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Jonathan Ned Katz Author Event: The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adam
No full text“The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams,” interview with author, Jonathan Ned Katz, moderated by Emily Weiner (WWU) and organized by Congregation Beth Israel
Ned Rorem
No full textNed Rorem is a distinguished author and composer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1976 orchestral suite, "Air Music." He has written several books and was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and three times received the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Deems Taylor Award.Mr. Rorem is seated at a piano. He is wearing a corduroy jacket and dark shirt
Intersection bounds: estimation and inference
No full textWe develop a practical and novel method for inference on intersection bounds, namely bounds defined by either the infimum or supremum of a parametric or nonparametric function, or equivalently, the value of a linear programming problem with a potentially infinite constraint set. Our approach is especially convenient for models comprised of a continuum of inequalities that are separable in parameters, and also applies to models with inequalities that are non-separable in parameters. Since analog estimators for intersection bounds can be severely biased in finite samples, routinely underestimating the size of the identified set, we also offer a median-bias-corrected estimator of such bounds as a natural by-product of our inferential procedures. We develop theory for large sample inference based on the strong approximation of a sequence of series or kernel-based empirical processes by a sequence of "penultimate" Gaussian processes. These penultimate processes are generally not weakly convergent, and thus non-Donsker. Our theoretical results establish that we can nonetheless perform asymptotically valid inference based on these processes. Our construction also provides new adaptive inequality/moment selection methods. We provide conditions for the use of nonparametric kernel and series estimators, including a novel result that establishes strong approximation for any general series estimator admitting linearization, which may be of independent interest.
The non-verbal emotional dictionary NED
No full textA human face is an extremely important source of information during human communication. We learn to recognize facial expressions long before we learn to communicate verbally. Facial expressions are the most effective way to communicate our emotions. For years most researchers centred their attention in the automatic recognition of facial expressions and the most important for them was the recognition of the shape of mouth, eyes and eyebrows. Nowadays, researchers are getting more interested in the automatic generation of facial expressions using an input text. This approach can be of a big importance in many disciplines, such as human communication through computer interfaces and games. Based on this approach, my Master thesis will be focused on building a Non-verbal Emotional Dictionary (NED) where the most important aspect is the relation between from one side an emotional word, and from the other side its corresponding facial expression coded by Action Units (AU) representation and facial expression. This dictionary can then be used as a bridge between an emotional text analyzer and a 3D Talking face system to mimic humane conversations using emotions in a virtual world. To accomplish this, the database of the NED system should include a number of the most used emotional words with there corresponding AU’s. Of course this database will not include all existing emotional words, but will use another database, the Dictionary of Affect Language (DAL) to find the link between the words that are not listed in my database to words that are listed in it. This database (NED) will help, when combined with a 3D talking face system with a text as its input, in the automatic generation of facial expressions. The idea consists of, given an input text, the system should be able to recognize the different emotions and the mood that this input text contains. In this way the “3D face” system should be, in the future, able to read a text or a story as emotionally as a human would do. Using such technology we will achieve a big step in the future of the human communication in the digital world.Media and Knowledge EngineeringElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Internationalization at Harvard
No full textThe aim of this essay is to describe internationalization at Harvard University. Founded by European colonists in 17th century New England, Harvard has historic international roots. By the mid 1900’s it had become an international powerhouse attracting top students, academics and scientists from around the world. Yet, the University is international almost by default as it has reacted to world affairs. Looking toward the future, President Drew Faust has outlined a strategy to become “intentionally global”. One model, begun ten years ago, serves as an example for the future. In 2002 the University established its first overseas office designed to represent the entire institution. The theory was that a modest local infrastructure would encourage students and faculty to expand international collaborations and make a difference in the region benefiting from this presence. The results have been highly successful. The Regional Office in Santiago Chile, representing Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay, has catalyzed engagement of over 3000 faculty and students in the last ten years. Over 50 significant collaborative research programs have benefitted thousands of preschool children, pioneered new approaches to disaster relief, improved health care, revolutionized public housing, and led to scientific breakthroughs. This model of a small physical footprint exerting large academic influence will be one of the central strategies as Harvard looks toward the future.
DOI: 10.18870/hlrc.v3i2.11
Waking Ned Devine
No full textWaking Ned Devine (1998, IRE) by Kirk Jones
Main Cast: Ian Bennen, David Kelly
Company: 20th Century Fox
In a small Irish village one person wins the lottery. The old friends Jackie and Michael want to find out who, and finally find Ned Devine, who died the very same time he won. The whole village finally frames the lotto company to get hold of the lottery win.
Scene: alcohol male adolescent or children strong tobacco nontransgressive in company
1:21:30-1:21:56: alcohol/tobacco
In this scene the village celebrates the lottery win. Maurice a boy drinks some alcohol and smokes a cigar. He feels grown up and adult.
The whole village is celebrating so one might find it ok that also the boy is having some alcohol. On the other side it is more likely that the scene evokes negative reactions as a child drinks alcohol and no one interferes.
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The Lynching and Rebirth of Ned Buntline: Rogue Authorship during the American Literary Renaissance
No full textThough largely unknown today, “Ned Buntline” (Edward Zane Carroll Judson) was one of the most influential authors of 19th-century America. He published over 170 novels, edited multiple popular and political publications, and helped pioneer the seafaring adventure, city mystery and Western genres. It was his pirate tales that Tom Sawyer constantly reenacted, his “Bowery B’hoys” that came to define the distinctive slang and swagger of urban American characters, and his novels and plays that turned an unknown scout into Buffalo Bill, King of the Border Men. But before “Ned Buntline” became a mainstay of the popular press, he had been on his way to becoming one of the nation’s highbrow literary elites. He was praised by the leading critics, edited an important literary journal, and his stories appeared in the era’s most prestigious publications. This study examines how and why “Ned Buntline” moved from prestigious to popular authorship and argues that the transformation was precipitated by one very specific event: in 1846, Edward Z. C. Judson was lynched. A close examination of Judson’s life, writing, and the coverage of him in the newspapers of the day (including the remarkable story of how he survived a lynching) demonstrates that the same issues that led to his lynching also led to his rebirth as a new kind of American author
Systems analysis & design fundamentals: a business process redesign approach
No full textSystems Analysis & Design Fundamentals: A Business Process Redesign Approach uniquely integrates traditional and modern systems analysis with design methods and techniques. By using a business process redesign approach, author Ned Kock enables readers to understand, in a very applied and practical way, how information technologies can be used to significantly improve organizational quality and productivity
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