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BABE by Laura Wing Dont let the pink snout and curly tail fool you. Babe is not your ordinary pig, and the motion picture "Babe" is much more than a warm and fuzzy tale about talking animals. Behind Hoggett farms fairy-tale fa�ade lies a cruel world dominated by a rigid caste system and a tyrannical rule of law where diversity is not merely frowned upon but squashed at every given opportunity. However harsh this world may be, Babe, a pig who thinks hes a sheepdog, defies the stereotypes and rules that seek to hold him down and ultimately fulfills his personal destiny and changes the farm forever. Babe is not simply an underdog or rather underpig for whom audiences inevitably cheer, but he is a role model as well. Babe teaches us that by remaining true to yourself and true to the law which is natural to you, you can achieve that which people say you cannot do. Through this honest and sometimes na�ve approach to life, Babe proves himself to be an iconoclast and inspiration to marginalized and oppressed people everywhere. And in the tradition of films such as "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," the motion picture "Babe" is another example of the innocent outsider who changes the system by remaining true to his ideals. Undermining the Caste System on Hoggett Farm Hoggett farm is governed by a strict caste system where each species has its own purpose, and each animal has its own place. Those species whose purpose is to work with the "bosses," Farmer Hoggett and his wife, hold the highest positions in the system. These are the dogs and the cats, and they enjoy privileges such as going inside the house that other creatures do not. In the middle lie the animals whose purpose is to help the bosses. This includes cows raised for milk and sheep raised for wool. They do not have the elitist privileges like the cats and dogs do, but their life on the farm is secure. At the bottom are the animals who seemingly have no purpose for they are kept simply to be eaten. This includes the ducks and, unfortunately for Babe, the pigs.  This is the callous world into which Babe was unwillingly thrust. This caste system, however rigid it may be, cannot stand on its own. It requires a belief by the animals on the farm that it is right, that each animal should stay in its proper role. Therefore, stereotypes exist for every animal on the farm.  Conversely, the sheep think that the dogs are ignorant savages and nothing will ever convince them otherwise. The universal belief in the veracity of these stereotypes serves as a cornerstone for the caste system. The other element that holds the caste system in place is Rexs set of laws. Rex, the leader of the sheepdogs and thus the ruler of the farm, sets and enforces the rules under which the animals on Hoggett farm live. Any deviation from the rules must first be approved of by Rex. Even Fly, Rexs "wife," must ask Rex for permission to let Babe sleep in the barn with the dogs. Even though the ultimate ruler of the farm is Farmer Hoggett, Rex is the only one who holds any real power over the animals for Hoggett is too distant and too far removed from the animals to have much of an affect on their day to day affairs. Thus Rex represents the express law on Hoggett farm, and he is responsible for maintaining order and adherence to these rules. Almost immediately upon his arrival, Babe begins to put a crack in Rexs seemingly impervious rule of law. Babe does something that no other animal has done before. Babe questions the rules. He asks why pigs cannot sleep in the barn and asks why pigs cannot go inside the house. In like manner, Babe refuses to accept the stereotypes of each animal and instead forms an opinion of them based upon his personal knowledge of the creature. To wit, Babe refuses to believe that all dogs are vicious and mean, as the sheep tell him, because the sheepdogs, particularly Fly, have showered Babe with love an compassion. From the beginning Babe rejects the stereotypes that are the foundation to the caste system. Thus by simply following his own heart and his own rules, Babe begins to undermine Rexs power. Clash of Natural Law with Rexs Rule of Law
It is not until "the great crime" is committed that Babe outwardly defies the law. Ferdinand, a duck, asks Babe to help him break inside the house to steal the newly purchased alarm clock. In an effort to avoid becoming dinner, Ferdinand has given himself a purpose in life by beginning to crow like a rooster. His plan is foiled when Mrs. Hoggett buys an alarm clock, or mechanical rooster as Ferdinand puts it, and Ferdinands life is yet again placed in jeopardy. Ferdinand implores Babe to help him steal the mechanical rooster even though it means breaking the rule that only dogs and cats are allowed inside the house. Babe agrees to help his friend because he believes that his actions, which violate the express law as set forth by Rex, are justified by a higher law that compels Babe to do everything he can to save Ferdinand. However, when the plan goes astray, Rex reacts by tightening up the rules and being more tyrannical than ever before. At Babes trial Rex proclaims to the packed barn that absolutely no deviation from the rules will henceforth be permitted. He states,
In spite of Rexs stern restatement of the rules, Babe continues to follow the higher law which is natural to him. One morning Babe rises early and hears sheep crying in the distant field. Even though Babe knew that it was against the rules to leave the farm, he left the farm and ran to the field to help the sheep who were in the process of being stolen. Babe alerts Hoggett of the crime, and the majority of the sheep are saved. If not for Babes willingness to break the rules, the entire flock of sheep would have been stolen, and the fate of the entire farm would have been put in danger. Babes bravado changes his reputation on the farm from a quiet little pig to a hero. Even Hoggett himself praises Babe for his actions. However, Rex does not see Babe as a brave pig, but rather sees him as a threat. Triumph of Natural Law Babe truly begins to threaten Rexs power when he begins to compete with Rex by doing sheepdog work. Hoggett, who observed Babes natural talent for herding animals, begins to train Babe to become a sheepdog and takes him out to the field each day with Fly and Rex. Yet despite Flys insistence that sheep are inferior and the only way to herd them is to treat them as such, Babe asserts that sheep are their equals and entitled to some respect. Thus in his typical manner, Babe does what he believes is right and refuses to heard the sheep the way that dogs do, by being cruel and biting them, and instead gets the sheep to do as he wishes by being kind and asking them. This repudiation of well established sheepdog tradition proves to be too much for Rex who takes his anger out on Fly. Rex blames Fly for putting these ideas in Babes head, calls her a traitor to their species, and attacks her. As a result of this fight, Fly is badly injured, and Rex is sedated and chained. Thus, in an ironic twist of fate, Rex furthers Babes training as a sheepdog because without Fly and Rex, Hoggett is forced to turn to Babe to help him in the fields with the sheep. And much to the surprise of everyone, Babes natural talent for herding sheep proves itself to be unparalleled. With Babe as the lead sheepdog, and therefore the most powerful animal on the farm, Hoggett farm relaxes into a quiet peace. Further, Babes rise to power proves Rexs paradigms wrong. Babe shows by example that the vicious stereotypes, such as the belief that pigs and sheep are stupid, are not true. And perhaps more importantly, Babe, who has garnered the respect of the animals through this kindness, shows that power which is derived from the consent of the governed can, and will, ultimately triumph over tyranny. Contrary to what his previous actions would have foreshadowed, Rex does not violently react against Babes assent to power or sink into despair from his loss of power. Rather, Rex realizes that his strict adherence to the rules is not only irrational but also unnecessary and begins to support Babe. Rexs endorsement of Babe, as exemplified in his behavior when Babe attends the sheepdog trials, cements the triumph of natural law, to which Babe adheres, over the express rule of law set forth by Rex. "To Thine Own Self Be True"
Like Babe, Ferdinand is a deviant on Hoggett farm, but unlike Babe, Ferdinand is shunned from society and never finds his rightful place. Ferdinand and Babes divergent fates results from different motivations for breaking the rules of Hoggett farm; Ferdinand breaks the rules to avoid being killed and eaten whereas Babe breaks the rules to remain true to his ideals and to help others. To avoid becoming dinner, Ferdinand has tried everything from anorexia to an unsuccessful attempt at mating with the hens. Yet however hard he may try, Ferdinand cannot escape his fate, and he is in turn terrified by it. Ferdinands fearful realization of his destiny is exemplified in his Christmas dinner syllogism. Ferdinand reasons, "Christmas dinner. Dinner means death. Death means carnage. Christmas means carnage." Ferdinand is unhappy with his life, but the other animals on the farm have no sympathy for him as they do for Babe. They see Ferdinands unrest as a result of his refusal to accept his destiny. For example, after Ferdinand laments the death of his friend Roseanne -- who has been prepared a lorange for Christmas dinner the cow tells Ferdinand that, "the only way that youll find happiness is to accept that the way things are, is the way things are." In response, Ferdinand declares, "The way things are stink.  I am out of here." Thus it is self-interest, not compassion, that motivates Ferdinand. On the other hand, the animals of Hoggett farm sympathize with Babes plight because he repeatedly risks his own safety to help others. And Babes risks are not taken in hopes of gaining personal power, but rather to be remain true to his beliefs that all animals are equal and that every animal has a right to determine his or her own destiny. However helpful support from the animal community may be, the secret to Babes success is that he remains true to himself. Ferdinand is constantly trying to change himself to fit within the system of laws on the farm: he tries to be a rooster, he tries to be an alarm clock, and when they all inevitably fail he runs away from the farm. Conversely, Babe doesnt change himself. Instead Babe tries to change the system so that it will fit within his concepts of the law and justice, even if that means putting himself on the line. Babe is willing to put himself in jeopardy by defying the laws of the farm because adherence to a higher, truer law is more important to Babe than saving himself. It is this belief that defiance of worldly law is often required to achieve true justice which brings about Babes success and brings about a better life for all of the animals on Hoggett farm. Babes unprejudiced heart and unparalleled belief in humanity help him transcend the horrors of Hoggett farm and help him change life on the farm for all the animals. However, Babe delivers much more than your typical sugar-coated G-rated fodder. By plotting natural law (i.e. Babes law) against worldly law (i.e. Rexs law), "Babe" shows that kindness can be a stronger weapon than cruelty, explains that civil disobedience is often justified, and illustrates how the actions of one person can change an entire society for the better. Hoggett farm may be a fictional place where animals can talk, but its problems are real. Every society that has ever suffered from racism or sexism or elitism can relate to the speciesism of Hoggett farm just as every person who has been oppressed by the law can relate to Babe, the pig who wants to be a sheepdog. Therefore, instead of dismissing "Babe" as a childs movie, we should hail it as an example of peaceful, nonviolent opposition to a tyrannical system. And we should embrace the fact that sometimes a childs innocent belief that all things are possible if you stay true to yourself, is what is often needed to survive the battle. Published May 10, 2000
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array ⇒ size
array—an array.
size—a non-negative integer.
Returns the array total size of the array.
(array-total-size (make-array 4)) ⇒ 4 (array-total-size (make-array 4 :fill-pointer 2)) ⇒ 4 (array-total-size (make-array 0)) ⇒ 0 (array-total-size (make-array '(4 2))) ⇒ 8 (array-total-size (make-array '(4 0))) ⇒ 0 (array-total-size (make-array '())) ⇒ 1
Should signal an error of type type-error if its argument is not an array.
If the array is a vector with a fill pointer, the fill pointer is ignored when calculating the array total size.
Since the product of no arguments is one, the array total size of a zero-dimensional array is one.
(array-total-size x) ≡ (apply #'* (array-dimensions x)) ≡ (reduce #'* (array-dimensions x))


Sociogenome brings together researchers at Universities across the United Kingdom to unravel the genetic influences of reproductive behaviour and gene-environment interaction.
MELINDA MILLS
Mills’ main research areas combine a social science and genetic approach to the study of behavioural outcomes, with a focus on fertility, partnerships and assortative mating. She joined the University of Oxford in 2014 and was previously at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands (2006-2014), Free University Amsterdam (2002-2005) and the University of Bielefeld, Germany (2000-2002). She holds a PhD in Demography from the University of Groningen (2000) and a Master and Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Alberta, Canada.
She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the European Sociological Review, a Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology and Board Member of the European Consortium for Sociological Research.
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NICOLA BARBAN
Nicola Barban is a Senior Research Associate and a Research Fellow at Nuffield College. He holds a PhD in Statistical Sciences from the University of Padua, Italy. Before moving to Oxford, he worked as postdoctoral researcher at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. His main research interests are on sociogenomics, quantitative methods in social sciences; demography; social interactions; life course analysis.
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DAVID BRAZEL
Brazel received a BA in May 2012 from Colby College and majored in Biology. He completed his PhD in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology under the advisement of Dr. Corrie Detweiler and Dr. Robin Dowell in 2018. His research interests include the genetics and genomics of substance use, scalable digital phenotypes, and the use of geospatial data in behavioral genetics.
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FELIX TROPF
Tropf received his Diploma (Master equivalent) from the University of Bamberg with distinction. For his thesis on sex-differences in elderly care, the German Society for Demography (DGD) honoured him with the Allianz-Newcomer award 2012. From 2011 to 2015, he was appointed as doctoral researcher and lecturer at the ICS Graduate School, University of Groningen. He is now Research Fellow of Nuffield College and serves as a lecturer at the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford.
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STINE MØLLEGAARD
Møllegaard holds a PhD (2016) in Sociology from University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research focuses on the role of nature and nurture in social science research, mechanisms generating inequality in later life outcomes, and intergenerational transmission in the family.Møllegaard is currently based at the University of Copenhagen
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XUEJIE DING
Ding received her Bachelors in Social Science from the University of Macau. She holds a MPhil (2014) and DPhil (2018) in Sociology from University of Oxford. In her dissertation, she adopts a biosocial approach integrating life course perspective and fundamental causes theory, to bridge the disjointed knowledge on contextual, social and biological influences on health.
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I am a third-year DPhil student and my research investigates links between unemployment and mental health. Particularly, I am interested in applying molecular genetics to advance our understanding of how mental health problems, and genetic predispositions to these problems, are associated with labour market decisions and experiences. I have a Master's degree in Sociology from the University of Oxford, during which I focused on educational inequality. During my undergraduate at Moscow State University I mostly focused on social stratification and globalisation trends in Russia.
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The Viking Raiders win Triple Threat Tag Team Match at WWE Survivor Series; Get the first point for RAW
by Shubham RoyThis year's WWE Survivor Series features WWE NXT going toe to toe against WWE RAW and WWE SmackDown as they all compete for brand supremacy. The pre-show for WWE's Fall Classic featured a Triple Threat tag team match between WWE NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era, WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day and WWE RAW Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders.
Earlier in the night, Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode won a Tag Team Battle Royal to score a point for SmackDown and Lio Rush retained his NXT Cruiserweight Champion to get the point for NXT. The Viking Raiders won the triple threat match to score the first point for WWE RAW and even the scoreboards.
The Triple Threat Tag Team match
The match started with The Viking Raiders' Ivar and The New Day's Big E double-teaming on The Undisputed Era's Kyle O'Reilly. After some point, Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly rallied back with some stiff Muay-Thai style kicks and double-team combos.
However, in the end, Viking Raiders got the victory for the Red Brand after they hit the Viking Experience on Fish.
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November 2017 - The prototype currently handles all scenarios except universal credit or war pensions. The references below show the most common journeys.
1. PCN Numbers:
Enter a PCN number (from the list below) or leave blank to view Michelle Doe's penalty info.
2. Exemption reference numbers:
When asked for an exemption certificate number enter one of the following:
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| Karren Jones | 567891011 | JSA |
| Larry Hat | 901011121 | ESA |
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What needs tested - Content changes on the back of V6.
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What we tested - Penalty view page, challenge options, exceptional cicumstances and info page.
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What we tested - Testing improved content that aims to give the user more context and to be more reassuring.
- Journey where a user enters their exemption reference number and a match is found
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What we tested - Journey where a user declares they have a DWP benefit but also has a BSA exemption and the journey where a user enters their BSA exemption number but only a partial match is found.
- Journey where a user declares they have a DWP benefit but also has a BSA exemption
- Journey where a user enters their exemption reference number but only a partial match is found
Version 3 - November 2017
What we tested - Journey where a user amends details or gives us a reference number, but the details don't match. Journey where a user needs to send us proof of a benefit.
- Has a reference for their Medical Exemption - but the details don't match the prescription details.
- We need proof of your entitlement to universal credit
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What we tested - Simple journey where a user amends details or gives us a reference number for an exemption certificate.
- Simple maternity exemption confirmed
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What we tested - Version 1 of the challenge journey was created as a proof of concept to investigate the feasibility of challenging a penalty charge online.


Iran claims it downed 'unknown' drone over Persian Gulf, Pentagon says all US devices accounted for
by Lucia Suarez SangIranian air defense force reportedly shot down an “unknown” drone on Friday morning for allegedly violating its airspace.
The drone was reportedly hit in the early morning at the port city of Mahshahr, which is in the oil-rich Khuzestan province and lies on the Persian Gulf.
“The downed droned definitely belonged to a foreign country. Its wreckage has been recovered and is being investigated,” the governor of Khuzestan, Gholamreza Shariati, said, according to the official IRNA news agency.
IRAN SAYS IT BARRED UN NUCLEAR INSPECTOR BECAUSE SHE TESTED POSITIVE FOR EXPLOSIVE NITRATES
He said the drone violated Iran’s airspace but did not provide any additional information, including whether it was a military or civilian drone.
Iran’s Arabic-Language al-Alam TV channel said: “Residents of Imam Khomeini port city heard the sound of a missile being fired on Friday morning.”
A U.S. military official told Fox News on Friday that all American drones are accounted for and none have been shot down.
The Pentagon official, when asked if any U.S. drone crashed or malfunctioned in the region on Friday, said: “There is no operation reporting of any (U.S.) drone going down.”
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In June, Iran shot down a U.S. surveillance drone in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran said the drone "violated" its territorial airspace, while the U.S. called the missile fire "an unprovoked attack" in international airspace over the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf.
Regional tensions remain high over Tehran's collapsing nuclear deal with world powers, which the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from over a year ago.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


If the MPI library is implemented in C on a Unix system, then there are various options, including the two presented here, for supporting the name-shift requirement. The choice between these two options depends partly on whether the linker and compiler support weak symbols.
If the compiler and linker support weak external symbols (e.g., Solaris 2.x, other System V.4 machines), then only a single library is required as the following example shows:
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#pragma weak MPI_Example = PMPI_Example int PMPI_Example(/* appropriate args */) { /* Useful content */ }
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In the absence of weak symbols then one possible solution would be to use the C macro preprocessor as the following example shows:
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#ifdef PROFILELIB # ifdef __STDC__ # define FUNCTION(name) P##name # else # define FUNCTION(name) P/**/name # endif #else # define FUNCTION(name) name #endifEach of the user visible functions in the library would then be declared thus
int FUNCTION(MPI_Example)(/* appropriate args */) { /* Useful content */ }The same source file can then be compiled to produce both versions of the library, depending on the state of the PROFILELIB macro symbol.
It is required that the standard MPI library be built in such a way that the inclusion of MPI functions can be achieved one at a time. This is a somewhat unpleasant requirement, since it may mean that each external function has to be compiled from a separate file. However this is necessary so that the author of the profiling library need only define those MPI functions that she wishes to intercept, references to any others being fulfilled by the normal MPI library. Therefore the link step can look something like this
% cc ... -lmyprof -lpmpi -lmpiHere libmyprof.a contains the profiler functions that intercept some of the MPI functions, libpmpi.a contains the ``name shifted'' MPI functions, and libmpi.a contains the normal definitions of the MPI functions.


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We are the only all-encompassing technology society at University College London. Our membership is open to anyone and everyone in the UCL and IoE community.
We help bridge the gap between students’ ambitions and potential careers; connecting them to those in the industry and to each other, with talks from across a range of industries, alongside career and alumni events.
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Who are Windows and Linux and how did they get so many Blocks?
"Windows" represents miners who have not set an extra data key to their mining rigs. "Linux" represents that one guy who got the mining client earlier than everyone else!
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This means that multiple people will mine to a GMN wallet address and expect to be paid back a portion of each block that they mine. For example, instead of recieveing 2 WTCT per block, a GMN will recieve 4 and will then split the extra 2 WTCT with the miner.
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Notts County defender Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain seals move to Ilkeston Town
Brother of Liverpool star Alex has struggled for games this season
by Leigh CurtisNotts County defender Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain has sealed a loan move to Ilkeston Town.
The former Portsmouth player has struggled to break into the Magpies' side this season.
And it has led to Ilkeston swooping for the right-back who can also play in the centre of defence.
The deal will on run until January 1 when the transfer window reopens for Football League clubs.
Oxlade-Chamberlain, brother of Liverpool star Alex, has made just one appearance this season which came on the opening day of the season in the 1-0 defeat at Eastleigh.
Last year he made just three appearances after arriving on a permanent deal from Oxford City with one of those games coming at Oldham where he was sent off.
His departure follows that of another defender Pierce Bird who last week joined Boston United in Conference North.
It leaves right-back Matt Tootle and midfielder Tom Crawford as the only two players left on the books that are struggling to break into Neal Ardley's first-team.


We Finally Know What Games Are Launching With Stadia
by Alex CranzThe launch of Stadia is only a week away, so it’s extremely surprising that we’re only learning about its launch titles now – after pre-orders have already happened. But given the list of games available maybe it makes sense that Google held off so long.
As launch lists go the Stadia one has me worried. When Stadia launches 19 November it will be with just 12 titles – almost all of which have already launched on other platforms. They include:
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Destiny 2: The Collection
- GYLT
- Just Dance 2020
- Kine
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
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- Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
- Thumper
- Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
That’s a very good selection of games – with a couple being some of the best games made... when they came out months or even years ago. The problem with this list is it's almost all older content.
The only exclusive on the list is GYLT, a cool looking puzzle game from indie developer Tequila Works.
GYLT definitely looks like a neat game, but its the only one in the line up that might persuade you to subscribe to Stadia if you already own a console or gaming PC.
Not that Stadia ever seemed to be relying on exclusives, in the first place. The whole appeal of the platform seems to be that it’s for people who haven’t invested in a console already, or who travel so much it isn’t feasible to bring their console with them. And there’s a lot of people like that! When it’s developer conference season and I’m zigzagging around the US, I’d love nothing more than a set up like Stadia, which lets me play AAA games from my phone or laptop.
The problem is what isn’t on the launch list but what is expected this year – namely a bunch of other games that are already out. Borderlands 3, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, and Final Fantasy XV have all been available long enough on other platforms that it’s genuinely confusing that they’re not available at launch on Stadia. Doom Eternal, which I played on a Chromebook back at E3, doesn’t even how a promised 2019 launch date. That’s not good!
In a blog post today Google notes they’ll all launch on the platform by the end of 2019, but what does this mean for games launching in 2020 to Stadia, PS4, and Xbox One? Cyberpunk 2077 is a highly-anticipated game expected early next year, and I can see Stadia subscribers being deeply annoyed if they have to wait months after launch to play it. If Google is going to be launching games on Stadia months after the launch on other platforms its appeal starts to diminish a little. Sure you’ll be able to play the games without the need of a console, but will the wait be worth it?
Featured image: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo)


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Statistics
Statistics is a branch of mathematics working with data collection, data organization, data analysis, interpretation and presentation.
Statistics is very important to understand the theories behind Machine Learning and Deep Learning.
Statistics can be majorly divided into:
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
Research Design is an important topic before you get into descriptive and inferential statistics.
Click on the links above to learn more about each.
For a quick brush up on Python, click here
For a quick brush up on Scipy and Numpy, click here
and here.
For a quick brush up on pandas, click here
Machine Learning
Analytics is a collection of techniques and tools used for creating value from data.
Techniques include concepts such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL) algorithms.
AI, ML, and DL are defined as follows:
- Artificial Intelligence: Algorithms and systems that exhibit human-like intelligence.
- Machine Learning: Subset of AI that can learn to perform a task with extracted data and/or models.
- Deep Learning: Subset of machine learning that imitate the functioning of human brain to solve problems.
Some of the Applications of AI(ML and DL) are:
- Computer Vision
- Natural Language Processing
- Structured Data Analysis
Click on each to read more.
For a quick brush up on ML concepts, click here and here
Data Structures & Algorithms
Data Structures and Algorithms are the fundamentals of Computer Programming.
Check out this repo for a practical implementation of commonly used Data structures in Python


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Android can access Attachix
Tested with Android 2.2.
- Download WebDAV Navigator Lite (free).
- Open WebDAV Navigator Lite.
- Press Menu and then Add Server.
- Set "Name" as "Attachix".
- Set "Server URL" as "http://attachix.de/" or the shared with you URL (something like http://ab4chQf.k.attachix.de/).
- Set "Username" as your CloudMe username.
- Set "Password" as your CloudMe password.
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Next: SLA_PRECES - Precession
Up: SUBPROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS
Previous: SLA_PREBN - Precession Matrix (FK4)
- ACTION:
- Form the matrix of precession between two epochs (IAU 1976, FK5).
- CALL:
- CALL sla_PREC (EP0, EP1, RMATP)
- GIVEN:
-
| EP0 |
D |
beginning epoch |
| EP1 |
D |
ending epoch |
- RETURNED:
-
| RMATP |
D(3,3) |
precession matrix |
- NOTES:
- 1.
- The epochs are TDB Julian epochs.
- 2.
- The matrix is in the sense:
v1 = Mv0
where v1 is the star vector relative to the
mean equator and equinox of epoch EP1, M is the
matrix RMATP and
v0 is the star vector relative to the
mean equator and equinox of epoch EP0.
- 3.
- Though the matrix method itself is rigorous, the precession
angles are expressed through canonical polynomials which are
valid only for a limited time span. There are also known
errors in the IAU precession rate. The absolute accuracy
of the present formulation is better than
from
1960AD to 2040AD, better than from 1640AD to 2360AD,
and remains below for the whole of the period
500BC to 3000AD. The errors exceed outside the
range 1200BC to 3900AD, exceed outside 4200BC to
5600AD and exceed outside 6800BC to 8200AD.
The SLALIB routine sla_PRECL implements a more elaborate
model which is suitable for problems spanning several
thousand years.
- REFERENCES:
- 1.
- Lieske, J.H., 1979. Astr.Astrophys. 73, 282;
equations 6 & 7, p283.
- 2.
- Kaplan, G.H., 1981. USNO circular no. 163, pA2.
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SLALIB --- Positional Astronomy Library
Starlink User Note 67
P. T. Wallace
12 October 1999
E-mail:ptw@star.rl.ac.uk


''' Precompute '''
from tigercontrol.utils.random import set_key
from tigercontrol.experiments.core import run_experiment, create_full_environment_to_controllers
from tigercontrol.utils.download_tools import get_tigercontrol_dir
import jax.numpy as np
import os
import csv
''' List of all environments and controllers '''
all_metrics = ['mse']
## no uciindoor-v0 , ctrl indices has some environments##
all_environments = ['LQR-v0', 'Crypto-v0', 'SP500-v0']
####### LSTM AND RNN NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY NEED INPUT SHAPE ###############
####### and ArmaAdaGrad is not classified as timeseries & other environments ... ###########
all_controllers = ['LastValue', 'AutoRegressor', 'RNN', 'LSTM']
####### NEED TO MAKE IT HARD TO CHANGE !!!!!! ########
''' Fix timesteps and key '''
timesteps = 1500
key = 0
''' Ensure repeatability '''
set_key(key)
''' Functions '''
def get_timesteps():
'''
Description: Returns number of timesteps used when obtaining precomputed results.
Args:
None
Returns:
timesteps used for obtaining precomputed results
'''
return timesteps
def get_key():
'''
Description: Returns key used when obtaining precomputed results.
Args:
None
Returns:
key used for obtaining precomputed results
'''
return key
[docs]def recompute(verbose = False, load_bar = False):
'''
Description: Recomputes all the results.
Args:
verbose (boolean): Specifies whether to print what experiment is currently running.
load_bar (boolean): Specifies whether to show a loading bar while the experiments are running.
'''
''' Store loss series first '''
for metric in all_metrics:
for environment_id in all_environments:
# datapath for current metric and environment
tigercontrol_dir = get_tigercontrol_dir()
datapath = 'data/precomputed_results/' + metric + '_' + environment_id[:-3] + '.csv'
datapath = os.path.join(tigercontrol_dir, datapath)
with open(datapath, 'w') as csvfile:
writer = csv.writer(csvfile)
for controller_id in all_controllers:
try:
loss, time, memory = run_experiment((environment_id, None), (controller_id, None), metric, \
key = key, timesteps = timesteps)
except:
loss = np.zeros(timesteps)
# save results for current environment #
writer.writerow(loss)
csvfile.close()
''' Store time and memory usage '''
for environment_id in all_environments:
# datapath for current metric and environment
tigercontrol_dir = get_tigercontrol_dir()
datapath = 'data/precomputed_results/time_memory' + '_' + environment_id[:-3] + '.csv'
datapath = os.path.join(tigercontrol_dir, datapath)
with open(datapath, 'w') as csvfile:
writer = csv.writer(csvfile)
for controller_id in all_controllers:
try:
_, time, memory = run_experiment((environment_id, None), (controller_id, None), \
metric, key = key, timesteps = timesteps, verbose = verbose, load_bar = load_bar)
except:
time, memory = 0.0, 0.0
# save results for current environment #
writer.writerow([time, memory])
csvfile.close()
print("SUCCESS: EVERYTHING HAS BEEN RECOMPUTED!")
[docs]def load_prob_controller_to_result(environment_ids = all_environments, controller_ids = all_controllers, environment_to_controllers = None, metrics = 'mse'):
'''
Description: Initializes the experiment instance.
Args:
environment_ids (list): ids of environments to evaluate on
controller_ids (list): ids of controllers to use
environment_to_controllers (dict): map of the form environment_id -> list of controller_id. If None,
then we assume that the user wants to test every controller
in controller_to_params against every environment in environment_to_params
metrics (list): metrics to load
Returns:
prob_controller_to_result (dict): Dictionary containing results for all specified metrics and
performance (time and memory usage) for all environment-controller
associations.
'''
if(environment_to_controllers is None):
environment_to_controllers = create_full_environment_to_controllers(environment_ids, controller_ids)
prob_controller_to_result = {}
''' Get loss series '''
for metric in metrics:
for environment_id in environment_ids:
# datapath for current metric and environment
tigercontrol_dir = get_tigercontrol_dir()
datapath = 'data/precomputed_results/' + metric + '_' + environment_id[:-3] + '.csv'
datapath = os.path.join(tigercontrol_dir, datapath)
with open(datapath) as csvfile:
reader = csv.reader(csvfile, quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC)
controller_no = 0
for row in reader:
if(all_controllers[controller_no] in controller_ids):
prob_controller_to_result[(metric, environment_id, all_controllers[controller_no])] = np.array(row)
controller_no += 1
csvfile.close()
''' Get time and memory usage '''
for environment_id in environment_ids:
# datapath for current metric and environment
tigercontrol_dir = get_tigercontrol_dir()
datapath = 'data/precomputed_results/time_memory' + '_' + environment_id[:-3] + '.csv'
datapath = os.path.join(tigercontrol_dir, datapath)
with open(datapath) as csvfile:
reader = csv.reader(csvfile, quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC)
controller_no = 0
for row in reader:
if(all_controllers[controller_no] in controller_ids):
prob_controller_to_result[('time', environment_id, all_controllers[controller_no])] = row[0]
prob_controller_to_result[('memory', environment_id, all_controllers[controller_no])] = row[1]
controller_no += 1
csvfile.close()
return prob_controller_to_result
if __name__ == "__main__":
recompute()


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| PP_Resource(* | Create )(PP_Instance instance) |
| PP_Bool(* | IsUDPSocket )(PP_Resource resource) |
| int32_t(* | Bind )(PP_Resource udp_socket, PP_Resource addr, struct PP_CompletionCallback callback) |
| PP_Resource(* | GetBoundAddress )(PP_Resource udp_socket) |
| int32_t(* | RecvFrom )(PP_Resource udp_socket, char *buffer, int32_t num_bytes, PP_Resource *addr, struct PP_CompletionCallback callback) |
| int32_t(* | SendTo )(PP_Resource udp_socket, const char *buffer, int32_t num_bytes, PP_Resource addr, struct PP_CompletionCallback callback) |
| void(* | Close )(PP_Resource udp_socket) |
| int32_t(* | SetOption )(PP_Resource udp_socket, PP_UDPSocket_Option name, struct PP_Var value, struct PP_CompletionCallback callback) |
| int32_t(* | JoinGroup )(PP_Resource udp_socket, PP_Resource group, struct PP_CompletionCallback callback) |
| int32_t(* | LeaveGroup )(PP_Resource udp_socket, PP_Resource group, struct PP_CompletionCallback callback) |
The PPB_UDPSocket
interface provides UDP socket operations.
Permissions: Apps permission socket
with subrule udp-bind
is required for Bind()
; subrule udp-send-to
is required for SendTo()
. For more details about network communication permissions, please see: http://developer.chrome.com/apps/app_network.html
| int32_t(* PPB_UDPSocket::Bind)(PP_Resource udp_socket, PP_Resource addr, struct PP_CompletionCallback callback) |
Binds the socket to the given address.
| [in] | udp_socket | A PP_Resource corresponding to a UDP socket. |
| [in] | addr | A PPB_NetAddress resource. |
| [in] | callback | A PP_CompletionCallback to be called upon completion. |
pp_errors.h
. PP_ERROR_NOACCESS
will be returned if the caller doesn't have required permissions. PP_ERROR_ADDRESS_IN_USE
will be returned if the address is already in use. | void(* PPB_UDPSocket::Close)(PP_Resource udp_socket) |
Cancels all pending reads and writes, and closes the socket.
Any pending callbacks will still run, reporting PP_ERROR_ABORTED
if pending IO was interrupted. After a call to this method, no output parameters passed into previous RecvFrom()
calls will be accessed. It is not valid to call Bind()
again.
The socket is implicitly closed if it is destroyed, so you are not required to call this method.
| [in] | udp_socket | A PP_Resource corresponding to a UDP socket. |
| PP_Resource(* PPB_UDPSocket::Create)(PP_Instance instance) |
Creates a UDP socket resource.
| [in] | instance | A PP_Instance identifying one instance of a module. |
PP_Resource
corresponding to a UDP socket or 0 on failure. | PP_Resource(* PPB_UDPSocket::GetBoundAddress)(PP_Resource udp_socket) |
Gets the address that the socket is bound to.
The socket must be bound.
| [in] | udp_socket | A PP_Resource corresponding to a UDP socket. |
PPB_NetAddress
resource on success or 0 on failure. | PP_Bool(* PPB_UDPSocket::IsUDPSocket)(PP_Resource resource) |
Determines if a given resource is a UDP socket.
| [in] | resource | A PP_Resource to check. |
PP_TRUE
if the input is a PPB_UDPSocket
resource; PP_FALSE
otherwise. | int32_t(* PPB_UDPSocket::JoinGroup)(PP_Resource udp_socket, PP_Resource group, struct PP_CompletionCallback callback) |
Joins the multicast group with address specified by group
parameter, which is expected to be a PPB_NetAddress
object.
| [in] | udp_socket | A PP_Resource corresponding to a UDP socket. |
| [in] | group | A PP_Resource corresponding to the network address of the multicast group. |
| [in] | callback | A PP_CompletionCallback to be called upon completion. |
pp_errors.h
. | int32_t(* PPB_UDPSocket::LeaveGroup)(PP_Resource udp_socket, PP_Resource group, struct PP_CompletionCallback callback) |
Leaves the multicast group with address specified by group
parameter, which is expected to be a PPB_NetAddress
object.
| [in] | udp_socket | A PP_Resource corresponding to a UDP socket. |
| [in] | group | A PP_Resource corresponding to the network address of the multicast group. |
| [in] | callback | A PP_CompletionCallback to be called upon completion. |
pp_errors.h
. | int32_t(* PPB_UDPSocket::RecvFrom)(PP_Resource udp_socket, char *buffer, int32_t num_bytes, PP_Resource *addr, struct PP_CompletionCallback callback) |
Receives data from the socket and stores the source address.
The socket must be bound.
| [in] | udp_socket | A PP_Resource corresponding to a UDP socket. |
| [out] | buffer | The buffer to store the received data on success. It must be at least as large as num_bytes . |
| [in] | num_bytes | The number of bytes to receive. |
| [out] | addr | A PPB_NetAddress resource to store the source address on success. |
| [in] | callback | A PP_CompletionCallback to be called upon completion. |
pp_errors.h
. | int32_t(* PPB_UDPSocket::SendTo)(PP_Resource udp_socket, const char *buffer, int32_t num_bytes, PP_Resource addr, struct PP_CompletionCallback callback) |
Sends data to a specific destination.
The socket must be bound.
| [in] | udp_socket | A PP_Resource corresponding to a UDP socket. |
| [in] | buffer | The buffer containing the data to send. |
| [in] | num_bytes | The number of bytes to send. |
| [in] | addr | A PPB_NetAddress resource holding the destination address. |
| [in] | callback | A PP_CompletionCallback to be called upon completion. |
pp_errors.h
. PP_ERROR_NOACCESS
will be returned if the caller doesn't have required permissions. PP_ERROR_INPROGRESS
will be returned if the socket is busy sending. The caller should wait until a pending send completes before retrying. | int32_t(* PPB_UDPSocket::SetOption)(PP_Resource udp_socket, PP_UDPSocket_Option name, struct PP_Var value, struct PP_CompletionCallback callback) |
Sets a socket option on the UDP socket.
Please see the PP_UDPSocket_Option
description for option names, value types and allowed values.
| [in] | udp_socket | A PP_Resource corresponding to a UDP socket. |
| [in] | name | The option to set. |
| [in] | value | The option value to set. |
| [in] | callback | A PP_CompletionCallback to be called upon completion. |
pp_errors.h
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My first shot at a pure CSS design layout. It made me really appreciate Flash and only doing things once. The layout is pretty traditional; news and menu to the left, content to the right. All classes have meaningful names and should be pretty easy to change. If you want a clean version, go here. This template also includes a layout for print media that looks like so.
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compatibility
This template is a pure CSS layout. It validates successfully with www.w3.org as XHTML 1.0 Strict. Since it's tableless, and the element/font sizes are defined relatively, it gracefully increases/decreases in size for different resolutions and text sizes (I designed it at 1280x1024 so I still think it looks best there at normal font size). It renders consistently in:
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There's no way I would've finished this without all the code examples on OWD. Much appreciated for helping me figure out how to get this template to work in IE. Also thanks to Eric for the example pic I mangled to the right.
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Once I finish my own site, I think my next template will be for spring. It's been a looooong winter and I need to see other colours outside besides white and grey. That, and I'm tired of the cold and it's discgolf time. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to send them my way.


Getting a job with Football Manager!
Interview with Mett Neil, Analyst at Rotherham United
Part of the show Simulator Special 2
Matt Neil tells Chris Berrow how he ended up being a football analyst.
Matt - I think my Gran gave me a box of Cheerios when I was through. Must have been ten ten or so or nine or ten and it was Ultimate Soccer Manager 98 or 99. That's what it was. Yeah. So I moved on to the EA versions which was a Premier League manager and total club manager which you could do your own stadium and stuff and as a 10, 11, 12 year old kid that was ah yeah it was brilliant. I think Football Manager was the first one out of all the jump man of Football Manager series I properly played. The detail of everything was great and I just continued to play them probably did very poorly in my GCSEs is because of the game. But I did win with Huddersfield Town. Two Champions Leagues in a row and under a stadium named after me. So at the end of it mate who's the winner at the end of the day. I think I am. I had a stadium named after me.
Chris - So from that success to real life success with Plymouth Argyle.
Matt - The club had been in administration just before I joined and had around 20 million pounds worth of debt and went from the championship to league two in two seasons so their two successive relegations. Now I was volunteering every day and kind of got to see the players and the staff and got to know them a little bit and I was drunk one night and randomly suggested to the manager at the time that there was a good player that he should sign and then went back a few days later with the stats and the video and stuff and I didn't know what an analyst was before I got the job myself. I genuinely had no idea. I'd never seen one never heard of one because this is seven and a half years ago now when that role was starting to grow massively. It was incredibly lucky to be honest that everything just fell into place the way it did.
Chris - You actually do stats for Football Manager now. So do any of the players ask you to boost their stats?
Matt - Well luckily the lads at Rotherham don't know that I do it yet yeah but I don't know if any of them play it. So at Plymouth they were quite a few we had a good read a good little school on the bus for a few years ago we had about eight or nine of us who were playing it. And yeah some of them would give me a little nudge. Just hang on a second mate. What was he quicker than me. So yeah that every now and then but I had to be a bit impartial in the way it was always. Yeah it would always be a bit tough if someone was genuinely be annoyed with how I raised them. But this is what I saw at the end of the day.