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Following congressional approval of the U.S.-Korea, U.S.-Colombia, and U.S.-Panama trade agreements, Secretary Clinton released a statement:
"The Free Trade Agreements passed by Congress tonight will make it easier for American companies to sell their products to South Korea, Colombia and Panama, which will create jobs here at home. The Obama Administration is constantly working to deepen our economic engagement throughout the world and these agreements are an example of that commitment.
"The stakes are not just economic. South Korea, Colombia and Panama are three important partners in strategically vital regions. With the passage of these agreements, America has delivered for our friends and allies. I want to thank Presidents Lee, Santos and Martinelli for their patience and willingness to partner with the Obama Administration as these agreements moved through Congress.
"But our work is not yet done. We will not be content until these agreements are fully implemented so that American exporters can reap the benefits as soon as possible."
Other officials and stakeholders are voicing their support for the congressional approval of trade agreements with Korea, Colombia, and Panama. U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk said:
"This President has gotten trade policy right. These agreements, made better at the President's insistence, will strengthen and expand ties with strategic partners in Asia and Latin America even as they support tens of thousands of jobs here at home, from shop floors to farms to service firms across our country. TAA reforms will ensure that workers get retraining and assistance for the 21st-century jobs they want and need. And the simultaneous passage of key preference programs upholds our commitment to partner with the world's poorest countries for economic growth.
"Taken together, these initiatives are the leading edge of a job-creating trade agenda that will open markets, level the playing field for our businesses and workers, and champion America's working families in an age of tough global competition. They deserve the historic and widespread support they received in Congress tonight. We will continue our work to rebuild an American consensus on trade."
For more information about the trade agreements, how they will protect workers, and contribute to our economic growth and recovery, please visit the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's website at www.ustr.gov/FTA.
W.W. writes:
It s great but it has to be a sort of shenghen otherwise it will be the usual fraude.
avoid mexico and haiti mistake please
I know ''some people'' will make less money but we ll stay at least ethically correct
Eric in New Mexico writes:
I was just thinkin'...(a fairly dangerous thing to do on the best of days)...that over the years all these free trade agreements have been discussed and debated and now finally enacted...that no one has explained how long it will take for these things to manifest jobs and economic opportunity in real-time...one year...five maybe?
Be nice to know what the American worker can expect by way of returns, and when we can see results.
John in Canada writes:
@ Eric in New Mexico
Free trade is novel- however to answer your question would take psychic abilities that no economist has despite what math they apply - funny thing about economic math these days is that we can plug in any figure to determine any result we hope to see - in real life it is usually a different story - math is finite, life in a broad sense is not. No wonder economic decisions seem to lead us down the garden path -who would have thought (laugh)
I think Einstein said it best "not all things that count can be counted and all things that can be counted, count".
The truth, who can say when or ever jobs will materialize - let me explain - first the populations of the countries doing trade need money; coincidentally also jobs to get that money - business needs money to create jobs. Other considerations are, do the people of the trading countries have similar habits for spending, wanting or needing.
If you have a trade deal with a country whose population has little disposable income or desire to spend on what you're selling -what point is trading, your country can sell very little. But there's also the opportunity for more foreign made cheap goods (not sure America needs any more of that).
Trade in goods and services are a second level economy so to speak - all such trade is dependent on the money systems. Without the money systems functioning and they don't IMHO. Trade deals mean little.
Unfortunately folks seem not to want to understand the "money system" or alternatively have any sense to change the money systems to something that works (not communism).
Think on this - We create money then create interest on top of the money (the fed or central bank). Put it this way. if you needed flour to bake bread and I was the ONLY place that had flour but I demanded in return more flour than you took -How do you pay me knowing that you can only come back to me and become further in debt for more and more flour (heck sounds like the model for the drug trade)?(remember what I said earlier about trade needing money in various capacities- if we need money and that money creates debt that can only be paid by going further into debt - should anyone be surprised about the debt mountains every country is facing right now - what's crazy is thinking under this structure you can do anything about debt -about the only thing you can do is trade your debt - any takers for trillions -laugh)) This is the function; running all money systems today- we can trade with other money systems and pay down the debt but we end up leaving the nation we traded with, greater amounts of debt.(the heart of trade imbalance)
Now if this was not bad enough we now run what is called fractional banking systems - A bank only is required to have a very, very small amount of actual cash compared to their assets and debt they carry. If a bank lends you 1000.00 they literally only have put up 100 dollars(less really) cash for it; not 1000. Crazy - I agree. This is essentially printing money a second time around, only there is no physical representation of cash at all only pretend zeros.
If you deposited 1 million per day into a bank for one month, the bank would use that money to leverage huge amounts of debt (but are these now assets - laugh) - essentially spending your savings - if that huge leverage fails the bank fails and you get whatever your government guarantees - 100 grand maybe. From a very real perspective the money, people think they have, they don't - it does not exist at all - you can buy property and businesses and they can be valued at whatever but at the end of the day - how much is something worth? What someone is willing to pay or can pay (both of which these days are volatile everywhere). This impacts all levels of trade.
Failure to understand this will make most recovery efforts futile with little effect. Our trading is built on a house of cards- free trade deals may do nothing, they may help for a time but ALL of it is underpinned by our money systems and they are not fit for purpose unless failure is the purpose.
You can take that to the bank Sir- but don't expect too much when you cash it in (laugh)
Free trade deals are a little like putting the cart before the horse- mileage may vary.
The short answer- flip a coin and ask your questions. I guarantee you will be only wrong half the time.(laugh)
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
We now are seeing the results of earlier free trade agreements - millions of lost jobs, bankrupt state governments, eroding tax base, inferior foreign products, theft of trade secrets, the list is long. If only America had listened to Ross Perot. He tried to warn us.
How did this disaster happen?
In advertising, it's called "bait and switch".
Long ago, CFR and Trilaterals decided to redistribute our industrial capacity to poorer nations. They knew that argument would only appeal to the public if shrouded in plausible logic. Most government officials bought into the idea as well. They argued that consumers benefit from lower prices if we trade with nations which produced goods at lower cost. That argument ignored the obvious fact that consumers must also be producers in order to consume.
So they lied about it, and how Americans would prosper in a new, "service" economy. The lies are only too obvious today, yet those people propose more of the same - more agreements, more factories lost, more economic disaster for our country.
How do they get away with this charade?
Focus on terrorism, Iran, muslims, anything and everything that can distract the public from their financial misery.
We get photo ops and speeches about stimulus packages that feed more money into producing nations rather than our own. Scams upon scams.
America is being looted and pillaged by its own elected officials and their corporate campaign donors. They are doing it to us and our Congress has enabled them.
And their useful idiots have the nerve to blame all of this on Capitalism!
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ John in Canada,
I suppose my question must have sounded a bit like asking the weather guy for an accurate forcast, when it's pretty obvious that we are approaching our long cold winter of discontent, and Wall st. could give a damn what the public thinks.
The other day I found my check. accnt. balance in the neg. (an impossible thing)...due to the fact that Wells Fargo decided to end "free checking" ....I told the fellow who manages the branch that I was not informed properly as some "fine print" notice in my statement recieved isn't comparable to a sign in his lobby that says " Welcome to the bank of inconvieniance, we have no free checking starting today."
And that I should probably simply file a police report and have folks charged with "petty theft" for the 8 bucks or so they just ripped me off for, just like a bloody pickpocket would, only they can do it via data entry and corporate policy.
All I want to know is when folks say "thousands of jobs are going to be created" here in America via free trade agreements, when are we going to be seeing the improvement in our economy and stop getting nickled and dimed to death by currancy manipulators and other ethical infants?
I mean someone's got to have an idea, otherwise these things wouldn't have passed in Congress right?
Unless we have the blind leading the blind into fantasies of prosperity and folks are just saying this to make the public feel good about bein' taken for one hell of a ride on our time and our dime, like a never ending roller coaster.
Anyway, at least there's Dipnote, to lodge public protest via comment.
Because I'm too busy pulling myserlf up by the bootstraps to convert my 4x4 into a "technical" with a brick-chuckin' yard-a-pult mounted top-turret swivel action rapid -firing WMD (Weapon of Mental Determination), I can send this message through the sound-proof glass of corporate America with,...late at night so's not to compound the collateral damage,...as folks need a little fresh air in the workspace anyway, I just don't want to hit anyone with a brick and cause a CEO to become more brain-dead than what is already self-evident.
It's what I'd call a main-stream non-lethal "drive by" in the hood in karmic collection action, after all domestic remedies have been exhausted.
Oh heck, why be famous when I can be infamous on the 6 o'clock news?
Know where I can get a really big industrial strenth rubber band, just in case I do find the time?
Palgye in South Korea writes:
-If the FTA further divided the Korean people, however, the U.S. would be blamed.
SamSung COO go to USA
for negotiation?
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Palgye,
And here I thought all this time 'lil Kim so ill was the reason the Korean People were divided, FTA or no.


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July 31, 2012
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Lt. Mark Cage of the Portales Police Department and Roosevelt County Sheriff Darren Hooker said they plan to apply for the police chief position that will become vacant in September.
Current Police Chief Jeff Gill has announced he plans to retire Sept. 21.
Cage nor Hooker has submitted applications yet, according to city officials.
Cage has worked 18 years with the PPD, serving his last three years as a lieutenant and public information officer.
"Every officer should be aspiring to go to the top," Cage said about his desire to apply for the position. "I want to make a difference, I want to serve the people of Portales as best I can."
Hooker began his law enforcement career with the Eastern New Mexico University Police Department in 1996. He was elected Roosevelt County Sheriff and took office in January 2007.
"I love serving the community of Roosevelt County and Portales and working with the people here," Hooker said. "It would be a wonderful opportunity to work with people at the Portales Police Department and support the people of Portales."
According to the city manager Tom Howell, city officials won't look at applications until Aug. 17.

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Debbie Livingston has run the grueling Greylock Trail Half-Marathon in Adams, Massachusetts, eight times. ...
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Debbie Livingston has run the grueling Greylock Trail Half-Marathon in Adams, Massachusetts, eight times. The last time she ran it, she was seven months pregnant. At mile eight, she passed a male runner, who said, "My ego just dropped about five notches."
"I had a streak going there," says Livingston. "I couldn't not run it." That's how a lot of runners feel about their sport—it's difficult to imagine not doing it, no matter what comes up. And if what comes up is a perfectly normal, healthy thing like pregnancy, is there any reason to stop running?
As many curious, conscientious runners discover, there's not a lot of scientific literature out there about the effects of running on pregnancy. What there is, though, suggests that it's not a bad idea. Anecdotal evidence from running moms-to-be supports that theory too.
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In short: Very well organised, very sociable & enjoyable marathonIn full: Not every person's cup of tea, however a great way to get in a fast marathon.Support from the other runners was second to none.A great mental challenge.Date of review: May 4, 2016
In short: Well organised race on a nice scenic courseDate of review: November 8, 2009
In short: A very well organised race, on a flat courseIn full: A well organised race on a flat course. Plenty of drink stations and plenty of places from which relatives and friends can cheer you on. Quite a few curbs and pavements to negotiate, otherwise a good course. Plenty of marshalls.Date of review: October 19, 2009
In short: Very good, relatively flat courseIn full: Very good flat course over 2 laps makes for PB potential. However my (and others) Garmins measured the course at 15.25 miles.Well orgainised race, although a little flat on atmosphere.Date of review: September 28, 2009
In short: Very well organised race, on an underlating courseDate of review: July 20, 2009
In short: Well organised race on a quick course (if the wind does not blow)In full: This was a very will organised race. The water stations were just at the right places. Could have had more toilets at the start. The course is very flat, other than between 10 & 13 and 23 & 26 miles. If the wind does not blow then there is definate PB potential. As the weather was good I achieved a PB and GFA qualification for London next year. Date of review: April 6, 2009
In short: Very Good Race, Nice Relatively Flat courseIn full: Nice race, run at a nice time of year. The course is relatively flat so a PB is possible, which I achieved. As the race is run over 2 laps, you pass the start and finish at 7 1/2 miles, allowing you to see your friends and family half way round. Well organised. A race I would definately do again.Date of review: September 28, 2008
In short: Well organised race, on a good but not flat course.In full: A well organised race on a undulating course, although no steep hills. Glad to see plenty of water stations. A bit worried at start, when eventhough the road was closed, 3 cars drove through as we were about to start. Overall a good summer half marathon. Date of review: August 11, 2008
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"I am a woman, hear me roar," could have been the informal motto of the Papua New Guinea Women's Forum -- a two-day powerhouse event organized by the U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby and the Papua New Guinean Ministry of Community Development.
Women in Papua New Guinea (PNG) face numerous challenges. For instance, gender-based violence in PNG is pervasive and high profile. More than 50 percent of PNG women have experienced sexual assault. More than 66 percent of all women are victims of domestic violence. In recent years, young women accused of witchcraft have been tortured and burned alive. Women, mothers, and children die in large numbers from preventable causes due to lack of access to primary health care. Routine discrimination and economic marginalization has historically kept women underrepresented in politics, the economy, and higher education.
Against this grim backdrop, our embassy team strived to listen and engage with women leaders over several months. Local women's leaders designed the PNG Women's Forum to develop a national conversation and launch a well-coordinated plan of action.
The 300 participants, who came from all walks of life and corners of the PNG to attend the Forum on March 6 and 7 went beyond the bad news headlines to focus on ways to address the many issues affecting women -- their economic empowerment, health, enabling more girls to complete their education, enlisting more men in the effort to prevent gender-based violence, the need for more women parliamentarians, and how women can use technology to improve their lives. The Forum featured breakout sessions, small group work, and summary presentations to discuss recommendations addressing each issue. The U.S. Government fielded an "all-star" team of moderators, panelists, and keynote speakers. With the help of the note-takers who recorded the observations, comments and recommendations from panelists and audience members, we are developing an outcome statement for action by the women themselves, the PNG government, and international partners. We also put together PNG's first ever directory of women's groups, distributed it among the participants, and uploaded it online to facilitate networking.
From my perspective, there were two major takeaways.
One. Bringing women together is powerful in itself. Working with women's groups, we developed a range of creative funding initiatives to bring together a diverse and inclusive pool of participants, especially university students. Prime Minister Peter O'Neill rallied the crowd in his opening remarks when he said, "when you speak with one voice, you have no idea how loud you can be." After U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Dennise Mathieu presented Dame Josephine Abaijah, the first female parliamentarian in PNG, with an International Women of Courage nomination award, the women in the audience erupted in an unexpected, emotional song tribute, giving many of us goose bumps, if not a tear or two. There is clearly an unspoken bond among women, and all we had to do was facilitate the place and time.
Two. Despite a long history of discrimination and unequal treatment, the momentum to advance the status of women and girls in the PNG is unprecedented. If the young women and men who participated in the forum are representative of the up-and-coming generation, then PNG may have a real chance at changing the destiny of half of its population. During the discussions about leadership, women identified a clear gap between generations and the absence of mentoring opportunities. Government, academic, non-governmental, and private sector participants quickly came together during the event to start a mentoring matchmaking initiative. In an environment that welcomed and encouraged their talents, it was an encouraging sign that women across the generations proved they can band together to make things happen for their future and the future of their country.
The PNG Women's Forum was a major milestone in the momentum toward women's empowerment and the United States will continue to foster support for this burgeoning movement.
How can we better support women leaders and empower rural women, particularly in an environment with cultural norms that foster gender inequality? I welcome your comments.
About the Author: Natalia Capel serves as Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.


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Buttermilk Biscuits
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons ice cold butter
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- Cinnamon Spiced Butter, recipe follows
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- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
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Preheat oven to 475 degrees F.
Slice butter and put on a plate in the freezer.
Sift the dry ingredients together into a bowl. Cut in the butter with a pastry cutter or a fork until it looks like coarse sand. Add the buttermilk and continue to cut the dough together. Turn out onto a floured surface and gently bring together. Gently press the dough into a rectangle until it is between 1/2 and 3/4-inch thick.
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I recently arrived in the Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs as the twenty-first Frasure-Kruzel-Drew Memorial Fellow for Humanitarian Demining. The fellowship was created in 1999 to honor the legacies of Ambassador Robert C. Frasure, Dr. Joseph J. Kruzel, and U.S. Air Force Colonel Samuel Nelson Drew, who lost their lives in 1995 while working to help end conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina. These men were part of a mission to negotiate peace in a war-torn region, yet their story, as with the recent events in Libya, reminds us of the risks that U.S. diplomatic and military personnel take every day to promote peace and security around the world.
The fellowship, which promotes awareness and action to address ongoing security and humanitarian challenges from landmines and explosive remnants of war in post-conflict countries, is a one-year position with the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA). This office leads U.S. Government efforts to save lives and support post-conflict recovery and development by safely clearing landmines and unexploded munitions, as well as by reducing inventories of surplus, loosely-secured, or otherwise at-risk arms and munitions. The United States is the world's single largest financial supporter of such efforts, spending over $2 billion in over 90 countries since 1993.
Administered by the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR) at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, the fellowship is awarded each year to an outstanding JMU student or recent graduate. Since the inception, 20 individuals have completed the fellowship. Fellows assist with program management for a particular region and perform outreach activities to help inform the public about the work that PM/WRA does around the world.
At an August 29 ceremony honoring the legacy of Ambassador Frasure, Dr. Kruzel, and Colonel Drew, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro stressed the value of the fellowship and the varied roles in which former fellows now serve. A number of former fellows have continued to work in the field of humanitarian mine action at the State Department or for various non-governmental organizations such as the Marshall Legacy Institute, Mines Advisory Group (MAG), and the HALO Trust. Speaking on behalf of the families, Sandra Drew noted that in addition to their extensive humanitarian and governmental service, each of the men who lost their lives had greatly valued education and teaching. The Frasure-Kruzel-Drew Fellowship was therefore a fitting way to honor their memory.
Dr. Ken Rutherford, CISR Director and landmine survivor, highlighted the importance of the fellowship to furthering the cause of humanitarian mine action, as well as providing an exceptional opportunity for students. The twentieth and outgoing fellow, Katherine Smith, described her recent experience as the Assistant Program Manager for PM/WRA's Africa portfolio. Looking back on her program assessment visits to South Sudan and Mozambique, Katherine expressed how significant it was to see firsthand the United States' commitment to assisting those affected by landmines and unexploded munitions.
Walter Givhan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, and Jim Lawrence, Director of the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, presented each of the family members with a framed certificate signed by all of the current and former fellows in attendance.
The reception was a moving event. As the twenty-first incoming fellow, I was especially honored to meet the family members of the three men in whose memory this fellowship exists. It was evident that they are very supportive of the fellowship and the work that PM/WRA does to increase safety and security for people around the world. I also enjoyed talking with former fellows as they reminisced about their time as a Frasure-Kruzel-Drew fellow. Each credited the fellowship for their current success. Their top advice: it goes by fast, so make the most of it.
I look forward to serving as a fellow in the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement and am proud to have this opportunity to both learn and serve at the U.S. Department of State.
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Abstract:We present a neural network model of category learning that addresses the question of how rules for category membership are acquired. The architecture of the model comprises a set of statistical learning synapses and a set of rule-learning synapses, whose weights, crucially, emerge from the statistical network. The network is implemented with a neurobiologically plausible Hebbian learning mechanism. The statistical weights form category representations on the basis of perceptual similarity, whereas the rule weights gradually extract rules from the information contained in the statistical weights. These rules are weightings of individual features; weights are stronger for features that convey more information about category membership. The most significant contribution of this model is that it relies on a novel mechanism involving feeding noise through the system to generate these rules. We demonstrate that the model predicts a cognitive advantage in classifying perceptually ambiguous stimuli over a system that relies only on perceptual similarity. In addition, we simulate reaction times from an experiment by (Thibaut et al. Proc. 20th Annu. Conf. Cong. Sci. Soc., pg. 1055-1060, 1998) in which both perceptual (i.e., statistical) and rule based information are available for the classification of perceptual stimuli.
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Abstract:The problem of object recognition has not yet been solved in its general form. The most successful approach to it so far relies on object models obtained by training a statistical method on visual features obtained from camera images. The images must necessarily come from huge visual datasets, in order to circumvent all problems related to changing illumination, point of view, etc. We hereby propose to also consider, in an object model, a simple model of how a human being would grasp that object (its affordance). This knowledge is represented as a function mapping visual features of an object to the kinematic features of a hand while grasping it. The function is practically enforced via regression on a human grasping database. After describing the database (which is publicly available) and the proposed method, we experimentally evaluate it, showing that a standard object classifier working on both sets of features (visual and motor) has a significantly better recognition rate than that of a visual-only classifier.
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Abstract:In this paper, we present a framework for guiding autonomous learning in robot systems. The paradigm we introduce allows a robot to acquire new skills according to an intrinsic motivation function that finds behavioral affordances. Affordances-in the sense of (Gibson, Toward and Ecological Psychology, Hillsdale, NJ, 1977)-describe the latent possibilities for action in the environment and provide a direct means of organizing functional knowledge in embodied systems. We begin by showing how a robot can assemble closed-loop action primitives from its sensory and motor resources, and then show how these primitives can be sequenced into multi-objective policies. We then show how these policies can be assembled hierarchically to support incremental and cumulative learning. The main contribution of this paper demonstrates how the proposed intrinsic motivator for affordance discovery can cause a robot to both acquire such hierarchical policies using reinforcement learning and then to generalize these policies to new contexts. As the framework is described, its effectiveness and applicability is demonstrated through a longitudinal learning experiment on a bimanual robot.
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Abstract:Lately, lots of effort has been put into the construction of robots able to live among humans. This fact has favored the development of personal or social robots, which are expected to behave in a natural way. This implies that these robots could meet certain requirements, for example, to be able to decide their own actions (autonomy), to be able to make deliberative plans (reasoning), or to be able to have an emotional behavior in order to facilitate human-robot interaction. In this paper, the authors present a bioinspired control architecture for an autonomous and social robot, which tries to accomplish some of these features. In order to develop this new architecture, authors have used as a base a prior hybrid control architecture (AD) that is also biologically inspired. Nevertheless, in the later, the task to be accomplished at each moment is determined by a fix sequence processed by the Main Sequencer. Therefore, the main sequencer of the architecture coordinates the previously programmed sequence of skills that must be executed. In the new architecture, the main sequencer is substituted by a decision making system based on drives, motivations, emotions, and self-learning, which decides the proper action at every moment according to robot's state. Consequently, the robot improves its autonomy since the added decision making system will determine the goal and consequently the skills to be executed. A basic version of this new architecture has been implemented on a real robotic platform. Some experiments are shown at the end of the paper.
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Abstract:We describe the autonomous development of binocular vergence control in an active robotic vision system through attention-gated reinforcement learning (AGREL). The control policy is implemented by a neural network, which maps the outputs from a population of disparity energy neurons to a set of vergence commands. The network learns to maximize a reward signal that is based on an internal representation of the visual input: the total activation in the population of disparity energy neurons. This system extends previous work using Q learning by increasing the complexity of the policy in two ways. First, the input state space is continuous, rather than discrete, and is based upon a larger diversity of neurons. Second, we increase the number of possible actions. We evaluate the network learning and performance on natural images and with real objects in a cluttered environment. The policies learned by the network outperform policies by Q learning in two ways: the mean squared errors are smaller and the closed loop frequency response has larger bandwidth.
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Abstract:In the neuronal circuits of natural and artificial agents, memory is usually implemented with recurrent connections, since recurrence allows past agent state to affect the present, on-going behavior. Here, an interesting question arises in the context of evolution: how reactive agents could have evolved into cognitive ones with internalized memory? Our idea is that reactive agents with simple feedforward circuits could have achieved behavior comparable to internal memory if they can drop and detect external markers (e.g., pheromones or excretions) in the environment. We tested this idea in two tasks (ball-catching and food-foraging task) where agents needed memory to be successful. We evolved feedforward neural network controllers with a dropper and a detector, and compared their performance with recurrent neural network controllers. The results show that feedforward controllers with external material interaction show adequate performance compared to recurrent controllers in both tasks. This means that even memoryless feedforward networks can evolve behavior that can solve tasks requiring memory, when material interaction is allowed. These results are expected to help us better understand the possible evolutionary route from reactive to cognitive agents.
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Topic: PHP integration
Is there any way to include a PHP script in rails? Like I make a PHP program that outputs "Yo, World!" and use something like @PHP = openfile "yo.php"
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Is there any way to include a PHP script in rails? Like I make a PHP program that outputs "Yo, World!" and use something like @PHP = openfile "yo.php"
If you want to use PHP, make your own framework in PHP. If you want to use Rails, use Ruby.
Answer to your question: No.
sure you can.
You can run command line arguments from inside of ruby, and get the response:
echo "Yo, World!"
php_output = `php yo.php` #note the backticks
puts php_output.downcase
# output => yo, world!
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I was attempting to make the point that Rails and PHP should not used together. You should use one or the other.
Although it might be bad practice, it is possible, which is what he asked. I can see the usefulness. Say you've got a complicated application with some cron jobs running to do data integration, file conversions, whatever. If all you're asked to do is to make a new web interface for the application, you can still use the functionality of all those prewritten scripts, even if they happen to be written in php, perl, or what have you. We ran into something similar at work, where we're rewritting an application that had perl cron jobs and a PHP web frontend with a filemaker backend. We were lucky enough that the client allowed us to redo everything with ruby and mysql, but not everyone is so lucky...
I was attempting to make the point that Rails and PHP should not used together. You should use one or the other.
+1 for what pjleonhardt said.
It's healthy to push for a single language and framework for an application, but its equally important to not rewrite working and tested code if you don't have to. The #1 reason that my team chose RoR for our current work is that it offers easy interop with other languages and platforms because it sticks to standards. RoR is targeted at web development where one language per project is the norm, but if you start using RoR for it's benefits in bigger projects (like middleware) you'll quickly learn how to play nicely with other languages.
To get a bit back on topic, another option for the OP's question would be to access a php script/application via SOAP or REST. It may be slightly faster to hit apache/mod_php instead of firing up the php interpreter from the command line.
You can call a PHP and parse the response. I've used this method several times where integration with a PHP was required.
Hpricot works wonderfully for reading the returned data.
Is there any way to include a PHP script in rails? Like I make a PHP program that outputs "Yo, World!" and use something like @PHP = openfile "yo.php"
This isn't hard.
As long as the php script stands alone so you can access it at say .... http://example.com/myphp_script.php (Make sure it outputs only the text you want included)
Then in Ruby/Rails all you need to do is
require 'net/http'
@the_url = URI.parse('http://example.com/myphp_script.php)
#do not use @url ... it will give you problems if you use it in the view
@response = Net::HTTP.get_response(@the_url)
render :text => @response.body and return false
#or go on to use it in your view as you like
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I was very surprised when I looked at my webpage for the first time which I had written in RoR and found that it was grabbing data from a completely different app written in PHP. The data it was grabbing was from a txt file associated with the PHP app which writes a gedcom file from data entered into a webpage. The two apps (the two different webpages) are in different folders, the one in the RailsApps folder and the other in the xampp folder. But the xampp wasn't running, the WEBrick server was running. Why was I seeing my gedcom file on my RoR website when the RoR app has no way of writing a gecom file? It must have been stealing the data from my gedcom.txt file. I didn't do anything to ask it to do that. By the way, this was my first RoR app.
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After a long bout (relatively speaking) of blogstipation (funny but not my own coinage), I am hopefully (for me) back for good. As for you, you've been warned.
Kalpana's landlady threatened to evict her, Kalpana koh 'bahut tension ho gayi', Kalpana fainted on the street where a kindly passerby rescued her, Kalpana's cousin called to say that Kalpana will not be turning for work after all. This, after she had already taken a couple of days off to attend a wedding. Resultantly, guess who has been spending a lot of time in the kitchen?
No, its not Nigella Lawson, its me and I don't like it.
Guess my in-laws like it even less, though they are grinning (grimacing) and bearing it.
Kalpana is back to cooking and I hopefully to blogging.
...with Adi?
Adi has come out of the dining table enough times to throw a tantrum while
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b. sitting in his high-chair to eat
The monthly letter is due shortly so the rest of the capers will be covered at greater length in that but he has been getting more of a personality, not to mention attitude. Nothing new there, of course.
...with M?
M has been wanting to throw Adi out from under the dining table and hide there himself (a sentiment that has been shared by many of you, I notice in the comments) because and I quote 'this work thing doesn't really suit me'.
'Uff, thakaan' he says and collapses on the bed as soon as he has woken up. He claims he has been exercising because he and the rest of the boys from work have been playing table tennis in the evenings after work. When this was related to out fitness-freak friend J, she visibly paled.
...with the help?
Pramod has reached the enviable weight of eighty-two kilos. Clearly, someone is getting too much food and not enough exercise. He resents having to climb the stairs and bears all comments about his weight with an enviable poise. It is all the happiness that comes with having a child, he informs me. Aha, so now I know what I can blame my excess weight on.
When Kalpana is not being evicted and fainting, she is getting engaged. Yeah, yeah it is all hearsay still but I think we will hear wedding bells soon. While I do hope that she will be very happy and all that, I do wish that she won't up and leave. I have had enough of whipping up delicacies (no one dare smile) in the kitchen.
Padma is being her usual efficient self, claiming that Adi is doing everything short of growing wings and flying about.
So, that is what has been happening at our end. Wassup with you?


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ACCC Hires Support Staff, Purchases Books For New Cape May County Campus - August 2005
August 26, 2005Aug. 26, 2005
MAYS LANDING-Atlantic Cape Community College continued to staff up and stock up for the start of the fall semester and the opening of its new Cape May County Campus, when the college's board of trustees met Aug. 23.
The board approved the hiring of grounds/maintenance, housekeeping and security staff as well as a courier to serve the new campus in Middle Township. It also endorsed the purchase of $50,000 in books, $25,000 of which will be housed at the new facility's library.
That campus opened to staff and students Aug. 22, and an official grand opening ceremony was held Aug. 24.
Of 13 staff members appointed, eight will work at the new campus. They are:
--William Buoro, Seaville; David Polding, Cape May Court House; Maria Rose, Absecon; and Martin Wheat, Minotola; all named security guard I, effective Aug. 24.
--Maureen McMahon, Egg Harbor Township, and Patricia Wickham, Rio Grande, named housekeeper I, effective Aug. 24.
--Timothy Cliggett, Wildwood, grounds/labor/ maintenance worker, effective Aug. 24.
--Thom Partin Sr., Absecon, courier clerk, effective Aug. 24.
Other appointments approved include:
--Al Jou, Vernon, Conn., assistant professor of mathematics, effective Sept. 6.
--Donna Marie McElroy, Egg Harbor Township, assistant professor of social science, effective Sept. 6.
--Melisa Rousseau, Egg Harbor Township, assistant professor of English, effective Sept. 6.
--Walt Bernacki, Cape May, assistant professor of English, a full-time one-semester appointment for Fall 2005, effective Sept. 6.
--Tak-Shun Chung, Galloway, library specialist, effective Aug. 24.
In other personnel matters, the board:
--Adjusted the title of Carol Drea, Glassboro, to director of corporate training and Casino Career Institute, from director of corporate training, retroactive to July 4.
--Accepted the resignations of Ellen Gregory, administrative assistant to the president, effective Aug. 31; Melinda Hoag, program coordinator, corporate training, retroactive to Aug. 8; and Mark Jones, assistant professor, criminal justice, effective Sept. 1.
Purchases, Contracts Approved:
--Classroom and office furniture for the ACCC-operated Institute for Service Excellence at Hamilton Mall, Allied Office, Cherry Hill, up to $43,000.
--Library books for the Mays Landing and Cape May County campus libraries, Baker & Taylor books, Bridgewater, up to $50,000.
--Language lab system upgrade for English as a Second Language instruction, Educational System/Service, Allentown, Pa., $42,658.
--Reimbursement made as lead agency under the Adult Education Grant, FY'05 expenses, Pleasantville Public Schools, $85,443.
To enable the purchase of furniture for the Institute for Service Excellence, the board approved a separate resolution authorizing the allocation of $95,000 from the college's FY'05 fund balance to the FY'06 institutional operations budget. The funds represent a portion of the surplus realized from the college's recently closed N.J. Dept. of Labor Retail customized training contract.
The board accepted $765,000 from the N.J. Dept. of Labor's Adult Basic Skills and English Literacy and Civics Grant programs. The funds, which will be used in a consortium with other local partners, will assist adult learners to become literate and acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and self sufficiency. The grant runs July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006.
In Other Action, the Board:
--Accepted the monthly financial report, as presented by Treasurer Nick Talvacchia.
--Accepted the updated attestation report on the college's international program through the end of FY'04.
--Learned that the Leaves for Learning project had raised more than $71,000 and that more than $26,000 has been secured in sponsorships for the Foundation's Cape May County Gala Celebration Sept. 30. Trustee Albert Monillas provided that information in the ACCC Foundation report.
In the President's Report:
Dr. Peter Mora introduced three staff members who provided these updates:
--Carmen Royal, dean of students, gave enrollment, Cape May County student services and New Student Day reports. Although registration is still under way, headcount enrollment is up 3.18 percent over last fall and credits are ahead by 4.38 percent. As of Monday, 837 students had enrolled for classes at the Cape May County Campus. Thanks to support from Information Technology staff, workers were registering students one hour after the doors opened on Monday, she said. More than 400 students and family members attended the recent New Student Day.
--Dr. Arthur Wexler, acting senior dean of academic affairs, said that the college's initial draft report for its Middle States accreditation visit is ready and will be shared with visiting team members Nov. 8. After their input, revisions will be made in preparation for the full site visit in March 2006.
--Dr. Joseph Rossi, acting dean, Cape May County Campus and labor relations, highlighted various aspects of the pending grand opening ceremony and credited staff members for their hard work on the project and the preparation of the new campus.
The next meeting of the board of trustees will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the new Cape May County Campus, Middle Township. All are welcome to attend.


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About the Authors: Elizabeth Minor works for the Coordinator for Reconstruction & Stabilization at the Department of State and Matt Shugert works in the Office of Civilian Response at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
The Civilian Response Corps is gearing up – literally. With over 500 Standby members recruited and 50 new Active members hired (with 200 more on the way), the initiative is moving full steam ahead. However, recruiting, hiring, and training these rapid responders is only half of the story. The men and women of the Civilian Response Corps will be deployed to some of the most isolated and restricted overseas locations and will need specialized equipment to support them in the field.
The Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development are purchasing a variety of individual and team equipment to facilitate rapid deployment of Corps members. There is enough individual equipment to support the deployment of 250 Civilian Response Corps members, from both the Active and Standby components. This equipment includes:
• Team medical kits, solar powered equipment rechargers, and office start-up kits. These items will allow Corps members to remain as resource-neutral as possible and avoid placing a burden on the receiving embassy.
• Protective gear. Items such as ballistic protective vests, helmets, and fire retardant gloves will help protect Corps members from many of the dangers of serving in non-permissive environments.
• Fully armored vehicles. Corps members will be able to maintain freedom of movement in semi and non-permissive environments through use of the twenty-eight fully armoured vehicles that are scheduled for delivery in 2010. The vehicles will also be available for use by other U.S. Government employees supporting reconstruction and stabilization missions abroad.
• Mobile communications equipment. The Corps deploys a variety of completely self-contained, solar-powered packages available to keep Corps members in constant contact with Washington and others in the field when they are working away from post.
Corps members will be trained on the use of this equipment in the newly designed Security for Non-Traditional Operating Environments (SNOE), a course that emphasizes hands-on application of skills and aims to replicate the stresses and conditions that Corps members might experience in the field. (Read Civilian Response Corps member Eythan Sontag's DipNote entry about the course here.)
From the Darfur in Sudan's isolated west, to Colombia, members of the Civilian Response Corps have been, and will continue to be, at the forefront of challenging reconstruction and stabilization missions; and their equipment needs to be just as versatile and expeditionary as they are.
Norma L. in Nevada writes:
Dear Secretary Clinton:
Re: Civilian Response Corp.
I cannot begin to say enough good things about a well trained, well equipped, group of civilians who will be sent to remote areas to help the civilians living there with a goal of stabalizing the area.
I believe this is absolutely a magnificient idea and hope with all my being it proves successful beyond all expectation.
I am grateful beyond words to hear and read about this method of providing real and lasting help in desperate situations!
I don't have strong enough adjectives to describe how I feel so I'll just say to all involved - thank you for your service to our Country and our Planet!!!
Norma L.
Donald in Virginia writes:
This is a good start but more will have to be done. The best way to simulate the future disasters of the world, just put yourself in that position and see how you would respond.
See most people think the Governments would be in tact when Nuclear Warfare happens... doubtful...
The tv movies of Mad Maxx comes to mind - people on earth would use every measures needed, using all resources whats left to survive.
Equipment is great, but will people have the time to get to it before they perish, or getting the right medical treatment?
Some of us in the world have the training to survive the biggest diasasters on earth and will help others. Look for the hints, signs of earthquakes already happening.
Ensure you keep a bag of charcoal handy - why charcoal? Because it can filter your water, filter air, and remove particals that could effect your breathing. Charcoal is the cryptonite against a biological attack.
S.C. writes:
What is this? It sounds kind of like a non-military military force. Where can I read more about this program?


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John Wristen will remain as head football coach at Colorado State University-Pueblo.
Wristen interviewed for the same position at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti last week. Officials at EMU are holding a press conference today to introduce their new head coach — but it won't be Wristen.
"I'm very excited to be a part of the next bigger, better Pack football team," Wristen said. "It all works out for a reason. What this process did was allow me to step back and look at what we've done and realize just how special it has been. I'm very appreciative of the kids and staff we have here and we're not finished with what we've started."
CSU-Pueblo Athletic Director Joe Folda welcomed the news Wednesday night.
"It's great news for us, without question," Folda said. "He's done a great job for us and we can continue on our quest for a national championship."
Eastern Michigan announced Wednesday night that Drake coach Chris Creighton is the new head coach.
Wristen was hired in 2007 to restart the football program at CSU-Pueblo. In the six seasons since, his teams have gone 54-15 and won back-to-back-to-back Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championships. The ThunderWolves have not lost a regular season game in three-plus seasons, but are 1-3 in the playoffs.


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Darrel John Vertanen
CANFIELD, Ohio – Darrel John Vertanen, 57, beloved husband, father and grandfather departed this earthly life to enter into eternal life with Jesus Christ on Jan. 24, 2013. He fought a short but courageous battle with cancer.
Darrel was the president and chief operating officer of Hunt Engineering in Salem, Ohio.
Darrel was born Oct. 6, 1955, to Wilho and Pauline Vertanen in Quincy, Mass. He grew up in the Upper Peninsula and was very proud of his Finnish heritage.
On May 31, 1975, he married his high school sweetheart, Kathy (Naumes) Vertanen.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years and his children, Rich (Michelle Young) of Baltimore, Md., Joel (Amy Benedict) of Chicago and Jill (Josh) of Nashville, Tenn.; granddaughter, Charlotte Grace Geric whose birth in Oct. 2012, brought joy and hope to Darrel and his family.
Darrel was the sixth of eight children and is survived by brothers, Dennis (Mary) of Marquette, Daniel (Sandy) of Hayward, Wis., David (Linda) of Brainerd, Minn. and Dale (Colleen) of Lakeville, Minn.; sisters Christine (Stan) Jefferson of Vernon, Vt., Kathy (Steve) Barr of Skania and Carol (Rob) German of Jordan, Minn.; his mother-in-law, Florence Naumes; numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilho and Pauline Vertanen.
Darrel graduated from Suomi College in 1975 and Michigan Technological University in 1977. He began his manufacturing career at Murray Machinery in Wausau, Wis. where he became Head of Sales and Marketing. In 1986, he moved to Carthage Machine Company in Carthage, N.Y.
Darrel and his family moved to Canfield in 1992 and he began his career at Hunt Engineering in Salem, Ohio. In 1998, Darrel became Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Spirex Corporation in Boardman, Ohio. He returned to Hunt in 2004 as Sr. Vice President of Quality and became President and CEO in 2008. Darrel will miss his work and his colleagues immensely.
Mr. Vertanen had the opportunity to travel extensively during his years in Sales and made numerous trips to England, Europe Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Scandanavia and Mexico as well as all over the United States and Canada.
He was an avid sportsman and excelled in basketball. He played high school (1000 pt. scorer) and college basketball as well as years of City League basketball while living in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Darrel enjoyed biking and golf. He was the happiest walking along the shore of the ocean or hiking in the woods. Darrel was a certified hockey official and spent years as a youth league hockey coach in upstate New York and Youngstown. He was heavily involved in organizing the Youngstown Youth hockey travel program. Darrel enjoyed following his childrens' participation in college, Canfield High School and youth sports. He loved the hectic years of hockey, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, softball and volleyball.
Darrel was a man of God. His church and people in need were very important to him. He served as an usher and member/leader of the Service Ministry team.
He will be missed forever by his family and friends.
Friends may call at the Lane Funeral Home, 65 Broad St., Canfield, Ohio 44406 from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 30. Funeral services will be held in Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Rd. Youngstown, Ohio on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. with viewing and visitation one hour prior.
The family requests that monetary donations be made in Darrel's honor to the Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley, PO Box 298, Youngstown, OH 44501 or to Melanoma Research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center via link mskcc.convio.net/goto/DarrelVertanen.


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