BY EDWIN JAHIEL
TITUS (US-Italy 1999) *** Written and directed by Julie Taymor. Freely adapted from Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus." Photography, Luciano Tovoli. Editing, Francoise Bonnot. Production design, Dante Ferretti. Costumes, Milena Canonero. Music, Elliot Goldenthal. Produced by Jody Patton, Conchita Airoldi and JulieTaymor. Cast: Anthony Hopkins (Titus), Jessica Lange (Tamora), Alan Cumming (Saturnius), Harry Lennix (Aaron), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Chiron), Matthew Rhys (Demetrius), Angus Macfadyen (Lucius), Colm Feore (Marcus), et al. A Fox Searchlight release.162 minutes. R (gory violence).
"Do I see it or do I skip it?" I suspect that many readers of reviews check this out by cutting to the chase and just checking the critics' ratings by stars or letters. Sometimes this tactic is valid, but it does not work for unusual items like "Titus." What's needed in such cases is the equivalent of computer-dating -- matching the movie and the personality of the movie-goer.
"Titus" is not the kind of Shakespeare that one would rush to see on the stage. Its screen progenitor Julie Taymor has done the next best thing: making it a wild sight-and-sound spectacle. Her challenging, hugely idiosyncratic production is unlike anything else. It stands on its own feet, Roman sandals or Gucci shoes. At three hours minus eighteen minutes it is not recommended to the mainstream public or the faint of heart, but for cognoscenti there is a definite enrichment.
Ms. Taymor, admired for her fanciful theater-staging of Disney's "The Lion King,". also did a quirky "Titus" off-Broadway around 1994. "Titus-the-movie" is a specialty picture. It is for those who follow no-holds-barred experimental avant-garde. For Post-modernists who specialize in Shakespeare and are curious to see what Ms. Taymor did with, and to, the Bard. For some of the many students who never read "Titus Andronicus," a work which always been at the bottom of the pile of assigned Shakespeare -- assuming it was placed on the list at all.
The story revolves around Roman General Titus who returns after a great victory over the Goths. He brings prisoners, QueenTamora among them. (Her name looks like a version of "Taymor"). Hewing to a jolly tradition, he executes her oldest son.
Titus declines to be crowned Emperor. Instead, he nominates foppish Saturninus. But the General modesty and generosity are repaid with a maze of political plots, counter-plots, machinations, assassinations, rivers of blood and cut-off body parts.
The play, a very early one by William S., is his most gory and violent. The film's extra-vivid visuals make it even bloodier.  Titus's self-mutilates.. He cooks up the now-butchered rapists as meat pies served to unsuspecting Bad People.
The over-the-top play becomes a topping-the-topper movie. Not a sight for sore eyes but a sight to make the eyes sore. Ms.Taymor takes Shakespeare's feverish imagination and keeps adding to it. The "less is more" principle of the Weimar Republic's Bauhaus ushered in modern, simple, functional design. The slogan for this movie should be "more is more."
"Titus" was shot in Italy, with some parts in Croatia..  They are mostly Italian. The main exception is a French woman: veteran, international and eclectic editor Francoise Bonnot. She has been cutting films since 1962, including six by Costa-Gavras (down to his latest, "Mad City"). Among the non-Gavras pictures are "Black and White in Color," "Un Amour de Swann," Polanski's "The Tenant," "The Year of the Dragon." "Titus" is a big stretch for Ms. Bonnot, with its surrealism at opposite poles to the realism of her past labors.
Julie Taymor's tactics are something like "Anachronism as Art." In the demented sights of her film we get automobiles brushing against Roman legionnaires, toga-clad people smoking cigarettes, modern priests among breastplated warriors, a T-shirted boy, tuxedo-wearing adults among ancient garb, a huge modern bank safe, helmets with delirious ornaments, modern jazz, boogie woogie, sundry methods of torture, assault rifles, revolvers and poniards....
That's just a sampling. There's also the make-up such as that for centurions with ash-covered faces who march like computer-made creatures. Additionally, shots or scenes may remind you of Federico Fellini's outlandish faces and bodies; or of his streetwalkers in "Nights of Cabiria."
What obviously Ms. Taymor had in mind was to modernize Shakespeare while showing his undiminished relevance. She establishes many parallels to contemporary (and eternal) politics, maneuvers, tricks but no treats.  And there's the rub. The uncompromising excesses are --for what they are -- spectacular, perhaps admirable, certainly novel. But they also distract. You don't concentrate as much as you wonder whilst the layers of visuals often cover up the language.
Above all, Shakespeare is words. His text for "Titus Andronicus" is not while not as stupendous as that of his mature plays, yet is still replete with great lines and verse. But I could not always catch them. For several reasons.T he one mentioned above. The unfamiliarity with the play, even if one has read it before. The torrent of words delivered with rat-tat-tat speed. The accents of players who are British, Americans trying to sound British, or Brits trying perhaps to sound un-British.
I miss my beloved Oxbridge or BBC accents, especially the amazing clarity of Laurence Olivier's euphonious, sonorous, mesmerizing voice in his Shakespearian plays and films, in fact in everything else the man performed. Also in his narrations, as for "The World at War." For that matter, I miss too the voice and delivery of Orson Welles.
In counter-argument to myself I'll admit that while "Titus" needs state-of-the art sound equipment, acoustics and audio balance, these were not available at the auditorium where I saw this work.
In the audiovisual orgy that is "Titus,":the players range from good to excellent in their peculiarly styled roles. Cast leaders Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange do not sound traditionally "Shakesperean,"only semi so. This fits the staging. For Lange (who becomes the new Emperor's consort) and for many of the actors, the defining word is "malevolence." Tamora paves the way for Lady Macbeth, who by comparison is almost a sweetie.
The grandest schemer-plotter of them all is Aaron the Moor, played by black actor Harry Lennix. He is also Tamora's lover and, in a modern way, the main hater of the Establishment and its prejudices. I suppose that Shakespeare had a change of heart later when, way ahead of his time, he championed minorities such a Jews and blacks. In "Othello," the great soul is the Moor of Venice, while the villainous Iago is a nasty white man who in some ways inherits Aaron's trickeries and treacheries..
Influences or inspirations last to the very end..The last shot is a freeze- frame, the kind that Francois Trufaut's "The 400 Blows" made so very popular that it became a cliche. Here however, this deja vu is mitigated by a clever aural trick. "Vivere," one of the many songs by the famous Cesare Andrea Bixio is heard over the end- credits..There is no Italian alive who does not know all Bixio's compositions, no Italian tenor who has not sung or recorded them, from Tito Schipa and Feruccio Tagliavini to Luciano Pavarotti..The singer here is Carlo Buti, in an older, original recording.. All this may sound like a detail, but for Italian audiences, "Vivere" which means "To Live," makes a melodiously ironical "finis."
NOTE for lovers of popular Italian music. Bixio (1896-1975) was prolific, had major hits throughout his whole life. Starting with the first Italian sound movie "La Canzone dell'Amore" (1930) most, perhaps all of his songs were introduced in films. His best period was 1930 -1940, with tremendously popular pieces at home and in most of Europe: "Parlami d'amore, Mariu," "Violino Tzigano," "Torna piccina mia," "La mia canzone al vento," "Mamma," "Vivere" and others.
"Le mauvais gout mene au crime"(Stendhal)
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Position 18° 23'09"N, 064° 42'14"W
For full details on clearing into and out of the BVIs see the BVIs Clearance section.
Note that the authorities here do not use the Sailclear system, even though the BVIs are listed on the Sailclear website.
Offices are at the ferry dock at West End. Ferries from the US Virgin Islands stop here, which can mean clearance takes longer if a ferry arrives.
West End is a good base for an ESTA US visa waiver run (in other words, an easy way to get a US visa). Costs (2015) reported for 2 people are:
ESTA fee: $28.00
BVI Departure tax $20.00
USVI Departure tax $40.00
Ferry $120.00
Total: $208.00
This is cheaper and much less time consuming than obtaining a full visa for the USA, but is only valid for 3 months.
Last updated August 2016.
There is good anchoring in the harbour especially in the north east part where there is good holding over sand in 7 to 9m. Space for anchoring however is now very limited.
There are mooring buoys in the harbour outside Soper’s Hole Marina. A boat comes around at about 5pm and collects fees. WiFi is not included in the mooring fee and WiFi in the harbour is expensive.
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Integral Mycology
What will we cover?
- Integral vs Linear Systems
- A basic overview of Mycology
- What is 'Integral Mycology'?
- Growing mushrooms on paper waste
- Questions
- No workshop ㅠㅠ
- Discussion and brainstorming session :D
Linear vs Integral Systems
By definition
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Linear: 'progressing from one stage to another in a single series of steps; sequential.'
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Integral: 'necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental.'
Contrasting properties of Linear vs Integral Systems
Linear Systems
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Energy flows along straight lines
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Parts are specialized modular components
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High entropy/low information
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Closed system/no loops
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High rate of material loss
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Single channels - doesn't handle overflow
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High Waste
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Imbalance passed along - tends towards instability
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Uniform, simple and easy to grasp
Integral Systems
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Energy flows through loops
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Parts fit overlapping functions
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Low entropy/high information
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Open system/closed loops
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High rate of material recovery
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Multiple alternate channels - overflow is deeply ingrained
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Little waste
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Self-regulating - tends towards stability
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Diverse, complex and difficult to grasp
A (very short) introduction to Mycology
From yellowelanor.com/mushroom-life-cycle
Ecological Role of Decomposers
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New elements cannot be created, they must be recycled
- Fungi break down lignin and cellulose
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Fungi are the only thing that break down lignin and cellulose
- No, seriously. Think about that
Ecological Role of Decomposers II
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Unlock nutrients that would otherwise remain inaccessible
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Create edge environments which support countless plants, insects
and animals
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Fungi are the alchemists of the natural world - they do no less
than tease life from dead matter
Example Decomposers
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Shiitake (Lentinula edodes)
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Oyster (Pleurotus spp)
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Reishi (Ganoderma lucidium)
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Button/Portobello (Agaricus bisporus)
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'Magic' Mushroom (Psilocybe spp)
Ecological Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi
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Expand the absorptive area of plants' roots 10-1000x
- Growth rate ++
- Resistence to drought ++
- Nutritional content ++
- Medicinal quality ++
- Flowering rate ++
- Time to reach maturity --
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Act as an external immune system for connected plant systems
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Unlock nutrients that would otherwise remain inaccessible
From botany-lab.blogspot.com/2015/04
Example Mycorrhizal Fungi
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Chanterelles (Cantharellus spp)
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Truffles (Tuber spp)
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Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria)
Integral Mycology
"Mushrooms help us reconnect to nature in profound ways."
Paul Stamets, Mycelium Running
Multiple Functions at Each Phase
Spores
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Sporlated chain oil for the logging industry
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Insulation (Eben Bayer)
Mycelium: Mycorestoration
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Myco-remediation
- Oil spills (Pleurotus spp)
- Munitions (Flammulina velutipes)
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Nerve gas/chemical weapons (Psilocybe spp)
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Myco-filtration
- Stormwater
- Greywater
- Agricultural runoff
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Myco-forestry
- Increase native Fungi
- Support decomposition
- Promote fungal interaction
Mycelium: Companion Planting
- General benefits
- Specific fungi/plant relationships
- Elm Oyster + Brassica spp
- Pholiota nameko + Chokeberry
Mycelium: Medicine
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Mushrooms produce many potent medicinal compounds
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Adaptogens - compounds which enhance up your mental and emotional immune systems
- Psilocybe spp for cluster headaches
- 'Custom myco-medicine'
Mycelium: Materials
- Building materials & insulation
- Leather and textile substitutes
- Packaging
- Artistic medium
Spent Substrate
- 'Species sequencing'
- Biocoal/Fuel
- Animal feed
- Fertilizer
Fertilizer Values for Oyster Substrate
Direct Recycling and Personal Use
From What A Waste, 2012
Growing Mushrooms on Paper Waste
or 'How I Learned to See Waste as a Resource in Disguise'
Process
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Pasteurize the paper and achieve correct moisture levels
- Combine spawn with prepared paper
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Allow time for the mycelium to colonize the paper
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Fruit, dry, or use colonized paper as spawn (as in step #2)
Pasteurization: Trial and Error
- Steam
- Difficult to 'get it right'
- Uses a substantial amount of energy
- Submerging
- Nearly impossible to 'get it right'
- Creates a glutinous, clumpy mess
- AND patches of completely dry paper
- So how to 'get it right'?
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The magic ratio - 1.34 parts water(mL) to paper(g)
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Heat a small amount of water once - low energy use
- Even moisture content
Revised Pasteurization Process
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Measure the paper - for example, 1500g of paper waste
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the boiling water over it
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spots
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Insulate with a blanket or similar and leave it until it's cool to
the touch (2-4 hours, but overnight is fine)
Colonized Paper Waste
Colonized Paper Waste (detail)
Harvest One
Harvest Two
Summary
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When you see waste as a resource, you see the whole world differently
- But...can you eat them?
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In the meantime, paper for art and coffee for food
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You can see a write-up about this experiment by searching for
'medium zero waste labs paper waste'
Resources
- The Integral Urban House - Farallones Institute
- Mycelium Running - Paul Stamets
- Radical Mycology - Peter McCoy
- The Permaculture City - Toby Hemenway
- A Pattern Language - Alexander, Ishikawa, Silverstein


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class: top, left, inverse, title-slide # Education & Globalization ## Session 22 ### Dr. Zhou Yisu 周憶粟 ### 2018/11/05 --- background-image: url(https://crsuccesslearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/prism.jpg) background-size: contain --- ## Aims Analyze multiple forces behind a global education phenomenon Problemtize PISA --- ## Who is buying into PISA? -- ### Multiple stakeholder 利益相關者、持份人 -- .violet[OECD:] Advance its view of future economy -- .violet[The media] 新聞媒體 - Talking points about national education, benchmarked against other nations - League table is easy to understand -- .violet[National & regional governments] - to measure education quality 教育質量 - to be part of global education community - to acquire technical expertise -- .violet[Parents] - Care if their children are losing out - Care about school's quality --- ## Changing narrative OECD's official account is typically __restrained__ 審慎. They are __balancing__ between selling PISA as an _innovative approach_ to understanding education and _overselling_ but couldn't live up to its promise: -- - PISA shows ".yellow[what's possible]" & ".yellow[similarities and differences in education around the world]" - To help government rethink their own approach to education to improve their schools: to ".yellow[give every student the best opportunity to achieve the best results]" - A description can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1I9tuScLUA --- ## However, the media craves for more stories... ![](https://gdurl.com/0pLo) --- background-image: url(https://gdurl.com/H1fA) background-size: contain ## Obsession with ranking could not be backed up by statistics --- ## League table reporting often leads to Sensationalization of an ".red[educational crisis]".red[1]: - Japan.red[2] - Alberta, Canada.red[3] .footnote[[1] .green[Sensation·alize] 炒作 [2] http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03050060802481413 [3] https://cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/attachments/research_papers/mixed/Commentary_488.pdf ] --- background-image: url(https://gdurl.com/23Gz) background-size: contain --- background-image: url(https://gdurl.com/Pw3b) background-size: contain --- background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/crossing-cms-cwg-tw/ckeditor/201803/ckeditor-5aa0b1392ac07.jpg) background-size: contain --- ### Even some Chinese media is bashing Japan's education "failure" ![:wscale 90%](https://gdurl.com/x19C) .footnote[Source: https://www.guancha.cn/youyiwei/2016_08_06_370219.shtml] --- ![:wscale 90%](https://gdurl.com/w0dg) .footnote[Source: https://crossing.cw.com.tw/blogTopic.action?id=927&nid=9563] --- background-image: url(./pic/pisa-alberta.png) background-size: contain --- ## The reporting of PISA creates a message that we can .orange[Directly borrow educational practices from high performing systems:] - curriclum (i.e. academic-focused curriculum) - classroom setting (i.e. large class sizes) - management approach (i.e. accountability of teachers 教師問責制) -- __Assumption:__ transplant a new policy via rational policy planning __Perceived benefit__: increase in PISA test scores, which implies pareparing young people as productive future workers in the knowledge economy. --- ## When you believe solving a problem is linear ![:wscale 90%](./pic/policy1.jpg) --- background-image: url(./pic/policy2.jpg) background-size: contain ### In reality .footnote[Source: Sir Peter Gluckman - _Evidence informed policy making_ - 27 June 2017] --- ## Problemtizing PISA ### Issue 1: Global cultures and culture flows If we treat PISA as a stream in global flow, is it - Differentiating? - Converging? - Hybridizing? -- Some say seeing like PISA is buying into a particular way of managing education: .orange[governed by the numbers]..red[4]. That is, we reduced our understanding of education into number/statistics. -- Leads to global assimilation in direction of dominant groups: those who are able to produce and disecting the number, -- Some call PISA as a form of .orange[cultural imperialism]: Where one culture imposes itself (more or less consciously) and tends to destroy at least part of another culture .footnote[[4] http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1474904116658299] --- ## Other thinkers say, not necessarily (about PISA's influence) Subjective nature of cultural interpretation: - If focusing on the strong flows and weak barriers, then they are .orange[converging] - If focusing on the barriers to flows, then countries/regions are .orange[differentiating] themselves from the global learning metric - If focusing on the interaction between internal and externals, then they are .orange[hybridizing]. --- ## Two concepts related with cultural hybridization .violet[__grobalization__] (grow + globalization): imperialist ambitions of nation-states, corporations, organizations, and the like and their desire to impose themselves on various geographic areas throught the world. _Their main interest is in seeing their power, influence, and in some cases profits grow_. -- .violet[__glocalization__] (global + local): the interpretation of the global and local resulting in unique outcomes: - the world is growing more pluralistic - individuals and local groups have great power to adept, innovate, and maneuver (they are important and creative agents) - social processes are relational and contigent --- ### Issue 2: What does the number say Even if we buying into PISA, what does the number tell us? It tells us about the skills. Skills presumed to be translated into labor market productivity. More skilled labor forces moves the economy faster PISA (math test reflecting skills level) score as a proxy for cognitive ability, analytical skills. --- ## Does this logic chain 邏輯鏈 hold up?: ### .violet[A snapshot] of performance by .cyan[a particular group of] students on .brown[a particular school day]. ![](https://gdurl.com/D1C0)  --- ## Test reflects what is taught in school ![:wscale 70%](https://gdurl.com/nOyn) .footnote[Source: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/323/5914/586] --- ## Issue 3: Setting educational agenda .violet[Who is defining what is important in education] - When global narrative penetrate locale education system - Local? Regional/National government? - International agency? - Teachers? Parents? Politicians? Researchers? .violet[What is assessed and what is not] - What curriculum? What kind of knowledge? - Do you agree with it? Why - What about: trust, self-understanding, empathy, collaboration, perseverance --- ## The race narrows education purposes >.violet[(Treating education as a race) takes the oxygen out of the debate of educational issues. ]-- Sam Sellar What (other) issues does school concern? - Grade retention - Sex education - School bullying - Student disengagement - ect --- ## Impracticality of education Education researcher Tom Popkewitz describes education as partly .violet[impractical] 不實用的 .red[5]. Education always has a .violet[moral dimension] 道德層面的影響: - Music education - Civil education - Sports Similarly, historian David Labaree argues that three functions of schooling:.red[6] - .violet[Democratic equality]: education makes competent citizens for the society - Social efficiency - Social mobility .footnote[[5] Reference: https://soundcloud.com/freshed-podcast/cies-symposium-day-1-a-missing [6] Labaree, D. F. (1997). Public Goods, Private Goods: The American Struggle over Educational Goals. _American Educational Research Journal, 34_(1), 39–81.] --- ## What is PISA useful for? Surprisingly, the test score comparison itself does not reveal a whole lot about education and learning. But it can be informative for other things (surprisingly helpful) --- ## Gender differences in math and science ![:wscale 85%](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNYO3ckWkAAZdYW.jpg) --- background-image: url(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/20/31/b4/2031b47a80a0a06a085f658d6bfe947c.jpg) background-size: contain --- background-image: url(https://i.warosu.org/data/sci/img/0090/27/1499722725716.jpg) background-size: contain --- ## Why would someone prefer reducing a complex social phenomenon such as education to numbers/statistics? In the PISA case, globalization brings new angles for comparison. Education is complicated, full of unexpected change and uncertainty. We want answers, certainty, explanations. But how do we know we find one?: >We have an explanation of something when we have made a certain kind of _argument_ about it: an argument that is simple, exclusive, perhaps elegant or even counterintuitive. In this sense, an account is an explanation because it takes a certain pleasing form, because it somehow marries simplicity and complexity. .red[7] .footnote[[7] Abbott, Andrew. _Methods of Discovery: Heuristics for the Social Sciences (Contemporary Societies Series)._ (2004, p.11).] --- ## Best of all? Everyone can get their piece of the story __Media:__ We know who is doing the best and who is in crisis! __Government__: we have run a _scientific study_, and concluded that our education system is good/not good. __Government officials__: Look at the authorities behind us! I am not lying __School principals__: Come to our school --- ## .red[Summary] PISA is a powerful form of culture flow. It moves more easily around the world than very before. Hybridization nature of PISA. PISA is a complext enterprise that still carries tremendous momentum but also riddled with contradictions. --- ## Resources: Ritzer & Dean: p.215-216; p.226-227; p.231-233 More discussion on PISA: - http://www.freshedpodcast.com/tag/global-learning-metrics/ 9-episode discussion from different perspectives. Global resistance to PISA: - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/may/06/oecd-pisa-tests-education-joy-of-learning


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Weather Service
1 Introduction
This teachpack let’s you get the weather and forecast for a given address. You can use it online, with live data:
| ( require "weather-service-online.rkt" ) |
Why would you use it offline?  Second, you don’t have to worry about your tests changing, since local data never changes (even though weather should change daily!).
| ( require "weather-service-offline.rkt" ) |
2 Functions
procedure
( get-weather address ) → ( or/c string? report? )
address : string?
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address —
An address in the United States, such as "Seattle, WA" or "101 Smith Hall, Newark, DE 19716".
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"Newark, DE"
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"Seattle, WA"
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"Orlando, FL"
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"Washington DC"
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"Los Angeles, CA"
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"Chicago, IL"
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"Alaska"
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The address might be outside of the United States.
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There might have been no results found for the address (try it in Google Maps to make sure it’s a real address)
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If you’re using the offline version, the address may not be available offline. You can try it with the online version.
3 Structs
struct
( struct report ( current tonight tomorrow day-after location ) #:extra-constructor-name make-report ) current : weather? tonight : forecast? tomorrow : forecast? day-after : forecast? location : location?
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current —
The current weather for this address. -
tonight —
The forecast for tonight. -
tomorrow —
The forecast for tomorrow. -
day-after —
The forecast for the day after tomorrow. -
location —
More detailed location information on this address.
struct
( struct weather ( temperature dewpoint humidity visibility pressure wind description image-url ) #:extra-constructor-name make-weather ) temperature : number? dewpoint : number? humidity : number? visibility : number? pressure : number? wind : wind? description : string? image-url : string?
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temp —
The current temperature (in Fahrenheit). -
dewpoint —
The current dewpoint temperature (in Fahrenheit). -
humidity —
The current relative humidity (as a percentage). -
visibility —
How far you can see (in miles). -
pressure —
The barometric pressure (in inches). -
wind —
The current wind pattern. -
description —
A human-readable description of the current weather. -
image-url —
A url pointing to a picture that describes the weather. Use "bitmap/url" to convert it to an image.
struct
( struct wind ( speed direction chill ) #:extra-constructor-name make-wind ) speed : number? direction : number? chill : number?
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speed —
The current wind speed (in miles-per-hour). -
direction —
The current wind direction (in degrees). -
chill —
The perceived temperature (in Fahrenheit) caused by the wind.
struct
( struct forecast ( temperature-label temperature probability-of-precipitation image-url description long-description ) #:extra-constructor-name make-forecast ) temperature-label : string? temperature : number? probability-of-precipitation : number? image-url : string? description : string? long-description : string?
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temperature-label —
Either "High" or "Low", depending on whether or not the predicted temperature is a daily high or a daily low. -
temperature —
The predicted temperature for this period (in Fahrenheit). -
probability-of-precipitation —
The probability of precipitation for this period (as a percentage). -
image-url —
A url pointing to a picture that describes the predicted weather for this period. Use "bitmap/url" to convert it to an image. -
description —
A human-readable description of the predicted weather for this period. -
long-description —
A more-detailed, human-readable description of the predicted weather.
struct
( struct location ( latitude longitude elavation name ) #:extra-constructor-name make-location ) latitude : number? longitude : number? elavation : number? name : string?
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latitude —
The latitude (up-down) of this location. -
longitude —
The longitude (left-right) of this location. -
elavation —
The height above sea-level (in feet). -
name —
The city and state that this location is in.
4 License
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Adventures - The Settlers Online
(combat simulator for The Settlers Online - discuss this tool in the forum - last update: 2013-04-07 17:17)
Adventures
Here, you find a list of all the Adventures of The Settlers Online.
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Here you will find an overview of the bandit camps on the home island.
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On a secluded island, a bunch of pirates have built their headquarters. Within a radius of hundreds of kilometers they attack helpless port cities and frighten inhabitants. If you want to earn fame and glory, visit the island and banish the pirates and their crazy ship's cook.
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Rumours tell of a mighty witch.  Anyone who dares to journey into her realm is sure to earn fame and glory.
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One of the rider clans has started terrorising the settlers in this region, taking their belongings and steal their flocks. If no-one helps them they will have to leave their homeland. The local population doesn't possess much, but they are willing to offer their most precious heirloom to anyone who can drive the rider clan away.
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Loyal men they were, but greed turned them into ruthless bandits. The nobles have turned to you for help against these deserters. Be careful if you approach them since these traitors are heavily armed, battle hardened men.
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A very concerned landlord has written a letter to you. One of his previously loyal master archers has turned rogue, living in the forest and stealing gold from rich merchants and nobles. With it, he bribes simple peasants into rioting. You have to stop this at once!
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Rumour has it that a couple of dark priests are performing dark rituals. Very dark rituals. There have even been several cats reported missing recently. Understandably, your citizens are more than a little concerned about this. They have turned to you for help and are willing to give what they have in order to compensate you for your efforts.
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It is a mark of troubled times when even captivity cannot stop wicked bandits from forming new groups of outlaws. Travellers tell of ffearsome raids in the nearby forests. The local knights cannot deal with this hardened group alone and have requested your assistance. Send your men and make the roads safe again!
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The last time you battled the witch of the swamp, you defeated her, but a Dark High Priest escaped. The priest retreated to an abandoned piece of land and performed a dark ritual to bring the witch back to life again. Now the witch of the swamp is regenerating and planning a vendetta against you. Defeat her, while she is still weak!
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You have received a letter of challenge from a group called "The Sons Of The Veldt". Oviously a new rider clan has emerged and is overconfident its own strength. This challenge is an affront to your honour. You have to show these savages their place!
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The Scouts have found a house hidden in the forest where they think the rogues Chuck, One-Eyed Bert and Metal Tooth are living. Travel to the dark part of the forest and check the rumour out. If you find the scoundrels there, catch them and bring them to justice.
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A spy report tells of a secluded castle in a large valley far to the east. Obviously the knights there have got hold of some cannons. Those mighty weapons might prove very useful in the future. Yet, these knights surely won`t give them away freely. You may have to convince them with a little... manpower.
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A letter from King Damien arrived this morning. We are to travel to Skull Island and stop a bunch of young pirates finding a long lost treasure! I'll tell you more about it all when we arrive! Off we go to Skull Island!
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A pigeon landed this morning, bringing news from your good friend Lord Walder the Bold. Or is it bald? Anyway, he requested your attention regarding a problem he has. His people live on an island ruled by a fierce pirate leader, but they get along well. Neither hurts the other, peace can be smelled the air. Then two weeks ago an unknown bandit gang appeared from the badlands, and they seem to want the island for themselves. Lord Walder needs your help! I say rally up some of our military forces and pay them a visit. Do you agree?
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Victor The Vicious hails from a kingdom far away. His skills in archery are unparalleled. Some say he shot an apple from the head of his own son! Unfortunately he has claimed the nearby hunting valley of a friendly regent for his own.  After that defeat the crazy ship's cook went back to his parent's house. Now his mother is watching over him. If you want to finish him off you'll have to overwhelm his mother first.
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You have received a threating letter containing the demans of a bunch of wild men that landed on the shore not long ago. Apparently, they are part of some kind of wild Nordic tribe that intends to go pillaging and plundering their way through the area. For the sake of your people's safety you should challenge this tribe. Drive them away and restore peace and order to your kingdom.
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You have received word of a mad alchemist who performs experiments on living human being! He has hired an experienced troop of deadly mercenaries to protect him. You cannot allow this to happen in the vicinity of your realm! Send your troops and stop the madman!
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A plea for help reaches your kingdom. Terrified citizens claim they have been repeatedly raided by a band of villains under the command of a once proud knight of the realm. He calls himself `Mad Henry` and dares anyone to challenge him. The villagers are in desperate need of help.
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A group of the notorious nords have built their camp on a small island nearby. It seems as if they are preparing an attack against you. However, they don’t know that their landing did not go unnoticed, so it would be a clever move to attack them now.
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More and more townsfolk are drawn to a mysterious order in the vicinity of your castle. After some investigation it turns out that a dark brotherhood is trying to undermine your regency. You cannot allow that to happen! Send your men to stop this foul corruption from spreading.
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A claim of sovereignty has arrived at your castle. Hector the Black and his brother Barnabas demand a whole mountain range as their new territory. They have already secretly built black castles and recruited numerous men to defend them. What will you do? Allow this treason to happen? Or will you put an end to this claim once and for all?
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The rider clans of the great veldt have requested your assistance. Apparently, an evil shaman called `Roaring Bull` has claimed regency over the whole area. He and his fellow shamans command dark magic and fierce warriors. Nobody can stand against them. You will have to send your finest men in order to defeat them.
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Some of the controls in Otter UI require mouse or touch events to allow the user to interact with them. If these controls are used, your application must capture and send these events to the Otter API, which will then in turn process the events appropriately.
To send touch events simply call the following methods on the Otter System object:
namespace Otter { /* Main object that manages and maintains all things game-gui related. */ class System { // ... public: /* Points (touches/mouse/etc) were pressed down */ void OnPointsDown(sint32* pointPairs, sint32 numPairs);
/* Points (touches/mouse/etc) were released */ void OnPointsUp(sint32* pointPairs, sint32 numPairs); /* Points (touches/mouse/etc) were moved. */ void OnPointsMove(sint32* pointPairs, sint32 numPairs); // ... }; } |
Each method accepts a set of 2-tuples as signed integers and the number of 2-tuples sent. Each 2-tuple is interpreted as an X/Y coordinate pair.
For example, if numPairs == 2, then the expected array length of pointPairs is 4. The pointPairs data is then interpreted as: {X1, Y1, X2, Y2}
OnPointsDown
Notifies that numPairs of touch points were just pressed down, and are stored in pointPairs as a set of 2-tuples. Each 2-tuple represents an absolute location on screen.
OnPointsUp
Notifies that numPairs of touch points were just released, and are stored in pointPairs as a set of 2-tuples. Each 2-tuple represents an absolute location on screen.
OnPointsMoved
Notifies that numPairs of touch points were just moved, and are stored in pointPairs as a set of 2-tuples. Each 2-tuple represents an absolute location on screen.
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Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver supports the use of JDBC basic and advanced data types within a Java application that uses SQL Server as its database.
The JDBC type system mediates the conversion between SQL Server data types and Java language types and objects. The JDBC types are modeled on the SQL-92 and SQL-99 types. The JDBC driver adheres to the JDBC specification and is designed to provide the right balance between predictability and flexibility.
The topics in this section describe how to use the basic and advanced data types, and how data types can be converted into other data types.
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Power
Providing power to the AUV are four 14.8 V 10000mAh lithium ion batteries. Lithium ion batteries were chosen because of their reasonable cost, energy density, and size. 14.8 V was the selected voltage because it was the most commonly found voltage that was higher than the maximum required voltage for any of the electrical components.
Power Distribution
Two of the batteries are connected in parallel to an ATX voltage regulator which splits the voltage into a 12V rail to provide power to the NUC and the cameras and a 5V rail to provide power to other components. A custom printed circuit board is used to distribute power to thee components [Figure 1]. The ATX ensures a steady and consistent voltage supply. The eight thrusters are connected to the batteries via barrier block terminals. Although there is no ATX between the batteries that are connected to the thrusters there is instead a voltage regulator. The thrusters do not need specific rails as the other components do. Thus, a voltage regulator, which serves to prevent sudden voltage jumps and inconsistencies, is all that is necessary.
Preliminary calculations have shown that the AUV will have a minimum runtime of 25 minutes if all 8 thrusters are running at top speed. This is more than the expected run time of each vehicle listed in the competition manual of 15 minutes.
Control Systems
The AUV has two types of devices that need to be controlled, thrusters and servos. The BlueRobotics T200 thrusters and the various types of servos being used are both controlled using pulse width modulation (PWM). The thrusters use an AfroESC 30A (electronic speed controller) to control the speed of the thrusters using the PWM signal. To control all the devices of the AUV, 13 separate PWM generators are needed [Figure 2]. An Arduino Mega was chosen for three key reasons. It is easy to use. There is a vast open source library of code to work with. It has 15 PWM output pins. The servo code has been calibrated to not exceed the servo’s maximum rotation capabilities.
The Arduino Mega is used to receive the data from the pressure sensor as an analog input, convert it to a digital value and relay it back to the NUC using the serial interface.
Sensors
The AUV utilizes a Specialties US300 pressure sensor to measure the depth of the vehicle in the water. This year the team could implement the SS Aqua Cams that were purchased last year. The biggest challenged that was faced was getting the analog cameras to convert to a digital signal so that image processing could be used. This task was accomplished using an ION Video 2 PC Analog-To-Digital Video Converter.
AHRS
The AUV uses a VectorNav VN-100 [4] that was donated to us by VectorNav to gather information about the vehicle’s attitude and heading. The VN-100 is a high-performance Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and AHRS (attitude heading reference systems). It uses the latest solid-state Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) sensor technology. It was selected because it includes a set of 3-axis gyroscopes, 3-axis accelerometers, 3-axis magnetometers, a barometric pressure sensor, and a 32-bit processor.
Component Placement
The components were arranged inside the hull to keep the center of gravity low and to minimize interference and noise with other electronic components.
Connectors
A combination of SubConn connectors and BlueRobotics cable penetrators were used to pass wires from outside the hull to the inside. Previously, the team had used all BlueRobotics cable penetrators because of their low cost. This year the SubConn connectors were added to reduce the number of holes that had to be drilled into the endcap.


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Gold Tie Bars Creation is a read-write DFM action. This action:
This new action is part of the Advanced DFM Actions, and requires a special license option: goldtie .
The action works in three stages:
For each net that needs to be processed, the action finds the feature that is closest to the (specified) edge of the board, and then tries to "draw" a polyline from this feature to the edge of the board.
If no test points need to be added, the action will extend every polyline by the value of the variable extension length . If test points need to be added, the action will draw the polylines up to the board limits.
Each line is assigned
the
.tie
attribute.
If adding a tie will create a short, and the problematic tie is inside the profile limits, the tie will not be added. The net that needs the problematic tie is reported in the Failed to Connect category.
The action sorts all the tie lines that were added to each side of the board. For each board side, it extends the lines and adds to them the test points and clearances. Each test point is assigned the .test_req attribute.
The connection between tie lines and test points will be made by straight lines and not diagonal lines. See the example below.


[name]
2D vector.
Example
var a = new THREE.Vector2( 0, 1 );
var b = new THREE.Vector2( 1, 0 );
var d = a.distanceTo( b );
Constructor
[name]( [page:Float x], [page:Float y] )
Properties
.[page:Float x]
.[page:Float y]
Methods
.set( [page:Float x], [page:Float y] ) [page:Vector2]
Sets value of this vector.
.copy( [page:Vector2 v] ) [page:Vector2]
Copies value of *v* to this vector.
.add( [page:Vector2 v] ) [page:Vector2]
Adds *v* to this vector.
.addVectors( [page:Vector2 a], [page:Vector2 b] ) [page:Vector2]
Sets this vector to *a + b*.
.sub( [page:Vector2 v] ) [page:Vector2]
Subtracts *v* from this vector.
.subVectors( [page:Vector2 a], [page:Vector2 b] ) [page:Vector2]
Sets this vector to *a - b*.
.multiplyScalar( [page:Float s] ) [page:Vector2]
Multiplies this vector by scalar *s*.
.divideScalar( [page:Float s] ) [page:Vector2]
Divides this vector by scalar *s*.
Set vector to *( 0, 0 )* if *s == 0*.
.negate() [page:Vector2]
Inverts this vector.
.dot( [page:Vector2 v] ) [page:Float]
Computes dot product of this vector and *v*.
.lengthSq() [page:Float]
Computes squared length of this vector.
.length() [page:Float]
Computes length of this vector.
.normalize() [page:Vector2]
Normalizes this vector.
.distanceTo( [page:Vector2 v] ) [page:Float]
Computes distance of this vector to *v*.
.distanceToSquared( [page:Vector2 v] ) [page:Float]
Computes squared distance of this vector to *v*.
.setLength( [page:Float l] ) [page:Vector2]
Normalizes this vector and multiplies it by *l*.
.equals( [page:Vector2 v] ) [page:Vector2]
Checks for strict equality of this vector and *v*.
.isZero() [page:Boolean]
Checks if length of this vector is within small epsilon (*0.0001*).
.clone() [page:Vector2]
Clones this vector.
Source
[link:https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/master/src/[path].js src/[path].js]


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BasicMath
public class BasicMath
A set of basic math functions.
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Convert degree to radian.
Declaration
Swift
public static func toRadians(degree: Double) -> Double
Return Value
A calculated radian in
Double
value type. -
Convert degree to radian.
Declaration
Swift
public static func toRadians(degree: Float) -> Float
Return Value
A calculated radian in
Float
value type. -
Convert degree to radian.
Declaration
Swift
public static func toRadians(degree: CGFloat) -> CGFloat
Return Value
A calculated radian in
CGFloat
value type. -
Convert radian to degree.
Declaration
Swift
public static func toDegrees(radian: Double) -> Double
Return Value
A calculated radian in
Double
value type. -
Convert radian to degree.
Declaration
Swift
public static func toDegrees(radian: Float) -> Float
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Convert radian to degree.
Declaration
Swift
public static func toDegrees(radian: CGFloat) -> CGFloat
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Calculate angle rotation between 2 points.
Declaration
Swift
public static func angle(start: CGPoint, end: CGPoint) -> CGFloat
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Calculate length (distance) between 2 points.
Declaration
Swift
public static func length(start: CGPoint, end: CGPoint) -> CGFloat
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Calculate point location into circular angle rotation.
Declaration
Swift
public static func arcRotationPoint(angle: CGFloat, radius: CGFloat) -> CGPoint
Return Value
A calculated CGPoint postiton.
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Calculate point location into elliptical angle rotation.
Declaration
Swift
public static func ellipseRotationPoint(angle: CGFloat, xradius: CGFloat, yradius: CGFloat) -> CGPoint
Return Value
A calculated CGPoint postiton.
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Calculates Quadratic tangent.
Declaration
Swift
public static func quadTangent(t: CGFloat, a: CGFloat, b: CGFloat, c: CGFloat) -> CGFloat
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Calculates Cubic tangent
Declaration
Swift
public static func cubicTangent(t: CGFloat, a: CGFloat, b: CGFloat, c: CGFloat, d: CGFloat) -> CGFloat
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Calculates Linear interpolation
Declaration
Swift
public static func linear(t: CGFloat, a: CGFloat, b: CGFloat) -> CGFloat
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Calculates Quadratic interpolation
Declaration
Swift
public static func quad(t: CGFloat, a: CGFloat, b: CGFloat, c: CGFloat) -> CGFloat
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Calculates Cubic interpolation
Declaration
Swift
public static func cubic(t: CGFloat, a: CGFloat, b: CGFloat, c: CGFloat, d: CGFloat) -> CGFloat


/*====================================================================* * * Copyright (c) 2011 Qualcomm Atheros Inc. * * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software * for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided * that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear * in all copies.  IN NO EVENT SHALL * THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM * LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN * CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. * *--------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /*====================================================================* * * unsigned hostnics (struct nic list [], unsigned size); * * ether.h * * encode an external memory region with a packed list of available * nost network interfaces; return the number of interfaces found; * each interface has an index, ethernet address, internet address, * name and description; * * this function is implemented for Linux and MacOSX; * * * Contributor(s): * Charles Maier<EMAIL_ADDRESS>* *--------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #ifndef HOSTNICS_SOURCE #define HOSTNICS_SOURCE #if defined (__linux__) # include <net/if.h> # include <net/ethernet.h> # include <sys/ioctl.h> #elif defined (__linux__) # include <net/if.h> # include <netpacket/packet.h> # include <ifaddrs.h> #elif defined (__APPLE__) || defined (__OpenBSD__) # include <sys/types.h> # include <sys/socket.h> # include <net/if.h> # include <net/if_dl.h> # include <net/if_types.h> # include <ifaddrs.h> #elif defined (WIN32) #error "Not implemented for Windows" #else #error "Unknown environment" #endif #include <unistd.h> #include <memory.h> #include <errno.h> #include "../ether/ether.h" #include "../tools/error.h" unsigned hostnics (struct nic nics [], unsigned size) { #if defined (__linux__) /* * native method on Linux systems; */ char buffer [1024]; struct ifconf ifconf; struct ifreq * ifreq; unsigned next; signed fd; memset (nics, 0, size * sizeof (struct nic)); ifconf.ifc_len = sizeof (buffer); ifconf.ifc_buf = buffer; if ((fd = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) < 0) { error (1, errno, "Can't open socket"); } if (ioctl (fd, SIOCGIFCONF, &ifconf) < 0) { error (1, errno, "Can't read socket configuration"); } ifreq = ifconf.ifc_req; next = ifconf.ifc_len / sizeof (struct ifreq); if (next > size) { next = size; } if (next < size) { size = next; } for (next = 0; next < size; next++) { struct nic * nic = &nics [next]; struct sockaddr_in * sockaddr_in = (struct sockaddr_in *)(&ifreq->ifr_addr); memcpy (nic->ifname, ifreq->ifr_name, sizeof (nic->ifname)); memcpy (nic->ifdesc, ifreq->ifr_name, sizeof (nic->ifdesc)); memcpy (nic->internet, &sockaddr_in->sin_addr, sizeof (nic->internet)); if (ioctl (fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, ifreq) == -1) { error (0, errno, "Can't read hardware address: %s", ifreq->ifr_name); } memcpy (nic->ethernet, ifreq->ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, sizeof (nic->ethernet)); if (ioctl (fd, SIOCGIFINDEX, ifreq) == -1) { error (0, errno, "Can't read interface index: %s", ifreq->ifr_name); } nic->ifindex = ifreq->ifr_ifindex; ifreq++; } close (fd); #elif defined (__linux__) || defined (__APPLE__) || defined (__OpenBSD__) /* * generic (POSIX) method for unix-like systems; */ struct ifaddrs * ifaddrs; memset (nics, 0, size * sizeof (struct nic)); unsigned next = 0; if (getifaddrs (&ifaddrs) != -1) { struct ifaddrs * ifaddr; for (ifaddr = ifaddrs; ifaddr && size; ifaddr = ifaddr->ifa_next) { struct nic * nic = &nics [next]; struct nic * tmp = nics; if (!ifaddr->ifa_addr) { continue; } nic->ifindex = if_nametoindex (ifaddr->ifa_name); for (tmp = nics; tmp->ifindex != nic->ifindex; tmp++); if (tmp == nic) { next++; size--; } else { nic = tmp; } memcpy (nic->ifname, ifaddr->ifa_name, sizeof (nic->ifname)); memcpy (nic->ifdesc, ifaddr->ifa_name, sizeof (nic->ifdesc)); if (ifaddr->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET) { struct sockaddr_in * sockaddr_in = (struct sockaddr_in *) (ifaddr->ifa_addr); struct in_addr * in_addr = (struct in_addr *)(&sockaddr_in->sin_addr); memcpy (nic->internet, &in_addr->s_addr, sizeof (nic->internet)); } #if defined (__linux__) #define LLADDR(socket) &(socket)->sll_addr if (ifaddr->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_PACKET) { struct sockaddr_ll * sockaddr_ll = (struct sockaddr_ll *) (ifaddr->ifa_addr); memcpy (nic->ethernet, LLADDR (sockaddr_ll), sizeof (nic->ethernet)); } #elif defined (__APPLE__) || defined (__OpenBSD__) if (ifaddr->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK) { struct sockaddr_dl * sockaddr_dl = (struct sockaddr_dl *) (ifaddr->ifa_addr); if (sockaddr_dl->sdl_type == IFT_ETHER) { #if 1 memcpy (nic->ethernet, LLADDR (sockaddr_dl), sizeof (nic->ethernet)); #else memcpy (nic->ethernet, LLADDR (sockaddr_dl), sockaddr_dl->sdl_alen); #endif } } #else #error "Abandon all hope!" #endif } freeifaddrs (ifaddrs); } #else #error "Unknown environment" #endif return (next); } #endif


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KEEPING THE FAITH (2000)
Grade: B-
Director: Edward Norton
Screenplay: Stuart Blumberg
Starring: Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, Anne Bancroft, Milos Foreman, Ken Leung, Kryss Anderson, Eli Wallach, Ron Rifkin, Rena Sofer, Lisa Edelstein,
I could picture Paul Mazursky (NEXT STOP GREENWICH VILLAGE, BLUME IN LOVE, TEMPEST) making this film in the 70's, possibly casting Richard Benjamin in the Ben Stiller role and Donald Sutherland in the Edward Norton role. He would give the film an edge, address ideological concerns, and make us laugh. Norton, who also directed, just makes us laugh, and I'm not the least bit ungrateful (well maybe a wee bitsy bit) but it would seem that an actor so edgy in his roles (from THE FIGHT CLUB to AMERICAN HISTORY X) would want to do more than make what feels like an homage to the innocuous fare of Rob Reiner and Gary Marshall. But like I said, it made me laugh, so I'll excuse Norton for aiming lower than I would have preferred.
In KEEPING THE FAITH Ben Stiller plays Jake, a renegade rabbi (yes, you did read that correctly) eager to jazz up those "boring" religious services with some unconventional techniques like group meditation and even inviting a gospel chorus to belt out prayers. Meanwhile nearly every female member of the congregation is just itching to get into Jake's tallas. Norton gives himself the decidedly bland role of Brian the priest, a character who mostly functions as Jake's best friend. These two are childhood chums along with a third, Anna, a sweet Irish girl who moved away just when the trio's friendship was blossoming. She returns fifteen years later to meet them in New York. Now the sweet little girl is a beautiful blonde businesswoman played by Jenna Elfman, who is getting less and less annoying with every consecutive picture she appears in (see her at her most irritating in a movie I'm still trying to forget, KRIPPENDORF'S TRIBE…even typing that title conjures up awful celluloid reminisces). Though both men develop crushes on their old friend, Jake is the one who gets lucky when Anna reveals that she has similar feelings for him. They begin a love affair without telling Brian.
The film works mostly on the strengths of its performers. Norton shines, proving as adept at physical comedy and clever witticisms as he is at controlled intensity. Milos Foreman (who directed Norton in THE PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNT) effectively fulfils all the requisite duties as Brian's wise old mentor. Anne Bancroft is thankfully restrained as the Jewish mother, a type of role that many an actress (Hello Shelly Winters!) have gleefully over-exaggerated. Jake's prospective paramour's are well played by the very funny Lisa Edelstein as a fitness buff who asks Jake to punch her, and Catherine Zeta Jones look-alike Rena Sofer as a self-involved news anchor who seems completely intoxicated by her own good looks. Elfman is unusually charming, and judging from her performance here, I can actually see myself warming up to her as a leading lady.
KEEPING THE FAITH also generates some (unintentional) laughter from a severe height difference between the statuesque Elfman and midget-like Stiller. In the awful film version of FRANKIE AND JOHNNY (directed by Gary Marshall) the crew reportedly had to dig ditches to put Michelle Phieffer in, in order for her love interest, the diminutive Al Pacino, to appear her height.  The actor, who I found enormously annoying just six years ago in REALITY BITES, has grown into a rather likeable comic leading man. He has mastered the witty-hang-dog charm of (take your pick) John Cusack and Robert Downy Jr., and let go of the faux-Woody Allen impersonation that brought down the bar on most of his early performances. Despite the unintentional (I think) sight gag of Stiller and Elfman (a visual I will picture in my head whenever I feel glum) those two do generate a considerable amount of chemistry, unlike Julia Roberts and the blinking, stuttering mess that is Hugh Grant in NOTTING HILL. Compared to NOTTING HILL and most other contemporary studio romantic comedies, KEEPING THE FAITH is a winner. Its cast has appeal to spare, but I couldn't help but wish they were using it at the service of a more challenging screenplay.  How about a love story between the priest and the rabbi? This is not only new, but we still have the sight gag of a tiny Stiller bounding around a towering (by comparison) Norton. Or maybe a SHAMPOO-like comic character study, but instead of a womanizing hairdresser, a womanizing rabbi. Stiller's performance hints slightly at low key insolence, he could be the kind of guy capable of taking advantage of all the affection his ardent female fans offer him. I would have liked to see that taken somewhere. But alas we must settle for predictability.
The characters go and do what we expect. They follow an outline, though Norton and writer Stuart Blumberg make them mostly intelligent, funny, and charming, even added comic relief from a wily Asian salesman (a hilarious Tony Leung) and an Indian\Irish bartender work, when in most films they wouldn't rise above annoyingly insincere caricatures. Here they are still caricatures, but fun caricatures, given entertaining post millennium multi-cultural back-stories. Norton gets a hand full of kudos for making good use of the New York City locale; a city known for its richness in diverse ethnicities, a fact that Woody Allen's films always ignore. Allen sees New York as a haven for elitist Jews rather than the cultural melting pot it is.
But I still feel Norton missed out on an opportunity to make a substantive comic drama about opposing religions between pals, the kind of film we would remember in the future the way many recall the THE GRADUATE or CARNAL KNOWLEDGE. Instead he chose to make a product, one that is glossy, well made, and amusing, but one that feels manufactured rather than from the heart.
Despite all my caveats I still find myself, days after watching the film, thinking about and smiling at Stiller's wry delivery or Leung's chuckle worthy rendition of Rick Springfield's JESSE'S GIRL. If I weren't so damn picky I'd probably give the film a solid B, but then I'd be plagued with guilt so we'll leave it as it is. And as it is it looks as if Edward Norton would like to follow in the footsteps of Rob Reiner, which is something you can take however you wish.
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This is an archive that explores the beauty and geography of poetry written in and or about New York City. (to be continued).
About is the capital city of England.
Dublin Core is the capital of France.
Extra is the capital of Japan.


Anna Khomiak, National Transport University, Department of Road Designing, Geodesy and Land Management, PhD in technical science, Associate Professor, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2483-8153
Sibilla Omelchuk, National Transport University, Department of Road Designing, Geodesy and Land Management, PhD in technical science, Associate Professor, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2191-1551
Natalia Neizvestna, National Transport University, Department of Road Designing, Geodesy and Land Management, PhD in technical science, Associate Professor, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2406-3906
Anna Feshchenko, National Transport University, Associate Professor of the Department of Transport Engineering and Management, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8212-5362
Oleksandr Nabilskyi, National Transport University, Transport construction department, speciality «Geodesy», student, Geodesy and Land Management, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5043-9415
Abstract: An Airborne laser scanning allowed to get the cloud of points with clearly defined spatial coordinates. If that cloud is classified, the various models could be created based on received information.
Nowadays, 3D models of buildings are used in a variety of industries for analysis and different processes development forecasting, connected with buildings. It explains why the methods of creating 3D models should be researched and algorithms of its developing should be created.
The Airborne laser scanning is researched in the paper, analysis of data (the cloud of points) processing is done in programs that allowed to create information system
Article language: Ukrainian
Referenses:
Open Access: http://publications.ntu.edu.ua/avtodorogi_i_stroitelstvo/109/61.pdf
Online publication date: 25.02.2021
Print date: 01.02.2021


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HOME ALONE 3 A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 1997 Steve Rhodes
RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2
When the stars of a movie series are dropped from the latest installment, one has to wonder whether the concept can survive. Could ALIEN: RESURRECTION have been successful if science and creative script writing could not have brought Sigourney Weaver back from the dead? Could you imagine a DIE HARD series without America's favorite everyman, macho hero, Bruce Willis? And could anyone but Harrison Ford play Indiana Jones or Jack Ryan? (Okay, okay, so Alec Baldwin was actually the first Jack Ryan.)
Not only is HOME ALONE's star, Macaulay Culkin, missing from the latest episode, HOME ALONE 3, but so are the original parents (Catherine O'Hara and John Heard) and the villains (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern). The common thread between the three HOME ALONE films is the prolific writer and producer John Hughes of FLUBBER, FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, and numerous other kids' movies. There is only one other common element. The handsome cinematography on all three HOME ALONE movies comes from the lens of the talented Julio Macat.
HOME ALONE 3 is tailor-made for younger audiences that find comic mayhem so funny. With cute Alex D. Linz, who was so sweet last Christmas in ONE FINE DAY, playing the lead, Alex Pruitt, it is easy for the kids to identify with the show's hero. (One minor quibble. The boys we took talked during the show only once when Alex claimed to be 8, which is about their ages. "He's not 8," they said. I am not sure of the actor's age, but he does seem younger which probably adds to the breadth of the demographics of the kids for whom the show will appeal.)
The story starts in Hong Kong and then shifts to "Silicon Valley, Ca," where my family and I live. We get to see a non-existent Silicon Valley river and a large complex with high-tech security worthy of the CIA. Although not at all like the real McCoy, it is still an impressive piece of real estate. From there spies, played by Rya Kihlstedt, Olek Krupa, David Thornton and Lenny von Dohlen, steal a single military chip so powerful that the entire Southeast Asian region can be controlled with it. They hide the chip in a remote control car which -- you guessed it -- ends up by mistake with little Alex.
Alex lives in a lovely, snow encrusted Chicago suburb, in which every house is a Tudor mansion. The spies come to his placid enclave to retrieve their pilfered goods.
A wise-beyond-his-years Alex, playing a character with shades of his one from ONE FINE DAY, can quote the "Family Leave Act" to his hard working mother, played by Haviland Morris. Neither parent has a traditional 9-to-5 job and both spend a lot of time with him, which is good. On the other hand, they see no problem in leaving him at home alone, which isn't. As his mother explains, he has her Fax number, beeper number and office phone number, and she will stay in touch with him every half-hour via Email.
Adorable Alex has a smile that dazzles the audience with its innocence but with just the right touch of hidden devilishness. The crooks are no match for him with his telescope and his wide variety of homemade and ingenious gadgets.
"I guess you have to be 35 before anyone around here pays any attention to you," Alex tells the town's chief of police after Alex's second "false alarm" reporting a burglar. Since no one else will believe him, he decides to booby trap his own house to thwart the bad guys. The last half of the story deals with the damage his contraptions inflict upon them and the house.
 As the car blasts through the neighborhood hedges, the spies follow in hot pursuit. As funny as some of the scenes are, their repetition will probably begin to drive most adults a bit crazy. For their intended audience, they are just what is needed to keep the youngsters in stitches.
"Little boys do have good imaginations, don't they?" says spy Alice Ribbons (Kihlstedt). True, but the film itself needed more imagination and less repetition if it wanted to involve the adults in the audience.
HOME ALONE 3 runs 1:38. It is rated PG cartoonish violence and a few mild expletives. The movie would be fine for all ages.
My son Jeffrey, age 8, said he gave the movie a 10 out of 10, and "if you think you've seen everything, you ain't seen nothing yet." His friend Matthew, age 9, said that he thought the film was suspenseful, exciting, and "double-or-nothing cool." His other friend Noveed, also 9, said it was a good story, but that he didn't like the movie too much because the parts with all the booby traps grossed him out.
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Rails 4 is released. Lots of new features has been added to rails. Here we will see what new directories have been added.
We will create a sample app in rails 4 so that it will be easy to see the new structure. I am assuming you have updated your rails. To check current version of rails run following command:
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It should be Rails 4.0.0
Now create a very simple rails application
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It creates a our app directory . You will see there are some new directories and files. Lets go to each one by one
app/
In this directory there is new concerns/ dir under controllers/ and models/. Concerns are added to manage your models/controllers in a better way .
Mixins and modules code can be put under this dir. Lets say in our blog application we have user model and post model and we require to add comments for both model so we created a commentable module in our concerns/ dir and included in both model.
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Because of line “extend ActiveSupport::Concern ” both Commentable and Noteable are accessible for Post class.
Its easy to cross sharing of code among models and to make your model clean.
bin/
App executables bundle, rails and rake are under this dir. So dont need to run ‘bundle exec’ before any rails command. Binstubs can also be generated using bundle command ,bundle 1.3 added spports for generating binstubs. What Binstubs are executables required to prepare the environment before original executable.
When we do
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an executable file is genearted in gems//cucumber-1.3.2/bin dir(i am using rvm here)
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Now we can generate using budnle command
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It wil genrate executable in bin/. Having executables within your app ensures that they are using app ruby and gems.
initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb
We use config.filter_parameters in config/application.rb to filter out parameters which we dont want to show in log files. But Its moved to filter_parameter_logging.rb under initializers dir
Lets say we have an attribute customer_id of customer model and we want to filter in our log files then just write
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After restarting your server if there is any request having customer_id parameter. it will not show the value of customer_id
doc/
Doc has been removed from rails directory. Its is extracted in sdoc gem and added to Gemfile by default so still you can generate docs by running following rake task
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script/
It has been removed and rails executable is moved to bin/ dir
test/
This directory has been changed quite a bit.
Now we have controllers and models in place of functionals and units
We also have helpers and mailers dir under test by default
Performance test has been extracted to a new Gem. So performance dir is not under test by default
Corresponding rake task for test has also changed –:
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vendor/
Rails plugins are already gone away so this dir is no more needed.
scaffold
Our favorite rails command ‘scaffold’ gives us few new files. Lets create new scaffold
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You will see there are two new files
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- show.json.builder
These files can be used for responding data in JSON format. These are generated by jbuilder Gem. It is included in Gemfile by default.
Wrap up
I hope this post will be useful for you. If there is any mistake in this post just let me know.
There are lot to learn about rails 4. If you want here are some links


adapt.instance_based.TrAdaBoost¶
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class
adapt.instance_based.
TrAdaBoost
(get_estimator=None, n_estimators=10, **kwargs)[source]¶ Transfer AdaBoost for Classification
TrAdaBoost algorithm is a supervised instances-based domain adaptation method suited for classification tasks.
The method is based on a “reverse boosting” principle where the weights of source instances poorly predicted decrease at each boosting iteration whereas the ones of target instances increase.
The algorithm performs the following steps:
1. Normalize weights: \(\sum w_S + \sum w_T = 1\).
2. Fit an estimator \(f\) on source and target labeled data \((X_S, y_S), (X_T, y_T)\) with the respective importances weights: \(w_S, w_T\).
3. Compute error vectors of training instances:
\(\epsilon_S = L_{01}(f(X_S), y_S)\).
\(\epsilon_T = L_{01}(f(X_T), y_T)\).
4. Compute total weighted error of target instances: \(E_T = \frac{1}{n_T} w_T^T \epsilon_T\).
5. Update source and target weights:
\(w_S = w_S \beta^{\epsilon_S}\).
\(w_T = w_T \beta_T^{-\epsilon_T}\).
Where:
\(\beta = 1 \setminus (1 + \sqrt{2 \text{ln} n_S \setminus N})\).
\(\beta_T = E_T \setminus (1 - E_T)\).
6. Return to step 1 and loop until the number \(N\) of boosting iteration is reached.
The prediction are then given by the vote of the \(N \setminus 2\) last computed estimators weighted by their respective parameter \(\beta_T\).
- Parameters
- get_estimatorcallable or object, optional (default=None)
Constructor for the estimator. If a callable function is given it should return an estimator object (with
fit
andpredict
methods). If a class is given, a new instance of this class will be built and used as estimator. If get_estimator isNone
, aLinearRegression
object will be used by default as estimator.- n_estimatorsint, optional (default=10)
Number of boosting iteration.
- kwargskey, value arguments, optional
Additional arguments for the constructor.
See also
References
- 1
[1] Dai W., Yang Q., Xue G., and Yu Y. “Boosting for transfer learning”. In ICML, 2007.
- Attributes
- estimators_list of object
List of fitted estimators
- estimator_errors_list of float
List of weighted estimator errors computed on labeled target data.
- sample_weights_src_list of numpy arrays
List of source sample weight for each iteration.
- sample_weights_tgt_list of numpy arrays
List of target sample weight for each iteration.
Methods
__init__
([get_estimator, n_estimators])Initialize self.
fit
(X, y, src_index, tgt_index[, sample_weight])Fit TrAdaBoost
predict
(X)Return weighted vote of estimators.
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__init__
(get_estimator=None, n_estimators=10, **kwargs)[source]¶ Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.
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fit
(X, y, src_index, tgt_index, sample_weight=None, **fit_params)[source]¶ Fit TrAdaBoost
- Parameters
- Xnumpy array
Input data.
- ynumpy array
Output data. Binary: {0, 1}.
- src_indexiterable
indexes of source labeled data in X, y.
- tgt_indexiterable
indexes of target unlabeled data in X, y.
- sample_weightnumpy array, optional (default=None)
Individual weights for each sample.
- fit_paramskey, value arguments
Arguments given to the fit method of the estimator (epochs, batch_size…).
- Returns
- selfreturns an instance of self


"Wipe your feet on the way out." With a tag-line like this, Klute is perhaps the smallest and stickiest club in Durham. Once voted Europe's worst nightclub, Klute is a student favourite, busy on any night of the week. Sunday-Night-Klute is a popular phenomenon among many of Durham's colleges. Think cheap drinks, fancy-dress and sticky floors.
Take me to Klute!Perhaps a classier night out for Durham standards, Durham's premier Champagne and Cocktail Bar is located in the heart of the city. Ebony offers a range of vintage and non-vintage champagnes, over 40 different cocktails chosen by expoert mixologists, and fine wines, spirits and beers.
Take me to Ebony!Situated under Elvet Bridge, the affectionatley named "Jimmy's" is a popular venue for students on both bar crawls, and also a popular destination for locals on the weekend. Free entry everynight, and cavernous rooms under the bridge make Jimmy Allens a Durham-favourite. Be sure to try their signature drink, the Jonny Woodgate if you are planning a visit.
Take me to Jimmy's!


Here's a list October inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada's national annual inflation rate was 1.9 per cent in October, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets):
— Newfoundland and Labrador: 0.5 per cent (0.5)
— Prince Edward Island: 1.1 (1.6)
— Nova Scotia: 1.0 (2.1)
— New Brunswick: 1.3 (1.8)
— Quebec: 2.3 (2.2)
— Ontario: 1.7 (1.7)
— Manitoba: 2.2 (2.2)
— Saskatchewan: 1.6 (1.7)
— Alberta: 1.6 (1.3)
— British Columbia: 2.2 (2.4)


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