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THE BOTTOM LINE: Marriott returned to a profit in the fourth quarter as its occupancy rose. Room rates, however, have yet to recover.
STRICTLY BUSINESS: Like other hotel companies, Marriott is seeing a return of business travelers.
SIGHTSEERS: It's still taking heavy discounts and other lures to draw in leisure travelers.
ROOM RATES: Revenue per available room for Marriott's worldwide company-run hotels open at least a year fell 13.1 percent in the quarter.
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BATESVILLE — The U. S. Department of Agriculture is providing a loan for work at an electric power generation facility in Panola County. The federal agency Friday announced in a news release that it is providing $181 million to the South Mississippi Electric Power Association. The money will be used to purchase two natural gas-fired combined cycle units for the ...Read More »
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Mike-thanks for the appreciative comment. I\ll try a larger print now!
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Greetings to everyone! Have reached more than 5 photos in total 11 of 25:
Mooseontheloose: finally arrived! nice shot! good shot, detail and above all feelings, good feelings. I love to see this picture in large size.
Ruediger: another pinhole, it seems that you are surrounded by bridges! beautiful landscape with a large range of gray and a special light!
Rtbadman: good photo! surface reflections always make us think of anything else! or not! just a picture that enjoy!
Mark Rewald: Your image suggests to me strength, power and beauty with a perfect tonal range!
Rob Skeoch: Good shot! I suggest loneliness and memories .... excellent image! for a good emulsion, although it would put a little more weight to the paper.
Rtbadman - great reflections. I thought it was a shot through stair and railway/road overpass steel guard mesh. It took a second look to see it was glass and glass. it got me so love it.
9 to go...
Received Jason's postcard today of the stacked boats -- really nice lighting on a simple subject. Thanks!
Nine more to go...looking forward to them!
I received Roger's shot of the office reflection... very nice use of the lines and distorsions.
Also Kracker's "At the Fair" .... nice tones throughout this image. I like the paper as well.
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Yesterday I received rtbadman's reflections. Great use of the lines and perspectives.
Today, it was Tim Gray's American Footbal view. Unusual (at least for me !) view of the Stadium, and the perspective on this giant flag is quite amazing !
Just received Tim's card also,and that flag is Hugh and so the crowd. Interesting fact about the film the Nfl use's,that's a lot too.
Today's been a great day !!
I received my Bifrost (sci-fi mag, the best one I've ever got. Unfortunately for felloow APUGers it's in French), the expected hammers (same ones as the ones we use on the Merry Go Round). This Bifrost issue has the "Razzies" awards : the awards of the worse Sci-Fi for 2010 (I know, I'm a nasty mean guy, but I really like these !)
And then... two additional cards :
Dr Zish's rocks. I like the "dynamics" of the rocks, one could almost feel the forces that pressed them together.
Wayne Frederick's Prandegg castle, very nice perspective from an unusual point of view (at least for the castles I know).
Thanks !
Sorry for the delay, put my postcards in the post today.
Tim's NFL image has found its way to Bangkok! - Love the perspective; have always wanted to get to a game, but never had the chance to do so.
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Well, good luck with that stunt. Either the martians will applaud or LOL. Let's see.
it's a simulation in realtime of what should be happening, but if you switch to preview mode you can see what is scheduled to happen as it gets nearer and finally lands. you can speed up time, you can zoom in and out and see from any angle.
+Armaan Biggan In realtime I see it has picked up speed by about 50mph (!) in the last 90 mins. If you watch the preview sim you can see it builds to about 13,000mph as it hits the atmosphere, then then drops to 1,000mph -ish when it deploys chute.
+Armaan Biggan Lol yeah! You & I are in the UK (where it'll land around 06-something in morning). I wonder how #NBCfail will handle it for the east coast USA ;)
+Brad McClaren Think these guys will be too! ;) http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/110926/snapshots/286880
+Alastair McKenzie too bad we won't get streaming footage. This would be awesome to watch in its final stages.
All of those people out there whining that the US doesn't have a space program anymore need to realize that shuttling humans and gear to the ISS is kids stuff. This is real space exploration. Trying new things and pushing the limits! Watching this video made me want to jump up and down yelling "Rocket parachutes! Rocket parachutes!"
What are we going to do on Mars? Move there when we destroy our own planet or strip it for resources so we can continue to enjoy the "good life"? I fail to see the point of spending money on this when things here in good 'ole MURIKAH are so screwed up.
Rickey Moore
Read Kim Stanley Robinson's "Red Mars". What will happen is that the first 100 to go there will be strong, intelligent and resourceful people. The Best of the Best. First thing they would do, being such people, would be to get rid of anything remotely Earth-like in the way of Government and create a new form, built upon only the successful bits of the old. Money is the first thing gotten rid of. Helluva read!
Well, what the heck... lets spend a few trillion. Seriously, as a Sci-fi fan it pains me to have the opinion I do. I just can't see how as a society we can justify expenditures for anything that isn't going to directly help the awful state of affairs we're dealing with currently. I'd gladly put a few rocket scientist out of work if it would improve things for everybody else.
Do you like plastic? Do you like cell phones? Do you think that having these things has improved America? Without space exploration, we would not have developed geostationary satellites for cellphones, or polymers like plastic. When you create a false dichotomy of NASA or America, you are hurting America. America is more than just the largest millitary, or highest GNP on earth. America is a home for innovation, a model for integration, and a solace for the oppressed who come here to pursue what other countries refuse to pursue, namely, science for the sake of science.
You're right on all counts, but right now America is broke. Cut the military budget, cut NASA, cut it all until this storm passes. Or don't and just accept it as part of the Decline of Western Civilization. When I'm living in a house made of discarded Ipad boxes, I'm sure I'll be real grateful for all those lightweight plastics and other fancy innovations.
I assume you are all for Sequestration then. Have you seen how the austerity measures have worked out for countries outside the US? Cut everything does not work. It throws the economy into a tailspin. We might be crashing, but before we can pull up, we have to level out. That means shifting our budgetary focus to economically rich industries. Industries that maximize the use of capital internally while driving up demand for our products externally. Solar power, transportation, technological innovation, these are areas of exploration where a dollar invested can reap three dollars in growth. If we were to follow your model and simply stop investing, then jobs would decrease, exports would decrease, and our GNP would erode year by year. If this is a storm, then the PEOPLE are the storm blowing us every which way. The economy is the aircraft. We have to choose a course, counter the misunderstandings of the storm, find a good tailwind and sail out of it. Pretending it isn't there is just going to end up like the first episode of LOST. And personally, I don't want to spend the next six years wondering if the people in charge have any clue what they are doing.
I agree, spend the money better. NASA isn't a good investment right now, sorry. We don't need jobs for people with Doctorates in engineering, etc. Shifting money to "green" tech will never work as long as the current administration doesn't want it to because just like everyone before them they're addicted to oil money. You can't get a degree in anything without going 100K in debt, so where are all the people to fill these fabulous tech jobs coming from? Well, we'll just ship them overseas now won't we? PS) Austerity measures would have worked fine if they had actually followed them.
So you don't want to 'cut everything' as you said before. I think that about sums up my only disagreement with your statements. Naturally you and I are probably wrong about a lot else, but I don't honestly know what the future will hold. I don't know enough about the White House's green energy policies or about employment rates for the overly educated. I do know that I got a degree at a private college for only 40k in debt, so I can contradict that statement, but I can tell it was hyperbolic anyway, so what is the point. Ultimately, there was only one aspect of your ignorance that I could enlighten and I am glad you seem to agree with me now that smarter investing is the way to right our economic vessel. I doubt we'll ever agree one what those investments should be and honestly, neither of us are qualified to debate it in an educated manner. So I shall leave you to discuss that with someone less willing to admit their own ignorance.
I'm not an expert on economics either. However, when the experts weigh in it makes sense: We have to make more than we spend as a country, just like you and I have to do that in our households. Clinton may have been lucky to be the beneficiary of a natural cycle of economic upswing, but at least he had the common sense to bank the money. Since then, we've done nothing but spend, spend, spend with very little return on the investments. Let me clarify: We need to cut the budgets of nonessential programs for the time being. I would consider NASA one of those programs. Of course, I would also consider the military one of them, as opposed to say planned parenthood or other endowments that help care for at risk people. Thanks for the civil discussion and yes, I will be watching to see what happens on Mars early tomorrow morning.
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On the Saturday before the election, four prominent Democrats did some last-minute campaigning at a crowded Gardenview Diner on Old Liverpool Road.
Incumbent U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand greeted voters between bites as did Congressman Dan Maffei. Later, Assembly shoo-in Sam Roberts showed up to shake hands. Smilin' Sam was the only one of the four to spend some money at the diner, as his entourage sat down for eggs and home fries.
Three of the four ended up winning their elections, while Rep. Maffei continues to await a final count in the hotly contested 25th Congressional District.
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When Maffei found himself behind by more than 650 votes on the day after the 2010 election, he did what he always does.
He asked his supporters for more money.
"We need your help to ensure Republicans can't steal this election," Maffei wrote in a mass e-mail on Nov. 3. As an added enticement, the House freshman reminded potential donors, "Contributions to the Maffei Victory Fund 2010 do not count towards the 2010 election contribution limits of Friends of Dan Maffei. In addition, contributions do not count toward an individual's aggregate election cycle limit."
In other words, if you'd already contributed the legal limit, now's your chance to funnel even more cold cash to the congressman with the million-dollar war chest.
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Not to be outdone, and hoping against hope to cling to her slim winning margin, Republican challenger Ann Marie Buerkle followed the incumbent's lead and issued a plea for donation to her own Post Election Fund.
"Every little bit helps," she wrote in an e-mail, "and we're going to need every bit we can to ensure our success."
The official tally, including more than 8,000 absentee ballots in Maffei's stronghold in Onondaga County, won't be completed for at least another week.
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After a bit of a late start due to various reasons, the Indian Ladder Farm in New Scotland is set to open on Wednesday, June 4, with Baby Animal Day to follow on Saturday, June 7.
Cecelia Soloniev has taken over for Laurie Ten Eyck as manager of the popular orchard.
We're going to open up the barn and we'll have animals here to see and to pick them up, said Soloniev, the orchard's former education coordinator. "We'll also have the learning center open"
Soloniev said $5 gets the little ones in both the Baby Animal Barn and the learning center, but that adult admission is free.
All of the orchard's facilities will be open for the season, including the cafE, the retail market, and the pick-your-own strawberries. The learning center will provide information on the interdependence of humans and animals, and about animal welfare in general.
Indian Ladder Farms will also be offering five different weeklong sessions, which are day camps and will focus on animal care and life on the farm. The sessions begin on Mondays and the schedule is as follows:
July 7 " Barn School
July 14 " 'We Love Rabbits'
July 21 " Primitive Skills, Nature and You
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Aug. 25 " Life on the Farm in the 1800's
Indian Ladder Farms is located on 342 Altamont Road, between the villages of Voorheesville and Altamont.
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Teaching Lexicography and Lexicology among the Aliterates
As I pondered how to frame the topic announced in the title of this paper, I realized that first of all I had to embark on a journey of intellectual archaeology. In the nine different courses I regularly teach, in composition, literature, and linguistics courses alike, I emphasize the use of a desk dictionary as a curricular survival tool, especially in this current mania of standardized testing. When exactly did I begin to have my deep, abiding passion for dictionaries and how did that influence the development of my career as a professor of English and applied English Linguistics? For the past twenty years in my English 201 Composition II course, I have required my students to write a "Literacy Narrative" as a first paper in which they tell the story of how they first learned how to read. They increasingly have an initial negative reaction to this topic, but, once they start to do the reflection needed, positive attitudes emerge as they recover the happy details of grandparents, parents, or siblings reading to them. Likewise for me in this paper, I began to trace back the arcs of development which have culminated in my current teaching roles as a pedagogical bricoleur who teaches rhetoric, applied linguistics, lexicology, General Semantics, and the literature of science fiction. And this enabled me to recover warm feelings not only about texts well-read and still valued 45 years later but also about wise mentors who led me on the word-filled journey for the last half century.
According to some of my rural students my office has more books (especially dictionaries) than their school libraries, and I can personally verify that, for example, my office does contain more books than the Bison, SD High School library. As one of the early groups of boomers born in 1947, I learned how to read before my family had a TV set rooted in the living room. I cannot imagine a day going by without reading a newspaper, reading a slick magazine, reading a book, or reading a cereal box, etc. Thus, as I encounter the "Millennials" or the "Echo Boomers," the current labels given to recently matriculated college students, I have had to adjust to the new generation's characteristic lack of interest in reading (Quinion Echo Boomer 2009), In particular, based on the authoritatively robust research published in the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Research Report #47 To Read or not to Read: A Question of National Consequence Nov. 2007, we now know that the age group that used to read the most--Americans between 15 and 34 years of age--now reads the least. The technical label for such behavior consists of the word aliterate, which Microsoft Word unfortunately autocorrects to alliterate. Likewise, I have to repeatedly warn my students about dealing with the aliterates in Seattle who have built stemming software that automatically turns the name of the university building in which I now write these words--Scobey Hall--into Scooby Doo Hall. Concerning myself with such matters qualifies me as a lexicologist. And I use such technical terms during the first day in every one of my classes.
Tom McArthur has a cogent definition of lexicology in his Oxford Companion to the English Language:
An area of language study concerned with the nature, meaning, history, and use of words and word elements and often also with the critical description of lexicography.
Although formerly a branch of philology, lexicology is increasingly treated as a brand of linguistics, associated with such terms as lexeme, lexical field,, lexical item, lexicon, lexis ...
My explications of the course syllabi, especially in my 100 and 200 level composition classes, often work as negative pep talks, when my use of Greek and Latin metalanguage such as lexicology, aliteracy, and rhetoric frightens the truly hardcore aliterates. They decide to drop the classes because I name the frame that, whatever else writing consists of, it involves words and that we will explore the territory of all manners of word behaviors. …


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Solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance spec- troscopy (NMR) is a powerful tool for unambiguously determining the existence or absence of covalent bonds between wood components and adhesives. Finely ground wood cell-wall material dissolves in a solvent sys- tem containing dimethylsulfoxide-d6 and N-methyl– imidazole-d6, keeping wood component polymers intact and in a near-native state. Two-dimensional (2D) NMR experiments, using 13C-1H one-bond heteronuclear sin- gle-quantum coherence on non-derivatized cell-wall material from loblolly pine, reveal details about the major cell-wall polymer structures. This technique can detect new covalent bond formation between cell-wall polymers and wood adhesives. A monofunctional model of polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (pMDI) and also neat pMDI were reacted without catalysts with loblolly pine matchsticks under moisture-controlled conditions to chemically modify the wood cell-wall polymers. The modified matchsticks were ball-milled, dissolved, and characterized via 2D NMR experiments. Results showed that high concentrations of the pMDI model reacted to form carbamate linkages with mannan and lignin sidechain units at 160°C. However, the pMDI- reacted matchsticks showed no reactivity at 160°C, thus indicating that the mechanism of durable bond forma- tion between wood and pMDI is not controlled by ure- thane formation.


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They certinally are
'One-man-team?' Obviously I meant 'one-man'.
Pretty much, yeah — I do everything except the voice acting and (in Dissolution's case) the music.
Dissolution? Would that happen to take place in the future with a company knows as Xterrier involved in being all-controlling and whatnot? Or is this a coincidence?
Never mind. It's what I thought it was. I'm in that! Gonna be goood. Extremely impressive, too, for being one guy,
Sorry for the late reply, but yeah, you're quite right! Hope you enjoy it when it's out!
That's amazing. Good job and keep up the good work :P
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I would like in hms defiance 3 (if your gona make one) some more monster from hms defiance 1 cause in 2 there were only humans with strange mask.I would also like more weps there were only 3 weps.
Never less 2 did improve from 1 and tht is most important so keep up the good work =)
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HMS Defiance 1's monsters are in HMS Defiance 2, in the second chapter - sure you didn't miss that chapter?
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i also wondering about hms defiance story it sort of well doesn't make sense i do know one thing tht hms defiance 2 is a prequel to 1 and tht hms defiance 3 is probably gona be a sequel to 2 not 1 so if hms defiance 4 does come out is it gona be a sequel to 1? i rly wat to know wat happen after tht ending!
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The "Don't Read" ads will appear on sites like eBay's book section, Fandango, and large media sites, while the "Listening Saves" ads will be targeted to some unexpected vertical niche sites like eTrucker.com, Lavelle said.
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The online ads, as well as the new dontread.org and listeningsaves.org microsites to which they link, feature offbeat characters touting the service, including a professor, a nun, a policeman, a doctor and a superhero. The landing page is set up to show the same character as the referring ad.
A digital audio player is built into the ad to allow users to listen to 28 different audio clips directly from the unit. Agency.com has used a similar approach in ads it created for British Airways, where it included a ticket booking engine in the ad, and for CNN, where it put a live news feed in the ad unit.
"We have a 'detach and distribute' philosophy. For us, ad units are an empty container that we can put anything in," Lavelle said. "We're focused on show and tell, not just telling, so we try to bring as much functionality as we can into the ad unit."
The nearly identical microsites sites are repositories for the campaign's multimedia content, showcasing the viral elements from the banner ads, posters of the campaign characters, and sample audio clips. The sites also house additional content, including a narrated segment of a "Beginner's Guide to Not Reading."
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NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS: International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics
Front Matter936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/v936.frontmatterView Description Hide Description
Tuned Methods for Fourth Order Boundary Problems936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790161View Description Hide Description
Tuned methods of the exponentially‐fitted kind are derived and applied to fourth order ordinary differential equations subject to a special kind of boundary condtions. In this paper we analyse and construct several methods of order 2. A numerical experiment is performed to sustain the derived technique.
Some Recent Advances in Multivariate Polynomial Interpolation936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790271View Description Hide Description
Multivariate polynomial interpolation has received much attention in the last part of the 20th century. In this talk we comment on some recent advances in the last decade, with special emphasis in distributions of points which give rise to unisolvent (or poised) problems in the space of polynomials of a given total degree and simple interpolation formulae.
ADI Schemes in the Numerical Solution of the Heston PDE936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790085View Description Hide Description
This paper deals with ADI type schemes in the numerical solution of the large systems of stiff ODEs that arise after spatial discretization of the Heston PDE from financial option pricing. A feature of this well‐known two‐dimensional PDE is the presence of a mixed spatial derivative term, and ADI schemes were not originally developed to handle such terms. We discuss how to adapt three ADI schemes and next we review theoretical results and perform numerical experiments.
Acceleration of Convergence of Sequences via Orthogonal Polynomials936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790098View Description Hide Description
Constructions of copy rules936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790108View Description Hide Description
For some function classes it is known that using copies of a scaled down lattice rule can reduce the worst‐case error for numerical integration of functions from this class. In a slight generalization we show that it is possible to construct these so‐called "copy rules" by the fast component‐by‐component algorithm and review the conditions on when these rules would be preferable over normal lattice rules. We then present a generalization of copy rules to polynomial lattice rules and show similar results for the polynomial case as exist for the standard case of scalar lattice rules.
Infinity Computer and Calculus936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790118View Description Hide Description
Traditional computers work with finite numbers. Situations where the usage of infinite or infinitesimal quantities is required are studied mainly theoretically. In this survey talk, a new computational methodology (that is not related to nonstandard analysis) is described. It is based on the principle 'The part is less than the whole' applied to all numbers (finite, infinite, and infinitesimal) and to all sets and processes (finite and infinite). It is shown that it becomes possible to write down finite, infinite, and infinitesimal numbers by a finite number of symbols as particular cases of a unique framework. The new methodology allows us to introduce the Infinity Computer working with all these numbers (its simulator is presented during the lecture). The new computational paradigm both gives possibilities to execute computations of a new type and simplifies fields of mathematics where infinity and/or infinitesimals are encountered. Numerous examples of the usage of the introduced computational tools are given during the lecture.
Euclidean Algorithm and Hankel Matrices936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790129View Description Hide Description
New relations are established between continued fractions and Hankel matrices. In particular, they explain why the Euclidean algorithm works correctly for picking up a nontrivial vector from the nullspace of a Hankel matrix.
Ecoepidemiology 15 Years Later: a Survey936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790140View Description Hide Description
This talk will focus on the development of studies to assess the impact disease have on ecosystems.
Robust Solutions to Linear Data Fitting Problems936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790151View Description Hide Description
An important problem is that of fitting a linear model to data which are uncertain. If the data are known to lie in a given uncertainty set, then a robust counterpart of such a problem may be interpreted as the problem of finding a solution which is best over all possible perturbations of the data which lie in the set. In particular, robust counterparts of total least squares problems have been studied and good algorithms are available. This work is reviewed, and consideration is then given to robust counterparts of linear data fitting problems considered as errors‐in‐variables problems, when it is appropriate to work directly with the uncertain variable values. For such problems, and different choices of uncertainty set, the original problems can be replaced by convex optimization problems in fewer variables for which standard software may be applied. This means that robust counterparts of errors‐in‐variables problems may also be solved by interior point methods in polynomial time.
Tundish Shape Design using Numerical Approximate Solution936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790167View Description Hide Description
In this study, the optimal design for the effective removal of inclusions from molten steel in a continuous casting tundish was investigated by numerical method. The effectiveness of inclusion removal was evaluated by RTD (Residence Time Distributions) and removal ratio of alumina particles. Lagrangian and Eulerian numerical approaches were compared to determine which method predicts more consistent RTD with the experimental results. Objective function in optimization of tundish design was set to minimize the dead volume and maximize the inclusion removal ratio. Approximate solution obtained numerically from DOE (design of experiment) was used in optimization process to reduce the computational costs.
A General Family of Two Step Collocation Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790178View Description Hide Description
We consider a general family of two step collocation methods for the numerical integration of Ordinary Differential Equations, which depends on the stage values at two consecutive step points. We describe two constructive techniques, discuss the order of the resulting methods, compute the nodes to obtain superconvergence and analyze their linear stability properties.
Application of Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) In Implementing of New CMOS Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) Chip936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790190View Description Hide Description
In this paper, we present away of using Anfis architecture to implement a new fuzzy logic controller chip. Anfis which tunes the fuzzy inference system with a backpropagation algorithm based on collection of input‐output data makes fuzzy system to learn. This training is given from a standard response of the system and membership functions are suitably modified. For adaptive Anfis based fuzzy controller and its circuit design, we propose new circuits for implementing each controller block, and illustrate the test results and control surface of Anfis controller along with CMOS fuzzy logic controller using Matlab and Hspice software respectively. For implementing controller according to the Anfis training, we proposed new and improved integrated circuits which consist of Fuzzifier, Min operator and Multiplier/Divider. The control surfaces of controller are obtained by using Anfis training and simulation results of integrated circuits in less than area in CMOS standard technology.
A Variant of SOR Method for Singular Linear Systems and its Application to a Variable Preconditioned GCR Method936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790203View Description Hide Description
The Generalized Conjugate Residual (GCR) method with a variable preconditioning is an efficient method for solving a large sparse linear system It has been clarified by some numerical experiments that the Successive Over Relaxation (SOR) method is more effective than Krylov subspace methods such as GCR and ILU(0) preconditioned GCR for performing the variable preconditioning. However, SOR cannot be applied for performing the variable preconditioning, when solving the singular linear system, where the coefficient matrix has diagonal elements of 0 or is rectangular matrix. Therefore, we reconsider the splitting of A, and propose a variant of SOR. By numerical experiments on the singular linear system, we show the efficiency of the variable preconditioned GCR method using the variant of SOR.
The Smoothed Wigner Transform Method: Precise Coarse‐Scale Simulation of Wave Propagation936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790214View Description Hide Description
The Wigner transform (WT) is a quadratic nonparametric phase‐space density, introduced by Eugene Wigner for the phase‐space formulation of quantum mechanics. It has since been used extensively in the asymptotic study of many wave propagation problems; it is well known however that it is not amenable to practical computations. The smoothed Wigner transform (SWT) is a variation of the WT, well known in the context of signal‐processing and time‐frequency analysis. Recently, it has been shown by the author that it can be used for the accurate and efficient numerical treatment of wave propagation problems, in contrast with the WT. More precisely, the SWT can be used to compute the solution at a chosen spatio‐spectral resolution, i.e. leading to some degree of averaging. In this work, theoretical results are presented, which allow for a quantitative understanding of the errors introduced. A central idea, not common with more traditional techniques, is separating the averaging operator from the error, since we deal with an approximate coarse‐scale solution .
Numerical Treatment of Differential‐Algebraic Equations with Index 2936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790226View Description Hide Description
We will consider index‐2 differential algebraic systems. Since they are usually harder to solve, we will show how to reduce the index 2 problem to index 1 DAE which becomes easier to solve numerically. For the numerical treatment, we will treat the resulting index‐1 DAE using power series solutions coupled with pade' approximation for better convergence results. Numerical examples will be presented also.
Mathematical Modeling of Pedestrian Flows Using Cellular Automata and Dynamic Stepsizing936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790237View Description Hide Description
We present a two‐dimensional automaton model to simulate pedestrian flows. In this model, pedestrians may be allocated have preassigned or randomly chosen starting points and destinations, and they may get influenced by additional repelling or indicating factors. Interior walls and other obstacles can be abstracted as repellors. We apply Bresenham's algorithm [1] of line rastering to calculate the ideal forward step which a single pedestrian may take on a two‐dimensional grid. We introduce a flexible choice of step sizes to improve the basic algorithm.
Modeling of Pedestrian Flows Using Hybrid Models of Euler Equations and Dynamical Systems936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790250View Description Hide Description
In the last years various systems have been developed for controlling, planning and predicting the traffic of persons and vehicles, in particular under security aspects. Going beyond pure counting and statistical models, approaches were found to be very adequate and accurate which are based on well‐known concepts originally developed in very different research areas, namely continuum mechanics and computer science. In the present paper, we outline a continuum mechanical approach for the description of pedestrain flow.
Use of Inexact Solution of Unsteady Navier‐Stokes Equations to Solve Steady State Problems936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790260View Description Hide Description
In order to do flow control it is necessary to solve the Navier‐Stokes equations using efficient and robust numerical methods. Based on a Finite‐Volume spatial discretisation of the Navier‐Stokes equation, simple time discretisation methods will be characterised and discussed for the solution of both unsteady problems and of asymptotic steady state problems. An easy‐to‐implement semi‐implicit time integration method of the Navier‐Stokes equation will be compared to a Newton method for the solution of the stationary Navier‐Stokes equation.
Remarks on the Q‐tensor Model for Equilibrium Liquid Crystal Configurations936(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2790270View Description Hide Description
We study minimizers of the Landau‐De Gennes energy functional for liquid crystals in the biaxial and uniaxial cases. We derive the corresponding equilibrium equations and make predictions about the equilibrium order parameters. This, in turn, gives qualitative insight into the structure of the minimizers and can also be used in the numerical analysis of liquid crystal configurations in confined geometries.


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Last week on Parks and Recreation, things went from bad to worse (who knew that was even possible with this crew) when a reporter showed up to cover Leslie's park project.
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Misguided 'Authenticity.' (Traditional African Culture commercialized)(From the Publisher)(Column)
Jenkins, Timothy L., American Visions
It would doubtlessly come as a culture shock to many of those self-vaunted wearers of kente cloth that their would-be expressions of heritage are frequently of more material benefit to Asia and Amsterdam than to their African motherland. indeed, it is an offense redoubled that the indiscriminate appetite for kente-like patterns has itself served to hasten the demise of the African cottage industry trading in such preciously hand-woven goods.
This was not just because the demand had begun to noticeably exceed the supply, but also because the middlemen understood all too well the lack of sophistication among their parvenu buyers. Accordingly, as kente-related products have soared into a major market, those who kept their fingers on the pulse of the African-American consumers soon learned that they neither understood nor seemed to care much that the hats, wraps, handbags and now umbrellas ostensibly worn to boast African roots had labels reading "Made in Taiwan."
Not only was pricing more important than quality and authenticity for such enthusiasts, but the age-old sacred meanings and symbolisms of indigenous culture reflected in such products were oftentimes both figuratively and literally stood on their heads. I am humorously reminded here of a doctoral robe proudly worn by a noted nouveauxchic clergyperson proudly ablaze with a kente strip of Ashanti royal stools inadvertently displayed upside down, in a fashion unintentionally symbolic of death among indigenous Akan and Ewe peoples, The spectacle of it all carried my mind back to Sterling A. Brown's satirical poem, "Sporting Beasley," on gauche forms of "puttin' on the dog" in the name of sophistication.
But in a larger sense, it is perhaps no laughing matter that so many aspects of our cultural patrimony fall prey to such caricature, exploitation and distortion.
Already, mud cloth, the bold but somber patterned funeral textile of West Africa, has found its way into bathing suits in much the same way that spirituals, such as "Jacob's Ladder" and "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," were in another era desecrated as drinking songs. I am seeing the same marketplace subordination of cultural concepts like Kwanzaa celebrations, black family reunions, and ancestral rites of passage into merchandising opportunities for every group of tradesmen, except those for whom they were originally created and dedicated. …


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You could have also made a video about Gender and Growth in general, there is a really interesting article about the economic importance of women´s paid and non paid work in subsaharan Africa.
The non paid work of women is very interesting and have many complexities. By example who pay? the husband, the government? Domestic work it is an intricate issue in economic terms, because the salary is mandatory when you are producing wealth for others and they give you a piece of the wealth you create, so who pay in this case? by logic the child may pay, but it is not practical.
The quotation of the World Values Survey is a problem in my opinion. Here men and women are asked, BUT due to the gender inequality that unfortunately still exists today women are probably in less decisive positions than men (on average). This means that their views are more idealistic and theoretical since they have less to do with the question of bribes. Moreover less will have practical experiences with bribes than men. So in my opinion this doesnt show that women are less keen to take bribes but just less experienced with the practice.
Well... Evita Peron, Isabel Martinez de Peron, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Indira Ghandi, Benazir Bhutto, Michelle Bachelet, it is not easy to buy for me the idea that women equal less corruption :)
Also it entirely depends on ones definition of corruptions. If say unequal treatment under the law is a form of corruption, men would be the receiving end on that one pretty often. Such as longer sentencing for the exact same crime, no legal rights in terms of reproduction and so on now is that a correlation with rise of women in politics? We don't know because it's hard to track that.
Exactly, that kind of issues made so difficult to discuss on "corruption" in general, definitions are tricky. Usually corruption is understood as actions of particulars against some law, but what about laws made by government to specifically benefit a group of friends harming others? It is hard to talk in general terms on corruption


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GENEVA – General Motors soon may begin selling inexpensive, entry-level Opel models in Europe, a shift in strategy aimed at resuscitating a struggling brand that has failed in a bid to move up-market.
"If we see a customer need we are able to meet within the bandwidth of the Opel brand in a particular segment, we will move on it," GM President and Opel Chairman Dan Ammann tells journalists during an interview here.
"We're prepared to respond to where the market wants us to go," he says.
Tina Mueller, Opel's new marketing chief in Europe, echoes those sentiments, saying the brand lacks focus in the sub-€10,000 ($14,000) segment. Its least expensive model, the 1-year-old Opel Adam city car, sells for anywhere between €12,000 and €16,000 ($16,000-$22,000).
"We see a need below €10,000, because we know for the younger generation (cars) are less and less affordable," Mueller says.
Playing at the low end of the market would be a shift in strategy for Opel. As recently as last year, the plan was to push the brand up-market as a more expensive alternative to the value-oriented Chevrolet marque. But in December GM chose to pull the plug on Chevrolet as a mainstream brand in the region, an uneven rollout dating back to 2005.
"It creates more breathing space for Opel," Ammann says. "It creates more clarity, more simplicity, and as part of that you end up with some bandwidth within which to operate."
The greater bandwidth, however, does not mean Opel will pursue the luxury end of the business anytime soon to compete against top names Mercedes, BMW and Audi.
Opel's most expensive model, the Insignia D-car, starts at about €25,000 ($35,000).
"Opel needs to be a democratic brand," says Mueller, 45, a native German who joined the automaker Aug. 1 from the consumer products and auto-parts supplier Henkel.
"Given the recent history of Opel, we need to concentrate on our core segments, which are small, midsize and compact (vehicles) before we enter into luxury. I'm a fan of doing your homework first and getting the brand back, because today (Opel) would not support a BMW buyer. It is too early."
For many years, Opel and Volkswagen slugged it out as the populist brand in Germany and other European markets. But 14 years of financial losses put Opel's product offerings on the ropes. Last year, the brand sold 738,411 units in Europe, according to WardsAuto data. Volkswagen delivered 2.1 million.
To stop the slide, GM will invest €4.0 billion ($5.2 billion) over three years in Opel and its U.K. sister brand Vauxhall. The outlay will produce 23 new products and 13 fresh powertrains, including at the auto show here an Adam Rocks version of the Opel Adam with a new 1.0L turbocharged 3-cyl. engine and 6-speed manual transmission, giving the small car a more competitive powertrain in the segment.
Opel also shows an even racier Adam S and the high-performance Opel Astra OPC Extreme C-car with a next-generation 1.6L CDTI diesel engine. In addition, Opel reveals plans to launch OnStar connectivity in Europe next year with 4G LTE high-speed wireless Internet connectivity.
Signs of Progress
Strides have been made already, Ammann says. The Opel Adam and Mokka small CUV, for example, helped Opel post a market-share gain to 5.61% last year from 5.59% in 2012, according to the automaker. It was the first market-share gain for Opel in 14 years.
"A small, but important milestone," Ammann says. "There's no doubt we're making some real progress."
On the financial side, Opel slashed its losses in Europe to $800 million last year from $1.9 billion in like-2012. It also has appointed a slew of new executives in recent months, such as Mueller and CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann, and added a captive financing unit to support sales.
The investment puts muscle behind an unprecedented marketing campaign to polish Opel's image, too, which Mueller admits had grown "dusty, old-fashioned" and slipped into irrelevance. She says early progress is being made there, as well, with poster, Internet and television campaigns reminding consumers of its German engineering and portraying cars such as the funky little Adam in a more progressive light.
"Since October of last year, we see the image is catching up significantly, month by month," Mueller says. "The brand position is changing, and I believe with this image campaign we can provoke people to look at Opel in a different way."
She says reminding Europeans that Opel is a German brand conveys a higher quality standard. "We are not known for fashion or furniture design. We are known for cars."
Mueller expects the Opel brand to be back on track in terms of consumer perception by 2016. Although the early success gives her reason to think it may come sooner, Mueller still places Opel's comeback in the context of David vs. Goliath.
"We have to be faster and more daring," she says.
That's why Mueller took the assignment in the middle of a successful 20-year career in cosmetics.
"If I manage to turn this brand around and get it back on stage, that's the best you can do as a marketing person," she says.


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