faced by the Human Brain Project?
We have the challenge of first of all federating and accessing large amounts of data, and extracting features from all around the world. But we also have the supercomputing challenge for simulation. I am also the Scientific Director for the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility in Sweden, and one of the challenges that we are tackling is exactly that – data federation. It's a familiar problem and it's solvable, but then to run simulations and manage all of that outcome takes another set of expertise. In the Blue Brain Project we also built up a lot of experience doing that. So we have a handle on the boundaries of the problem. It is going to grow as we move up in scale but luckily we have a number of leaders in these areas as part of the project. For example, at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Germany, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, Switzerland, they've been thinking about and are eager to tackle these challenges.
How does the European Human Brain Project compare to the US BRAIN Initiative?
It's wonderful because whenever I meet with a representative of that project they are always saying that you couldn't have designed two more perfectly complimentary projects. They're really focused on getting multiple levels and layers of data about the brain, and developing the technologies to measure more and more information about the brain, and we're focused on data integration. So every bit of data that they produce, we will be in a position to provide a platform where they can put it together and they can ask questions from it, and everybody in the world can collaboratively advance our understanding of the brain.
How open is data from the Human Brain Project?
So the clinical data that we are talking about is not available at an individually identifiable level but, in principle, the platform should be available for clinicians to ask questions, and to do queries from. The general policy is one of open access, so that doesn't mean that there is no use agreement, but it means that it will be open access.
Despite the open neuroscience movement, motivating scientists to share their data is still an issue. Why do you think this is?
I think it is very clear. There is no incentive right now. At a fundamental institutional level there is no incentive to share your data. What we are seeing though is that there are many good reasons to share your data, both in terms of reproducibility but also in terms of gaining insight by combining your data with other sets of data and being able to grow collaboration. I think new models of publication that value and reward making data available and new indexes that will give impact scores to those who share data are important. Different ways of recognising and rewarding data sharing are essential, and are coming.
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Sean Hill is Professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, co-Director of the Blue Brain Project and co-Director of neuroinformatics at the Human Brain Project. He received his PhD in computational neuroscience from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and went to pursue his postdoctoral research in the USA at the Neurosciences Institute and the University of Wisconsin. Hill then joined the IBM T J Watson Research Center where he was project manager for computational neuroscience in the Blue Brain Project, after which he joined the EPFL. He currently also serves as the Scientific Director of the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. His research expertise centres around building and simulating large-scale models of brain circuitry, with a particular interest in the structure and dynamics of neocortical and thalamocortical microcircuitry.


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