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Transformers and Void Rivals heads back to print

Transformers and Void Rivals heads back to print #comics #comicbooks #transformers #energonuniverse

Skybound and Hasbro have announced that hit Energon Universe series Void Rivals and Transformers will receive subsequent printings, featuring covers that spotlight favorite characters and their first appearances in the series.   Void Rivals #1 will return for a sixth printing, Void Rivals #6 will return for a second printing, and Transformers #1-3 will all return with subsequent printings,…

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Have now met Minhkhoa Khan.

I honestly think he's the most interesting addition to the wider Bat lore since probably Damian's introduction, in terms of the fact he's actually filling an unoccupied gap in the setting and lore.

Part of the issue with the proliferation of new characters over the last 10-15 years has been that a lot of them are effectively redundant on arrival: they're not providing new storytelling opportunities. Characters like Harper Row (Bluebird) and Mary Turner (Strix) and Claire Clover (Gotham Girl) and Bao Pham (Clownhunter) and Francine Charles (Operator) and so on aren't really designed to have a long term existence or take-up. You know once a writer leaves a book that character is probably done, and going to fade into the annals of 'hey do you remember'.

They exist because a writer can't use the character they clearly wanted to use instead, or they wanted to run a trope in a story arc (the characters listed above are: 2x 'we actually wanted to use Cass'; 1x 'we wanted to use Oracle'; 2x 'we wanted a troubled kid for Bruce to help deal with their trauma').

And I personally don't have a problem with creating short term characters to tell the story you want to tell, though I do prefer it if writers actually check if there's a pre-existing character that fits what is wanted, especially if that character is well known. (We shouldn't have the 'this is just Cass, but the writers weren't allowed to use Cass' situation).

But what makes Khoa instantly compelling to me is that he fits straight into continuity without causing any issues, because he's a character that makes sense to exist, and could have existed in the background for decades.

He's part of Bruce's past training journey, but unlike Henri Ducard or David Cain or the O-Sensei, he's not one of Bruce's teachers; he's a fellow student and rival.

Unlike Thomas Elliot, he's someone Bruce has an active rivalry with and who can instantly draw Bruce back into acting like a petulant teenager. He's not from the Gotham society Bruce left behind like Tommy is (or Roman Sionis); he's part of the development of Bruce's code of morality in his world travels. And he's someone Bruce actually has a give and take relationship with, rather than being a character developing a terrible case of one-sided rivalry watching Bruce.

It takes genuine effort to look at the Bat canon and go 'hey, there's an unoccupied gap here where I can fit in a character that will add to the story, rather than just repeat it'. And Khoa's also a character that can disappear off panel for 5-10 years then pop back up when another writer wants to use him and that would make complete sense; he's not someone who should be getting called in and isn't, or whose only use after his initial story arc is to fill out the background of crowd scenes.

I'm honestly impressed. And interested to see where this goes.

(Also I want fic about David Cain, Minhkhoa Khan and young Cass very, very badly; or a story where Cass runs into him while she's working in Hong Kong)

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Première del film "Belle Epine ", Parigi Cinémathèque Française, 3 giugno 2010

📷 Pierre-Henri Pham

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Instagram Intros (Mitch Marner's Kids)

Lucas William Marner (@lucasmarner)

DOB: August 29th 2016 Age: 32 years old Hometown: Toronto, Ontario Nicknames: Luke, Luka, Lukey S/O: Ashlyn Morris Kids: Nolan, Joshua, and Braley Best Friend(s): Eliot Nylander Aesthetic: Lucas, like his father and step-father, was a hockey player. His father had convinced his mother to put him into pee-wee hockey when he was around 4 years old and he had been playing ever since. He was an exceptional player from the beginning, already having experience tagging along to family skate and the Leafs games growing up. Luke adored his dad in every way shape and form. So when his parents split up and Olivia started dating Jack, it was hard on him to say the least. He was used to being around the Leafs family, and now being so called "stuck" in New Jersey with Jack's actual family ruined him. He was as open to Jack as his younger siblings were. Luke was being constantly berated by his mom for acting rudely towards his step-father. Jack understood to an extent, but it didn't hurt him any less. Mitch wasn't any help either though, disliking this quick relationship with his ex, talking trash and fighting Jack any time he could. When Olivia and Mitch had their one-night stand while her and Jack were on a break, and she ending up pregnant with her first daughter, Lucas thought this was finally his parents time to get back together. Olivia, however, made it clear that her and Mitch were not going to be together again. This bother Luke, but it got him to truly understand the reality of it all. His parents still tried to get along with each other, and he still visited Toronto every winter and for playoffs. Him and Jack started to bond over hockey, though Mitch was the only one he would practice with other than his brothers. When he was 18, Lucas was the first overall draft for the Toronto Maple Leafs and became a legacy player. He brought the Leafs to the Stanley Cup in 2037, 10 years after his father did so.

Myles Thomas Marner (@mylestmarner)

DOB: May 10th 2020 Age: 28 years old Hometown: Toronto, Ontario Nicknames: Mile, Miley S/O: Lilly Dunn Kids: Callie and Athena Best Friend(s): Jeremiah Wagner, Matteo Aguilar, and Braydon Pham Aesthetic: Myles, unlike his older brother, was obsessed with Jack. He was only 3 when he and Olivia started dating, but he already knew he was the coolest person he had ever met. Of course he loved his dad and wanted him to win at all times, but Jack just seemed so chill. Liv watched her son follow Jack around the rink and the house all day, she couldn't believe one of her sons was actually okay with her new boyfriend. Myles used to yell at his older brother whenever he gave Jack attitude. Jack thought this was the funniest thing ever. He loved having someone on his team rooting for him. When Henry was born, Myles was ready to get him on the ice right away, but Olivia and Jack had to help him take a step back, considering Harry couldn't even hold his head up just yet. You can bet though that Myles was the first to teach him anything when he could. In fact Henry's nickname, Haz or Hazzy, was given to him by his older half-brother. The nickname stuck well into his NHL career too. Miley was the 4th overall pick for the Carolina Hurricanes and he was pretty damn good.

Lincoln Daniel Marner (@linc_m12)

DOB: July 21st 2023 Age: 25 years old Hometown: Hobokken, New Jersey Nicknames: Linc, Linny, Lake S/O: Reece Mercer Kids: None Best Friend(s): Jonah Matthews and Zachery Brandt Aesthetic: Lincoln grew up in New Jersey, which makes him a Devils fan. He wasn't all that big into hockey like his brothers though. In fact, in a house full of hockey players, he sort of felt left out. He and his mom were very close, big mama's boy. She knew how he felt and tried to explain to him that it was all good if he didn't want to play the majority sport. Lincoln still played with his brother and dads when he could, but honestly wished he could just cuddle up with Liv on the bench. Mitch saw how bent out of shape Linc was and knew immediately what was wrong. He never wanted to force this life on his kids, if they liked it (like Luke and Myles) great! If not, that was okay too. Mitch, having gone through it with his dad too, didn't want to do that to his son also. Jack on the other hand, wasn't aware of this and encouraged Lincoln whenever he could to get on the ice. He thought he was helping, believing that Lincoln was just insecure about his skating or something, but to Mitch it looked like peer pressure. Whilst visiting Toronto during the winter, the whole group joined the Leafs at family skate, including Jack. Once Mitch saw Jack "bothering" Linc to get on the ice with every, shit hit the fan. Mitch started beating Jack black and blue, only stopping when JT pulled him off him. Lincoln had ran away to the locker rooms, hiding in the corner. Olivia was too busy yelling at Mitch and helping Jack with his injuries to notice Auston skating away from the rink. He had stopped by in the locker room on his hunt for the missing boy, and saw Lincoln curled up in a ball near his dad's gear. Auston pulled Lincoln into his arms and soothed the little boy. They had a long talk, and this is when Auston found out that Linc was into baseball and had been wanting to play for a while but was just too scared too say anything. Auston brought this up to Liv and had set up a schedule for him to help practice with her son. He ended up being drafted for the New York Mets when he was 18 along with Auston's son Jonah, and has been playing there since. Jack had apologised to the kid and had been at every single baseball game Lincoln ever played.

Madison Jay Marner (@maddiemarner)

DOB: February 13th 2029 Age: 19 years old Hometown: Hobokken, New Jersey Nicknames: Mads, Maddie, Sonny S/O: Spencer Reynolds Kids: None Best Friend(s): Arthur Hughes Aesthetic: Madison's story is a complicated one. Jack and Olivia had been on a break for about 2 months at the time her mother had gotten pregnant with her. Mitch and Olivia had a one night stand and it ended in Madison's conception. The competition between Jack and Mitch was now at all time high. When Olivia had told Mitch about it, he was excited, thinking that maybe he could get her back because of this, but she had the plans to abort Maddie, scared that she had completely messed up her family with Jack. She had already had two little boys with him, she knew he was a good father, she just didn't know how he would react to her being pregnant with her ex baby daddy's kid. Jack freaked out for a minute, staying at his mom's house for a week, before Ellen had talked some sense into him and he went back. He understood that they had been on a break and that he can't really be mad. Jack had continued to support Liv throughout this pregnancy, though he was weary having Mitch around now more than usual. Mitch had been making a point that this baby was his and that Jack shouldn't be included in this, refusing to let Jack in at appointments, not allowing him to be a part of baby showers and what not. Olivia had hated seeing Jack so excluded, knowing that Jack was going to be the one mainly around for the kid. When she had found out the gender she was so excited! Finally a girl to be on her side! Mitch had been now bragging about how he gave Olivia, not only her first kid, but now her first daughter too. Jack found this insufferable, and he was sad a little bit too. Liv had promised to include Jack in everything and now he couldn't even enjoy the thought of having a daughter because Mitch had made it his mission to remind him that this little girl wasn't his. When Madison was born however, Mitch was out of town, leaving Jack to be there in the delivery room when she made her entrance into this world. She was a big daddy's girl too…with Jack. She didn't really care for Mitch, funny considering he was so entitled to her before. Jack was wrapped around her finger the minute she was born, and sobbed when he got to hold her and when he saw that she was named after him. As Maddie grew up, Jack and Mitch's relationship got better, for the sake of her. She hated that her dads didn't get along, wanted them to love each other as much as she did them. No, that didn't exactly happen, but they did tolerate each other for her well-being.

[sturniolo-triplets]

Thank you! Know of any hot Indian or Asian guys?

Karan Brar, Anirudh Pisharody, Nic Kaufmann, Cole Allison, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Kairi Cosentino, Cedric Pham, Dev Patel, suprememojib, Henry Golding, Manny Jacinto

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New Releases

A bunch of fun books out this week. What will you be reading?

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron Bloomsbury YA

This heart-pounding slasher by New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is perfect for fans of Fear Street.

Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the “final girl” at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business.

But the last weekend of the season, Charity’s co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity’s role as the final girl suddenly becomes all too real. If Charity and her girlfriend Bezi hope to survive the night, they’ll need figure out what this killer is after. Is there is more to the story of Mirror Lake and its dangerous past than Charity ever suspected?

Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam by Thien Pham First Second

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy’s search for belonging in America, perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and The Best We Could Do !

Thien’s first memory isn’t a sight or a sound. It’s the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It’s the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam.

After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don’t get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a new meaning. Strawberries come to signify struggle as Thien’s mom and dad look for work. Potato chips are an indulgence that bring Thien so much joy that they become a necessity.

Behind every cut of steak and inside every croissant lies a story. And for Thien Pham, that story is about a search– for belonging, for happiness, for the American dream.

This Town is on Fire by Pamela N. Harris Quill Tree Books

From the critically acclaimed author of When You Look Like Us comes a page-turning YA contemporary novel about what happens when the latest “Becky” on the internet is your best friend. A lot is up in the air in Naomi Henry’s her spot as a varsity cheer flier, her classmates’ reaction to the debut of her natural hair, and her crush on the guy who’s always been like a brother to her. With so much uncertainty, she feels lucky to have a best friend like Kylie to keep her grounded. After all, they’re practically sisters—Naomi’s mom took care of Kylie and her twin brother for years. But then a video of Kylie calling the cops on two Black teens in a shopping store parking lot goes viral. Naomi is shaken, and her town is reeling from the publicity. While Naomi tries to reckon with Kylie, the other Black students in their high school are questioning their friendship, and her former friends are wondering where this new “woke” Naomi came from. Although Naomi wants to stand by her best friend, she now can’t help but see everything in a different light. As tensions in her town escalate, Naomi finds herself engaging in protests that are on the cusp of being illegal. And then a bomb explodes, and someone is found dead. Will Naomi be caught in the center of the blast?

And Break Pretty Things (Sacred Bone #1) by Lena Jeong HarperCollins

Inspired by Korean history and myths, the first book in the Sacred Bone series is a rich and evocative high-stakes fantasy that is perfect for fans of Gallant and Six Crimson Cranes.

Mirae was meant to save her queendom, but the ceremony before her coronation ends in terror and death, unlocking a strange new power within her and foretelling the return of a monster even the gods fear. Amid the chaos, Mirae’s beloved older brother is taken—threatening the peninsula’s already tenuous truce.

Desperate to save her brother and defeat this ancient enemy before the queendom is beset by war, Mirae sets out on a journey with an unlikely group of companions while her unpredictable magic gives her terrifying visions of a future she must stop at any cost.

An Echo in the City by K.X. Song Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Sixteen-year-old Phoenix knows her parents have invested thousands of dollars to help her leave Hong Kong and get an elite Ivy League education. They think America means big status, big dreams, and big bank accounts. But Phoenix doesn’t want big; she just wants home. The trouble is, she doesn’t know where that is… until the Hong Kong protest movement unfolds, and she learns the city she’s come to love is in danger of disappearing.

Seventeen-year-old Kai sees himself as an artist, not a filial son, and certainly not a cop. But when his mother dies, he’s forced to leave Shanghai to reunite with his estranged father, a respected police officer, who’s already enrolled him in the Hong Kong police academy. Kai wants to hate his job, but instead, he finds himself craving his father’s approval. And when he accidentally swaps phones with Phoenix and discovers she’s part of a protest network, he finds a way to earn it: by infiltrating the group and reporting their plans back to the police.

As Kai and Phoenix join the struggle for the future of Hong Kong, a spark forms between them, pulling them together even as their two worlds try to force them apart. But when their relationship is built on secrets and deception, will they still love the person left behind when the lies fall away?

[juliopison]

CINE Indochina (1992) Título original: Indochine Francia Dirección: Régis Wargnier 1)Idioma: Doblada al Español 2)Idioma: Francés con Subtítulos en Inglés

Atención: Solo para ver en PC o Notebook Para ver el Film pulsa o copia y pega el Link: https://artecafejcp.wixsite.com/escenario-cafejcp/post/indochina-1992

Reparto: Catherine Deneuve · Vincent Pérez · Jean Yanne · Dominique Blanc · Henri Marteau · Linh Dan Pham. Carlo Brandt.

Género: Drama romántico | Años 30. Colonialismo

Sinopsis: Eliane (Catherine Deneuve) es una elegante mujer de ascendencia francesa, y propietaria de una inmensa plantación de caucho, que tiene dos grandes amores: su hija adoptiva Camille (Linh Dan Pham) e Indochina. Todo cambiará con la entrada en sus vidas del apuesto oficial francés Jean-Baptiste (Vincent Perez)… Épico drama romántico que tiene como telón de fondo la gestación de la revolución comunista cuyo estallido provocó el fin de la colonización francesa de Indochina y el nacimiento del Vietnam en 1954.

Críticas: "Una fascinante historia romántica, gracias a la elegante interpretación de Catherine Deneuve, una historia chispeante y asombrosas localizaciones de Vietnam." -Lee Lourdeaux: Variety

Premios: 1993: Nominada Premios BAFTA: Mejor película de habla no inglesa 1992: Oscar: Mejor película extranjera. 2 nominaciones 1992: Globo de Oro: Mejor película de habla no inglesa 1992: Premios César: 5 Premios. 12 nominaciones incluyendo Mejor película 1992: Goya: Mejor película europea 1992: National Board of Review: Mejor película de habla no inglesa

Café Mientras Tanto jcp

[pikespeakzinefest]

Pikes Peak Zine Fest this Saturday, Oct 5th (1-5 p) at UCCS' Berger Hall (go to Kraemer Family Library 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway), Colorado Springs, CO.

Come by to shop zines, prints, books & more from our 40+ awesome zinesters all participating in-person!!! bit.ly/PPZF2024FB

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✴️FAITH LYONS✴️ instagram.com/faithlyonsmadethis 🔹Denver, CO 🔸Bio: Faith is a Denver-based artist and crafter. They work in digital drawing, colored pencil, paint, crochet, and polymer clay. Their zines center on themes of home, sentimentality, and anxiety. They love sudoku, talking about zines, and their cat Greg.

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✴️G Pike✴️ artofgpike.com instagram.com/gpike_ gpike.bsky.social 🔹Colorado Springs, CO 🔸Bio: G has been creating comics for 20+ years, including their long-running comic series "Title Unrelated", a queer fantasy-adventure story.

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✴️GAYANDGOTHIC✴️ theothersideseries.cfw.me/comics/first/#content-start gayandgothic.carrd.co/ instagram.com/gayandgothic 🔹Cheyenne, WY 🔸Bio: Dante Lumsden is a nonbinary horror artist from the Middle of Nowhere. Their work discusses a variety of themes from queerness to anti-capitalism through the lenses of monsters and religion. They also have a love of cowboys.

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✴️GISELLE CUMMINGS ✴️ instagram.com/giselleous 🔹Denver, CO 🔸Bio: Giselle is a mixed-roots Filipino queerdo whose art delves into the complexities of identity, grief, and the spectrum of existential dread to euphoria.

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✴️GONZO BARBIE✴️ instagram.com/gonzo_barbie 🔹Colorado Springs, CO 🔸Bio: Gonzo Barbie is an irl trash artist working out of Colorado. Specializing in doll and miniature works, jewelry and one of a kind designs with a focus on sustainabitiy and creativity. 📘📙📓

✴️HA PHAM✴️ instagram.com/hhaapham instagram.com/girlpervertmag 🔹 Denver, Colorado 🔸Bio: Ha Pham is a freelance graphic designer, illustrator, and founder of Girl Pervert Magazine, an independent publication dedicated to showcasing art and culture with a focus on the undervalued and overlooked.

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✴️HENRY CANNOLI✴️ hungrychildren.etsy.com 🔹Bio: Zines featuring graffiti, drone warfare, lessons from Sesame Street's very own Big Bird, and quips and blips against "the man".

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✴️HI-FI ANXIETY ZINE / GET ON BOARD MAN✴️ www.getonboardman.com instagram.com/hifianxietyzine instagram.com/getonboardman 🔹Pueblo, CO 🔸Bio: Jason Boardman is the creative force behind Hi-Fi Anxiety (a flip style zine about music and collecting), Post No Signs, One Million Broken Stereos and more. His zines are known for their interactive elements. 📘📙📓

✴️IS PRESS✴️ ispress.co instagram.com/is.press 🔹Denver, CO 🔸Bio: is PRESS publishes short run art books and zines that deploy a sophisticated design aesthetic and high quality printing, often featuring letterpress, and hand sewn binding that explore the nexus of art and everyday life.

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IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, Volume 5, Issue 8, August 2024

1) Memory Prompt for Spatiotemporal Transformer Visual Object Tracking

Author(s): Tianyang Xu;Xiao-Jun Wu;Xuefeng Zhu;Josef Kittler

Pages: 3759 - 3764

2) A Survey on Verification and Validation, Testing and Evaluations of Neurosymbolic Artificial Intelligence

Author(s): Justus Renkhoff;Ke Feng;Marc Meier-Doernberg;Alvaro Velasquez;Houbing Herbert Song

Pages: 3765 - 3779

3) A Comprehensive Survey on Graph Summarization With Graph Neural Networks

Author(s): Nasrin Shabani;Jia Wu;Amin Beheshti;Quan Z. Sheng;Jin Foo;Venus Haghighi;Ambreen Hanif;Maryam Shahabikargar

Pages: 3780 - 3800

4) A Survey on Neural Network Hardware Accelerators

Author(s): Tamador Mohaidat;Kasem Khalil

Pages: 3801 - 3822

5) Efficient Structure Slimming for Spiking Neural Networks

Author(s): Yaxin Li;Xuanye Fang;Yuyuan Gao;Dongdong Zhou;Jiangrong Shen;Jian K. Liu;Gang Pan;Qi Xu

Pages: 3823 - 3831

6) A Perceptual Computing Approach for Learning Interpretable Unsupervised Fuzzy Scoring Systems

Author(s): Prashant K. Gupta;Deepak Sharma;Javier Andreu-Perez

Pages: 3832 - 3844

7) Octant Spherical Harmonics Features for Source Localization Using Artificial Intelligence Based on Unified Learning Framework

Author(s): Priyadarshini Dwivedi;Gyanajyoti Routray;Rajesh M. Hegde

Pages: 3845 - 3857

8) Additive Noise Model Structure Learning Based on Spatial Coordinates

Author(s): Jing Yang;Ting Lu;Youjie Zhu

Pages: 3858 - 3871

9) Securing User Privacy in Cloud-Based Whiteboard Services Against Health Attribute Inference Attacks

Author(s): Abdur R. Shahid;Ahmed Imteaj

Pages: 3872 - 3885

10) Complexity-Driven Model Compression for Resource-Constrained Deep Learning on Edge

Author(s): Muhammad Zawish;Steven Davy;Lizy Abraham

Pages: 3886 - 3901

11) A Deep Learning-Based Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation System for Smart Grids

Author(s): Abdulaziz Aljohani;Mohammad AlMuhaini;H. Vincent Poor;Hamed M. Binqadhi

Pages: 3902 - 3914

12) Proximal Policy Optimization With Advantage Reuse Competition

Author(s): Yuhu Cheng;Qingbang Guo;Xuesong Wang

Pages: 3915 - 3925

13) Self-Supervised Forecasting in Electronic Health Records With Attention-Free Models

Author(s): Yogesh Kumar;Alexander Ilin;Henri Salo;Sangita Kulathinal;Maarit K. Leinonen;Pekka Marttinen

Pages: 3926 - 3938

14) quantile-Long Short Term Memory: A Robust, Time Series Anomaly Detection Method

Author(s): Snehanshu Saha;Jyotirmoy Sarkar;Soma S. Dhavala;Preyank Mota;Santonu Sarkar

Pages: 3939 - 3950

15) An Attention Augmented Convolution-Based Tiny-Residual UNet for Road Extraction

Author(s): Parmeshwar S. Patil;Raghunath S. Holambe;Laxman M. Waghmare

Pages: 3951 - 3964

16) Encoder–Decoder Calibration for Multimodal Machine Translation

Author(s): Turghun Tayir;Lin Li;Bei Li;Jianquan Liu;Kong Aik Lee

Pages: 3965 - 3973

17) Improving Source Tracking Accuracy Through Learning-Based Estimation Methods in SH Domain: A Comparative Study

Author(s): Priyadarshini Dwivedi;Gyanajyoti Routray;Devansh Kumar Jha;Rajesh M. Hegde

Pages: 3974 - 3984

18) Optimal Inference of Hidden Markov Models Through Expert-Acquired Data

Author(s): Amirhossein Ravari;Seyede Fatemeh Ghoreishi;Mahdi Imani

Pages: 3985 - 4000

19) X-Fuzz: An Evolving and Interpretable Neuro-Fuzzy Learner for Data Streams

Author(s): Md Meftahul Ferdaus;Tanmoy Dam;Sameer Alam;Duc-Thinh Pham

Pages: 4001 - 4012

20) Focal Transfer Graph Network and Its Application in Cross-Scene Hyperspectral Image Classification

Author(s): Haoyu Wang;Xiaomin Liu

Pages: 4013 - 4025

21) An Adaptive Heterogeneous Credit Card Fraud Detection Model Based on Deep Reinforcement Training Subset Selection

Author(s): Kun Zhu;Nana Zhang;Weiping Ding;Changjun Jiang

Pages: 4026 - 4041

22) A New Causal Inference Framework for SAR Target Recognition

Author(s): Jiaxiang Liu;Zhunga Liu;Zuowei Zhang;Longfei Wang;Meiqin Liu

Pages: 4042 - 4057

23) Distributed Optimal Formation Control of Multiple Unmanned Surface Vehicles With Stackelberg Differential Graphical Game

Author(s): Kunting Yu;Yongming Li;Maolong Lv;Shaocheng Tong

Pages: 4058 - 4073

24) Boundary-Aware Uncertainty Suppression for Semi-Supervised Medical Image Segmentation

Author(s): Congcong Li;Jinshuo Zhang;Dongmei Niu;Xiuyang Zhao;Bo Yang;Caiming Zhang

Pages: 4074 - 4086

25) Deep Transfer Learning for Detecting Electric Vehicles Highly Correlated Energy Consumption Parameters

Author(s): Zeinab Teimoori;Abdulsalam Yassine;Chaoru Lu

Pages: 4087 - 4100

26) Self-Bidirectional Decoupled Distillation for Time Series Classification

Author(s): Zhiwen Xiao;Huanlai Xing;Rong Qu;Hui Li;Li Feng;Bowen Zhao;Jiayi Yang

Pages: 4101 - 4110

27) Context-Aware Self-Supervised Learning of Whole Slide Images

Author(s): Milan Aryal;Nasim Yahya Soltani

Pages: 4111 - 4120

28) CTRL: Clustering Training Losses for Label Error Detection

Author(s): Chang Yue;Niraj K. Jha

Pages: 4121 - 4135

29) Remote Sensing Image Semantic Segmentation Based on Cascaded Transformer

Author(s): Falin Wang;Jian Ji;Yuan Wang

Pages: 4136 - 4148

30) Text-Guided Portrait Image Matting

Author(s): Yong Xu;Xin Yao;Baoling Liu;Yuhui Quan;Hui Ji

Pages: 4149 - 4162

31) An Iterative Optimizing Framework for Radiology Report Summarization With ChatGPT

Author(s): Chong Ma;Zihao Wu;Jiaqi Wang;Shaochen Xu;Yaonai Wei;Zhengliang Liu;Fang Zeng;Xi Jiang;Lei Guo;Xiaoyan Cai;Shu Zhang;Tuo Zhang;Dajiang Zhu;Dinggang Shen;Tianming Liu;Xiang Li

Pages: 4163 - 4175

32) Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers-Based Parallel Optimization for Multi-Agent Collision-Free Model Predictive Control

Author(s): Zilong Cheng;Jun Ma;Wenxin Wang;Zicheng Zhu;Clarence W. de Silva;Tong Heng Lee

Pages: 4176 - 4191

33) Adaptive Iterative Learning Control for Nonlinear Multiagent Systems With Initial Error Compensation

Author(s): Zhiqiang Li;Qi Zhou;Yang Liu;Hongru Ren;Hongyi Li

Pages: 4192 - 4201

34) Enhance Adversarial Robustness via Geodesic Distance

Author(s): Jun Yan;Huilin Yin;Ziming Zhao;Wancheng Ge;Jingfeng Zhang

Pages: 4202 - 4216

35) Shapley Value-Based Approaches to Explain the Quality of Predictions by Classifiers

Author(s): Guilherme Dean Pelegrina;Sajid Siraj

Pages: 4217 - 4231

36) Multistream Gaze Estimation With Anatomical Eye Region Isolation by Synthetic to Real Transfer Learning

Author(s): Zunayed Mahmud;Paul Hungler;Ali Etemad

Pages: 4232 - 4246

37) Model-Based Online Adaptive Inverse Noncooperative Linear-Quadratic Differential Games via Finite-Time Concurrent Learning

Author(s): Jie Lin;Huai-Ning Wu

Pages: 4247 - 4257

38) Dynamic Long-Term Time-Series Forecasting via Meta Transformer Networks

Author(s): Muhammad Anwar Ma'sum;MD Rasel Sarkar;Mahardhika Pratama;Savitha Ramasamy;Sreenatha Anavatti;Lin Liu;Habibullah Habibullah;Ryszard Kowalczyk

Pages: 4258 - 4268

39) Distilled Gradual Pruning With Pruned Fine-Tuning

Author(s): Federico Fontana;Romeo Lanzino;Marco Raoul Marini;Danilo Avola;Luigi Cinque;Francesco Scarcello;Gian Luca Foresti

Pages: 4269 - 4279

40) Multiagent Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning for Operation Optimization of Grid-Interactive Efficient Commercial Buildings

Author(s): Zhiqiang Chen;Liang Yu;Shuang Zhang;Shushan Hu;Chao Shen

Pages: 4280 - 4292

41) Feedback Generative Adversarial Network With Channel-Space Attention for Image-Based Optimal Path Search Planning

Author(s): Tao Sun;Jian-Sheng Li;Yi-Fan Zhang;Xin-Feng Ru;Ke Wang

Pages: 4293 - 4307

[niconote]

NicoNote Next • Luglio - Ottobre 2024

Syntonic is a monthly appointment. A radio programme as a space for sound creation. Schedule:

Wednesday 17 July, 10pm - Radio Raheem Milan - Syntonic w/NicoNote ep. 27

Wednesday 18 September , 10pm - Radio Raheem Milan - Syntonic w/NicoNote ep. 28

Wednesday 16 october , 10pm - Radio Raheem Milan - Syntonic w/NicoNote ep. 29

Adorato Mar by Kataklò - Athletic Dance Theatre, directed by Giulia Staccioli Recorded voice: NicoNote reads Grazia Deledda Special Event on Friday 19 July in Porto Rotondo (SS) Mario Ceroli Theatre 

Friday 19, Saturday 20, Saturday 21 July - Radial System, Berlin   Buffalo Gals Won't You Come Out Tonight  a journey to represent in sound and vision  different worlds  based on the short novella by Ursula J. Le Guin. directed by Silvia Costa, produced by Solistenensemble Kaleidoscop, on a text by Ursula Leguin. Music by Andrea Belfi, Wojtek Blecharz Performance & Music with Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, Minh Duc Pham, Andrea Belfi, NicoNote und Minou Monfared - PREMIERE

Thursday 26 September release date, NicoNote's new album, vinyl and digital by New Interplanetary Melodies & Big Doings - NicoNote Dream Action production. 

REGOLA a suite in 9 frames inspired by Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), mystic, saint, philosopher of the European Middle Ages. An immersive electronic concept album, an exploration of human nature in which NicoNote's multiple voices become instruments to lead the listener into a visionary, ritualistic, timeless dimension. More Info & Pre Order 

Public Presentations: Friday 13 September - Certosa Basilic, Florence, Festival Fil_Armonia, live performance Sunday 22 September - Abbey of Fonte Avellana, Festival 'I suoni delle Alte Marche', Live performance Thursday 26 September - C'entro - Supercinema, Santarcangelo, Collective Listening Session Saturday 28 September  - Palazzo dei Consoli, Bevagna, Digital Calling Festival, Live performance Thursday 3 October - Lo Studio Spaziale, Bologna, Collective Listening Session Thursday 24 October - Libertine Records Shop, Berlin, Collective Listening Session

Saturday 19 October - Teatro degli Atti, Rimini, Festival Sagra Malatestiana  AN DIE UNERKANNTE / TO THE UNKNOWN Sound performance for Voice, Poetry, Electronics  by NicoNote - Sturm und Drang and romantic crossings, freely drawn from a lyric by Hölderlin.

A look starting from a fragment and then opening to the impetuous feeling of a generation, landing to Schumann’s Dichterliebe Lieders passing through Kurt Cobain, Henry Purcell up to the texts written by NicoNote on evocative and romantic needlework, recalling Rilke, Goethe, Novalis and more. Produced by NicoNote Dream Action, Festival Letteratura Mantova 2023, in collaboration of Motus Vague

THE VOICE :: NicoNote Vocal Study Courses - Present in Bologna at Lo Studio Spaziale, also available On Line lessons.   All the didactic activities will be resumed at the end of September. For further information contact relazioni.niconote@gmail.com 

CALENDAR IN PROGRESS

photo: Christina Voigt

[brittsvirtualsketchbook]

Photography

Afghan Girl, Portrait photo by Steve McCurry. 

The photo was taken of Sharbat Gula, a refugee in Pakistan during the Afghan-Soviet War. It was taken to illustrate the strength and perseverance of the Afghan people while also raising awareness.  

  The Tetons and the Snake River, Landscape photo by Ansel Adams.

 The photo is of the river in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

Edible cake sculpture, Still Life photo taken by Henry Hargreaves.

This photo is of an edible cake sculpture created by Thu Pham Buser. This photo was taken as part of a collaboration with a bakery to help promote their business. The baker is a budding food artist who makes beautiful food inspired by her Vietnamese heritage. The message of this photo was to send a sort of PSA to Henry Hargreaves' followers to inform them about the quality and beauty of Thu Pham Buser.

[neolympus]

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Woman in alleyway in Perth

Photo by Henri Pham on Unsplash

Perth, Australia

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Free to use under the Unsplash License

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[goalhofer]

2023 Arizona Diamondbacks Players By Nationality

American: 27 (Austin Adams, Corbin Carroll, Dominic Fletcher, Zac Gallen, Kevin Ginkel, Tommy Henry, Drey Jameson, Bryce Jarvis, Kenneth Kelly, Jordan Lawler, Evan Longoria, Joe Mantiply, Corbin Martin, Jake McCarthy, Scott McGough, Mark Melancon, Kyle Nelson, Ryne Nelson, Jace Peterson, Brandon Pfaadt, Tommy Pham, Andrew Saalfrank, Paul Sewald, Alek Thomas, Ryan Thompson, Christian Walker & Bernardo Zavala) Dominican: 5 (Miguel Castro, Luis Frías, Ketel Marte, Justin Martínez & Gerardo Perdomo) Venezuelan: 1 (Gabriel Moreno) Puerto Rican: 1 (Emmanuel Rivera) Cuban: 1 (Lourdes Gourriel; Jr.)

[modernfilmcanon]

Cannes 2023 - Dispatch 8

Mes amis du cinéma,

Het einde van het festival is in zicht. Gisterenavond streek team Lumière neer in visrestaurant Astoux & Brun voor ons jaarlijkse ‘diner du palmares’ in het gezelschap van de crème de la crème van de Nederlandse filmhuisprogrammeurs. Mannen die het verschil weten tussen cinerama en cinemascope en die een portie frites bestellen bij hun oesters: gewoon omdat het kan.

Omdat er vandaag nog competitiefilms van Alice Rohrwacher en Ken Loach worden gepresenteerd (en nog niet iedereen de competitiefilms van Wim Wenders en Catherine Breillat had gezien), durfde nog niemand zich te wagen aan een voorspelling van het palmares. We verdiepten ons dan maar in de smaakverschillen tussen Gillardeau en Fines de Claires Oesters (Gillardeau – Fines de Claire: 2-0), het verschil tussen alikruiken en wulken en spoelden het geheel weg met een Muscadet. En we babbelden over de aanstaande Previously Unreleased-reeks van EYE (allen daarheen), de aanstaande Werner Herzog tentoonstelling in EYE (allen daarheen), en over de desktop computer van de broer van Werner Herzog. En vanochtend over de formule f(x) = a(x - p)2 + q, en waarom dat van pas kan komen bij het ontwerpen van een nieuwe bioscoopzaal.

Vooraf had ik niet verwacht dat een gastronomiefilm met Juliette Binoche tot de hoogtepunten van dit festival zou gaan behoren, maar THE POT-AU-FEU van Tran Anh Hung (Competition: 17/20) bleek tamelijk formidabel. Ik pinkte ei zo na een traan weg toen Binoche een tarbot neervlijde in een ovenschaal. THE POT-AU-FEU is een prachtig uitgelichte ode aan de klassieke Franse keuken, Carême en Escoffier. Ruim twee uur lang wordt er in koperen pannen gekookt en vervolgens gepraat over het eten. Over de ingrediënten van sauce bourguignotte, over ortolaan en over alle redenen waarom de herfst zo’n heerlijk gastronomisch seizoen is. En, omdat het een Franse film, gaat het uiteraard ook over de liefde. En hoe je die kunt uiten met het bereiden van een perfecte omelette norvegienne. Misschien wel de mooiste eetfilm aller tijden.

De Quinzaine des Cinéastes hoestte vervolgens de slow cinema revelatie van dit festival op: INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL (18/20) van de Vietnamese filmmaker Pham Thien An. Liefhebbers van Apichatpoing Weerasethakul en Tsai Ming-liang kunnen hier blind naartoe: een drie uur durende meditatieve, zintuiglijke trip naar het Vietnamese platteland. Thien gaat op zoek naar zijn jaren geleden verdwenen broer, maar is feitelijk vooral op zoek naar zichzelf, in deze spirituele queeste.

De Maleisische debuutfilm TIGER STRIPES (Semaine de la Critique: 11/20) won de Grand Prix van de Semaine de la Critique. Wonderlijke keuze van de jury, want dit coming-of-age verhaal over een meisje dat voor het eerst ongesteld wordt, bleek een onevenwichtige low budget tienerbodyhorrorfilm die ik eerder op Cinekid zou verwachten dan in Cannes.

Over VIVA VARDA!, een documentaire Pierre-Henri Gibert (Cannes Classics: 11/20) gaan we ook kort zijn: een tv-docu die prima is als eerste kennismaking met het werk van Varda, maar oninteressant voor wie haar oeuvre kent.

In sommige kringen werd veel verwacht van de terugkeer van Catherine Breillat, de filmmaakster die een jaar of twintig geleden furore maakt met een reeks vaak zeer expliciete films over macht, seks en geweld. Ze keerde terug naar Cannes met L’ÉTÉ DERNIER (Competition: 12/20) een remake van de voortreffelijke Deense film QUEEN OF HEARTS uit 2019. Vooraf was het me al niet duidelijk waarom iemand zich geroepen voelt een remake te maken van die – tamelijk perfecte – film. Nu ik de remake heb gezien, is het me nog veel minder duidelijk. Veel van wat goed was aan QUEEN OF HEARTS – over een vrouw van middelbare leeftijd die een relatie begint met haar stiefzoon – is opnieuw goed, maar Léa Drucker is geen Trine Dyrholm en Breillats versie wijkt onvoldoende af van het origineel om een remake te rechtvaardigen.

De terugkeer van Wim Wenders in competitie was een van de grote verrassingen bij de bekendmaking van de line-up van dit jaar. De Duitser maakte de voorbije jaren weliswaar enkele fraaie documentaires (THE SALT OF THE EARTH, PINA), maar voor zijn laatste écht goede speelfilm moeten we ver terug in de tijd. Wenders heeft zijn plek in competitie echter niet gestolen: PERFECT DAYS (Competition: 14/20) is het ingetogen, minimalistische verhaal van een man die elke dag met enorme toewijding de openbare toiletten in Tokyo reinigt, en daar – samen met de mooie kleine dingen van alledag – domweg gelukkig mee is. De film is onthaald als een late career hoogtepunt voor Wenders. De speelduur van twee uur was er voor mij iets te veel aan, maar misschien heeft dat meer te maken met de mentale toestand die je aan het einde van tien dagen Cannes bereikt, dan met de film zelf. Beschouw mijn 14 dan ook maar als een voorlopige score.

Er wachten nu nog twee films op ons: de competitietitels van Alice Rohrwacher en Ken Loach. Morgen verslag, en dan zal ik me tevens aan een voorspelling van het palmares wagen.

A bientot,

Mark

Ook gezien door team Lumière:

Il Sol Dell’ Avvenire – Nanni Moretti (Competition)

Es – Ulrich Schamoni (Cannes Classics)

[oregontennis]

2023 Oregon 4A/3A/2A/1A Boys All-State Tennis Teams

FIRST TEAM Zach Moore, Cascade EJ Roedl, Marist Catholic Ethan Tieu, OES Haruto Zaitsu, St Mary's Medford Andrew Forstyh, Marist Catholic Jack Kiefer/Peyton Tyner, Marist Catholic Ben Rosenfeld/Lucas Holliday, Catlin Gabel Richard Li/Lucas Olander, OES Paul Kelly/Paul Capek, The Dalles Nathan Chen/Riley Nordhoff, Catlin Gabel

SECOND TEAM Reid Ravassipour, St Mary's Medford Aston Selly, Catlin Gabel Sameer Shenoy, OES Kai Villano, Marist Catholic Maxwell Tsai, OES Rand Freres/Theo Freres, OES Liam Rutherford/Jake Anderson, Stayton Sam Thornton/Henry Gonyea, Marist Catholic Sriram Dinesh/Bao Pham, St Mary's Medford Lucas Peterson/Landus Ho, St Mary's Medford