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note this is a review of this book with Jurgen Miller as Ed.......2004-06-07
This huge colour encyclopedia is a look at some of the more popular movies of the 80's. Note it is not a comprehensive listing and a substantial number of great movies are not contained within. This book seems to concentrate on movies which have won Oscars as each has an Oscar rating. It's a good book for the movies contained within but for a book of its huge size a lot more could have been included. I would recommend Film Posters of the 80's - the Essential Movies of the Decade instead of this book.
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Japan today is haunted by the ghosts its spectacular modernity has generated. Deep anxieties about the potential loss of national identity and continuity disturb many in Japan, despite widespread insistence that it has remained culturally intact. In this provocative conjoining of ethnography, history, and cultural criticism, Marilyn Ivy discloses these anxieties—and the attempts to contain them—as she tracks what she calls the vanishing: marginalized events, sites, and cultural practices suspended at moments of impending disappearance.
Ivy shows how a fascination with cultural margins accompanied the emergence of Japan as a modern nation-state. This fascination culminated in the early twentieth-century establishment of Japanese folklore studies and its attempts to record the spectral, sometimes violent, narratives of those margins. She then traces the obsession with the vanishing through a range of contemporary reconfigurations: efforts by remote communities to promote themselves as nostalgic sites of authenticity, storytelling practices as signs of premodern presence, mass travel campaigns, recallings of the dead by blind mediums, and itinerant, kabuki-inspired populist theater.
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Modernity and Nostalgia.......2004-11-21
In Marilyn Ivy's Discourses of the Vanishing, the author explores various different ways in which a longing for the premodern is articulated in Japanese society. Her main argument is that while many have claimed that tradition is merely invented, in Japan tradition is not so much invented as it is preserved in phantasmagoric images. In order for modernity to persist "modernist nostalgia must preserve, in many senses, the sense of absence that motivates its desires" (10). Ivy explores ways in which the objects of nostalgic desire are preserved, demonstrating how "elements of a revivified past operate as the amplified elements of the stylishly novel" (57). She argues that Japan represents an aspect of what Jameson has called the retro mode: "the desperate attempt to appropriate a missing past is now refracted through the iron law of fashion change and the idea of the `generation'" (57).
Many have noted that Ivy's text, while very theoretically dense and reliant on Lacanian psychoanalysis, is very useful for a variety of other contemporary phenomena; there seem to numerous examples of persons "longing for pre-modernity, a time before the West, before the catastrophic imprint of westernization. Yet the very search to find authentic survivals of pre-modern, prewestern Japanese authenticity is inescapably a modern endeavor, essentially unfolded within the historical condition that it would seek to escape" (241).
In examining this longing in Japan, Ivy presents the oral as both creating and fulfilling the desires for those objects of desire which are perceived as vanishing but not yet vanished. In discourses about the production of knowledge as both local and oral (18), she argues that a "double inscription-as both superfluous and essential, marginal and traditional-is necessary for loss to emerge as recoverable" (25). Through this process, the Japanese homeland becomes a place one was supposed to discover, as "Japan beckoned as something strangely familiar: the native remote" (47). In the face of the changes following the opening of Japan and the rapid industrialization, the sense of nostalgia for the Tokugawa period gave rise to a situation in which the "surviving numinous became the romantic object of those caught up in the disenchantment of the world" (73).
Ivy argues that furusato is the concept that unites these two desires arising out of the experience of modernity merge: "the desire to encounter the unexpected, the peripheral unknown, even (and even especially) the frightening" and "a countervailing desire, pushed by an opposite longing, to return to that stable point of origin, to discover an authentically Japanese Japan that is disappearing yet still present" (105). The modern longing for something new and exotic, by means of which Japan has itself been reinscribed as worthy of (re)discovery, is merged with the nostalgic longing to return to the way things once were, a longing that can only be experienced through their loss. Ivy notes, however, that even in "authentic" rituals of mushi matsuri, "exemplify the modern desire to keep the uncanny at bay-to evoke the real without allowing its irruption into everyday life" (140). Whereas these rituals are seen to represent authentic Japan, that which was and remains Japanese despite the loss experienced elsewhere as the onslaught of an otherwise welcomed modernity, they are in fact reshaped according to the cultural logic which renders the loss bearable by asserting its return to its place of origin. Ivy asserts that this represents "the duplicity of `tradition' itself: a transmission that always contains the possibility of betrayal, of an arbitrary selection from the past" (187). The irony is that in searching for an authentic, essential, immutable past a selective forgetting, remembering, and reshaping takes place.
This loss, however, is necessary to assert the permanence of such traditions. Ivy argues that "only from the position of loss can one assert that nothing has been lost; only when the seamless, unquestioned transmission of custom has been interrupted, does `tradition' emerge. The realization of loss is forestalled, denied, by an insistence that nothing is lost. It is denied by an idealization, a memorialization of place, a bracketing of practices, an assertion of continuity" (188-190). This very process is taking elsewhere. Only by having experienced the loss of that for which they create a longing can many come to argue that that for which they long has never been lost. Asserting that nothing has changed and that their institutions have weathered modernity without swaying course is the trope in which those who have experienced loss deny this loss. Such desire, both in Japan and elsewhere, "sustains vanishing (but not yet vanished) forms of modernity" (237). Just as taishu engeki and the trances at Mount Osore "exist as ghostly reminders, as potentially scandalous presences that, by all rights, should not be there-yet which must be there, vanishing, to act as constitutive reminders of modernity's losses" (243, emphasis original), so too do many of those who express a displaced nostalgia serve as a reminder of the losses incurred through modernity. The worry, however, is that in ignoring the changes taking place about them, many who daily embody the type of nostalgia about which Ivy writes may follow the same path as those in postmodern Japan: "not only has the imagined object of loss vanished, but even the sense of loss itself. All voices and forms of language seem equally present, equally homogenous. Within this mass-mediated space, the very possibility of complex dialectical images is thus foreclosed" (246). Ivy provides a language through which one may issue a warning to those who would simply cling to practices of an era gone by and likewise to those who would rather forget what we have lost in coming to modernity; a dialectic is necessary, a dialectic that recognizes both the future orientation of modernity and the nostalgic longing for tradition verified through dead ancestors. It must not be forgotten, however, that both of these longing are the product of the experience of modernity.
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Title: Discourses of the Vanishing: Modernity, Phantasm, Japan.
Author: Marilyn Iwama
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Pacific Affairs (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1996
Publisher: University of British Columbia
Volume: v69
Issue: n3
Page: p418(2)
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Billiards as it Should be Played
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A comprehensive discussion of 3 cushion and carom billiards.......1998-05-23
Of the dozens of books and videos I have read and viewed, there is no better discussion on the mathematics and subsequent use of the diamonds. Very few authors even touch on this subject. Mr. Hoppe also explains in detail the use of caroms, english and how to determine the path of cue and object balls after they make contact with each other. All guess work is removed because Mr. Hoppe uses scientific principles in his discussion of this grand old game.
On another note, I found this book in a small bookstore in a small town fifteen or more years ago. I lost this book ten years ago and have not been able to find it anywhere. I now know that it is out of print.
A classic by one of the greatest billiard players ever........1997-06-29
Willie Hoppe provides you with everything needed by dedicated person to become competitive in 3-cushion billiards play. He begins his book with the proper selection of a cue stick for playing billiards, then for thirty pages of text, detailed diagrams, and clear photographs, takes you through the fundamentals (stance, balance point of the cue, bridge, cueing the ball, stroke, english, and speed). The next twenty pages introduce you to the carom (natural, follow, and draw) and the use of the rails in cushion caroms and straight rail billiards.
The second half of the book is dedicated to the game of 3-cushion billiards. In it Mr. Hoppe outlines the key shots of the game, misunderstood shots, and finally the science of the game. He discusses why english curves the path of the ball, the effect of the nap of the cloth on the table, the effective size of the target, long and short rolls, and the various diamond systems. His explanation of these systems alone is worth the price of the book. It is complete, detailed, and, most important, clear.
In all, this book is exceptionally dense with information. Even after twenty years of use, each time I come back to this book, I gain a greater understanding of the game. It combines clarity of description with 95 well though out diagrams and thirty-seven black and white photographs. All in all, it is one of the best explanations of the royal game to ever have been published. Players of all levels of experience and skill will find something of value, and most will find enough to keep them learning and improving their game for many years. If you have the dedication of purpose to work your way through his approach to learning billiards, you too can become a Player (with a capital "P") using this book alone. As Willie Hoppe says in his forward to this book "You or anyone else who reads these instructions can become a good billiard player beyond the shadow of a doubt -- if you follow them." I agree, and I think you will too.
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This is the first comprehensive introduction to Support Vector Machines (SVMs), a new generation learning system based on recent advances in statistical learning theory. Students will find the book both stimulating and accessible, while practitioners will be guided smoothly through the material required for a good grasp of the theory and its applications. The concepts are introduced gradually in accessible and self-contained stages, while the presentation is rigorous and thorough. Pointers to relevant literature and web sites containing software make it an ideal starting point for further study.
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More for mathematicians than computer scientist.......2006-09-20
This book introduces the concepts of kernel-based methods and focuses specifically on Support Vector Machines (SVM). It is hard to read and a good background in mathematic is clearly needed. The book has a strong emphasis on SVM starting from the very first line of text. Concepts are well explained, although equations are not clear. The notation doesn't facilitate the reading at all. The book covers linear as well as kernel learning. The kernel trick is well described. It is easy to understand ideas behind SVM while reading the corresponding chapter. Finally a small chapter on SVM applications is proposed. Unfortunately, it only contains typical SVM applications (i.e. standard problems).
I think this book is good if you:
* Have a strong mathematical background
* Work in the specific domain of SVM (or kernel-based methods in general)
* Want to write a research paper about SVM and need the correct notations
However, this book is NOT intended for people who:
* Don't like to read theorems, corollaries and remarks
* Are not interested in reading hundreds of proofs
This is my personal opinion as a computer scientist: this book is definitely written for mathematicians.
A little dry........2006-01-09
The book is a little dry at times. Also, I didn't get a very clear idea of how to select kernel functions, which seems pretty important.
Not even close to an intro..........2004-03-21
Oh Puhleeeezzzzz... How is your vector math??? Remember your linear algebra well? Do you have a background in SVM's? Intuitively able to suck out of thin air the meaning of the Gamma co-efficient as applied to svm's?? You've read all the background papers and remember your formal logic???? No?? too bad..your out of luck..
This book is more aptly titled an Introduction to the Formalisms of SVM's. If your a software engineer trying to implement one of these, forget it.. Be nice if they put that quadratic algorthim psuedocode into something more readable than greek symbology..
If you are trying to build one of these engines, then this book is of absolutely no help, unless you have a background in machine learning and have read all the papers on SVM's. If you can decompose the math into code in your head, then you might find it entertaining... What I don't get is how all the rest of these reviewers can give such "glowing praise" for this book and have it be so completely worthless as an introduction... makes me think some of these are shills..
Bottom line is, if your trying to code a svm, this book will not help. If your trying to understand how to implement a svm, this book will not help. If you are trying to understand how an svm works, this book will not help. If you want to know the mathematical basis for SVM's and like that presentation.. this is the book for you..
Excellent book.......2003-11-19
I just happened to read the reviews on the book on Support vector machines by Nello Cristianini and John Shawe-Taylor. Could not resist adding my own comments about the book. Excellent book. I plan to use the book for the course on "Fundamentals of computer aided engineering" that I teach at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL).
This is it !.......2001-08-31
The book is just great. The appendix on algorithms could have more explanations. Also the application section is a short. It would have been more usuful to take one of these applicaitons and describe it in details. But all in all, the book is excellent.
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This introductory text offers a clear exposition of the algorithmic principles driving advances in bioinformatics. Accessible to students in both biology and computer science, it strikes a unique balance between rigorous mathematics and practical techniques, emphasizing the ideas underlying algorithms rather than offering a collection of apparently unrelated problems.
The book introduces biological and algorithmic ideas together, linking issues in computer science to biology and thus capturing the interest of students in both subjects. It demonstrates that relatively few design techniques can be used to solve a large number of practical problems in biology, and presents this material intuitively.
An Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms is one of the first books on bioinformatics that can be used by students at an undergraduate level. It includes a dual table of contents, organized by algorithmic idea and biological idea; discussions of biologically relevant problems, including a detailed problem formulation and one or more solutions for each; and brief biographical sketches of leading figures in the field. These interesting vignettes offer students a glimpse of the inspirations and motivations for real work in bioinformatics, making the concepts presented in the text more concrete and the techniques more approachable.
PowerPoint presentations, practical bioinformatics problems, sample code, diagrams, demonstrations, and other materials can be found at the Author's website.
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Uma excelente introdução à bioinformática.......2007-08-04
Este livro é excelente por várias razões. Entre elas posso citar o fato de estar totalmente voltado ao aprendizado por exemplos, sempre de forma a relacionar um problema computacional com um problema em bioinformática. É um livro muito abrangente, cobre muito bem os tópicos relacionados a alinhamentos e comparações de sequências. Seu capítulo sobre Algoritmos com Grafos é o meu preferido. O autor consegue passar as noções fundamentais com muita simplicidade, de forma que qualquer pessoa possa aprender num ritmo bem rápido.
Excellent algorithms exercise & bioinformatics intro.......2005-09-25
This is the first book that I've read regarding bioinformatics, so Im updating this as my class moves along. You better have a grasp of basic data structures prior to beginning this book and background with a programming language as there is very little hand-holding in this text. A bio background makes it all more interesting but certainly is not critical. There are no sample code or sources printed with the book nor is there an included CD nor answers to exercises. There is an associated web site where some ideas may be had and errata found/reported, but its not very active that I have seen. The pseudo code in the book is very python-like so easy to make use of. I personally transfer the book's concepts to C/C++ (habit) without much problem, except sometimes my results differ from the book. Apparently these are book bugs, so be sure to check the web site out if unexpected things pop up.
Presently my class is in chapter 8 (of 12) and looking back I would like to caution that some data processing algorithms will drive a computer's CPU quite hard so be aware of battery-munching & heat. My only bones with this book so far are the alphabet soup of variables and lack of answers to exercises. It would be nice if variable definitions were refreshed at the beginning of pseudo code samples.
I like this book as an algorithms text over traditional texts because the applications are much more fascinating. Imagine searching for something and you don't know where that something is. On top of that add not even knowing exactly what it is you are looking for. And when you do find it, its not even in the data searched! This may sound unlikely or even impossible, but it is neither. Rather, its very cool.
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Should really be called Intro Data Structures and Algorithms.......2005-07-08
I knew most of the stuff before I opened the first page. It's basically teaching data structures 101 using a few watered down bioinformatic problems for motivation. The lack of applied problems involving real data was most disappointing. It does have a lot of the type questions that some nerd (me one day :P) might ask you on a job interview. The questions are also a good way to kill time if you have nothing better to do. I give the book credit for stressing dynamic programming. I believe that this is one of the most important concepts in problem solving.
3 stars because I think it is a fairly good introduction for fledgling computer scientists BUT not a good reference for comptuer scientists trying to apply their skills to solve bioinformatic problems.
A very good introduction!.......2004-12-13
This book gives a broad overview of algorithmic methods used in bioinformatics. It is well writen and the mathematics needed to understand is undergraduate level. Reading this book makes appetite to apply these methods to problems or to dig deeper in the corresponding method.
Overall, a very good book, and due to its introductory level, one can recommend to all people interested in bioinformatics from all disciplines.
The First Undergraduate Text.......2004-12-07
Bioinformatics is probably the fastest growing field in both biology and computer science. The problems have come from the computer science department and the biology department having such fundamentally different goals. The computer scientists see the computer as an end in itself with no real thought on trying to do something useful with it. The biologists see the computer as just another tool in their laboratory. And the biological problems are huge, massive computers like the new Cray's and large Linux clusters are being devoted to biological applications.
This book is intended to fit into the chasm between biology and computer science. It discusses computer the algorithmic principles in terms of practical techniques that make sense to the undergraduate biologist. The book is well suited for a first class for the budding bioinformaticist.
Each main chapter in the book first introduces an algorithm, then it discusses the biologically relevant problems that this algorithm addresses, it includes a detailed problem and one or more solutions. Finally the chapter concludes with brief biographical sketches of leading figures in the field.
This is the first book of its type, and it's likely to remain a classic in the field through many editions and many years.
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Analysis of molecular sequence data is the main subject of this introduction to computational biology. There are two closely connected aspects to biological sequences: (i) their relative position in the space of all other sequences, and (ii) their movement through this sequence space in evolutionary time. Accordingly, the first part of the book deals with classical methods of sequence analysis: pairwise alignment, exact string matching, multiple alignment, and hidden Markov models. In the second part evolutionary time takes center stage and phylogenetic reconstruction, the analysis of sequence variation, and the dynamics of genes in populations are explained in detail. In addition, the book contains a computer program with a graphical user interface that allows the reader to experiment with a number of key concepts developed by the authors.
This textbook is intended for students enrolled in courses in computational biology or bioinformatics as well as for molecular biologists, mathematicians, and computer scientists.
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try the enclosed GUI program.......2006-10-14
For some readers, the best attraction of the book is the GUI program that lets you quickly experiment and apply the main ideas. The text is very interdisciplinary, written for diverse audiences, spanning biology, computer science and mathematics. Some aspects of the book may perhaps be too mathematical for some biology readers. Say the Hidden Markov Models, for example. But if you keep at it, you should get able to get the gist of the models. Which is another reason for the usefulness of the GUI. Essentially, so long as you understand the basic math ideas, the GUI lets you sidestep the grotty details and focus on applying the overall models.
It could also be that the book is suitable for a university course. The chapter exercises and accompanying answers are useful, in this regard.
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