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It's been another memorable week in October as the horror hits keep coming (but not without a disappointment too). On the slate was a horror/sci-fi classic, an under-seen vamp flick from the king of zombie movies, a hallucinatory PTSD thriller, a giallo and the haunted house film to end all haunted house films. Also, there was a little bit of vampiric lesbianism. Just a little bit.
Dracula's Daughter (Lambert Hillyer, 1936)
I've been slacking on my classic universal monsters this year, and this one came highly recommended so I decided to give it a whirl. It attempts to pickup right where Dracula leaves off, which makes plenty of sense although it comes off a bit hokey when they treat the Count's body as an important prop without ever showing it. A stronger film would have shed these heavy ties to the original and gotten going that much quicker (especially considering it's barely over an hour as it is). But once Dracula's daughter takes over, the pace picks up and we get a few memorably creepy set pieces, the strongest being when she seduces a young model in her studio. It could have used a bit more substance, but I liked it, and it was a welcome break from the more obvious scares of the post-60s horror films I've otherwise been binging on.
Martin (George Romero, 1977)
Another vampire flick, and a very cool one if I do say so myself. This has (understandably) slipped under the radar thanks to Romero's famous zombie films, but it's just as good and at times, I thought, even better. Martin is a teenage (not really, not even close) who is in fact a vampire, despite the lack of fangs, distaste for garlic and daylight allergies. He goes to live with his uncle (actually cousin), who for the sake of this I will call Hungarian Colonel Sanders, but their arrangement isn't ideal because Martin wants to be free to drink all the pretty girl's blood and Hungarian Colonel Sanders wants to drive a stake through his heart. Which is to say, this was a blast. Best of all was the ridiculously intense break-in scene halfway through, where Martin stealth maneuvers through a house and brings down a shrieking girl and her meathead boyfriend. Yet another great vampire film from this October's batch.
Jacob's Ladder (Adrien Lynne, 1990)
Adrien Lynne is a schlock director trapped in a Hollywood budget and it turns out that makes for some truly abysmal movies. This is especially true of Fatal Attraction (there are few films I hate more than Fatal Attraction) and it remains true for Jacob's Ladder. Let's not blame the acting. Tim Robbins, who I like far more than my opinions of his movies would show, does what he can here, but the script is just a series of cheap shocks and plot twists piled onto a story that is simple, but frankly, dumb. There's not a worse twist than "It was all a dream" (although M. Night will no doubt find one sooner or later) and so its especially migraine inducing when this happens multiple times here. Which of course overrides basically everything else that happens, not that it will stop me complaining about it. It takes my least favorite horror film convention - no one believes the main character who must try to convince the world what happened - and draws it out ad nauseum. It also loses any scary edge the hallucinations might have had because the film feels too polished. For all I know, this would have been palatable on a lower budget, but not here. This is Hollywood at its worst. Also, once you know how they came up with the title, it becomes amazingly lame.
Quatermass and the Pitt (Roy Ward Baker, 1967)
Another terrific Hammer horror film from the late Roy Ward Baker. The budget is low, but the direction is seamless and the acting never veers into camp. An ancient (otherworldly) evil is unearthed in the London subway and scientists and military men clash over the proper handling of the bizarre spacecraft they discover. It's got Julian Glover as the villain, which is always a good sign, and Andrew Keir brings the perfect measures of wonder and outrage to the titular Professor Quatermass. Some of the props are what you'd expect from low-budget horror (the insect creatures especially) but others, like the horrifying devil projection in the sky, are very well done and sent a good number of shivers down my spine. I also loved the abrupt ending. The shot held over the closing credits is restrained, but such a perfect cap to the film.
Lizard In a Woman's Skin (Lucio Fulci, 1971)
Perhaps the best giallo I've come across (ok, except for Deep Red), which I would consider high praise even if others would not. There's no lizard here, just a serial killer and a whole lot of hallucinatory drugs. The later lead to some extraordinary dream sequences that we're among the highlights of the film, although so was the lengthy chase through the bizarre mega-church or wherever she found herself in before stupidly stranding herself on the roof. Lucky for her, guardian angels carry sniper rifles and she escapes with a minor stabbing. My, that was a cryptic rambling, but it's kind of a cryptic, rambling film, and I kinda loved it.
The Haunting (Robert Wise, 1963)
It comes so so close to being a total masterpiece that I'm just going to get the bad out of the way upfront and then start singing praises. Robert Wise is far from a great director and he clearly doesn't trust his audiences enough, which is why he saddles Julie Harris's otherwise pitch-perfect Eleanor with obnoxious internal voice-over at every turn, spelling out the thoughts she already (as Claire Bloom plainly puts it) wears on her sleeve. It's a blunder that I was quite miffed about as I was watching, but have since settled down over, because honestly, there's so much good going on here (which Wise deserves heaps of credit for) that I honestly can't stay mad.
The Haunting is the haunted house film if there ever was one. It doesn't need to kill characters to build momentum nor do ghosts or monsters ever need to pop out of the shadows. There's nothing, essentially, to see - and that's absolutely terrifying. Acting from the four principles is strong, and each builds an interesting relationship with the others, although Russ Tamblyn never really connects as much as he could have. But the show belongs to Harris and Wise's ghosts behind the scene. In Eleanor's most intense moments, the camera closes in, quick and throbbing so that you don't dare blink, and her feeling that the house is closing in around her becomes mutual. Doorknobs turn, noises sound off and the walls seem to breath fast and heavy. It's a very disorienting film and despite spending nearly the entire film trapped within the house, we never quite get out bearings. And I love gothic mansions, haunted or not, so imagine my sheer marvel at this one. Yeah, my quibbles seem more and more insignificant when I think back.


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Roman Reigns Is Wrong: 5 Better In-Ring Performers Than The Big DogDecember 7, 2017
Roman Reigns Is Wrong: 5 Better In-Ring Performers Than The Big Dog
Roman Reigns is great. He's a top-notch pro wrestler and, in the past few years, a big-time clutch performer in the ring. But he's not the best—not in the world and not in WWE.
Reigns believes otherwise. The Big Dog appeared on WWE Network's Straight to the Source with Corey Graves (h/t Sean Rueter of Cageside Seats) and claimed his supremacy.
"You know I'm the best performer in ring in the world right now," he said. "You can go to my matches and my pay-per-views over the last three years and you can say I'm an idiot or you can be like 'man, he's got a point', you know what I mean?"
You want a guy of his stature to be that confident, but his evaluation skills aren't quite as good as his pro wrestling skills.
The eye test, WWE.com's lists, critics' opinions and Dave Meltzer's ratings in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t the Internet Wrestling Database) all point to others outpacing Reigns between the ropes. The intercontinental champ has to be high on any list of the best in-ring performers going, but he doesn't top it.
The IWGP heavyweight titleholder, the WWE champ and the leader of Los Ingobernables de Japon all have reason to push back against Reigns' controversial statement.
AJ Styles
There is no way Reigns is taking the gold medal for in-ring performance in WWE as long as AJ Styles is around.
The Phenomenal One is the most complete and compelling wrestler on the roster today. He's effortlessly agile, has a thrilling arsenal and tells magnificent stories in the ring.
Styles' WWE Championship win over Jinder Mahal in November proved to be The Maharaja's magnum opus to this point. That's a common occurrence; Styles excels at bringing out an opponent's best.
Expectations were ground-level low when Styles faced a 47-year-old Shane McMahon at WrestleMania 33, but it turned out to be a show-stealer.
He has flourished opposite John Cena in a series of classics. And it's not a coincidence that Reigns' top performances have come against Styles.
And while The Big Dog has a number of high-quality contests to boast about, Styles has him beat in that category.
Luke Norris of FanSided put together a list of 2016's top bouts. Reigns' name came up twice while seven of Styles' matches made the cut, including his SummerSlam clash with Cena that took the No. 1 spot.
Styles competed in six of WWE.com's top 25 matches of 2016. Reigns wrestled in three of them.
The WWE champ continues to prove a cut above the IC champ. In July, Anthony Benigno compiled a list of the best WWE bouts of the year to that point. Styles had two matches on the list compared to Reigns' one.
Styles' recent clashes with Finn Balor and Brock Lesnar are sure to fill out the updated version of those rankings.
Kazuchika Okada
As Reigns works to prove he is WWE's top performer, New Japan Pro Wrestling's reigning world champ Kazuchika Okada has been busy making his case as one of the best pro wrestlers of all time.
The Rainmaker is the finest in-ring storyteller of his generation. His charisma burns through the screen. Okada and his opponent trading forearms in the center of the ring is mystifying.
He brawls and grapples at an elite level and throws in high-flying moves for good measure.
Okada has been the consummate headliner, thriving against a variety of foes and making every main event feel like an epic unfolding on the canvas. Before Reigns can lay claim to the best-in-the-world title, he has to start outdoing what the IWGP champ did against Katsuyori Shibata, Minoru Suzuki and Naomichi Marufuji.
Five of Okada's matches showed up in Michael Sidgwick of WhatCulture's list of 2017's greatest matches. Reigns didn't make the list.
And Okada's masterpieces with Kenny Omega forced Meltzer to reconfigure his rating scale. Before Omega, five stars was the pinnacle. But after The Rainmaker tore it up at Wrestle Kingdom XI, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter founder felt he had to hand out a better-than-perfect rating.
Okada earned a six-star rating three times in 2017. That's not just better than Reigns, it's history-making stuff.
Kenny Omega
Reigns' claims come at a bad time. Omega has spent the last two years establishing himself as an all-time great with a run of thrillers that would make Shawn Michaels jealous.
If NJPW is going to truly break into the U.S market, it's going to be on Omega's back.
The Cleaner is a stellar all-around in-ring performer with top-shelf speed and flying ability. He builds to a moving climax arguably better than anyone, and his swagger makes all of it far more fun.
The critical acclaim he's earned from Meltzer and others is well-deserved.
In 2017 alone, Omega has racked up 15 matches rated four stars or higher in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Four of those reached or surpassed the coveted five-star mark. In comparison, Reigns has five four-star matches on his resume this year.
It doesn't matter if Omega is facing a midcarder or a marquee guy, Beretta or Tomohiro Ishii, a scrapper or a showboat, he is going to produce something golden.
Reigns is performing at an A level, but that's not enough to be the best when Omega keeps hitting the A++ mark.
Pete Dunne
Pete Dunne is special.
Not many fans may realize that yet because he isn't consistently on WWE TV, but The Bruiserweight is a master in-ring storyteller at a young age. In baseball terms, while Reigns gets more at-bats than him, Dunne is the better overall hitter.
The United Kingdom champ is a superior technical wrestler to Reigns. He's better at the subtle parts of the game, from shoving his elbow into a pinned opponent's head to shooting an unsettling glare at his enemy. Dunne is a grade-A heel between the ropes, while The Big Dog is stuck in character limbo.
Dunne dethroning Tyler Bate at NXT TakeOver: Chicago is arguably WWE's best match all year. The two men also produced a moving, enthralling bout in the finals of the United Kingdom Championship in January.
The 24-year-old has thrived in his minimal WWE opportunities as well as those on smaller stages in the UK.
For example, he and Donovan Dijak tore down the house at Progress Chapter 50. Tony Quant of Vulture Hound wrote of the bout: "This match absolutely blew me away and was a barn burner from the get-go."
That's the norm for Dunne. He's blending an old-school European style into the WWE way and killing it.
Voices of Wrestling tweeted in June: "Match for match Pete Dunne is probably the best WWE wrestler this year."
Tetsuya Naito
The greatness of Okada and Omega overshadows some of NJPW's other top talent such as Tetsuya Naito at times, but there's no mistaking the former IWGP heavyweight champ is an all-world in-ring performer.
Naito is an impressive athlete and a compelling character between the ropes. He's smoother, more agile and more charismatic than Reigns. Whether he's hitting a hurricanrana or a float-over, it's all a work of art.
And in the past few years, he has shoved his way into the conversation around the best wrestlers on the planet.
He has thrived against NJPW's biggest names, putting together a top-notch resume.
Andrew Davis of ESPN.com voted for Naito vs. Omega at the NJPW G1-Climax as his match of the year in 2016, a bout he called "a 35-minute classic." CageMatch.net noted Naito (along with Omega) delivered the two highest-rated bouts in their database ever.
Add in thrill rides against Michael Elgin, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi, and it's hard to put The Shield's powerhouse over the Los Ingobernables de Japon's cornerstone.


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"[My head injury] looked a lot worse than it was. They stitched me up and I went right back out into the game," says the latest "Survivor: Worlds Apart" castoff Kelly Remington after her elimination (listen to the podcast below). With Kelly out of the game, it's time to update or change your "Survivor" predictions. Hurry — make your own predictions now and you could win our weekly prize of a $100 Amazon gift certificate. It's fun and easy!
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Kelly continues, "I thought I ran into a tree. I didn't realize that thing fell on me. And I thought I was sweating. I didn't realize that was blood coming down until I pulled the handkerchief up and I saw the blood on my shirt. At that point, you just worry about losing the challenge, we gotta win this challenge … It wasn't as bad as it appeared."
Regarding her elimination thanks to Jenn Brown using her hidden Immunity idol, Kelly admits, "I could have done different things. I could have made Jenn feel like I was with her. It was a personal thing with Jenn. She was mad because I didn't keep up the friendship once we merged all together."
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Chloe Ellen Moyes Graduates from Bonneville High School!
Seminary graduation...Gentry, Chloe and Vanesa
Seminary Graduation
Grandma Sharyl and Chloe
"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou


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To anyone studying in Italy, or abroad in general, go to Capri. Basically It is a giant rock off the coast of naples that is layered with Villas and Restaurants that zig zag their way up the mountain side. I was lucky enough to spend 3 nights on the island in a rented villa with beautiful views of Marina Grande.
The Island is divided into 3 sections, Marina Grande, Marina Piccola, and Annacapri. There are buses running every 30 minutes to destinations across the island, but be prepared to be crammed tightly because Capri usually sees more tourists daily than it has in residents. All the roads are one lane and it seems like we almost had a head on collision every time we rode the bus. After speaking with a taxi driver, I would not recommend renting a scooter after he said tourists crash everyday on the windy roads.
My favorite and the most popular attraction on the Island is the Grotta Azzura, or Blue Grotto. Named for its stunning blue lit water that shines from the ocean floor. The views were great but the boat service was a rip off. 8.50 euro per person, plus a tip if you want to stay in the grotto for longer or swim. Those guys clean up since there is always a steady flow of tourists with money to blow.
After going into the grotto, we walked down the path leading to a couple of restaurants. Beyond the restaurants lie a series of cliffs and ladders that you can easily jump or dive off of. They aren't too high but ended up being one of the funnest parts of our trip. If your looking to stay in capri, rent Stefano's house from airbnb.com, he offered us an extra night for free since we arrived late thursday night.


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My web host includes support for Cloudflare free package in their control panel.
Firstly I assume this is a good thing to have?
Secondly, when activated it pops up a message to the effect that "your site must be accessible via www" and offers to make this so if you choose to activate. My site was set up to be accessible without the www (https://danmarchant.com and http://danmarchant.com) with www.danmarchant.com redirected. I assume that the redirect = accessible for their purposes...
But my real question is, if someone visits the non-www version will that content still be coming from Cloudflare or should I actually disable the non-www/redirect to the www version?


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Once I made the first two stamped flour sack towels, I went back to Michael's to pick up more colors of fabric paint and came across a cool nautical stencil pack from ole Martha Stewart. Well that purchase basically derailed a Sunday afternoon, and I was making more towels..
Stenciled Flour Sack Towels
What you'll need:
- Flour sack towels, washed & ironed
- Fabric paint
- Stencils
- Stencil brush / sponge
For the first stenciled towel, I decided to try out the smaller coral stencil with red paint. I grabbed one of my ironed towels and laid it out on top of a piece of cardboard (so the paint didn't go through to the table) and figured out how many coral stencils across I would do. Then I started painting..
Dab the paint on top of the stencil until it's all filled in, then lift it up and move on to the next one. Not much skill involved with this.. just time.
Slowly, but surely I made progress until I had 7 rows of 4 corals. I kinda guessed where each coral would go by looking at it, so they aren't perfectly in line, but pretty good for my first stenciling.
I had 2 more towels that were already ironed, so I kept going… Rope and starfish stencils were next.
The towels with multiple stencils took a lot longer than I thought they would, but the rope one was done pretty quick. I did the starfish one in a random pattern and the paint isn't all even so it seems a little more worn in.
I may give the others away as gifts, but I'm keeping the starfish one for myself!


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21 Jul Enchanted Forest Engagement Shoot
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"There's a flame of magic inside every stone & every flower, every bird that sings & every frog that croaks. There's magic in the trees & the hills & the river & the rocks, in the sea & the stars & the wind, a deep, wild magic that's as old as the world itself. It's in you too, my darling girl, and in me, and in every living creature, be it ever so small. Even the dirt I'm sweeping up now is stardust. In fact, all of us are made from the stuff of stars."
― Kate Forsyth, The Puzzle Ring
Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin. There's always a place for a fairytale in our life and Victoria and Steve weren't afraid to do something different for their engagement session. They opted out for a dreamy enchanted forest session. All they needed is a right location and a smoke machine.
Make up & hair: Olga Gill Make-Up Artist
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Happy Tuesday, my awesome fellow Campers! It's the second-to-last weekday work session with my BFF, and boy howdy was it a good one. We met in the mess hall as has been our plan these last three weeks, and after a bit of dinner we brought out our laptops and got to work. M was only one page away from her Camp goal of 30 pages written (she's doing flash fiction, if you remember) and by the end of the night, she'd finished that last lone page and won!
If she wasn't my honorary sister, I'd totally call her a brat for beating me yet again. Okay, I'll probably call her a brat for real later on, but I can't really begrudge her the victory. I myself had a pretty fab writing night! It was one of those days when the words just flowed like mystical waters from my brain to my fingers and onto the Scrivener page. Tonight's session netted me my largest word count yet (over 2,000 you guys!) and I'm now only 1,657 away from winning myself.
Easy, peasy, y'all.
If you don't hear from me before next Tuesday's final work session here at camp, it's because we're preempting our usual Saturday work session to spend the weekend back home. You see, I invited myself along to M's youngest's birthday party at the bowling lanes, and I plan to have some fun attempting to throw strikes (which will probably ed up being unconverted splits) before getting back to the keyboard for that final sprint to the winner's circle.
You never know, though… I might get inspired and fit in an extra mini-session at lunch on Friday just to see if I can't crank out that last little chunk I need. After all, what I've go left is less than I usually do in a day during November, so it's totally doable don'tcha think? I know I sure do!
Camp Stats
Days written: 11
Daily word count/goal: 2,058/500
Word count to date/target: 13,343/15,000


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Muscle and brain spectroscopy
Hermien E. Kan, Beatrijs H.A. Wokke and Andrew G. Webb
MR spectroscopy of skeletal muscle provides a wealth of information on cellular metabolism. While 1H MRS is commonly used to assess levels of intramyocellular lipids in several diseases, 31P MRS can be used to study high energy phosphoryl metabolism and 13C MRS can be applied in the assessment of mitochondrial fluxes and dynamics of glycogen and creatine during resting conditions and exercise. At a field strength of 7T, not only the signal to noise is increased considerably compared to clinical field strengths (1.5 and 3T), but perhaps more importantly, also the spectral resolution is increased. At the C.J. Gorter Center, we aim to take advantage of these high field characteristics to study skeletal muscle metabolism in further detail
Creatine (Cr) and intra myocellular lipids (IMCL) are central compounds in energy metabolism in skeletal muscle. IMCL is an important metabolite in obesity and diabetes research while Cr, as it commonly shows little inter-individual and regional variation in normal volunteers during resting conditions, is often used for internal calibration to obtain absolute concentrations for other metabolites. In 1H MRS of skeletal muscle, the visibility of the signals of these two compounds is influenced by the angle of the muscle fibers with respect to the main magnetic field. Unfortunately, the optimal angle for these metabolites differs, making it difficult to reliably quantitate concentrations of both compounds in the same voxel. At the magic angle, for instance, in the soleus muscle (SOL), the signal from extra myocellular lipids (EMCL) partly overlaps the IMCL signal due to the shift of EMCL caused by bulk susceptibility effects. In contrast, the CH2 and CH3 resonances of Cr and phosphocreatine are easily visible at this angle, since the residual dipolar couplings that cause splitting of these signals is zero at this angle. A an angle of 0 degrees, however, in the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle, the separation between IMCL and EMCL is largest, but the Cr signal displays maximum dipolar splitting. Since the tri methyl ammonium (TMA) resonance commonly overlaps the upfield satellite peak of Cr at clinical field strengths (3 Tesla and below), quantification of Cr is challenging. By obtaining 1H MR spectra of the TA muscle at field strength of 7T the full triplet of the CH3 resonance of Cr is resolved, and IMCL and EMCL signals are separated due to the increased spectral resolution. This significantly increases the possibilities for accurate quantification of both compounds, using Cr as an internal reference. 1H MRS of the TA muscle is applied in studies of type II diabetes and healthy aging in collaboration with the department of Gerontology and Geriatrics.
31P MRS in the C.J. Gorter Center is mainly applied to study mitochondrial energy metabolism. To this end, we aim to develop and MR compatible exercise setup to study phosphocreatine recovery after in-magnet exercise. By performing this study at 7T, we can obtain signals from different muscles with high resolution.
Additionally, we aim to develop a new measure for non-invasive determination of mitochondrial content during resting conditions. 31P MRS approaches to obtain information on this parameter at clinical field strengths typically require in-magnet exercise thereby limiting application in a clinical setting. Due to the pH difference between the cytosol and the mitochondrial matrix, theoretically, two signals for inorganic phosphate (Pi) should be visible in the MR spectrum. If the concentration of Pi in the mitochondria scales with mitochondrial content, detection of this signal in resting muscle would constitute a much simpler alternative assessment of mitochondrial content.
Recently, we observed a peak 0.4 ppm downfield from the cytosolic Pi resonance (Pi1) in resting skeletal muscle using the increased signal-to noise and spectral resolution that can be obtained at 7 tesla (Kan H.E. et al, in press). This signal (which we term Pi2), at 5.1 ppm was attributed to the Pi pool inside the mitochondrial matrix based on various considerations including the chemical shift, the locations from which the signals were recorded, the short T1 relaxation time and differences between the tibialis anterior and the soleus muscle, muscles with different oxidative capacities. One of the aims of our 31P work is to further confirm the origin of the signal, as well as to optimize acquisition parameters for routine use.
Hermien Kan, PhD
C.J. Gorter Center for High Field MRI
Department of Radiology - C3Q
Leiden University Medical Center
Albinusdreef 2
2333 ZA Leiden
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 71 5266097
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New software helps robots learn to move themselvesAugust 7th, 2008 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 7 (ANI): German researchers have written a piece of software that enables robots to learn to move through trial and error.
Ralf Der, a professor at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (MPI-MIS) in Leipzig, has revealed that the software mimics the interconnected sensing and processing of a brain in a so-called "neural network".
The researcher says that simulated creatures equipped with such a network start to exploresuch as a robotic dog learning to jump over a fence, and a humanoid learning how to get upright and do back flips.
Prof. Der has also applied the software to simulated animals and humans.
Just in case a robots neural network encounters an obstacle, such as a wall or the floor, it tries different moves, learning about itself and its environment as it does so.
"In the beginning, we just drop a robot into a space. But they don"t know anything, so they don"t do anything," the BBC quoted Prof. Der as saying.
Eventually, the neural network captures electronic noise that causes small motions, says the researcher.
Having learnt about its range of movement, the robot later tries larger motions.
"It''s like a newborn babyit doesn"t know anything but tries motions that are natural for its body. Half an hour later, it''s rolling and jumping," Prof. Der said.
The new software can be used with any kind of robot, and has been tried on simple wheeled systems.
"I call it a plug-and-play brain," Prof. Der said.
Daniel Polani of the University of Hertfordshire said: "The classic thing in robotics is "bring this" or "play this chess game and win"the task is given. Ralf Der''s system is only defined by what it perceives and does, but there''s no goal. It''s a very good approach."
Prof. Der, however, concedes that his system promptly forgets what it learns. His team is currently working to create a long-term memory.
He will make a presentation on his work at the Artificial Life XI conference in Winchester this week. (ANI)
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NORWALK — Officials in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District are re-examining an 8-year-old clothing and grooming policy for ways to limit gang dress to reduce gang confrontations at school.
The officials hope a stricter dress code will prevent students from identifying one another as gang members on their way to and from school and in classrooms.
The district's dress code requires students to be neat, clean and appropriately dressed for school activities. The changes under consideration would ban specific types of clothing associated with area gangs. Although gang fashion varies, one common style is the hair net or bandana, oversized pants, and untucked shirt with only the top button buttoned. The other extreme is black shoes, carefully ironed pants and a white T-shirt.
The school board study arose after six gang-related killings occurred in the Norwalk area in recent months, including one that claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy in late August.


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Thank you, thank you! to everyone who came, listened and supported the Charleston County School of the Arts students and Creative Writing Boosters Club at Barnes and Noble on Saturday.
We collected $1,147 in the donation jar. The Creative Writing Program also received support in other ways: a Rubbermaid tote full of books was donated to classrooms and a percentage of your Barnes & Noble purchases support the Creative Writing Program at SOA.
If you couldn't attend, you can still support the SOA Writing Program by shopping at BN.COM/bookfairs and using Bookfair ID 10565265 from 11/19/11 to 11/24/11.
Most importantly students grew professionally by performing in front of a live audience on a real-life stage.
Special thanks to Barnes and Noble for empowering these gifted student writers.
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Mid-automn festival
One major festival in China is the moon festival.
It is held end September to early october: on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, during a full moon.
This wikipedia article is simply amazing and very detailled on the subject!
It tells us that Mid-automn festival has three fundamental meanings:
- Gathering of families and friends
- Thanksgiving to give thanks for harvest, or for harmonious unions
- Praying (asking for conceptual or material satisfaction), such as for babies, a spouse, beauty, longevity, or for a good future
During the mid-automn Chinese people celebrate the full moon and farmers harvest.
This is similar to our french festival: Chandeleur. In France we cook some pancakes, french crêpes while Chinese people eat and offer mooncakes.
China is a farmer society. Most festivals are based upon a rural society. Celebrating the mid-automn festival should bring you good luck and good harvest.
On this occasion you offer mooncakes.
A round shape symbolizes completeness and unity. Thus, the sharing of round mooncakes among family members signify the completeness and unity of families.
Some mooncakes are cooked by bakeries. Other mooncakes are now prepared in factories.
Original mooncakes?
I think the original has some salty egg yolk stuffing.
Inside these mooncakes you have some pieces of candied fruits
Packaging matters as mooncakes should be offered as presents to your relatives, employees, collegues.
You have traditionnal packaging with traditionnal colors such as yellow and red.
You have now some new type of packaging, more modern, different.
Modern mooncakes
Mooncakes is such a big potential that many companies enter this market: including chocolate companies, big bakeries...
These mooncakes are more modern. Inside you have some perfumed jely. It is very delicious as well but I believe this is a more modern mooncake.
Here some kind of almond stuffing similar to french "galette des rois"
Mooncakes are very sweet!
Many people believe wrongly that Chinese people don't like sweet, don't like sugar. If you try mooncake you will know this is not true at all. Mooncakes are very sweet and much more than many sweets and pastry we have in France.
Chinese people accept some sweets but you need to know what kind is suitable and what type is not!
You should eat yout mooncake while looking at the full moon.