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Kevin Bond says he'd love to replicate three wins from last season to get off to a flyer in the Premier League next term.
The provisional fixture list released by the Premier League last week paired us with Liverpool at home on August 15 followed by trips to Hull City on August 19 and West Ham on August 22 - all dates subject to change.
We took the maximum nine points from the corresponding fixtures last season with a 2-1 home win against Liverpool, 2-1 victory at Hull and 2-0 win at West Ham.
"A repeat of those results would be fantastic," smiled assistant boss Kevin.
"Everyone wants to get off to a good start, to get some momentum going, confidence and points on the board and that is made all the more difficult when you are playing one of the very best teams like Liverpool.
"It will be tough but every team knows that White Hart Lane is a very difficult place to go to and hopefully it will remain the same next season.
"Hull had an unbelievable time at the start of last season and they will want to repeat that because it's what stood them in good stead when they had a difficult end to the season.
"We won at Hull last season and we'll have to go and want to do the same.
"West Ham is always a big game for everyone, a huge occasion for the fans and it would be lovely to be unbeaten after that first week.
"They are tough fixtures but my own view is that I'm reasonably philosophical about it, you have to play every team twice and we can't affect when we play them - we're dealt what we're dealt with."
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Jamie Whyte elected new ACT Party leader
The struggling ACT Party has elected Jamie Whyte as its new leader after a secret ballot.
The party board said it had elected Whyte to take first place on the party list while David Seymour was named as the new candidate to represent them in the general elections in Epsom later this year.
Both men have lived outside of New Zealand for many years and Whyte admitted that would be a handicap.
At a press conference today, the two men were told a TV3 opinion poll, which airs tonight, would show their party had zero support and Whyte - a former philosophy academic - said the party needed a new direction to get back into politics.
"I won't let you down, I wont be boring," he said.
Asked if he had any skeletons in cupboard he said that "depends on what you call skeletons" and added "it's all pretty clean in there."
The seat is currently held by John Banks who faces court action over electoral return expenses in the Auckland mayoral elections.
A spokeswoman for Prime Minister John Key said: "The Prime Minister congratulates Jamie on his selection and looks forward to working with him. He wishes him and ACT well for the 2014 election."
Meanwhile the defeated John Boscawen has quit as party president and chief fundraiser but he insisted he had not "thrown his toys out of the pram" and will stay on as a member.
The former minister and MP said he thought party was taking the wrong strategy, and the leader - Whyte - should be the Epsom candidate, not Seymour.
"This strategy, I think there is a real risk we will get no MPs... I'll be very happy to be proved wrong."
Boscawen said he wasn't surprised: "I was very much aware there was a move to have new faces." Whyte should chose his own president, he said. "He should be able to get someone who supports him."
He said could no longer raise donations for the party, however.
"My integrity is very important to me...I've got no credibility to go and say it's a second or third best strategy but look would you still give us some money. And I'm not prepared to do that."
Boscawen was bank-rolling a campaign nerve centre in Epsom. He won't go on the party's list, and will see how the campaign is going before deciding whether to donate again.
Key had endorsed Boscawen and ACT's future depends on an electorate deal with National.
"I think the National Party will sit back and watch and see how things unfold," he said.
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Jan Turnquist waited inside by the front door of the Orchard House last week for the arrival of a very important document.
"Do you see him yet?" Turnquist asked her friend Kiko Mills and she peeked out from a side window.
A few weeks ago Yasukazu Nakamiya, mayor of Nanae Town in Japan, invited Turnquist, executive director of the Louisa May Alcott Orchard House in Concord, to visit Nanae Town in celebration of the 15th official year of the Town of Concord and Nanae Town sister city relationship and the centennial anniversary of the Orchard House as a museum.
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I threw this together one night with some leftover ingredients in the fridge. This is great with leftover grilled chicken or a rotisserie chicken. I HIGHLY recommend slightly overcooking your chicken while preparing this dish; BEFORE adding the wet ingredients. Sounds strange but its much better to have slightly dry chicken than moist! The toasted chicken will be more substantial with all of the wet ingredients in this dish! Also, I toast our hamburger buns to give it some substance as well....no one likes soggy buns!! My hubby loves this (and he is extremely picky) and requests this at least once a week! Enjoy!!
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- 2 cups chicken, Shredded (I shred pretty big pieces, not fine)
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|Abilities and Powers
|Jackal A. Grieve
|Japanese Name:
|Romanized Name:
|Jakkaru A. Gurīb
|English Name:
|Jackal A. Grieve (uncut dub);
Jackal D. Grieve (Viz, FUNimation subs)
|First Appearance:
|Pegasus Wings Pirates
| Pirate
|The Black Shadow (黒い影 Kuroi Kage?)
Devil's Spawn (悪魔の落とし子 Akuma no Otoshi-ko?)
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|Funi English VA:
|15 (Debut);
18 (after timeskip)
|December 26th
|Devil Fruit
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- "'I'm the devil himself. Careful with how you pick a fight with me. It may just cost you a few broken limbs"
- —Jackal explaining his change in personality when he fights
Powers and Abilities
Physical Abilities
Jackal is well known for his physical prowess and speed in terms of battle. Jackal's strength was capable of shattering stones, or sending a full human body flying several yards back, and throw the heaviest of objects with ease. Even when using his sword he is able to cut a tree in one swipe with no struggle. In terms of speed, he is capable of moving faster than the naked eye can see, giving him a chance to strike or surprise his enemies from out of the blue, which in turn shows his excellent reflexes.
Fighting Abilities
Jackal is a very skilled martial artist, having mastered several forms at a very young age, and is his main form of fighting, aside his sword skills. He is capable of fending off several opponents at once without the help of others, and is feared by his rivals, due to his raw power. When combining his speed and strength with his combat abilities, he becomes an incredibly fierce and deadly adversary. What is noted, is that when Jackal is in his devil-like persona, he becomes incredibly fearsome, capable of intimidating even the strongest of enemies.
Expert Swordsman
Jackal, aside from his hand-to-hand combat abilities, is also an expert swordsmen and is recognized as of the deadliest in his families history of pirates. When using his swords skills, Jackal employs the use of his favored katana, often seen wielding it in a reverse grip.
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Like a few other reviews I've read about Pro Direct I've had the same experience; fine when it goes well, awful when it doesn't. Over the years I've bought quite a few things from here and until now they've been fine. But I ordered a pair of boots for my son recently and that's when it went pear shaped. He had his eye of the new Hypervenom boots and and so we pre ordered them about 4 weeks before they were released. PDS took the money off me almost immediately. When the boots did arrive the glue… Read Full Review
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To all you serious footballers out there who love the sport and who love the quality sportswear for it I urge you not be fooled by the fancy looking website of Prodirect Soccer or it's claims of professionalism. On Wednesday Aug-15-2013 I placed an order (Order No. 4669809) for a couple pairs of boots and some other accessories (socks, shin pads etc) and I paid twice the shipping cost in order to get "next day delivery" and my total order crossed 100 Pound Sterling. The next day I did not… Read Full Review
Written on: 24/08/2013
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See above. I ordered a football shirt, shorts and a football. The football and shorts came as I ordered, but they sent me a long sleeved shirt. The fact they can't be honest enough to say they don't have the product I want is what makes me angry, so instead they send me something different. Honestly, TRY ebay, it is more reliable, far more transparent, you can easily get your money back if you're not satisfied and it turns out the shirt I wanted is on there at half the price. Try ebay before… Read Full Review
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Written on: 23/07/2013
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The following 7 beaches are our favorites. They are very accessible from your location at Kona Onenalo and for the average one week stay they provide more than enough options. But, the Kona-Kohala Coasts have a raft of wonderful beaches, some at the major hotel resorts and some hidden away in obscure locations. For more information consult "The Big Island Revealed", which has the definitive and exhaustive guide to beaches on the Big Island.
Hapuna Beach is 45 minutes north from Kona on the main highway near mile marker 69. If you have the time it is worth the trip as this is one of the most beautiful beaches in the Hawaiian Islands, even being ranked by some travel services as among the top ten beaches in the world! A half mile long and 200 yards wide, it has ankle deep white sand and a gradually sloping shore break. Afternoons here can be very windy, with blowing sand, so plan to do this in the morning and leave after your picnic lunch.
Kahalu'u Beach Park is one mile south from our house along Alii Drive. It is perhaps the best "beginners" snorkeling spot in the Hawaiian Islands. Protected by a perimeter reef of volcanic rocks, it is almost a lagoon and teeming with sea life including a wide variety of reef fish and turtles. The beach itself is not particularly attractive for hanging out and sunbathing, but the snorkeling and swimming is unmatched.
Kaloko-Honokohou Fish Trap is adjacent to the Honkohohau Harbor and boat marina. To reach it you drive down the entrance road to the Honokohau Harbor and take the first right turn. Follow this road around the boat yard and go to the end of the parking lot. The entrance to the park is on your right and clearly marked. Park there and follow the signs to the Fish Trap. You will emerge on a broad sandy beach with very calm waters. This is a wonderful place to take small children. There is a deli and restaurant in the Marina.
Kua Bay is one of the "secret beaches" near Kona. Until very recently it was only accessible by hiking in from the highway, or driving over a very rough four wheel track. There is now a paved road all of the way into the beach, where there is a small parking lot and public bathrooms and showers. Locals keep tearing down the signs to Kua Bay, so you need to know how to find it. Driving north (about 20-25 minutes) on the main highway you go a couple of miles past the entrance to the Kona Airport. Between mile markers 89 and 88, you will see a clearly marked entrance to the Veterans Cemetery on the RIGHT side of the road. Directly opposite this entrance you will see a paved road on the LEFT side of the highway. Take this road and wind all of the way down to the beach parking lot. This beach is a real jewel of deep white sand and a gradually sloping water entry. It is ideal for swimming, sunbathing (and people watching!). On weekends you must arrive early to find a parking space and a patch of clear sand as this spot is very popular with the "locals." As with all of the other west coast beaches, Kua Bay is not swimmable in periods of high surf.
Kukio Beach is accessed by entering the Kukio Resort which is located north on the main highway at approximately the 87 mile marker. If you reach the Hualalai Resort entrance (The Four Seasons) you have gone one left turn too far. By Hawaii state law, the resort must make public access available to the general population. They control this by building limited parking lots and closing access when these are full, so this is another beach that you must plan for an early arrival, at least on weekends. The setting is idyllic and never crowded. The real attraction here is the natural ocean lagoon at the south end of the Kukio beach. This perfectly calm, shallow, saltwater pool formed by a reef of volcanic rock is ideal for small children and the elderly or infirm. It has a wide swath of sandy beach and a gently sloping sandy bottom. From the lagoon on the south end of the beach, you can walk all of the way along the Kukio beach front and even farther north into the Four Seasons resort where there is actually a paved walkway along the shoreline. Along the way you will see some of the most exclusive and expensive private beach house properties in Hawaii. The main beach at Kukio is quite beautiful and perfect for sunbathing but not particularly conducive to swimming.
Makalawena Beach is a bit more challenging as it can only be reached by about a 30 minute hike over the lava from Kekaha Kai State Park. For sheer beauty, this is worth the adventure as the Makalewena "beach" is actually a series of beautiful scalloped sandy bays fringed by palms and other indigenous trees. The entrance to Kekaha Kai is clearly marked on the main highway between mile markers 89 and 88 just short of the entrance to Kua Bay. You will drive 1.6 miles down from the highway on a very, very rough road. At 5 mph, this drive seems to take forever, but in fact only takes about 15 minutes. You reach Makalawena by parking in the Kekaha Kai parking lot and walking north. The path is not signed (at last look) but if you persist walking north you will find a cluster of red roofed shacks. Walk directly across the front yard of these buildings and along the edge of the ocean. You will first come to a beautiful little sandy cove. This is the beach at Kekaha Kai and you are now about half way to Makalawena. The intrepid among you will continue walking north and you will soon come to a vast expanse of lava. Follow the clearly marked lava trail across the lava field and into the sand dunes at the other side. The Makalawena beaches are in front of you. Words of caution: you must wear sturdy footwear, NOT flipflops; you should take head covering and water with you; the footing on the lava trail is treacherous and this is not a hike for the faint hearted, small children, the elderly, or infirm.
White Sands—also known locally as "Magic Sands"—is one of the premier body surfing beaches on the Kona Coast. Located 300 yards from our house, it is a small crescent of white sand with a sandy bottom shore break. The locals call it Magic Sands because in periods of high surf, the sand can disappear and reappear over night. On calm days this beach is also OK for children and swimmers and ideal for sunbathing, but generally the wave action is more conducive to body boarding and body surfing. Between our house and the beach is also a small rocky cove (our house actually fronts on this cove) and this is a very good snorkeling and scuba diving spot. It's called "four mile" by the locals because of its proximity to the 4 mile marker on Alii Drive. Entry here is over rocks and is suitable only for experienced snorkelers and divers.


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Neural Networks
Designing A Custom Neural Network In MATLAB
The MATLAB Neural Network toolbox ships with numerous predefined and canonical neural nets, however sometimes you may need to create a custom net with just the right connections, biases and hidden layers to suite your particular problem domain. To achieve this goal we can use the matlab network object. The network object allows granular design of neural networks by exposing all properties of the net that we are designing. The preceding code demonstrates how to build a simple neural to learn the truth table for Logical AND.
First lets look at the Logical AND truth table:
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Open a new edit window in MATLAB and enter the following code:
- This creates an empty network object and assigns it to the net variable, sets up the number of inputs and uses cell array syntax to index into its properties.
%% Design Custom Neural Network net = network; % create network net.numInputs = 2; % set number of inputs net.inputs{1}.size = 1; % assign 2 to input size net.inputs{2}.size = 1; net.numLayers = 1; % add 1 layer to network net.layers{1}.size = 1; % assign number of neurons in layer net.inputConnect(1) = 1; % connet input to layer 1 net.inputConnect(2) = 1; net.biasConnect(1) = 1; % connect bias to layer 1 net.biases{1}.learnFcn = 'learnp'; % set bias learning function net.biases{1}.initFcn = 'initzero'; % set bias init function net.outputConnect(1) = 1; net.layers{1}.transferFcn = 'hardlim'; % set layer transfer function [hard limit] net.inputWeights{1}.initFcn = 'initzero'; % set input wieghts init function net.inputWeights{1}.learnFcn = 'learnp'; % set input weight learning function net.inputWeights{2}.learnFcn = 'learnp'; net.inputWeights{2}.initFcn = 'initzero'; net.initFcn = 'initlay'; % set network init function net.trainFcn = 'trainc'; % set network training function net.performFcn = 'mae'; % set network perf evaluation function view(net) net = train(net,[0 0 1 1;0 1 0 1],[0 0 0 1]) ; % train network
- Custom Network Diagram:
- Test Network
In the command window type
This should output a 1 to the command window indicating 1 AND 1 = 1
Image Classification Using MATLAB SOM/LVQ
I like to think of myself as a hacker :-), not in today's sense of the word [person who breaks into secured computer areas] but as a hacker in the sense of first two definitions found here. I like to experiment with things especially related to computers and Artificial Intelligence in particular. MATLAB happens to be a virtual toolbox for the trade pun intended :-), using some of its toolboxes we will see how we can solve a ubiquitous problem that faces most persons with a nice camera and a voracious appetite for taking pictures.
Now, I don't have an expensive Nikon, but I do have loads of pictures; and one day i was trying to find this particular picture when it occurred to me that if i could not remember the name or date when i took the picture it would require me to search blindly every picture I had in order to find that special one. Now what if i had some way of finding the picture based on what i could remember of it? ie. environment in which it was taken, colours and objects along with some other visual specifications, wouldn't that be cool.
So I went for the proverbial toolbox MATLAB, which tools will I need?
- Neural Network -> selforgmap, lvqnet, vec2ind, ind2vec
- Image Processing -> imhist, imresize, rgb2gray, imread
- mspaint
Note: For this demonstration I will be using:
- MATLAB R2011b on Windows 7
- Pictures found at C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures
Ok lets do it, start up MATLAB, copy and paste all the pics from the above directory to MATLAB's current directory. {Chrysanthemum, Desert, Hydrangeas, Jellyfish, Koala, Lighthouse, Penguins, Tulips}.
- In the new edit window copy and paste the code as given below. Save file as scan.m
function scan(img) files = dir('*.jpg'); hist = []; for n = 1 : length(files) filename = files(n).name; file = imread(filename); hist = [hist, imhist(rgb2gray(imresize(file,[ 50 50])))]; %#ok end som = selforgmap([10 10]); som = train(som, hist); t = som(hist); %extract class data net = lvqnet(10); net = train(net, hist, t); like(img, hist, files, net) end
Links to the functions used were provided above therefore i will not be going into the details of how they work, however there is a narrative with regard to the workings of the code:
The code starts by searching the current MATLAB directory for all files with a .jpg extension. On each iteration of the loop an image is loaded and resized to 50 x 50, it is then converted to greyscale and a histogram measurement is taken of its pixels [feature vector]; the results are then appended to a 256 x n matrix with n been the number of images scanned.
A self organizing map network is then used to identify classes into which the images fall. The feature matrix and class data is used to train a Learning Vector Quantization neural network, that will be used for classification of images presented to it.
- Next we will create a function to display all matching images for an image we submit to the LVQ network.
function like(im, hist, files , net) hs = imhist(rgb2gray(imresize(im,[50 50]))); cls = vec2ind(net(hs)); [~, n] = size(hist); for i = 1 : n if(cls == vec2ind(net(hist(:, i)))) figure('name', files(i).name); imshow(imresize(imread(files(i).name), [100 100])) end end end
- Download a picture of a koala and save it outside your MATLAB path as koalatest.jpg
- At the MATLAB command prompt type scan(imread('[replace with path to koalatest]\koalatest.jpg')
- After a minute or two the networks should have been trained and a figure displaying the matching koala.jpg image shown to you.
NOTE: As explained above this is hacking, not production code I wrote this up in about 20 minutes as a demonstration for classification of images, with imagination this could be extended to classify things like sound for example using a feature map crated from humming a tune to find a song with a similar melody.
Predicting The Lottery With MATLAB® Neural Network
DISCLAMER: This post does not in any way prove or disprove the validity of using neural networks to predict the lottery. It is purely for the purpose of demonstrating certain capabilities available in MATLAB ® . The results and conclusions are my opinion and may or may not constitute applicable techniques of predicting the popular Jamaican Lottery Cash Pot game.
Supreme Ventures Jamaica Limited has a lottery game called Cash Pot (CP) . The game is based on 36 balls being loaded into a chamber and one ball been selected at random from the grouping. The game is ran four (4) times each day seven (7) days per week.
Anecdotal Heuristics:
While doing a little tongue and cheek research at my favorite barbershop, I stumbled upon some heuristics that are employed by most patrons who play the (CP) game. One involved writing down the day, time, and winning number for each day's lottery. After building up a sufficient dataset, they could then query a particular day and time; and with some simple arithmetic tally the most likely number to be played on that day and time. I was informed that this proved to be a very efficient way of telling which number was to be played next. Another popular heuristic involved pre-assigned symbols; these symbols were associated with each of the thirty six (36) numbers. Then based on dreams aka "rakes" numbers would be chosen that matched the symbols seen in the "rake". These two methods were the favorite amongst the players of Cash Pot.
Procedure for predicting Cash Pot with MATLAB ANN:
- Get the dataset from Supreme Ventures Jamaica website. [contains all winning numbers with date and time]
- We will need to do some twiddling with the file in order to get it into a format that MATLAB can use. To do that we need to remove all headings/sub-headings and labels.
- Next remove the DRAW# and MARK columns since we will not be using those in our analysis.
- In column D use the =WEEKDAY() formula to get the day number from the corresponding date: repeat for all rows.
- Use find and replace to replace MORNING with 1, MIDDAY with 2, DRIVETIME with 3 and EVENING with 4. [Save the file]
- Using MATLAB folder explorer, navigate to the file then double click on it to run the import tool.
- Select columns B and D then hit the import button; this should import only columns B and D, rename the imported matrix to cpInputs .
- Select column C and hit the import button; this should import column C only, rename the imported matrix to cpTargets.
- Because MATLAB sees Neural Network(NN) features as rows, transpose the two matrices using
- In the MATLAB command window type nntool.
- Import cpInputs and cpTargets into the NN data manager.
- Hit the new button on the Neural Network Data Manager and change the default name to cpNN.
- Set Input data to cpInputs, Target data to cpTargets.
- Hit the create button to create the NN.
- Let's go ahead and train this network. On the train tab of the Network: cpNN dialog, select cpInputs for Inputs and cpTargets for Targets; then press the Train Network button to start the network training.
- Results of training.
- After training the network to the desired tolerance's go back to the Neural Network/Data Manager dialog box and hit the export button, select cpNN from the list then hit the export button.
- Go back to the MATLAB command window and type
- The resulting value will be the NN's best guess of what will be the winning entry for Cash Pot on a Tuesday at DRIVETIME.
cpInputs = cpInputs'; cpTargets = cpTargets';
The newly created NN has two inputs, the first been the day of the week on which the [CP] is scheduled to be played and the second input the time of day that the [CP] is scheduled to played. It also has a hidden layer with 10 neurons with associated bias, and an output layer with 1 neuron and its associated bias. The output is a scalar double which represents the predicted winning number.
CpNN([2;3]) % [day;time]
My initial analysis of the results of the NN was not conclusive, maybe the parameters of the NN could be adjusted and the results compared to actual winning numbers. However, even after doing so one may find that the outputs are still random and contain no discernible patterns, which should be the case for a supposedly random game of chance.
Using A Perceptron ANN With Genetic Algorithm Trainer To Solve Logical AND
Neural nets (NN) have always been a "black box" fascination for me until recently when i had my eureka moment. Neural Networks are mainly used for classification and prediction applications include stock market trends, feature recognition and some types of optimization techniques. A NN can be trained in two ways, supervised and unsupervised.
The NN is exposed to a dataset with the training values and the correct outputs to those values. A Training algorithm such as back propagation is used to minimize the error between resulting outputs and the correct outputs.
The NN is allowed to form its own conclusion based on the dataset provided. These types of networks are usually used for classification type problems, a very good example of this it the SOM (Self Organizing Map) network.
That said, if you have not already read my post on Genetic Algorithms (GA) please do so now, since we will be using GA's as the means of optimizing the required weights for each input of the Perceptron.
Wow you are back already? Ok lets look at a simple NN to see how it works, the NN we will be reviewing is called the Perceptron this particular configuration has only two input neurons since we will be dealing with a binary operation and one output neuron.
i = inputs
w = weights
o = output
b = bias
A bias is also associated with the network, this bias is simply a neuron with a constant multiplied by a weight, this bias is added to the activation function in order for the NN to recognize problems that are not linearly separable. Each input is multiplied by a corresponding weight, the weight is a small value which will be adjusted until the the output neuron is activated. Activation occurs when the activation function Σ(i1*w1+i2*w2)+b is greater than certain threshold. The output of the activation function is then sent to a transfer function which interprets that output as 1 or 0 depending on the inputs supplied to the NN.