THE WHOLE NINE YARDS
Review by John Beachem
* * * 1/2
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn Written by: Mitchell Kapner
"It's not important how many people I've killed. What's important is how I get along with the people that are still alive," Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis) solemnly informs a very nervous Nick "Oz" Oseransky (Matthew Perry) once Oz discovers Jimmy's profession. This line, and the way in which it is delivered, are great examples of how funny "The Whole Nine Yards" can be. The problem is, that while it can be hilarious, the film also has a tendancy to drag at times. The ending goes on for far too long, and the humor occasionally falls flat. However, when the film pulls its humor off, it's hysterical.
Oz is a dentist who is so tired of life with his commanding wife, Sophie (Rosanna Arquette), that he spends his mornings smashing his head against his steering wheel while driving to work. His secretary, Jill (A hilarious Amanda Peet), is constantly trying to convince him to divorce his wife but Oz knows that Sophie will get everything in the divorce settlement. To add to his miseries, Oz discovers that his new neighbor is hitman, Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski. It turns out that there is a price on Jimmy's head, courtesy of his associate back in Chicago, Yanni Gogolack (Kevin Pollak). Sophie wants Oz to go back to Chicago, deliver the whereabouts of Jimmy, and collect a finder's fee. Oz is of course averse to doing this, since it will most likely involve Jimmy's killing Oz upon his return. Once he arrives in Chicago, Oz meets up with another hitman named Frankie Figgs (Michael Clark Duncan), who is apparently working for Yanni. The situation grows steadily worse for poor Oz from there.
"The Whole Nine Yards" is one of those fun movies like "Mars Attacks" and "Galaxy Quest", where you can tell that the entire cast is having a great time making the film. When a cast acts in this manner it usually carries over to the audience, as is the case here. Bruce Willis's comic talents lie mainly in his deadpan delivery of lines, and he is given ample oppurtunity to display this talent throughout the film. I believe that Matthew Perry's primary talent is his wide range of facial expressions, and again, he is given the chance to utilize this ability throughout the movie. Despite the considerable comic abilities of both these actors, they are overshadowed by Amanda Peet's ("Isn't She Great", "Simply Irresistable") hysterical performance as the secretary who wants desperately to become a contract killer.
"The Whole Nine Yards" has an amazingly complex plot, considering what a goofy little movie it appears to be at first glance. The film is filled with double crosses, backstabbing, and false identities. Every character involved wants some other character dead, and there are various little subplots relating to these. Unlike "Gun Shy" from earlier this year, the romantic elements to "The Whole Nine Yards" don't feel tacked on and useless. Though difficult to take seriously, they blend with the rest of the film quite well. The cast members work very well together, particularly Bruce Willis and Amanda Peet. The two of them have a grand old time playing teacher and student in a very unlikely profession. Peet is so overcome with hero worship for the elder hitman, she is willing to do anything (and I mean anything) to win his approval.
The only cast member I found to be rather out of place here was Rosanna Arquette as the hideous wife of Oz. The problem is, I can't imagine anyone playing a grotesque character like this. The other major flaw with the film is the amount of time spent on the ending. The movie could have ended fifteen minutes earlier than it does with no problem. One more thing I must note is that "The Whole Nine Yards" is definitely a guy movie. Nearly every guy in the theatre I attended was laughing uproariously at the movie, while most of the women present seemed rather baffled by the humor. "The Whole Nine Yards" runs a little too long at 100 minutes, but it doesn't start to drag too badly till the end. I'd recommend it to fans of Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis. If you dislike these actors, I'd suggest you stay far away from this one. I give the movie three and a half out of five stars.
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require "oil" oil.main(function() -- create an object to be exported via OiL local hello = {} function hello:sayto(name) print(string.format("Hello, %s!", name)) end -- initialize a LuDO ORB local broker = oil.init{flavor="ludo;base"} -- registers a servant and save a textual -- reference for it in a file 'hello.ref'. oil.writeto("hello.ref", broker:tostring( broker:newservant(hello))) -- starts processing remote invocations broker:run() end)
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require "oil" oil.main(function() -- create an object to be exported via OiL local hello = {} function hello:sayto(name) print(string.format("Hello, %s!", name)) end -- get the default, which is a CORBA ORB local broker = oil.init() -- load an IDL definition broker:loadidl[[ interface Hello { void sayto(in string name); }; ]] -- registers a servant with interface 'Hello' -- and save a textual reference for it in a -- file 'hello.ref'. oil.writeto("hello.ref", broker:tostring( broker:newservant(hello, nil, "Hello"))) -- starts processing remote invocations broker:run() end)
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WATCH: Brand New Trailer For CATS Starring Taylor Swift, Idris Elba & More
by Tara WalshCATS
Universal Pictures have just released a brand new trailer for the upcoming movie CATS.
The first trailer came out earlier this year and it terrified a lot of people with some even branding it 'creepy'.
In the latest teaser, we're shown a nude Idris Elba in the form of a brown furred cat.
The trailer opens with quick snippets of the cast in their different roles.
Judi Dench's character Old Deuteronomy narrates, "Tonight is a magical night where I choose the cat that deserves a new life."
Idris Elba's villainous Macavity the Mystery Cat adds, "Going to the ball could get dangerous."
The movie features an all star cast: Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Jason Derulo etc.
It's based on the legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber musical of the same name.
Watch the full trailer:
Twitter reactions
Many have taken to Twitter with their reactions and it seems they're traumatised by Idris Elba's transformation.
'When I said I wanted to see Idris Elba naked, this is not what I meant.'
CATS is out this December 20th.


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Keras backends
What is a "backend"?
Keras is a model-level library, providing high-level building blocks for developing deep learning models. It does not handle itself low-level operations such as tensor products, convolutions and so on. Instead, it relies on a specialized, well-optimized tensor manipulation library to do so, serving as the "backend engine" of Keras. Rather than picking one single tensor library and making the implementation of Keras tied to that library, Keras handles the problem in a modular way, and several different backend engines can be plugged seamlessly into Keras.
At this time, Keras has two backend implementations available: the TensorFlow backend and the Theano backend.
- TensorFlow is an open-source symbolic tensor manipulation framework developed by Google, Inc.
- Theano is an open-source symbolic tensor manipulation framework developed by LISA/MILA Lab at Université de Montréal.
In the future, we are likely to add more backend options. If you are interested in developing a new backend, get in touch!
Switching from one backend to another
If you have run Keras at least once, you will find the Keras configuration file at:
~/.keras/keras.json
If it isn't there, you can create it.
The default configuration file looks like this:
{
"image_dim_ordering": "tf",
"epsilon": 1e-07,
"floatx": "float32",
"backend": "tensorflow"
}
Simply change the field backend
to either "theano"
or "tensorflow"
, and Keras will use the new configuration next time you run any Keras code.
You can also define the environment variable KERAS_BACKEND
and this will
override what is defined in your config file :
KERAS_BACKEND=tensorflow python -c "from keras import backend"
Using TensorFlow backend.
Using the abstract Keras backend to write new code
If you want the Keras modules you write to be compatible with both Theano and TensorFlow, you have to write them via the abstract Keras backend API. Here's an intro.
You can import the backend module via:
from keras import backend as K
The code below instantiates an input placeholder. It's equivalent to tf.placeholder()
or T.matrix()
, T.tensor3()
, etc.
input = K.placeholder(shape=(2, 4, 5))
# also works:
input = K.placeholder(shape=(None, 4, 5))
# also works:
input = K.placeholder(ndim=3)
The code below instantiates a shared variable. It's equivalent to tf.variable()
or theano.shared()
.
val = np.random.random((3, 4, 5))
var = K.variable(value=val)
# all-zeros variable:
var = K.zeros(shape=(3, 4, 5))
# all-ones:
var = K.ones(shape=(3, 4, 5))
Most tensor operations you will need can be done as you would in TensorFlow or Theano:
a = b + c * K.abs(d)
c = K.dot(a, K.transpose(b))
a = K.sum(b, axis=2)
a = K.softmax(b)
a = concatenate([b, c], axis=-1)
# etc...
Backend functions
count_params
count_params(x)
Return number of scalars in a tensor.
- Return: numpy integer.
batch_dot
batch_dot(x, y, axes=None)
Batchwise dot product.
batch_dot results in a tensor with less dimensions than the input.
If the number of dimensions is reduced to 1, we use expand_dims
to
make sure that ndim is at least 2.
Arguments
x, y: tensors with ndim >= 2 - axes: list (or single) int with target dimensions
Returns
A tensor with shape equal to the concatenation of x's shape (less the dimension that was summed over) and y's shape (less the batch dimension and the dimension that was summed over). If the final rank is 1, we reshape it to (batch_size, 1).
Examples
Assume x = [[1, 2], [3, 4]] and y = [[5, 6], [7, 8]] batch_dot(x, y, axes=1) = [[17, 53]] which is the main diagonal of x.dot(y.T), although we never have to calculate the off-diagonal elements.
Shape inference: Let x's shape be (100, 20) and y's shape be (100, 30, 20). If dot_axes is (1, 2), to find the output shape of resultant tensor, loop through each dimension in x's shape and y's shape: x.shape[0] : 100 : append to output shape x.shape[1] : 20 : do not append to output shape, dimension 1 of x has been summed over. (dot_axes[0] = 1) y.shape[0] : 100 : do not append to output shape, always ignore first dimension of y y.shape[1] : 30 : append to output shape y.shape[2] : 20 : do not append to output shape, dimension 2 of y has been summed over. (dot_axes[1] = 2)
output_shape = (100, 30)
gather
gather(reference, indices)
reference: a tensor. - indices: an int tensor of indices.
- Return: a tensor of same type as reference.
sum
sum(x, axis=None, keepdims=False)
Sum of the values in a tensor, alongside the specified axis.
prod
prod(x, axis=None, keepdims=False)
Multiply the values in a tensor, alongside the specified axis.
any
any(x, axis=None, keepdims=False)
Bitwise reduction (logical OR).
all
all(x, axis=None, keepdims=False)
Bitwise reduction (logical AND).
normalize_batch_in_training
normalize_batch_in_training(x, gamma, beta, reduction_axes, epsilon=0.0001)
Compute mean and std for batch then apply batch_normalization on batch.
batch_normalization
batch_normalization(x, mean, var, beta, gamma, epsilon=0.0001)
Apply batch normalization on x given mean, var, beta and gamma.
permute_dimensions
permute_dimensions(x, pattern)
Transpose dimensions.
pattern should be a tuple or list of dimension indices, e.g. [0, 2, 1].
repeat_elements
repeat_elements(x, rep, axis)
Repeat the elements of a tensor along an axis, like np.repeat.
If x has shape (s1, s2, s3) and axis=1, the output will have shape (s1, s2 * rep, s3).
resize_images
resize_images(X, height_factor, width_factor, dim_ordering)
Resize the images contained in a 4D tensor of shape - [batch, channels, height, width] (for 'th' dim_ordering) - [batch, height, width, channels] (for 'tf' dim_ordering) by a factor of (height_factor, width_factor). Both factors should be positive integers.
resize_volumes
resize_volumes(X, depth_factor, height_factor, width_factor, dim_ordering)
Resize the volume contained in a 5D tensor of shape - [batch, channels, depth, height, width] (for 'th' dim_ordering) - [batch, depth, height, width, channels] (for 'tf' dim_ordering) by a factor of (depth_factor, height_factor, width_factor). Both factors should be positive integers.
repeat
repeat(x, n)
Repeat a 2D tensor.
If x has shape (samples, dim) and n=2, the output will have shape (samples, 2, dim).
batch_flatten
batch_flatten(x)
Turn a n-D tensor into a 2D tensor where the first dimension is conserved.
expand_dims
expand_dims(x, dim=-1)
Add a 1-sized dimension at index "dim".
squeeze
squeeze(x, axis)
Remove a 1-dimension from the tensor at index "axis".
temporal_padding
temporal_padding(x, padding=1)
Pad the middle dimension of a 3D tensor with "padding" zeros left and right.
Apologies for the inane API, but Theano makes this really hard.
spatial_2d_padding
spatial_2d_padding(x, padding=(1, 1), dim_ordering='th')
Pad the 2nd and 3rd dimensions of a 4D tensor with "padding[0]" and "padding[1]" (resp.) zeros left and right.
spatial_3d_padding
spatial_3d_padding(x, padding=(1, 1, 1), dim_ordering='th')
Pad the 2nd, 3rd and 4th dimensions of a 5D tensor with "padding[0]", "padding[1]" and "padding[2]" (resp.) zeros left and right.
one_hot
one_hot(indices, nb_classes)
Input: nD integer tensor of shape (batch_size, dim1, dim2, ... dim(n-1)) - Output: (n + 1)D one hot representation of the input with shape (batch_size, dim1, dim2, ... dim(n-1), nb_classes)
reverse
reverse(x, axes)
Reverse a tensor along the the specified axes
batch_get_value
batch_get_value(xs)
Returns the value of more than one tensor variable, as a list of Numpy arrays.
print_tensor
print_tensor(x, message='')
Print the message and the tensor when evaluated and return the same tensor.
stop_gradient
stop_gradient(variables)
Returns variables
but with zero gradient with respect to every other
variables.
rnn
rnn(step_function, inputs, initial_states, go_backwards=False, mask=None, constants=None, unroll=False, input_length=None)
Iterates over the time dimension of a tensor.
Arguments
- inputs: tensor of temporal data of shape (samples, time, ...) (at least 3D).
- step_function:
- Parameters:
- input: tensor with shape (samples, ...) (no time dimension), representing input for the batch of samples at a certain time step.
- states: list of tensors.
- Returns:
- output: tensor with shape (samples, ...) (no time dimension),
- new_states: list of tensors, same length and shapes as 'states'.
- initial_states: tensor with shape (samples, ...) (no time dimension), containing the initial values for the states used in the step function.
- go_backwards: boolean. If True, do the iteration over the time dimension in reverse order.
- mask: binary tensor with shape (samples, time), with a zero for every element that is masked.
- constants: a list of constant values passed at each step.
- unroll: whether to unroll the RNN or to use a symbolic loop (
scan
). - input_length: must be specified if using
unroll
.
Returns
A tuple (last_output, outputs, new_states). - last_output: the latest output of the rnn, of shape (samples, ...) - outputs: tensor with shape (samples, time, ...) where each entry outputs[s, t] is the output of the step function at time t for sample s. - new_states: list of tensors, latest states returned by the step function, of shape (samples, ...).
switch
switch(condition, then_expression, else_expression)
condition: scalar tensor.
elu
elu(x, alpha=1.0)
Exponential linear unit
Arguments
- x: Tensor to compute the activation function for.
- alpha: scalar
dropout
dropout(x, level, noise_shape=None, seed=None)
Sets entries in x
to zero at random,
while scaling the entire tensor.
Arguments
- x: tensor
- level: fraction of the entries in the tensor that will be set to 0.
- noise_shape: shape for randomly generated keep/drop flags,
must be broadcastable to the shape of
x
- seed: random seed to ensure determinism.
conv2d
conv2d(x, kernel, strides=(1, 1), border_mode='valid', dim_ordering='th', image_shape=None, filter_shape=None, filter_dilation=(1, 1))
2D convolution.
Arguments
- kernel: kernel tensor.
- strides: strides tuple.
- border_mode: string, "same" or "valid".
- dim_ordering: "tf" or "th". Whether to use Theano or TensorFlow dimension ordering in inputs/kernels/ouputs.
deconv2d
deconv2d(x, kernel, output_shape, strides=(1, 1), border_mode='valid', dim_ordering='th', image_shape=None, filter_shape=None)
2D deconvolution (transposed convolution).
Arguments
- kernel: kernel tensor.
- output_shape: desired dimensions of output.
- strides: strides tuple.
- border_mode: string, "same" or "valid".
- dim_ordering: "tf" or "th". Whether to use Theano or TensorFlow dimension ordering in inputs/kernels/ouputs.
conv3d
conv3d(x, kernel, strides=(1, 1, 1), border_mode='valid', dim_ordering='th', volume_shape=None, filter_shape=None)
Run on cuDNN if available. - border_mode: string, "same" or "valid".
ctc_batch_cost
ctc_batch_cost(y_true, y_pred, input_length, label_length)
Runs CTC loss algorithm on each batch element.
Arguments
- y_true: tensor (samples, max_string_length) containing the truth labels
- y_pred: tensor (samples, time_steps, num_categories) containing the prediction, or output of the softmax
- input_length: tensor (samples,1) containing the sequence length for each batch item in y_pred
- label_length: tensor (samples,1) containing the sequence length for each batch item in y_true
Returns
Tensor with shape (samples,1) containing the CTC loss of each element
variable
variable(value, dtype='float32', name=None)
Instantiate a tensor variable.
placeholder
placeholder(shape=None, ndim=None, dtype='float32', sparse=False, name=None)
Instantiate an input data placeholder variable.
shape
shape(x)
Return the shape of a tensor.
- Warning: type returned will be different for Theano backend (Theano tensor type) and TF backend (TF TensorShape).
eval
eval(x)
Run a graph.
zeros
zeros(shape, dtype='float32', name=None)
Instantiate an all-zeros variable.
ones
ones(shape, dtype='float32', name=None)
Instantiate an all-ones variable.
eye
eye(size, dtype='float32', name=None)
Instantiate an identity matrix.
epsilon
epsilon()
Returns the value of the fuzz factor used in numeric expressions.
set_epsilon
set_epsilon(e)
Sets the value of the fuzz factor used in numeric expressions.
floatx
floatx()
Returns the default float type, as a string (e.g. 'float16', 'float32', 'float64').
cast_to_floatx
cast_to_floatx(x)
Cast a Numpy array to floatx.
image_dim_ordering
image_dim_ordering()
Returns the image dimension ordering convention ('th' or 'tf').
set_image_dim_ordering
set_image_dim_ordering(dim_ordering)
Sets the value of the image dimension ordering convention ('th' or 'tf').
backend
backend()
Publicly accessible method for determining the current backend.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he met with U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Monday and discussed a wide range of topics including negative interest rates, monetary policy easing, dollar strength and U.S. trade with China and the European Union.
“Just finished a very good & cordial meeting at the White House with Jay Powell of the Federal Reserve. Everything was discused including interest rates, negative interest, low inflation, easing, Dollar strength & its effect on manufacturing, trade with China, E.U. & others, etc.,” Trump tweeted.


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After a nice time at AKQA, I'm off in a week time to a big media company for some super duper secret WPF project I obviously won't talk about. But that means WPF content is going to re-surface en force. My WPF tips'n'tricks need to be followed on.
And thanks to the comments and emails I've received from some of the people reading me, if I've been of any help then it's all worth it.
Oh, and I bought a new high resolution MacBook Pro, fantastic Vista development machine! This one is insured though.


Introductory Combinatorial Game Theory
Lesson 1 (Simple Games)
We shall begin our session with a simple game: Squaring the Number. Beginning with a positive integer (say 75),
players A and B alternately subtract a positive square integer from it, leaving a non-negative integer. In
other words, the players can only subtract 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36 etc. The player who is unable to make a move loses. For
example, a typical game might proceed as follows:
Here A's moves are indicated by a red arrow, while B's moves are indicated by a
green arrow. Hence, in the above game, player B wins since A has no legal move left.
There is a nagging suspicion though, that one (possibly both) of the players has not
played wisely. If both players had played well, who would win?
Suppose the game begins with the non-negative integer n. There are two
possible outcomes for the game.
- the first player can definitely win, by playing a crucial move; or
- no such move is available to him, so the second player can definitely win.
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If (a) holds, then we say that n is a winning number; otherwise, (b) holds
and we call n a losing number.
Let us look at some simple examples.
- 0 is definitely a losing number, because no move is available to him at all!
- Every square number 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 etc, is a winning number, since the first player
can easily reduce it to zero, thereby giving his opponent a losing position.
After some elementary reasonings, we get:
Table 1
where the cross-bones indicate a losing number and a blank space refers to a
winning number. The rules for continuing our analysis may be plainly stated as:
If the first player can make a move, such that the resulting number is losing, then n is a winning number.
Otherwise, each of the first player's move results in a winning number, hence n is a losing number.
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If you think about the above rules of thumb, it becomes intuitively obvious why : naturally you want the other
player to lose. So, if you are the first player, you try to leave a losing number to the second player.
If you are unable to do that, you lose since every move you make is a winning number for the other player.
To give a feel of how the above guidelines work, suppose we have continued our analysis for table 1 till n=21 :
Table 2
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Now we wish to analyze n=22. From 22,
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Each of the four moves : 6, 13, 18, 21 are winning numbers. Hence 22 is a losing number.
This gives us an efficient method of finding the status of each number.
Making Good Moves
It is not enough to simply know whether each number is winning or losing. We must know how to make 'good' moves, so that we can win when placed in an advantageous situation.
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Example 1 : In the game with n=19, what is the first move you should make?
Answer : Look at Table 2 above, 19 is a winning number which spells good news for you. Now consider the options you have : n=18, 15, 10, or 3. Since you want your opponent to lose, you should give him a losing number : i.e. n=10 or 15.
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Example 2 : In the game with n=18, the first player decided to subtract 4, leaving n=14. What would happen?
Answer : Again, from Table 2, we see that 14 is a winning number - hence the first player's move was unwise. The second player
may now turn the tables around by subtracting 4, leaving a losing number n=10 for the first player. Victory!
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Here, we shall describe an even more efficient method to find the outcome of a number n. This method is similar to the sieve of Eratosthenes (which finds all primes below a certain range).
Suppose we wish to compute the outcomes of all numbers up to 15.
We know for sure that 0 is a losing number :
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Remoteness
Example 3 : Uh-oh, now I'm left with the number n=17,
which is a losing number. There's no hope for me now, is there?
Answer : Don't panic. Although in theory a losing position
is a sure-lose case, you can bet that your opponent isn't well-versed
enough to find the exact strategy. Hence, your next move should serve
to confuse your opponent as much as possible. In your example, it
would be daft to take away 1 leaving 16, since 16 is such a clear-cut
case for your opponent. In short, we want to find a move to a winning
position for the opponent which is as remote from the winning goal
as possible.
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The remoteness values of n are assigned under the following rules:
- If n=0, then the remoteness is given 0 by default.
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If n is a winning position, then the remoteness of n is one more
than the smallest possible remoteness among all the possible moves
to losing positions.
- If n is a losing position, then the remotenes of n is one
more than the largest possible remoteness among all possible moves.
The above values follow from the fact that if a player is given a winning
number, he'd most definitely want to win as fast as possible to minimise
any chance of error. Conversely, a losing player would like to delay his
opponent's win for as long as possible, hoping that his opponent would
blunder in some move. Hence the rule:
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To demonstrate the above rules of thumb, suppose the values of remoteness
have already been found for up to n=16. We wish to calculate the
case for n=17.
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There are 4 possible moves for n=17, to values of n=16, 13, 8
or 1. The respective values of remoteness are 1, 7, 5, 1. Hence, the remoteness
value of 17 is one more than the maximum of these values, which is 8. To
answer Question 3, the best move is to make a move to 13, which has a remoteness
value of 7, the highest among all possible moves. Finally, observe
that odd values of remoteness correspond to winning positions while
even values correspond to losing positions.
Wythoff's Game
The rules of this game are as follows: given a pair of non-negative integers
(which may be distinct), two players alternately make a move. Each move
consists of either (a) subtracting a positive integer from one of them,
or (b) subtracting the same positive integer from both. The constraint
is that none of the integers may be left negative. As before, the player
who is unable to make a move loses (i.e. the player who leaves (0,0)
for his opponent wins).
This game is equivalent to Wythoff's Queen which is played on
a checkerboard, with the queen at position (m, n). Each
player may, upon his turn, move a queen in one of the three directions
towards the home square (0,0). The player who manages to 'home'
his queen wins.
In general, to
find the (i+1)-th losing position, we look for the
smallest positive integer
k which has not appeared in the sequence (in either the first or second
position), and write down (k, k+i).
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Boy chained by father in Minna rescued - The Nation Newspaper
Justina Asishana, Minna
The Niger State Child Rights Agency has rescued a 10-year-old boy who was reportedly chained by his father for refusing to go to school.
The boy was beaten, chained and left alone in the house by his father, Mallam Abubakar, The Nation learnt.
The boy was said to have crawled to the entrance of the house to get neighbours’ attention.
The boy was rescued yesterday morning when neighbours called the attention of an official of the Agency, Ezekiel Gana, over the issue.
The boy was taken with the chains tied to his hands and legs to the Child Rights Agency where the padlock used to secure the chains was broken.
Speaking to The Nation, the boy said it was the first time his father, who is a cleric, was chaining him, disclosing that he was usually tied with a rope.
The victim said that the reason his father chained him was that his headteacher reported that he did not come to school.
He said that on getting home on Tuesday, his father beat him up, refused to give him food and chained him, adding that he left the house the following morning, leaving him in chains.
In his defence, Abubakar said his son had not been going to school and returns late at night despite several warnings.
He said that he meant no harm, and that it was just his way of disciplining the boy in order for him not to become wayward.
Speaking further, the boy’s father said he did not mean to leave him in the morning but that he was called to a naming ceremony which he had to attend.
Agency man, Gana, who rescued the victim, explained said Abubakar, the boy’s father, was a second-time offender, adding that he had been first warned on his cruelty to children under his care in his Islamic school.
He said the father was first unwilling to report to the Agency despite the rescue of the son, adding that security agents attached to the agency had to pick him up from his house.
Former Director-General of the Agency Mariam Kolo described the act as an abuse, saying it is not a way of correcting a child.
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Kolo who was on a visit to the Agency in acting capacity, said, “No matter who you are or the offence committed, you have no right to chain up a child. The anti-torture act of 2017 is totally against it.
“As a second-time offender, there is no excuse for what he did. We are referring it to the CID and we will ensure that justice takes its course.”
Legal Officer of the agency, Ladidi Azuwah said, “This is beyond trying to discipline a child. Why would a parent padlock his child and refuse to feed him? That is not normal for whatsoever wrong he did.”
She said the agency will ensure the father is prosecuted while the child will be taken to hospital for treatment and re-integrated with his mother, who is separated from the father.


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