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India's National education policy & Higher education roadmap
Sannam S4 congratulates the Ministry of Human Resource and Development for the forward-thinking draft of the National Education Policy (NEP) released in June 2019. With an aim to reorient the country's overall education strategy, the policy places a strong emphasis on developing the internationalisation capabilities of Indian higher education institutions. We believe that a bold and successful global engagement strategy can enable India to improve the quality of its academic institutions, develop domestic research and innovation to help accelerate the progress of India's stated national and UN Sustainable Development Goals and create significant employment across the country.
Sannam S4 is the largest independent advisory firm in international education with over 150 dedicated higher education professionals based in our offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai. As a knowledge partner to the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, we are committed to contributing to the development of internationalisation across universities and colleges in India. Because of this commitment which is shared by our international partners, we have reached out to our client universities, all of whom are keen to deepen and expand their presence in India.
Please find below our comments and recommendations based on the feedback from 14 of our partner universities that can further strengthen the proposed policy initiatives under the NEP. LIST OF CONTRIBUTING INSTITUTIONS:
1. Aston University, UK
2. Algonquin College, Canada
3. Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
4. Lehigh University, USA
5. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science, USA
6. Nottingham Trent University, UK
7. Pittsburg State University, USA
8. Sheridan College, Canada
9. The University of Exeter, UK
10. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
11. University of Auckland, NZ
12. University of Dundee, UK
13. University of Westminster, UK
14. University of York, UK
Institutional Capacity for Internationalization
The policy proposes the set-up of an Inter-University Centre for International Education (IUCIE) within selected Indian universities to support internationalisation efforts.
CENTRALIZED INTERNATIONAL OFFICES: The IUCIE is a much-needed resource required to set up 'Models of Excellence' within selected Indian institutions. The IUCIE should have the institutional imperative to disseminate best practices, training and development of thought leadership to help regional universities and colleges set up their own centralized international offices. In a majority of Indian institutions, the 'international functions' of a university don't typically sit within the same centre. Partnerships for example, are not handled in the same office as student recruitment in most Indian universities. A centralized international office can act as the focal point for all international activities and drive change.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP BUY-IN: The success of an international office and the development of an internationalization strategy within any institution would require visible support from senior leaders (e.g. Vice-Principal International & Principal) and objectives set for senior managers (e.g. Deans). A wholeuniversity approach is needed that is embraced by faculty, departments, students and across varied academic support units.
SUSTAINABILITY OF PROGRAMS: The implementation and adoption of the internationalization strategy should have set systems and structures in place to ensure the sustainability of new initiatives. This is vital so that the execution of strategy is not reliant on individuals who may move on or lose interest.
APPOINTING STAFF TO IUCIE: IUCIE would benefit from appointing staff from both public as well as private institutions who have extensive experience in delivering successful partnerships. This way, institutions can benefit from their diversified knowledge and practical experience of internationalisation.
SETTING INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIES: All institutions should be encouraged to develop their own internationalisation strategy that best reflects their individuals needs and aspirations. It should be guided by institutional ethos the values of a university or college that can drive the entire higher education enterprise. – As suggested by a NZ University
ALIGNING WITH GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES: In order for the International Centres to maintain relevance, the Centres should be aligned with the country's stated national and sustainable development goals. This includes supporting Government of India initiatives including waste management, sanitation, water conservation and Make in India projects through internationalization initiatives.
Encouraging Institutional Collaboration
The policy proposes that collaboration between foreign and Indian institutions will be facilitated for twinning programmes.
PARTNERSHIP EVALUATION TOOLKIT: With the explosion of new universities in India, there has to be a consistent way to evaluate new institutions that are interested in entering partnerships with International players. Currently the UGC and NIRF rankings provide some guidance in the evaluation phase but are not completely reliable for international institutions. Additionally, it will be helpful to provide some framework to International universities that can clarify what kind of partnerships are feasible. These services can be incorporated within the functions of the IUCIE set up at select Indian institutions which can then be disseminated to other Indian institutions.
QUALIFICATION RECOGNITION: In a few cases, qualification recognition has been raised by international partners as a constraint to the articulation of programmes such as pathway qualifications that are not recognized by the Association of Indian Universities. Students who obtain these qualifications are not issued 'Equivalence Certificates' in India that can to enable them to undertake further study or work with the Government – As suggested by a UK University.
BILATERAL PARTNERSHIPS: The Government of India is engaging in bilateral partnerships with certain countries. A case in point is the recently signed MoU with the French government to "mutually recognize academic qualifications" This new MoU allows students to easily transfer and apply their degrees when they move back to their country of origin. Similar bilateral partnerships should be advanced with other countries that witness large Indian student enrollment.
MUTUALITY OF MISSION: Rushing into partnerships without fully exploring the reach, vision, objectives and project outcomes can lead to frustration. Discussions between universities need to take place upfront to narrow down on the scope of what is truly achievable. Determining the scope can take a few months and possibly visits to either country. Seed funding to support familiarization visits might be of use in developing more positive partnership outcomes.
UNDERSTANDING THE ACADEMIC SYSTEM OF THE PARTNERING COUNTRY: Institutional collaborations are successful when each institution understands the academic system of the other country. This is not a simple matter to be ignored. The desire to develop a twinning program must simultaneously address the questions about what kind of academic system is followed in either institution and how they can be made to complement each other.
PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT: Price points are a core challenge in turning ideas for collaborative activities into reality. Some Government level funds to further support the engagement of Indian institutions and their students in twinning programmes is much needed. For example, the government should take ownership of supporting any infrastructure or resource investment (for e.g. IT capabilities or laboratories) required to support a cross-border partnership. A matched funding model can be a positive move forward to further establish the ability of institutions to share financial responsibilities that will ultimately promote the longevity of collaboration.
MANAGING EXPECTATIONS: Internationalisation is a complex and ever evolving process. It involves multiple areas of universities, many of which are unfamiliar with international experiences. One of the challenges which affect the implementation of internationalization efforts is managing the expectations of students and staff participating in exchange and satisfying common quality standards to ensure that content, infrastructure and experience are transferrable across institutions.
TIMELINE EXPECTATIONS: The UK education system is heavily regulated and as such due diligence and quality controls must be explored to advance any potential partnership. This can be a lengthy process and not in line with the previous experience of Indian partners which often leads to frustrations. This is not a problem uniquely faced by UK universities, but other international partners as well – As suggested by a UK University
INNOVATIVE MODELS FOR PARTNERSHIPS: There are a wide range of partnership formats in India but a few established "norms" in terms of partnership models. India is not considered to be a mature market for partnership development and experience shows that partners' expectations can vary widely from institution to institution. Indian institutions should focus on developing 'fewer but deeper' partnerships that encompass the full range of collaborative activity including recruitment partnership models, research partnerships, capacity building and student and faculty exchanges. This will ensure that relationships with institutions are founded on mutuality and are sustainable for both parties.
REPORTED CHALLENGES: Our universities report the following challenges when collaborating with Indian institutions: 1) Finding the right decision maker to be able to progress the partnership 2) Inflexibility on wording of legal documents 3) Understanding where the opportunities are and how to take these forward symbiotically 4) Complex bureaucracy within the Indian System, particularly within the public sector. 5)High levels of central regulatory control which can be inconsistent- As suggested by a UK University.
A new National Research Foundation (NRF) with an annual funding of USD 3 Billion will be set up to provide support and funding for research collaboration and two-way travel of talented students and post-doctoral fellows.
REGULATORY APPROVALS FOR PARTNERSHIPS: Considering India's complex regulatory environment in higher education, it would be useful if the centre also provided advice and support on regulatory aspects of partnerships for both technical and non-technical fields which are currently monitored by the AICTE and UGC, respectively. There also needs to be effective management of communication channels to ensure greater awareness, wider understanding and uptake of government schemes such as the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) since these are currently administered at the national level.
ADDRESSING DIFFERENCES IN CULTURAL CONTEXTS: The difference in cultural contexts have at times been challenging for academics going to India. We have overcome this by providing adequate briefings and facilitating face-to-face communication with partners prior to their travel. Indian institutions should mirror this exercise by providing pre-project briefings with the core members of a partnership. – As suggested by a UK University.
LACK OF INDUSTRY SUPPORT: In order for Indian students to graduate with appropriate skills and knowledge expertise, government should make a concerted effort of facilitating the participation of industry through R&D partnerships and skills training programs within Higher Education institutions. Policies to encourage academic research in areas of interest to industry complemented by policies to encourage commercialization of inventions can significantly boost new findings in healthcare, energy and AI. – As suggested by a US University.
Inviting Foreign Universities into India
The policy proposes that select universities (i.e. those from among the top 200 universities in the world) will be permitted to operate in India. A legislative framework facilitating such entry will be put in place, and such universities will have to follow all the regulatory, governance, and content norms applicable to Indian universities.
EXPANDING THE PARTICIPATION POOL: The NEP should support internationalisation of all types of postsecondary institutions, and not just large research-intensive universities. Technical and vocational colleges should also be supported within this scheme. Other countries, such as China, are now supporting the internationalisation of their polytechnics by partnering them with such institutions. – As suggested by a Canadian University.
BEYOND RANKINGS: Rankings are not the only method of reflecting the quality of an institution. Some subject areas are niche and don't always reflect well in such league tables, however are still industry leaders in the sector. Alternatively, it is suggested that consideration be given to each potential partnership individually and the most appropriate partner should be selected. Ranking may be part of this decision-making process but should not be the soul contributor.
IDEAL CRITERIA: Criteria to engage in cross-border research collaborations should include strong due diligence on quality assurance, assessment of teaching programmes, student feedback, and employability.
Strengthening Governance and Regulatory Bodies
The policy proposes changing the structure and responsibilities of the existing regulatory bodies.
ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS: We would welcome a more streamlined regulatory system in India as currently the responsibility for technical and non-technical courses lies with different bodies and the enforcement of regulations is also not consistent across the country. This has led to uncertainties around regulation and its enforcement by both Indian and international institutions. The proposed National Higher Education Regulatory Authority (NHERA) will address these issues, although a needs analysis should be conducted on whether further Proposed Standard Setting Bodies (PSSBs) are required in the country.
QUALITY ASSURANCE BODIES: Quality Assurance bodies also need to be streamlined as quality assurance of courses and institutions lies with different agencies such as the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, the National Board of Accreditation and professional bodies. The UK's Quality Assurance Agency, Office for Students and the Regulatory Framework for Higher Education in England could provide useful insights. There are examples of effective quality assurance bodies in other countries that can provide useful models for India.
AUTONOMY OF BODIES: The Ministry must ensure that there are clear hierarchies and relationship mapping set between different regulatory bodies. Each body should also have autonomy to make decisions.
We believe that the National Education Policy is a big step forward from the Ministry of Human Resource and Development and has the potential to bring significant reform. The policy has outlined various forward-looking initiatives that will enable India to meet the aspirations of its young people and catalyse economic growth. We at Sannam S4 and our partners are all committed to working with the Government of India in delivering the changes outlined in the Policy
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I study diasporic groups in the United States, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. I examine how these distributed communities of migrants and their offspring reproduce and transmit their knowledges, technologies, professional networks, social solidarities, and communal cultural practices across time and space, from one generation to the next. My research includes the analysis of gendered narratives among knowledge communities through an array of sources: personal archives, professional groups, cultural heritage organizations, food practices in the home and at restaurants, and the aesthetics of production through handicrafts and the flexible manufacturing of technical devices and medical equipment. I collect oral histories and conduct archival research and ethnographic fieldwork.
California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Institute for American Cultures, and American Anthropology Association and given over fifty invited presentations internationally. I have contributed to books, journals, and encyclopedias in the areas of Asian American studies, archival science, and gender studies.
Currently, I am involved in a series of inter-related research projects, including a digital humanities infrastructure-building project with colleagues who are anthropologists, historians, and a special subject librarian. We are developing an online platform for collecting, preserving, accessing, and interpreting oral life history interviews gathered through ethnographic social science research. I am also pursuing a book project that emerged from my dissertation research. I am a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA and a Research Data Alliance (RDA) Data Share Fellow. I also hold a position as the project archivist for faculty papers in gender studies.
I have over fifteen years teaching experience in higher education. I was a lecturer in the UCLA Department of Asian American Studies, where I taught classes in documentary filmmaking and video ethnography. Many of the works that the students produced in my classes have screened in film festivals and are shown in other Asian American studies courses at UCLA. In addition, the students from my classes have gone on to have successful careers in the entertainment industry as actors, screenwriters, comedians, and directors. While I was a graduate student, I was a teaching assistant in the Film Department at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television.


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Beloved team owner dies
Darren Handschuh - Jan 11, 2018 / 2:50 pm | Story: 216041
Duncan Wray
UPDATE 4:43 p.m.
Tributes are pouring in for Vernon Vipers owner Duncan Wray, who passed away unexpectedly last night.
Bernie Pascall tweeted, "BC Hockey @bchllive @VernonVipers saddened with the death of Duncan Wray. He was one of the best junior owners ever. He had many friends. Condolences to the family #RIP."
Former Viper Mitchell Oliver tweeted, "Saddened to hear about the passing of @VernonVipers owner Duncan Wray. The man did so much for me in my 2 plus years in Vernon and I can't thank him enough. Thoughts and prayers to him and his family."
Former Vipers head coach Mike Vandekamp tweeted, "Heartbroken to hear of the passing of my good friend Duncan Wray who gave me and my family a wonderful opportunity to join the @VernonVipers in '01 and our friendship continued from that day fwd. Always cherish those daily 8am coffees and the 1st photos of both my children. RIP."
Current player Jagger Williamson said, "Devastating news losing our leader Duncan Wray. Such an amazing man that gave his heart and soul into the hockey world. Made my childhood dream come true. Thoughts and prayers go out to the Wray family. #RIP."
Numerous tributes to Wray have also been posted to the Vernon Vipers Facebook page.
"My condolences to the Wray family may they find peace in the sadness. Such a legacy to the Vipers such an outstanding man. My condolences to all the Vipers players who had the opportunity to be apart of Mr. Wray experience and to all the couches. He will be missed in our hockey world. Rip Mr. Wray," said one post.
"Shocked and saddened by this sudden loss. Most sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family. As well to the Vernon Vipers, and the Viper staff. Dr. Wray will be remembered with love and respect forever in this town," said another post.
UPDATE: 2:50 p.m.
The owner of the BCHL's West Kelowna Warriors says Duncan Wray will be missed by everyone in the BC Hockey League.
Mark Cheyne says Duncan Wray, the Vernon Vipers owner who passed away in his sleep, did things the right way.
"We had the same type of attitude and mentality towards the game," said Cheyne.
"Our goals were very similar, that's why we became pretty good friends away from the game."
Cheyne said in most instances, Wray put the league ahead of the interests of his own team.
The family of Duncan Wray has issued a statement about his passing.
"Duncan was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to those that knew him. His loss leaves a huge hole in our hearts and he will be greatly missed.
"The unexpected news has come as a devastating blow and although the family is grateful for all the kind messages of sympathy, we ask that we can be left to grieve in private at this very difficult and sad time for us."
Information about a celebration of life will be made available at a later date.
ORIGINAL: 12:20 p.m.
The longtime owner of the Vernon Vipers has passed away.
There are reports Duncan Wray died in his sleep last night, leaving the Vipers, their fans and the community in shock.
Wray was well respected in the BC Hockey League for his commitment to the team, his players and the league.
Wray purchased the Vipers, then known as the Vernon Lakers, in 1992 and played a major role in the club winning four national championships and finishing runner-up in 2011.
Under Wray's watch, the Vipers have won seven B.C. Hockey League championships and six Doyle Cup B.C.-Alberta championships. The team won 12 Interior Conference pennants and three BCHL regular season titles since Wray bought the team.
The team was known as the Lakers until changing their name to Vipers prior to 1995-96.
Wray was a retired oral surgeon. In 1992 he joined the BCHL board of governors and most recently was the chairman of the board.
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On Sunday 3 of Adar, February 18, over 200 Shluchim from across the state of California and Nevada gathered for a day of inspiration, solidarity and camaraderie.
This weekly fast moving — yet inspiring — 1-minute video on the weekly Parsha is created by Yitzchok Schmuckler, a Bochur from Montreal. This week's video for Parshas Tetzaveh is titled: Channel your inner Kohen.
A brazen thief went on a package stealing spree earlier this week, collecting dozens of boxes from multiple homes in Crown Heights – each time opening those boxes and inspecting its contents right where he stole them.


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The 2011–12 Sussex County Football League season was the 87th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.

Division One

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs.
Clubs promoted from Division Two:
A.F.C. Uckfield
Lancing
Worthing United
Plus:
Horsham YMCA, relegated from the Isthmian League

League table

Division Two

Division Two featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
Dorking Wanderers, promoted from Division Three
Eastbourne United Association, relegated from Division One
Hailsham Town, demoted from Division One
Wick, demoted from Division One

League table

Division Three

Division Three featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:
Clymping, relegated from Division Two
Roffey, joined from the Mid-Sussex League

League table

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MariNaomi
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Jane Haile
"MariNaomi does not disappoint her many fans."
This is the third graphic memoir by MariNaomi, the author of the award-winning graphic memoir Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial 2011). Turning Japanese begins in 1995 when MariNaomi is 22 years old and chronicles her attempts to recover from a break-up with Francis by moving from San Francisco to San José and meeting Sicilian cab driver, Giuseppe, who is a passive companion on her picaresque journey.
Mari is a "hafu" with an American father and Japanese mother who hopes that working as a hostess in a Japanese bar will improve her minimal Japanese and help her to connect with her mother's culture. The "girl talk" and customer management in the bar is wittily and economically conveyed.
But while she learned many things in the bar, the experience improved neither her language skills nor her knowledge of Japan. To rectify this, through one of her fellow hostesses she plans to take a three-month job in a hostess club in Tokyo's Ginza district. The bar wants a blonde girl so MariNaomi makes sure that is what they get. The graphic novel is a perfect format for illustrating her transformation.
Her time in the bar—steaming towels, preparing hot snacks, coping with groping, meeting family, and getting to know Tokyo with Giuseppe passively in tow are perfectly conveyed in MariNaomi's simple visuals and deadpan narrative.
Turning Japanese shows that a picture can indeed be worth a thousand words, and is the perfect form for these rather quirky but un-dramatic adventures and its eccentric cast of characters. MariNaomi does not disappoint her many fans.
Jane Haile is currently an Independent consultant on women's empowerment and gender equality. Her vast global human rights experience includes a variety of assignments working for the United Nations and the European Union. She is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Society, London, U.K., and her writing has been published by several academic presses.


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Tense week in Greece: cultural centre occupied, protest erupts in clashes, doctors stage 48-hour strike
Tension rises again in Greece with protest marches and occupations of public buildings against repression, as well as 48 doctor strike which sees new methods of struggle like occupying hospital cashiers.
In a week thick with solidarity actions to the arrested insurgents of the December uprising in Greece, the posh newly opened Municipal Cultural Centre at Touba, Thessaloniki, has been occupied by local radicals, announcing a programme of public discussions on the insurgency and its repression, as well as screenings on labour struggles since the collapse of the junta. A few days before a large protest march in the centre of the city in solidarity to the arrested insurgents had escalated in serious clashes when the protesters attacked the central police station of Greece's second biggest city. Barricades were erected in the main boulevard and the riot police made extended use of tear gas. A similar protest march in Athens on Saturday 14/2 ended peacefully.
The renewed tension comes at a time of generalised social upheaval on labour issues which this week saw a 48 hour strike of hospital doctors leaving the country's health system on the brink of collapse. The doctors demand the implementation of their legal working shifts and have refused to work a single extra shift arguing that the greek NHS should rather employ more doctors rather than overexploiting the existing ones. During the strike a group of doctors occupied the cashier office of AHEPA, Salonica's main hospital, thus allowing all patients to free care. The doctors' initiative called "workers in the health industry" condemned police interference in the treatment of injured insurgents during the December uprising, and urged that hospitals accept immigrants and non-insured patients for free, an end to the commodification of health-care, and for a "society with no bosses and slaves". A similar action had taken place in one of Athens' central hospital ten days before.
The social tension has been further fueled by a chain-bomb campaign against leading members of the legal establishment of the country by the underground group "Fire-Cells Conspiracy". The attacks that hit amongst other things the home of the leading antiterrorist persecutor have caused extended material damage but no human injuries, causing great concern to the authorities and mixed feelings amongst radicals and the general population. The attacks come two weeks after another new group called "Revolutionary Faction" attacked the police department near the central Athens prisons in Koridallos with Scorpion automatic weapons, causing no human injuries. Both groups have announced the beginning of a new generation of armed struggle, five years after the arrest and dismantlement of the notorious Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla group "17 November".
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Q: Вопрос о фильтрации ответов predict нейронной сети я только начал изучать создание нейронных сетей. Задача у меня не очень сложная, но я пока не могу понять как фильтровать ответы predict.
Получается ситуация такая. Есть большой поток данных, данные всегда отличается и мне нужно, чтоб мой модуль сигнализировал в определенных ситуациях. Как пример могу привести с картинками. Допустим у меня идет постоянный поток разных картинок, но мне нужно знать когда на картинке будет "Кот" или "Собака". Я беру все данные из них выделяю только "котов" и "собак", обучаю нейронную сеть. Она показывает очень хорошие результаты и реально понимает когда "кот", а когда "собака". Но совсем не могу понять, как сделать это в общем потоке данных.
Так я создаю данные для обучения, где в trainY - это "Кот", а где 2 это "Собака".
    ss = all_data[stolbi][i:i + st].values
    ss = ss.astype('float32')
    scaler = MinMaxScaler(feature_range=(0, 1))
    ss = scaler.fit_transform(ss)

    trainX.append(ss[:-1])
    trainY.append(1)

    ss = all_data[stolbi][i:i + st].values
    ss = ss.astype('float32')
    scaler = MinMaxScaler(feature_range=(0, 1))
    ss = scaler.fit_transform(ss)

    trainX.append(ss[:-1])
    trainY.append(2)

Так получается делаю саму нейронную сеть.
trainX, trainY = np.array(trainX,dtype=float), np.array(trainY,dtype=float)
model = tf.keras.Sequential([
    tf.keras.layers.Flatten(input_shape=(20, 7)),
    tf.keras.layers.Dense(128, activation="relu"),
    tf.keras.layers.Dense(128, activation="relu"),
    tf.keras.layers.Dense(3, activation="softmax")
])
model.compile(optimizer=tf.keras.optimizers.SGD(), loss='sparse_categorical_crossentropy', metrics=['accuracy'])

Так обучаю свою сеть.
model.fit(trainX[:8000], trainY[:8000], epochs=500)

Следующим образом проверяю, обучилась она или нет!
scores = model.evaluate(trainX[8000:], trainY[8000:], verbose=0)
print("Accuracy: %.2f%%" % (scores[1]*100))

Получаю ответ "Accuracy: 91.44%". Могу сделать вывод, что обучилась. Но вот в чем проблема, когда начинаю применять predictions = model.predict(trainX) и смотрю ответ print(predictions[i], np.argmax(predictions[i])) из общего потока данных, сеть просто начинает угадывает и получается очень не точные результаты. Так как всегда разные данные, а я обучил сеть только на 2 ситуации. Возможно ли как-то фильтровать ответ predict на сколько процентов ответ подходит "Кот" или "Собака". Или как делают обычно в другой ситуации. Подскажите, кто знает.
После обучения сети, прогоняю результаты и получаю ответы, таким образом
predictions = model.predict(trainX)

for i in range(0, 50):
    print(predictions[i], 'Ответ argmax - ',np.argmax(predictions[i]), 'Ответ max - ', np.max(predictions[i]))

Ответы следующие:
[1.2624543e-10 1.6849281e-11 1.0000000e+00] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  1.0
[1.9471431e-06 3.5094148e-03 9.9648869e-01] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  0.9964887
[1.6211327e-08 3.6299360e-07 9.9999964e-01] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  0.99999964
[1.4368985e-07 2.2606137e-04 9.9977380e-01] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  0.9997738
[5.1046833e-09 1.8409909e-07 9.9999976e-01] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  0.99999976
[2.0491496e-14 1.5830024e-16 1.0000000e+00] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  1.0
[2.1012306e-07 8.0109909e-05 9.9991965e-01] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  0.99991965
[3.0428904e-12 2.2426488e-14 1.0000000e+00] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  1.0
[3.3239052e-17 6.6054896e-23 1.0000000e+00] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  1.0
[1.6243892e-12 8.9334837e-14 1.0000000e+00] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  1.0
[4.5796266e-12 1.0886907e-12 1.0000000e+00] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  1.0
[1.0647637e-09 1.9137612e-08 1.0000000e+00] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  1.0
[2.9620867e-05 9.7104661e-02 9.0286577e-01] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  0.90286577
[2.3540236e-09 6.8818601e-10 1.0000000e+00] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  1.0
[9.2860353e-07 1.8440984e-02 9.8155802e-01] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  0.981558
[6.8139167e-07 5.1715113e-03 9.9482781e-01] Ответ argmax -  2 Ответ max -  0.9948278
[9.5578234e-06 9.9765176e-01 2.3387526e-03] Ответ argmax -  1 Ответ max -  0.99765176
[2.6310818e-09 1.0000000e+00 7.2257832e-11] Ответ argmax -  1 Ответ max -  1.0
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Too Tired: Can Beer and Whiskey Help My Sleeping Habits?
This guy looks like I feel. I don't know what is going on, but for the last several weeks I have gotten into a very bad sleeping schedule. I wake up around 5:30am every weekday. Go to work at 6:30. Work (and throw up these quick blog posts every day until around 4:30 or 5. Go home, eat dinner, clean up, the do something with the kids like sports of some sort, although over the summer it is more likely that I will sit down and watch the TV for a while, and this is where the problems have arisen.
Since the kids don't have sports in the evenings, being it is summer time and my 16 year old now drives himself to basketball practice, I flip on the TV. I watch what ever, and around 9:30 or 10pm when I should be tired, I get a second wind that has been keeping me up past midnight most nights. The weekends are even worse, as there is no real reason to make myself go to bed.
So as I sit here in this haze I wonder if beer and whiskey could help my plight? I know that Alcohol is a depressant, so if I crack open a beer and or back it with a whiskey would that be enough to take the edge off and send me into a peaceful nights slumber so I can wake refreshed and ready to take on the day?
I thought I would put this question out to the Beer and Whiskey Brothers brain trust, you all. Have you ever used alcohol as a way to induce sleep? If I am running into problems at around 9:30 or 10:00, when should I drink for optimal edge reduction? 8:00pm? Earlier? Later? Is there some sort of special beer or whiskey or mixed drink that you use? Do you have a drinking routine that helps you get to bed at a decent hour and helps you get better sleep? Let me know in the comments, and thanks.
Oh, but its wine. Is there no beer or whiskey alternative? I don't think I'm at the point of desperation where I would give wine a shot, but if this keeps up for a few more weeks, damn if I may have to bite the bullet and try that remedy. Thanks.
Also, I thought what we did here was the antidote for sleeplessness. Read a couple of posts and we'll bore you into a sound slumber!
I must be the exception to that rule, because hitting the blog at night is part of my regular routine, and it doesn't bore me to sleep. Damn commenters keeping things interesting! Thought you would like the bear!
You've probably built up a tolerance, like people do with Tylenol PM and other sedatives.
The short of it is it may help you get to sleep, but most have lower quality sleep so it is often a downward spiral. I've battled with apnea for a while and I can say alcohol, while helps me to sleep, leaves me more tired the next day.
Aha, I think I found a loophole! They said drinking within an hour of when you plan to go to bed. So if I have a whiskey or beer around 7:30 and finish them by 9, then go to bed at 10, I should have just enough effect to help me doze into a deep slumber. This is sounding better.
It was always my understanding that while alcohol may help you fall asleep, it affects the quality of sleep. There's probably a sliding scale on this though based on your body and tolerance for alcohol. For me, one beer or drink makes me incredibly tired but doesn't seem to be enough to prevent me from getting restful sleep.
I'd start with a beer or whiskey around 8 PM and see what happens. Try logging how you feel and tweak the time and amount of alcohol until you find that sweet sleep spot.
If all else fails, there's a product called Drank that's sold for the purpose of "slowing your roll". It's grape flavored and mixes well with vodka. In my experience it definitely helps promote sleep. Not sure if you're a grape and/or vodka person though.
Thanks Kelly, looking at the previous comment and yours, I think there is a strategy here that just might do the trick. I think the whole thing rests upon 1) not over consuming so it affects the production of serotonin and negatively impacts deep sleep, and 2) finishing whatever drink an hour before you hit the hay. God I hope this works! I'm just completely exhausted right now.
It's called NyQuil. But on a more seroious note I was recently perusing the "health benefits" of consuming alcohol and was quite surprised. One to two drinks a day (one for women) actually has health benefits. So I tried out the one beer a day thing and I'm not sure about my health but I accomplished all kinds of stuff. I was likely to "save up" and binge 5 or 6 in a setting. So instead of waisting an entire Saturday drinking I drink a beer everyday when I get home from work. I think I slept more soundly throughout the night when I was doing this as well. My best suggestion is one after work and turn off the TV an hour before you plan to go to sleep. And if all else fails NyQuil.
Yeah, that damn TV really has a hold on me at night! I think this is hereditary. My Dad would stay up late at night watching TV, every night from the time the dishes were done to well after the evening news was over, Dad laid on the floor or the couch and watched TV. He still does to this day. So Your suggestion of turning the damn thing off is a great one, but I will have to fight my heritage to get it done. NyQuil is nasty stuff, unless you have a massive head cold, then it is a Godsend.
The comments from John and Kelly line up with what I have heard about this – mostly, alcohol may help you to sleep but it also interferes with the brain's sleep cycle so you don't get healthy, normal sleep.
I know that 9:30 feels like a kid's bedtime but when I am getting up at 5:30 AM then 9:30 PM will give me 8 hours, and hey, being an adult really means going to bed when you want. There's barely anything worth watching on TV during the regular season, anyway, but during the summer?
I refuse to answer on the grounds you might find me ________. Pick your Adjective, a geek, a dumbass, a girly man, etc.
If you wanna use whiskey, try bourbon w/ warm milk, cocoa or in eggnog. I personally, stay away from alcohol near the time I want to sleep. Instead, I drink a non-caffeine tea w/ milk, or something like mint tea. Chamomile tea (if you can stomach it–many men can't) also is supposed to help My personal fool-proof way to fall asleep is to put on a nature DVD narrated by David Attenborough–I'm out like a light in minutes. It sounds strange but its no joke–something about his voice is mesmerizing.
My wife just suggested I talk to her, and that would put me to sleep for sure! Oh, the sympathy I get. Bourbon with warm milk sounds like the worst thing ever. How about just bourbon?
A similar variant with scotch is the hot toddy. Great for a cold, as well. I make it with lemon herb tea, a shot of Glenlivet 12 and some honey.
Exercise with the kids is an easy way to go to be able to go to bed earlier. Especially exercise after work. Combine some exercise, dinner, and a beer and you'll be asleep in no-time.
A Makers or a 10% ABV or above generally makes me sleepy.
Somehow John, this doesn't surprise me, from a guy that has as his Avatar a picture of himself running. I'm thinking I will lift weights. 12 oz at a time. in a curling motion to my mouth. Bet I can get about 20 reps out of a bottle! Just kidding, that is a good suggestion, and one I've hear from many. Nightly walk might be just the ticket.
I agree about the exercise. I walk to and from work (a total of 3 miles a day) and that helps a lot. And it makes me ready to have a beer when I get home!
Is your car broken Will? Unfortunately I have a 40 mile commute, so walking is not recommended.
We live close to downtown where I work and have found numerous advantages to only having the one car that the wife drives. In addition to the obvious health benefits, we like not contributing to Denver's brown cloud. The extra money in our pockets from not having an additional car are nice as well.
A stroll around the neighborhood once you get home might help with the sleep situation as well.
Good thoughts Will. Not to be a nugge, but I bet you have to pay more for housing to live so close in, so I'm guessing the additional car costs are a wash, but clearly you have the benefit of not having maintenance headaches etc, associated with two vehicles, or like at my house 5.
We lived in the boonies when I was growing up, so I know where you're coming from. We usually had about 4 cars around the house then; I learned how to work on cars from an early age.
I'm afraid the days of the shade tree mechanic are long behind us. The car I have now, I think it doesn't have an engine, but a table. When I pop the hood on it, it looks like a table all clad in plastic cowlings with just a few knobs for dip sticks etc showing. Took over an hour to change a headlamp once, and that was at the auto shop.
do have lots of those circus type fun mirrors at your house then?
One thing that hasn't been mentioned that usually puts me to sleep afterwards is wrestling with the wife. Back in the day, lots of people wrestled bears. It can be done.
Yeah, the place looks like Pee Wee's playhouse! Hmmm…Bear wrestling? Hmmm….
be careful, if you look at comic 3…it could be your downfall!
I usually have a shot or two of whiskey from 8 to 9 pm, then hit the sack at 10 pm. Highly recommend it. Occasionally I get so wired at work that I have tried up to 4 shots. Not good for me, more than 2 drinks is just a negative. Also, I usually take a day or two off every week, just to keep my body guessing.
I love beer, but two of them will wake me up to pee a couple of times. Whiskey seems to have no such impact.
Good thoughts Rick. I wouldn't have thought about the beer and the midnight pee, but it makes sense. Too bad, I can only drink whiskey…poor me.
Its the warm milk that makes you sleepy–and don't knock it if you haven't tried it. A shot of Maker's Mark or Benchmark in your cocoa might just do the trick for you.
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the bourbon, half-and-half, sugar, and vanilla extract. Shake well. Strain into a highball glass and garnish with the nutmeg.
Funny you posted this. I was at Brewforia yesterday and Rick said I just missed you. Then he went on to say that you were not yourself at all. He said you looked tired and none of your normal joking and fun verbal jabs.
Thank god I don't have this problem. Give me a semi-horizontal place to lay down any time of day and I can be out in 15 minutes. My wife has your exact problem, though. She'll be dead tired after work, but 10:00 pm rolls around and it's like someone gave her a triple-shot—and then she can't get to sleep until after midnight or even later. She often has a glass of wine or a beer about an hour or so before she goes to bed. Seems to help her.
You know this could be a total win. Your sleep aid can also be a new beer or whiskey review every night! Make this a little experiment and blog about it! Oh, and turn off the effing TV!
Nag, Nag, Nag…that's all you and my wife do when it comes to the TV. Just kidding, I know you're right about that, but I just can't get into print media. Maybe I'll re-subscribe to my car mags. Gave them up when the kids were little. I too could go to sleep on a dime wen they were small like yours, because they just drained every ounce of energy I had. Wow, I even looked bad. That's not good.
If I am, I'm nagging you to quaff a beer or a whiskey every night! Just looking out for your best interest, Don (and the blog's).
Like the idea Chad. Don's Nightcap posts. It'll be the Motel 8 stuff, but the plastic glasses will be in his living room!


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Lisa Marie Presley, Michael Lockwood divorce fight just getting started
Things are heating up in Lisa Marie Presley Michael Lockwood divorce. - [Image Credit Twitter]
Elvis Presley inheritance gone, Lisa broke and living with daughter Riley Keough
by A.King (article) and Maid Milinkic (video)
February 22, 2018 at 12:05 AM Thu 22 Feb 2018 12:05:13 AM EST
Presley and Lockwood locking horns - Video
Lisa Marie Presley and soon to be ex-husband, Michael Lockwood's, divorce case is getting nastier by the minute. Lockwood claims Presley is trying to put one over on him and the courts. The two are locking horns, and Michael Lockwood says Lisa Marie Presley is lying according to a new report from Radar Online. Lockwood says Presley can't keep her story straight on her debt and keeps raising the total on her debt.
Michael Lockwood demands spousal support
As previously reported, Lockwood believes Elvis Presley's daughter should pay him and pay him big he is suing Presley for thousands a month in child support and also wants her to flip the bill for his legal fees. The celebrity news site obtained copies of the feuding couple's court documents which reveals Presley is in debt millions of dollars and can't afford to pay the ridiculous amounts that Lockwood is demanding.
However, Lockwood states he is having a hard time believing that Presley is as broke as she is claiming. When they first filed for divorce in February of 2017 Presley claimed she was $7.8 million in the hole, and now just eight months later, she has more than doubled that original amount. His legal team also states that Lisa Marie Presley is holding out and still refuses to hand over her full portfolio of assets and investments. Lockwood has also more or less insinuated that Presley is hiding cash from him and the courts.
Where is all the Elvis money?
So far, Lockwood has been denied his request for spousal support and he is not happy. He feels 10 years of marriage and working for and with the King's only child entitles him to the support. He also states that Presley's nasty and allegedly false accusations about inappropriate conduct with the couples twin daughters Harper and Finley have damaged his reputation and credibility meaning no one will give him a job.
Some of Presley's fans, however, are wondering just how she managed to blow through the large inheritance she received from her late father's estate. Presley blames her debt on mistrusting her financial manager. The 50-year-old singer is also saying that she has made no money as a musician herself, and today, she is forced to live rent-free with her daughter and pay for two full-time nannies for her twins.
Presley's lawyer did talk with Lockwood's as they attempted a settlement offer. The amount offered is unknown, but it has been allegedly revealed that the amount was considerably low, and would not even cover his legal fees. Not only are Presley and Lockwood battling it over money, they are fighting each other for custody of their daughters. It is going to be a long battle for these two. I just hope when it comes to the twins they can learn to play nice and do what is in their best interest.
This will be Lisa Marie Presley's fourth divorce.
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May 10, 2019 Press Release Biology Chemistry
Creative geometry: researchers create "impossible" nano-sized protein cages with the help of gold
Researchers from an international collaboration have succeeded in creating a "protein cage"—a nanoscale structure that could be used to deliver drugs to specific places of the body—that can be readily assembled and disassembled but that is also extremely durable, withstanding boiling and other extreme conditions. They did this by exploring geometries not found in nature, but reminiscent of "paradoxical geometries" found in Islamic art.
Role-playing gamers—at least those who played before the digital age—are aware that there are restrictions governing the shape of dice; try to make a six-sided die by replacing the square faces with triangles and you will be left with something horribly distorted and certainly not fair. This is because there are strict geometrical rules governing the assembly of these so-called isohedra. In nature as well, isohedral structures are found at the nano level. Usually made from many protein subunits and having a hollow interior, these protein cages carry out many important tasks. The most famous examples are viruses where the protein cage acts as a carrier of viral genetic material into host cells.
Synthetic biologists, for their part, are interested in making artificial protein cages in the hope imparting them with useful and novel properties. There are two challenges to achieving this goal. The first is the geometry problem—some candidate proteins may have great potential utility but are automatically ruled out because they have the wrong shape to assemble into cages. The second problem is complexity—most protein-protein interactions are mediated via complex networks of weak chemical bonds that are very difficult to engineer from scratch.
The new research, published in Nature, began at the Heddle Initiative Research Unit at RIKEN in Japan and moved to Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Poland. In it researchers found a way to solve both problems. "We were able to replace the complex interactions between proteins with simple 'staples' based on the coordination of single gold atoms." explains Professor Jonathan Heddle, the senior author of the research. "This simplifies the design problem and allows us to imbue the cages with new properties such as assembly and disassembly on demand."
The research has also found a way to get around the geometrical problem: "The building blocks of our protein cage are 11-sided rings." says Ali Malay, the first author of the paper, who is currently in the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science. "Mathematically speaking such shapes should be forbidden from forming symmetrical polyhedra." However, the researchers found that due to inherent flexibility, protein complexes can achieve previously unprecedented constructions based on near-perfect geometrical coincidences. "Previously proteins that were ignored because they had the 'wrong' shape can now be considered." says Malay.
The implications of the work are far-reaching, "What we, together with our collaborators have found, is simply the first step." says Heddle, who hopes that the work can be expanded further to produce cages with new structures and new capabilities and also investigated for potential applications particularly in drug delivery.
Ali D. Malay et al., An ultra-stable gold-coordinated protein cage displaying reversible assembly, Nature (2019), doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1185-4
Ali Malay
Biomacromolecules Research Team
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Jonathan Heddle
Jagiellonian University, Poland
RIKEN International Affairs Division
Structure of the artificial protein cage, with 24 11-mer protein rings held together by 120 gold atoms


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Thu, Dec 18, 1851 – 8 · The Morning Chronicle (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com
Attributed to the "Morning Herald," the endorsement of Melville's Whale as a "remarkable novel" that "will be read with great delight" was reprinted in the London Morning Post (December 17, 1851) and Morning Chronicle (December 18, 1851); and two days later in the Athenaeum, Spectator, and Examiner.
But nothing close to this sentence appears in the one collected notice of The Whale in the Morning Herald for October 20, 1851. Included as a then-recent find in Hugh W. Hetherington, Melville's Reviewers, British and American, 1846-1891 (University of North Carolina Press, 1961) page 191, the notice of October 20 in the Morning Herald happens to be the earliest known review of The Whale. It's still the first one transcribed in the Moby-Dick section of Herman Melville: The Contemporary Reviews, edited by Brian Higgins and Hershel Parker (Cambridge University Press, 1995; paperback 2009).
Unless Richard Bentley invented the quotation, it seems there was another notice of The Whale in the London Morning Herald, maybe later (and longer?) than the exceptionally early one we already know about. The other quotation, "intensely interesting," comes from the review in John Bull on October 25, 1851:
We are unwilling to part with a book so intensely interesting without placing before our readers at least a leaf or two from the sketch-book of "Ishmael," the spinner of this wonderful whale yarn.
Not yet digitized, or digitised, apparently, but The British Library does have the right microfilm reel of the London Morning Herald.
http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01013915256
General Reference Collection 1851 Microform. MFM.M74744-7
Well, Hershel Parker just the other day was saying there could be more to discover about the "wonderful appreciation of HM's genius in London." Obviously I would love to make reservations for London. Before going that far in distance and debt, I really need to learn if any fine library closer to Minnesota has microfilm of the London Morning Herald for 1851. Anybody know?
Update 03/04/2020: I just ordered grayscale scans of the 1851 reel from The British Library, Digitisation Services. Here's to Hope, and Patience...
"Imaging Services are currently experiencing a high volume of work which may also impact on the completion times of order."
More evidence for another London Morning Herald review of THE WHALE
https://melvilliana.blogspot.com/2020/03/more-evidence-for-another-london.html
Labels: London Athenaeum, London Examiner, London Morning Herald, Moby-Dick, Reviews and Notices, The British Library
In January 1852, Harper ads in New York City briefly quoted three British reviews of The Whale. One of these, the mixed review in the London Atlas (First Notice, November 1, 1851), was also excerpted with a positive spin in the January 1852 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Along with the Atlas, the Harpers quoted the London Leader (November 8, 1851) and Literary Gazette (December 6, 1851). A different, longer excerpt from the Leader showed up in Harper's magazine for April 1852. Herman Melville's brother Allan knew the whole Leader review, as Hershel Parker relates in Herman Melville: A Biography Volume 2, 1851-1891 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002) pages 99-100. And reminds in a comment on the Melvilliana post, Moby-Dick widely praised.
These particular London blurbs do seem underwhelming next to the most appreciative and insightful British responses we know about now, for example in the London Morning Advertiser, Morning Post, Weekly News and Chronicle, and Daily News.
The Leader review first glossed The Whale as "a strange, wild weird book, full of poetry and full of interest." But the Harper ad skips the weirdness and poetry. Instead, the text of the Leader blurb has been clipped and combined from bits of another passage, describing Melville's Whale as
"a strange, wild work, with the tangled overgrowth and luxuriant vegetation of American forests, not the trim orderliness of an English park. Criticism may pick many holes in this work; but no criticism will thwart its fascination."
The compressed Leader text still anticipates and answers negative criticism, without getting specific:
"A strange, wild work--no criticism will thwart its fascination."
On the bright side, the Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer and The Literary World supplemented the London quotations with very high praise from the Washington, DC National Intelligencer ("actually Shakspearean") and New York Tribune (for "the author's originality and power"). In the Literary World for January 17, 1852 the full page ad for "HARPER & BROTHERS' LATEST PUBLICATIONS" listed "MOBY DICK; OR, THE WHALE" as the sixth of nine new works.
The Literary World - January 17, 1852 - page 60
MOBY DICK; OR, THE WHALE
By HERMAN MELVILLE.
12mo. muslin, $1 50.
"A prose Epic on Whaling. Mr. Melville's delineations of character are actually Shakspearean—a quality which is even more prominently evinced In 'Moby Dick' than in any of his antecedent efforts." —National Intelligencer.
"Nothing like it has ever before been written of the Whale." —Literary World.
"It gives us a higher opinion of the author's originality and power than even the fragrant and first fruits of his genius, the never to be forgotten 'Typee.' " —N. York Tribune.
"A strange, wild work—no criticism will thwart its fascination." —Lond, Leader.
"Equal to anything we have ever met with" — London Literary Gazette.
"That Herman Melville knows more about whales than any from Jonah down, we do really believe."—London Atlas.
https://books.google.com/books?id=XjwZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA60&lpg#v=onepage&q&f=false>
Below, the same ad in the New York Courier and Enquirer. In the quote from the National Intelligencer, William A. Butler's word "Shakespearean" is spelled "Shaksperean"; the Literary World version has it "Shakspearean" on January 17 but "Shakspearian" on February 14, 1852.
Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer - January 8, 1852
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MOBY DICK; OR THE WHALE.
By Herman Melville. 12mo, muslin, $1.50.
"A prose Epic on Whaling. Mr. Melville's delineations of character is actually Shaksperean--a quality which is even more prominently evinced in "Moby-Dick" than in any of his antecedent efforts." --National Intelligencer.
"Nothing like it has ever before been written of the Whale." --Literary World.
"It gives us a higher opinion of the author's originality and power than even the fragrant and first fruits of his genius, the never to be forgotten 'Typee.' --N. Y. Tribune.
"A strange, wild work--no criticism will thwart its fascination." --London Leader.
"Equal to anything we have ever met with." --London Literary Gazette.
"That Herman Melville knows more about whales than any man from Jonah down, we do really believe." --London Atlas.
Thursday, January 8, 1852 is the first day the new Harper & Brothers ad ran in the Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer. On the previous day, January 7th, the Harper ad for Moby-Dick contained only one quotation--from the London Times review of Typee.
The Harper & Brothers ad in the New York Evening Post on January 17, 1852 features the three new quotations from London reviews of The Whale, but no American blurbs.
New York Evening Post - January 17, 1852
In February the Harper ad for Moby-Dick in the Literary World provided a different selection of London quotes. The revised ad drops the Leader and Literary Gazette texts, while substituting a juicier quotation from the London Atlas, and adding a new one from the otherwise negative notice in the London Examiner. The Valentine's Day 1852 version keeps the high praise of Moby-Dick from major American newspapers the New York Tribune and Washington National Intelligencer, but omits the previously included endorsement from the first Literary World review ("Nothing like it has ever before been written of the Whale"). Transcribed below from the New York Literary World, February 14, 1852, page 128:
The Literary World - February 14, 1852 - page 128
Moby Dick;
Or, The Whale. By HERMAN MELVILLE. 12mo. Muslin, $1 50.
"It gives us a higher opinion of the author's originality and power than even the fragrant and first-fruits of his genius, the never-to-be forgotten 'Typee.'" —New York Tribune.
"A prose Epic on whaling. His delineation of character is actually Shakspearian —a quality which is even more prominently evinced in 'Moby Dick' than in any of his antecedent efforts."—National Intelligencer.
"Fully and freely is the book to be commended to all who are curious in such matters." —London Examiner.
"Herman Melville plunges among the whales as if he loved them, and counted them the grandest and most glorious of the creatures of the globe. Upon the whale, its mysteries and its terrors, he dwells as if the subject had enchantment for him." —London Atlas.
https://books.google.com/books?pg=PA128&lpg=&id=XjwZAAAAYAAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Lutheran Observer and Weekly Religious Visiter - November 28, 1851
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
MOBY DICK, OR THE WHALE, by Herman Melville, author of "Typee," "Omoo," &c. New York, published by Harper & Brothers; Baltimore, sold by Cushings & Bailey, 262 Baltimore street, opposite Hanover street.
This new work, by the author of "Typee," takes us back to the scenes where that wondrous and wonderful narrative had its origin, and makes us the companions of whales, those monsters of the deep, whose history is here dressed in all the enchantment of romance, and all the power of reality. The voyage of the writer from New Bedford to the whaling ground--if one may so call the waters in which the fishes live and have their sports--is full of events, interesting, instructive, and pleasant to read. We reach the Pacific, where the whales revel, and there we see how they live, how they are captured, and how they are 'boiled down' and made food for fire. It is a pleasant, agreeable, instructive, amusing work, and right glad will the reader be to take the voyage, in his "mind's eye," over which it carries him. --Lutheran Observer and Weekly Religious Visiter (Baltimore, MD) November 28, 1851; found in online Newspaper Archives at genealogybank.com.
The Lutheran Observer was edited by Benjamin Kurtz (1795-1865) and published weekly in Baltimore, Maryland. The favorable notice of Moby-Dick may have been copied from another newspaper. In the Lutheran Observer for April 12, 1850 Kurtz reprinted the notice of Melville's White-Jacket that had appeared in New York Evangelist on March 28, 1850. The Evangelist notice of White-Jacket is transcribed in Herman Melville: The Contemporary Reviews, ed. Brian Higgins and Hershel Parker (Cambridge University Press, 1995; paperback 2009) on page 318.
Notice of Melville's White-Jacket via GenealogyBank
Lutheran Observer (Baltimore, MD) April 12, 1850
On August 14, 1852 Kurtz's Lutheran Observer reprinted the positive notice of Pierre in the Batimore Sun (August 4, 1852). The Baltimore Sun notice of Pierre is logged and transcribed in George Monteiro, Herman Melville: Fugitive References (1845-1922), Resources for American Literary Study Volume 33 (2008; AMS Press, 2010) pages 19-93 at 28.
Sat, Dec 30, 1865 – 1 · The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) · Newspapers.com
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South Australia launches Gawler line electrification project
WORK is finally starting on a $A 615m ($US 421m) project to electrify the 78km Adelaide - Gawler commuter line in South Australia.
ISA recommends increasing the capacity of Adelaide commuter rail services.
The scheme has a chequered history, as it was originally announced in 2008, but cost overruns and changes in federal government transport policy resulted in work being suspended in 2014.
The Gawler line is the busiest commuter line in Adelaide carrying 21,000 passengers per day, and electrification is expected to increase capacity by 15% during peak periods.
Funding for the project is split between Australia's federal government and the South Australian state government which are each contributing $A 220m. The South Australian government is providing an extra $A 175m to purchase additional three-car EMUs from Bombardier.
The South Australian government signed a contract with Lendlease in 2018 to electrify the first stage of the project from Adelaide to Salisbury, and the contract was subsequently extended to include the second phase to Gawler. The work includes upgrading the signalling with provision for Automatic Train Protection.
Electrification is expected to be completed in 2021. This will be the second commuter line in Adelaide to be electrified following the Adelaide - Seaford/Tonsley line.
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New Johnny Cash album on its way
Johnny Cash fans will be able to hear some new, never-before-released music from the star on an album due out next year.
His estate is releasing Out Among The Stars, an album he recorded with Billy Sherrill in the early 1980s that was never released by Columbia Records, and disappeared when the company dropped Johnny in 1986 but Johnny and his wife, June Carter Cash, stashed the tapes
Their son John Carter Cash said: "They never threw anything away. They kept everything in their lives. They had an archive that had everything in it from the original audio tapes from The Johnny Cash Show to random things like a camel saddle, a gift from the prince of Saudi Arabia."
He added: "We were so excited when we discovered this. We were like, my goodness this is a beautiful record that nobody has ever heard. Johnny Cash is in the very prime of his voice for his lifetime. He's pitch perfect. It's seldom where there's more than one vocal take. They're a live take and they're perfect."
John and archivists at Legacy Recordings didn't find the material until last year, long after the family began issuing archival music by Cash, and plan to release Out Among the Stars on March 25.
Columbia paired Johnny with Billy, a producer and Country Music Hall Of Fame member who was then the president of CBS Records Nashville at a time when Cash was at a low ebb in his popularity. The music on "Out Among the Stars" is taken from 1981 and 1984 sessions.
John said: "Dad was always uniquely himself and later on the world would come back around. He never modified himself. But Nashville at the time was in a completely different place. It was the Urban Cowboy phase. It was pop country, and dad was not that. I think him working with Billy was sort of an effort by the record company to put him more in the circle of Music Row and see what could happen at the heart of that machine."
The album's 12 tracks include a duet with Waylon Jennings and two with June Carter Cash.
Source: music.uk.msn.com
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For a while now there have been rumors that Apple is working on a car. The company still hasn't publicly acknowledged this project, but a startup coming out of stealth today provides a nice taste of how a car might look and feel if it was built by Apple. That's because the startup employs about 50 former Apple employees who spent decades working on some of Cupertino's most iconic devices.
The startup is called Pearl, and it was co-founded by three former Apple engineers — a crew that helped lead the design and development on several generations of iPods and iPhones. That core group has since hired around 70 employees, 50 of whom previously worked at Apple, and has been working for over two years on its first product, a rearview camera it's unveiling today.
Wait, you're thinking, all that fancy Apple heritage and the first thing they release is a boring aftermarket auto accessory? It's sort of an anticlimactic entry to the market, true. The unit, called RearVision, isn't revolutionary. It's a set of rearview cameras that fit around your license plate and sync with your smartphone. The differentiator is the attention to quality and detail that Apple is known for. This craftsmanship shines through in Pearl's offering, as well.
The RearVision unibody frame made of painted die cast aluminum alloy, a material the team chose for its durability and all-weather-resistance. Along the top it has two cameras that provide a 180-degree field of view. The brains of the device are in a unit that plugs into your car's on-board diagnostic, or OBD port, which is standard on all cars built after 1996. The cameras communicate wirelessly with the hub and your smartphone. For power, the cameras rely on a solar panel built right into the frame. Gardner says a full day of sun will supply a week of charge, and that the unit can store an entire month's worth of juice in its battery. It's touches like this that call to mind the elegant simplicity Apple is known for.
The cameras turn on when you're backing up and shut off if you start traveling forward at more than 10 miles an hour. It gets all the data on motion from the OBD port. You get a live stream of the rear view on your mobile device and can shift between portrait view, with two levels of zoom, and a landscape view. It will sound two different kinds of alerts: one to let you know a vehicle or person is passing behind you, telling you to slow down, and another indicating a stop to avoid a collision. The app is also thoughtfully designed. You can choose your favorite road apps — Google Maps, Spotify, etc. — and designate them for the home screen, which pops up when you shift from reverse to drive.
I spent some time looking through the options currently on the market for rearview cameras you can install yourself. There were plenty that came in at under $100, but none that combined wireless video streaming with solar power and the ability to use your smartphone as your monitor. All involved at least some wires, often a lot of them. Most asked you to plug into a power source on the car or keep a large battery in your trunk. And plenty came with ugly monitors that I would be loathe to mount on my dash.
Pearl's RearVision costs $500, which the company is positioning as a price point in between the cheap DIY options you can find online and the installation you could get at a dealership. A professional install can run few thousands bucks. The company also promises that it will be issuing regular software updates through the app, and is collecting anonymized data that it will use to make the camera smarter over time, perhaps by adding things like parking lines.


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'More Concerned With Getting Revenge': Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Criticized for Imposing $5,000 Fine Against Businesses That Mandate Vaccinations
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Florida will begin issuing $5,000 fines for businesses, schools, and government agencies requiring customers or visitors to show proof that they have received a COVID-19 vaccination.
The Florida Department of Health published the rule, called "Penalties for COVID-19 Vaccine Documentation Requirements" on Aug. 27 and it will go into effect on Sept. 16.
According to the statute, a business, school, or government building "may not require patrons or customers to provide any documentation certifying COVID-19 vaccination or postinfection recovery to gain access to, entry upon, or service from the business operations in this state."
Gov. Ron DeSantis faces criticism for imposing fine against business requiring proof of vaccination. Photo: ABC/ YouTube screenshot.
The law does not apply to businesses that require vaccination for staff members, and will impose a fine up to $5,000 "per individual and separate violation." The business will have the opportunity to appeal, then the fine must be paid within 30 days.
The statute goes on to say that it does not restrict entities "from instituting screening protocols consistent with authoritative or controlling government-issued guidance to protect public health."
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill in May banning businesses from requiring proof of vaccination, saying the concept known as vaccine passports would cause "huge" privacy issues. The rule is an addendum to the bill.
DeSantis spokesperson Taryn Fenske said on Wednesday, "Promises made, promises kept."
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a Democrat hoping to challenge DeSantis for governor in the 2022 gubernatorial election, slammed the fines.
DeSantis "has made it abundantly clear that he's more interested in getting revenge against Floridians who are trying to do the right thing than he is in stopping the spread of COVID or supporting our local businesses," the statement said.
"Governor DeSantis is retaliating against Floridians who are trying to protect themselves and their communities from COVID-19…This not only goes against common sense — it's also an insult to the free market principles that he claims to champion."
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Linda Schaefer has been on a quest since 1995.
She had no idea that from the moment Mother Teresa held her hands on the tarmac of the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport, that this would become her lifelong mission – to document the life and legacy of St. Teresa of Calcutta.
Her first book Come and See: A Photojournalist's Journey into the World of Mother Teresa was published at the time of Mother Teresa's beatification on October 19, 2003. She appeared live on CNN, BBC and Sky News. It was also the moment that she was inspired to convert to the Catholic faith.
For the next decade, Schaefer spoke for audiences throughout the United States. Although she had been in the news business for most of her career, Schaefer had minimal experience speaking for large groups. However, because of her passion for Mother Teresa, she found this new vocation a perfect conduit to inspire thousands on the life of a nun who had dedicated her life to the poor and marginalized.
Schaefer began compiling materials for future publications, which have led to the publication of her new, book Encountering Mother Teresa, to be released by Our Sunday Visitor in September 2019. The book offers up-to-date photographs of homes established by the Mother Teresa in Calcutta. It also contains rare interviews with priests, a doctor, a Protestant missionary and the eighteenth sister to join her order, the Missionaries of Charity. Schaefer attended both the beatification and canonization of Mother Teresa in Rome and photographs from both events are included in the publication.
Before meeting Mother Teresa in 1995, Schaefer's career included working with CNN, Associated Press, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center and the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Her work has been widely published throughout the world. One of the highlights of her work as a journalist was covering the American presidential election in 1988.
Over the past eleven years, Schaefer has been on the faculty of a university in Oklahoma and most recently at a woman's university in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She presently resides in Oklahoma and is the mother of a 22-year-old young man.
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Linda Schaefer began her career as a journalist for CNN in 1985 but found she couldn't abandon her first love — photography. She met and photographed Mother Teresa for the first time on June 15, 1995, while on freelance assignment for The Georgia Bulletin, the newspaper for the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
Less than two months later, Linda found herself in Calcutta, where she had the rare opportunity to document the work of Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity. Linda took thousands of photographs, and through this experience she began to feel that this work might be her calling in life.
Linda attended both the beatification and the canonization of Mother Teresa, and she has returned to Calcutta twice in her quest to learn as much as possible about the saint and the work of the Missionaries of Charity. Through these experiences, Linda met and interviewed six of Mother Teresa's closest friends, confidants, and coworkers in the vineyard of Christ. These interviews became the groundwork for Encountering Mother Teresa.
This fascinating book includes more than 200 rare and never-before-seen photos of Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity. Spanning decades, these photos provide a personal look at Mother Teresa and her enduring legacy.


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The Russian route R297 or the Amur Highway (so named after the nearby Amur River) is a federal highway in Russia, part of the Trans-Siberian Highway. With a length of , it is the longest segment, from Chita to Khabarovsk, connecting the paved roads of Siberia with those of the Russian Far East. The construction of the road united the Russian federal highways into a single system stretching from Saint Petersburg to Vladivostok. Before completion of the road, the Russian Pacific coast was connected to the rest of the country only by airlines, the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the Baikal–Amur Mainline.

For most of its route, the highway parallels the China–Russia border at a distance of . , it still included unpaved sections. It traverses the sparsely populated regions of Zabaykalsky Krai, Amur Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, and Khabarovsk Krai.

Early history
The most problematic stretch of the highway lies between Chita and Khabarovsk. The first section of this route, linking Belogorsk to Blagoveshchensk ( in length), was constructed by gulag inmates as early as 1949.

In 1966, the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ordered the construction of the -long Chita-Khabarovsk highway, which would run through permafrost-covered soil and mountainous areas. After a long feasibility study, construction began in 1978. The Soviet Road Troops began constructing the highway. Due to the difficulty of the natural conditions, after nearly 20 years of construction only  had been built, around Chita, Blagoveshchensk, and Khabarovsk. The road from Chita to Khabarovsk at that time, in the mid-1990s, consisted largely of undeveloped taiga glades that were passable only in winter.

On May 24, 1995, the government of the Russian Federation passed a resolution "On accelerating the construction of the Chita-Khabarovsk federal road." Shortly thereafter, another  of the highway was completed. In September 2001, the Russian Ministry of Transport increased funding for the project significantly in order to bring it toward completion, allocating 26% of the entire federal transportation budget to the highway. By 2002, the road became technically passable for the first time (with major difficulties, see next section), and 500-700 cars per day began to use it. As part of the Asian route AH31, the road completed the connection from Belogorsk to Dalian in China.

The Zilov Gap
The section of the Chita–Khabarovsk road known as the Zilov Gap was largely unfinished until 2010 and was known during the semiannual mud seasons to be notoriously difficult to traverse. Traveling a distance of  could take as long as three hours, and the route involved numerous serious river crossings.

It posed a major challenge to long-distance overland expeditions and nearly caused the end of the Mondo Enduro expedition. The Long Way Round trip avoided it altogether. Motorcyclist Jim Oliver traveled the entire route in May–June 2004 and described massive marshes, gravel, rock, mud, sand, washboarding, potholes, stream fording, and detours along the elusive highway, with a noticeable absence of pavement. Many motorcyclists were injured or killed trying to "master" the Amur Highway.

To avoid the gap, drivers would typically load their cars onto the Trans-Siberian Railroad at Chernyshevsk for the 800-km trip to Magdagachi.

In 2010, the highway was paved, including the "Zilov Gap" section.

Completion of the highway

In early 2004, Russian President Vladimir Putin symbolically opened the Amur Highway, with great swaths of forest separating major portions from one another. At this time, large sections of the highway were still dirt or crushed stone roads.

From 2008-2010, 35 billion rubles (roughly US$1.05 billion in 2009) were allocated to complete paving of the highway. The St. Petersburg Times reported in September 2010 that paving had been completed. At a videoconference marking the event, Putin described it as "a dependable, modern farm road, but not the Autobahn." Shortly afterward, a memorial marker for the "Zero kilometer of the Chita-Khabarovsk Federal Highway" was installed in Lenin Square, Khabarovsk, marking the final completion of the 40-year construction project.

Today, the Chita–Khabarovsk road is a modern paved highway with painted, reflective lane-lines.

Major junctions and cities traversed

 Chita
 A360 Lena Highway to Yakutsk
 Birobidzhan
 Khabarovsk, via the Khabarovsk Bridge
 A370 highway to Vladivostok

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See also

References

Roads in Siberia


One of the specific aims of the UCLA Metabolism Research Theme is to support the development of new approaches to metabolic parameters. To best fuel innovative ideas, the Metabolism Theme partners with internal and external entities to bring in talent, provide educational seminar series and facilitate workshops.
In collaboration with Dr. Zhaoping Li and the Center for Human Nutrition, the Metabolism Theme recently hosted "The Science Behind Nutrition and Your Metabolism". Our goal is to empower you with the scientific knowledge behind nutrition.
The Metabolism Theme has teamed up with current successful seminar series organizers on campus: Dr. Hilary Coller and Dr. Carla Koehler. The seminar series have evolved into emphasizing two key disciplines.
Attended by labs studying metabolic pathways with strong emphasis on metabolite tracing and metabolomics.
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Attended by labs studying mitochondrial biology with strong emphasis on protein biochemistry and cell biology approaches.
For questions or speaking nominations please contact Dr. Carla Koehler via email at koehlerc@chem.ucla.edu .
The Metabolism Theme is providing a budget for refreshments as well as administrative support. To enhance exposure of the cell biologist to metabolite tracing and vice versa, the two groups will host speakers that will deliver seminars within the series; presenting the approach and demonstrating its adoption in a project.
1.5 hours workshop will be held on a monthly basis to go over specific approaches, their pros and cons, the required controls, common artifacts and interpretation of data. These are intended for trainees and faculty who would like to adopt an approach not currently applied in their lab and to facilitate a discussion about the proper utilization of approaches currently used in our labs. Topics include: Respirometry in isolated mitochondria, measuring mitochondrial membrane potential, imaging and quantifying mitochondrial architecture and dynamics, measuring autophagic flux, measuring lysosome acidification, preparing samples for mass spec analysis of cellular and media metabolites, measuring lipolysis and beta oxidation etc.
This lecture series will be focused on achieved scientists in the various categories represented within the Theme (Diabetes and Obesity, Cancer Metabolism, Cell Development and Aging). The first one will be in January. Please email me with suggestions for invited lecturers. This series is open for invitation from abroad.