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Networks, Persistence and Change—A Path Dependence Perspective
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Q: boost spirit qi parser failed in release and pass in debug  #include <boost/spirit/include/qi.hpp>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
using namespace boost::spirit;
int main()
{
std::string s;
std::getline(std::cin, s);
auto specialtxt = *(qi::char_('-', '.', '_'));
auto txt = no_skip[*(qi::char_("a-zA-Z0-9_.\\:$\'-"))];
auto anytxt = *(qi::char_("a-zA-Z0-9_.\\:${}[]+/()-"));
qi::rule <std::string::iterator, void(),ascii::space_type> rule2 = txt     ('=') >> ('[') >> (']');
auto begin = s.begin();
auto end = s.end();
if (qi::phrase_parse(begin, end, rule2, ascii::space))
{
    std::cout << "MATCH" << std::endl;
}
else
{
    std::cout << "NO MATCH" << std::endl;
}

}

this code works fine in debug mode
parser fails in release mode
rule is to just parse text=[]; any thing else than this should fail it works fine in debug mode but not in release mode it shows result no match for any string.
if i enter string like
abc=[];

this passes in debug as expected but fails in release

A: You can't use auto with Spirit v2:

*

*Assigning parsers to auto variables
You have Undefined Behaviour
DEMO
I tried to make (more) sense of the rest of the code. There were various instances that would never work:

*

*txt('=') is an invalid Qi expression. I assumed you wanted txt >> ('=') instead

*qi::char_("a-zA-Z0-9_.\\:$\\-{}[]+/()") doesn't do what you think because $-{ is actually the character "range" \x24-\x7b... Escape the - (or put it at the very end/start of the set like in the other char_ call).

*qi::char_('-','.','_') can't work. Did you mean qi::char_("-._")?

*specialtxt and anytxt were unused...

*prefer const_iterator

*prefer namespace aliases above using namespace to prevent hard-to-detect errors
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#include <boost/spirit/include/qi.hpp>
#include <iostream>

namespace qi = boost::spirit::qi;

int main() {
    std::string const s = "abc=[];";

    auto specialtxt = qi::copy(*(qi::char_("-._")));
    auto anytxt     = qi::copy(*(qi::char_("a-zA-Z0-9_.\\:$\\-{}[]+/()")));
    (void) specialtxt;
    (void) anytxt;

    auto txt        = qi::copy(qi::no_skip[*(qi::char_("a-zA-Z0-9_.\\:$\'-"))]);

    qi::rule<std::string::const_iterator, qi::space_type> rule2 = txt >> '=' >> '[' >> ']';

    auto begin = s.begin();
    auto end   = s.end();

    if (qi::phrase_parse(begin, end, rule2, qi::space)) {
        std::cout << "MATCH" << std::endl;
    } else {
        std::cout << "NO MATCH" << std::endl;
    }

    if (begin != end) {
        std::cout << "Trailing unparsed: '" << std::string(begin, end) << "'\n";
    }

}

Printing
MATCH
Trailing unparsed: ';'

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I'm delighted to welcome the wise and witty Eli Landes as a guest blogger.
Eli is a marketing writer by day and a fiction writer whenever he can squeeze in the time. His main genre is Jewish fiction, but he's been known to dabble in the weird, the absurd, and the truly dark. Follow him at his writing website RE: Writing.
I know, I know. It's the type of title people get burned at the stake for (or, at the very least, earns you nasty comments on social media). Fiction writers are artists. Copywriters are salespeople. To even place the two in the same sentence is sacriligeous.
Copywriting and fiction writing are very different disciplines.
But that doesn't mean one can't learn from the other.
See, I happen to do both. My passion is fiction writing, but I work as a copywriter (which I also really enjoy). And yes, my copywriting and my fiction writing are very different from each other. But at the same time, my copywriting experience has greatly influenced my fiction writing.
A copywriter writes clear and concise content that communicates directly to the reader to persuade them to take action.
And all four of these can be used to improve your fiction writing.
Let's talk numbers for a moment. How many books have you read that were in dire need of editing? How many books out there just aren't good enough to get anywhere?
There are a lot of books that become wildly successful. But for every one that does, how many more don't?
Does all this leave you wondering if your book is next to join the unknown and forgotten?
You're not alone if it does. I know it bothers me about my book.
There are a lot of things you can do to make sure your perfect book gets found by the right people. I'm not going to talk about that, because I'm not qualified to.
What I am going to do is talk about the other scenario—when your perfect book isn't really perfect at all. When you need to do some editing and don't know where to begin.
And that's where thinking like a copywriter comes in.
Obviously, I don't mean that you should actually write your story as if it's copy. What I am suggesting is that you use the four attributes of a copywriter as a focus for your book.
No, this doesn't mean to always write bare-bone descriptions and skim through the action. It's a story—you need to tell it properly if it's going to impact anyone. But there's a difference between an engaging description and rambling filler. There's a difference between an important plot twist and a completely unnecessary side-trip that doesn't add anything to the story.
I can't stress this enough. How many times have you read a paragraph in a book and then read it again because you didn't have a clue what it's saying? We fiction writers get away with it because we can blame it on art. Copywriters don't have that luxury.
Art is beautiful and it's engaging and it's powerful. Poorly written sentences that nobody understands aren't art—they're just lazy.
No one will like your story if they don't get what it means.
Yes, you're a writer, and yes, you need to worry about writing the best book you can. But part of that involves thinking about the reader, too. What does he like? What does she want to read? If someone else had written this and you were the reader, would you enjoy it?
It's readers who buy your books and readers who give them good reviews. So think like them. Write what they would want to read.
You may not realize it, but every single part of your book is a subtle call to action to your reader. You're asking them to keep reading. To turn the page, to read the next chapter—in short, to not put the book down.
And just like in copywriting, everything you write has to be tailored to achieve that goal.
If you want them to turn the page, you need to give them a reason to. When the chapter ends, they have to be intrigued enough to read the next one.
You won't achieve that if your writing is clunky and difficult to read. Write so the story flows. Write so it's tense, write so it sweeps your readers away.
Write to keep them reading.
Every part of your story needs to earn its place to be there. You can—and even should—take the time to develop your characters and write engaging descriptions. But if it's unnecessary filler, cut it out.
This one's non-negotiable: be clear. What's the point of writing something if no one understands what you're saying? Clarity is key.
Remember that someone's going to read your story. So forget, for a moment, what you want to write. Ask yourself if your readers will want to read it.
Every part of your story needs to be written in a way that it keeps your readers reading.
Thanks for stopping by, Jo Ann. Eli does a great job of boiling the concepts down to their essence. Thinking about what the reader wants/needs is so important and too easily forgotten when we're writing. Thanks, Eli, for making us more mindful of our readers.
Thank you Debbie, and thank you Jo Ann! I'm glad you found this helpful.
My pleasure, Jo Ann. I'm glad you found it helpful.
Eli, it's my pleasure. Fiction writers have much to learn from copywriters. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!


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As I tend to use more and more Write-Color every day for different projects I decided it's time to publish it as a module for easy usage. At the same time I get pointed that Write-Host which is heavily utilized by Write-Color is considered harmful as stated by Jeffrey Snover. And since it's THE Jeffrey Snover (Jeffrey Snover is a Microsoft Technical Fellow, PowerShell Chief Architect, and the Chief Architect for the Azure Infrastructure and Management group which includes Azure Stack, System Center and Operations Management Suite. Snover is the inventor of Windows PowerShell, an object-based distributed automation engine, scripting language, and command line shell and was the chief architect for Windows Server) so essentially I should care. And I do. I do understand his points.
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The river starts in San Jose and runs all the way to the ocean on the Pacific side. The Rio Tarcoles is the 3rd largest in the country filled with many birds like the Frigatebird, Roseate Spoonbill, several types of Egrets, Herons, Caracara and even at times Scarlet Macaws can be seen soaring overhead. This area is one of the best for avid birders to explore.
So the next time you visit the Central area of Costa Rica plan to take a riverboat tour.
One of our providers for this tour is the Jungle Crocodile Safari Tour. They started their business in 1993 here on the river. The Jungle Crocodile Safari Tour is located in the small town of Tarcoles just a little north of Jaco. As you drive into the city on the main street take a right and go to the very end which you will see the river. The Jungle Crocodile Safari Tour is located just to the left. When cruise ships are in port don't be surprised to see a few tour buses and smaller mini vans parked in the lot. Not to worry there are 4 departures daily from 8:30 am, 10:30, 1:30 pm & 3:30pm. Entrance fees can be combines with your tour operator or paid upon arrival.
Expect to be greeted with traditional Costa Rica music by our wonderful musicians.
Take a moment to browse through the shop while you're waiting for your tour to begin and see some of the local crafts.
When it's time to board your river boat you will take a short walk down the ramp. The boat is comfortable equipped with lifejackets, a covered roof for shading its guest, and enough seats without feeling too crowded. Hanzel stands at the head of the boat leading the tour with his microphone in hand pointing out the birds as you travel down the river. They give you a small brochure so you can follow along to locate the birds. Although we didn't see every bird on the brochure many were present on this hot summer day. Hanzel gave us a great description of each bird's characteristics.
Among other things to see besides birds is lizards and crocodiles. Did you know the Jesus Christ lizard with its webbed feet can walk on water taking 22 steps per second? WOW! I didn't know that.
As our boat ventured towards the bridge on the river banks edge were banana trees but not the kind you want to eat. They had a beautiful red flower dangling. Apparently they are full of seeds and only produce bananas once so they chop it down and use it for paper afterwards. Banana paper that is.
You should see many crocs throughout the river. They are very territorial and range in size from about 3 feet to 16 feet long. Did you know crocs can swim fast but only for short distances and if you get caught in their path be prepared to be swallowed not chewed for dinner. Another interesting fact about crocs is they have powerful jaws with about 66-68 teeth in their giant mouth. Their metabolism is quite slow so eating one fish may last the whole day. Sometimes you'll see horses or cows along the riverbanks as well. If a croc attacked one of these animals it would last them for a whole year without having to eat anything else. You may see them submerge like a submarine underneath the water. They can actually last up to 2 hours before coming up for air. Female crocodiles lay eggs in the riverbanks. With all the eggs that are hatched only about 1 in 60 actually survive because they are eaten by other animals on the river as well as the male crocodiles.
As our boat travels downstream towards the river mouth we spot lots of Frigatebirds searching for fresh fish from the ocean. The tour boat takes you right into the mangrove area where you can quietly listen to the calming sounds of the river and many birds chirping in the distance. Sounds so peaceful.
It is here that we saw a tree filled with many Roseate Spoonbills resting on the branches like giant rosebuds. Their beautiful pink color comes from eating shrimp. You can find these birds in Florida on the Atlantic Coast, Mexico, Central & South America, and in regions of the Caribbean.
As our wonderful tour ends we head back to the dock. We take away some amazing photos, wonderful facts shared from our tour guide Hanzel who I might add did a fabulous job. He gets a great applause for a job well done by the guests. If you are wondering about his name, yes we had someone who seemed to think they were Gretel on board. Hanzel just laughed it off in good humor.
We highly recommend a riverboat tour on the Tarcoles River. Not only will you see many crocodiles but you might just spot a Basilisk lizard on the rocks or in one of the many holes along the riverbanks if you're lucky.
You can see why exploring the Tarcoles River is one of the best for wildlife sightings.
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Q: Punctuation mark before a closing quote mark (Children's picture book) I'm writing a children's picture book and enjoy the illustration element but struggle with the writing side. When using an online grammar checker I get the following error for the text below:
"In dialogue you should always have a punctuation mark, usually a comma before a closing quote mark."
This is my text.

James once asked the cat, "have you seen another person like me?".  The cat crossed his legs and thought for a while, then replied, "I've scratched lots of trees, but I've never seen a boy like you".

A:
James once asked the cat, "Have you seen another person like me?"
The cat crossed his legs and thought for a while, then replied, "I've scratched lots of trees, but I've never seen a boy like you."

The above would follow the rule you cited. No addition period is needed after the question mark closing the first quote.
Additionally, it follows the rule that there is at most one speaker per paragraph.


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Q: Differential equation and solution involving light passing through a glass. I been stumped on this question for a few days and can't seem find an elegant solution ($x = 8.66cm$).   I have found $k = 0.0811$.
Any help appreciated.
The intensity I of light diminishes as it passes through glass, the reduction in intensity being proportional to the thickness x of glass.  The intensity is 15 as it enters a block of glass 5cm thick, and is 10 when it leaves, find the minimum thickness of glass required to reduce the intensity to zero for the same light source.
I have been using the differential equation $\frac{dI}{dx} = -kI.$
Thanks in advance
Postscript:  Thanks to A-Level Student the DE to find the solution is
$\frac{dI}{dx} = -kx.$  This reduces the problem to $I = \frac{x^2}{5} + 15.$  Then setting $I = 0$ gives $x = 8.66cm.$

A: The equation that you use is incorrect: $$dI=-k\ dx$$
The solution of this is $$I_0-I(x)=kx$$
So first you calculate $k$:
$$k=\frac{I_0-I(5)}{5}=1$$
Then you calculate $x$ for $I(x)=0$
$$I_0-0=kx\\15-0=x\\x=15$$

A: I don't think you can reduce it to zero unless you account for the quantum nature of light.   Proportion means it will  scale the intensity down.   But if k and x are greater than zero , then k*x will always be nonzero.  The exception is when you reduce the intensity to less than a photon.  The intensity can be made as close to zero as you want, however.


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The financing — $900 million worth of bonds — and a plan to spend almost $1.5 billion to expand and renovate the Las Vegas Convention Center were approved Tuesday at the monthly meeting of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
The plan is part of a decadeslong effort that culminated in a 2016 special session of the Nevada Legislature which approved supplemental funding for the Convention Center's improvements.
The legislation authorized a $750 million public contribution toward building an NFL stadium in Las Vegas and another $420 million for an expansion and renovation of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Both of the projects will be made possible through increases in the Clark County hotel room tax rate, 0.88 and 0.5 percent increases, respectively.
In addition to approving funding for the expansion, the legislation also created an Oversight Panel for Convention Facilities to create a plan that would detail the funding mechanisms and create an overall plan to guide the design and construction of the massive project.
It was that plan that the LVCVA board approved Tuesday.
The first phase of the expansion, the purchase and demolition of the Riviera and construction of a parking lot with exhibition facilities, has already been completed.
The second phase is the construction of a 1.4-million-square-foot expansion that will cost $860 million. Construction of that phase should begin in January after the design team, the design and the construction manager have been chosen.
The third phase, the $540 million renovation of the existing convention space, will begin in 2020, which is also the midway point for construction of the second phase.
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New 'robomorphic' computing method aims to speed up slow-witted robots
MIT researchers developed the method to design customized chips for every robot
MIT researchers have developed a new way of speeding up a robot's reactions. They call it "robomorphic computing."
The method is designed to shrink the gap between a robot's "mind" and movements by creating customized chips that serve its specific computing needs.
The system's inventors believe it could enhance a variety of robotics applications — including frontline medical care of COVID-19 patients.
"It would be fantastic if we could have robots that could help reduce risk for patients and hospital workers," said Dr Sabrina Neuman, an MIT CSAIL graduate who designed the method.
[Read: How this company leveraged AI to become the Netflix of Finland]
Neuman says there are three main steps in a robot's operation: perception, mapping and localization, and plotting a course of action.
Robomorphic computing attempts to hasten this process by producing specialized hardware that performs computing tasks more efficiently.
The user first inputs the physical parameters of a robot, which the system translates into mathematical matrices.
It then creates a hardware architecture that's specialized to run calculations on the matrices. This results in a chip design that's customized to the robot's computing needs.
The researchers say a chip they programmed from the system's specifications performed eight times faster than a CPU, and 86 times faster than a GPU.
They now hope to fabricate a custom motion-planning chip for every robot.
Neuman plans to automate the entire robomorphic computing process, so users can just drag and drop their robot's parameters to produce a hardware description.
"I think that's the thing that'll push it over the edge and make it really useful," she said.
You can read the research paper abstract at the website for the ASPLOS conference, where Neuman will present the work this April.
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory


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'We may have to accept behind-closed-doors' - Ipswich boss Lambert on potential resumption of 2019/20 season
Paul Lambert accepts the season may need to be finished behind closed doors. Photo: Steve Waller - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller
Ipswich Town manager Paul Lambert still hopes to finish the season in front of supporters but accepts the campaign may need to conclude in empty stadiums.
Football throughout the world is suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, with the 2019/20 campaign in England now on hold indefinitely until it's safe for players to return to action.
Lambert, who has repeatedly stressed the need for the current season to be finished, rather than simply cancelling the campaign, believes behind-closed-doors may ultimately be the only option available.
"There are a few reasons this season has to finish," the Town boss said.
"For us, we have a good chance to be involved in the promotion race and for football in general, there are too many questions left to answer for the season to be null and void.
"In an ideal world, we will finish the season with supporters in stadiums. The timescale is the problem, we just don't know when we will be able to start again.
MORE: 'I look back and think was it really worth it?' – Garvan on why he quit football at 29 and regrets from his time at Town
"We may have to accept that we play behind closed doors when the season resumes. I don't like that. Football is for the fans and I can guarantee you that it won't feel the same if you are winning games and lifting trophies if there are no fans there.
"Liverpool have waited 30 years to win the League. Imagine them celebrating at Anfield with no one there.
"People's lives are more important than football though and if it means we have to go down the closed doors route, we will just have to accept it."
The Blues were sitting 10th in League One when football was suspended, seven points behind the final play-off places with the majority of the sides above them holding at least one game in hand.


Imagine you work at a package delivery company and are developing a system for automatically assigning deliveries to your employees. Each of your employees has a work calendar in Google Calendar and needs to know when and where to be for the next delivery. Previously, you had to store an ID of an event in the internal deliveries database; otherwise you would not be able to find and update calendar events when work assignments changed. But now you can simply use the delivery ID as the ID of a corresponding event in Google Calendar. The complexity of figuring out which calendar event matches which delivery entirely disappears. This opens up a whole new set of integration options -- for example, when an employee declines the calendar event, Google Calendar can notify you so that you can automatically reschedule the delivery to someone else.
Try it out for yourself: just set the ID field when creating a new single or recurring event via the Calendar API v3 and observe that it sticks! The IDs must still follow certain format, but don't worry -- it's possible to represent almost any content in the ID by using base32hex encoding.
It's also now possible to use the Calendar API to specify how you want to receive notifications each time an event is added to a calendar or a guest responds to an invitation. The different types of change notifications can be toggled separately, which means you can set up different notification types for new events, changed events, canceled events, response updates and daily agendas. These settings are available for each calendar in the CalendarList collection.
If you are interested in using these new features, check out the Google Calendar API v3 documentation for Events and CalendarList to get started.
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Blackfoot elder Martin Heavy Head, now a council member with the Kainai Nation, has been working on efforts to have the cultural importance of Áísínai'pi recognized as a World Heritage site for more than 20 years. Photo: Chris Bolin / The Narwhal
Meet a Blackfoot elder who worked for 20 years to showcase Writing-on-Stone to the world
Áísínai'pi, home to the highest concentration of rock carvings and paintings on the Great Plains of North America, was designated as Alberta's first World Heritage site in 25 years because of the Blackfoot stories that surround it
Jul 16, 2019 7 min read
Martin Heavy Head's grandfathers never went to Áísínai'pi, the area also known as Writing-on-Stone — a stretch of coulees and cottonwoods that straddles the Milk River in southern Alberta.
They didn't go because they probably wouldn't have been allowed.
At that time, Indigenous people were forced to apply for permission from the Canadian government if they wanted to leave the reserves they lived on.
"Since the start of reservation days, we were by law more or less confined to our reserves," Heavy Head, 67, says. "They would have had to get a pass … I don't even know if the Indian agent would have granted it."
Visiting a sacred site, he says, was likely not considered by the government to be a valid reason to leave the reserve.
But even though they had never seen it, they still knew about it. Stories about Áísínai'pi had been passed down from generation to generation.
Eventually, those stories were told to Heavy Head.
The Government of Alberta says that the Indigenous artworks found on rocks in the park are "the most significant concentration of protected First Nations petroglyphs (rock carvings) and pictographs (rock paintings) on the Great Plains of North America." Photo: Leah Hennel
Grandfathers 'told us all there was to know about Writing-on-Stone'
Heavy Head was born on the Blood Reserve, at Dead Man's Corner, where the Great Plains stretch to the horizon, and where the Rocky Mountains can just be seen jutting out into the sky, a fringe on a vast landscape.
He's a member of the Kainai Nation (Blood Tribe) of the Blackfoot Confederacy, which has a huge traditional territory.
"Blackfoot territory extends from the eastern slope of the Rockies to the east to the Manitoba border, from the North Saskatchewan river in the north down to the Yellowstone River in Wyoming," he says.
"Writing-on-Stone is in the centre of it," he tells me. "Writing-on-Stone has been a sacred site since time immemorial."
He grew up hearing stories about the petroglyphs to the east of his home — about how travellers would stop to look at the paintings and on the stones. If they saw good pictures, Heavy Head says, they would keep going. If they saw bad ones, they might turn back. It was a bad omen.
These stories filled Heavy Head's mind as a young person, but he also didn't visit the area until middle age.
He was taken away to St. Mary's residential school as a child. "We lived about five miles away, but it could have been 1,000."
"I was never at Writing-on-Stone until I was about 42," he says, "but I knew all about it."
"Our grandfathers told us all there was to know about Writing-on-Stone," Heavy Head says. "Everything had already been explained to me."
It was stories like these that formed the basis of the recent designation of the area as a World Heritage site, which for Heavy Head is a form of repatriation of sorts.
"Our grandfathers told us all there was to know about Writing-on-Stone," Heavy Head says. Photo: Chris Bolin / The Narwhal
First World Heritage site to be designated in Alberta in nearly 25 years
The world heritage committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) met for the 43rd time last week in Baku, Azerbaijan. They had a lot to talk about: the status of current World Heritage sites and those in danger of losing their status due to degradation or environmental threats, such as Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta's northeast corner.
And they had a few announcements to make. Among them, the addition of Alberta's newest World Heritage site — the 1,106-hectare area around Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park.
There are ten possible criteria that can form the basis of a World Heritage site's selection.
In Azerbaijan, it was announced that Áísínai'pi had been selected on the basis that it "bear[s] a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared."
Writing-on-Stone — or Áísínai'pi, it is pictured or written, in the Blackfoot language — is now Alberta's newest World Heritage site, joining the ranks of national parks like Wood Buffalo, Waterton, Jasper and Banff (which are jointly named as part of the Rocky Mountain national parks), as well as Dinosaur Provincial Park and Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
It's a provincial park, and was also dubbed Áísínai'pi National Historic Site in 2004. It is now the first World Heritage site to be designated in Alberta in nearly 25 years.
Upon the announcement of the designation, Jason Nixon, Minister of Environment and Parks, said in a statement that the area is "a testament to the remarkable ingenuity and creativity of the Blackfoot people."
Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai'pi is now the first World Heritage site to be designated in Alberta in nearly 25 years. Photo: Leah Hennel
'Bittersweet' designation
The Government of Alberta says that the Indigenous artworks found on rocks in the park are "the most significant concentration of protected First Nations petroglyphs (rock carvings) and pictographs (rock paintings) on the Great Plains of North America."
According to UNESCO, the archaeological remains on site have been dated back to as early as 1800 BC and range up to the beginning of the post-contact period.
Heavy Head, now a council member with the Blood Tribe, was in Azerbaijan, too. He was the only representative of the Blackfoot people to travel to the meetings at the invitation of Parks Canada.
He first became involved in the application for Áísínai'pi to become a World Heritage site more than 20 years ago.
His friends and colleagues who were also involved — Adam Delaney, Pete Standing Alone, Frank Weasel Head, Narcisse Blood and Alan Pard — have all passed away before seeing their vision come to fruition.
"It's bittersweet," he says. "These people were my friends. They passed away early."
For Heavy Head, the designation wasn't a surprise. He knew the area was important, and he always knew it would eventually get the attention it deserved.
Twenty-two years later, it finally did. And he was there to see it.
"Today it's a reality," he says. "We always knew that it would be."
"When we talk about repatriation, we're not just repatriating our stuff from the museums," Heavy Head says. Photo: Chris Bolin / The Narwhal
Repatriating sacred sites
Heavy Head first became a part of the World Heritage site application through his work with the Mookaakin Cultural and Heritage Society. The society was working on "repatriating our stuff," Heavy Head says, spurred on by the passing of the American Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in 1990.
At first the group was focused on the repatriation of bundles and pipes and other important cultural objects that had been put on display in museums.
But it became bigger than "stuff," though those cultural objects are now important parts of Blackfoot ceremonies in the community — a "living museum," rather than one where people pay admission just to look.
"When we talk about repatriation, we're not just repatriating our stuff from the museums," Heavy Head says. "We're repatriating our language, our history, our land, our sacred sites."
Part of repatriation, too, is psychological, he says — reclaiming culture that residential schools tried to erase.
Eventually, the society turned part of its focus to getting Writing-on-Stone recognized for its importance to the Blackfoot people, alongside staff from Alberta's provincial parks.
"It's a repatriation of the site," Heavy Head says of the new designation.
And as for the repatriation of Blackfoot culture overall, he says, "it's a first step."
Sharon is The Narwhal's Alberta-based investigative journalist. Her essays, interviews and long-form nonfiction have also been published by The Walrus,…


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Night Catches Us is a 2010 dramatic film written and directed by Tanya Hamilton. The story centers on Marcus (Anthony Mackie), a former Black Panther that returns to Philadelphia in 1976 to attend his father's funeral. Marcus left Philadelphia when he gained a reputation as a snitch, which led to the death of a fellow Panther. DoRight (Jamie Hector), a former friend of Marcus', and Bostic (Tariq Trotter), Marcus' brother, are least pleased that Marcus has returned. Marcus befriends Patricia (Kerry Washington), the ex-wife of the slain Panther, and her daughter, Iris (Jamara Griffin). Unfortunately Marcus draws Patricia and Iris back into the gang fight, and the police become involved. DoRight and Bostic become entangled in a shootout, and Marcus then must make the decision about whether to stay in Philadelphia or to leave his troubled past behind. Night Catches Us premiered at the 26th Sundance Film Festival and was highly acclaimed.
The film leads to no showy conclusion, no spectacular climax. It is about movement possible within the soul even in difficult times.


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Club racing at Launceston in 2012 will take place on the second and fourth Thursday night each month. Where there are five Thursday nights in a month the track will be open on the fifth Thursday will be open for practice (half race-fee applies).
Club committee meetings are the first monday night, of each second month. For the rest of 2012 meetings are: May 7, July 2, September 3, November 5. Club Annual General Meeting will be Thursday August 30th.
On race nights the doors at Rutherglen will be open by 6pm, with racing underway by 7pm.
2012 race dates are (or download the LRC Race Dates Poster 2012):
Jan 12 & 26
Feb 9 & 23
Mar 8 & 22 (practice 29th)
Apr 12 & 26
May 10 & 24 (practice 31st)
June 14 & Launceston Cup June 19/30)
July 12 & 26
Aug 19 & 23 (AGM & practice 30th)
Sept 13 & 27
Oct 11 & 25
Nov 8 & 22 (practice 29th)
There are two Championship points series in 2012. Each series consists of nine events, with each racer's best 8 results to count. There are two non-points events in June/July to allow for Launceston Cup, new track layout etc.
Season 1 (Autumn) Feb 9 to June 14
Season 2 (Spring) July 26 to Nov 22
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Q: BERT Additional pretraining in TF-Keras I'm currently developing a project involving sequence multilabel classification. Since I'm using a highly technical dataset, I thought that doing additional pretraining on BERT before fine-tuning it for the classification part would be beneficial. But I can't find any guide to use Huiggingface transformers and Keras together to pre-train the model. My idea is to pre-train the model on my dataset, then save it and load it again to fine-tune the classifier. Every come that I found is meant for PyTorch but I have to use TensorFlow. I have written this code so far:
from transformers import TFDistilBertForMaskedLM, AutoTokenizer, AutoConfig
from sklearn.datasets import fetch_20newsgroups

categories = ['alt.atheism', 'soc.religion.christian','comp.graphics', 'sci.med']
twenty_train = fetch_20newsgroups(subset='train',categories=categories, shuffle=True, random_state=42)

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("distilbert-base-cased")
model = TFDistilBertForMaskedLM.from_pretrained("distilbert-base-cased")

model.compile(optimizer="adam")
data = tokenizer(
    twenty_train.data[:10],
    return_tensors="tf",
    padding=True,
    truncation=True,
    max_length=tokenizer.model_max_length
)

Where do I go from here to fit my data to BERT? I know I should provide the model a masked input too but I can't understand where/how

A: You can use BERT model to pre-training on your custom dataset.
Sample working code
import os
import tensorflow as tf
import tensorflow_hub as hub

bert_preprocess = hub.KerasLayer("https://tfhub.dev/tensorflow/bert_en_uncased_preprocess/3")
bert_encoder = hub.KerasLayer("https://tfhub.dev/tensorflow/bert_en_uncased_L-12_H-768_A-12/4",trainable=True)

#get sentence embeddings
def get_sentence_embeding(sentences):
    preprocessed_text = bert_preprocess(sentences)
    return bert_encoder(preprocessed_text)['pooled_output']

get_sentence_embeding([
    "How to find which version of TensorFlow is",
    "TensorFlow not found using pip"]
)

def build_classifier_model(num_classes):

  class Classifier(tf.keras.Model):
    def __init__(self, num_classes):
      super(Classifier, self).__init__(name="prediction")
      self.encoder = hub.KerasLayer(bert_encoder, trainable=True)
      self.dropout = tf.keras.layers.Dropout(0.1)
      self.dense = tf.keras.layers.Dense(num_classes)

    def call(self, preprocessed_text):
      encoder_outputs = self.encoder(preprocessed_text)
      pooled_output = encoder_outputs["pooled_output"]
      x = self.dropout(pooled_output)
      x = self.dense(x)
      return x

  model = Classifier(num_classes)
  return model

test_classifier_model = build_classifier_model(2)
bert_raw_result = test_classifier_model(text_preprocessed)
print(tf.sigmoid(bert_raw_result))


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Q: Android WebView re-rendering UI after changing orientation. In My application i am setting orientation of the application on button click, using setRequestedOrientation(), My application has one webview which displays local web page.
I am using solution as mentioned in below link, to stop reloading of page when orientation changes.
http://www.devahead.com/blog/2012/01/preserving-the-state-of-an-android-webview-on-screen-orientation-change/
Only difference is that i am not having onSaveInstanceState and onRestoreInstanceState in my activity.
What happens in my case is that, my web view does not reload when i change the orientation but it just re-renders the UI upon changing the orientation.
It happens like it first displays the UI and then it displays the white blank screen for few seconds and then again it displays UI.
How can i workaround it?

A: Once upon a time I used their implementation however I after reading up on the Android documentation I realized that much of their code was pointless since registering for config changes (in the manifest) means that your activity won't be destroyed as it normally is.
Long story short, you don't need to use a FrameLayout as a container for your webView, you may not need onConfigurationChanged, etc.  If I get some time I will post some code as an example.
For now, make sure you have the following in your manifest file
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"

instead of
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation"

since on orientation change devices may get get a screenSize change
EDIT This is what I have done (skimmed from one of my projects so I may have missed minor details)
in AndroidManifest.xml
<activity android:name=".Activities.WebWrapperActivity"
          android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"
          android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"/>

web_wrapper_activity_layout.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:orientation="vertical"
              android:layout_width="match_parent"
              android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <WebView android:id="@+id/web_wrapper_activity_web_view"
             android:layout_width="fill_parent"
             android:layout_height="fill_parent"
             android:scrollbarStyle="outsideOverlay"/>
</LinearLayout>

The Activity (or a portion of it)
public class WebWrapperActivity extends Activity {
    private WebView _webView;

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.web_wrapper_activity_layout);

        init();
    }

    private void init() {
        _webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.web_wrapper_activity_web_view);
        _webView.setScrollbarFadingEnabled(true);
        _webView.getSettings().setLoadsImagesAutomatically(true);
        _webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

        _webView.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(true);
        _webView.getSettings().setSavePassword(false);
        _webView.getSettings().setPluginState(WebSettings.PluginState.ON);

        _webView.loadUrl("http://www.google.com");
    }

    @Override
    protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
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DiRT Rally 2.0 to get VR support this summer
The studio reconsidered after a significant amount of requests came in
Saturday, February 9, 2019 | 14:47 GMT
The racing game DiRT Rally 2.0 will be getting virtual reality support this summer, development studio Codemasters announced. The game will release this month.
DiRT Rally 2.0 dares players to carve their way through a selection of iconic rally locations from across the globe, in the most powerful off-road vehicles ever made, knowing that the smallest mistake could end their stage.
The game will feature locations set in New Zealand, Argentina, Spain, Poland, Australia and the USA. In addition, players are able to race on eight official circuits from the FIA World Rallycross championship, complete with licensed vehicles.
It will contain both a single player Career campaign and online competitive multiplayer game modes. However, whether the multiplayer component will feature sufficient worthwhile content this time around is still unknown.
The development studio was not planning to add VR support to the game, but has reconsidered adding it after a significant amount of requests came in. Only support for the Oculus Rift headset was confirmed, but it is likely it will also support the HTC Vive.
DiRT Rally 2.0 releases on February 26, 2019, for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
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Taliban attack leaves 29 Afghan soldiers dead
Published: July 12, 2018 19:30:38 | Updated: July 13, 2018 18:15:49
A Taliban attack on an army outpost near the northern city of Kunduz in Afghanistan has killed at least 29 soldiers.
Meanwhile, air strikes in other parts of the country killed dozens of insurgents, reports Reuters quoting Afghan officials.
On the day that NATO leaders meeting in Brussels were discussing Afghanistan, the fighting was a sharp reminder that no end to the war is in sight despite the hundreds of billions of dollars spent by Kabul's international allies.
Kunduz, a strategic northern city which the Taliban have come close to taking twice in the past three years, has been relatively calm but fighting has picked up since the end of a three-day truce during last month's Eid al-Fitr holiday.
Sunnatullah Temori, a spokesman for the governor in neighbouring Takhar province, said the soldiers were killed when the Taliban stormed a base in Pul-e-Momin, an area between the provinces of Kunduz and Takhar late on Wednesday.
He said the insurgents had seized a large quantity of weapons and ammunition and said fighting was threatening the centre of nearby Khwaja-e-Ghar district, which he warned could fall if reinforcements were not sent quickly.
The latest fighting comes despite speculation about possible peace talks between the government and the Taliban, with calls from a special religious council meeting in Saudi Arabia this week for negotiations to end the 17-year conflict.
The United States last year stepped up air strikes as part of a strategy to force the Taliban to the negotiating table and commanders say that together with the fledgling Afghan air force, the campaign has inflicted heavy casualties on the insurgents.
However, despite the temporary Eid ceasefire, the Taliban have rejected peace talks while Islamic State militants, opposed to both the Western-backed government and the Taliban, have claimed a series of deadly suicide attacks in the past two weeks.
On Thursday, officials said dozens of militant fighters were killed in ground and air operations in Zurmat and Ahmad Aba districts of the eastern province of Paktia while in Ghazni, to the south, at least 27 Taliban were killed by an air strike on Wednesday.
Heavy fighting was also reported in the western province of Farah, where the Taliban came close to overrunning the provincial capital in May.
In Logar province, immediately to the south of Kabul, the Taliban burned down a school, the second they have destroyed in a month, Kabir Haqmal, a spokesman for the ministry of education said.
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Australian police search public broadcaster HQ amid media crackdown
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Lisbon is for lovers… lovers of food and flavor, of mosaic sidewalks and hand-painted tiles, of vibrant color and culture and all the pasteis de nata your stomach can handle.
It's true love, I tell you.
It's actually a lot like San Francisco, considering both cities have crazy steep hills in addition to bustling waterfronts, iconic orange bridges, and colorful historic trams… although that is where the similarities end. For starters, the weather is a whole lot nicer in Lisbon (we visited in mid-September, and while it did get a bit warm towards the end of our trip, overall it was just about perfect).
We took the convenient high speed train from Porto to Lisbon, which deposited us at the Rossio station, a mere 5 minute walk from our hotel (whenever we travel we try to research transportation before we book our hotels and try to find something as convenient as possible, without having to transfer to multiple subway lines, busses or taxis).
Since we were spending a bit longer in Lisbon, we opted to get a customized itinerary from Journy. I've waxed poetic on this amazing service before, but let me say it again: Journy is a traveler's best friend. It will save you the hassle of scouring the internet for the best restaurants, sights and activities. Or, if you're the type that just goes somewhere without spending hours upon hours researching your destination (who are you?!), it'll save you from getting caught in the tourist traps and sub-par restaurants.
And while we strayed from the itinerary quite a bit (we opted to skip the half-day excursion to Belém because, hello lines) it still gave us a solid starting point, and more importantly, plenty of trustworthy food recommendations around which to plan our days.
One of the most stunning sights in the city is the Carmo convent. Part ruin, part archeological museum, part art gallery, it's proof that sometimes a disaster leaves behind something beautiful.
As legend has it, the thrifty monks of the Jeronimos Monastery invented the pastry as way to use up all their leftover egg yolks, the whites having been used to starch clothing. To make ends meet during hard times, the monks started selling these tiny custard tarts, and, well, the rest is (delicious) history.
We tried various natas throughout the city, sampling the wares of a handful of different pastelarias. We weren't able to try iconic Pastéis de Belém, where the confection was invented (we'll make it there on the next trip for sure!) but we loved the tarts from Fábrica da Nata (which was ever so conveniently located just a few minutes from our hotel) and Manteigaria, one of the most well known pastelarias in Lisbon (with lines to boot).
After seeing the tarts being made in the glass-walled kitchen at Manteigaria, I'm not sure I'll attempt making these confections at home any time soon. The crust looks like a spiral croissant (and we know how time intensive those are), and the signature speckled tops require a seriously hot oven that, a lot like wood-fired pizza, just isn't feasible in a home oven.
Guess I'll just have to go back to Portugal to get my fix!
Yes, it's touristy, the historic 28E tram is worth a ride at least once during your trip. It conveniently runs in a circuit around some of Lisbon's most iconic neighborhoods. Fun to ride (hold on tight if you're standing, it takes the steep hills, narrow streets and curves at a surprising pace) but it's almost more fun to catch a peek of it winding its way around the city (we've easily got a dozen shots of it in various locations throughout the city).
Our hotel just so happened to be a short 5 minute walk from the start of the tram line at the Martim Moniz stop, so we were able to hop on early one morning and avoid the long lines and packed cars (it can get quite crowded).
You don't have to ride the whole circuit, either; we just rode it partway and got off at Alfama to check out the Feira da Ladra flea market (which takes over the streets in front of the Panteão Nacional every Tuesday and Saturday). We found a cool bronze cat that we just had to have, and I have to say that Taylor was quite the sport lugging that thing around the rest of the day.
One of our favorite neighborhoods in Lisbon was the Alfama. The oldest district in Lisbon, many of its buildings survived the 1755 quake that devastated the rest of the city thanks to the bedrock on which it sits. We took our favorite 28 tram there early one morning and enjoyed having the narrow cobbled alleys and pretty pastel houses almost all to ourselves.
One evening, while walking back to our hotel, we could see bright lights and hear a huge crowd of people cheering up ahead. Curious as to what all the fuss was about, we got closer to investigate.
Turns out it was a bike race. On one of the steepest hills in the city.
The Subida à Glória is an annual event in which participants (and anyone can participate on any bike that they choose) ride up the Calçada da Glória, a 265 meter-long hill with an average slope of more than 17%.
I was winded just watching them.
(Apparently the record is 36.8 seconds, which, if you've seen this hill, you'll know is absolutely ridiculous).
Adjacent to the convent is the Santa Justa Lift, connecting the lower city with the elegant Chiado neighborhood (located on one of the steeper hills in Lisbon). You can opt to take the lift itself, but the lines to do so are often quite long. Instead, you can get to the viewing platform from the upper entrance just to the right of the Carmo convent. We went at sunrise (before the lift was even open, actually) and had the entire platform to ourselves (and for free, no less). From the top you get an amazing 360º view of the city. It's magical.
As fate would have it, we happened to meet up with fellow bloggers Brandy and Gina who coincidentally happened to be in Portugal at the same time (why does this keep happening to us? I have no idea, but I love it!) We spent a bit of time together on our second to last night in Lisbon.
Brandy found a sunset sail on AirBnB experiences, and we enthusiastically agreed to join her. We're not boat people by any means, but this was truly lovely. Despite a little mishap with the meeting point that resulted in a 20 minute spring so as not to hold up the whole group (cue me panting in the late afternoon heat), we boarded our boat and began an hour long sail along the river, under the 25 de Abril suspension bridge, and back again as the sun set behind the hills.
Planning your own trip to Lisbon? I've compiled a few of our favorite spots here for easy reference.
Bairro do Avillez – One of the culinary high points of our trip, Bairro do Avillez is a unique complex comprised of 4 different culinary concepts. We dined at the Taberna, the front restaurant. I highly recommend the cod alfacinhas, or lettuce wraps (it's the dish you see above covered in shoestring potatoes), although the spicy octopus and steak sandwich were stellar as well. If you want to go during peak lunch or dinner hours I'd recommend making a reservation in advance if you can, but we were able to show up right at noon when they opened and get a table for two. In the same restaurant/building is also a gourmet market and deli, a seafood-focused restaurant, and even a cabaret dinner show.
Ginjinha Sem Rival – A family-run operation since 1909, this tiny shop is one of many in Lisbon that sells house-made ginja, or sour-cherry liquor. We'd seen it featured on Somebody Feed Phil before our trip, and were pleasantly surprised to find it just around the block from our hotel. Pop in for a single shot (only €1.40), or get a bottle to bring home.
Time Out Market – The ultimate food hall, I could have spent days eating my way through all the stalls. It'd be a great place for a group, as everyone can go off on their own and order whatever they're craving at the moment.
A Cevicheria – Ok, we attempted to come here twice, hiking up the massive hill only to be met by crazy long waits both times. The second time we realized you could order a few menu items and cocktails from the window, which we did. They don't take reservations, so try to go at an off-peak time or (and? we tried to go at 5pm and there was still a wait) bring a snack and patiently wait for a table. Next trip, maybe we can time it better and actually get a table, as I hear their tasting menu is simply incredible.
Taberna da Rua das Flores – A tiny little narrow restaurant serving authentic Portuguese tapas. We got here right when it opened for lunch and were seated right away, but there could be quite a wait at other times (they do not take reservations). The menu changes every day and is posted on a chalkboard outside the restaurant, in Portuguese only, so we had no idea what we were ordering besides the main protein. But we were not disappointed with our selections!
O Marques – A locals joint with a trolley theme, this place is a great value for some solid Portuguese food. Nothing mind blowing, but the proximity to our hotel and the sheer friendliness of the place made it worth recommending in our minds.
Fábrica da Nata – Our favorite pasteis de nata in Lisbon! They also have some great lunch specials including tasty sandwiches (that all come with a fresh egg tart, obviously).
Manteigaria – Our second favorite egg tarts, they do one thing and they do it well (the only other thing on their menu are a few coffees and drinks). They also have a convenient location in the Time Out market, however if you pop in to the main shop you can see the tarts being made fresh in the glass-walled kitchen, which is pretty awesome.
Confeitaria Nacional – Serving up delicious coffees and pastries since 1829, this place is still around for a reason. While it wasn't our favorite pastel de nata, we thoroughly enjoyed the historic ambiance and the bolo de arroz (rice muffin) blew our minds.
Copenhagen Coffee Lab – Gotta love a coffee shop with locations in Denmark, Germany and Portugal. Even though it's a chain, it's a lovely spot to grab a bite when you're exploring the Alfama district (which is mostly residential and doesn't have a ton of food spots).
Hotel Gat Rossio – A hotel with cat-themed branding? You need not say more. We also loved the modern amenities and impressive breakfast spread, but most of all the prime location. Close to the main Rossio train station and the 28E tram stop for easy access to the Alfama district, and an easy walk to the historic Barrio and Chiado neighborhoods nearby.
Carmo Convent – A must see, the ruins of this once-gothic cathedral and convent is a reminder of the devastating 1755 earthquake that leveled about 85% of the city.
Santa Justa Lift – Next door to the convent is the Santa Justa Lift, which offers a stunning 360º view of the city. You can either take the lift up from the bottom, or skip the line and enter from the top through the walkway just to the right of the convent. We went at 7am for sunrise and had the entire viewing platform to ourselves!
Golden Hour Sail – This 'experience' through AirBnB is basically just a guy who loves to sail, and invites toursits to join him on a pleasant hour-long sail from the harbor to the 25 de Abril bridge and back. You leave right as the sun is setting behind the Torre de Belém. It's the perfect way to see Lisbon from another perspective. (Tip: just be sure you pay close attention to the meeting point, which is NOT the GPS location in the email, rather in front of the Padrão dos Descobrimentos monument by the boat harbor – it's about a 15 minute cab ride from the city center).
Feira da Ladra flea market – held every Tuesday and Saturday in front of the Panteão Nacional.
Is it any surprise that I really, really want to go back? There's so much more to see, do, and of course, EAT in this lovely, lively city.


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'Ford v Ferrari' speeds to No. 1; 'Charlie's Angels' fizzles
JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — "Ford v Ferrari" left its competition in the rearview, racing to a $31 million debut at the box office in a No. 1 finish that counted as a win for big-budget originality.
James Mangold's racing drama rode into the weekend with strong reviews and Oscar buzz for its for leads, Christian Bale and Matt Damon. And audiences enthusiastically greeted it, giving the $98 million movie an A-plus CinemaScore. "Ford v Ferrari," which dramatizes the Ford Motor Co.'s push to unseat the perennial power Ferrari at France's 24-hour Les Mans race in 1966, has been considered a rare kind of high-priced throwback built more on story, practical effects and star power than intellectual property.
Elizabeth Banks' "Charlie's Angels" reboot couldn't keep up. The Sony Pictures release opened below expectations with $8.6 million domestically and $19.3 million overseas, according to studio estimates Sunday. Though the movie was relatively modestly budgeted at $48 million, it fell well short of the $40.1 million debut of the 2000's "Charlie's Angels," with Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. (The 2003 sequel opened similarly with $37.6 million.)
Banks' version of the 1976-1981 TV series gave the material a feminist spin. But Kristen Stewart was the sole widely known Angel, starring alongside Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska. And "Charlie's Angels" couldn't best the World War II movie "Midway" in its second week. It slotted in just ahead of "Angels" in second, with $8.8 million.
Lately, at least, Hollywood's efforts to dust off old intellectual property have been received with a shrug by moviegoers. November has already seen disappointing debuts for the Paramount Pictures sequel "Terminator: Dark Fate" ($56.9 million in three weeks) and Warner Bros.' "The Shining" riff, "Doctor Sleep" ($25 million in two weeks).
That made the initial success of "Ford v Ferrari" stand out even more. The Walt Disney Co. release's opening weekend, which included $21.4 million internationally, has several laps to go before reaching profitability. But as an adult-oriented action film with excellent audience scores and awards attention, "Ford v Ferrari" is likely to play well for weeks to come.
"We knew that it was a real crowd-pleaser. Anywhere we played it, whether at festivals or screenings, people have come out responding so positively to it. We knew that we had a little jewel here," said Cathleen Taff, Disney's distribution chief. "James Mangold and the Fox team, combined with the talent behind it — Matt and Christian — it's just a great, exciting, ambitious film. It's exactly what you want to see on the big screen."
"Ford v Ferrari," made by 20th Century Fox before the company's acquisition by Disney, is the biggest Fox hit yet released by Disney. Much of the studio's previous Fox output, including "Stuber" and the X-Men film "Dark Phoenix," has flopped. The "Ford v Ferrari" release comes sandwiched between two major Disney initiatives — the recently launched Disney+ streaming service, and the upcoming "Frozen 2" release.
Warner Bros.' "The Good Liar," a mystery starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen, was the weekend's other new wide release. It managed a modest $5.7 million, adding to a string of underperforming adult-targeting releases for the studio, including "Blinded by the Light," "The Goldfinch" and "The Kitchen."
Those disappointments all pale, though, to the Warner success "Joker." On Friday, it passed $1 billion worldwide.
Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for data firm Comscore, applauded "Ford v Ferrari" as a quintessential crowd-pleaser, but noted the industry needs much more gas to chase down a 6.1% deficit to last year's total domestic box office. This weekend, down 37% from the same weekend last year, didn't help, either.
"'Ford v Ferrari may have won the race this weekend, but the industry is still trying to get out of neutral," Dergarabedian said. "We need 'Frozen' to thaw out this box office."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "Ford v Ferrari," $31 million ($21.4 million international).
2. "Midway," $8.8 million.
3. "Charlie's Angels," $8.6 million ($19.3 million international).
4. "Playing With Fire," $8.6 million.
5. "Last Christmas," $6.7 million.
6. "Doctor Sleep," $6.2 million.
7. "The Good Liar," $5.7 million.
8. "Joker," $5.6 million.
9. "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil," $5.2 million.
10. "Harriet," $4.8 million.
Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jakecoyleAP
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Book Review Roundup: Architecture's Evolution and the Importance of Traditions
The Language of Cities, by Deyan Sudjic. Allen Lane/Penguin, 230 pages, $39.95.
In the creation of cities, is Corbusian purity better than hodgepodge development? Does the unrestrained market produce the best results for its denizens? What about restrictions on building sizes or types, limits on cars or human population? Sudjic, head of the Design Museum in London and acclaimed author of The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects, asks the questions but, for the most part, offers random examples and diffuse meanderings by way of response. Exceptions include, as an instance, the history of Docklands. If only he had stuck to one topic—the role of streets and roads, which he touches on—and dug in.
Skyscraper Gothic: Medieval Style and Modernist Buildings, edited by Kevin D. Murphy and Lisa Reilly. University of Virginia Press, 228 pages, $39.50.
That architectural oxymoron, the medieval style of early skyscrapers, seems like a great idea for a book. But the flair of these eight scholarly essays by academics and consultants (including the editors) does not come close to that of their subject in their sober docketing of the structural similarities between European cathedrals and steel-frame design. They also take on the role that attitudes played— both toward the "moral" aspect of Medieval architecture and toward corporate branding—and how these changed in the journey from Cass Gilbert's Woolworth Building in 1913 to Raymond Hood's Radiator Building in 1924.
Rome: Urban Formation and Transformation, by Jon Michael Schwarting. Applied Research + Design Publishing, 211 pages, $45.
In this oversize volume of painstaking reconstruction and deconstruction—through visual analysis, measuring, and, primarily, architectural drawing—architect, urban designer, and Prix de Rome–recipient Schwarting invokes this magnificent (and confusing) city as an exemplar of planning. The drawings show the ways that particular locations, such as the Piazza Navona and the Campidoglio, incarnate ideal forms while integrating with and enhancing preexisting structures. Piazzas of this kind also act as organizing voids for the larger network of roads. Throughout, the way Roman architecture takes its forms from conceptual paragons while making a virtue of practical realities is visually and verbally demonstrated.
The American Idea of Home: Conversations About Architecture and Design, by Bernard Friedman; foreword by Meghan Daum. University of Texas Press, 227 pages, $27.95.
The author, who made a documentary along these lines in 2012 after restoring and adding to his Midcentury Modern L.A. house, presents Q&A's with 30 distinguished architects on designing houses so that they feel like homes. Some articulate specific principles (Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeremiah Eck, and Sarah Susanka, among others), and most rail against houses scaled to impress, sited indifferently, or ecologically insensitive, but the conversations tend toward wide abstractions. The foreword, by novelist and literary nonfiction writer Daum, on the other hand, beautifully grapples with the idea of homes as "not just showplaces but hiding places."
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