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Jim Lovell facts for kids
NASA astronaut
March 25, 1928 (1928-03-25) (age 91)
Other occupation
Captain, USN
Time in space
1962 NASA Group
Gemini 7, Gemini 12,
Apollo 8, Apollo 13
James Arthur Lovell Jr. (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut, Naval Aviator, and retired Navy captain. Lovell is known for being the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth through the efforts of the crew and mission control. In addition to being part of the Apollo 13 crew, Lovell was the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit.
He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon and the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice as well as the only one to have flown there twice without making a landing. Lovell was the first person to fly in space four times.
He is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (in 1970, one of 17 recipients in the group Space Exploration).
Astronaut Jim Lovell
Born in 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, James Lovell was the only child of his mother Blanche, who was of Czech descent, and his father, a coal furnace salesman. After relocating to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he graduated from Juneau High School. A member of the Boy Scouts during his childhood, Lovell eventually achieved Eagle Scout, the organization's highest level.
Lovell became interested in rocketry and built flying models as a boy. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison for two years under the "Flying Midshipman" program from 1946 to 1948. While at Madison, he played football and pledged to the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.
Lovell applied and was accepted to the United States Naval Academy in the fall of 1948. During his first year he wrote a treatise on the liquid-fueled rocket engine. He attended Annapolis for the full four years, graduating as an ensign in the spring of 1952 with a B.S. degree. He then went to flight training at NAS Pensacola from October 1952 to February 1954.
Lovell and his wife Marilyn in 2009
In 1952, following his graduation from the Naval Academy, Lovell married his high school sweetheart, Marilyn Lillie Gerlach (born July 11, 1930), the daughter of Lillie (née Nordrum) and Carl Gerlach. The two were high-school sweethearts at Juneau High School in Milwaukee. While she was a college student, Gerlach transferred from Wisconsin State Teachers College to George Washington University in Washington D.C. so she could be near him while he was training in Annapolis.
The couple have four children. The 1995 film Apollo 13 portrayed the family's home life during the Apollo 13 mission of 1970 with actress Kathleen Quinlan being nominated for a supporting actress Oscar for her performance as Marilyn Lovell.
In 1999 the Lovell family opened "Lovell's of Lake Forest", a fine dining restaurant in Lake Forest, Illinois. The restaurant displayed many artifacts from Lovell's time with NASA, as well as from the filming of Apollo 13. Before the restaurant was sold in 2006 to son James ("Jay"), he worked as executive chef. The restaurant was put on the market for sale in February 2014 and closed in April 2015, with the property auctioned the same month.
Buzz Aldrin and Lovell on the deck of their recovery ship after Gemini 12
Lovell at the Command Module Guidance and Navigation station during the Apollo 8 mission
Lovell in front of the launch pad before the Apollo 13 mission
Lovell reads newspaper account of Apollo 13's safe return aboard recovery vessel USS Iwo Jima
Lovell speaking at the North Carolina Science Festival in April 2017
Jim Lovell Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work after beating coronavirus
Kim Hjelmgaard
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to work Monday, appearing in public for the first time in three weeks since recovering from a bout of coronavirus that landed him in intensive care.
Standing outside his central London office and residence at No. 10 Downing Street, Britain's leader apologized for being "away from my desk for much longer than I would've liked" and said the country was on the brink of victory in the first phase of its fight with COVID-19 even if it was too early to end Britain's five-week national lockdown.
Coronavirus live updates:U.S. reaches 'plateau,' nears 1 million cases; GOP governor calls out Trump; last patient leaves hospital in Wuhan
"If we can show the same spirit of unity and determination as we have all shown in the past six weeks, then I have absolutely no doubt that we will beat it, together we will come through it all the faster and the United Kingdom will emerge stronger than ever before," Johnson said, describing coronavirus as an "unexpected and invisible mugger" that "we have begun to wrestle to the floor." Johnson thanked Britons for their "sheer grit and guts" and said the nation needs to keep going. He called for "optimism and energy."
He said Britain was at a moment of maximum risk in its outbreak and urged people not to lose patience with the lockdown. "It is still true that this is the biggest single challenge this country has faced since the war and I in no way minimize the continuing problems we face and yet it is also true that we are making progress," Johnson said.
Johnson, 55, is the first major world leader known to have contracted coronavirus – and now also to have beaten it. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 26 and hospitalized 10 days later. He spent several days in an intensive care unit.
Since being discharged from St Thomas' Hospital in London on April 12, Johnson has been recuperating at Chequers, the prime minister's country residence. During his convalescence he has not been doing official work, although he did speak to Queen Elizabeth II and President Donald Trump last week, according to his office.
Signs:These are 6 new possible symptoms of the coronavirus the CDC added to its list
Britain is among the worst-affected countries in Europe, with more than 20,000 deaths and 153,000 infections. Unlike some countries in Western Europe, such as Germany, it has been slow to test and trace for infections.
Early on in the outbreak, Johnson appeared to favor a "herd immunity" strategy, gambling that strict restrictions on peoples' behavior would be too difficult to enforce long-term and that if enough people were infected it would provide indirect protection because the disease would stop spreading. Johnson's government abandoned this strategy after scientific research indicated it could lead to a very high death toll.


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What are the implications for universities and their governing boards/trustees/councils of becoming increasingly embedded in global networks?
What political boundaries, if any, do you notice in this empirically-based visualization of collaborative activity?
It's no surprise if you read the reports flagged above that governments and funding councils across the worlds are enamored with facilitating more international collaborative research. Why? It is perceived to enhance the quality of the knowledge produced, the ability to address key global challenges, and that collaborative output (e.g., articles, reports, books) can generate relatively higher interest and impacts.
When I examine the above graphic, I think of all of my colleagues at the universities I've been educated and have worked at – the University of British Columbia, the University of Bristol, the National University of Singapore, Sciences Po (albeit just for one year), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At all of these universities I was (and am, in the case of UW-Madison) surrounded by colleagues who collaborate with colleagues in other universities, national and regional (e.g., European) research councils, firms, government agencies, international organizations, etc., all of which are scattered across the planet. Of course there is variation in researchers' individual collaborative geographies, but there is evidence of a progressive deepening and extension of global networks, and this is backed up by bibliometric research on the basis of Thomson Reuters and Elsevier data.
From a broader perspective, it's worth noting that these globalizing networks are structurally supported by the operation of segmented academic labour markets that are increasingly supra-national in nature, the digitalization of research infrastructures (think of research databases, publication platforms, the Global Research Council, ORCID, etc.), university internationalization strategies, global production networks (value chains), open access online higher education media, etc.
Now when things go well, universities benefit, as do the economies and societies (both territorialized) they are most closely associated with. Think, for example, of the myriad of ways the local, regional and indeed national economy benefited when one UW-Madison faculty member established the largest medical records company (Epic Systems) in the world, with offices in Verona WI, the Netherlands, and Singapore. When things go well, universities see increased attention from the higher ed media, and the business/economy-focused media (given the critically important role of universities in constructing vibrant knowledge-based economies). Said universities see higher positioning in world university rankings, increased flows of international fee-paying students, more diversity and competition in the make up of job applicant pools, more spin-off companies with genuinely global perspectives, greater competitiveness in extramural funding competitions, and so on.
As with many phenomenon, the existence of vibrant global networks that run through universities is a double-edged sword. They have the capacity to, if things go poorly, propel near instantaneous and surprisingly durable echoes and reverberations that span out across global space. Information flows, like water – it can't be suppressed. Epistemic communities care little for the complex causes of major budget cuts, the detailed factors underlying poor leadership, nor the diverse causes of governance ineptitude. These global epistemic communities, supported by mediatized services (e.g., via Twitter, Facebook, email), pay negligible if nil attention to detailed rationale and nuances of controversial policy shifts (e.g., about tenure and layoff provisions). These increasingly global epistemic communities treasure, above all, freedom of thought to produce innovative forms of knowledge in the search for truth, clear and evident autonomy from the interventive impulses of the state, church, society, and governance systems that are proactively supportive vs repressive/micro-management in inclination.
Unfortunately, while higher education, as well as the associated knowledge economy, is going global, higher education politics with respect to budgets and university governance (at the board/council/trustee level) is at risk of regressing, of becoming more local, regional, hyper-politicized, and ideological. Think, for example, about the messy local/provincial politics shaping key aspects of the University of British Columbia's ongoing leadership/governance crisis, or an evident regional agenda to mess about (a 'solution in search of a problem'?) with one of the foundational principles of academic freedom – tenure – that has built the University of Wisconsin (System), over a century plus, into what it is.
Going global brings with it amazing opportunities. Going global is a necessary developmental agenda for universities that seek to excel and build resilience in the 21st century. Going global is an integral part of supporting of regional knowledge-based economic development strategies, something I learned much about via colleagues on an OECD mission. But, hand in hand with going global is a global eye on the local.
Are those governing universities, and provincial/state higher education systems, as aware as they should be about the global networks that play a fundamental role in sustaining the vibrancy, effectiveness, and stature of their universities? If not, they should be, for local controversies and tensions are also simultaneously global in nature – they reverberate, at the speed of light, through global networks.
UNC's ideological shift is going to hit those global networks soon as Karl Rove protege Margaret Spellings takes over as president of the 16 campus system on March 1, and begins to dismantle, privatize, consolidate, a highly ranked public university system so we can better serve "our customers" as Margaret deliberately and repeatedly calls our students.
This article made some great points regarding the need for institutions to be aware of the power of global networks. I agree that it is important for them t acknowledge such power. It is interesting that you pointed out that if they do not do so, they should. Hopefully higher education will continue to move forward with the changes and grow.
Week 5: I found this to be an interesting topic about global networks. With Global Network being available education is made accessible to any and all who desires higher education through different arenas and that is absolutely stunning. It won't surprise me if this become a domino effect and begin to touch on regular public schools from K-12 grades. It will in fact bring amazing opportunities as stated. I agree "going global is a necessary developmental agenda for universities that seek to excel and build resilience in the 21st Century" without it where will universities be? Because going global is the way of the world letting it go worldwide is something that will enhance every university especially those that wants to excel higher and higher it will serve as a very vital part of their region awareness and established economic development strategies for all those that want part of the Global Network.


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When did the Khmer empire rise to power?
When did the Khmer empire rise?
How did the Khmer empire grow rich?
Why did the Angkor empire fall?
Who defeated Khmer Empire?
What happened to Angkor?
The beginning of the era of the Khmer Empire is conventionally dated to 802 when King Jayavarman II declared himself chakravartin ("universal ruler", title equivalent to "emperor") on Phnom Kulen. The empire ended with the Siege of Angkor in the 15th century.
The Rise and Fall of the Khmer Empire during the Angkor period, 9th to 15th century A.D.
During the early days of the Khmer Empire, people used agriculture not only to feed a growing population but also to trade and become extremely wealthy. The heart of the Khmer agricultural system was the Mekong River and Tonle Sap Lake.
The cause of the Angkor empire's demise in the early 15th century long remained a mystery. But researchers have now shown that intense monsoon rains that followed a prolonged drought in the region caused widespread damage to the city's infrastructure, leading to its collapse.
Suryavarman deposed the Cham king in 1144 and annexed Champa in the following year. The Chams, under a new leader, King Jaya Harivarman I, defeated Khmer troops in a decisive battle at Chakling, near Phan Rang, in southern Vietnam.
The accepted view has been that Angkor collapsed suddenly in 1431, following an invasion by inhabitants of the powerful city of Ayutthaya, in modern day Thailand. Penny and his colleagues put this theory to the test when, in 2016, they took a dozen drill cores from the earth beneath Angkor's temple moats.
FASCINATINGLY: How far is Thailand from NY hours?
Your question: Does the Philippines have any land borders?
As an archipelago, the Philippines shares no land borders with any country, although the
Is it expensive to eat in Vietnam?
How much does it cost to send a dead body to Vietnam?
Who was part of the Khmer empire?
Can a foreign corporation do business in the Philippines?
Best answer: Why did South Vietnam lost to North Vietnam?
Frequent question: Why is Singapore Airport Famous?
Question: In which country in Southeast Asia is there the largest teak tree in the forest?


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Q: Volume of Voronoi cell (python) I'm using Scipy 0.13.0 in Python 2.7 to calculate a set of Voronoi cells in 3d.  I need to get the volume of each cell for (de)weighting output of a proprietary simulation.  Is there any simple way of doing this - surely it's a common problem or a common use of Voronoi cells but I can't find anything.  The following code runs, and dumps everything that the scipy.spatial.Voronoi manual knows about.
from scipy.spatial import Voronoi
x=[0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1]
y=[0,0,1,1,2,2,3,3.5,4,4.5]
z=[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1]
points=zip(x,y,z)
print points
vor=Voronoi(points)
print vor.regions
print vor.vertices
print vor.ridge_points
print vor.ridge_vertices
print vor.points
print vor.point_region

A: I think I've cracked it.  My approach below is:

*

*For each region of the Voronoi diagram

*perform a Delaunay triangulation of the vertices of the region

*

*this will return a set of irregular tetrahedra which fill the region

*The volume of a tetrahedron can be calculated easily (wikipedia)

*

*sum these volumes to get the volume of the region.

I'm sure there will be both bugs and poor coding - I'll be looking for the former, comments welcome on the latter - especially as I'm quite new to Python.  I'm still checking a couple of things - sometimes a vertex index of -1 is given, which according to the scipy  manual "indicates vertex outside the Voronoi diagram", but in addition, vertices are generated with coordinates well outside the original data (insert numpy.random.seed(42) and check out the coordinates of the region for point 7, they go to ~(7,-14,6), point 49 is similar.  So I need to figure out why sometimes this happens, and sometimes I get index -1.
from scipy.spatial import Voronoi,Delaunay
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

def tetravol(a,b,c,d):
 '''Calculates the volume of a tetrahedron, given vertices a,b,c and d (triplets)'''
 tetravol=abs(np.dot((a-d),np.cross((b-d),(c-d))))/6
 return tetravol

def vol(vor,p):
 '''Calculate volume of 3d Voronoi cell based on point p. Voronoi diagram is passed in v.'''
 dpoints=[]
 vol=0
 for v in vor.regions[vor.point_region[p]]:
  dpoints.append(list(vor.vertices[v]))
 tri=Delaunay(np.array(dpoints))
 for simplex in tri.simplices:
  vol+=tetravol(np.array(dpoints[simplex[0]]),np.array(dpoints[simplex[1]]),np.array(dpoints[simplex[2]]),np.array(dpoints[simplex[3]]))
 return vol

x= [np.random.random() for i in xrange(50)]
y= [np.random.random() for i in xrange(50)]
z= [np.random.random() for i in xrange(50)]
dpoints=[]
points=zip(x,y,z)
vor=Voronoi(points)
vtot=0

for i,p in enumerate(vor.points):
 out=False
 for v in vor.regions[vor.point_region[i]]:
  if v<=-1: #a point index of -1 is returned if the vertex is outside the Vornoi diagram, in this application these should be ignorable edge-cases
   out=True
  else:
 if not out:
  pvol=vol(vor,i)
  vtot+=pvol
  print "point "+str(i)+" with coordinates "+str(p)+" has volume "+str(pvol)

print "total volume= "+str(vtot)

#oddly, some vertices outside the boundary of the original data are returned, meaning that the total volume can be greater than the volume of the original.

A: As was mentioned in comments, you can compute ConvexHull of each Voronoi cell. Since Voronoi cells are convex, you will get the proper volumes.
def voronoi_volumes(points):
    v = Voronoi(points)
    vol = np.zeros(v.npoints)
    for i, reg_num in enumerate(v.point_region):
        indices = v.regions[reg_num]
        if -1 in indices: # some regions can be opened
            vol[i] = np.inf
        else:
            vol[i] = ConvexHull(v.vertices[indices]).volume
    return vol

This method works in any dimensions

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Karen Peterson and Dancers was founded in1990 and is Florida's leading company dedicated to integrating professional dancers and students with a range of physical abilities. They have presented an annual season of new work throughout South Florida and have presented their work nationally, from New York to Washington, D.C., and in nine countries, including Brazil, Spain, Ireland, Serbia, Italy, Montenegro and Portugal. In honor of her work, Ms. Peterson has received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the New World School of the Arts, a Bank of America "Cultural Award" from the American Red Cross, and a "Queen of the Arts" Award from the Miami Herald. The organization also received a 2011 Knight Foundation Award to support inclusive dance in the Miami Dade Schools, a 2017-2019 Knight Foundation Challenge Grant and a 2018 NEA Grant to support "Forward Motion" Miami's annual festival of physically integrated dance. KPD has also sustained ongoing educational and training workshops including working with over 4,000 teens with special needs since 2006. Reviews of the KPD: "A high artistic level for contemporary dance" (El Nuevo Herald), "One of Miami's cultural treasures" (Miami New Times), "A tour de force, an exquisite and inquisitive look at mixed ability dance…innovative and meaningful", "10 great moments in Miami Dance - special, defining, unrepeatable of the year 2017" (The Miami Herald). www.karenpetersondancers.org Since 1990, the company has presented a season of new ensemble work, performed by hundreds of dancers, created by multiple choreographers, on a local, national and international venues. Committed to touring the company performed in New York City, Ohio, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and throughout Florida. Internationally KPD has created performance and residencies in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in Carpi, Italy, at the Edinburgh "Fringe", Scotland; at the American Choreographers Showcase, in Madrid, Spain; at the Montenegrin National Theatre in Podgorica; Cork, Ireland and Lisbon, Portugal. The London/Miami Dance Exchange took place in September 2018. KPD has also sustained ongoing educational workshops for over 4,000 teens with special needs since 2006.
"SCRUTINY - the world gone astray" - was presented to rave reviews at the Miami Dade County Auditorium in May 2017 by 14 KPD dance artists, 7 with disabilities. The work featured three choreographers Juan Maria Seller, Katrina Weaver and Karen Peterson and with video work by Maria Lino. video artist. The dance was inspired by the political and social unrest of the time.
This trailer represents the BEST physically integrated dance in the world from Candoco in London and Axis from San Francisco. They will be the headline dance companies, along with Karen Peterson and Dancers, when FORWARD MOTION takes place September 25-30, 2018.
A photo from Candoco Dance, the featured dance company for "The Forward Motion Dance Festival and Conference" held September 25-30, 2018, at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium in Miami. This unique dance festival, co-sponsored by the Knight Foundation for 2018 and 2019, will bring dance artists, teachers, activists and choreographers together for new inspirations from the best in the world who create and perform physically integrated dance. Our second company includes Axis Dance, now celebrating 30 years of dance inclusion, from San Francisco California.
The is a collage from 2017 that highlights KPD's work in the Miami Dade Schools, in the Excello rehearsal studio and on stage of "SCRUTINY. - the world gone astray" premiered by fourteen dancers, six with disabilities in May 2017. Under the direction of Artistic Director Karen Peterson, our 27 year passion with our students and our fellow dance members is quite evident and necessary for the honesty of the work.
DanceUSA now recognizes physically integrated inclusive dance as an new affinity group associated with its National organization. Karen Peterson was invited to be a founding member in June 2017 with a short introduction about the state of the art form in South Florida. What is the future of inclusive dance? Where is it going? How does it get developed? The art form, now 25 years old, is no longer cutting edge but keeps growing around the world with new organizations sprouting up on an annual basis. Since 2010, KPD has worked in ten countries abroad where physically integrated dance is presented and produced by dancers with and without disabilities.
A photo, from FULL CIRCLE, a work choreographed by Karen Peterson and performed more that 10 times during the 2015-2017 season. The company's repertory has a wide appeal for its social, inclusive nature that reaches way beyond the typical dance audience.
A moment in not -so-easy travel for dancer, John Beauregard as KPD performs and teaches around the world at the many International Cultural Exchange countries since 2002. We have worked in ten foreign cities abroad since our first invitation from the Lapa School in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Performances, workshops, slide video presentations and hand made tailored classes is what we offer to colleagues who want to learn more about inclusion. Over the past 15 years, we have travelled and worked in Spain, Italy, Brazil, Montenegro, Bosnia, Belgrade, Ireland, Vienna, Portugal and London, England (for 2018).
This 20-week in-school dance residency program, now in its 13th year, provides 200 teens with disabilities, in 16-20 Miami Dade Public Schools, a one of a kind dance program that offers dance classes and a final performance to ALL teenagers. No one is left behind because of their disability. This tailor-made program offers professional instructors to an underserved population throughout Greater Miami-Dade County from classroom work to the stage. This 13th year we will celebrate "GLOBAL CONNECTION" at the Miami Sr. High School auditorium on April 12, 2019 at 10AM. Performances by 200 teenagers with physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities will move the audiences for their courage and special artistic voice.
"The Forward Motion Dance Festival" took place from September 26 -30, 18 with Candoco Dance Co from London, Axis from Oakland, REVolutions from Tampa and KPD.The goals were to raise the level of performance and discourse in the cutting edge field of physically integrated dance, and to deepen physically integrated dance creation, performance and appreciation for So Florida dance professionals, audiences and students. Forward Motion will be presented with committed 2 year funding from the Knight Foundation. During the four day event: •Two Public performances took place by Candoco, Axis, KPD and REVolutions at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, three panel discussions and four workshops took place at the light Box. The London based Candoco one of the world's top physically integrated contemporary companies, who The Guardian called, "Brilliant and bracing, gripping to watch." San Francisco's AXIS (www.axisdance.org), the leading U.S. based physically integrated group, who tour extensively and collaborates with some of the best choreographers today. Their powerful inclusive movement vocabulary has moved An international exchange between KPD and Candoco, resulting in a joint dance piece was performed at the opening night event. Concurrent conference activities for visiting and local dancers, choreographers, students, teachers and disability leaders addressed the successes, challenges, and artistic issues for the field of physically integrated dance during the panel sessions.
The company has made an impact on an International level and has created workshops in Sao Paulo, Brazil (2001) in Carpi, Italy at the 'Festival of Different Abilities (02), in Edinburgh, Scotland at 'Fringe' Festival, (2003), in Barcelona, Madrid, Spain at the American Choreographers Showcase, (2005), in Podgorica, Montenegro (2008) at Montenegrin National Theatre and in Trebinje, Bosnia at the Community Center for adults with and without disabilities KPD also performed for the Very Special Arts International Festival at the Shakespeare theatre in Washington D.C. in 2010 and set a new work, in Sarajevo, Bosnia in 2012 at the Sartre Theatre. KPD worked with Hajde Da Dance in Belgrade, Serbia in 2013 and set a new dance work "Body Without Text" on 26 mixed ability dance artists, from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia, with a final performance at VUK Theatre on 2013. KPD members performed excerpts of repertory at the "Off Frame FestIval"12/13 and created a new work with Belgrade's Hajde Da for KPD's 25th Anniversary concert in Miami. During the May 2016 concert, "the Miami / Lisbon Dance Exchange", featured Amalgama, Plurel Dance (Lisbon) and KPD (Miami) to a sold out a standing room only performance at the Miami Dade County Auditorium. In 2017, we created The Miami/Vienna Dance exchange with LizArts and developed "Scrutiny" and we partnered with Candoco from London and present the Miami/London Dance Exchange at Forward Motion Festival in Miami on september 26, 2018.
KPD has a history of providing dance workshops, lecture demonstrations and performances to thousands of audience members, teachers, therapists and special needs students interested in the physically integrated dance form. The organization provides a positive 'can-do' role model for both the disability and dance communities through lecture demonstrations and master workshops. KPD co-partners with facilities that offer support for individuals with disabilities. Over the past 25 years, we have presented our "can-do" spirit at the VA Hospital, at the Lighthouse for the Blind, Shake-A-Leg, Post Polio Association, Easter Seals, Cerebral Palsy Association, AD Barnes Access Center, Miami Children's Creative Therapy, the Miami Children's Museum, the Hope Center, Perdue Medical, South Dade Cultural Arts Center, Aventura Arts Center, South Miami Hospital and rehabilitation and medical facilities throughout the State. KPD is a performance centerpiece and guest speaker at the "New Definition of Dance" sponsored by Very Special Arts and the University of South Florida in Tampa as well as by Miami Dade Dept. of Cultural Affairs at the Caleb Center. Ms. Peterson's long history in the field will provide information and inspiration to others.
Since 1990, the company has presented an annual season of new work at its home, Excello, at the New World School of the Arts, at Florida International University's VH100 Theater, at the Byron Carlyle Theater, at the Pinecrest Gardens amphitheater or at the "on stage" black box at the Miami Dade County Auditorium. Before 'mixed-ability' was recognized throughout the world as a valid dance form, KPD consistently showcased local 'mixed-ability' dancers and choreographers who created a new vision for performance. This KPD annual season of new work has been a catalyst to showcase physically integrated dance on a local, national and international level. Since 1990, KPD has been a forerunner in the world of physically integrated dance in the State of Florida. We presented "Warmamas" a new collaborative work with Maria Lino and Patricia Sowers at the Miami Light Box in May 2018 to critical success.
Florida Grand Opera, Miami Art Museum, Jackson Memorial Foundation, Miami Music Project, Arts for Learning, International Women's Forum, Florida International Bankers Association (and former President).
Learn more about Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc.


A political genius, a German spy, a poor economist – the architect of the Soviet state left a controversial legacy. Vladimir Ulyanov was born in the town of Simbirsk on the Volga River on 22 April 1870. When he was 17 his elder brother Alexander was hanged for taking part in a failed plot against Tsar Alexander III. According to the Soviet version of history, it was the turning point in Lenin's life. He decided a different strategy was needed to get rid of the monarchy. His phrase "We will follow a different path" was widely popularized in the Soviet Union. Nowadays, pronounced with a good deal of irony, the aphorism means you want to do things differently from your colleagues and predecessors to get better results.
Expelled from university for his radical ideas, Lenin completed his law degree as an external student. He then moved to St Petersburg, becoming a professional revolutionary and spent several years in exile in Siberia. Using different aliases in his writings, he finally settled on Lenin in 1901. His relatives later suggested the name was inspired by the river Lena in Siberia. Some historians believe Lenin was a real person whose passport Vladimir Ulyanov used. By 1907 it was unsafe for Lenin to stay in Russia and he spent most of the next decade in Western Europe, emerging as a prominent figure in the international revolutionary movement.
The February Revolution took him by surprise – he found out about it from newspapers and immediately wanted to return. Now settled in Switzerland, Germany helped the young firebrand to return to his native land, hoping he'd undermine the Russian war effort. Campaigning against the Provisional Government, he soon led the Bolshevik take-over of power. In 1918 Lenin survived two assassination attempts, but his long-term health was affected. Four years later he suffered a stroke from which he never fully recovered. In his final years, Lenin worried about the increasing power of Stalin – misgivings Stalin made sure were never made public. He died on January 21, 1924, aged 53.
Three days later the city of Petrograd was once again renamed. What was originally St. Petersburg became Leningrad. Lenin's body was embalmed and placed on permanent exhibition in a mausoleum on Moscow's Red Square. Over time, his name achieved a near-religious reverence. By the 1980s, every Soviet city had a statue of Lenin in its central square. Streets, collective farms, medals, and even an asteroid, were named after him. Lenin's life became the subject of nursery rhymes and children's stories. His writings were carefully censored to make sure nothing showed him in a poor light.
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the adulation has died down. Most statues of Lenin have been torn down in Eastern Europe, but many still remain in Russia and ex-Soviet Central Asia. In 1991 the city of Leningrad returned to its original name, St. Petersburg. Yet the surrounding administrative area, Leningrad Oblast, kept Lenin's name. The citizens of Ulyanovsk, Lenin's birthplace, have so far resisted attempts to change the town's name back to Simbirsk.


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The FCC approves T-Mobile-Sprint deal in party-line vote
The Federal Communications Commission has approved the $26.5 billion combination of Sprint and T-Mobile on a 3-2 party-line vote.
The wireless merger still faces opposition from a coalition of state attorneys general, who argue the deal is bad for competition. The companies won't merge while litigation persists.
The antitrust trial is scheduled to start in New York in December, an unusual situation given that the Trump administration's Justice Department approved the deal.
The FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, a Republican, backed it months ago citing the companies' promise to build out a next-generation 5G network to many rural areas, improving internet access.
The Democratic commissioners say going from four to three major wireless companies will mean higher prices for consumers. They say it will be difficult to enforce promises made by T-Mobile and Sprint.
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Mobile telecommunications services


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The book also has chorded musical scores for all the music on the companion CD. Like the Bush Dance kit, Social Dance! is an absolute must for every school and is used widely in Australia, New Zealand, Britain and the USA as well as many other countries.
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Statement on Pay to Stay policy
Hounslow Council has confirmed it will not introduce a Pay to Stay policy for council tenants.
Published: Thursday, 1st December 2016
The policy, also dubbed the 'Tenant Tax', had been proposed by central government and would have forced the council to increase rents to near market levels for tenants with a household income of £40,000 or more.
The government has now announced that Pay to Stay will not be mandatory for councils or housing associations.
Councillor Katherine Dunne, Cabinet Member for Housing, Hounslow Council, said "We are pleased that the government will not force councils to implement the Pay to Stay policy and I can confirm that Hounslow Council will not be doing so.
"This government U-turn follows campaigning by housing campaigners, tenants' groups and Labour councillors who pointed out that Pay to Stay would force families out of their homes, act as a disincentive to work, and place an additional administrative burden on councils who would not have been able to spend any extra income locally as this was to be passed on to the Treasury.
"This announcement will come as a relief to around a thousand households in Hounslow who would have faced an uncertain future had this policy been implemented."
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8 July - The 'Ant-man' European Premiere
Over time, I've become less of a fan of Disney, and their all-conquering, all-franchising, all-merchandising ways; with every property being bought, synergised, reinterpreted, sequelised, given to Tim Burton/JJ Abrams to see what they can do with it ways.... But on the plus side (for me) at least Disney will give its movies London premieres, while other studios with movies like Jurassic World and Mad Max won't.
And this premiere is for Ant-man. Guess I'd better dust myself off and try to put in some ant-based references. Here's how it went down:
In contrast to the Blue Carpet, Cobblestone Carpet, Yellow Carpet, and White Carpet for the premieres of Entourage, Mr Holmes, Minions and Magic Mike XXL, for this premiere the carpet was regulation 'classy' red. Albeit with Ants crawling on it. Because hopefully you remember what this movie is called.
"Damnit, I stepped on an Ant... oh, who cares. Actually, wait...".
Tiny voice from below says : "I'm down here if you want to ask me any questions"
It's about half an hour before the crazy ANTics begin, and I have no idea what I'm looking at here. Fortunately, Disney's lawyers might not, either.
For a lovely dreamy filter-effect as seen in this photo, be prepared to either spend a lot of time in photoshop, or alternatively find people with slightly larger heads than usual to stand behind.
"Please don't distract people's attention away from this lovely tie I chose"
"Michael, please don't get all cANTankerous" (ant-based puns -- cool or not? Who can say)
"OMG! Is that Paul Rudd? I thought he'd be...."
"Taller?"
"No... better dressed" It's hard to find a tailor willing to work at that kind of scale.
"Can't talk righ now... Striding Purposeully" I guess he could claim he's too... import.... ANT? (no?)
"This is my Ant-Man salute. I'm trying to make it into a Thing". Peyton Reed is possibly best known for directing the cheerleading movie 'Bring it On'.... but he also directed (and was at the premiere of) the movie 'Yes Man' with Jim Carrey back in 2008.
"He's trying to make a what into a What now?" Michael Douglas' shock is not insignific...ANT (you're welcome!)
Much as I appreciate Michael Douglas and Peyton Reed and the soon-to-arrive Michael Pena and Paul Rudd, I'm all out of women to photograph for the rest of the premiere. So here I present : Cutest Security Girl I've Seen In Quite A While.
"That guy over there? I still owe him five dollars" Michael Douglas' ....account-ANT (woo!) in the background doesn't seem so sure.
"I'm going to stare into the middle-distance until those people behind me can name at least one movie I've been in". Michael Pena was excellent in End Of Watch.
"Although all of Marvel's films are importANT to the global strategy, we kinda wanted this premiere to be much smaller than this. As you can see, we failed."
Paul Rudd arrives, looking, dare I say it, a trifle indignANT? (aww...yeah). His tie is white, and square-edged. More news as it happens.
"QLD 52 NSW 6, Am I right?" In the absence of photographing Cute Security Girl again, that result was f-ANT-astic.
"Wait... I just gotta take a quick photo"
"Of the carpet? The crowd? The fans?"
"Nope... Cute Security Girl"
From his balcony perch, Michael Pena dispenses wisdom, charm, charity, hatred of jokes about immigr-ANTS...and the desire for Paul Rudd's white square-bottom tie.
"I brought a spare tie with me. But Michael Pena can't have it." And I'm pretty sure he's adamANT about that.
"From up here, you all look like tiny little... I'm going to say weevils, Alex"
"Watch this movie!! Paul Rudd is amazing! Michael Pena is cool! Also, while I'm up here : Hi Cute Security Girl"
"....." Too professional to respond with anything more than a tolerANT half-smile.
"You can't keep putting off the on-stage interview" Even if it ANTagonises Alex Zane?
"Your tie sucks"
"Thanks for confirming your pedANTic jealousy, Pena"
"What if instead of being shrunk, instead it's the Ants who are enlarged to human size?"
"I've only got a few more photos left to work in another ant-based pun. But right now I cAN'T think of any".
"You should follow this guy on twitter, facebook, and offer him a job doing on-set photography on major studio films"
I wholeheartedly agree.
So... that's a decent enough premiere, and my collection of Marvel Premieres grows by yet another, with Ant-Man joining the likes of Thor, Thor The Dark World, Iron Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America The Winter Soldier, The Avengers and Avengers Age of Ultron.
ps. if you want to know whenever I post a new premiere journal, feel free to follow me on twitter @berndt2_photo or on facebook at premieresdotco.
Tagged: Michael Pena, Michael Douglas, Paul Rudd, Antman, Ant Man, #Antman, Premiere, Premieres, London, Leicester Square, Peyton Reed, Bernd Talasch, Catherine Zeta Jones, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Newer Post19 July - The 'Inside Out' UK Gala
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Q: Send handled Exception report using HockeyApp(Windows) I am trying to Send Error reports with hockeyapp without having to let the whole app crash and burn. I dont think the HockeyApp.WPF library has this capability, so I started to mess around with implementing my own CrashHandler.
This quickly got confusing and very hackey. Does anyone have any code examples for this? At my current rate I will end up reproducing half of the HockeyApp Library, so I would appreciate some help.
I am not posting my code because I don't think it will help and its too much.
Edit: now I will post a shortened version of code that doesnt seem to work:
        private static void HandleException(Exception e) {
        try {
            string crashID = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
            String filename = String.Format("{0}{1}.log", CrashFilePrefix, crashID);

            CrashLogInformation logInfo = new CrashLogInformation() {
                PackageName = Application.Current.GetType().Namespace,
                Version = ((HockeyClient)HockeyClient.Current).VersionInfo,
                OperatingSystem = Environment.OSVersion.Platform.ToString(),
                Windows = Environment.OSVersion.Version.ToString() + Environment.OSVersion.ServicePack,
                Manufacturer = "",
                Model = ""
            };

            ICrashData crash = ((HockeyClient)HockeyClient.Current).CreateCrashData(e);
            using (FileStream stream = File.Create(Path.Combine(GetPathToHockeyCrashes(), filename))) {
                crash.Serialize(stream);
                stream.Flush();
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex) {
            ((HockeyClient)HockeyClient.Current).HandleInternalUnhandledException(ex);
        }
    }
    private static string GetPathToHockeyCrashes() {
        string path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData);
        if (!path.EndsWith("\\")) { path += "\\"; }
        path += "HockeyCrashes\\";
        if (!Directory.Exists(path)) { Directory.CreateDirectory(path); }
        return path;
    }

    private struct CrashLogInformation {
        /// <summary>
        /// name of app package
        /// </summary>
        public string PackageName;
        /// <summary>
        /// version of app
        /// </summary>
        public string Version;
        /// <summary>
        /// os
        /// </summary>
        public string OperatingSystem;
        /// <summary>
        /// device manufacturer
        /// </summary>
        public string Manufacturer;
        /// <summary>
        /// device model
        /// </summary>
        public string Model;
        /// <summary>
        /// product id of app
        /// </summary>
        public string ProductID;
        /// <summary>
        /// windows phone version
        /// </summary>
        public string WindowsPhone;
        /// <summary>
        /// windows version
        /// </summary>
        public string Windows;
    }

A: I was able to make a post after formatting the logs as described in the documentation for the crashes/upload endpoint(http://support.hockeyapp.net/kb/api/api-crashes#-u-post-api-2-apps-app_id-crashes-upload-u-).
Although I ended up hitting "crashes/", which from my understanding is different from crashes/upload(Therefore this is a solution that is hitting an undocumented endpoint).
private static readonly string HOCKEYUPLOADURL = @"https://rink.hockeyapp.net/api/2/apps/{0}/crashes/";

     private static async Task SendDataAsync(String log, String userID, String contact, String description) {
            string rawData = "";
            rawData += "raw=" + Uri.EscapeDataString(log);
            if (userID != null) {
                rawData += "&userID=" + Uri.EscapeDataString(userID);
            }
            if (contact != null) {
                rawData += "&contact=" + Uri.EscapeDataString(contact);
            }
            if (description != null) {
                rawData += "&description=" + Uri.EscapeDataString(description);
            }
            WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(new Uri(String.Format(HOCKEYUPLOADURL, HOCKEYAPPID)));

            request.Method = "POST";
            request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
            using (Stream stream = await request.GetRequestStreamAsync()) {
                byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(rawData);
                stream.Write(byteArray, 0, rawData.Length);
                stream.Flush();
            }

            try {
                using (WebResponse response = await request.GetResponseAsync()) { }
            }
            catch (WebException e) {
                WriteLocalLog(e, "HockeyApp SendDataAsync failed");

            }

        }


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N.J. Congressman calls for suspension of Obama's Syrian refugee program
Published on November 17, 2015 November 17, 2015 by admin
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog Ahead of a classified brief with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and FBI Director James Comey on the Paris terrorist attacks, Rep. Leonard Lance (R, NJ-07) issued a statement on Tuesday afternoon announcing his Read More
Published in Foreign Policy, Immigration, Leonard Lance, Syria, Terrorism, U.S. House of RepresentativesTagged congress, House, kerry, lance, NJ, Obama, paris, refugee, resettlement, Syria
Indicted Menendez is back on the attack
Published on July 13, 2015 by Matt Rooney
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog We've come to expect from Bob Menendez what we saw on Sunday's edition of This Week, Save Jerseyans, coming as the Obama Administration prepares to give Iran a clear path to an atomic Read More
Published in Bob Menendez, Foreign Policy, Iran, U.S. SenateTagged abc, Bob Menendez, deal, iran, kerry, Obama, Video
Lance on Iran: "Any final deal must be approved by Congress"
Published on April 3, 2015 by Matt Rooney
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Ronald Reagan once cautioned his countrymen to "trust, but verify" in foreign affairs. Barack Obama? I'm not sure how we can describe his philosophy. Surrender and hope? Bend over and pray? You Read More
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Kerry Just Said What They're All Thinking
Published on April 29, 2014 by Matt Rooney
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog John Kerry is catching a lot of flack for calling Israel an "apartheid state" last week, Save Jerseyans. He deserves it. He's an embarrassment to this country; has been since long before I was even born! But Read More
Published in Democrat Party, Foreign Policy, Israel, UncategorizedTagged anti-semitism, apartheid, boo, comment, convention, democrat, god, Israel, kerry, secretary, state, Video
Published on February 24, 2014 February 24, 2014 by Joe Sinagra
Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence ~ Simon and Garfunkel By Joe Sinagra | The Save Jersey Blog Is Read More
Published in Foreign Policy, Mainstream Media, U.S. MilitaryTagged afghanistan, Bush, casualties, death, iraq, kerry, Obama, War
Mulshine Post Misses the Mark
Published on September 12, 2013 September 12, 2013 by Matt Rooney
OPINION: School Choice Will Help Teachers, Too, and Conservatives Need to Say It! By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Paul Mulshine's never liked Save Jersey and we've never lost sleep over it, my dear Save Jerseyans. You can't make everyone happy. Read More
Published in Education, School ChoiceTagged barbara, Buono, charter, Christie, education, fundraiser, Governor, kerry, Mulshine, new jersey, NJ, Reform, school, school choice, washington
No Expiration Date on Blame Bush BS
Published on September 1, 2013 September 1, 2013 by Matt Rooney
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog I woke up this morning and watch a little Meet the Press, Save Jerseyans, which was my first mistake. Long-time McCain backer Bill Kristol and (R) and former Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs (D) agreed Read More
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Guessing We Finally Found Those Iraqi WMD's?
Published on August 27, 2013 August 27, 2013 by Matt Rooney
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Sometimes the B.S. is just too much to take. For the past 10 years, Save Jerseyans, it's been fashionable in liberal circles to mock the Bush Administration and its supporters for alleging the existence of Read More
Published in Foreign PolicyTagged Bush, iraq, kerry, Syria, wmd
Armchair Heroes After Boston
Published on April 23, 2013 April 23, 2013 by admin
Career Politicians Taking Credit for the Work of Others. Is Anyone Surprised? By Dale Glading | The Save Jersey Blog "It's amazing how much can be accomplished if no one is concerned with who gets the credit" – John Wooden, former UCLA men's Read More
Published in TerrorismTagged bin laden, bombing, boston, kerry, menino, Obama, Tsarnaev


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Q: During training the TensorFlow model(!!Not the Keras model), How to get the input and output of the intermediate layer(op) of the model? During training the TensorFlow model(!!Not the Keras model), is possible to get the input and output of the intermediate layer(op) of the model?
I use the example from Tensorflow tutorial as the demo:
To explain more clearly, I made a few changes to the model without changing its purpose.
Tensorflow Version: 2.8.0
class MyModel(Model):
  def __init__(self):
    super(MyModel, self).__init__()
    self.conv1 = Conv2D(32, 3, activation='relu')
    self.flatten = Flatten()
    self.d1 = Dense(128, activation='relu')
    self.d2 = Dense(10)

  def call(self, x):
    # x = self.conv1(x)
    # x = self.flatten(x)
    # x = self.d1(x)
    # return self.d2(x)
    x1 = self.conv1(x)
    x2 = self.flatten(x1)
    x3 = self.d1(x2)
    return self.d2(x3)

Is possible to get the x1, x2, and x3 in the model or the input and output of self.conv1?

A: I would recommend using a custom Keras callback to feed data to the model during training and then saving the weights and outputs. You can feed the callback your training data or other data, for example your test data:
import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np

class MyModel(tf.keras.Model):
  def __init__(self):
    super(MyModel, self).__init__()
    self.conv1 = tf.keras.layers.Conv2D(32, 3, activation='relu')
    self.flatten = tf.keras.layers.Flatten()
    self.d1 = tf.keras.layers.Dense(128, activation='relu')
    self.d2 = tf.keras.layers.Dense(10)

  def call(self, x):
    x1 = self.conv1(x)
    x2 = self.flatten(x1)
    x3 = self.d1(x2)
    return self.d2(x3)

class CustomCallback(tf.keras.callbacks.Callback):
   def __init__(self, data):
        self.data = data
   def on_epoch_end(self, epoch, logs=None):
        #if epoch == some_value: <-- can also define a condition
        conv_layer = self.model.layers[0]
        outputs = conv_layer(self.data)
        np.save('conv_outputs', np.array(outputs))
        np.save('conv_weights', np.array(conv_layer.weights))
        tf.print('Saved Conv2D outputs and weights')

model = MyModel()
x_train = tf.random.normal((10, 32, 32, 3))
x_test = tf.random.normal((10, 32, 32, 3))
model.compile(optimizer='adam', loss = tf.keras.losses.SparseCategoricalCrossentropy(True))
model.fit(x_train, tf.random.uniform((10, 1), maxval=10), epochs=2, callbacks=[CustomCallback(x_test)], batch_size=2)

A: There are many ways but I think about the purpose when model learning you can assigned some values to the model as you start with the custom class and in the same way you can read the layer weight or output from model( X ) or model.predict( X ) value.
[ Sample ] :
import os
from os.path import exists

import gym
import ale_py

import tensorflow as tf
import tensorflow_io as tfio

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.animation as animation

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[PhysicalDevice(name='/physical_device:GPU:0', device_type='GPU')]
None
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physical_devices = tf.config.experimental.list_physical_devices('GPU')
assert len(physical_devices) > 0, "Not enough GPU hardware devices available"
config = tf.config.experimental.set_memory_growth(physical_devices[0], True)
print(physical_devices)
print(config)

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: Games Environments
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env = gym.make("ALE/ChopperCommand-v5")
n_outputs = env.action_space.n
obs = env.reset()
observation, reward, done, info = env.step(1)

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: Variables
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
global step
global action
step = 1
action = 1
CROP_SIZE = [ 210, 160 ]
IMAGE_SIZE = [ 210, 160, 3 ]
BATCH_SIZE = 1
NUM_BOXES = 1
LONG_STEPS = 100000000000

boxes = tf.constant([ 0.26, 0.05, 0.8, 1.0 ], shape=(1, 4))
box_indices = tf.constant([ 0 ], shape=(1, ))

fig = plt.figure()
image = plt.imread( "F:\\datasets\\downloads\\cats_name\\train\\Symbols\\01.jpg" )
im = plt.imshow(image)

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: Class / Definition
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class MyModel(tf.keras.Model):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.optimizer = tf.keras.optimizers.Nadam( learning_rate=0.00001, beta_1=0.9, beta_2=0.999, epsilon=1e-07, name='Nadam')
        self.lossfn = tf.keras.losses.SparseCategoricalCrossentropy( from_logits=False, reduction=tf.keras.losses.Reduction.AUTO, name='sparse_categorical_crossentropy' )

        self.input1 = tf.keras.layers.InputLayer(input_shape=( 210, 160, 1 ), name="input_01")
        self.normalize1 = tf.keras.layers.Normalization(mean=3., variance=2., name="normalize_01"),
        self.normalize2 = tf.keras.layers.Normalization(mean=4., variance=6., name="normalize_01"),
        self.conv2d = tf.keras.layers.Conv2D(32, (3, 3), activation='relu')
        self.maxpool2d = tf.keras.layers.MaxPooling2D((2, 2))
        self.dense1 = tf.keras.layers.Dense(4, activation=tf.nn.relu, name="Dense_01")
        self.dense2 = tf.keras.layers.Dense(5, activation=tf.nn.softmax, name="Dense_02")
        self.dense3 = tf.keras.layers.Dense(16, activation=tf.nn.softmax, name="Dense_03")
        self.flattern = tf.keras.layers.Flatten(name="flattern")
        self.model = tf.keras.models.Sequential([
            self.input1,
            tf.keras.layers.Normalization(mean=3., variance=2.),
            tf.keras.layers.Normalization(mean=4., variance=6.),
            tf.keras.layers.Conv2D(32, (3, 3), activation='relu'),
            tf.keras.layers.MaxPooling2D((2, 2)),
            tf.keras.layers.Flatten(name="flattern"),
            self.dense3,
        ])

    def call(self, inputs, training=None):
        result = self.model( inputs, training  )

        return result

def animate( i ):
    global step
    global action

    step = step + 1

    observation, reward, done, info = env.step(action)
    env.render()
    im.set_array( observation )

    image_array = tf.keras.preprocessing.image.img_to_array( observation )
    image_cropped = tf.image.crop_and_resize( tf.expand_dims(image_array, axis=0), boxes, box_indices, CROP_SIZE )
    image_cropped = tf.reshape( image_cropped[0], IMAGE_SIZE )
    # grey scales
    image_greyscales = tf.image.rgb_to_grayscale( image_cropped ).numpy()

    prediction_result = model.predict(tf.constant(tf.cast(image_greyscales, dtype=tf.int64), shape=(1, 210, 160, 1), dtype=tf.int64))
    action = tf.constant(tf.math.argmax( prediction_result[0] ), shape=(1, 1, 1), dtype=tf.int64)[0][0][0].numpy()

    if reward > 0 :
        input_dataset = tf.constant(tf.cast(image_greyscales, dtype=tf.int64 ), shape=(1, 1, 210, 160, 1), dtype=tf.int64)
        label_dataset = tf.constant( action, shape=(1, 1, 1), dtype=tf.int64 )
        dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices(( input_dataset, label_dataset ))
        history = model.fit( dataset, batch_size=100, epochs=10, callbacks=[custom_callback] )
    else :

        if step % 8 == 0 :
            action = random_action( action )
            observation, reward, done, info = env.step(action)
            env.render()
            im.set_array( observation )

            image_array = tf.keras.preprocessing.image.img_to_array( observation )
            image_cropped = tf.image.crop_and_resize( tf.expand_dims(image_array, axis=0), boxes, box_indices, CROP_SIZE )
            image_cropped = tf.reshape( image_cropped[0], IMAGE_SIZE )
            image_greyscales = tf.image.rgb_to_grayscale( image_cropped ).numpy()

            input_dataset = tf.constant(tf.cast(image_greyscales, dtype=tf.int64 ), shape=(1, 1, 210, 160, 1), dtype=tf.int64)
            label_dataset = tf.constant( action, shape=(1, 1, 1), dtype=tf.int64 )
            dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices(( input_dataset, label_dataset ))
            history = model.fit( dataset, batch_size=100, epochs=10, callbacks=[custom_callback] )
        else :
            pass

    plt.xlabel( str(step) + ": action = " + str( action ) )
    plt.show()
    return im,

def random_action(action):

    temp = tf.random.normal([n_outputs], 1, 0.2, tf.float32)
    # temp_2 = tf.constant( tf.ones(( n_outputs )) * 48 )
    action = tf.math.argmax(temp).numpy()

    return action

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: Callback
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class custom_callback(tf.keras.callbacks.Callback):
    def on_epoch_end(self, epoch, logs={}):
        if( logs['accuracy'] >= 0.97 ):
            self.model.stop_training = True
            return
        else :
            output_layer = self.model.get_layer( name="Dense_03" )  #   <keras.layers.core.dense.Dense object at 0x000002CB9D3267F0>
            # you may utilize the model training weight here

custom_callback = custom_callback()

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: DataSet
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
image_array = tf.keras.preprocessing.image.img_to_array( observation )
image_cropped = tf.image.crop_and_resize( tf.expand_dims(image_array, axis=0), boxes, box_indices, CROP_SIZE )
image_cropped = tf.reshape( image_cropped[0], IMAGE_SIZE )
# grey scales
image_greyscales = tf.image.rgb_to_grayscale( image_cropped ).numpy()

input_dataset = tf.constant(tf.cast(image_greyscales, dtype=tf.int64), shape=(1, 1, 210, 160, 1), dtype=tf.int64)
label_dataset = tf.constant([0], shape=(1, 1, 1), dtype=tf.int64)
dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices(( input_dataset, label_dataset ))

model = MyModel( )
optimizer = tf.keras.optimizers.Nadam( learning_rate=0.00001, beta_1=0.9, beta_2=0.999, epsilon=1e-07, name='Nadam')
lossfn = tf.keras.losses.SparseCategoricalCrossentropy( from_logits=False, reduction=tf.keras.losses.Reduction.AUTO, name='sparse_categorical_crossentropy' )
model.compile(optimizer=optimizer, loss=lossfn, metrics=['accuracy'])
model.build(input_shape=( None, 210, 160, 1 ))
model.summary()
history = model.fit( dataset, batch_size=100, epochs=5, callbacks=[custom_callback] )

prediction_result = model.predict(tf.constant(tf.cast(image_greyscales, dtype=tf.int64), shape=(1, 210, 160, 1), dtype=tf.int64))
print( prediction_result )

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: Tasks
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
while LONG_STEPS > 0:
    ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, interval=50, blit=True)
    plt.show()

plt.close()


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By Brian Mastroianni on October 11, 2022 — Fact checked by Sheeka Sanahori
New research from The Trevor Project finds that LGBTQ youth are coming out at younger ages, but they also report higher rates of victimization, which can impact their mental health and risk of suicide. MoMo Productions/Getty Images
New research finds that LGBTQ youth are coming out at earlier ages.
Youth who come out earlier than age 13 report higher rates of victimization due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
This can increase their risk of suicide.
Family and environmental support can significantly reduce the risk of suicide for LGBTQ Youth.
"Coming out" can be a complex event in an LGBTQIA+ person's life. It can be fraught with tension, a source of stress, or, on the flip side, a time of renewed sense of self and identity. Essentially, coming out is incredibly personal and looks different for everyone — something a day of awareness and community like 'National Coming Out Day' directs a spotlight toward.
For young people who are part of the greater LGBTQ community, factors like how old they are and the type of environment in which they are coming out can play a big role in shaping their experience.
Nonprofit The Trevor Project released a new research brief that paints a picture of these realities, including the fact that today's queer youth are coming out at younger ages.
One key finding: Whether or not an LGBTQ youth has access to positive, safe support systems can play a direct role in that young person's positive or negative mental health outcomes, including suicide risk.
Research finds young people are coming out at earlier ages
This brief uses data from The Trevor Project's 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health. It reached 33,993 LGBTQ youth online from September to December 2021.
Among the findings, LGBTQ youth are coming out about their sexual orientations at younger ages than in the past. Those in the sample who were ages 13 to 17 came out on average at age 13, compared to peers who were 18 to 24, whose average age of coming out was 16.
The Trevor Project found that 24% of the overall sample of participants came out before 13. To put this in perspective, 35% of LGBTQ youth 13 to 17 years old came out before they were 13, in contrast to only 8% of those young people between 18 and 24 years old.
When asked why LGBTQ youth might be coming out at younger ages now, Myeshia Price, PhD, the Director of Research Science at The Trevor Project, told Healthline that while the nonprofit can't directly tie this to one specific reason, "young people increasingly have more access to language, education, and representation around LGBTQ people and identities" now more than ever before.
"While we have miles to go as a society, it is important to note that both understanding and acceptance of LGBTQ people has grown significantly in the last few decades," Price said. "This reality may help us understand why many LGBTQ youth are coming out at younger ages."
Greater understanding of and visibility of LGBTQ identities and cultural realities enabling these young people to be more comfortable being open about their sexualities and gender identities also come at a time of mental health stress and pressures.
The new research also showed those youth who came out before age 13 had increased odds of suicide risk. The brief revealed that 56% of those who came out before age 13 "seriously considered suicide in the past year."
By comparison, 42% of those who came out later reported seriously considering suicide.
Beyond this, 22% of LGBTQ youth who came out before 13 attempted suicide in the past year, compared to 12% who came out later on. Those who came out at 13 or younger also showed 37% increased odds of a suicide attempt in the past year.
"When we look at these data, we must do so with an understanding that coming out in and of itself is not harmful to LGBTQ youth mental health — it's more about the level of support youth have while coming out," Price emphasized. "While both younger and older LGBTQ youth may face victimization based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, younger LGBTQ youth may have less access to protective factors that buffer the impact, such as LGBTQ-affirming environments and people and the autonomy to seek them out."
A look at stigma and threats facing LGBTQ youth
Some troubling statistics from The Trevor Project pull the curtain back on some of the unique external threats and societal stigma LGBTQ kids face when coming out at these early adolescent ages.
The research brief shows that those who came out earlier than 13 "reported higher rates of victimization due to their sexual orientation or gender identity."
They found 31% of those who came out before 13 reported being physically threatened or harmed as a result of their disclosure of their sexual orientation or gender identity, compared to 20% of their older peers who came out after 13 years old.
The Trevor Project's research brief also reveals that 83% of those who came out 13 or younger "reported that they have experienced discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity" compared to 72% who came out at later adolescent and young adult ages.
The data show a link between this heightened experience of victimization and the risk of suicide attempts and ideation.
Those young people who came out before 13 and experienced victimization also reported higher rates of attempted suicide compared to their peers who came out in the same young age range but did not experience this kind of victimization.
Those who came out before 13 and were subjected to physical threat or harm due to their gender identity or sexual orientation "reported twice the rate of attempting suicide in the past year" (at 31%) compared to those who came out at the same time but did not experience this kind of victimization, which was 15%.
Those who came out before 13 and experienced discrimination due to their identities also reported a 25% rate of attempting suicide in the past year compared to 10% for those who came out before 13 but did not report experiencing discrimination.
The nonprofit also examined the role that family and environmental support played in these young people's lives.
Those who came out before 13 and "had high family support" reported lower suicide attempt rates in the past year.
Similarly, those who came out at early ages and had "current high social support" from family members reported an 11% rate of attempted suicide compared to 24% of those who came out before 13 and had "current low or moderate social support" from their family and loved ones.
This new research also showed that those who came out "two or more years after first thinking they might be LGBTQ" were at 56% increased odds of attempting suicide in the past year.
The Trevor Project showed that delaying one's coming out process "may have mental health implications."
What did they find?
Those individuals who came out within a year of realizing they might have an LGBTQ identity reported a 12% rate of attempting suicide in the past year compared to 16% for those who came out "two or more years" after this self-realization.
The implications of this research
Price said this research fits in with other work that shows that "when LGBTQ youth feel accepted by family and friends and have access to LGBTQ-affirming spaces, their odds of attempting suicide lower significantly."
Heather Zayde, LCSW, a Brooklyn-based clinical social worker and psychotherapist, told Healthline that there is a misconception that once you "come out," it's something you do once. Once you've made that disclosure, you can move on.
However, anyone with an LGBTQIA+ identity knows that misconception isn't necessarily the case.
"In fact, it's really a commitment to a process of living your truth," said Zayde, who is unaffiliated with The Trevor Project research. "Some people have to come out when they get a new job, start a new school, or even meet a new friend."
The new data underscores Zayde's point that coming out can be a monumental moment in a young person's life, one that has ripple effects outward in all aspects of one's day-to-day existence.
That can be a lot for a young person, especially at those vulnerable early adolescent ages. It's something that can be made even more complicated when you factor in the outside opinions, perspectives, and sometimes discriminatory behavior of others in that young person's life.
"LGBTQ youth who came out about their sexual orientation before age 13 and have high family support report lower rates of attempting suicide in the past year compared to their peers who do not have that family support. It's really on us – as adults and allies in these young people's lives – to ensure that young people feel safe and supported from the start," Price said.
This doesn't mean a parent or guardian has to become an expert on LGBTQ topics overnight to be a supportive ally.
Price pointed to recent research from The Trevor Project that found that guardians, caregivers, and parents of LGBTQ young people "can take relatively simple actions to make LGBTQ youth feel supported."
This could involve just talking respectfully about LGBTQ identities and taking the time to educate themselves on issues surrounding queer people in general. Knowledge is power, and it can go a long way in supporting an LGBTQ kid.
When asked why there might be a difference between the realities of young people who come out before or after 13, Price said a person might feel a need to delay their coming out for a range of reasons. These could include feeling unsafe coming out and fears of rejection from their community, friends, and family.
"These reasons are also strong risk factors for suicide – and when you couple those with potential added stress around grappling internally with one's own identity, but not being able to share it – all of these challenges can compound and take a serious toll on a young person's mental health," Price added.
How to support LGBTQ youth
Given this research was published right around 2022's national coming out day, Zayde said that it can be important for an LGBTQ young person to see a cultural moment designed specifically to commemorate the act of coming out, to ensure young people that they are not alone.
"Coming out day is a nice reminder to the LGBT+ community that we can get support and care around these processes when we need them," Zayde added. "Some sources of that care can be a local community center or an online LGBT+ group."
Price reiterated that "coming out is a deeply personal decision," and young people around the United States and elsewhere should know "there is no right or wrong way to come out."
"For those who want to come out, a great first step is to take stock of who in your life supports and encourages you, and make a plan for what you want to say and how you want to say it ahead of time," Price said. "Because coming out can be nerve-wracking, taking time to plan and practice can make a big difference. For an in-depth look at what coming out safely can mean for you, view The Trevor Project's Coming Out Handbook."
Price pointed back to The Trevor Project's larger national survey that found 89% of LGBTQ youth reported that just seeing LGBTQ representation in media like TV and movies "made them feel good about being LGBTQ."
As a result, moments like coming out day or simply hearing others share their stories at any other time "can help guide and inspire LGBTQ youth as they navigate their own journey."
What the new data does is show the significant role just extending empathy and understanding can play in supporting an LGBTQ young person. It can go a long way both through their initial coming out journey and in providing them safety and security in the years to come.
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