18th ANNUAL SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW A film review by Jeff Meyer Copyright 1992 Jeff Meyer
I'm a bit late with the usual Seattle Film Festival preview; it opened last night with Yves Roberts new romantic comedy, LE BAL DES CASSE-PIEDS. (From the description, the film sounds good, but an opening night ticket is $25, which made me decide to skip it (as usual). The price tag includes the opening night party; the champagne's okay, but we're talking *very* cheap goose pate here.)
*Anyway*, the Festival expects another bumper crop this year, after a whopping 70% of last year's SIFF showings sold out (nearly 100,000 admissions.) Not bad for a regional festival, or for a non-profit organization; it also is one of the longest (if not the longest) festival in North America, running continuously for 3 1/2 weeks. This year it expands from three to four theaters, adding the Neptune theater in the U District (it looked to me like they've got a new screen in there when I saw CASTLE OF CAGLIASTRO there last week.) Not that many more films have been added, but almost every film is being shown twice. This is greatly appreciated by we fanatics, particularly as the showings are within no more than two days of one another, making planning a somewhat simpler task.
As usual, I've purchased a Full Series pass, which allows me to get into everything but the Opening Night film, the two seminars being held, and a new sub-festival within the SIFF, a Children's Film Festival. Below are some of the major events and/or films that have interested me from the 18th Annual SIFF Festival, and which I plan to (in most cases) consider seeing. Any comments for or against seeing these, or info/rumor/slander you've heard about them, will be gladly accepted.
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OPENING NIGHT: LE BAL DES CASSE-PIEDS (France, 1992) a US premiere, a romantic comedy by Yves Robert, who did my two favorite SIFF films of last year, MY FATHER'S GLORY and THE CASTLE OF MY MOTHER (not to mention THE TALL BLOND MAN WITH ONE BLACK SHOE.) A veterinarian (Jean Rochefort) is deserted by his wife, and after a period adrift, has a witty, urbane beauty (Miou Miou) enter his life. You can guess the rest. Given the director and the cast, I have a hard time seeing this being a disaster, or even a crisis.
CLOSING NIGHT: EQUINOX (USA, 1992), a new Alan Ruldoph (directed & written) film, has twin brothers, separated at birth. One grows up in a loving family, one doesn't, and they proceed through their lives until they run into one another at the end. Both brothers are played by Matthew Modine. Others include Lara Flynn Boyle (TWIN PEAKS), M. Emmet Walsh as the good brother's foster father, and Fred Ward as the gang chief who recruits the other brother. Lori Singer's in it, too.
RETROSPECTIVE/TRIBUTE: To Robert Wise, director of classics such as THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, WEST SIDE STORY, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, THE SAND PEBBLES, THE HAUNTING, STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE (oops!), and film editor on CITIZEN KANE. Certainly one of the most varied and interesting film careers around. The films that will be shown (for free, except THE HAUNTING) are:
THE BODY SNATCHER: Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, and Bela Lugosi in a Val Lewton (CAT PEOPLE) suspense film; Halliwell says this is the best of the Lewton films.
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL: Good-natured scientific hi-jinks in Washington, D.C. :-)
THE SET-UP: A down-and-out boxer is expected to get beaten by his younger opponent. Robert Ryan in the title role.
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME: Paul Newman's second film, a documentary of Rocky Graziano (another boxer, kids.)
THE HAUNTING: Absolutely wonderful, *spooky* British film which THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE was based on. Great cinematography and atmosphere. Wise will attend and talk about his career.
[Actually, THE HAUNTING was based on the novel THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson, while THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE was based on the novel HELL HOUSE by Richard Matheson. -Moderator]
ARCHIVAL PRESENTATIONS: Several restored/re-discovered films are being shown at this year's festival. A 1924 silent version of PETER PAN, photographed by James Wong Howe, and with piano accompaniment by Robert Israel. ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS, an Italian epic from 1960 (never shown in its three-hour uncut form in the US) about a Sicilian woman and her five sons that move to Milan to make a better life for themselves (Halliwell gives this two stars.) And Michael Curtiz's part silent, part-talkie 1929 version of NOAH'S ARK--biblical epic in the Hollywood manner.
THE SECRET FESTIVAL: Nobody knows what's going to be shown, and when we find out, we can't tell anybody. It's usually esoteric, though. (My personal hope: Fox's BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. My personal fear: FIRE, WALK WITH ME.)
And the international selection...
EVENTS LEADING UP TO MY DEATH (Canada, 1991), a comedy about a young man trying to escape the web of his Suburban Family From Hell.
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Czechoslovakia, 1991), which recounts a young boy's memory of a substitute teacher who becomes a hero to his class, but doesn't quite live up to his reputation.
 His plan does not go the way he planned.
ZEBRAHEAD (USA, 1992) about an inter-racial romance in Detroit.
EIGHT BALL (Australia, 1992), describes an ex-con and a handyman who become friends, and their efforts to raise the former's son.
FLIRTING (Australia, 1990) Another Australian coming-of-age film, this one set in 1965 and involving inter-racial romance.
SPOTSWOOD (Australia, 1991) Anthony Hopkins plays an efficiency expert sent to a moccasin factory to improve productivity, who discovers the pleasures of living a bit more leisurely. (This does look good.)
MONTREAL SEXTET (Canada, 1991) A collection of vignettes by six directors set in Montreal.
WISECRACKS (Canada, 1991) A collection of routines and interviews by female comics, including Whoopi Goldberg, Paula Poundstone, The Clichettes, and Kim Wayans.
SWORDSMAN IN DOUBLE-FLAG TOWN (China, 1990) Basically a cross between a swordsman epic and a western.
ZENETROPA (Denmark, 1991) Already reviewed in rec.arts.movies.reviews. I think I'll give it a miss.
BETTY BLUE L'INTEGRAL (France, 1986/91) BETTY BLUE with footage cut from the original, i.e. a Director's Cut. From the guy who directed DIVA.
THE HAIRDRESSER'S HUSBAND (France, 1990) Jean Rochert plays a man who enjoys hairdressers and haircuts, and how he falls in love with one (a hairdresser, not a haircut.)
L'ELEGANT CRIMINEL (France, 1990) Daniel Auteuil plays a criminal that Lacenaire, the character in LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS, was based on.
LESSONS IN DARKNESS (Germany, 1992) Warner Herzog's new film, a collection of scenes during and after the invasion of Kuwait.
MARTHA AND I (Germany, 1990) A new, gentle drama starring Marianne Sagebracht of BAGHDAD CAFE. A boy grows up in his Uncle's house before the outbreak of WWII in Prague.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME (Great Britain, 1992): A new documentary by Errol Morris (THE THIN BLUE LINE), on the writings of Stephen Hawkins. Music by Philip Glass--this looks good.
THE DIRECTOR'S PLACE (Great Britain, 1991): Developed by the BBC, this is a series of portraits about well-known directors, in this case John Boorman and Nagisa Oshima.
ENCHANTED APRIL (Great Britain, 1991) Miranda Richardson and Joan Plowright in the story of four British women in the 1920's who rent a villa on the Italian coast.
THE FAVOR, THE WATCH AND THE VERY BIG FISH (Great Britain/France, 1991) Bob Hoskins *and* Jeff Goldblum? I'd go for it. Hoskins plays a photographer of religious art who is told he must find a model to pose for Jesus. A hirsute Jeff Goldblum turns out to be a dead ringer for Him.
NAKED MAKING LUNCH (Great Britain, 1992). The making of NAKED LUNCH (the movie, not the book.) Cronenberg and Burroughs (and Davis and Weller) are all interviewed.
ONE FULL MOON (Great Britain, 1991) An atmospheric Welsh film about a boy and his guilt.
A QUESTION OF ATTRIBUTION (Great Britain, 1991). Almost ten years ago, director John Schlesinger and writer Alan Bennett put together one of my favorite little films, AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD, about Coral Browne meeting exiled spy Guy Burgess in Moscow. A really wonderful film. Now they have both returned to do a film on another one of the members of the infamous spy scandal, Sir Anthony Blunt. Blunt is played by James Fox, his new inquisitor is played (in a remarkably fine piece of casting) by David Calder (recognizable to some from the BBC STAR COPS series), and Prunella Scales as (I am not joking) Queen Elizabeth.
[I just saw this tonight--a really excellent film to start the festival out with. It jumps very well between the searching for truth in the investigation of art and the searching for truth in investigations of people. Calder plays marvelously well against Fox, and Fox has a wonderful 10 minute dialogue with Scales, with both of them talking about one thing and meaning something completely different. Top-notch; as good, I think, as AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD, though not having the wonderful finale of the first film.]
THE SUSPENDED STRIDE OF THE STORK (Greece, 1991) A new film by Theo Angelopoulos, dealing with a TV reporters story into the fate of refuges and political exiles in Europe.
DAYS OF BEING WILD (Hong Kong, 1991) A big award-winner in the Hong Kong film awards, it details the strangely-linked lives of a group of young people in Hong Kong in the 60s.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA (Hong Kong, 1991) YES! A new Tsui Hark (CHINESE GHOST STORY, TERRA-COTTA WARRIOR, SWORDSMAN) high-adrenaline martial-arts manic film. Set in 1875, a young patriot works at changing the government of China, while attempting to rescue his gal from nasty American slave traders. Ya gotta love it!
THE STRANGER (India, 1991) The last film of the late Satyajit Ray, a long-lost uncle comes to live with a "modern" Indian family.
THE BACHELOR (Italy, 1991) Filmed in English, this features Keith Carradine as a young Victorian man and the women he meets. It also stars Miranda Richardson and Max Von Sydow.
BOILING POINT and A SCENE BY THE SEA (Japan, 1991): Two new films by Takeshi Kitano, who directed and starred in last Festival's VIOLENT COP. (Given that film, I'll probably skip these two, though the latter is in a very different vein.)
HIGHWAY PATROLMAN (Mexico, 1992) A new film by Alex (REPO MAN, SID AND NANCY) Cox.
THE LEGEND OF THE MASK (Mexico, 1990) A deceased masked wrestler is given the Citizen Kane treatment.
ROY ROGERS, KING OF THE COWBOYS (Netherlands, 1991) A man who grew up loving Roy Rogers movies as a kid comes to America to meet his idols. He does!
THE BEWILDERED KING (Spain, 1991) Supposedly the first comedy of manners set during the Spanish Inquisition. (Except by Monty Python.)
BROTHER'S KEEPER (USA, 1992) A documentary about a group of impoverished bachelor brothers who, when one is found dead by the police, are arrested for murder; and the outpouring of support for Delbert Ward, the accused brother from the community that had left the brothers.
GALAXIES ARE COLLIDING (USA, 1992) Right before his wedding, guy is getting very weird, and goes out into the desert and disappears. Family assumes he's dead and turns the wedding into a funeral. I don't know; I've had bad vibes about bizarre comedies set in the desert since that awful thing with Crispin Glover last year.
GAS, FOOD, AND LODGING (USA, 1992) Brooke Adams and Ione Skye as mother and daughter, living in a small New Mexico town, in a "small, personal drama."
INSIDE MONKEY ZETTERLAND (USA, 1992) Another one of those 1001 crazy character dark comedies, notable for having Rupert Everett, Katherine Helmond, Sofia Coppola, Bo Hopkins and (aiieee!) Sandra Bernhard in it.
JOHNNY SUEDE (USA, 1991) This has gotten a lot of word-of-mouth. Basically, a guy gets hit on the head, and thinks he's the next Rickie Nelson.
MAD AT THE MOON (USA, 1992) The new film by Martin (APARTMENT ZERO) Donovan, about a woman (Mary Stuart Masterson) in the early 1900s who marries a farmer (Stephen Blake) but is still in love with a ne'er-do-well (Hart Bocher). Suspense follows.
MONSTER IN A BOX (USA, 1991) The new Spaulding Gray talks-to-the-camera film.
NIGHT ON EARTH (USA, 1991) The new Jim Jarmusch let's-wander-around film. Has Winona Ryder as a cab driver, for the info of the r.a.movies Winona legion.
RAMPAGE (USA, 1991, but supposedly kept from distribution for six years) William Friedkin's story of a serial killer who is definitely nuts, and the D.A.'s (Michael Bien) struggle to decide whether he should ask for the death penalty or not.
THE WATERDANCE (USA, 1992) Neal Jimenez's (writer of RIVER'S EDGE and FOR THE BOYS) partially-autobiographical story of a writer who breaks his back and goes through the changes this brings about. Stars Eric Stoltz, Wesley Snipes, and Bill Forysthye.
THE ENQUIRERS (USA, 1992) Takes the idea of "what if all those Elvis sitings in the tabloids were *true*?" You mean they aren't?!
NOT MOZART (Great Britain, 1991, video): A collection of shorts that are sort of about Mozart. One, M IS FOR MAN, MUSIC, MOZART is by Peter Greenaway.
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Oh.... and *how* could I forget the Midnight Festival? Good dirty trash, as you like it. Luckily for us slowly fading yuppies, they've limited it to Saturday nights only. Films are:
THE ICEMAN COMETH (Hong Kong, 1991) A good and evil super-swordsman are frozen in the Ming Dynasty, but are rejuvenated in the present day! (No doubt sharing the same iceberg as Captain America.) They both cope with the modern world, before their inevitable climatic battle.
VEGAS IN SPACE (USA, 1992) Sort of like FLESH GORDON, but cheesier. The adventures of Captain Dan Tracy of the U.S.S. Intercourse...
 Man is funny and is a poet and sings well and flosses regularly.  So man takes the obvious solution: he has magician transplant a horses' sexual organ onto himself. "Zany and full of laffs!" Unh-huh.
REVENGE OF BILLY THE KID (Great Britain, 1991): I think I'll just quote this one verbatim: "When frisky farmer Gyles Macdonald, uncouth and alcoholic, has a torrid liaison with the farmyard goat, little does he know of the horrific consequences that will ensue." I'll bet! (Maybe this film was based on University of Washington Fraternity activities.)
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Like I said--let me know if you've good, bad or indifferent things to say about any of these. As usual, I'll burn myself out over the next three weeks, take a couple of months to recover, and get reviews out in July or August. Until then, Aloha.
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public abstract class AbstractBoard extends java.util.Observable implements IBoard
TictactoeBoard
and Connect4Board
extending from IBoard
| Constructor and Description |
|---|
AbstractBoard(int rows,
int cols,
int connector) |
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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boolean |
checkCols()
Return true if there is a winning column in
IBoard |
boolean |
checkDiagonals()
Return true if there is a winning diagonal row in
IBoard |
boolean |
checkHighDiagonals()
Return true if there is a winning high diagonal row, from the right to the left of
IBoard |
boolean |
checkLowDiagonals()
Return true if there is a winning low diagonal row, from the left to the right of
IBoard |
boolean |
checkRows()
Return true of there a winning row in
IBoard |
void |
clear()
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void |
clearCell(Cell iCell)
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Cell[][] |
getCells() |
Cell |
getCellValue(int posX,
int posY) |
Cell |
getCenter()
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int |
getCols() |
int |
getConnector() |
Cell[] |
getCorners()
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abstract int |
getDefaultCols()
Return a default column value for each game
This method should be implemented by a specific class
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abstract int |
getDefaultConnector()
Return a default connector
This method should be implemented by a specific class
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abstract int |
getDefaultRows()
Returns a default row value for each game
This method should be implemented by a specific class
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GameState |
getGameState() |
Cell[] |
getOpenSpaces()
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PlayerState |
getOpponentState()
Return the value of opponent of current
IPlayer |
PlayerState |
getPlayerState()
Return the value of current
IPlayer |
int |
getRows() |
boolean |
invariant() |
boolean |
isDraw()
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boolean |
isGameOver()
Return true if
IBoard.isWin() is true or IBoard.isDraw() is true |
boolean |
isWin()
Return true if the current
IPlayer wins |
void |
paint(java.awt.Graphics g)
This method will repaint
IBoard when there is any change |
void |
update(Cell cell)
Update the value for board and current
IPlayer
Notify the changes to all Views in list of Observer |
void |
updateCell(Cell cell)
Update the value of current
IPlayer for cell |
void |
updatePlayer(PlayerState currentPlayer)
Set a new value for current
IPlayer |
void |
updateView(IGameView view)
Open the view and trigger the player starts playing
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addObserver, countObservers, deleteObserver, deleteObservers, hasChanged, notifyObservers, notifyObservers
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
isEmptyCell, toCopy
public abstract int getDefaultRows()
Integer
public abstract int getDefaultCols()
Integer
public abstract int getDefaultConnector()
Integer
public int getConnector()
getConnector
in interface IBoard
public Cell[][] getCells()
public boolean isDraw()
IBoard
public void update(Cell cell)
IBoard
IPlayer
Notify the changes to all Views in list of Observer
public void updateCell(Cell cell)
IBoard
IPlayer
for cellupdateCell
in interface IBoard
public void paint(java.awt.Graphics g)
IBoard
IBoard
when there is any change public void clear()
IBoard
public boolean isWin()
IBoard
IPlayer
wins public boolean checkRows()
IBoard
IBoard
public boolean checkCols()
IBoard
IBoard
public boolean checkDiagonals()
IBoard
IBoard
checkDiagonals
in interface IBoard
Boolean
public boolean checkLowDiagonals()
IBoard
IBoard
checkLowDiagonals
in interface IBoard
Boolean
public boolean checkHighDiagonals()
IBoard
IBoard
checkHighDiagonals
in interface IBoard
Boolean
public void updateView(IGameView view)
IBoard
updateView
in interface IBoard
view
- - IGameView
public boolean isGameOver()
IBoard
IBoard.isWin()
is true or IBoard.isDraw()
is true isGameOver
in interface IBoard
Boolean
public Cell[] getOpenSpaces()
IBoard
getOpenSpaces
in interface IBoard
Cell
public PlayerState getPlayerState()
IBoard
IPlayer
getPlayerState
in interface IBoard
PlayerState
public PlayerState getOpponentState()
IBoard
IPlayer
getOpponentState
in interface IBoard
IPlayer
public Cell[] getCorners()
IBoard
getCorners
in interface IBoard
Cell
public int getRows()
public int getCols()
public Cell getCellValue(int posX, int posY)
public GameState getGameState()
getGameState
in interface IBoard
GameState
value of IBoard
public boolean invariant()
invariant
in interface HasInvariant
public void updatePlayer(PlayerState currentPlayer)
IBoard
IPlayer
updatePlayer
in interface IBoard
currentPlayer
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Next article: Project description - Get and store data
What this section is about
This is the setting stage for the project; it’s where the foundations are being put in place. As it is the case with most projects, this stage seems relatively easy with respect the heavy work that lies ahead, yet still, a mistake here costs a lot to fix later.
Here we have our first contact with the project. In effect what we are dealing here with is a triangle, where each vertex corresponds to the data, the questions we have, and the underlying processes that produce the data and beg the questions. Let us see in greater detail.
Data is at the heart of data science, yet data do not spring out of thin air. There are certain processes that produce this data. These processes might take place in far away stars, or within a financial institution; it doesn’t make much of difference. The point is that without knowing anything about the process that produced the data, one cannot make sense of it. Even if the data comes with a detailed description of it, still it is difficult to make sense of it.
Think of a data set from an ATM: customer_ID, date and time, transaction type, amount, etc. When we examine the data we observe that the amounts withdrawn go up to a certain limit. We could assume that the data comes from an ATM, but what if there is a bank run in this country and the limits also apply to over the counter transactions? As you can see, data alone is almost useless, without knowledge of the processes that produced them. That is why is aim at collecting the knowledge that lies behind the data.
At the same time, although the technical questions we try to solve in data science are pretty clear-cut, for example trying to predict the class of a new event, it is not that straight forward how to arrive at that final formulation of the question. Usually projects start with a more vague understanding of what is there to achieve. Keeping in mind the processes that generate the data and the goals of the stakeholders is necessary in order not to go astray.
As we will work with the data on commercial passenger flights in the US, think of a scenario where we are being given a data set of all flights in the US, by a start-up that wants to build an application that will be predicting flight delays. Now, suppose that on the first run we see that we cannot deliver a really good prediction of delays. Rather, we can either predict delays on a subset of all flights, or we can provide insights on the delays but after these have taken place. Which way should we move forward? Well, this is a business question. Maybe the start-up should move into consulting airlines, rather than informing passengers. In any case, the decision comes from the business specific domain.
To keep it short we can make these points:
- knowledge on the background processes shed light on the nature of the data.
- Understanding the data, improves our understanding of the background processes.
- The background processes, or the business setting, is necessary in order to understand the question at hand and define the ways to evaluate success or failure.
- Obviously the data will be used to shed light on the question
- Yet, the question itself provides some rough guidelines for approaching the data – decide on the relevant variables, etc
In two words, the objective in this section is to define and describe the triangle of data, background, and question, in the best way possible.
Input
As we have been pointing out, there are certain similarities between Data Science and other fields. In this case, in software engineering we begin with requirements gathering; in academic projects with a research proposal and an initial secondary literature. The input for the initial understanding of a data science project will be somewhat similar, too.
This is a list with some commonplace items to look for:
- One should be able to capture the stakeholders’ view of the project. What is important to them, their objectives, etc. This can be captured through interviews, questionnaires, etc.
- As we’ve pointed out already, the initial question is usually embedded in a domain. Here, we look for the domain background of field/industry/problem. One aspect is the domain description: eventually the processes that generate the data. The other aspect is the “literature review”: what others have written and discovered about the problem domain.
- An overview of the possible sources of data, that might be relevant to the project.
- We should have an inventory of the material we have found relevant.
Processes
Output
The main objective is to capture the triangle of data, background, and initial question. The desired output is a good description of this triangle.
This is a list with some commonplace items to look for:
- We need a summary that distills the stakeholders’ view from the input documents produced above, and provides the background for the main question, or family of questions. What are the assumptions behind these, and how do they relate to the aims of the project, the ways to assess success, etc.. Ideally we should have framed a hypothesis, that should guide the next sections.
- A description of the the background/domain. These are the real processes that explain what the relevant data is, and also the canvas on which the stakeholders operate. We need to have an understanding of these so that we can shed light on both the stakeholders' views and the data
- A decision for the data: what would the relevant data be with respect the initial question and background.
Example
Let us provide some context for the things we have presented up to here. This is a data competition from 2009. The data consists of flight arrival and departure details for all commercial flights within the USA, from October 1987 to April 2008. The challenge posed, along the dataset, a list of possible questions the participants could address, such as the role of weather on flight delays, etc.
So, we have a challenge. The ASA gave us a data set and a list of possible questions. Other people before us have participated in the competition and provided us with their findings. We could read these findings, go through the supportive material provided by ASA, put together our knowledge of the passenger airline industry. We could have a project started this way.
Actually, once we are done with the project description we will use this challenge as our testing ground. For now, it is enough to see what a project looks like initially.
Attention
If we have to pay attention to a couple of points these would be:
- The business/domain is the canvas for the main question, and determines whether the question holds value for the business or not. One of the pitfalls for technically competent, yet careless data scientists, is to provide a great answer to an irrelevant question.
- Resist the hurry to jump into crunching data. The domain canvas, not only separates what is valuable from what is not, it is foundation for the whole project. Ask as many questions as possible, be as explicit with the assumptions as possible, and be systematic with what you collect. It seems like slowing you down, but it will later, surely, pay back.


Ernakulam (About this soundpronunciation (help·info), is a portion of the city of Kochi in central Kerala, India and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district.[1] The Kerala High Court, the office of the Kochi Municipal Corporation and the Cochin Stock Exchange are situated here in Ernakulam. The Ernakulam Junction is a major railway station of the Indian Railways. Initially, Ernakulam was the headquarters of the Ernakulam District but was later shifted to Kakkanad. Ernakulam was once the capital of the Kingdom of Cochin. It is located 220 kilometres (137 mi) north-west of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. The city has served as an incubator for many Malayali entrepreneurs and is a major financial and commercial hub of Kerala. The state government and the GCDA have plans to include Angamaly, Perumbavoor, Piravom and Kolenchery in the Ernakulam district; Mala and Kodungallur in the Thrissur district; Thalayolaparambu and Vaikom in Kottayam; and Cherthala in the Alappuzha district within the Kochi metropolitan limits. The newly formed metropolis would be put under the charge of a new authority called Kochi Metropolitan Regional Development Authority.
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DROP DEAD GORGEOUS A film review by David N. Butterworth Copyright 1999 David N. Butterworth
***1/2 (out of ****)
The Beauty Pageant: an obvious comedic target, yes? Yet "Drop Dead Gorgeous" doesn't simply poke fun at the whole superficial, demeaning affair. It skewers it. It incinerates it, smacks it upside the head with a shovel, shoots it between the eyes, blows it up (not once but twice!), splatters it with paint and, for its crowning glory, vomits all over it.
It's the kind of movie in which no one is spared.  It sounds like poor taste, but as poor taste goes it's remarkably good natured...and unbelievably funny.
I haven't laughed this hard in a movie since that segment of Jim Jarmusch's "Night on Earth" in which Giancarlo Esposito struggles to get across New York in Armin Mueller-Stahl's taxicab. Come to think of it, I haven't laughed as *long* as this before--for well over an hour I was doubled over in pain, my sides cramped from laughing so much. I was slapping my knees and roaring with delight. And the rest of the audience was slapping and roaring right along with me.
It's no small admission to say that "Drop Dead Gorgeous" is the funniest film I have ever seen.
Is there anything wrong with it? Yes. It runs out of steam in the last 15-20 minutes (but still secures some good belly laughs in the process). How could it not? But that gripe seems inconsequential in light of all the drop dead gorgeously-realized hysteria that has gone before.
In the small-town hamlet of Mount Rose, Minnesota ("yah, you betcha!"), the residents are abuzz. It's the 50th anniversary of the Miss Teen Princess America Pageant, sponsored by Sarah Rose Cosmetics, and a documentary film crew are in town covering the events. Maitre-d' of the contest is Gladys Leeman (Kirstie Alley), a former winner with a win-at-all-costs attitude.  No one doubts her, since the Leemans are the wealthiest family in town. "When one of them goes to the bathroom, it's news."
If anyone can challenge Becky's claim to the throne, it's Amber Atkins (a perfect Kirsten Dunst). Amber lives in a trailer park with her beer-drinking, chain-smoking mother (Ellen Barkin; fabulous) and works at the local morgue, doing make-up jobs on the cadavers. Her talent is tap dancing and Amber, who has two role models in life (Mom and Diane Sawyer), "just wants to compete." Becky is more the "promote world peace" kind of competitor.
There are six additional entrants in the pageant and the film is a casting coup of bright, up-and-coming talent who are asked to endure humiliating situations. In spite of performing dog barks, cheerleading calisthenics, interpretive sign-languaged dance, and heartfelt passages from "Soylent Green," these young women act flawlessly.
The dress rehearsals, in-fighting, cringe-inducing choreography, back stabbing, and interviews with the contestants are all captured by the film crew as the pageant explodes in ridiculous style. To spoil any one of the myriad of jokes would be irresponsible.
"Drop Dead Gorgeous" is a sophisticated comedy, kind of like what "Waiting for Guffman" should have been. Writer Lona Williams (herself a former Minnesota beauty pageant contestant) and first-time director Michael Patrick Jann handle things absolutely beautifully and have created a near-perfect product in so doing; there's subtlety, smarts, and a lot of sickness going on here.
Gorgeous isn't quite the word I'd use to describe the film but it *is* drop dead hilarious.
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Eligibility for academy status to be opened up to benefit all schools.
Education Secretary Michael Gove will today announce the opening up of the route to academy status so that every school can become an academy by allowing existing schools that are strong performers to work in partnership with weaker schools.
Michael Gove will today make the announcement alongside the Prime Minister at an event at Downing Street, with more than 150 outstanding school headteachers who have already applied to open academies.
Alongside outstanding schools, all schools that are ranked good with outstanding features by Ofsted will automatically be eligible for academy status. All other schools - primary or secondary - that wish to enjoy academy freedoms will also be eligible, providing they work in partnership with a high-performing school that will help drive improvement.
In addition, for the first time, special schools will also have the opportunity to become academies, providing them the opportunity to operate with greater freedom and autonomy in order to better respond to the needs of children with special educational needs or disabilities. Special schools will be able to apply to convert in January.
Speaking ahead of an event with academy headteachers, Prime Minster David Cameron said:
Improving education is central to our reform agenda and we are committed to giving governors, headteachers and teachers more control over how they run their schools. We know they are best placed to decide how to give their pupils the best possible education and that is why we are encouraging more schools to become academies.
Many more schools will now be able to become academies and I am pleased they will be able to enjoy the additional freedoms, responsibility and empowerment that comes with academy status.
Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, said:
Inspirational school leaders like Mike Wilkins at Outwood Grange, David Triggs at Greensward, David Hampson at Tollbar, and Barry Day at Nottingham Academy have all secured exceptional results for children at their own schools and are now extending their reach even further. They have used academy powers to take weaker schools under their wing and help raise standards in local underperforming schools.
We know that the best way of improving schools is by getting the professionals, who have already done a brilliant job, to spread their wings. That is why we are now allowing more schools to benefit by enabling all schools to apply for academy status, if they are teamed with a high-performing school.
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Somalia - Profile
Facts
- Sailing to Somalia is considered far too hazardous in the present circumstances and anyone intending to sail anywhere near Somalia should obtain the latest information on the internal situation before venturing anywhere near a Somali port.
- Only major ports should be approached and only in serious emergencies.
- Violent crime, including looting and banditry, is common, especially in Mogadishu, while many other areas of the country are suffering from armed conflict. There is no functioning national government.
PIRACY
- reports of piracy near the Horn of Africa, in the area around Ras Alula (11°59'N 50°47'E), located approximately 30 miles west of Ras Asir, on the northern Somali coast in the Gulf of Aden. Ras Alula, also marked as Ras Caluula on some charts, is the first cape west of Cape Guardafui (Ras Asir).
- The waters in the vicinity of the Somali coast, both south and west of the Horn of Africa, are now considered to be dangerous for both commercial shipping and small boats. The US authorities have issued a warning advising vessels to stay at least 30 miles off the African coast. This was confirmed by the Djibouti authorities following several attacks on cruising yachts, as well as other shipping, off the Somali north coast. Some of these attacks occurred as far as 60 miles offshore. The east coast is just as dangerous.
- Boats are strongly advised to avoid passing between the island of Socotra and the African mainland, while those approaching from the east through the Gulf of Aden should stay well clear of both the Somali and Yemeni coasts, as both are considered to be dangerous.
- The best approach is to sail in convoy with other yachts and try to be in permanent contact with someone ashore who knows one's position at all times and could alert the authorities in an emergency.
Security
The advice is against all travel to Somalia. See UK FCO website.
There is a high threat from terrorism, including kidnapping, throughout Somalia, including Somaliland. Piracy is a significant threat in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. There is also a high threat of maritime terrorism in the territorial and international waters off Somalia.
Weather
Hot all year round, humid in the rainy seasons. Summer temperatures can reach up to 108°F (42°C) from June to September in the northern coastal towns. At the height of the SW monsoon, May to October, winds often reach gale force. The current along the Somali coast can be very strong, particularly during the SW monsoon.
Somalia Weather Forecast.
For links to free global weather information, forecast services and extreme weather information see the Noonsite Weather Page.
Main Ports


Technologies
Mostly versed in front-end development, I currently have a good feeling with Ionic 2 and Angular 2, but like also React. I used to work a lot with Angular 1, but if a project can afford more recent framework, then go for it.
I love playing with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for user interface and interactions. I care a lot about accessibility and semantic (I even think you can have a dedicated team member just about those parts). I value a lot user experience and am absolutely delighted to work with good UX designer! I must admit, my design and UX background might have a bit tweaked my opinion on the subject...
I've also spent time around front-end web-mapping and Leaflet is the framework to go with at the moment. However, keep an eye on MapboxGl !
About backend technologies, I must say Python and Django have my attention at the moment.
Git for versioning, automatised tests for quality and agile for project management
Currently an Archlinux fanboy for coding, even if I'm still using OSX for music and Windows for games....
Contributions
I have had the chance to work with wonderful people on various projects, here is a little part of them:
-
Geotrek
Software suite to help infrastructures to manage and promote their natural and cultural lands. You can learn more about it and find demo instances on geotrek.fr
I worked on:- Geotrek-rando - Angular 1 aplication - core development & project strategy
- Geotrek-mobile - Ionic 1 aplication - optimisation & project strategy
- Geotrek-website - core development & project coordination
-
Marvel Reading Stats
Web application allowing to maintain a list of read marvel comics and compute statistics about it !
This is my current personal project and is still under heavy development.
- Front-end - Angular 2 - core development & project initiation
- Backend comming soon - probably Django, DRF, and PostgreSQL
-
Indonesia Weather Information
Hybrid mobile app for BMKG. Giving weather forecast but also warning and alerts map visualisation.
- Informasi Cuaca Indonesia - Ionic 1 - core development
-
Free Sign Language
An open-source vector bank of signs to help people communicate and greet impaired peoples. Project created with Mathieu Leplatre
- Project website - project initiation and website development
-
Autoshots
Tool to automate taking screenshots of a series of URLs for a list of customizable devices (different sizes and densities)
- Sources - NodesJS and PhantomJS - project initiation and core development
-
Elise Jaspard Portfolio
Amazing portfolio of my most beloved designer ;)
- Go looking for it ! - development
-
Posts and talks
I have been lucky enough to write some posts about development and give a few talks. Doing so with great people !
- Posts on Makina Corpus blog - writing
- Reponsive breakfast - cocreation and copresentation with Numahell
- Typescript feedbacks - cocreation and copresentation with Ticabri
Extra
Another thing to know about me, I love music and it's an important part of my life. I play various instruments even if guitare and singing will always be my first loves ! You can listen to some of my SoundCloud or Youtube if you like. Used to be in a band, but development won over it.
Also a great fan of video games in general. I'm as much interested in playing than in analyzing game design, pixel art, digital painting, music, and development. Still no projects to show for this field, but it's growing ! Played a bit with Unity and GameMaker from time to time, and some pixel-arts occasionaly.


Dragon BASIC, online at http://github.com/uli/dragonbasic
LOADBYTE - Loads the next available byte (8-bit) from static RAM.
LOADLONG - Loads the next available word (32-bit) from static RAM.
LOADTEXT$ - Loads the next available counted string frm static RAM.
LOADWORD - Loads the next available halfword (16-bit) from static RAM.
SAVEBYTE - Saves a byte (8-bit) to static RAM.
SAVELONG - Saves a word (32-bit) to static RAM.
SAVETEXT - Saves a counted string to static RAM.
SAVEWORD - Saves a halfword (16-bit) to static RAM.


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Delivers up to ten messages to the specified queue. This is a batch version of `` send-message `` . For a FIFO queue, multiple messages within a single batch are enqueued in the order they are sent.
The result of sending each message is reported individually in the response. Because the batch request can result in a combination of successful and unsuccessful actions, you should check for batch errors even when the call returns an HTTP status code of 200 .
The maximum allowed individual message size and the maximum total payload size (the sum of the individual lengths of all of the batched messages) are both 256 KB (262,144 bytes).
Warning
The following list shows the characters (in Unicode) that are allowed in your message, according to the W3C XML specification:
For more information, see RFC1321 . If you send any characters that aren't included in this list, your request is rejected.
If you don't specify the DelaySeconds parameter for an entry, Amazon SQS uses the default value for the queue.
Note
Some actions take lists of parameters. These lists are specified using the param.n notation. Values of n are integers starting from 1. For example, a parameter list with two elements looks like this:
Attribute.1=this
Attribute.2=that
See also: AWS API Documentation
send-message-batch
--queue-url <value>
--entries <value>
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
The URL of the Amazon SQS queue to which batched messages are sent.
Queue URLs are case-sensitive.
A list of `` SendMessageBatchRequestEntry `` items.
Shorthand Syntax:
Id=string,MessageBody=string,DelaySeconds=integer,MessageAttributes={KeyName1={StringValue=string,BinaryValue=blob,StringListValues=[string,string],BinaryListValues=[blob,blob],DataType=string},KeyName2={StringValue=string,BinaryValue=blob,StringListValues=[string,string],BinaryListValues=[blob,blob],DataType=string}},MessageDeduplicationId=string,MessageGroupId=string ...
JSON Syntax:
[
{
"Id": "string",
"MessageBody": "string",
"DelaySeconds": integer,
"MessageAttributes": {"string": {
"StringValue": "string",
"BinaryValue": blob,
"StringListValues": ["string", ...],
"BinaryListValues": [blob, ...],
"DataType": "string"
}
...},
"MessageDeduplicationId": "string",
"MessageGroupId": "string"
}
...
]
--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values.
--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.
To send multiple messages as a batch
This example sends 2 messages with the specified message bodies, delay periods, and message attributes, to the specified queue.
Command:
aws sqs send-message-batch --queue-url https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/80398EXAMPLE/MyQueue --entries file://send-message-batch.json
Input file (send-message-batch.json):
[
{
"Id": "FuelReport-0001-2015-09-16T140731Z",
"MessageBody": "Fuel report for account 0001 on 2015-09-16 at 02:07:31 PM.",
"DelaySeconds": 10,
"MessageAttributes": {
"SellerName": {
"DataType": "String",
"StringValue": "Example Store"
},
"City": {
"DataType": "String",
"StringValue": "Any City"
},
"Region": {
"DataType": "String",
"StringValue": "WA"
},
"PostalCode": {
"DataType": "String",
"StringValue": "99065"
},
"PricePerGallon": {
"DataType": "Number",
"StringValue": "1.99"
}
}
},
{
"Id": "FuelReport-0002-2015-09-16T140930Z",
"MessageBody": "Fuel report for account 0002 on 2015-09-16 at 02:09:30 PM.",
"DelaySeconds": 10,
"MessageAttributes": {
"SellerName": {
"DataType": "String",
"StringValue": "Example Fuels"
},
"City": {
"DataType": "String",
"StringValue": "North Town"
},
"Region": {
"DataType": "String",
"StringValue": "WA"
},
"PostalCode": {
"DataType": "String",
"StringValue": "99123"
},
"PricePerGallon": {
"DataType": "Number",
"StringValue": "1.87"
}
}
}
]
Output:
{
"Successful": [
{
"MD5OfMessageBody": "203c4a38...7943237e",
"MD5OfMessageAttributes": "10809b55...baf283ef",
"Id": "FuelReport-0001-2015-09-16T140731Z",
"MessageId": "d175070c-d6b8-4101-861d-adeb3EXAMPLE"
},
{
"MD5OfMessageBody": "2cf0159a...c1980595",
"MD5OfMessageAttributes": "55623928...ae354a25",
"Id": "FuelReport-0002-2015-09-16T140930Z",
"MessageId": "f9b7d55d-0570-413e-b9c5-a9264EXAMPLE"
}
]
}
Successful -> (list)
A list of `` SendMessageBatchResultEntry `` items.
(structure)
Encloses a MessageId for a successfully-enqueued message in a `` send-message-batch `` .
Id -> (string)
An identifier for the message in this batch.MessageId -> (string)
An identifier for the message.MD5OfMessageBody -> (string)
An MD5 digest of the non-URL-encoded message attribute string. You can use this attribute to verify that Amazon SQS received the message correctly. Amazon SQS URL-decodes the message before creating the MD5 digest. For information on MD5, see RFC1321 .MD5OfMessageAttributes -> (string)
An MD5 digest of the non-URL-encoded message attribute string. You can use this attribute to verify that Amazon SQS received the message correctly. Amazon SQS URL-decodes the message before creating the MD5 digest. For information on MD5, see RFC1321 .SequenceNumber -> (string)
This parameter applies only to FIFO (first-in-first-out) queues.
A large, non-consecutive number that Amazon SQS assigns to each message.
The length of SequenceNumber is 128 bits. As SequenceNumber continues to increase for a particular MessageGroupId .
Failed -> (list)
A list of `` BatchResultErrorEntry `` items with error details about each message that can't be enqueued.
(structure)
This is used in the responses of batch API to give a detailed description of the result of an action on each entry in the request.
Id -> (string)
The Id of an entry in a batch request.SenderFault -> (boolean)
Specifies whether the error happened due to the sender's fault.Code -> (string)
An error code representing why the action failed on this entry.Message -> (string)
A message explaining why the action failed on this entry.


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Gabriela García
- 20 years.
- Medical Student.
- "I would describe myself as a quiet person who
likes to listen to music and spend time outdoors with my friends to relax"
- Dedicated.
- Bad at math.
- Good dancer.
- She likes to set up multiple alarms to organize her day
Jonathan Oliveira
- 27 years.
- Lawyer.
- "I am a person who is completely dedicated
to work during the week but on weekends
I like to go out and have fun with my friends"
- He is good creating atmosphere at parties.
- Good in interpersonal relationships.
- He does not like the party to end because of
lack of good music.
- He likes to drink coffee every morning and likes to check his messages frequently
Carolina Ledesma
- 41 years.
- Hotel Manager.
- "I consider myself a loving, patient and
responsible person who loves to spend quality
time with the family"
- She likes to play board games with his children
while listening to music.
- She is tired of having to change the AC and hates to connect her device to different
bluetooth
speakers becasue seh can't hear from that far.
Salvador Fernández
- 53 years
- French teacher in high school.
- "My students say that I am a fun person who
is always willing to help and who is committed
to education"
- To give his class he usually needs something to play audios.
- He isn't very fond of working with a lot of new technologies because he forgets all the
commands,
he would like a way to make his classes dynamic but easy


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MUSIC OF THE HEART ***1/2 (out of five stars) A review by Jamey Hughton
Starring-Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Gloria Estefan and Jay O. Sanders Director-Wes Craven Rated G Miramax
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I remember making a pact, right after `Patch Adams', to not be easily be suckered by movies dripping with sentimentality. But darn it, `Music of the Heart' is just layered with feel-good material and bright characterizations. It's hard to dislike a movie that uses such skill with it's manipulation. In addition, it's also a terrific family film.
This is the true story of violin teacher Roberta Guaspari, who fought the school board to keep the musical program active in a handful of inner city Harlem schools. It could also be described as `Mrs. Streep's Opus'.
Yes, Meryl Streep brings her dramatic clout to the demanding role of Guaspari, and that brings both good news and bad. Out of the gate, possibly because of her distracting star power and the rushed writing, it is relatively difficult to identify with Roberta's character and grasp her academic point-of-view. She is very strict with her students, but what insight does that create into the story? Slowly but surely, we begin to recognize the intentions of the character, and show admiration for the thoughtfulness and human feeling that Streep has once again applied.
One thoroughly interesting fact about `Music of the Heart' lies with the unlikely presence in the director's chair: horror veteran Wes Craven. After leaving an impression with the `Scream' films and the original `Nightmare on Elm Street', Craven has attempted a precarious cross-over to drama. At first, his inexperience with the genre is fairly obvious, but as the film progresses Craven finds a surprisingly comfortable niche with directing this material. It doesn't carry the heart-warming courage of `Mr. Holland's Opus', but `Music of the Heart' is casually assured and filled with little morsels of dramatic truth. The tag team of Streep and Craven works better than you would anticipate.
Yes, Oscar could come calling once again for Meryl Streep, but it's the solid ensemble cast that makes `Music of the Heart' work. Angela Bassett displays her usual forceful stamina as Janet Williams, the principal at an inner city school who initially doesn't hire Roberta because of her lack of experience. Blue-eyed Adian Quinn is endearing, as always, playing a new love interest. Gloria Estefan also delivers in the tiny role of a supportive second-grade teacher, and the three lead actresses together produce a flaming fireball of estrogenic force. It's like a schoolteacher's version of `Thelma and Louise', in a restrained but effective manner.
The movie tackles more issues than just Guaspari's teaching of violin. There's some powerful moments between Roberta and her two sons, who must cope when their father leaves them for another woman. In it's dramatic build-up, the movie manages to produce some authentic moments of feeling and warmth. It's a good movie for anyone to see, although missing out on the experience would not be a life-altering decision.
It's commendable of Wes Craven to be attempting such a difficult cross-over, and also for achieving his intricate goal. Watching this heartfelt chick flick about morals and musical instruments, who may ask yourself: This is the guy who directed `Scream'? Of course, when the third installment of that series comes around in February 2000 (with Craven directing), you may find yourself wondering: This is the guy who directed `Music of the Heart'? Mission accomplished, Wes.
Thankfully, there is no layer of artificial sentiment covering the film. In it's entirety, it's a wholesome and agreeable movie for the whole family, despite the periodic flaws that surface every once in awhile. The child actors are cute and perform up to par, even if some of their problems are clichéd and predictable in the extreme. The mother who doesn't want her son to be learning `white man's music', the unexpected casuality... basically everything is there.
It doesn't strike the perfect chord, but `Music of the Heart' is highly convincing. The uplifting true story of Roberta Guaspari could have been told better, but `Music of the Heart' is still edifying enough to properly divulge her morals.
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Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher select Premier League Team of Decade
Manchester City stars dominated the Premier League Team of the Decade, with inclusions from Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United
by Liam Prenderville, http://www.facebook.com/mirrorfootballGary Neville and Jamie Carragher both named their Premier League Team of the Decade.
This season will see the Premier League go into 2020, bringing an end to another fascinating decade for the top-flight.
There have been titles for both Manchester clubs, Chelsea and of course Leicester City, who stunned the football world in 2015.
Ahead of the turn of the decade, Sky Sports pundits Neville and Carragher both selected their respective teams.
While there were positions they disagreed on, the pair did both select the same goalkeeper and defence.
Both Carragher and Neville selected David de Gea as their goalkeeper.
Manchester City pair Pablo Zabaleta and Vincent Komapny were selected in defence, alongside Chelsea skipper Cesar Azpilicueta and Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk.
On the Dutchman, Carragher said: "When he finishes at Liverpool , I think he will be No.1. I always said John Terry but I think he will be even better."
Both of the Sky pundits selected City legends David Silva and Yaya Toure in midfield, with Carragher going for N'Golo Kante and Neville selecting Eden Hazard in a deeper role.
In attack, both went with Sergio Aguero with Neville partnering him with Harry Kane and Luis Suarez.
Carragher instead had Hazard in attack, with Real Madrid star Gareth Bale.
The Liverpool legend wasn't particularly impressed with his fellow pundit's selection, adding: "He has got three players who want to be in the same position.
"This is why England never won anything when he was a player or coach. Don't try and just get the best players in!"
Carragher XI: De Gea, Zabaleta, Van Dijk, Kompany, Azpilicueta, Kante, Toure, Silva, Hazard, Aguero, Bale
Neville XI: De Gea, Zabaleta, Van Dijk, Kompany, Azpilicueta, Hazard, Toure, Silva, Kane, Aguero, Suarez


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1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA CIRCUIT BENCH AT GULBARGA DATED THIS THE 25th DAY OF JULY, 2012 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE H.N.NAGAMOHAN DAS WP No.83597/2011(LB-RES) BETWEEN: M/S KAILASH TRANSFORMERS PVT. LTD KAPNOOR INDUSTRIAL AREA, GULBARGA THROUGH ITS DIRECTOR CHANDRAKANTH B.PATIL. ..PETITIONER (BY SRI SHIVAKUMAR MALIPATIL, ADV.) AND: 1. THE KARNATAKA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD, I FLOOR, GULBARGA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BUILDING STATION ROAD, GULBARGA THROUGH ITS REGIONAL OFFICER 2. M/S NEW PANJA MURMURA INDUSTRIES PLOT NO.23P, I PHASE KAPNOOR INDUSTRIAL AREA, GULBARGA. ..RESPONDENTS 2 (BY SRI GOURISH S.KHASHAMPUR, ADV.FOR R1 SRI A.VIJAYAKUMAR, ADV. FOR R2) THIS WRIT PETITION FILED U/A 226 & 227 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA WITH A PRAYER TO DIRECT RESPONDENT NO.1 TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST RESPONDENT NO.2 AND ETC. THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING 'B' GROUP THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING: ORDER
The second respondent is a industry engaged in manufacture of puffed rice situated at Kapnoor industrial area. Since the activity of second respondent is causing pollution the petitioner gave a complaint to the first respondent -Pollution Control Board. Acting on the complaint of petitioner the first respondent issued a show cause notice to the second respondent on 24.8.2010 as per Annexure-B. Since the first respondent has not taken further action in the matter, the petitioner is before this court for a writ of mandamus.
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Changes in the Mac OS X system libraries in OS X Mavericks have taken away support of these X.509 certificates. A workaround to make these certificates usable on Mac OS X with R is to install a version of the curl R package that supports these certificates.
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library(curl)
library(dataone)
# Remove the environment variables as they are no longer needed.
Sys.setenv(LIB_DIR="")
Sys.setenv(INCLUDE_DIR="")
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Hats off to Greg Ross at the ever-intriguing Futility Closet for these selected entries from the index to the Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey:
Aldermen not necessarily gluttons
Anecdotes, on eating peas with a knife
Bed, early retirement to, of the Ancients
Christenings, Royal, often hurried
Coffee, atrocious in England
Cookery, English, the rudest of barbarous devices
Devonshire men good-looking
Fleas in Greece
Greece, Ancient, its people a nation of swindlers
Horses, weeping
Johnson, Dr, at dinner, an indecent spectacle
Leibnitz, died partly from the fear of not being murdered
Lisbon earthquake and its effect on the religion of Germany
Muffins, eating, a cause of suicide
Music, English obtuseness to good
Pig-grunting, mimicry of
Rhinoceros, first sale of a
Servants, England the paradise of household
Solon, what did he do for Homer?
Spitting, art of
Talk, too much in the world
Toothache, that terrific curse
Waterton's adventure with a crocodile
Women, can die grandly
NOTA BENE : You can read what De Quincey had to say about that muffins / suicide hoo-ha here.


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It’s our second day in Paris and it’s an ambitious day with two restaurants lined up; the first of which is Arpège.
We arrive at noon and are seated in the corner of this bright, sunny, and cozy restaurant. We’re presented with the menus where we have the choice between the lunch menu at 175 euros, the courses of which shall remain a surprise, or a vegetarian tasting menu at 340 euros, or the standard tasting menu at 420 euros. We could also choose to go a la carte.
As the hostess returns to find out what we’d like to do, I say “We’re going to be ambitious!” She replies, “Oh, the lunch menu! Good choice.” Uh, lunch menu it is, I guess.
I mean, something that’s over half the price of the standard tasting menu isn’t really ambitious, is it? Turns out, we’re going to be very surprised.
Alain Passard’s menu at Arpège is heavily focused on vegetables. They’re fresh and tasty throughout the meal.
We start with a trio of amuse bouches purees on potato chip. Next up, a tomato bisque with ice cream. Oh my, this was fantastic. A poached egg with maple syrup and chives. The maple syrup was light and didn’t overwhelm the dish. So good. That was followed by melon and mozzarella that appeared to be soaked in a cream. The salt on the melon made the flavours of the dish pop.
Next was a veggie ravioli in a tomato consommé. The consommé was so clear that I anticipated it to be lacking in flavour but it was quite the opposite. I would have gladly had seconds and thirds.
There was a sweet onion gratin topped with basil. Then a red pepper soup with basil whipped cream. That was followed by a tomato tarte and then a veggie minestrone with parmesan cheese. I was starting to get full but there was so much more to come.
The tenth course of this meal was a chicken liver with rhubarb. As a fan of foie gras, I was curious to try the chicken liver. The chicken liver wasn’t as good as foie gras but it wasn’t bad either.
We still weren’t done with the main courses! A stunningly beautiful beet tartare topped with cream and carrot that looked like an egg, served with a dollop of mustard that went perfectly with the beets.
And finally, a swordfish with potatoes. I couldn’t finish it, I was so full. Kitt barely touched her fish and decided she couldn’t eat another bite. Not even a wafer thin mint.
I hunkered down for the desserts to come.
The first of three was a profiterole filled with ice cream and topped with caramel. Oh so good. Next was the most beautiful of apple tarts. And finally, a plate of bite-sized treats. The caramels ended up being a surprise, having a slight basil flavour to them.
We entered the restaurant at noon and rolled out after three o’clock in the afternoon. Dinner was a mere four hours away. For 175 euros, this meal was of amazing value and I’d highly recommend the experience. The service fell off towards the last half of the meal, leaving us time to eavesdrop on the neighbouring English-speaking tables.
The chef, Alain Passard, even took a moment to visit each of the tables to say hello. It’s an appreciated moment and a delight to be able to thank the chef in person.
We were told that lunch is the best time to go to Arpège since the vegetable-oriented meal means that the early seating ends up with the freshest ingredients. For that, we were not disappointed.


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Abstract: We introduce a family of unsupervised algorithms, numerical taxonomy clustering, to simultaneously cluster data, and to learn a taxonomy that encodes the relationship between the clusters. The algorithms work by maximizing the dependence between the taxonomy and the original data. The resulting taxonomy is a more informative visualization of complex data than simple clustering; in addition, taking into account the relations between different clusters is shown to substantially improve the quality of the clustering, when compared with state-ofthe-art algorithms in the literature (both spectral clustering and a previous dependence maximization approach). We demonstrate our algorithm on image and text data. 1
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‘Playboy’ Playmate Kindly Myers Teases Fans & Tugs At Her Underwear In Flirty Photo
November 25, 2019
‘Playboy’ Playmate Kindly Myers Teases Fans & Tugs At Her Underwear In Flirty Photo
Playboy Playmate Kindly Myers heated up Instagram when she shared a photo in which she wore nothing but her underwear.
The update showed the blond beauty standing outside in a woodsy area with several trees and other foliage in the background. She faced the camera wearing a white lace bra that accentuated her voluptuous chest. The bra looked to be padded with an underwire, and it also had a small bow between her breasts. She paired the bra with nude bikini panties that featured lace sides. A tattoo on her side was partially visible. The skimpy outfit put her entire body on display as she posed for the camera with one leg off the side. The photo captured her from the knees up and gave her followers a nice look at her taut abs and curvy hips.
 She also donned a pink color on her lush lips. Her hair was parted on the side and hung down in straight layers over both shoulders. She accessorized the look with a dainty cross necklace and a belly ring. With one hand, she played with her hair while tugging at the side of her panties with her other hand. Her bronze skin glowed as she tilted her head back slightly and gave the camera a flirty look.
In the caption, she credited the photographer for such an amazing shot.
Her fans were certainly loving the snap, and many were eager to let her know what they thought of it.
“Looking sooo naturally gorgeous babe!” one admirer wrote.
“I only have one question who gets to marry you!” joked a second follower.
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“Beautiful body,” a third follower commented.
“So sweet,” a fourth commenter wrote.
Kindly has a way of getting her fans’ attention.  Aside from posing for Playboy magazine, she also models for various fashion brands including Valkyrie Tactical Apparel.
She seems to prefer bikinis, but every so often she will model other skimpy outfits. The beauty will occasionally share a photo from a risqué photoshoot. She recently posted a snap in which she posed topless while covered in glitter paint. Her style may not be for everyone, but her 1.8 million followers don’t seem to have a problem with her semi-nude shots.


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@article{JainTD17, author = {Prateek Jain and Ambuj Tewari and Inderjit S. Dhillon}, title = {Partial Hard Thresholding}, journal = {IEEE Trans. Information Theory}, year = {2017}, volume = {63}, number = {5}, pages = {3029--3038}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TIT.2017.2686880}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.1109/TIT.2017.2686880} }
@article{AgarwalAJN16, author = {Alekh Agarwal and Animashree Anandkumar and Prateek Jain and Praneeth Netrapalli}, title = {Learning Sparsely Used Overcomplete Dictionaries via Alternating Minimization}, journal = {SIAM Journal on Optimization}, year = {2016}, volume = {26}, number = {4}, pages = {2775--2799}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1137/140979861}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.1137/140979861} }
@article{NetrapalliJS15, author = {Praneeth Netrapalli and Prateek Jain and Sujay Sanghavi}, title = {Phase Retrieval Using Alternating Minimization}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (ITSP)}, year = {2015}, volume = {63}, number = {18}, pages = {4814--4826}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2015.2448516}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2015.2448516} }
@article{Vijayanarasimhan0G14, author = {Sudheendra Vijayanarasimhan and Prateek Jain and Kristen Grauman}, title = {Hashing Hyperplane Queries to Near Points with Applications to Large-Scale Active Learning}, journal = {IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell.}, year = {2014}, volume = {36}, number = {2}, pages = {276--288}, url = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TPAMI.2013.121}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.1109/TPAMI.2013.121} }
@article{HossainPL0BR13, author = {K. S. M. Tozammel Hossain and Debprakash Patnaik and Srivatsan Laxman and Prateek Jain and Chris Bailey-Kellogg and Naren Ramakrishnan}, title = {Improved Multiple Sequence Alignments Using Coupled Pattern Mining}, journal = {IEEE/ACM Trans. Comput. Biology Bioinform.}, year = {2013}, volume = {10}, number = {5}, pages = {1098--1112}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCBB.2013.36}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.1109/TCBB.2013.36} }
@article{JainKDD12, author = {Prateek Jain and Brian Kulis and Jason V. Davis and Inderjit S. Dhillon}, title = {Metric and Kernel Learning Using a Linear Transformation}, journal = {Journal of Machine Learning Research}, year = {2012}, volume = {13}, pages = {519--547}, url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2188402} }
@article{KulisJG09, author = {Brian Kulis and Prateek Jain and Kristen Grauman}, title = {Fast Similarity Search for Learned Metrics}, journal = {IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell.}, year = {2009}, volume = {31}, number = {12}, pages = {2143--2157}, url = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TPAMI.2009.151}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.1109/TPAMI.2009.151} }
@article{JainMD08b, author = {Prateek Jain and Raghu Meka and Inderjit S. Dhillon}, title = {Simultaneous Unsupervised Learning of Disparate Clusterings}, journal = {Statistical Analysis and Data Mining}, year = {2008}, volume = {1}, number = {3}, pages = {195--210}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sam.10007}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.1002/sam.10007} }


A day where you get to spend time with your family AND open lots of presents? Why didn’t anyone tell me about this sooner? My first Christmas was great - mainly because I got to celebrate it twice!
First, Mom, Dad and I flew to Dallas to see Meme, GD, Aunt Mellie, Aunt Cherrie and Uncle Jay. The Goolsby Girls’ hosted a Mother/Daughter party (apparently, they’ve been doing it for a long time before I arrived) and I was definitely a hit! It was fun to meet all of my Texas friends, but it was strange because people kept asking Mom where her daughter was when I was right there next to her! Dad doesn’t get those questions when I’m with him. hmmm...
I got to see all of Uncle Jay’s family on Christmas Eve, then came Christmas morning. All of the gifts were a little overwhelming, but you won’t find me giving any of them up! It was a great trip and a very Merry First Christmas - complete with a new outfit to wear for each event. (Mom went a little overboard at Janie and Jack - but she swears it was all on sale!)
But the best part is that after we came home, we got to do it all over again with Nana and Papa!
For a photo book and slideshow of my first Christmas, please click here.


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Wagner brothers awarded $3.6m in defamation case against 60 Minutes
A wealthy Queensland family defamed by a Nine Network report about the fatal Grantham floods in 2011 has been awarded a $3.6 million damages payout.
Toowoomba's Wagner brothers were defamed by a 60 Minutes report from May 2015 that incorrectly insinuated they were responsible for the destruction of the town and deaths of 12 people, a Brisbane Supreme Court jury found.
Nine and journalist Nicholas Cater were ordered on Friday to pay each of the four brothers $900,000 each plus interest.
Denis, John, Neill and Joe Wagner said the report by journalist Michael Usher insinuated the collapse of a wall of a Lockyer Valley quarry they owned caused the "man-made catastrophe".
The report, entitled 'The Missing Hour', described the wall of water that fatally swept through Grantham as an "inland tsunami".
The report does not expressly blame them for the deaths but the family believes it led people to believe they caused the disaster, sought to cover it up and refused to answer to the public.
Justice Peter Applegarth was scathing of the network's "unjustifiable" conduct, saying it was "recklessly indifferent" with the truth.
"The Nine Network had information that contradicted the allegations contained in the program but did not broadcast it," he said.
He said Cater's conclusions were expressed as a result of extensive investigative journalism supported by eyewitnesses but "Mr Cater did not contact any of the Wagners about the allegations he made about their quarry".
Justice Applegarth said Cater's and Nine's careless actions were exacerbated by their failure to retract or apologise once it became clear their report was flawed.
"60 Minutes and Mr Cater's respective defamations caused substantial injury to the Wagners' reputations for integrity ... and great harm to them personally," he said.
Justice Applegarth said the accusation that the Wagners failed to take steps to prevent the quarry wall collapsing, leading to the deaths and town's destruction, was an "extraordinarily serious defamation".
"The program included vision of the devastation of Grantham and the trauma of flood victims, including the inconsolable grief of a mother whose infant was taken from her arms in the flood," he said.
Outside court, Denis Wagner said the family was pleased the truth had come out.
"They knew, or should have known, a lot of the stuff they reported was incorrect," he said.
"It's been very challenging. This 60 Minutes program was broadcast all around Australia with more than a million viewers.
"It did have a profound effect on us individually and the family."
He said the judgment would send a clear message to the media about the community's expectation for truth and facts to be reported.
"What will come from this is that journalists and media can and will be held accountable if they do not report issues honestly and fairly," he said.
Nine and Cater were ordered to pay each of the four brothers $600,000 and $300,00 respectively.
Nine Entertainment Co is the parent company of the Nine Network and this masthead.
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