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Ricardo Zonta, Franck Montagny and Bas Leinders complete the three hounour positions in the Telefonica Wold Series by Nissan 2002. Montagny reaches vice-championship; after two victories, Racing Engineering takes the team title, Montagny ...
Ricardo Zonta, Franck Montagny and Bas Leinders complete the three hounour positions in the Telefonica Wold Series by Nissan 2002.
Montagny reaches vice-championship; after two victories, Racing Engineering takes the team title,
Montagny finishes first and third in last round of the year; Leinders fails in a black Sunday and Zonta doesn't give any victory to the "torcida".
Justin Wilson pushes through to his second victory.
The heavy rain determines the two races at Interlagos.
Sao Paulo, 8 December 2002 ? Franck Montagny pushed through to the vice-championship of the Telefónica World Series by Nissan. The French driver won the opening 17-lap race and finished third in the second one in last meeting at the circuit of Interlagos (Brazil), meanwhile Bas Leinders failed in both races. Success for Racing Engineering team that reached a brilliant one-two: Montagny won in first race and Justin Wilson hit the front in the second outing of the day. The Adrián Campos team also finished in the podium: Polo Villaamil ended third in first race and Antonio García reached second final position in Race. Any Brazilian driver jumped in the podium at Sao Paulo. The final championship standing of this season has crowned Ricardo Zonta as the first Champ of the Series, followed by Franck Montagny, Bas Leinders, Justin Wilson and Antonio García.
Race 2
Wet race. Racing Engineering drivers wanted everything: Wilson y Montagny leaded the race in the first laps searching another one-two. Zonta and Sperafico drove in third and fourth position, while Leinders spoilt his chances of podium lap by lap in a wrong set-up. In the mandatory pit stop, all the drivers changed the four wet tyres for slicks. Montagny and Leinders entered first the pit lane and Wilson and Zonta did it one lap later. The French and the Brazilian were sanctioned with a stop&go for to surpass the limit speed in the pit lane. Zonta wasn't able to improve his position but Montagny moved into third place.
Wilson steadily pulled away to score his second win of the season, followed by Antonio García who took benefits of the situation and crowned an excellent weekend in third position. Bas Leinders stood out of the point area.
Franck Montagny
"My car is not an Off-road, this seems the Le Mans race two years ago. Anyway, I'm very happy to win and reach the second place. I didn't drive under pressure because I knew that Bas had problems. Congratulations to Jaime (Alguersuari) and all his team because they have created this new category, that it has nothing to envy to F3000 or F-1. "
Justin Wilson
"I wished rain and there it was! In the first race it was almost impossible to drive, if you reach more than 8 km/h the car goes aquaplaning. I finished second following Franck in a crazy race. The victory in second race was due to some nice overtaking and an excellent pit stop."
Ricardo Zonta
"It has been a difficult day, it was impossible to follow the safety car in the first race. In the second, my limit speed didn't work and that's the reason why I've been sanctioned with the stop&go. My team has worked very hard this year, I'm happy with the Title"
Bas Leinders
"The weather has been horrible, the set-up of my car made it impossible to drive for me, that's why I couldn't reach nor Wilson neither Montagny. Apart from that, 2002 has been a very good Season for myself, congratulations to the organisers! I'm sure that the Championship will be more interesting next year!"
Polo Villaamil
"My car was faster in Curitiba than here, but I've enjoyed a lot in Sao Paulo. In second race I did a mistake when I was reaching Bas Leinders. I've enjoyed this new category, this is my place so I hope to drive here next year"
Antonio García
"They showed me the flag in lap 23 but I was no confident on this so I drove faster to secure the second place. It has been a crazy race, I didn't know my real position"


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What is information? Although researchers have used the construct of information liberally to refer to pertinent forms of domain-specific knowledge, relatively few have attempted to generalize and standardize the construct. Shannon and Weaver (1949) offered the best known attempt at a quantitative generalization in terms of the number of discriminable symbols required to communicate the state of an uncertain event. This idea, although useful, does not capture the role that structural context and complexity play in the process of understanding an event as being informative. In what follows, we discuss the limitations and futility of any generalization (and particularly, Shannon's) that is not based on the way that agents extract patterns from their environment. More specifically, we shall argue that agent concept acquisition, and not the communication of states of uncertainty, lie at the heart of generalized information, and that the best way of characterizing information is via the relative gain or loss in concept complexity that is experienced when a set of known entities (regardless of their nature or domain of origin) changes. We show that Representational Information Theory perfectly captures this crucial aspect of information and conclude with the first generalization of RIT to continuous domains.
What is information? Why is it a useful construct in science? What is the best way to measure its quantity and quality? Although these questions continue to stir profound debate in the scientific community [
Naïve informationalism offers a tenable explanation as to why scientists from a wide range of disciplines, from Physics to Psychology and from Biology to Computer Science use the term "information" to refer to specific types of knowledge that characterize their particular domain of research. For example, a data analyst may be interested in the way that data may be stored in a computing device, but has no interest in the molecular interactions of a physical system. Such molecular activity is not relevant to the problems and questions of interest in the field. One could say that, to the data analyst, the entities of interest are data. Accordingly, in the field of data analysis, the terms "information" and "data" are often used interchangeably to refer to the kinds of things that a computing device is capable of storing and operating on. Similarly, for some types of physicists, the quantum states of a physical system during a certain time window comprise information. On the other hand, a behavioral psychologist may be interested on the behaviors of rats in a maze. Indeed, to a behavioral psychologist the objects of information are these behaviors. In contrast, a geneticist may find such behaviors quite tangential to his discipline. Instead, to the geneticist, knowledge about the genome of the rat is considered far more fundamental and symbol sequences (e.g., nucleotides) may be a more useful way of generalizing and thinking about the basic objects of information. All of these examples support the idea that there are as many types of information as there are domains of human knowledge [
In spite of these domain-specific notions of information, some scientists of the later 19th and early 20th centuries attempted to provide more general definitions of information. These attempts were often motivated, again, by development of domain specific knowledge. For example, in the field of electrical engineering, the invention of electrical technologies such as the telegraph, telephone, and radar, set the stage for a key definition of information that has influenced nearly all that have come after it. The electrical engineer Ralph Hartley proposed that information could be understood as a principle of individuation [
To implement his individuation principle, Hartley proposed that the amount of information associated with any finite set of entities could be understood as a function of the size of the set. If the size of the set is a simple measure of raw information, then the "true" amount of information is given by a function that is able to specify the length of the
For example, if we wish to compute the information content of the set S = {airplane, bus, automobile, dog}, then Equation (1) gives
At this juncture we should clarify why the logarithmic characterization of information has achieved such an eminent status beyond simply a way of operationalizing an individuation principle. The logarithmic function embodies three desirable or ideal specifications (
The idea that information can be measured using the notion of individuation, although simple, had profound implications for subsequent measures. In fact, it was the applicability of this same notion to the probability of the value of a random variable that was the basis of Shannon's formulation [
In the next sections we shall argue that neither way of measuring raw information reflects the true nature of information. One reason, discussed by Luce [
A second way of interpreting Hartley's measure assumes an alternative notion of information based on the uncertainty of an event. More specifically, if we sample an element from the finite set
Shannon's information measure appeals to our psychological intuitions about the nature of information if interpreted as meaning that the more improbable an event is, the more informative it is because its occurrence is more surprising. To explain, let
The general idea behind the basic measure proposed in SWIT is, in principle, very close to Hartley's except that the carriers of information are now events instead of sets of entities. The primary measure of (raw) information is now the probability of a random variable and not the cardinality of a set as in Hartley's measure. The framework attains its generality from the fact that many situations in nature can be described in terms of events and the probability distributions of their associated random variables (
With respect to the second axiom, the equivalent for Shannon information is that as the probability of an event increases, the amount of information associated with it decreases. This inverse relation is fully accounted for by the fact that probabilities are quantities in the
SWIT was not intended to characterize human intuitions about the meaning of information nor was it intended to predict judgments about what humans deem informative. In fact, Shannon warned researchers of such misapplications for they fell short of the scope of his theory, which was meant to characterize communication between devices, and not provide a definitive answer to how to measure information. In spite of this, psychologists and cognitive scientists have applied Shannon's information measure (SIM) to interpret the limits of various human cognitive capacities, such as short-term memory storage capacity [
In addition to these criticisms based on experimental results, the idea that uncertainty underlies informativeness does not agree with human intuitions about informativeness. Indeed, these intuitions seem to violate the inverse relation principle proposed by Barwise and Seligman (1997) which says that the rarer a piece of information the more informative it is. To begin with, the meaning and quality of any information conveyed play a role that is independent from how surprising an event may be due to its rarity or infrequency. For example, consider an observer that finds out that a bus ran through his best friend's house the previous night without causing any bodily harm to its residents. This event may seem highly improbable and thus, very surprising to the observer. Indeed, using Shannon's information measure, the event should be very informative. However, if instead the same observer was told that her best friend had suffered a stroke, this far more probable event would be likely perceived as more informative because of the directly impactful and vivid long chain of concepts "awakening" in the observer: for example, cancelling work to rush to the hospital, notifying relatives, spending quality time with her sick friend,
To further illustrate that a measure of information grounded on uncertainty cannot account for situations grounded on context and meaning, suppose that Joe wins the lottery (a one in ten million chance). The event carries information: Namely the fact that he has won. As such, the information that it carries seems disproportionately small when compared to how highly improbable and surprising the event of winning the lottery happens to be. In contrast, consider the following alternative scenario. Joe, a bird lover, lives in a wooded area with a large bird population. Joe walks into his home and discovers a dead bird on his kitchen floor. Evidently, the bird came down the cooktop vent. Nonetheless, Joe is greatly surprised to find the dead bird. The probability of birds getting caught in kitchen vents in Joe's neighborhood is far higher that winning the lottery and Joe knows this fact. Yet, Joe is more surprised about finding a dead bird in his kitchen than about winning the lottery. Furthermore, upon asked to compare the informativeness of the two events, Joe perceives the amount of information conveyed by the "dead bird" event as greater than that conveyed by the "winning the lottery" event.
My last example addresses the subjective nature of probability judgments. In particular, the idea that these judgments are determined by the interaction of an observer with its environment. Indeed, there is empirical evidence that shows that humans will find more likely events that they have frequently experienced and, hence, commit to memory more vividly, even though such events may be objectively highly improbable [
One final (and now famous) example proposed by Tversky and Kahneman in [
The above examples, among many others, demonstrate how relevance, meaning, and context, and not uncertainty, dictate our subjective sense of what is informative. They support the proposition that degrees of uncertainty (as measured by probabilities) are not a reliable marker or a sufficiently objective benchmark to serve as a quantitative measure of subjective information. In short, degree of informativeness does not hinge strictly upon what we do not know (agent uncertainty), but on what we think we know (agent certainty). The pundits might say that our examples are oversimplifications of real world situations and that recasting the described scenarios in more precise terms one may be able to make sense of the link between surprise and uncertainty. But our point is that this kind of subjective patch-up work exposes any possible link between subjective surprise and uncertainty as too fuzzy, unreliable, dubious, and noisy to serve as a basis for a rigorous quantitative theory of general information. Consequently, SWIT offers an inadequate characterization of subjective information. As mentioned, we suspect that this shortcoming is due to the fact that: (1) The carriers of SWIT are devoid of structure (
For example, using these axioms, one can define the conditional probability of an event (
Next, we shall offer an alternative way of characterizing information that overcomes the noted limitations and that conforms to our most fundamental intuitions as to the nature of information. In addition, we shall offer empirical evidence for the latter claim. Note that the motivation behind proposing an alternative way of thinking about information is not to replace or undermine SWIT. SWIT has been and will continue to be an important way of construing information within the appropriate domains. Instead, our goal is to develop a general theory of information that: (1) is based on meaning (patterns and concepts) and complexity rather than uncertainty; (2) is structure and context sensitive; and (3) it, therefore, better accounts for human intuitions and human subjective assessments as to what makes things informative.
Representational Information Theory or RIT [
More importantly, concepts are the "stuff" of meaning: Which means that concepts facilitate the integration of related experiences in an economical fashion and at multiple levels. This integration in turn helps facilitate storage and retrieval of concept instances from memory. For example, consider the "chair" concept which sparsely represents the set of chairs experienced up to a given point in time in a human's lifetime. The concept has gradually been learned by extracting from the set of all known chairs key relationships between them. These key relationships we refer to as the essence of the category or set of objects being learned. Humans extract the essence of sets of objects by detecting certain kinds of patterns inherent to the set. In fact, the goal of theories of concept learning is to determine what sorts of patterns humans are most susceptible to and use as the basis for forming concepts. Among these theories, one stands out for making particularly accurate predictions as to the way that humans extract patterns from sets of objects in the environment [
The aforementioned experiments operationalize concept learning as the ability to classify objects accurately after a set of objects (for an example, see
Given the fundamental role that concepts play in our mental lives and given the empirical and theoretical evidence in support of the view that organisms represent their environment conceptually, it is surprising that little formal advancement has been made linking conceptual behavior to information. If organisms are primarily conceptual filters going about the world detecting and storing the key relational patterns of sets of objects as concepts, then the raw material of information itself must be in these sets, and, more precisely, in their subsets. Then, the components of these sets of objects (its subsets), play the role of information carriers with respect to the entire set because they represent particular aspect of the entire set from which a complete concept is formed. In other words, these subsets stand for category cues to the complete concept. On the other hand, the mediators for these sets are their corresponding concepts. For example, when we wish to communicate a fact about a chair that we are not able to point to directly, we assume that the concept
Six types of structures for sets consisting of objects defined over three dimensions (color, shape, and size). The last column consists of logical descriptions of the sets.
To recap, concepts are generalizations about the world. They encompass everything that is knowable. Categories or sets of objects, on the other hand, are the material from which concepts are formed. However, unlike the sets of entities in Hartley's theory and in SWIT, the entities that we propose have inherent components that allow for relationships to be perceived by observers. These components are simply dimensional values.
Thus far, we have defined our information carriers as subsets of sets of dimensionally-defined objects. To explain, consider sets of attributes that any of the objects of some set can have. Then, the objects can be characterized as tuples of such attributes. Thus, classes of objects are subsets of the Cartesian product of sets of attributes. For example, if the attributes come from sets X, Y, and Z, then the classes of objects are nothing but subsets of X × Y × Z (where the symbol × is the Cartesian product relation). In turn, carriers are subsets of these classes of objects. These subsets are present everywhere we look in our environment. These subsets come in the form of items we purchase at the local store to the molecules or atoms that make up a coffee cup. As long as they can be construed in terms of a finite number of constituent dimensions, they are regarded by RIT as information carriers. Moreover, there are no limits with respect to the granularity or resolution of the compositional makeup of the objects in these subsets—indeed, the choice is entirely up to the observer. These choices may range from subatomic particles, to the planets in our solar system, to symbols that make up a string.
On the other hand, we have also defined our information mediators as concepts. The concepts live in the mental space of organisms ranging from aplasia to insects and from dolphins to humans. Some may argue that they also live in the mental spaces of intelligent robots and expert systems. Regardless, the point is that only by using concepts as mediators can information as a measurable quantity reflect human intuitions as to what is informative However, the question remains: What is information and how is it measured under this view? Recall that in SWIT the information content of the carrier (event) was measured using the classical probability measure of random variables. In contrast, in HIT, it was measured by the cardinality or size of a set of objects. In RIT, the information conveyed by the carriers (subsets of dimensionally defined sets of objects) is measured by how faithful they convey the contents of the original set. This relationship between sets of objects and their subsets revolves around the complexity of sets. More specifically, it hinges upon how the degree of difficulty (or perceived complexity) of learning the set of origin (
But how is perceived complexity measured? As mentioned, RIT uses CIT (and its generalization, GIST) to characterize concept learning performance. In CIT, perceived complexity (or the degree of learning difficulty of a concept) is a tradeoff between the size of a set of objects (its "raw complexity") and how much relational pattern the set of objects is perceived to have (the details of the measure are in the technical appendix). In other words, the perceived complexity of a set of objects is directly proportional to its size and inversely proportional to its degree of perceived patternfulness or structural coherence. This notion of complexity is unlike any other notion surveyed by Feldman and Crutchfield [
That this approach captures the role of meaning in information may be illustrated by using the set from the first section of this article. The set S = {airplane, bus, automobile, dog} has four elements. If we ask how much information a subset of S, say
Likewise, when an object(s) is removed from S making S harder to learn, the absence from S contributes to the lack of patternfulness of S. This lesser regularity or absence of patternfulness makes the set more complex (and harder to learn). It also tells the receiver that the subset is structurally relevant to S or contributes to the regularity of S. Imagine if we remove the object "airplane" from S. This would make S more complex and harder to learn as a concept. As mentioned, it turns out that RIT uses an established measure of this degree of learning difficulty or, better yet, a measure of how structurally complex a set of objects is perceived to be (see appendix for details) that has been empirically verified in [
Generally, the amount of information conveyed by any carrier set is then characterized by the percentage increase or decrease in complexity experienced by the base set when the carrier subset is removed. The greater the percentage increase in base set complexity, the higher the quality of information conveyed by the carrier set; likewise, the greater the percentage decrease in base set complexity, the lower the quality of information conveyed. The information quality of the carrier is indicated by a negative sign for a negative rate of change in complexity and a positive sign for a positive rate of change in complexity. Because humans prefer a decrease in complexity, whenever there are two objects with the same magnitude in the relative rate of change in complexity of their associated category, the one with the negative sign indicates a relative higher quality of information.
The predictions made by RIT regarding the informativeness of single object carrier subsets (with respect to the six structures of four objects shown in
RIT predictions corresponding to the six sets of objects shown in
|{001, 011, 000, 010}
|[0.20, 0.20, 0.20, 0.20]
|{100, 001, 011, 110}
|[0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05]
|{011, 111, 000, 001}
|[−0.08, −0.31, −0.31, −0.08]
|{000, 001, 101, 011}
|[−0.31, 0.78, −0.31, −0.31]
|{110, 011, 000, 001}
|[−0.41, −0.22, −0.22, 0.52]
|{001, 010, 111, 100}
|[−0.25, −0.25, −0.25, −0.25]
In addition to providing a solution to the problem of the role of meaning in information, RIT, by its very nature, also provides a way to measure the effects of structural context on the carriers of information. Recall that carriers are carriers by virtue of the relationships between the objects of the base set. But to remove any number of objects from the base set is to change its conceptual fabric or, in other words, its meaning. This functional relationship between context and meaning gives RIT a clear advantage over SWIT and HIT, and solves Luce's (2003) concern about SWIT not capturing the structural properties of stimuli.
To summarize, in RIT, a new general way of characterizing information is proposed that is based on five principles: (1) That humans and other agents communicate via concepts or, in other words, mental representations of categories of objects (where a category is simply a set of objects that are related in some way); (2) concepts are the mediators of information; (3) concepts are mental representations of the relationships between qualitative objects in the environment that are defined dimensionally; (4) the degree of perceived homogeneity of a category (
Hence, the SWIT-based notion of measuring subjective information as a function of the degree of surprise of an event is abandoned in RIT in favor of the notion that the amount of information conveyed by any subset of a category of objects about the category is the rate of change in the perceived structural complexity of the category (or, equivalently, the rate of change in the category's degree of concept learning difficulty) when the subset is removed. More generally, the basic idea underlying RIT is that perturbations to the fabric of perceived complexity in the environment account for what we deem informative. This idea frees information from the shackles of probability theory and from the domain specific knowledge-based notions of informativeness spawned by naïve informationalism. In addition, the information measure proposed in RIT determines not only the amount of information of any dimensionally-defined object, but also its quality. More specifically, negative information values of the measure indicate a decrease in the complexity of the category when a given object is removed, whereas positive values indicate an increase in complexity with the object's removal from the set. Also, note that the idea of linking the change in the complexity of a category structure (when some of its elements are removed) to information content addresses the problem of determining the role that context plays on the amount of information humans attribute to each object of a category. Hence, the most informative entities in a category are those that decrease its perceived complexity (for the technical details of the theory see the technical appendix).
To further contrast these ideas to HIT and SWIT, in the introduction, we made a distinction between two components of individuation-based information measures that reveal their fundamental nature: The first component measures the amount of information present in the carrier and the second operationalizes or functionalizes this quantity in terms of a principle of individuation using a mediator. We suspect that paradigm shifts in information science emerge depending on how the carrier, the mediator, and their relationship are specified. In our approach, we have proposed reassigning the role of the carriers of information to subsets of some base set of objects that are dimensionally defined and designating concepts as the mediators of information. Furthermore, the relationship between carriers and mediators was not based on a principle of individuation, but rather on a principle of differentiation: Namely, that the percentage rate of change in the complexity of any set of objects when a subset (its carrier) is removed gives the amount of information conveyed by the removed set. Again, the quality of information is measured by the sign or the direction of the slope of such rate of change.
From an ecological point of view, this characterization of information makes sense. For too long, cognitive scientists and psychologists have been greatly influenced by the belief that the environment is full of uncertainties and that behavior (and particularly, conceptual behavior) is primarily driven by uncertainty. This widespread belief explains why psychologists have attempted to use SWIT to account for cognitive performance. But uncertainty itself is a complex concept—one that depends largely on the varying frequencies of everyday experiences as managed by our conceptual system and as acquired over the course of a lifetime. This highly subjective aspect to the concept of uncertainty has been a roadblock to any kind of truly generalized information measure. The second major problem undermining SWIT as a theory of information is the fact that it plays no attention to the relationships between the carriers. Indeed, this was the crux of Luce's criticism. RIT, on the other hand, is based exclusively on such relationships. As such, it may be used to determine the extent to which the structural context of each carrier influences the quantity and quality of information it conveys about its base set.
In closing, we have argued in this article that in order to accurately and effectively measure the amount and quality of information conveyed by stimuli in the environment, one should abandon an uncertainty-oriented conception of information in favor of one based on context, meaning, and complexity. We have discussed the assumptions and limitations of HIT and SWIT that prevent either theory from achieving such a measure. Indeed, these limitations support the proposition that any theory of subjective information that is grounded exclusively on probability theory as a measure of uncertainty is doomed to fail for it cannot capture the role that meaning (as representation) and structure play when measuring the quantity and quality of information conveyed by a set of object-stimuli. In contrast, RIT proposes that what renders an entity informative is its ability to greatly increase or decrease the perceived complexity of the surrounding environmental stimuli as determined by the observer's conceptual system. When compared to the defining characteristics of HIT and SWIT, RIT (and its generalization to continuous domains, GRIT) successfully challenges many of our most coveted intuitions about how information should be measured.
In this extensive technical appendix we give a simplified introduction to RIT (based largely on material from [
Six examples of categorical stimuli consisting of objects defined over the discrete binary dimensions of color, shape, and size were shown in
Before defining the representational information measure, we shall first define the notion of a representation (or "representative") of a well-defined category. A representation of a well-defined category S is any subset of S. The power set
Categorical invariance theory is a theory of human concept learning that has been successful at accurately predicting the degree of concept learning difficulty of categories of objects (see [
Logical manifold transformations along the dimensions of shape, color, and size for a set of objects defined over three dimensions. The fourth pane underneath the three top panes contains the pairwise symmetries revealed by the shape transformation.
Formally, these partial invariants can be represented in terms of a vector of discrete partial derivatives of the concept function that defines the Boolean category. This is shown in Equation (5) below where
On the other hand, the discrete partial derivative, defined by the Equation below (where
The value of the derivative is ±1 if the function assignment changes when
Accordingly, the discrete partial derivatives in Equation (5) below give the number of items that have been changed in the category in respect to a change in each of its dimensions. The double lines around the discrete partial derivatives give the proportion of objects that have not changed in the category and are defined in Equation (6) below (where
In the above definition (Equation (6)),
Relative degrees of total invariance across category types from different families can then be measured by taking the Euclidean distance of each structural or logical manifold (Equation (7)) from the zero logical manifold whose components are all zeros (
Using our example from pane one in
Note that the concept function
Invariance properties facilitate concept learning and identification. More specifically, the proposed mathematical framework reveals the pairwise symmetries that are inherent to a category structure when transformed by a change to one of its defining dimensions. One such pairwise symmetry is illustrated in the bottom pane of
Using the definition of categorical invariance (Equation (7) above), we define the structural complexity
The simplest function that meets the above criterion is the identity function. Thus, we use it as a baseline standard to define the structural complexity of a category. Moreover, since the degree of categorical invariance
Although Equation (10) above is a good predictor of the perceived structural complexity of a well-defined category (as indicated by how difficult it is to apprehend it), it has been shown empirically that subjective structural complexity judgments may more accurately obey an exponentially decreasing function of its degree of invariance in [
There are parameterized variants of Equations (10) and (11) above with cognitively-motivated parameters [
With the preliminary apparatus introduced, we are now in a position to introduce a measure of representational information that meets the goals set forth in the introduction to this paper. In general, a set of objects is informative about a category whenever the removal of its elements from the category increases or decreases the structural complexity of the category as a whole. That is, the amount of representational information (RI) conveyed by a representation R of a well-defined category
More specifically, let
Note that definitions 12 and 13 above yield negative and positive percentages. Negative percentages represent a drop in complexity. Thus, RI has two components: a magnitude and a direction (just as the value of the slope of a line indicates both magnitude and direction). For humans, the direction of RI is critical: for example, a relatively large negative value obtained from 12 and 13 above indicates that high RI is conveyed by the subset of
Using Equation (13) above, we can compute the amount of subjective representational information associated with each representation of any category instance defined by any concept function. Take the category defined by the concept function
Next, we compute the values of
Similarly, if we compute the results for the remaining two singleton (single element) representations of the set {111, 011, 000}, we get the values shown in the table of
Amount of Information conveyed by all the possible single element representations of
|{111, 011, 000}
|{011, 000}
|{111, 011, 000}
|{111, 000}
|{111, 011, 000}
|{111, 011}
Category instance of
Amount of information conveyed by all the possible single element representations of six different category types or concept functions.
|{000, 001, 100, 101}
|[0.20, 0.20, 0.20, 0.20]
|{000, 010, 101, 111}
|[0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05]
|{101, 010, 011, 001}
|[−0.31, −0.31, −0.08, −0.08]
|{000, 110, 011, 010}
|[−0.31, −0.31, −0.31, 0.78]
|{011, 000, 101, 100}
|[−0.41, −0.22, −0.22, 0.52]
|{001, 010, 100, 111}
|[−0.25, −0.25, −0.25, −0.25]
In the above discussion, RIT has been portrayed as a theory that applies only to sets of objects or categories that are defined over binary dimensions. In order to transition to continuous dimensions with values standardized in the
Equivalence of Invariance to partial similarity across two dimensions.
In the discussion below we shall employ the following notation:
(1) Let
(2) Let the object-stimuli in
(3) Let the vector
(4) Let
(5) Let
We begin by describing formally the processes of dimensional binding and partial similarity assessment. To do so, we will introduce a new kind of distance operator. But first, let's define the generalized Euclidean distance operator
As in the Generalized Context Model (GCM) [
Equation (16) computes the psychological distance between two stimuli ignoring their
And more generally, for any stimulus set containing
Similarly, we can define the partial similarity between the two exemplars corresponding to the two object-stimuli—as is done in the GCM [
In Equation (19) above, we have standardized the value
This standardization will prove useful when we introduce the discrimination threshold parameter later in this section. As in [
In spite of using the above metric, we acknowledge the possibility that a different kind of function may be playing a similar role in the computation of partial similarities. Next we can construct the matrix of the pairwise partial psychological similarities between all four exemplars corresponding to the four object-stimuli in X as seen in Equation (22) below:
Again, as a process assumption, we have excluded reflexive or self-similarities in the diagonal of the partial distances matrix shown in Equation (22) above. However, we include symmetric comparisons since we assume that they are processed by humans when assessing the overall homogeneity of a stimulus; besides, they add to the homogeneity of the stimulus as characterized by the categorical invariance principle and the categorical invariance measure, and we wish to be consistent with both of these constructs.
Adding the values of the similarity matrix that correspond to differences within a chosen discrimination threshold
The Equation above defines the perceived degree of local homogeneity
For example, take a stimulus set consisting of four binary dimensions and four objects as seen in
Matrix representing a stimulus set structure with four object-stimuli O1–O4 of four dimensions D1–D4.
Note that the computed matrix in Equation (24) contains 4 ones that represent four identical pairs of exemplars corresponding to four pairs of object-stimuli. Applying Equation (23) above, we get Equation (25).
Lastly, we define the generalized structural manifold by Equation (26). This construct is analogous to the global homogeneity construct defined under the binary theory, except that it applies to both binary and continuous dimensions and is equipped with a distance discrimination threshold. It measures the perceived degree of global homogeneity of any stimulus set.
We can also specify the particular degree of partial homogeneity of the structural manifold as seen in the Equation below.
We hypothesize that for every dimension
The distance and similarity matrices associated with the computation of the local homogeneities of the stimulus set A: There are 4 structural kernels and these are listed in the last column under the perceived local homogeneity measure. Combined they form the manifold of the stimulus set A.
|Standardized Similarity
|Distance Matrix
|Local Homogeneity
Combined as a vector, these four values represent all the structural information of a concept, or in other words, the ideotype of the stimulus set. The overall degree of perceived global homogeneity or invariance of a stimulus set X defined over
Note the arc above the capital phi variable: It stands for the invariance measure when is able to handle objects defined over dichotomous and continuous dimensions. Equation (28) is all that is needed to generalize RIT to continuous domains (and, hence, to go convert RIT into GRIT). Thus, the final general measure is then given by the Equation below when we let
The author would like to thank Mikayla Barcus, Charles Doan, Andrew Halsey, and Derek Zeigler for their helpful comments. Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to Ronaldo Vigo.
For the readers' convenience, the parameterized variants of Equations (10) and (11) (see main text) respectively as introduced by Vigo (2009, 2011) are as follows:
We could simply define the representational information of a well-defined category as the derivative of its structural complexity. We do not because our characterization of the degree of invariance of a concept function is based on a discrete counterpart to the notion of a derivative in the first place.


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FOR THE first time the region's history, only a tiny minority of Basque Country residents would be in favour of becoming an independent nation.
A recent social attitudes survey found 38% of the region's residents to be dead against independence, with only 19% still wanting the Basque Country to be a separate, sovereign land.
And only one in five felt 'more Basque than Spanish' and fewer than a quarter 'uniquely Basque', meaning those who do not identify with their region before their country or the wider world make up 56% - a clear majority.
After decades of separatist terror cell ETA having blighted the lives of Spaniards during their bloodthirsty war for independence – the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s being when they were most active, but with still a few small attacks occurring in the first decade of the 21st century – it came as a shock to researchers to see that such a small proportion of the Basque Country still supported the separatism drive.
Whilst most 'ordinary people' did not support ETA at all and deplored their actions, the vast majority of the region's residents wanted to be independent from Spain, or agreed with ETA's cause albeit not its approach.
According to the study, Sociómetro 60: 20 años de opinión pública vasca, covering more than two decades of Basque people's views and how they have changed, the current results show 'a more anti-independence attitude than ever' since the research started in 1998.
It is based upon a representative sample of the population taken and called upon for interviews, of which 2,310 were carried out between January 25 and February 2.
And it shows that 36% of the region's residents feel 'just as Spanish as they do Basque', whilst 4% feel 'more Spanish than Basque', 4% 'purely Spanish', and 11% did not know how they felt.
They were more inclined to identify with their town or village than with their region – 60% in total felt this way – whilst 40% said they felt closer to the wider region.
Overlaps occurred with some feeling patriotic about more than one area – 17% said they felt closer to the province of Bizkaia – which backs onto the Bay of Biscay, or Vizcaya in Spanish – and 10% to the province of Guipúzcoa.
Among them, 11% swore allegiance to Spain as a whole and 9% said they felt they belonged 'to the whole world' rather than just a region, town or country.
Concerning the Basque independence question, together with the 19% in favour and the 38% against, a further 30% said their support or otherwise for independence would depend upon given circumstances at the time of a referendum or declaration and the guarantees, or otherwise, agreed for residents.
Another 12% said they did not know which way to jump.
The survey appears to show that support for independence has gone down specifically following two major, related events – the Scottish secession referendum in September 2014, and the public opinion poll on independence in Catalunya two months later followed by its regional elections in September 2015.
Respondents were quizzed about how they viewed the work of their various authoritis – 72% were satisfied with their local council, 63% with their provincial council or Diputación, just 24% with the EU Parliament and only 18% were satisfied with Spain's central government.
For 'not satisfied at all', 22% expressed these feelings about their council and their Diputación, 24% about the regional government, and 69% were 'not satisfied at all' with the national government.
In 62% of cases, residents said they were satisfied democracy and political functioning in the Basque Country had improved since this was included in the Sociómetro for the first time in 2002, but only 29% felt democracy and political functioning had improved in Spain and 31% in the EU.
Basque residents are confident in 64% of cases that their personal situation has improved in the last three years, in 58% that the situation in the Basque Country has improved, but only 41% of respondents thought the situation in Spain had improved in that time.
However, they were generally less positive about their personal situation now than they were 20 years ago.
The only Basque political leader who was given a 'pass mark' by residents surveyed was the current regional president, or Lehendakari, Íñigo Urkullu, with 5.3 out of 10, compared with the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) leader Andoni Ortuzar with 4.7, Hasier Arraiz of another nationalist outfit, EH Bildu, with 4.4, Idoia Mendia of the socialists with 3.9, Alfonso Alonso of the PP – who is also acting health minister for Spain – with 2.3 out of 10 and Gorka Maneiro of Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) with two out of 10.
Only 31% said they were party militants or staunch supporters and just 29% were interested in politics – another 39% said politics did not interest them at all and 32% said they were 'only mildly interested'.
A total of 43% said the Basque government was well-managed, with the same number considering it 'fair to mediocre', and 9% 'bad' or 'very bad', whilst 4% did not know what to answer.


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The roster of Honeycomb-wielding tablets has significantly increased since Motorola's original Xoom entered the tablet arena back in March, with fierce competition in the form of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Asus Eee Pad Transformer taking the fight straight to Moto's corner. With the Amazon Kindle Fire set to hit our shores next year and Apple's unstoppable iPad 2 still confidently fending off the Android onslaught, we take a look at what the Motorola Xoom 2 brings to the hard-hitting competition.
Motorola Xoom 2 – build and design
At only 9mm thick and 2g lighter than the iPad 2, the Xoom 2 boasts a refreshingly angular-cornered design and feels solid, with nary a creak or flex to be found. The power and volume buttons on the device's rear give the Xoom 2 a cleaner look, though having to lift it off a table to access them is a bit of a pain. Like the RAZR, the tablet's insides are covered in a splash-guard coating for life's little mishaps.
Motorola Xoom 2 – screen
The Xoom 2's 10.1in Gorilla Glass screen has the same 16:9 aspect ratio as the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 8.9, so it's best suited to landscape use – the reduced portrait width makes for a comfortable dual-thumb typing experience. Colours are vivid, yet warm, and watching movies with a friend shouldn't be a problem thanks to acute viewing angles, though backlight bleeding may slightly spoil the show.
Motorola Xoom 2 – performance and power
Disappointingly the Xoom 2 doesn't ship with any Ice Cream Sandwich goodness, but a confirmed update is on the way. In the meantime, the 1.2Ghz dual-core processor happily powers through Honeycomb's apps and 3D games without stutter, although a noticeable delay in switching between portrait and landscape orientations mars the overall impression of fluidity. There's also a risk that the spec sheet will begin to look dated when quad-core offerings like the Asus Transformer Prime hit our shores early next year.
Motorola Xoom 2 – media
With just 16GB of non-expandable storage, Motorola is hedging its bets on the included Motocast software, which allows you to access media from your PC via your Wi-Fi connection. Installation is easy and music and videos streamed smoothly on our local network. The 5MP camera serves up decent snaps and although video is a little grainy, it's hardly a deal-breaker considering the awkwardness of wielding any tablet as an imaging device.
Motorola Xoom 2 – browsing
The Xoom 2's tabbed browser with flash support should meet the needs of most armchair surfers, although we were disappointed with the slow scrolling speeds, slightly clunky pinch-to-zoom and occasional 'popping-in' of already loaded images while scrolling. Although pages loaded fast enough, we're hoping the Ice Cream Sandwich update will fix some of the lag and make the browser a bit more graceful.
Motorola Xoom 2 – verdict
The Motorola Xoom 2 may only have a minimal bump in specs over its predecessor but it offers up a solid Android experience with a unique design among a sea of round-edged rectangular clones. For many, its £380 sticker price coupled with a guaranteed Ice Cream Sandwich update will be all the incentive required to snap one up. For others, the impending battle calls of powerful quad-core tablets like the Asus Transformer Prime will make patience the best policy.


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American Ski Classic returns to Vail Valley
March 14, 2014
VAIL — Ski racers and wannabes from all walks of life will crank down the bindings and stoke the competitive fires next week as the Korbel American Ski Classic descends on Vail Mountain's Golden Peak for five days of thrills, chills and spills.
Marked by days filled with fast and furious ski racing action, along with off-hill festivities and celebrations, the American Ski Classic races will start Wednesday with the fifth installment of the Conway Cup Community Race.
Competition action will also include the legends giant slalom on Thursday, Ford Cup celebrity team competition Friday and Saturday, March 22, the future legends Race on Saturday, March 22, and the Battle of the Legends Relay bringing down the curtain for the on-hill activities on Sunday, March 23.
The festivities off the racecourse will be equally enjoyable, with the Gorsuch Tea Dance, sixth annual Hold 'Em for Hope benefit dinner and auction and the Legends of Skiing Banquet.
"The Korbel American Ski Classic is the premier event of the ski season," said Ceil Folz, president of the Vail Valley Foundation. "We look forward to a great week of competition and camaraderie that has long been the foundation of this event."
The Conway Cup Community Race is named and run in memory of Dan Conway. This rite of spring is a good afternoon of racing and partying, with four individual racers earning the right to advance to a spot in the Ford Cup celebrity team competition.
Legends of Giant Slalom
Up next is the Legends Giant Slalom on Thursday evening. It's a head-to-head competition, featuring some of the greatest names in ski racing history. Past Olympians and world champions will rekindle rivalries on the racecourse as five generations of skiing legends collide for the right to once again stand on the top step of the podium.
The legends will need to be sure not to leave too much on the GS course, however, as they move into the role of team captains for the final two days of the American Ski Classic as the Ford Cup celebrity team competition takes center stage on Friday and Saturday, March 22. Five-member teams will attempt to work their way through a maze of head-to-head competition during the course of the two days, emerging with not only the team title, but a year's worth of bragging rights to boot.
Hold 'Em for Hope
Participants and guests will have the opportunity to showcase their casino prowess Friday evening as the annual "Hold 'Em for Hope" benefit dinner and auction headlines the evening's festivities. Hosted at the Vail Marriott Resort and Spa, the evening features a Vegas-style buffet, auctions and an array of casino games.
A ceremony will round out the American Ski Classic social festivities Saturday, March 22, as the greatest female skier of all time is honored when Austria's Annemarie Moser-Proll is inducted into the International Ski Hall of Fame at the legends banquet.
Moser-Proll dominated her competition during the 1970s, winning six overall World Cup titles, including five consecutive season-long crowns from 1971-75. During the course of her 12-year World Cup career, she amassed a record 62 individual World Cup career victories, more than any other female winter sports athlete. In addition, she accounted for six World Championship medals, four of them gold, along with a trio of Olympic medals.
About the American Ski Classic
The American Ski Classic is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For additional information on the Ski Classic or the Vail Valley Foundation, visit http://www.vvf.org.
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Jefferson Adams is a freelance writer living in San Francisco. His poems, essays and photographs have appeared in Antioch Review, Blue Mesa Review, CALIBAN, Hayden's Ferry Review, Huffington Post, the Mississippi Review, and Slate among others.
He is a member of both the National Writers Union, the International Federation of Journalists, and covers San Francisco Health News for Examiner.com.
In a general population based cohort study, a team of
researchers set out to assess the individuals with celiac disease for
any form of glomerulonephritis (acute, chronic and non- specified), chronic
glomerulonephritis and renal replacement therapy including dialysis treatment
and kidney transplantation.
The research team was made up of Anders Ekbom, Michael Fored, Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Johnny Ludvigsson, Nders ekbom, Ola Ole, & Scott M. Montgomery.
They looked at data from 14,336 patients who were diagnosed with celiac disease between 1964 and 2003. Patients were chosen from the Swedish Hospital Discharge Registry. They established a control group of 69,875 individuals matched for age, calendar year, sex and county.
The results showed that patients with celiac disease face an increased risk of developing chronic renal disease, and may also be at a face a slightly higher risk for any form of glomerulonephritis.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006 21(7):1809-1815health writer who lives in San Francisco and is a frequent author of articles for Celiac.com.


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Coconut Macaroon Bars with Chocolate-Covered Chestnuts
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- Servings: 12
- 2 1/4 cups finely shredded unsweetened coconut (7 1/2 ounces)
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
- 2 large egg whites, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 36 whole roasted chestnuts (from a 15-ounce vacuum-packed jar)
- 1/3 cup dark rum or Cognac
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
How to make this recipe
Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, mix the coconut with the turbinado sugar, egg whites, vanilla and salt. Transfer the macaroon mixture to the prepared baking sheet and pat it into a 12-by-4-inch rectangle 1/2 inch thick. Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden around the edge. Let cool.
Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, combine the granulated sugar and water and cook over moderately high heat until reduced by a quarter. Add the chestnuts and rum and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the chestnuts are coated in a thick syrup, about 15 minutes. Pour into a bowl and let cool.
In a medium glass bowl, combine the chocolate and cream and melt in a microwave oven on high for 1 minute, stirring halfway through.
Transfer the macaroon rectangle to a platter and arrange the chestnuts on top in 3 rows of 12. Pour the chocolate over the entire top of the macaroon rectangle. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes, or until set. Slice into bars and serve.
Make Ahead
The chocolate-covered macaroon rectangle can be refrigerated for up 2 days. Bring to room temperature before slicing.


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By Donald Landin
If you've ever slipped and fallen on a wet surface, you're not alone. Each year, poorly maintained floors are responsible for more than 2 million customer and employee fall injuries, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The result: billions of dollars in medical, insurance and litigation costs for businesses.


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2008 Cadillac STS Reviews and Owner Comments
2008 Cadillac STS owners review and rate their 2008 Cadillac STS.
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2008 Cadillac STS (3 Reviews)
Engine sounds like a deisel at low speeds had to the dealer 2 times the first time with 20,000 miles last time with 54000 miles they said rattling moter was normal both times???.
Bought the 2008 sts v6 premium with only 15000...was a certified lease return...one of the best caddies i have ever owned..keyfob is the only problem, it shorted out and wouldnt remote start, dealer replace under warranty...24-28 mpg..only other thing is rides very firm....which i dont mind unless its a bumpy road...overall a great car and put together better than prev GM cars, and caddies Ive owned...looking forward to purchasing a Cadillac ATS coupe!
V8 STS Amazing car, best car we ever had. We have owned Mercades BMW's Audi's. We also owne a 2009 Mercades E430 V8 the Mercades is a sharp car but the Caddy wins hands down it has smooth power and shifts so smooth and rides and handles better the the E430. The STS is the best car we have had by far.


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If you're worried about your privacy online, check out these five great free VPNs. They'll keep you safe from prying eyes and are a cinch to use.
This free VPN works as a Chrome extension, and works with essentially no set-up -- just install, enter your email address, and you're ready to go. As it works, it shows as a small icon of a shield in the address bar. Click it to show your connection status. If you're a Chrome user, this VPN is as simple and trouble-free as it gets. Because it's a Chrome extension, it only works when you're using Chrome.
Hola Unblocker is a Firefox add-on that takes a little bit of work to get installed, and that doesn't work with every site you'll come across. But still, it's free and works with plenty of sites, so is well worth the download. You'll see whether it's active or not by the icon in Firefox's toolbar. Click it to visit more sites, configure it, and more. I had problems with installation. It needed to update itself immediately, and it took four or five attempts to get it to finally install. Because it's a Firefox addon, it only works when you're using Firefox.
This VPN works independently of your browser, so all of your Internet use is protected, not just browser use. It works with Windows machines, Macs and Android devices. There are also no bandwidth caps as there are with some other VPNs. However, with the free version you're limited to three-hour sessions, and you'll see an ad when you first launch it. (The ad then goes away.) You can upgrade to for-pay versions, but there's a good chance you'll stay happy with the free version.
This is a great VPN service, but only if you're technically sophisticated enough to spend a bit of time doing setup. It's a service and a service only, which means that you'll have to use a separate VPN client, and configure the client to work with the VPNBook service. But don't let that scare you away, because once you do that, it works great. There's a useful setup guide that walks you through using the service on Windows, the Mac, Ubuntu, the iPad and Android.
This is probably the most well-known free VPN service, and claims it has had more than 200 million downloads. It's available for Windows machines, Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. Setup is simple and straightfoward, and so is using it. There's one drawback though -- ads that can feel intrusive. To get rid of them you'll have to subscribe to the for-pay version.


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"I think the trigger [for a change] will be the results or the AGM," one senior industry source said. "Look back at the announcements when they said Chip [Goodyear] was departing.
"They'll say something like we're launching an internal and external search. As a board you'd like to be able to say we've got a number of good internal candidates. Jac [chairman
Investors say they struggle to name an obvious internal replacement, in part because they feel they've had little contact with divisional heads under Kloppers' regime. "It's like they go out of their way to hide these guys," one analyst said. But notably, London-based non-ferrous head
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Ariadne looks impressive on the website. This little bug is a bit of a downer. Would be hard pressed to find another program with all these features (presuming it works properly).
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I don't know why this e-mail client gets rave reviews!?!? I ran it once as root, and it worked fine.
Tried it as another user, and I always get:
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Like me, Harry was born in New Orleans. I'll skip some of the details in between, but in a nutshell, Harry has proven himself to be one of the best musicians of our time. In 1989, he was asked to compose the soundtrack for the movie "When Harry Met Sally," which put him in the spotlight and earned him a Grammy. To date, he has released 26 albums -- an impressive 9 of which have been certified platinum or better -- and he's sold over 25 million albums.
He's not just an amazing musician, he's also an actor (you'll remember him as a regular guest on "Will & Grace") and has combined his talents on Broadway. But what I love most about Harry is his heart. He has been a huge supporter of Breast Cancer Research and raised over $2 million. And when Hurricane Katrina hit our hometown of New Orleans, he immediately went down to help. He was there making a difference before any other services arrived, and worked with "NBC Nightly News" to make sure that the country knew what was happening. His passion was so moving.
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Washington DC, 1 July (ANI): Julia Roberts is set to star in Garry Marshall's upcoming comedy flick 'Mother's Day.'
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film, for which Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Jason Sudeikis too are in talks, will be produced by Wayne Rice, Gulfstream Pictures' Mike Karz, and Kevin Frakes of PalmStar Media, which is also financing.
The movie, which will begin filming in August, centers on the lives of several mothers that intertwine as Mother's Day approaches.
Anya Kochoff-Romano and Lily Hollander oenned the script and PalmStar Media's Ankur Rungta is executive producing.
Roberts has come together to work with Marshall for the 4th time, and had first teamed up with him for her mega hit flick 'Pretty Woman.' (ANI)


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Yes...the Geneva Auto Show is on right now...
Ever notice that many pundits share or contribute comments that are somewhat frivolous, not based on facts, and if you inject a measure of reality (facts) the comments quickly evaporate. Especially in areas of the auto business where acronyms remain popular.
The past week we hit a chord with "Acceleration of Cycle Times" as usual it flew over a lot of folks radar capacities. If you missed it, we urger you to take a look.
If you are working on a project, and browsing the Internet to gather information. Uncovering visuals that capture your imagination. You can pin the photos on Pin It to share with other folks that are working on the project, or you can use Snip It and save the "material" on your personal data system.
Visuals and or examples are a huge time saver when working on projects that involve contributors. Back to acceleration of cycle times to speed up the project.
In case you missed it...really how could you...Innovating Automotive Retail. If you are are in the auto business its a must read.
We named the new offerings "premium economy" (luxury manufacturers inexorably climbing down the ladder). In a conversation with an individual involved in selling the new premium economy in a showroom. Our question "Are they flying off the shelves?" Answer "No...visualised as too Japanese". A simple answer that incites reflection.
Take a look at some "road trips" from Rodder's Journal.
You surely know that Churchill, Manitoba is home to Polar Bears...take a look.
We had an opportunity to see and hear Sergio Marchionne at the CIAS a few weeks ago, with most of the talk gravitating towards government grants, mini van plants, and billions of dollars. Fascinating to see Sergio presumably walk away from $700M on the table...truly fascinating, but not surprising at this stage of the game.
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Archive for February, 2010
The paragon
Mass Effect 2 is a very good game… even if the game part of Bioware's titles are becoming less game and more interactive fiction. In Dragon Age, I feel the game actually got in the way of the IF. In ME2, I think the play compliments the IF rather than getting in the way.
Mechanic wise, ME2 strips a lot of the heavier RPG stuff out of the equation from the previous Mass Effect outing. Want to know how much damage a gun does? Not going to happen. What about weapon attachments? Nope, gone. Armor for your allies? Bzzzt. Yet for some reason they show you shield numbers and health on the character screen. I almost have to ask — why? I never more than glanced at it, since there was no way to compare those numbers to any enemy damage values to get an idea how much you can take.
The only new game mechanic I can think of is the new ammo / heat system. This is a nice addition, since it forces you to switch weapons and manage your ammo for what you think a mission will throw at you. Maybe it was the difficulty I played on (Veteran), but ammo drops were not frequent enough to spam weapons fire. I enjoyed this. Playing a sniper, I certainly made every shot count, and would switch weapons in order to conserve my precious sniper shots for high-threat targets. That was a welcome intellectual consideration while in the middle of battles. The barrier / shield / armor / health layer system also presented some nice mix-ups for which power you'd use at what time and on what enemy. It wasn't so deep that I got lost with it, but it was deep enough that I did find myself using specific powers on specific layers of enemy defense. Since allies also have unique abilities that are better at certain types of enemies or not, the choice of ally became important to what you thought you'd encounter on each mission. It did become more rote as you get further into the game though, since the pattern of use never changes up.
So I'd say that 94% of this game is completely enjoyable. However, there's just a bit that's not. Some of the side missions you can discover via anomalies are more dramatic and exciting than several of the main-line missions. The green-fogged geth planet, the sandstorm (although that could have been even more intense, IMO), the chlorine gas / beacon, and the geth husk swarm missions all stand out… and they're all optional. Early on in the main game while getting your team together, there's a great mission that involves the player staying out of direct sunlight, but after that, there's no interesting environmental "twists" in many of the mainline missions. I think this is a missed opportunity. As a game maker, it feels like the mainline missions were done first, which allowed the designers to learn what they could really do with the scripting system. Armed with more knowledge of the engine's limitations, the side missions — which were done after — were a bit more "risky" and thus more creative.
Because I don't want to give anything away, I'm not going to talk about the story any more than saying that it makes a lot of sense and has some nice pace… until it just doesn't. There's a moment later in the game that comes out of no where and without a warning. Once it happens, there's different outcomes to the later game depending on your next immediate action, which goes against the "play at your speed" ideal the rest of the game upholds. For a completionist like me, I was annoyed that they were hurrying me along, and punishing me (as I found out later) if I didn't hurry, since I still had a few things to do.
The game has an interesting balance to it. Imagine there's a difficulty curve, and a player weapon power curve. The power curve rises faster over time than difficulty, so eventually the power curve overtakes the difficulty, and then the game becomes easier. Setting the game's difficulty to higher levels only delays that moment. I played on Veteran, which became easier to survive the further I went into the game. I'm not complaining though — some of the early combats against large mechs were nasty, with multiple deaths before being able to overcome them. I'm not complaining, though. It kept me interested. Even when things get a bit easier, are a few enemy biotics that are always deadly, and you can still die rather easily if you don't use cover. Enemies are never as powerful as your team is, which feels like a bit of an oversight, but it's not as noticeable as in say Borderlands.
I still have the same issue with the dialogue UI that I had in the first game. When you have subtitles turned on, you tend to read faster than they speak, so you occasionally hit the B button to skip dialogue sequences. Of course, B also quits you out of conversations. Sometimes the next dialogue choice tree comes up before the dialogue finishes… sometimes the moment you're hitting B to skip it. You then quit the conversation. I don't approve of that consolidation. You end up screwing up a lot and dropping yourself out of some dialogue paths… some of which you can't get back to without reloading a save. Punishing me for not wanting to hear a repeated dialogue path isn't very nice.
And now a moment of comparison. Dragon Age vs. Mass Effect 2 —
Maybe it's because it was sci-fi. Maybe it's because the game part was a shooter, catering to console. Maybe it's because it was a sequel and I could import my character. Maybe it's because the returning characters were ones I really liked in the first game. Maybe it's because I couldn't play "who's the tool / traitor / dead guy" as predictably. Maybe it was because the AI for my allies was actually decent. Maybe it was because ME2 feels like a console game, while DA felt like a port of a PC game, with large deficiencies in the UI and character control. All in all I'm completely in the Mass Effect camp. Really, there's no comparison in my book. ME2 is a better product… IMO, of course.
The low down: Highly recommended if you liked Mass Effect 1 or if you like fun sci-fi RPGs. I use the "RPG" part loosely here, since there's not a lot of that to it. The normal and easy difficulties should make the game approachable for any level of player, even if you usually shy away from shooters. If you're even competent at shooters, play veteran or above. You'll enjoy the challenge.
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That's a wrap - ORACLE TEAM USA finishes up in Sydney
As ORACLE TEAM USA concluded their first training session in Sydney, Australia, skipper Jimmy Spithill explained how he and sailing team manager / tactician Tom Slingsby were sharing the leadership responsibilities on the team.
"I'm getting more involved in the technical side and overall direction of the team," Spithill said. "With Grant Simmer and Russell Coutts, it's a nice opportunity to learn from a couple of guys who really have dominated the America's Cup.
"On the other side, it's great to have someone like Tom Slingsby, who has a lot of hunger and drive to step in and take the reins of the operation of the sailing team. I think he's one of the best talents out there."
For his part, Slingsby says the first training days of the 35th America's Cup were a success as the team worked in some new talent and had some time for team bonding.
"We trialled a few different sailors which was great, we got the old band back together and got to chatting and sharing stories from over the last six months and now I'm really looking forward to the next step," he said.
"It's been really nice to get back into it and get the guys together again," agreed wing trimmer Kyle Langford. "It's been beautiful sailing in Sydney Harbour and we've had good breeze and some good competition with the Aussies (Team Australia)."
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They have a fierce rivalry with Celtic.
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They appeared as a licensed team for the first time.
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Their key players are Pedro Mendes, Kris Boyd, Kenny Miller, Allan McGregor and Steven Davis.
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Guy Dean was unable to attend the second round of the district tournament, but his players produced despite his absence.
Dean, who coaches Gatesville's boy's and girl's golf teams, missed the final round of the District 8-3A tournament at Brownwood for personal reasons. Nevertheless, his teams continued their winning ways.
The boys posted a two-day total of 602 to claim the title, finishing with all five players in the top eight of the field, while the girls cruised to the championship by 71 strokes, marking the third consecutive district championship for both teams.
Despite being away from the course, Dean was not surprised to hear his teams won.
"They play for themselves, but they also play for the team," Dean said. "They were not just pulling for themselves. They wanted the team to go (to regionals)."
Led by second-place finisher Zane Washburn, who shot a 150 over the two rounds, the Hornets edged Llano (606) by four strokes after taking a five-stroke lead over Lampasas into the round. On the day, the Hornets posted a 308 as Brantley Cole and Hunter Dean tied for fifth overall with scores of 152, while teammate Bryce Cole and Ryan Phillips finished tied for eighth with matching scores of 153.
"We didn't play good at all," Badgers head coach Kyle Black said of the round. "In our district, we knew if you had a bad day, that was pretty much it. Unfortunately, our bad day was today. We didn't play terrible, but we didn't play as good as needed to in this district."
Lampasas shot a 320 in the second round to finish with a total score of 619, but two sophomores moved on to the Region I-3A Tournament on April 17-18 at Lubbock's Shadow Hills Golf Course.
Talon Wright (152) and Blake Graham (153) each advanced after posting second-round scores of 78. Blake January shot a 154 and senior Byler Lindeman ended his high-school career with an 84, bringing his two-day total to 160.
The Lady Badgers placed second overall with a team score of 706 as junior Morgan Rogers won the individual title with a 151 after posting a 78 at Brownwood to help Lampasas beat third-place Burnet (777) by 71 strokes.
"She saw what she was capable of," Lady Badgers head coach Holly Paulk said of Rogers. "The lowest round she ever shot was 73, like she did on Friday (in the first round.) When she is confident, she really starts to play well."
Kena Cox finished with a 175, Abbie Carson shot a 180 and Sadie Sappington posted an even 200 to round out Lampasas' score.
"We were never really doubted, but having lost three people from last year's team that was really strong, we were kind of in question a little bit," Paulk said.
The performance was not nearly enough to catch Gatesville, though.
Katy Colson shot a 73 at Brownwood to finish second overall with a 154, while teammates Kristen Smithhart (158), Lauren Davis (161) and Chelsey Tobin (162) placed fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.
"I was getting text messages," Dean said. "I was getting information from parents and stuff, and I was very excited."


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BOSTON (AP) — With Boston's ace on the mound and the second half of a day-night doubleheader looming, Baltimore was in dire need of a quality start from Miguel Gonzalez.
The right-hander delivered his best performance of the season.
Gonzalez matched Jon Lester's eight dominant innings Saturday, allowing one earned run in a 3-2 loss to the Red Sox that snapped the Orioles' four-game winning streak.
Gonzalez gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts in his deepest outing of the season, but left after throwing a season-high 113 pitches, one shy of his career high.
T.J. McFarland allowed pinch-hitter Jonathan Herrera's game-winning hit in the ninth.
"That's the kind of Miggy that we're going to need," said Baltimore manager Buck Showalter. "This is the defending world champions and for Miguel to come into their ballpark and do what he did and give us a good chance to win, it's hard to do."
After allowing both runs in the second, Gonzalez retired 14 of the next 15 batters, and worked his way out of a two-on, one-out jam in the eighth.
"It's a good feeling to be able to go a little bit more than what I've been going," said Gonzalez, making just his fourth start since returning from the disabled list with a right oblique strain. "Under control a little bit more and just told myself, Try not to do too much and stay aggressive down in the zone,' especially against a team like this that has a good lineup.
"We came up a little short. T.J.'s been throwing the ball really well. You can't do anything about that."
Boston's sixth walkoff victory of the season snapped a three-game losing streak.
Pinch-hitter Jonny Gomes legged out a leadoff infield single off McFarland (1-2) before Ross bunted Gomes to second. Herrera then blooped a broken-bat base hit over second base to score Gomes.
Koji Uehara (4-2) worked a perfect ninth and Stephen Drew hit his first home run since the World Series for Boston.
The Orioles' two runs came on Xander Bogaerts' two-out error in the third inning of a game being made up after Friday's was rained out.
Lester allowed two unearned runs and five hits in eight innings, striking out seven with no walks.
Drew ripped Gonzalez's first-pitch fastball into the right field bleachers in the second inning, and Jackie Bradley Jr. later doubled and scored on first baseman Steve Pearce's error.
The Orioles tied it in the third when third baseman Bogaerts booted Pearce's two-out grounder, allowing two runs to score. The inning began with Pedroia's poor throw to first, his first error since April 24.
The Red Sox were without designated hitter David Ortiz, who was returning from his native Dominican Republic, where he attended his daughter's graduation.
With third baseman Manny Machado serving the last of his five-game suspension for throwing a bat in a game against Oakland last month, the Orioles were in the odd position of having 24 players for the first game and 26 for Game 2. Reliever Preston Guilmet was called up as the extra player allowed for the second game.
NOTES: Showalter said it was a "short evaluation" to hold RHP Ubaldo Jimenez for the nightcap once he saw Jimenez is 0-5 with a 10.55 ERA in five afternoon starts. He's 3-3 with a 2.53 ERA in 12 night starts. John Lackey (9-5) will start for Boston. . The Orioles planned to recall RHP Kevin Gausman from Triple-A Norfolk to start Sunday's series finale against Jake Peavy. . Boston manager John Farrell said OF Shane Victorino (hamstring, back) could begin another rehabilitation assignment in a few days. He had a long-toss in the outfield between games. . Baltimore RHP Bud Norris threw a two- to three-inning simulated game on the field between games. Norris is currently on the disabled list with a sore right groin, and Showalter said if Norris feels well after the session, he could be in line to start Wednesday against Washington. Baltimore traded its pregame batting practice for the right to use the field between games.


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Lahore: Expressing happiness over him being included in the initial list of 30 probables for the Champions Trophy, banned Pakistani left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Asif has said the call is like a "rebirth" for him.
"You can say that it''s a sort of rebirth for me. I was performing well but then suddenly my career derailed and it was tough to get over those difficult days," Asif said.
Wedding bells for Asif
The 26-year-old pacer, whose career had plummeted after he failed a dope test during the Indian Premier League"s (IPL) inaugural season, said he would like to forget the past and start a new cricketing career.
Asif said he has learnt his lessons and would now concentrate only on the game.
"Maybe these events happened so that I could learn my lesson. I would like to forget what happened to me over the last two years. I have learnt my lessons and will definitely do my best to avoid anything like this in the future," The News quoted Asif, as saying.
Asif claimed that he is hundred percent fit and eager to don the green shirt once again.
"I am fit and have been bowling in the best of rhythms. South Africa is my favourite place and I did well when we went there to play a Test series in 2007, so this time around, again I want to help my team win the Trophy," he said.
Asif rejected reports that he has married popular television host and film star Veena Malik.
"There is no truth in that news. I will marry only when I achieve more in cricket and only on the advice of my parents," he said.
Asif was banned from international cricket for one year after failing in the dope test. His ban expires on September 22, the day Champions Trophy is scheduled to begin in South Africa.
He was also detained at the Dubai airport for 19 days for carrying an illegal substance (opium) while returning from India.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had also slapped a fine of one million rupees on Asif for his Dubai 'misadventure".


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