Ex-Babyshambles guitarist Patrick Walden has broken his silence about life in the band during their darkest times, and announced his new musical project, Big Dave.
Walden formed Babyshambles with Doherty in summer 2004 then officially left the band in December the following year – a month after the band's debut album, 'Down In Albion', was released. He has played guitar as their guest sporadically at live shows since.
"The band had become a circus. There were so many snakes – we'd be in the studio and there'd be people taking pictures of Kate Moss doing coke," Walden said, indicating the reasons why, along with his previously-spiralling heroin addiction, which he has since beaten, he left.
Walden spoke about his new band, Big Dave, which he formed with Acoustic Ladyland's Seb Rochford and Ruth Goller.
For the full interview with Walden, see the new issue of NME, on UK newsstands from Wednesday (January 21).


Since 2001 the GAA have been drug testing players as part of an agreement with the Irish Sports Council (ISC) and their policy to cooperate with the international anti-doping campaign administered by the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA). The GAA believes that doping is contrary to the spirit of sport and every member has a duty to ensure that Gaelic games are free of doping.
As another season is already under way, please ensure you are aware of the following information, your rights and responsibilities as an athlete and that the principle of strict personal liability always applies to all players and is the cornerstone of the Anti-Doping Rules.
ALL GAA members are subject to the Anti-Doping Rules as adopted by the Irish Sports Council (Rule 1.15 GAA Official Guide 2015). While any player may be selected for testing, there is a particular focus on testing with regard to Inter-County players. Indeed it is a condition of eligibility for the Government Eligible Expense Scheme and all county team support personnel (e.g. managers, coaches, medical personnel, nutritionists, psychologists, officials) have a responsibility to ensure that they are aware of the Irish Anti-Doping Rules and that there is an atmosphere supporting a drug free sport within each County.
Players can potentially face suspensions of up to four years for breaching any of the Anti-Doping Rules Violations such as presence of a prohibited substance, refusing or failing to submit a sample, tampering with a sample, possession of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method.
Please note the following change has come into practice during 2015 in relation to the procedure for the selection of players for testing. The selection of players, either in or out of competition, may now be randomly completed on the day or pre-selected by the Anti-Doping Unit in advance. Therefore if the Doping Control Officer has already received pre-selections in advance ( i.e. instructions to test a specific player) there may be no pre-match or pre-training random draw.
All Inter-County players may be selected for testing. Indeed it is a condition of eligibility for the Government Eligible Expense Scheme. All county team support personnel (e.g. managers, coaches, medical personnel, nutritionists, psychologists, officials) have a responsibility to ensure that they are aware of the Irish Anti-Doping Rules and that there is an atmosphere supporting a drug free sport within each County.
This booklet highlights key areas with regard to anti-doping. The GAA advises all members to read and understand the Anti-Doping Rules and to understand their responsibilities under the rules. The consequences of not adhering to Anti-Doping Rules can be severe for players and their support personnel such as coaches and parents; therefore it is critical that any questions/concerns be clarified with either the GAA or the ISC.
There are several changes to the rules which come into effect on 1 January 2015. The main changes for players to note are in relation to sanctions and risk of supplements. The use of serious doping substances for example steroids, growth hormone, EPO and various calculated doping methods for example blood transfusions will be sanctioned with four year bans. Refusing to provide or evading sample collection will now be sanctioned with bans up to four years. The issue of contaminated supplements has been acknowledged by the latest version of the Anti-Doping Rules. If a player can establish 'no significant fault or negligence' then the sanction can range from a reprimand to a maximum of two years. This concept is explained in more detail in the 'Risk minimisation' section of this booklet.
As part of the GAA's commitment to the maintenance of Hurling and Football as drug free sports, and having signed up to the provisions of the World Anti-Doping Agency in this regard, Blood Testing on a limited basis will be introduced in Gaelic Games from January 1st 2016.
To find out more about the introduction of blood testing, please click here.
The Medical, Scientific & Welfare Committee of the GAA in conjunction with Central Council have adapted the Irish Anti-Doping Rules as the Anti-Doping Rules of the GAA. A complete copy of the Irish Anti-Doping Rules can be found by following the link in the resources section of this booklet.
Doping is defined as the occurrence of one or more of the anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) set out in the Irish Anti-Doping Rules.
Anti-Doping Rule Violations not only allow for players to be sanctioned, but for support personnel such as coaches, managers, medical personnel, trainers and officials. The use of serious doping substances for example steroids, growth hormone, EPO and various calculated doping methods for example blood transfusions will be sanctioned with four year bans. Refusing to provide or evading sample collection will now be sanctioned with bans up to four years.
The Prohibited List is an international standard identifying substances and methods prohibited in sport. It was first published in 1968 by the International Olympic Committee. Since 2004, the WADA has been responsible for the preparation and publication of the List, which it updates every year effective January 1.
All players are reminded of the need to check any medication that they consume.
"GAA.ie: Sports people get sick like everybody else, but do you have to be extra vigilant about the medicines you take because you are subjected to drug testing?
BC: Everything has to be cleared. I worked in the Nenagh branch of AIB last October and I had a head cold and was feeling a bit sorry for myself. Without thinking I went over the road to the local pharmacy. When I asked for Lemsip, the guy behind the counter said, 'Are you sure you are allowed to take that?' Thank God he told me because I had forgotten all about it. I had to ring the team doctor and he told me I couldn't have that particular one.
Always remind your GP / Team Doctor that you are an athlete subject to drug testing. All athletes should check the status of all prescribed and over-the-counter medications using the resources below, based on were the medication was purchased. For example, if you purchased a packet of Lemsip in Dublin you should only check it on www.eirpharm.com, however, if you purchased the same packet in Antrim or whilst on holidays in another country, it must be check on www.globaldro.com. This is because the ingredients in a medication can differ from country to country, so even though a medication has the same name, and has the same type of packaging in another country, it is crucial that you check the medication in the country where you purchase it.
Medications bought in the Republic of Ireland can be checked by your G.P., Consultant or Pharmacist in a monthly publication called MIMS Ireland. Ensure the current months edition is checked.
If a medication is prohibited, you must check and adhere to the Irish Sports Council TUE Policy athttp://www.irishsportscouncil.ie/tue.
A TUE permits an athlete to use a prohibited substance or method if the substance or method is medically required. Athletes can only get a TUE if there is no unfair advantage from taking the substance or using the method.
Senior Inter-County players are eligible to apply for a post-test TUE. It is important to keep dating accurate medical files and declaring all medications on the doping control form when tested.
Follow a dietary plan that will allow you to adapt your eating and drinking practices to maximise your performance.
Dietetic Institute MINDI, (www.indi.ie) before taking any supplement.
Make sure that the professional is familiar with the WADA Prohibited List.
Remember that dietary alteration may replace the need for any particular supplement.
Remember that there is a variable level of risk associated with supplements. Vitamins and minerals produced by reputable pharmaceutical companies especially those with a marketing authorisation number such as a product authorisation (PA) number are less likely to be associated with health risks or inadvertent drug tests.
Check if these products are listed on www.eirpharm.com (for products bought in the Republic of Ireland) or www.globaldro.com (for products bought in the Six Counties, Britain or USA).
Be aware that supplements which claim to be muscle building or fat burning are more likely to be associated with contamination with anabolic steroids, stimulants and other contaminants.
Always remember that there are no quick fixes for improving sports performance.
Do not take a supplement just because a team mate or a competitor is taking it or recommends it.
Do not take any supplements that make claims that sound too good to be true. Always validate product claims through non-biased sources.
Do not take any supplements made by a company which in the past has been associated with positive drugs tests.
Do not buy supplements either over the internet or through magazines as they are more likely to be associated with an increased risk of inadvertent doping, adverse health effects and other associated problems.
Do not exceed the recommended dose - Remember more is not always better. Excessive use of one vitamin or mineral can have a negative impact on the availability or absorption of another. The recommended daily allowances (RDA) for vitamins and minerals should be used as a guide in determining nutritional needs.
Correct dietary and nutritional regime will provide all the potential benefits of sports supplements.
Given the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) principle of strict liability, players are opening up the possibility of inadvertent positive tests by taking supplements.
It is inappropriate for any junior player to be taking supplements that could have an impact on their physical development.
The issue of contaminated supplements has been acknowledged by the latest version of the Anti-Doping Rules. If an athlete can establish 'no significant fault or negligence' then the sanction can range from a reprimand to a maximum of 2 years.
It is important to note that the World Anti-Doping Code still contains a principle of 'strict liability'. This means that a player is wholly responsible for any prohibited substances found in their system, regardless of how it got there and whether they intended to cheat or not.
Testing of GAA players can only occur at training or games. Click here to view a video which gives an overview of the doping control procedures.
The ISC has the ability to test players at training and at matches. The Sports Council requires 'whereabouts' information from each County which allows them to know the time and venue for each Inter-County training session in both codes. The costs of a missed test are incurred by any County that fails to supply accurate and correct information. The GAA liaises with the ISC and County Committees in respect of whereabouts.
For any queries regarding anti-doping in the GAA please contact the Games Administration and Player Welfare Department - E: playerwelfare@gaa.ie.


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Film School Shorts
Director Imran Khan Talks About Going from Viral Videos to Serious Shorts
Susan Cohen
'The Drone and The Boy' star Uzair Ali and director Imran Khan preparing to shoot the first scene of the production. "I'm instructing him on how to properly hold a glass bottle," Khan said of this picture. (Photo: Courtesy of Imran Khan)
Like many young directors, Imran J. Khan has the internet to thank for his film career. The Pakistani-American director grew up in Silicon Valley and studied biological systems engineering at UC Davis — but on the side, he kept up a YouTube page of funny videos about the Muslim-American experience. Some even went viral.
After spending a few "glamorous" years making medical devices for a living, Khan decided to get serious about his hobby and left his job for film school. While a student at NYU's Tisch Asia program in Singapore, he directed, co-wrote, and starred in Timmy II, a comedy about "the hyphenated American experience." (And robots.) It screened locally at Cinequest in 2015.
Since finishing up his MFA earlier this year, Khan is now based in Los Angeles, where he's working on a feature script while submitting two new shorts to festivals. The Drone and the Kid, shot on location in Lahore, Pakistan, is about a young boy who forms a friendship with a stray drone, while Prom follows a South Asian-American teen who defies his strict father to pick up his date to the dance, only to be disappointed.
Khan spoke to Film School Shorts about auditioning children in Pakistan, moving between comedy and drama, and sharing different perspectives on screen.
Imran Khan directing 'Prom' (Courtesy of Imran Khan)
Is The Drone and the Kid your first non-Tisch Asia production? If so, what was it like to be on your own for the first time?
I made The Drone and the Kid originally intending for it to be an NYU film, but because of complications in NYU's insurance process, it ended up becoming a personal project of mine instead.
It was really difficult because I went to Pakistan alone without any collaborators from school, so in a way it was a taste of what life after film school might be like. I also didn't know very many people in Lahore. My parents are both from Karachi, so I didn't have a family support system there or anything like that. It felt like walking off a plane in a foreign country and somehow getting a crew together, from scratch, and shooting a film. I didn't even have a DP lined up before arriving in Pakistan.
I was also running a Kickstarter campaign to fund the film while I was in pre-production, so I was essentially producing it myself as well. It was a lot to handle, but I learned so much and I grew a lot during that time. I pushed myself as a filmmaker. In the end, I'm happy I took the risk and just went for it.
What was it like shooting The Drone and the Kid in Pakistan? Did you learn anything from shooting Timmy II that helped you with the process?
It was really an amazing experience, but if I'm honest, it was the hardest film I've ever made. It was a tough shoot, but I had a good crew, including the very talented Haider Zafar as cinematographer.
Weirdly enough, I actually shot this film a few months before Timmy II, but it took about two years to finish the post-production work, so it's only now starting to play at festivals. So in a way, I got to make mistakes on The Drone and the Kid and learn from them before I made Timmy II.
When you're on location in difficult places, it feels really nice to be able to shoot an entire short film on a sound stage! I think I was a bit burned out from The Drone and the Kid and just wanted to make something with no expectations to live up to. The Drone and the Kid has this really big premise and I felt the weight of it during production; it was difficult for that reason.
Uzair Ali preparing for a scene in which he's eating dinner with his character's brother (Courtesy of Imran Khan)
How did you cast Uzair, the young star of this short?
I had a great producer in Lahore who helped me cast the film. I auditioned nearly 30 local kids. Some of them were actors already but most had no experience. I found Uzair Ali through that process. He had already acted in Pakistani television shows, so he had a lot of experience for someone so young. He quickly became the front-runner during casting and it was a really great experience working with him. He added a lot to the film.
What inspired Prom? Is it based on something that really happened to you, your co-writer, or someone else you knew?
Yes, it's actually something that happened to my friend Hasan Minhaj, who is a talented comedian and actor. He told the story as part of a segment on the Moth Radio Hour — it's actually part of a larger one-man show of Hasan's called Homecoming King — and I approached him to adapt the story into a short film as my thesis for NYU. I connected with the story and thought it was really powerful.
As a filmmaker, it was challenging to adapt something that really happened. On the one hand, you're trying to make a story function as a short film, and on the other hand you're trying to stay true to the source material. I think balancing the two can sometimes be more difficult than working with an original concept. I had the pleasure of working with a very talented writer, Prashanth Venkataramanujam, to write the script. I'm really happy with how it turned out.
For me, I think it sort of functions beyond the literal and veers into something of a parable. What I mean is: To me the film is more of a metaphor. It can be interpreted to be a specific event as a stand in for the broader sentiment of being a minority in America.
Jonah Aimz starring in 'Prom' (Courtesy of Imran Khan)
Prom and, to a lesser extent, The Drone and the Kid, are both much more serious than Timmy II and your old YouTube videos. Why did you start moving into drama?
I really wanted to flex different muscles as a filmmaker and broaden my skill set. I think making dramatic films helped me understand comedy better.
My next project is a comedy and I feel really good about that because I can take what I've learned over the last few films and create a more complex aesthetic around the comedy. Generally, I feel more in control of my material now than before I attempted to do drama. When you do a realistic drama, like Prom, you have nothing to rely on except truthful performances. You can't rely on stylization or anything that distracts from the subject material, so it really forces you strengthen your core skills as a director.
Diversity in filmmaking is a major issue these days, and all three of your shorts give the audience a glimpse of experiences they might not otherwise get to see. As you continue to write and direct, do you think you'll continue to make work like this?
You know, it's really hard to make a good film. I think I'm trying to just make good work that people want to watch. It just so happens that I'm a person from a specific background and cultural perspective, so when I attempt to make a good film, I often start with subjects that I have a connection to or experience with. As they say, "Write what you know".
That being said, I do think it's an important for there to be more representation of minorities in the film industry. I think it makes a really big difference to have minority writers, directors, and producers who can tell stories about their experiences for the reason you mentioned. It shows people a perspective that they wouldn't normally see and I think that's really important especially after the election.
Now that I think about it, I think if I were making Timmy II now, I could replace the 9/11 scene with a scene where the presidential election results are revealed and the rest of the film would kind of go on as it is.
Watch Timmy II:
https://vimeo.com/170535953/

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BraveryMaharashtraQuick Bytes
In Dramatic Rescue, Mother & Grandma Fight Back Leopard to Save 3-YO Boy!
By TBI Team
Maharashtra's Nashik witnessed a miracle of sorts when the bravery of two women gave a 3-year-old a new lease of life.
When you see your loved one hanging between life and death, you make a split-second decision to stand and fight.
That is exactly what happened this week in Maharashtra. India Today reports that a 3-year-old child was saved from being mauled to death by a leopard, thanks to his mother and grandmother.
The boy, from the Pimpalgaon Ketaki village of the Dindori Taluka in Maharashtra, was playing in a field when a leopard appeared out of nowhere and picked him up by her jaws.
His mother and grandmother heard his piercing screams and rushed to the spot. Seeing the situation, they decided that they would not leave their child to die, and would fight the animal.
The police, according to a PTI report, claims that the incident occurred on Thursday evening.
Apart from the two men, some villagers also rushed to the spot, and in the ensuing ruckus, the leopard escaped.
Leopards are powerful and stealthy predators, and once they strike, there is no turning back. The child was rushed to the Nashik Civic Hospital for treatment and is currently stable.
You may also like:- Corbett National Park's Adored Safari Elephants Get a Retirement Party!
This is not the first time a leopard has attacked without warning. However, with human-animal conflicts on the rise, a pertinent question must be asked—who is really intruding whose space?
(Edited by Gayatri Mishra)
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Brilliant yellows, rusty oranges, lime greens, chocolate browns. Those are the colors that liter the forest in fall and pop off the screen in this camera drone meets FPV quad combo film by Droneruk. The piece opens with some incredible top-down views of the colors, shot on the DJI Mavic 2 Pro and DJI Mavic Pro. It sets the mood, but the real meat of the piece comes in the freestyle element. Flying his custom 5 inch quad through the colorful forest, the tree proximity flying had to have been a heck of a good time for this pilot.


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New Exclusive Audio Interview with Ricky Martin
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Elizabeth Taylor died at age 79. She reportedly
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America. We will miss her.....
"She was surrounded by her children- Michael Wilding,
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stated Taylor's publicist, Sally Morrison. Michael Wilding,
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mother's passing: "We will always be inspired by her
enduring contribution to our world."
Liz was one of the last great Hollywood movie stars. She won
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Virginia Woolf? & Butterfield 8 & was also awarded the
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"Why shouldn't gay people be able to live as open & freely as
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How can anything bad come out of love? The bad stuff comes
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Today, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community lost an extraordinary ally in the movement for full equality. At a time when so many living with HIV/AIDS were invisible, Dame Taylor fearlessly raised her voice to speak out against injustice. Dame Taylor was an icon not only in Hollywood, but in the LGBT community where she worked to ensure that everyone was treated with the respect and dignity we all deserve.
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Q: Optimizing Python for loop I have a loop that is my biggest time suck for a particular function and I'd like to speed it up.  Current, this single loop takes up about 400ms, while the execution for the rest of the function takes about 610ms.
The code is:
for ctr in xrange(N):
    list1[ctr] = in1[ctr] - in1[0] - ctr * c1
    list2[ctr] = in2[ctr] - in2[0] - ctr * c2
    list3[ctr] = c3 - in1[ctr]
    list4[ctr] = c4 - in2[ctr]

N can be anywhere from around 40,000 to 120,000, and is the length of all lists (in1, in2, listN) shown.
Does anyone know some Python tricks to speed this up?  I already tried using map instead, as I know it tries to compile to more efficient code, but it was about 250ms slower.
Thanks

A: Assuming that list1, list2, etc, all are numerical, consider using numpy arrays instead of lists.  For large sequences of integers or floats you'll see a huge speedup.
If you go that route, your loop above could be written like this:
ctr = np.arange(N)
list1 = n1 - n1[0] - ctr * c1
list2 = n2 - n2[0] - ctr * c2
list3 = c3 - ctr
list4 = c4 - ctr

And as a full stand-alone example for timing:
import numpy as np
N = 100000

# Generate some random data...
n1 = np.random.random(N)
n2 = np.random.random(N)
c1, c2, c3, c4 = np.random.random(4)

ctr = np.arange(N)
list1 = n1 - n1[0] - ctr * c1
list2 = n2 - n2[0] - ctr * c2
list3 = c3 - ctr
list4 = c4 - ctr

Of course, if your list1, list2, etc are non-numerical (i.e. lists of python objects other than floats or ints), then this won't help.

A: There was a bit of a mistake originally (see below) These are more properly cached.
# These can be cached as they do not change.
base_in1 = in1[0]
base_in2 = in2[0]
for ctr in xrange(N):
    # these are being looked up several times. Look-ups take time in almost every
    # language. Look them up once and then use the new value.
    cin1 = in1[ctr]
    cin2 = in2[ctr]
    list1[ctr] = cin1 - base_in1 - ctr * c1
    list2[ctr] = cin2 - base_in2 - ctr * c2
    list3[ctr] = c3 - cin1
    list4[ctr] = c4 - cin2

(Mistake below):
Originally I thought that this could be solved by caching constants:
# these values never change
ctr1 = ctr * c1
ctr2 = ctr * c2
in10 = ctr1 + in1[0]
in20 = ctr2 + in2[0]
for ctr in xrange(N):
    # these are being looked up several times. That costs time.
    # look them up once and then use the new value.
    cin1 = in1[ctr]
    cin2 = in2[ctr]
    list1[ctr] = cin1 - in10
    list2[ctr] = cin2 - in20
    list3[ctr] = c3 - cin1
    list4[ctr] = c4 - cin2

But as Tim pointed out, I had missed the ctr in my original attempt.

A: Optimization depends on the compiler but there are a couple of things you can try.  Glad to see you are profiling the code!
You can try:

*

*Storing in1[ctr] and other multiply used expressions in a variable first (although most compilers can do this already, who knows).

*Loop fission (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_fission) in case you are having cache problems, alternating between massive arrays.

A: From what I've noticed, Python is bad at successive mathematical expressions and will slow down tremendously. Your best options are likely to use numpy as someone else said so the code runs in C. One more Python optimization to try is to use list comprehensions. List comprehensions are usually faster than map.
in = in1[0]
list1 = [x - in - i * c1 for i, x in enumerate(in1)]

This method doesn't involve using xrange at all (uses Python's very strong iteration functions).
Example using timeit.
>>> import timeit
>>> timeit.timeit(stmt="[x * 2 for x in xrange(1000)]", number=10000)
8.27007...
>>> timeit.timeit(stmt="map(lambda x: x * 2, xrange(1000))", number=10000)
19.5969...
>>> timeit.timeit(stmt="""lst=[0]*1000
for x in xrange(1000):
    lst[x] = x * 2
""", number=10000)
13.7785...
# this last one doesn't actually do what you want it to do, but for comparison
# it's faster because it doesn't have to store any data from the computation
>>> timeit.timeit(stmt="for x in xrange(1000): x * 2", number=10000)
6.98619...

(if you need help constructing the other 4 list comprehensions, just comment)
Edit: Some timeit examples.

A: You could try re-writing it as several loops:
for ctr in xrange(N):
    list1[ctr] = in1[ctr] - in1[0] - ctr * c1

for ctr in xrange(N):
    list2[ctr] = in2[ctr] - in2[0] - ctr * c2

for ctr in xrange(N):
    list3[ctr] = c3 - in1[ctr]

for ctr in xrange(N):
    list4[ctr] = c4 - in2[ctr]

It may not be as stupid as it sounds. Measure it. One problem with this kind of code can be locality of reference. If you're jumping around memory you can work against cache. You may find zipping through arrays individually may be kinder on your cache.
You could also think of doing them in parallel threads.

A: itertools.count is faster. map generates a list in Python 2, you'll want itertools.imap there.

A: A map only helps if you have random access. In your case, a list is the correct data type.
Try to extract the constants in1[0] - ctr * c1 and in2[0] - ctr * c2 out of the loop. Opps. ctr is not a constant. You can try x1 = c1 and then x1 += c1 but I don't think the addition is much faster than multiply on todays CPUs.
Then, you should have a look at the array module or Numpy. Instead of creating list3 like in your code, create a copy of in1, invert all elements (*-1) and then add c3 to each element. The mass mutation methods of array/Numpy will make this much faster.
Other than that, there is little you can do without touching the rest of the code. For example, instead of actually calculating list3 and list4, you could create objects that return the values when they are necessary. But my guess is that you need all values, so this wouldn't help.
If that's not fast enough, you will have to use a different language or write a C module.

A: Use numpy. The loop gets replaced by a few differences of arrays, the evaluation of which is done in C.

A: It is somewhat faster to use list comprehensions to calculate the contents of your lists than to use a for loop.
import random

N = 40000
c1 = 4
c2 = 9
c3 = 11
c4 = 8
in1 = [random.randint(1, 50000) for _ in xrange(N)]
in2 = [random.randint(1, 50000) for _ in xrange(N)]
list1 = [None for _ in xrange(N)]
list2 = [None for _ in xrange(N)]
list3 = [None for _ in xrange(N)]
list4 = [None for _ in xrange(N)]
in1_0 = in1[0]
in2_0 = in2[0]

def func():
    for ctr in xrange(N):
        list1[ctr] = in1[ctr] - in1_0 - ctr * c1
        list2[ctr] = in2[ctr] - in2_0 - ctr * c2
        list3[ctr] = c3 - in1[ctr]
        list4[ctr] = c4 - in2[ctr]

def func2():
    global list1, list2, list3, list4
    list1 = [(in1[ctr] - in1_0 - ctr * c1) for ctr in xrange(N)]
    list2 = [(in2[ctr] - in2_0 - ctr * c2) for ctr in xrange(N)]
    list3 = [(c3 - in1[ctr]) for ctr in xrange(N)]
    list4 = [(c4 - in2[ctr]) for ctr in xrange(N)]

And then timeit results:
% python -mtimeit -s 'import flup' 'flup.func()'
10 loops, best of 3: 42 msec per loop
% python -mtimeit -s 'import flup' 'flup.func2()'
10 loops, best of 3: 34.1 msec per loop

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Q: Angular 2 Lazy Loading I'm trying to implement lazy loading on an application for a client. The purpose is to have a portal and load modules in the main app (portal) with dynamic paths - received from the backend, for example.
I've found a nice example here: Stackoverflow example
The problem is that I'm going to have the portal and the other applications separate. It means that I need to build all the applications (to create the dist folder with the minified js files). My question is:
Given the code bellow, how do I import the module of the other application after it's built?
this.loader.load('./src/test.module#TestModule').then((factory: NgModuleFactory<any>) => {
    console.log(factory);
});

I'm going to have an index.html file, css files, vendor js files, polyfills files and the app files (all built inside the dist folder). What should I specify here './src/test.module#TestModule'? How do I load the built module?


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Q: How can I access an applications 'File Description'? I am attempting to get a list of open application names.
I have had success in finding their path and executable name using libraries such as win32gui and win32process, but no avail in finding the file description.
For clarification, here is what I am trying to find:

I can get the associative path and application name (Code.exe in this case), but I am looking for the 'Visual Studio Code' information.
It would also be nice to have access to other details, but this is not required.

A: You might find the function called getFileProperties(fname) useful. It returns a dict which you can key into like this: ['StringFileInfo']['FileDescription']. The function is defined at the link below.
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Rodrygo: "Real Madrid's key is that we fight for each other"
The attacker talked to Real Madrid TV.
By Lucas Navarrete@LucasNavarreteM Apr 23, 2022, 11:48am CEST
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Real Madrid attacker Rodrygo Goes talked to the team's TV channel and shared his thoughts on how the team is preparing for the upcoming match against Manchester City in the first leg of the Champions League Semifinals.
"They'll be tough opponents. We know the way they play and how good they are. If they've made it to the Champions League semi-finals, it means they're good, and it's down to the way City like to play, with a lot of possession. We're expecting a tough match and we have to make sure we keep playing like we have been and try to make it through," said the winger.
Rodrygo was asked about how special the atmosphere at the Bernabeu is during European matches. The two games played there during the knock-out stages this season have produced memorable moments. First, the historic comeback win against PSG.
"I remember the first game against PSG, when we lost there in the last minute. It was really tough and we were a bit disheartened, but after a while we became confident that we could bounce back. Then I remember the magical night at the Bernabéu. The fans were with us and we were losing at the start, but then we came back and it was one of the most beautiful moments I've ever experienced in football. It's impossible for anyone to explain. It can only happen in football and only Real Madrid can do that," explained Rodrygo.
The Champions League has been his favorite competition and the one where he's always found a way to make an impact. Rodrygo tried to explain why that happens.
"It's a really special competition and every player wants to play in it. I feel it's a unique competition for me and I almost always score or set up a goal. It's a very special competition and I hope I'll be able to keep helping my team," he said.
Real Madrid have not had an easy 2021-2022 Champions League edition but Los Blancos find themselves in the Semifinals, just two games away from featuring in the Final for the title.
"It's been a difficult path, but we're having a good season. We've gone through some tough moments, but we've managed to dig deep every time and come out winning many games. In the group stages, we started against Inter Milan and I scored at the San Siro. We were certain we'd finish top of the group because we were playing really well. That's what happened and then we had a lot of tough games against PSG and Chelsea, and now too," he added.
The Brazilian attacker did not waste his chance to praise fellow striker Karim Benzema, who is leading the team's offense game after game.
"On the pitch he's even better. People see how good he is from the outside, but those of us who play with him know he's much better. He always advises me and talks to me about what I can do to help him or what he can do to help me. It's a real pleasure to play with him".
Rodrygo concluded his interview by trying to explain what makes this team special even in adversity.
"It's all down to the fact that we always fight for each other. If one player is having a tough time, he's got another teammate who can lend a hand. If we stick together, we're much stronger. We all understand and that's why we're having a great season. If we continue like this, I think we can win a lot of things," he said.


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Social Liberal Forum: a question of definition
20 June 2011 politics and lifepolitical philosophy, social democracy, social liberal forum, social liberalismJames Graham
Jonathan Calder demands that the Social Liberal Forum answers the following question: "What is the difference between a social liberal and a social democrat?" Personally, I don't think we should do any such thing.
It is certainly up to us to say what we mean by social liberalism, which is why we launched the SLF with David Howarth's chapter from Reinventing the State on that very topic. But Jonathan's question is a trap, akin to "when did you last beat your wife?" There is a presupposition in the question which we are under no requirement to accept.
Defining ourselves in relation to something else is entirely self-defeating. It is for social democrats to tell us what social democracy is; in what way is it incumbent on social liberals to put words in their mouths?
It was before my time, but the problem at the heart of the SDP always appeared to be that it didn't actually have a satisfactory answer to what it was, other than that it wasn't the Labour Party. It was preoccupied with filling in precisely the sort of negative space that Jonathan is now insisting the SLF should fill, rather than carving out its own identity. For the SDP, that course lead a lot of its members along a very rocky road indeed – not least of all David "vote Conservative… by which I mean Ed Miliband" Owen himself. It has always struck me that the Social Democrats who stuck around in the Liberal Democrats tended to be of a liberal bent in any case. Surely Roy Jenkins ranks as the most liberal Home Secretary of the 20th century?
Let's not beat around the bush any longer: the implication of Jonathan's post is of course that social liberals are merely atavistic social democrats. This is a suggestion that you can only make if you ignore the past 23 years. It is to ignore the fact that the SLF has just defied the most senior former SDP member in government, Andrew Lansley. It is to ignore the fact that a number of SDP members are now self-defined "Orange Bookers". It is to ignore the fact that "liberal" was a word that the Liberal Paddy Ashdown was embarrassed to use – and event wanted expunged from our name, while the Social Democrat Charles Kennedy took back ownership of the word and nailed his liberal colours to the mast with the It's About Freedom positioning paper. It merely revives a particularly dull tribal bunfight that most of us moved on from well over a decade ago.
Are there still some Lib Dem members – even SLF members – who call themselves Social Democrats? Of course, but if they are happy with the label, then why should we be concerned?
Do journalists habitually like to define the Social Liberal Forum as "socially democratic" (Jonathan cites the Guardian and the Independent on Sunday)? Of course they do. It fits into a frame which they decided years ago, before the SLF was formed. It isn't an image problem of the SLF, which Jonathan suggests, but an image problem the entire party has. The Guardian in particular has been framing the debate within the party for years as a fight between "Gladstonians" and "SDPers". Given that virtually none of us fit comfortably into either category, it would suggest that we all have a problem here. It has dogged us perpetually. But what can you do? We're called the Social Liberal Forum and yet they still habitually replace the "L" word with the "D" word. How much more do you have to spell things out?
For what it's worth, I've become terminally perplexed about labels. Most labels are inadequate. Progressive, is downright useless of course, but I realised long ago that even liberal, unqualified, was essentially vacuous. People who define themselves as "just" liberal tend to skim over the fact that most politicians are comparatively liberal these days – and tend to think that labelling something as "fundamentally illiberal" in thunderous tones tends to make a good substitute for actual argument. It often strikes me as more of a pose than a considered point of view.
I actually don't really like the term "social liberal" much. If we were to be historically accurate, we should use the term "new liberal" – but that of course now carries with it certain Blairite connotations. Unless you choose to define "socialist" absurdly narrowly (in a way that Labourites never do), you could argue that the term "socialist liberal" is more technically accurate – but of course people do define socialist absurdly narrowly. Just by writing that I'm all but guaranteed to set certain people off screeching about "Beatrice Webb", "Fabianism" and so on (I must get round to producing Lib Dem trope bingo cards at some point). All things considered, social liberal is the least bad term I can come up with for where I stand politically – and even then, as we can see, it can set people off.
The other problem with labels is that people tend to confuse argument for taxinomy. Particularly in the blogosphere, you will find people arguing that "if you are X you can't possibly believe in Y" without ever contemplating the possibility that there is room within any political philosophy for debate and differing nuance. It is even, whisper it, possible for people advocating different political philosophies to agree on a lot for the simple reason that there will always be overlap and outriders. Yet all too often the debate – again predominantly online – tends to work on the assumption that all political ideologies are in hermetically sealed silos.
So let's have a debate, and by all means criticise the SLF's proposals, but let's not get into an ossified discussion about labels. I would suggest that instead of attempting to answer Jonathan's question, it should be focusing on policy. We've already got a working definition, and if that isn't good enough? Well, tough.
2 June 2010 politics and lifeandy beckett, david laws, guardian, liberal-democrats, orange book, social liberal forumJames Graham
I was a bit disappointed by Andy Beckett's article on the future of the Lib Dems in the Guardian today. It is not that I have been misquoted – although I seem to recall saying that the number of Lib Dem MPs after the next election could be as low as 30 rather than probably 30 (a small but distinct difference). It is just that some of the potshots he makes are rather lazy ones.
I'm annoyed that he repeats the great Orange Book fallacy, that being that the book in question was written by a bunch of right wing idealogues with a specific agenda in mind. In fact, as anyone who has read the book cover to cover can testify, it is a mish mash of chapters which don't particularly hang together. The only authentically economic liberal chapter is David Laws' chapter on the NHS – even his chapter on liberalism is more of an overview than anything else. The rest of the book is written by people from all over the Lib Dem political spectrum. Still, the legend is more interesting than the fact, so print the legend. You can't fault David Laws' genius for giving his political movement a name simply by publishing a book and shouting about it six months before an election in a way that really annoyed people. At the time it looked reckless and foolish; now it looks inspired (if more than a little devious).
I'm irritated by his quoting of a comment by Joe Edwards on the Social Liberal Forum website. I don't know Joe Edwards from Adam but if the irate text message from a reliable source I got this morning is correct he is not a Lib Dem member, resigning from the party before the election. He certainly has no association whatsoever with the Social Liberal Forum, and the biography on his blog makes no mention of party membership. Yet the article invites you to infer that he is somehow an SLFer. I thought the practice of quoting comments from blogs had been discredited by the West Wing?
Finally, just to clarify my position about the "long game" and the "short game". I do see the Lib Dems taking a hit in popularity at the next election (assuming neither the Tories nor Labour self-destruct, which isn't entirely impossible), but I wasn't merely arguing that the party would crawl back in the long run. My point was that this government's political reforms, if fully implemented, will transform UK politics for the long term and that in the long run the Lib Dems will get credit for that. And even if the party doesn't get the credit, those reforms should be worth the hit.
Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Notting Hill
11 February 2010 Short Announcementsocial liberal forumJames Graham
Over on the Social Liberal Forum website I've written two articles today. The first is on social care and the mess the Tories have got into attacking Labour's "plan" for what they call a "death tax". The second is about why I'm sceptical about the so-called Robin Hood Tax.
Neal Lawson and James Graham: All your base are belong to us
21 September 2009 politics and lifecompass, neal lawson, social liberal forumJames Graham
The cat is now well and truly out of the bag and it will be interesting to see how the blogosphere responds. Beyond the usual "OMG!!1! YOU'VE SOLD OUT TO ZaNuPFLieBore!?!11!" of course.
I thought I'd add a few comments here in a vain attempt to clear a few things up and prebut some of the more predictable criticisms.
The first thing is, we are calling for a coalition of ideas and thus social liberal-minded (and liberal socialist-minded) individuals from all parties and none, not some kind of pact or deal between the Lib Dems and Labour. I am personally quite sceptical about how a coalition between the two parties could be steered in the event of a hung parliament next year. But this isn't about positioning and all the sorts of things which obsessed the architects of the "Project" in the 1990s. It is interesting to note that Neal Lawson and I were on differing sides of that particular debate. Neal has become deeply sceptical of what he called that "coalition of five individuals" approach at our joint Social Liberal Forum/Compass fringe this evening. Meanwhile I have come to learn the importance of developing a cross-party dialogue between people with shared goals across the political divide. The right are much more effective at that (look at the chumminess between Nigel Farage, Dan Hannan and Mark Littlewood despite the latter's principled and fundamental disagreement with the former two on the issue of Europe).
The second point is that this is certainly not on my part in any way about making excuses for Labour's horrendous record on civil liberties. I broached this with Neal at our fringe this evening, challenging him on (for example) the failure of Compass No Turning Back statement at few months ago to offer a critique on Labour over civil liberties. While acknowledging that he sees Liberal Democrats has providing a valuable critique for Labour members regarding the civil liberties agenda (just as Labour members can offer a critique when it comes social justice), he did state that for him, Tony Blair's attempt to impose 90 days detention without charge is the one issue which nearly caused him to resign from the party. Compass did indeed mobilise a grassroots campaign in opposition to that proposal which played a major role in stopping Blair from getting his own way on that occasion. If I didn't believe Compass were allies when it comes to reversing the database state and this attack on civil liberties (even if they do on occasion require a little jostling), I would have resisted us even beginning this dialogue.
Anyway, those are the two most obvious brickbats hopefully broken. What do have to say for yourselves blogosphere?
Andy Burnham's unhealthy flag wrapping claptrap
18 August 2009 Short Announcementandy-burnham, health, nhs, social liberal forumJames Graham
I've written a response to Andy Burnham's astounding Guardian article on the NHS on the SLF website:
Given the choice between "national", "health" and "service" the word that Burnham considers most key to the Labour approach is the former. Ignore "health", never mind "service" – who needs a bandage when you can wrap yourself in a flag?
Read the full article here, but frankly, Richard Grayson's article from Reinventing the State on the NHS is more interesting.
While we're at it, here's an article from Chris Huhne from 2004 about why the party rejected the social insurance model for healthcare (pdf), courtesy of the Beveridge Group.
Three things for your attention
19 February 2009 Short Announcementblogging, convention on modern liberty, paul bergin, sadie smith, social liberal forum, tim leunigJames Graham
Firstly, I just thought I would direct people to my piece defending the Convention on Modern Liberty and its "outrageous" decision to be cross-party.
It has had an interestingly muted response. The most fascinating one was from Sadie Smith whose paraphrase of my article was that I defined anyone who is boycotting the Convention "because of the miner's strike" is a "ZANULIARBORE HATER OF THE LIBERTIES WE'VE ENOJYED SINCE THE MAGNERCARTER WHO IS MORE AUTHORITARIAN THAN HITLER AND STALIN ROLLED INTO ONE!!!!1!!!! LOLZ!" If self-obsessed lefties want to turn themselves into a parody of themselves, that suits me.
Secondly, and slightly more constructively, Paul Bergin asked me to take part in his bloggers' interview series. My contribution can be found here.
Finally, the Social Liberal Forum's Ideas Factory is starting to take off. At the moment, Tim Leunig's "right to move" and Thomas Hemsley's ratification of appointments are available for your perusal, comments and rating, with more to come.
14 February 2009 politics and life, Short Announcementliberal-democrats, policy, social liberal forumJames Graham
The first Social Liberal Forum project (technically the second one, as I will explain later) has now wheeled into view: The Ideas Factory.
We want your ideas for what should be in the Lib Dem manifesto. Your idea will be critiqued by our dragons advisory board and opened to further debate. Visitors to the SLF website will be able to give each idea marks and the whole lot will be submitted to the Lib Dem Manifesto Working Group.
To start things off, I'm going to write my own pitch this weekend. Want to do one as well? Email it (max 500 words) to manifesto *at* socialliberal.net.
We're justified and not ancient: introducing the SLF*
12 February 2009 politics and lifeliberal-democrats, liberalism, social liberal forum, social liberalismJames Graham
The Social Liberal Forum has just launched. Take a peek.
* If you don't get the reference you are either too young or too old. Deal with it. But since I'm in a good mood:


Get into the Easter spirit with these cute rattan wreaths! They are colorful and feature an overall-dressed bunny in the middle and bows, eggs and flowers as decorations. They come ready to hang, perfect for your front door or on a wall.


Brighton Walls by Laura Oldfield Ford.
As night falls on London, the urban landscape becomes a no-woman's land. To go out alone after dark is to take a journey through my own nervous system, assessing at every street corner the hospitability of the streets ahead of me. I do it all the time – I have to – but every journey from bar to bar, from workplace to the train or from home to the shops comes with a mild sense of risk, which increases tenfold whenever I pass a particularly sinister lone lurker or a group of men congregating together.
Now is the time of monsters, the well-worn phrase tells us. But monsters, if they are interesting, are unpredictable. They come out of nowhere and evince their nowhere-ness, their improbability creating fascination, fear, revulsion, sympathy.
The dream of utopia is difficult to find. Not always a "good dream", it can just as well be a nightmare. More properly, the dream of utopia is a dream we cannot categorize according to the binary of nightmare and "sunshine daydream". Yet, like a mole burrowing away, utopia can be found in the strangest of places, which once apparent become obvious. Like the hidden erotica on a Camel cigarette pack, utopian impulses cannot be unseen – or unheard, its mark indelible like ink that will never wash away.
Tom Wolfe is dead. He lived long enough to be a celebrated icon, emulated across the political spectrum. Wolfe affected the old-fashioned American pose of a chronicler, an H.L. Mencken or Horace Greeley, yet Mencken was a sincere Nietzchean misanthropist while Greeley, a friend of Marx, was a sincere liberal. Wolfe, on the other hand, was a reactionary poseur who dressed up in slave-owner's garb nearly every day. While readable in the way one chortles at an Alex Jones video, Wolfe contributed more to the American intelligentsia's self-mystification than just about any other writer of the last hundred years.
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (left) and Duchamp's Fountain (right).
Paris based cultural theorist Boris Groys exerts a strange pull on the minds of many who seem predisposed to accept what he has written about everything except the Soviet experience. When it comes to his writings about the relationship between art, curation and the internet, he is listened to and his ideas are formative of our contemporary discourse on modern art.
When it comes to his varied works on philosophers, we engage with his iconoclasm. There is something attractive about a way of looking at philosophy that draws its model from Duchamp's (or R. Mutt's) expo of an upside-down urinal.
A specter is haunting the American liberal public: the spectre of Vladimir Putin busting a move.
Accused by a range of liberal public figures of masterminding a plot to elect Donald Trump to the presidency, Putin looks and acts the part, like a "bad guy" in an eighties Hollywood film – all the while cultivating friendships with "good guy," Steven Segal. Perhaps reflective of his days as an intelligence officer based in East Germany between the rise of Gorbachev and the fall of the Berlin Wall, Putin is enamored with the action aesthetic of the Reagan years.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko reciting a poem about Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1960.


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Long: Fateful finish puts cap on disappointing Speedweeks for Matt Kenseth
By Dustin LongFeb 21, 2016, 9:29 PM EST
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Denny Hamlin will never forget Sunday's Daytona 500. Neither will Matt Kenseth.
While Hamlin relished his "storybook" charge from fourth to first on the final lap, Kenseth pondered a final indignity in what was a disappointing Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway.
"I feel l let my team down two straight weeks,'' Kenseth said after losing the lead in the final mile.
Kenseth was that close to becoming the sixth driver in NASCAR history to win at least three Daytona 500s. Four of the five are in the Hall of Fame — Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison and NBC Sports analyst Dale Jarrett — and the fifth, Jeff Gordon, is bound for the Hall when he becomes eligible.
But a Speedweeks where Kenseth seemed to make the wrong decision or get caught in the wrong situation late ended with another miscalculation.
He was involved in a last-lap crash in the Sprint Unlimited jockeying for position. He earned a front-row spot for the Daytona 500 but lost the position four days later when he was collected in a last-lap crash in his qualifying race.
He later said that after falling back in the pack in that race "that would have been a real great time for the light bulb to come on and call it a day.'' Instead, the crash forced him to a backup car.
Then came Sunday's split-second decision that backfired.
That such a move happened again was only more confounding. Kenseth is viewed by longtime observers as the driver most like David Pearson, who was known for his cunning and ability to make the right moves late in races. While Kenseth has been more dominant in races since joining Joe Gibbs Racing in 2013, he's still often made the right moves late, winning 12 races.
His 13th would have given Joe Gibbs his first Daytona 500 win since 1993. Instead, Hamlin presented Gibbs with that gift after a dramatic final lap.
Kenseth led entering Turn 3 with Martin Truex Jr. tucked behind. Kevin Harvick pushed Hamlin on the outside line.
The top lane had not been too effective much of the race, but the group was tightly aligned and gave Hamlin a significant push.
"I didn't lift,'' said Joey Logano, who was pushed by Regan Smith and pushed Harvick. "(Harvick) went into (Hamlin), and he didn't lift. All right, here we come.''
Hamlin figured Kyle Busch, running third, would move up to steal his momentum. Busch didn't.
Hamlin thought Truex then would do it. Truex didn't.
Kenseth saw Hamlin's surge and reacted.
"He had a big enough run where I felt like if I stayed on the bottom in front of Martin I was going to be second, at best,'' Kenseth said afterward. "(Hamlin) had enough momentum that he was going to go by me regardless. I felt like my only shot for the win was to … get in front of him.
"He turned back under me and got me real loose and got in my left rear and went by. He did a masterful job.''
Hamlin battled Truex for the lead as Kenseth fought to regain control of his car and fell back. He crossed the line 14th.
Kenseth didn't fault Hamlin for the move or their contact.
"You're trying to win the Daytona 500,'' Kenseth said.
Kenseth just tried too hard.
"It's a million things you could do differently,'' Kenseth said, standing beside his car on pit road after the race as Hamlin celebrated in victory lane. "I did what I thought I should do at the time to win. We finished terrible. That was the move I thought I had to make to preserve the win.''
Crew chief Jason Ratcliff is confident Kenseth would not have been contemplating what could have been had he been in his primary car instead of his backup car.
"I felt like it was going to be a little bit off of what our primary car was,'' Ratcliff said. "If we would have had that bad boy today, ain't no way they pass us. That car was really good.''
Hamlin's proved better, if only for a moment, and Kenseth will have to wait a year to atone for what happened here.
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Q: Loop 10x and Append to URL List While trying to loop through 10 URLs, in consecutive order, I'm getting an error.  I'm trying to figure out why none of these options work.
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for i in range(1, 11):
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page_source = []
for i in range(1, 11):
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All 3 throw the following error.
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'append'

I did a little research on this, and it seems like this is the way to go, but something is off here, and I'm not sure what.  Any thoughts?  Thanks.

A: You are using the same variable name inside your loop as you use outside, which results in the original array being overwritten by a string. Use a different variable name:
page_source = []
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