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A grant won and accepted by the City of Henderson could lead to funding a training and organization plan for half a million dollars in Flint Hill neighborhood improvements.
But actions in Raleigh at the General Assembly with the state budget could nix the deal.
The city has accepted a $50,000 grant from the state for a Community Development Block Grant award to fund a Talent Enhancement Capacity program.
The yearlong program lays a foundation for other community block grant opportunities city leaders desired. The pursuit was slowed upon learning grant authorities required detailed community organizing and city staff training to first take place.
With approval by the city council this past week, $25,000 of the grant will be applied to the salary of Erris Dunston, the city planning director. Dunston's salary remains the same, and the $25,000 the city would have been paying was redirected to establishment of an operational fund for helping the Flint Hill community organize properly in preparation for future revitalization.
The rest of the talent enhancement fund will go toward developing a community plan, training and transportation costs for Dunston so she can assume more of a leadership role in helping organize the Flint Hill community.
She is also expected to learn and apply new grant writing techniques.
However, if the General Assembly approves a budget plan eliminating the Catalyst Grant program, the community block grant will be history before it starts.
City Manager Ray Griffin said all the city can do is follow the plan that was offered and hope for the best. The $25,000 transfer by the city as a small Flint Hill fund is a little bit of planning for the worst in the meantime.
"The legislature may not fund the catalyst grant," Griffin said. "It so far is not part of the Senate budget, neither of the legislative budgets. It could come back as part of the reconciliation process."
There are also other grant programs possible. Griffin hopes there will be steps forward for the city to take in linking up to some form of development help from the state.
"That is what we are hoping to do," he said. "The talent enhancement work would bear fruit within the next 12 to 18 months."
The option of utilizing Dunston as the focus of how the $50,000 grant would be spent arose after city leaders sought an outside contractor option. For instance, they sought the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments but learned grant authorities did not permit that option.
Dunston told council members on Monday she looked forward to the training and organizational involvement.
"We are looking into changing the budget from hiring from outside to developing a plan in-house," Dunston said.
The council approved unanimously a motion to accept the grant and create the official grant budget, which is to be kept on account until the grant has been fulfilled and an official closeout process is completed to certify that all expenditures were properly applied.
In other recent business:
• Council members requested Vance County tax collectors to form more aggressive policies for tax collections.
• The council released the city's joint ownership of the property at 701 East Avenue to Vance County because of expressed interest by a private party to purchase it.
• A statement of support for the Triangle North board of directors by the council encourages more aggressive marketing for industrial development.
• Members also approved a consent agenda for a Henderson police grant application as prepared, a declaration to end voluntary conservation of Kerr Lake water and acceptance of a Vance County tax release and refund list for April.
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PHILADELPHIA--Redshirt freshman quarterback Ricky Santos (Bellingham,Mass.)
of the University of New Hampshire football team was named the Atlantic 10
Football Conference's Offensive Player of the Week and was the recipient of
the conference's Rookie of the Week award as well.
In his first career start at UNH, and only his second college game played, Santos broke the all-time UNH record for touchdown passes with five in a stunning 35-24 upset victory at Division I-A Rutgers on Sept. 11. The previous UNH record for touchdowns in a game was four, accomplished 13 times in the history of the Wildcat football program.
Santos completed 30 of 40 passes for 385 yards vs. the Scarlet Knights, including touchdown passes of 55, 3, 11,24 and 21 yards. His last two passes for paydirt were the game-winner and the game-clincher. He connected with sophomore wide receiver David Ball (Orange, Vt.) at 2:11 of the third quarter to give UNH a 28-24 lead and then helped to put it away with a 21-yard pass to senior wide receiver Shaun Diner (Montreal, Quebec) to seal the victory. UNH bounced back from a 24-14 halftime deficit.
Santos has been extremely accurate with his passes, as evidenced by the fact that he has completed 40-51 pass attempts for 531 yards in two games played. That gives him a phenomenal completion percentage of 78.4 and his efficiency rating now stands at 200.79.
This marks the second consecutive week that Santos was named the Atlantic 10's Rookie of the Week. He received the honor last week when he took over at quarterback midway in the game and helped UNH to a huge victory over then No. 1 ranked Delaware.
The Wildcats will play their home-opener, this Saturday, Sept. 18, when the squad entertains William & Mary. Game time is 12 p.m. at Cowell Stadium. It will be the Wildcats' first conference matchup of the 2004 campaign.

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Just a wee bit of Beck derangement syndrome, WCG? I take it you weren't getting his George Washington book signed in Camp Hill a week or two back?
Anyway; a lame award. Kind of like a few years back when they published the issue with a shiny cover and said the POTY is.....YOU! Ugh.
squonk - Do you actually HAVE any opinions, or do you just either harumph in agreement or denigrate screen names? (And yeah, I know; Derry air).
I read this story and post only one two word response: "Well, DUH!" I hate to say I-told-you-so, but I DID tell you so. And it really wasn't that hard to predict. In fact, many of the dim-bulbs who post regularly on PennLive were calling for PSU to get Meyer as their solution to the football program meltdown (look it up, as they say).
A bunch of silly comments, really. So what do we have here? 1.) A third person was in on the conversation between McQueary and his father. 2.) McQueary goes to Paterno and says SOMETHING. Can we agree at least that the words "naked,""shower,""Sandusky," and "10 year old boy" were used? 3.) Somehow, some way, the thing gets watered down to "horsing around" in 10 days.
I mean, WTF folks? If anything, this highlights JoePa's glaring negligence even more.
Kind of a triple bank shot there coach? A case comes to trial that he started and he's therefore a "once and done" governor? Sorry, but I saw similar comments before he was even INAUGURATED in January. And like most governors, he'll be fine if there are jobs created in PA. Which is EXACTLY why he's supporting the drillers (as you say). I mean, c'mon, get a clue.
Please. If the term "Republican Establishment" was in the dictionary, a picture of the PA. Society would be right next to it. Who cares what they say or do there? I sure don't.
Ah, yes. The very amusing PennLive phenomenon known as Conservative Derangement Syndrome. Lots of posts from people who wouldn't vote for anyone on the R side anyway if their lives depended on it. The notable exception is the Ron Paul-oids who will be MORE THAN HAPPY to throw away their votes not ONCE, but TWICE if necessary (if Paul goes "third party; a very real possibility) and get Obama re-elected.
Such blooming political naivety on display; entertaining; please keep it up!
Don't disagree with Piccola but PLEASE...can't we just sell the darned liquor stores FIRST?
"Dental Costs"?!? Whoda thunk that a flood would make your teeth hurt?
lurganbranch - Are you REALLY serious? those around the world that "analyze risk factors"? You mean like Jon Corzine of Goldman Sachs and MF Global, the "smartest guy in the room" who analyzes risk factors as a career and came up with the brilliant idea of buying European bonds? And now doesn't know where the money is? Sorry but risk analysts are not gaining a lot of trust these days in many people's books.
And that's the point isn't it? Why spend trillions of dollars over the next twenty or thirty years for something which even YOU have said you can't prove or disprove?
Oh, go occupy Wall Street and take a dump on a police cruiser already.
The debates are a waste of time for me for two reasons: 1.) By the time I get to vote in the PA primary, the race will either be over or down to two, so who cares what the other five have to say? 2.) In the general, my mind's already made up and I'll crawl over broken glass to vote against Obama no matter who the Republican nominee is....except for Ron Paul, of course.
Agree for the most part; but I would reverse the Buck/Aikman grade w/the Tirico/Jaws grade. One man's view of a robotic presentation is another man's view as being letting the action on the field speak for itself. The rest of the grades are pretty spot on.
Supervlad is right as usual. And the story says "Penn State has an image problem on it's hands" Which about like saying the Grand Canyon is a somewhat significantly large ditch in Arizona.
Rich b, - that's all that "Gasland" propaganda which has been discredited. This stuff is starting to remind me of the anti-nuke letters, etc. that went on after TMI; if two people had skin in Dauphin County at the same time, it must have been the reactor accident. But it DOES make for good film and maybe a magic show.
PennLive once again posts the same AP story twice in twelve hours. Therefore, I must recycle a previous post:
"Continue to cream thy jeans, oh tree huggers (and coal industry fiananciers) but I read the piece (when going beyond the headline to say that the EPA is sorta kinda thinkin' about having a meeting to discuss the possibility of revising a draft to a report which may contemplate changing fracking techniques.....in COLORADO. Fear not; sensible development will continue and the rat's nest @ EPA will be cleaned out in November '12."
And the bit about the coal industry financially supporting anti-fracking efforts (and posts on PennLive) is absolutely true. They've got a big financial stake in nat gas NOT becoming a significant power generator.
As the title of the documentary goes, "Not Evil, Just Wrong."
Gee, Poppyseed, I'm not too sure about that. Boldmeek and Brad Morgan made some pretty good points and they named names. And to be honest, the quote from this alleged scientist makes no sense. So what does "fire insurance" mean in this case? Buying LED Christmas lights? Tossing my Caddillac Escalade over the cliff? He doesn't say. Finally, that first commenter mentions having bottled water in his house or some such. What the heck does THAT have to do with climate change?
Continue to cream thy jeans, oh tree huggers (and coal industry fiananciers) but I read the piece (when going beyond the headline to say that the EPA is sorta kinda thinkin' about having a meeting to discuss the possibility of revising a draft to a report which may contemplate changing fracking techniques.....in COLORADO. Fear not; sensible development will continue and the rat's nest @ EPA will be cleaned out in November '12.
Sorry, sports - The "grand experiment" data from Time is flawed. To begin with, it has no indication of what the DEGREES EARNED are for. I see way to many cupcake courses and majors @ PSU; Parks & Rec (playground management), Rocks for Jocks, Elementary Ed, on and on. Secondly, I noticed the service academies, Notre Dame, Northwestern, etc. weren't even on the list at all. But take one that's ON the list in 4th or 5th place; Stanford. Do you REALLY want to compare a degree from Stanford to a degree from Penn State? REALLY?


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The international aid agency Oxfam International said that the world's 100 richest people could essentially end poverty with their earnings in 2012, according to a recent report.
The world's richest earned $240 billion last year—a figure that Oxfam, an international coalition of 17 organizations working in 90 countries focusing on inequality and the poor, said could end poverty around four times over.
"It is now widely accepted that rapidly growing extreme wealth and inequality are harmful to human progress, and that something needs to be done," said Oxfam, while citing a report from the World Economic Forum that rated income inequality as one of the global risks of 2013.
It added in a press release, "The richest one percent has increased its income by 60 percent in the last 20 years with the financial crisis accelerating rather than slowing the process."
In 14 of the 19 leading wealthy and developing nations of the Group of 20, inequality has increased since 1990, the aid group said, saying that economic growth has rarely provided benefit to poor people. The G-20 finance ministers met last week in Mexico City.
Oxfam warned that "extreme wealth and income is not only unethical, it is also economically inefficient, politically corrosive, socially divisive, and environmentally destructive."
Economic growth has often come first in the minds of many government officials and policymakers, while the interests of poor people have come second, the report states.
Inequality in China, Russia, South Africa, and Japan has increased the most among the G-20 nations since 1990, said Oxfam. South Korea is the only wealthy nation among the G-20 members to have reduced inequality in the past two decades. Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina, of the developing G-20 nations, have also made notable progress.
"We can no longer pretend that the creation of wealth for a few will inevitably benefit the many—too often the reverse is true," Jeremy Hobbs, the head of Oxfam, said in a statement. "Concentration of resources in the hands of the top one percent depresses economic activity and makes life harder for everyone else—particularly those at the bottom of the economic ladder."
"In a world where even basic resources such as land and water are increasingly scarce, we cannot afford to concentrate assets in the hands of a few and leave the many to struggle over what's left," he continued.
Speaking on the environmental impact, Hobbs said the richest 1 percent of people is estimated to use as much as 10,000 times more carbon than the average resident of the United States.
"From tax havens to weak employment laws, the richest benefit from a global economic system which is rigged in their favor," Hobbs said. "It is time our leaders reformed the system so that it works in the interests of the whole of humanity rather than a global elite."
Oxfam estimated that tax havens hold as much as $32 trillion—or a third of all worldwide wealth. Closing them could net $189 billion in additional tax revenues.
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Nine Colleton County students were injured Friday when a pickup truck collided with a school bus, officials said.
Three passengers in the pickup were also transported to Colleton Medical Center, Colleton County fire and rescue chief Barry McRoy said.
None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, he said. Most of the injured children were sitting in the back of the bus, he said.
A call came in at 4:32 p.m. that the public school bus and truck had collided near the intersection of Bells Highway and Dandridge Road, he said. The bus was full of students, he said.
McRoy said the wreck happened at the same time that emergency crews were working two structure fires and a wreck with entrapment on Interstate 95.
Walterboro Public Safety is investigating the wreck.
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Judge Judy in a Bikini at 70? She Looks Great! (PHOTO)
Not many celebs around the age 70 are bold enough to step out in a skimpy swimsuit, and even fewer actually look good doing it! Helen Mirren is one of those elite seniors, and now we have proof that Judge Judy Sheindlin is, as well.
Judge Judy has been ruling the courtroom with an iron fist on her titular syndicated show for the last 16 years, but she's always been hidden behind that bulky bench and her shapeless robe, so we never would have guessed how beach-ready her body is.
But Katie Couric got a tip that Judy had celebrated her 70th birthday in the Bahamas by fulfilling a longtime goal: stepping out in a bikini. So when Judy appeared on Katie, the talk show host projected the photo for the world to see.
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Lantern Slide - 'Jane Conquest', Late 19th Century Reg. No: MM 31968 15
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- Set of sixteen magic lantern slides used in telling the story of Jane Conquest using a magic lantern projector. A booklet accompanies the set of slides. Incomplete set.
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- Colour glass lantern slide
- Description Of Content:
- 'Jane Conquest' is a melodrama.
Image of a woman and a sailor kneeling over a baby who lies in a crib on the floor. Another man stands next to the sailor.
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|Lantern Slide: Hand Coloured; Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.)
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Dr Croft rewrote and adapted the poem by James Milne, inventing and producing various effects for the stage and lantern presentation.
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Catch up with all the latest gossip from the world of sport....
Roberto Mancini has heaped more pressure on Chelsea manager Avram Grant by saying he will be Chelsea manager next season regardless of what happens in the Champions League final. (Mirror)
Wayne Rooney has added some spice to tomorrow's final by launching an attack on Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, claiming he "sometimes seems as if his head's not quite there". (The Sun)
Portsmouth have told manager Harry Redknapp he has a job for life following the club's FA Cup exploits over the weekend. (Daily Express)
Arsenal are set to make a move for Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz should they lose top scorer Emmanuel Adebayor. (The Times)
Meanwhile Arsene Wenger has looked to his homeland in targeting Ligue 1 trio Jean il Makoun of Lille, Maouhamadou Dabo of St Etienne and Marseille's Samir Nasri. (Independent)
Jose Mourinho has said he will be back working within a month with Italian giants AC Milan looking the most likely destination. (Telegraph)
Everton are to bid £8million for former Liverpool midfielder Aloi Diarra from Bordeaux. (Mirror)
Aston Villa look set to make Scott Carson's loan deal complete after Liverpool dropped their asking price from £10million to £6million. (Mirror)
Barcelona have agreed a £6million deal to sign Manchester United defender Gerard Pique. (Daily Express)
Theirry Henry is a target for both Chelsea and Newcastle. (Telegraph)
Tottenham manager Juande Ramos could be set to raid his old club Sevilla with a move for defender Adriano Correia. (Independent)
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This is what my day consisted of: walking, resting, writing in travel journal, walking, reading, much sitting on roof-top terrace, walking, exploring a new neighborhood I discovered, eating a big giant dripping chorizo con queso fundido Thing, napping, walking, unpacking art supplies and setting up the table to work in my visual journal. Wash rinse repeat.
At one point today when I opened the door to leave I walked right into the midst of these delightful fellows on their way to a gig.
In addition I watched a bizarre, yet pleasing, tango renactment of the song Roxanne sung in Spanish, witnessed a man on a bicycle toting lots and lots of eggs, saw a bird flying through a church, found a bright pink feather on the street, and was winked at by 100 year old man tottering down a narrow sidewalk. What did you do today?


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Great effort but a tad short. OSU seems to just find a way to win. Craft and Sullinger are the two best freshmen in the B10. PSU with Battle and crew playing as they have this last 3 games have an outside shot at NCAA tourney. Have to get on a run, anything is possible.
I'm afraid Joe is too senile to realize he's senile. It's time Joe, please hang them up for PSU football sake. You can always hang around in some PR capacity. Everybody is making fun of him and that's not the way it should be but he invites it.


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The Master of Science in Leadership, concentration in Liberal Studies (MLLS) focuses on the significance of integrity and social responsibility for today's leaders. Students expand their intellectual horizons through exploration of the ideas and behaviors of prominent historical thinkers and global figures. Principal areas of focus include morality, spirituality, ethics, and cultural awareness as they greatly impact, motivate, and influence leaders. Through analysis and comparison to contemporary leaders, movements, and theories, students develop a panoramic perspective of leadership, enabling them to be better leaders in a diverse world.
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The Liberal Studies concentration emphasizes integrity and social responsibility, two values which are essential for today's leaders to espouse. In studying leadership from the liberal arts perspective, students will better understand the approaches of our world's greatest thinkers, all the while engaging in self-assessment and leadership development. To prepare for success in modern organizations, MLLS students study a specialized collection of topics including:
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Joni sings Song to a Daydreamer or Blue on Blue, inspired by an overheard conversation at a fair in Regina, Saskatchewan. Hosts, Adrienne Clarkson and Paul Soles, talk with her about her songs. Joni informs them that she is living in Detroit (and regularly performing in clubs and festivals around the USA). She explains why she no longer sings "beautiful but miserable and dreary" traditional English folk songs.
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Who has it easier in fight for 4th? Everton and Arsenal by the numbers
Apr 6, 2014, 9:38 PM EDT
Everton thoroughly humbled Arsenal on Sunday at Goodison Park, and the Toffees are clearly in the driver's seat to move the Gunners from a traditional Top Four perch. Roberto Martinez's side has been oak-strong of late, and are one point back of the Gunners with a match-in-hand.
But Arsenal's run-in could hardly be easier, while Everton faces a fortnight of very difficult matches with both Manchester clubs and Southampton on the slate.
Yet even Arsene Wenger is admitting that his club has messed up many lines in its familiar Champions League script, and is in a very troubling spot in its quest for Europe.
And, of course, he expressed it like a philosophy professor:
"The fight [for the top four] is very open and not only dependent on us," Wenger added. "Everton are in a strong position. We have been confronted by that before and it is down to how we respond to such a disappointing performance.
"It is a massive worry to lose a game like that. We need to go back to basics.
"It is difficult to identify if it is fear. The heavy defeats away from home have taken some of our charisma away. Is that fear, is that belief, is that confidence? Maybe a bit all together."
So, who really does have an easier road to the fourth spot? Let's take a look.
April 12 at Sunderland
April 16 vs. Crystal Palace
April 20 vs. Manchester United
April 26 at Southampton
May 3 vs. Manchester City
May 11 at Hull City
April 15 vs. West Ham United
April 19 at Hull City
April 28 vs. Newcastle United
May 3 vs. West Bromwich Albion
May 11 at Norwich City
The Breakdown
Strength of schedule (points-per-match/season):
Arsenal opponents, 1.05
Everton opponents, 1.41
Strength of schedule (points-per-match/PL form):
Arsenal opponents, 1.00
Everton opponents, 1.44
Record vs. remaining opponents:
Arsenal, 4W-1D
Everton, 3W-2L-1D
The Verdict
What is already a baffling disintegration at the Emirates would be an absolutely massive choke job if Arsenal missed out on the Top Four. With an incredible amount of respect to what Martinez has done at Everton, Arsenal's schedule is so much "easier" (Though the Gunners also have at least one FA Cup match to play as well).
Take the much talked-about "match-in-hand." Presumably, Everton would have to be nearly perfect to not draw or lose one of that three-match run against United, Southampton and City. So, even considering the challenges in facing desperate teams staring down relegation, a Top Four club shouldn't flinch.
So… will Arsenal flinch?
- jmillmac - Apr 7, 2014 at 3:10 AM
Arsenal have done nothing BUT flinch for weeks now. If they play half as bad as they did today they could easily drop points in a couple of those matches.
Oh, and Everton have already beaten United on the road. A Europa spot is an insult to Man U, so the only thing they'd have to play for in that game is Moyes' pride, which I doubt very much they care about. Not a given, yet still a very possible 3 points. Southampton is tricky, but not unreasonable. So that just leaves the City match – that could decide both 4th place AND the title.
- agnesamondi - Apr 7, 2014 at 9:42 AM
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Friday, August 22, 2014
Butterfly flitter, Butterfly flutter
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Butterfly flying high and proud
Caterpillar, Cocoon, Brand new wings
Beautiful flowers, colorful things
One wing red, one wing blue
One plus one, that equals two
Two big wings carry her so high
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We are hiring engineers for Google New York, Google Santa Monica, Google Kirkland, Google India (Bangalore and Hyderabad), Google Europe (Zurich) and Google Japan.i'm sure you're saying to yourself right now that there are plenty of americans who would want to work at google, but the truth is there aren't many who are capable of it. the same goes for any large research organization, the quantity of american talent which can satisfy these jobs is lower than is needed. suddenly we went from cleaning floors for 12 hours a night at walmart to a good quality job with an excellent pay in cutting edge fields. it's a deeper problem than "americans dont want to do the hard, drudging jobs", it's that they are increasingly uninterested in doing hard work on any level, for any pay. and that hurts the country's future prospects, its economic and total security position, and everything in between. i'm all for other countries getting increasingly sophisticated and larger roles in the world technology realm, so don't get me wrong. i just wonder if americans on average aren't too damned comfortable and go to sleep every night convinced that they're still the best at everything, and don't know what it takes to be the best and maintain that position. have a look at Working abroad, another excllent Red Herring blog entry by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang on the topic.
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This morning, CBC's Nova Scotia website reported about a recent upswing in cases of syphilis.
The article states that 47 men in the HRM have tested positive this year, up from 35 last year. The story also discusses how many of the men who tested positive often met other men online. Holly D'Angelo-Scott, a senior epidemiologist at Capital Health told the CBC that "when we look to see the connections between cases, a lot of our cases are meeting their sexual partners through the internet. That's probably a common link between some of the cases."
It's a tricky business to talk about sexual health to the masses, especially when you're hoping to reach certain demographics -- in this case, men who have sex with men. It can be tricky with men who have sex with men (MSM) because you're dealing with a population that doesn't always want to be identified, or even identifies with that moniker.
Let's say you're a straight-identified, married man named X. To X, sex is what he does with his wife/girlfriend/et cetera. He loves her and enjoys having sex with her. Sex involves very specific forms of physical intimacy with that one person. But X also happens to occasionally meet certain men to do certain things. It could be in public places, it could be online, it could be in a bathhouse. For X, what happens in those locations and in those times may not be viewed as sex, because it isn't the same forms of physical intimacy that he engages with his wife/girlfriend/et cetera. So when a local news source posts a story about a recent upswing in STI rates amongst MSM, it doesn't faze him, because it doesn't affect him. He doesn't think what he's doing is having sex with men.
So how do you reach X? How do you reach a population that doesn't want to be identified or outed?
At this stage in the game, the best way to do this is to use broad strokes when talking to the public.
The CBC story never uses any terminology that denotes sexual orientation in its description of the men. It does, however, indicate that "all the 115 confirmed syphilis cases since that time have been men" and includes a quote from a Capital Health staffer: "It is possible that there will be a progression from this population of men who have sex with men to women." Here, they are talking about X. They are talking to X. And hopefully X will get the message.
This is not to say that X is emblematic of every MSM who doesn't want to be identified. X may be closeted. X may have myriad reasons for not wanting to be counted amongst MSM. Those reasons are X's alone. But X is amongst the population of MSM.
I am amongst that population. And I have many friends, as well as current and former lovers, who are as well.
It doesn't matter what the STI is or how and when a person may or may not contract it. What matters is getting the information out there without a heavy-handed message or propagandist polemic. And I take it as my personal responsibility to share that information with as many people as possible. With friends, colleagues, internet followers and more. Because it's an important story. It's a story about your -- and everyone's -- health.


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Recipe by MMJM
"I just happened to put together a few of my favorite things -- olives, garbanzo beans and tuna -- and it turned out to be a real hit. Hope you enjoy!"
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olive oil
1 clove
garlic, sliced
white onion, diced
1 cup
2 (6 ounce) cans
tuna in olive oil
1 (6 ounce) can
pitted black olives, drained and chopped
1 (15 ounce) can
garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 teaspoon
garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon
ground black pepper
1 pound
penne pasta
1/4 cup
grated Romano cheese
My DH had very high hopes for this recipe, and he thought it smelled incredible while it was cooking (huge onion-lover), but it bombed.
I made the recipe as written, except that we do not have tuna in olive oil available in my demographic, so had to settle for tuna "in oil", which was soybean oil, and I used whole wheat penne. With the olive oil the garlic and onions were sauted in, combined with the oil the tuna was packed in, this was incredibly oily--so much so that I think I gained 10 lbs just by looking at it (I wouldn't eat it).
The DH and the kiddos thought it was extremely bland and unflavored.
I may try this again someday--if I do, my overhaul will include using tuna packed in water, not oil, and I will use a packet of alfredo sauce mix to give it a cohesive flavor base.
This is a very creative recipe--I like the combination of the tuna, garbanzos, and olives--just needs some work, IMHO. :)
29 Ratings
Thank you! I will make this again. I added more garlic and used navy beans, whole wheat spaghetti and parmesan instead of the chick peas, penne and romano. It is very healthy, and calls for ingredients that are on hand.
Great recipe! Fast and tasty. I used chicken stock instead of water because it adds extra flavor. Also, I used Great Northern beans instead of garbanzo. Will definitely make again!
I was looking for something to do with some cans of tuna and a can of garbanzos I had laying around. This came out decently tasty and I would probably make again if I had stuff on hand to use up. I tweaked this recipe slightly. I used about 8 cloves of garlic (I like it a lot). I also used tuna in water instead of olive oil after reading some reviews that said this was overly oily. I didn't add water so it's a little on the dry side, but not too much. I am not sure why people said this recipe is tasteless, I added plenty of salt and pepper and it tastes fine to me!
Our family enjoyed this - my husband and myself in particular. The kids were less enhusiastic. I read the previous reviews and decided to add a can of cream soup, especially since I did not have any tuna in olive oil. I plan to fix this again, as written. The flavor combo of tuna, olive, and chickpeas is a good one.
My kids are good eaters and it was a tough night eating when I made this (and they love olives and pasta so I thought they would at least eat some of it) Easy to make with things on hand (thats the reason I give it any stars) but we won't eat this again.... sorry!
I found this recipe when I was searching for a way to use tuna without making a casserole, tuna patties, or tuna salad. I happened to have the other ingredients and decided to give it a shot. My husband and I absolutely LOVE this recipe. It is incredibly easy to make and still delicious! We did modify it a bit to suit our tastes; we like spicy foods so we added sriracha to the simmering tuna mixture. We also used tricolor pasta to make the dish more visually appealing. This will be a regular addition to our menu!
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Tuna Italiano
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** Calories: 607
** Calories from Fat: 229
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The Las Vegas Optic reports 44-year-old Amanda Chavez worked part time for the Citizens Committee for Historic Preservation for more than a year before her arrest last week.
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Recipe by Alexwaltman850
"A very delicious goose dish. Good with tame and wild goose meat, as it will remove the wild-game taste. Great recipe that can cook all day while you're at work. When finished it makes an excellent gravy that is great with mashed potatoes. Also, my wife and kids couldn't stand the taste of goose until I made this recipe, now they love it."
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1 cup
cream of mushroom soup
1 cup
cut-up mushrooms
fresh sage leaves
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2 tablespoons
fresh thyme
2 (10 pound)
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This is the first time I've cooked goose. This recipe was fantastic. I've heard that goose has a gamey taste, but there was none with this recipe. I plan to use it again in the future.
A delicious and savory dish for chilly evening.
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This is my husbands new favorite meal!
This is a hit at our house!!!
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Saturday coffee.
The Logan Square subway station on Labor Day morning. Red shirts heading down to the CTU rally.
It is a beautiful Fall-like morning in Chicago. A slight chill in the air, but the sky is cloudless and blue.
Last night we sat on the lawn at Ravinia and listened to Yo Yo Ma and The Knights play Schumann. The air was cool and damp last night too. But the sound of Yo Yo Ma's cello was magical.
There is a guy on the Logan Square list serve who I have never met. He plays the role of the cranky old man chasing the kids off his lawn.
Yesterday he posted his take on the Chicago teachers contract negotiations:
I get it. To hell with the tax payers. What did the teachers do to earn 16% over
the last four years while our fire & police only got 2% a year? Hold the line
on wages. I'm tired of the school system taking the max year after year from my
taxes. I never had a child in the Chicago school system so why should I pay
taxes for it. Work the other issues out and stay on the job. You want to strike.
Then strike. Your just lucky this is not Wisconsin and if you keep up then the
people will vote in a state government and do what Wisconsin did. I support the
teachers but anything more than 2% in this economy is greed.
– Joe Kopera
Now, Joe has a similar take on most social issues and most readers of the neighborhood list serve know to generally avoid engagement.
The picture I have at the beginning of this post gives you an idea of the views of most of Joe's neighbors. The Logan Square stop on the CTA was filled with red shirts last Monday morning, all heading down to the huge rally in support of the teachers. We turned the Blue Line into the Red Line.
One Logan Square reader just couldn't restrain herself however.
I will be at my son's school on Monday morning with my children in tow teaching them about standing up for yourself. I will also be teaching them about child labor laws and discussing how government works. I think it will be a great civics lesson. And I know that my children will make up their time in June. Slightly inconvenient but if this yields a contract that allows our teachers who I entrust my children with every day a better working environment then I can postpone my vacation plans.
I hope parents will come out in full force and please don't forget to call JC Brizard and Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and ask them to settle with the teachers which will allow our children to get back in the classroom quicker.
Janet Meegan
And then there was this on the list serve from my friend and neighbor Robin Potter.
Dear Neighbors: I am the General Counsel to the Chicago Teachers Union. Join with us and tens of thousands of teachers, parents and students to insure we have the Schools Chicago's Students deserve. Check out our website to get accurately info or to get involved: http://www.ctunet.com/.
Today's Tribune reports that an organization of Wall Street hedge fund managers is demonstrating against the Union and our children. Hedge fund managers do not teach our children. http://www.ctunet.com/
Logan Square is with the teachers.
Probably not Joe though.
MiC permalinkSeptember 8, 2012 11:56 am
Hedge fund managers demonstrating against the Union? I thought they did that sort of thing with insulting signs in their high-rise offices or had secretaries to do it for them. That demonstration will be about as short as they would last in a CPS classroom.
September 8, 2012 12:54 pm
Good point, Joe Kopera: firemen and policemen also deserve to earn 16% more as well. It is obvious you don't care about education for others, especially since you "never had a child in the Chicago school system" and you "pay taxes for it."
I bet you don't like paying for social services, such as food stamps and housing for low-income citizens, school meals and low-income assistance, and for childcare assistance and the Children's Health Insurance Program either; I bet you don't like to pay taxes for the elderly or disabled poor and for federal retirees and veterans. I bet you want to receive your Social Security and Medicare, however.
I assume you didn't mind paying taxes for the past war in Iraq, and for bank bailouts caused by "greed," however. I assume you don't mind paying taxes for the current war in Afghanistan, or for corporate CEOs' bonuses and their corporate "welfare" loopholes, or for the interest on the national debt and the dilapidated transportation infrastructure.
2old2tch permalinkSeptember 8, 2012 8:18 pm
"This is an open invitation to ALL Chicago parents to come and protest the Chicago Teacher's strike tomorrow at 5PM, at Jackson and Lasalle St. Come at 5PM to organize against the CTU bullying our kids out of their schools and against the CTU placing our city's children between them and their political squabbles with the city."
Wait a minute…who wrote this?
Barb permalinkSeptember 9, 2012 1:13 am
A hedge fund demonstration? Huh? Those folks aren't ever on the street. Perhaps they are paying someone to demonstrate? Like Rahm did for a while. Can you imagine a hedge fund trader out on the street? It defies imagination.
As for Joe, poor, poor Joe. Perhaps he would like to get a scab survival kit and go teach for a day. It would be pretty easy since discipline would not be a problem for a guy like Joe. He could teach them all about not ever helping the sick or the poor or the children in the community. A non-helper, be independent name board for the children to admire. He could do it. Since he doesn't do anything else. Ever.


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Now that you have been shown some of the basic concepts of neural network we will example an actual Java example of a neural network. The example program for this chapter implements a simple Hopfield neural network that you can used to experiment with Hopfield neural networks.
The example given in this chapter implements the entire neural network. More complex neural network examples will often use JOONE. JOONE will be introduced in Chapter 3. The complete source code to this, and all examples, can be found on the companion download from Heaton Research. To learn how to run the examples, refer to Appendix C, "Compiling Examples under Windows" and Appendix D, "Compiling Examples under Linux/UNIX". These appendixes give thorough discussion of how to properly compile and execute examples. The classes used to create the Hopfield example are shown in Figure 2.7.
Figure 2.7: Hopfield Example Classes
You will now be shown a Java program that implements a 4-neuron Hopfield neural network. This simple program is implemented as a Swing Java Application. Figure 2.8 shows the application as it appears when it initially starts up. Initially, the network activation weights are all zero. The network has learned no patterns at this point.
Figure 2.8: A Hopfield Example
We will begin by teaching it to recognize the pattern 0101. Enter 0101 under the "Input pattern to run or train". Click the "Train" button. Notice the weight matrix adjust to absorb the new knowledge. You should now see the same connection weight matrix as Figure 2.9.
Figure 2.9: Training the Hopfield Network
Now you will test it. Enter the pattern 0101 into the "Input pattern to run or train"(it should still be there from your training). The output will be "0101". This is an autoassociative network, therefore it echoes the input if it recognizes it.
Now you should try something that does not match the training pattern exactly. Enter the pattern "0100" and click "Run". The output will now be "0101". The neural network did not recognize "0100", but the closest thing it knew was "0101". It figured you made an error typing and attempted a correction.
Now lets test the side effect mentioned previously. Enter "1010", which is the binary inverse of what the network was trained with ("0101"). Hopfield networks always get trained for the binary inverse too. So if you enter "0101", the network will recognize it.
We will try one final test. Enter "1111", which is totally off base and not close to anything the neural network knows. The neural network responds with "0000", it did not try to correct, it has no idea what you mean. You can play with the network more. It can be taught more than one pattern. As you train new patterns it builds upon the matrix already in memory. Pressing "Clear" clears out the memory.
Before we examine the portions of the Hopfield example application that are responsible for the actual neural network, we will first examine the user interface. The main application source code is shown in listing 2.1. This listing implements the Hopfield class, which is where the user interface code resides.
Listing 2.1: The Hopfield Application (Hopfield.java)
import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.event.*; /** * Example: The Hopfield Neural Network * * This is an example that implements a Hopfield neural * network. This example network contains four fully * connected neurons. This file, Hopfield, implements a * Swing interface into the other two neural network * classes: Layer and Neuron. * * @author Jeff Heaton * @version 1.0 */ public class Hopfield extends JFrame implements ActionListener { /** * The number of neurons in this neural network. */ public static final int NETWORK_SIZE = 4; /** * The weight matrix for the four fully connected * neurons. */ JTextField matrix[][] = new JTextField[NETWORK_SIZE][NETWORK_SIZE]; /** * The input pattern, used to either train * or run the neural network. When the network * is being trained, this is the training * data. When the neural network is to be ran * this is the input pattern. */ JComboBox input[] = new JComboBox[NETWORK_SIZE]; /** * The output from each of the four neurons. */ JTextField output[] = new JTextField[NETWORK_SIZE]; /** * The clear button. Used to clear the weight * matrix. */ JButton btnClear = new JButton("Clear"); /** * The train button. Used to train the * neural network. */ JButton btnTrain = new JButton("Train"); /** * The run button. Used to run the neural * network. */ JButton btnRun = new JButton("Run"); /** * Constructor, create all of the components and position * the JFrame to the center of the screen. */ public Hopfield() { setTitle("Hopfield Neural Network"); // create connections panel JPanel connections = new JPanel(); connections.setLayout( new GridLayout(NETWORK_SIZE,NETWORK_SIZE) ); for ( int row=0;row<NETWORK_SIZE;row++ ) { for ( int col=0;col<NETWORK_SIZE;col++ ) { matrix[row][col] = new JTextField(3); matrix[row][col].setText("0"); connections.add(matrix[row][col]); } } Container content = getContentPane(); GridBagLayout gridbag = new GridBagLayout(); GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints(); content.setLayout(gridbag); c.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE; c.weightx = 1.0; // Weight matrix label c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST; content.add( new JLabel( "Weight Matrix for the Hopfield Neural Network:"),c); // Weight matrix c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER; c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row content.add(connections,c); c.gridwidth = 1; // Input pattern label c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST; c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row content.add( new JLabel( "Click \"Train\" to train the following pattern:"),c); // Input pattern String options[] = { "0","1"}; JPanel inputPanel = new JPanel(); inputPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout()); for ( int i=0;i<NETWORK_SIZE;i++ ) { input[i] = new JComboBox(options); inputPanel.add(input[i]); } c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER; content.add(inputPanel,c); // Output pattern label c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST; c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row content.add( new JLabel("Click \"Run\" to see output pattern:"),c); // Output pattern JPanel outputPanel = new JPanel(); outputPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout()); for ( int i=0;i<NETWORK_SIZE;i++ ) { output[i] = new JTextField(3); output[i].setEditable(false); outputPanel.add(output[i]); } c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER; //end row c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER; content.add(outputPanel,c); // Buttons JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel(); btnClear = new JButton("Clear"); btnTrain = new JButton("Train"); btnRun = new JButton("Run"); btnClear.addActionListener(this); btnTrain.addActionListener(this); btnRun.addActionListener(this); buttonPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout()); buttonPanel.add(btnClear); buttonPanel.add(btnTrain); buttonPanel.add(btnRun); content.add(buttonPanel,c); // adjust size and position pack(); Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(); Dimension d = toolkit.getScreenSize(); setLocation( (int)(d.width-this.getSize().getWidth())/2, (int)(d.height-this.getSize().getHeight())/2 ); setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE); setResizable(false); } /** * Used to dispatch events from the buttons * to the handler methods. * * @param e The event */ public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { if ( e.getSource()==btnRun ) run(); else if ( e.getSource()==btnClear ) clear(); else if ( e.getSource()==btnTrain ) train(); } /** * Called when the neural network is to be ran against * the input. */ protected void run() { boolean pattern[] = new boolean[NETWORK_SIZE]; int wt[][] = new int[NETWORK_SIZE][NETWORK_SIZE]; for ( int row=0;row<NETWORK_SIZE;row++ ) for ( int col=0;col<NETWORK_SIZE;col++ ) wt[row][col]=Integer.parseInt(matrix[row][col].getText()); for ( int row=0;row<NETWORK_SIZE;row++ ) { int i = input[row].getSelectedIndex(); if ( i==0 ) pattern[row] = false; else pattern[row] = true; } Layer net = new Layer(wt); net.activation(pattern); for ( int row=0;row<NETWORK_SIZE;row++ ) { if ( net.output[row] ) output[row].setText("1"); else output[row].setText("0"); if ( net.output[row]==pattern[row] ) output[row].setBackground(java.awt.Color.green); else output[row].setBackground(java.awt.Color.red); } } /** * Called to clear the weight matrix. */ protected void clear() { for ( int row=0;row<NETWORK_SIZE;row++ ) for ( int col=0;col<NETWORK_SIZE;col++ ) matrix[row][col].setText("0"); } /** * Called to train the weight matrix based on the * current input pattern. */ protected void train() { int work[][] = new int[NETWORK_SIZE][NETWORK_SIZE]; int bi[] = new int[NETWORK_SIZE]; for ( int x=0;x<NETWORK_SIZE;x++ ) { if ( input[x].getSelectedIndex()==0 ) bi[x] = -1; else bi[x] = 1; } for ( int row=0;row<NETWORK_SIZE;row++ ) for ( int col=0;col<NETWORK_SIZE;col++ ) { work[row][col] = bi[row]*bi[col]; } for ( int x=0;x<NETWORK_SIZE;x++ ) work[x][x] =-1; for ( int row=0;row<NETWORK_SIZE;row++ ) for ( int col=0;col<NETWORK_SIZE;col++ ) { int i = Integer.parseInt(matrix[row][col].getText()); matrix[row][col].setText( "" + (i+work[row][col])); } } /** * Main program entry point, display the * frame. * * @param args Command line arguments are not used */ static public void main(String args[]) { JFrame f = new Hopfield(); f.show(); } }
The most significant components are the matrix array, the input array and the output array. The weight matrix is stored in a two dimensional array of JTextField elements. It is here that you enter the weights for each neuron. Because there are four neurons in our sample applications, and each neuron is fully connected to the other four (including itself), a four by four two dimensional array is used.
In addition to the weight array, you must have an area where you can input new patterns for the application to either recognize or learn from. This is the purpose of the input array. The input array is a one-dimensional array that contains four elements. These four elements correspond to each of the four input neurons to the Hopfield neural network (the four input neurons are also the output neurons in this example). When you click the Train button, the weight matrix is adjusted so the pattern you stored in the input array will be recalled in the future. If you click the Run button, then the values stored in the input array will be presented to the Neural Network for possible recognition.
The output of this recognition is stored in the output array. If the pattern was successfully recognized, then the output array should exactly mimic the input array. If the input pattern was slightly different than the pattern the network was trained with, then the Neural Network attempts to find the closest match. Therefore, after an input pattern is presented to the Neural Network, the output array will reflect the Neural Network's best guess at the pattern that was input to it.
How exactly the Neural Network derives this output will be discussed later. Next you will be shown how the matrix was determined. Determining the matrix that will produce the desired output is called training the network.
When the Train button is clicked, the application calls the method train. The train method is responsible for adjusting the weight matrix so that the new pattern can be correctly recalled. This process takes several steps. You will now be shown how the network trains.
The mathematical basis for training a Hopfield Neural Network was already explained earlier in the "Deriving the Weight Matrix" section. Now we will examine the process from a more programmatic basis. The first thing that the train method must do is retrieve the input pattern from the TextField controls. As the input is retrieved, the values are converted to bipolar values. As was discussed previously, conversion to bipolar simply involves converting every 0 to a –1 of a binary number; the output is stored in the "bi" array. This is done as follows.
// first convert to bipolar(0=-1, 1=1) for ( int x=0;x<4;x++ ) { if ( input[x].getSelectedIndex()==0 ) bi[x] = -1; else bi[x] = 1; }
The next step is to multiply the input sequence by its transposition. To see exactly what this means refer back to the "Deriving the Weight Matrix" section. To perform this operation, a new matrix is constructed, called work, that is perfectly square. Its width is determined by the width of the input sequence. In this case the work matrix is exactly 4X4, which is the same size as the weight matrix array shown on the application. Here, each element of the work matrix is filled with a value that is derived by multiplying the value of the input sequence that contains the same row and column. This is done with the following code.
// now multiply the matrix by its transposition for ( int row=0;row<4;row++ ) for ( int col=0;col<4;col++ ) { work[row][col] = bi[row]*bi[col]; }
A Hopfield Neural network does not generally assign weights between the same neurons. For example, there would be no weight between neuron 0 and itself. The weight of each of the four neurons back to itself must be set to –1 (0 in bipolar). This is done with the following code.
// next set the northwest diagonal to -1 for ( int x=0;x<4;x++ ) work[x][x] =-1;
Finally, the work matrix must be added to the existing weight matrix. This is done by taking each element of the work matrix and adding it to the corresponding element of the actual weight matrix. The result of this is displayed on the application.
// finally add to the existing weight matrix for ( int row=0;row<4;row++ ) for ( int col=0;col<4;col++ ) { int i = Integer.parseInt(matrix[row][col].getText()); matrix[row][col].setText( "" + (i+work[row][col])); }
You will now be shown how the application is able to recall a pattern. This is done by presenting the input sequence to the Neural Network and determining the output for each Neuron. The mathematical basis for this process was already described in the section "Recalling Patterns." The application determines the output of the Neural Network by using the Layer class, shown in Listing 2.2.
Listing 2.2: The Layer Class (Layer.java)
public class Layer { /** * An array of neurons. */ protected Neuron neuron[] = new Neuron[4]; /** * The output of the neurons. */ protected boolean output[] = new boolean[4]; /** * The number of neurons in this layer. And because this is a * single layer neural network, this is also the number of * neurons in the network. */ protected int neurons; /** * A constant to multiply against the threshold function. * This is not used, and is set to 1. */ public static final double lambda = 1.0; /** * The constructor. The weight matrix for the * neurons must be passed in. Because this is * a single layer network the weight array should * always be perfectly square(i.e. 4x4). These * weights are used to initialize the neurons. * * @param weights A 2d array that contains the weights * between each * neuron and the other neurons. */ Layer(int weights[][]) { neurons = weights[0].length; neuron = new Neuron[neurons]; output = new boolean[neurons]; for ( int i=0;i<neurons;i++ ) neuron[i]=new Neuron(weights[i]); } /** * The threshold method is used to determine if the neural * network will fire for a given pattern. This threshold * uses the hyperbolic tangent (tanh). * * @param k The product of the neuron weights and the input * pattern. * @return Whether to fire or not to fire. */ public boolean threshold(int k) { double kk = k * lambda; double a = Math.exp( kk ); double b = Math.exp( -kk ); double tanh = (a-b)/(a+b); return(tanh>=0); } /** * This method is called to actually run the neural network. * * @param pattern The input pattern to present to the * neural network. */ void activation(boolean pattern[]) { int i,j; for ( i=0;i<4;i++ ) { neuron[i].activation = neuron[i].act(pattern); output[i] = threshold(neuron[i].activation); } } }
When the constructor is called for the Layer class, the weight matrix is passed in. This will allow the Layer class to determine what the output should be for a given input pattern. To determine the output sequence, an input sequence should be passed to the activation method of the Layer class. The activation method calls each of the neurons to determine their output. The following code does this.
for ( i=0;i<4;i++ ) { neuron[i].activation = neuron[i].act(pattern); output[i] = threshold(neuron[i].activation); }
The above loop stores each neuron's activation value in the same neuron. Each activation is determined by calling the act method of the Neuron. To see how each neuron calculates its activation, we must first examine the Neuron class, which is shown in Listing 2.3.
Listing 2.3: The Neuron Class (Neuron.java)
public class Neuron { /** * The weights between this neuron and the other neurons on * the layer. */ public int weightv[]; /** * Activation results for this neuron. */ public int activation; /** * The constructor. The weights between this neuron and * every other neuron(including itself) is passed in as * an array. Usually the weight between this neuron and * itself is zero. * * @param in The weight vector. */ public Neuron(int in[]) { weightv = in; } /** * This method is called to determine if the neuron would * activate, or fire. * * @param x Neuron input * @return If the neuron would activate, or fire */ public int act(boolean x[] ) { int i; int a=0; for ( i=0;i<x.length;i++ ) if ( x[i] ) a+=weightv[i]; return a; } }
To calculate a neuron's activation, that neuron simply sums all of its weight values. Only those weight values that have a 1 in the input pattern are calculated. This is accomplished by using the following code.
for ( i=0;i<x.length;i++ ) if ( x[i] ) a+=weightv[i]; return a;
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