Visualizing Coevolution With CIAO Plots

In a previous paper [2], we introduced a number of visualization techniques that we had developed for monitoring the dynamics of artificial competitive co-evolutionary systems. One of these techniques involves evaluating the performance of an individual from the current population in a series of trials against opponents from all previous generations, and visualizing the results as a 2-d grid of shaded cells or pixels: qualitative patterns in the shading can indicate different classes of co-evolutionary dynamic. As this technique involves pitting a Current Individual against Ancestral Opponents, we referred to the visualizations as CIAO plots. Since then, a number of other authors studying the dynamics of competitive co-evolutionary systems have used CIAO plots or close derivatives to help illuminate the dynamics of their systems, and it has become something of a de facto standard visualization technique. In this very brief paper we summarise the rationale for CIAO plots, explain the method of constructing a CIAO plot, and review important recent results that identify significant limitations of this technique

Establishing Communication Patterns in Developing Countries

This very minute, the lives of millions of human beings in the world hang in precarious balance; the future of a hundred or more developing countries is being determined now

The University Working in the Community

A nutrition aide works to help families in a community improve their level of nutrition

The City’s Second Amendment

Cities are increasingly common sites of contestation over the scope and meaning of the Second Amendment. Some municipalities have announced their opposition to firearm restrictions by declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries. Others have sought to curtail gun violence by passing restrictive local regulations. Still others have responded to police violence by moving to demilitarize, disarm, or even disband their police forces. The burgeoning post-Heller legal literature, though, has largely overlooked the relationship between cities, collective arms bearing, and the Second Amendment. In sum, to what extent do cities themselves have a right to keep and bear arms? This Article tackles that question. The Article contests the proposition that cities are bereft of constitutional rights in general, or against their states in particular. The Article challenges this notion by showing that the constitutional invisibility of municipal corporations is rooted in an outdated notion of the city as an artificial entity. The Article then turns to the Second Amendment, questioning the conventional wisdom that it provides solely a libertarian, individual bulwark against state restriction. The Article shows that in fact the right to keep and bear arms has an important collective dimension that promotes safety, and that the city is historically and institutionally situated to advance this Second Amendment feature. Finally, the Article examines how these two insights operate in practice, first by outlining the substantive contours of the city’s Second Amendment, and then by applying the model to contemporary controversies in firearm regulation such as guns in schools, concealed carry, Second Amendment sanctuaries, and the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act. In addition to advancing the novel claim that cities themselves may assert rights to keep and bear arms, the Article also adds to the growing literature on municipal constitutional rights and the institutional framing of the Second Amendment in a post-Heller world

Prospectus, November 30, 1976

TWAIN\u27S AMERICAN HUMOR\u27 COMES TO PC SATURDAY; Musical comedy: Apple Tree tryouts scheduled; Choir, Madrigals sing Sunday; PC flu shots set for Mon.; Paxton concert Dec. 12; PC news in brief: Spring Schedule changed, Sing to me!!!, Art exhibit Dec. 4, 5, Jeremiah Johnson , Illinois Wesleyan first home foe; Star Trek lives: Roddenberry gets a call from Klingon League; Finals start December 16; Four-week Advent season has three-fold purpose; Lockers must be renewed; \u27I found it\u27: Crusade reaches for everyone; Survey shows: Young people\u27s concerns changing; A man and his music: There\u27s plenty of Ellingtonia, but there\u27s never enough; Skylines: New energy technology exists; Covenant Players: Emphasis is upon play\u27s message; PC Communications Div. offers recital on Saturday; Christmas time is kids time in Champaign; What\u27s up, Doc?: Can Bugs Bunny replace Elvis?; American Heritage Dancers perform at ISU this week; Mediaseen: FCC will provide $ help for hearings; Classifieds; Sgt. Creekmur says: National Guard \u27perfect part-time job\u27; Faculty bowlers bunched up - \u27anything can happen\u27; Indoor track team needs recruits - \u27room for all\u27; Defeated by DuPage: Cobras open at home tonight against Ill. Wesleyan; Sports editorial: Firing of Blackman \u27tremendous setback\u27 for UI football; Women cagers get ready; K-Action wins ithttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1976/1001/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, March 29, 1977

SECOND YEAR AS REGIONAL CHAMPS: PC SPEECH TEAM QUALIFIES FOR NATIONALS; Rain, ice storm cause Flashing lights, false fire; 3 candidates petition for PC trustees election; Computers mix-up, issue wrong mid-term grades; Staff editorial: Proposed jail facility deemed necessary; Staff opinion: County jail: Nice place to visit, but...; Letter to the Editor: Election April 9th; Instructor to visit Chile; Sugar Creek trip offered; Workshop starts Mon.; Levi created more than just jeans; Community college awards: Prospectus cited for excellence; To benefit retarded citizens: Dance raises $77,628; Classifieds; Visions of Nationals?: Track season opens Apr. 6; Debate Team attends tourney; Economical recipes offered; 8-2 mark: Pitching helps Cobra extend streak; Women begin season I.C.C., Lincoln Trail 1st; Women\u27s Softball Schedule Additional material: Edition 2 of the Parkland literary magazinehttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1977/1022/thumbnail.jp