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is a 1981 Japanese experimental short film directed by Takashi Ito. The film consists of 700 continuous 16 mm still photographs of a gymnasium; using a stop motion technique, the camera appears to move throughout the space and into photographs of the gymnasium itself that are displayed across multiple easels, creating a seemingly endless, recursive visual effect.

In 1995, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France, purchased Spacy for its film collection.

Synopsis

Spacy takes place entirely inside a gymnasium, empty except for several easels which are positioned around the room. On each of the easels is a photograph of the gymnasium itself. Through the use of a stop motion technique, the camera appears to glide throughout the location in varying patterns, repeatedly entering into the photographs on the easels in a seemingly infinite effect. The Guardians Chris Michael wrote that, in Spacy, "the viewer appears to be taking a roller coaster through an endless series of gyms: forward, left, right, down through the floor; with increasing speed in a recursive world that seems to branch into a vast yet self-repeating space." At the end of the film, the camera comes to a stop at an easel displaying a self-portrait photograph of Ito with a camera.

Background and production
Ito directed Spacy while a student at the Kyushu Institute of Design in Fukuoka, Japan. Prior to creating Spacy, Ito attended an exhibition at which he viewed the 1975 experimental short Ātman, directed by Toshio Matsumoto. Ito was influenced by Ātman to create an 8 mm film titled Noh (1977), which was then followed by a trilogy of 8 mm films—Movement (1978), Movement 2 (1979), and Movement 3 (1980)—the third of which he described as a prototype for Spacy.  To Ito's surprise, Matsumoto came to work at the Kyushu Institute of Design, prompting Ito to abandon plans to get an immediate job and instead stay enrolled at the school. Matsumoto served as a mentor for Ito, offering guidance during the production of Spacy, and Ito later stated that, "If Toshio Matsumoto hadn't come to our university, I don't think Spacy would have been born."

Ito's first film shot in 16 mm, Spacy is composed of 700 still photographs of the gymnasium in which it is set, which all together in the finished film create the illusion of continuous movement.

Release and reception
In 1982, Spacy screened at the Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art in Japan and the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris in France. The following year, it was shown at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, as well as at the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama. In 1984, the film screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

The film was met with considerable applause when it was screened at Osnabrück University in West Germany in 1984. It was later shown at the University of Würzburg, reportedly attracting a standing-room crowd due to positive word-of-mouth from students who attended the Osnabrück screening. According to experimental filmmaker Nobuhiro Kawanaka, after the Würzburg screening, a faculty member passed a hat around the audience that eventually returned filled with a "mountain" of banknotes and coins.

Retrospective assessments
According to Catherine Munroe Hotes of Midnight Eye, critics have described Spacy as a "cinematic roller coaster". Hotes herself wrote that the film "transforms the ordinary architecture of the interior of a gymnasium into an extraordinary journey through space and time."

Following its screening at the 61st International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, Germany, in 2015, writer Yaron Dahan of Mubi likened Spacy to a playful basketball game: "Takashi's game begins following the filmic rules, before evolving quickly into one of inventiveness and surprise. The camera moves along invisible geometric patterns (not unlike the lines which define the game of basketball), and the spectacle of space is reinvented."

In 2020, author Julian Ross wrote that Spacy, like Ātman, utilizes still animation techniques in order to "draw attention to film projection as the quick succession of photographs"; Spacy, according to Ross, refined this technique "to dynamic perfection".

Home media
Spacy was released on DVD in 2009, packaged along with 19 of Ito's other films, as part of the two-disc set Takashi Ito Film Anthology. The DVD includes behind-the-scenes images of notebooks and photos used in Spacys production.

See also
 Droste effect – an effect in visual art of a picture recursively appearing within itself

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1980s avant-garde and experimental films
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D'Ianni spent his career with Goodyear, except for a leave he took in 1946 to serve as chief of the polymer research branch of the Office of Rubber Reserve. In 1978, he retired from Goodyear as Director of Research.

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Q: optimization math computation (multiplication and summing) Suppose you want to compute the sum of the square of the differences of items:
$\sum_{i=1}^{N-1} (x_i - x_{i+1})^2$
the simplest code (the input is  std::vector<double> xs, the ouput sum2) is:
double sum2 = 0.;
double prev = xs[0];
for (vector::const_iterator i = xs.begin() + 1;
 i != xs.end(); ++i)
{
sum2 += (prev - (*i)) * (prev - (*i)); // only 1 - with compiler optimization
prev = (*i);
}

I hope that the compiler do the optimization in the comment above. If N is the length of xs you have N-1 multiplications and 2N-3 sums (sums means + or -).
Now suppose you know this variable:
$x_1^2 + x_N^2 + 2 \sum_{i=2}^{N-1} x_i^2$
and call it sum. Expanding the binomial square:
$sum_i^{N-1} (x_i-x_{i+1})^2 = sum - 2\sum_{i=1}^{N-1} x_i x_{i+1}$
so the code becomes:
double sum2 = 0.;
double prev = xs[0];
for (vector::const_iterator i = xs.begin() + 1;
 i != xs.end(); ++i)
{
sum2 += (*i) * prev;
prev = (*i);
}
sum2 = -sum2 * 2. + sum;

Here I have N multiplications and N-1 additions. In my case N is about 100.
Well, compiling with g++ -O2 I got no speed up (I try calling the inlined function 2M times), why?

A: The multiplications are much more costly than additions in term of execution time. Also, depending on the processor additions and multiplications will be done in parallel. Ie. it will start the next multiplication while it's doing the addition (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-order_execution).
So reducing the number of additions will not help much for the performance.
What you can do is make it easier for the compiler to vectorize your code, or vectorize by yourself.
To make it easier for the compiler to vectorize, I would use a regular array of doubles, use subscripts and not pointers.
EDIT: N = 100 might also be a small number to see the difference in execution time. Try a N bigger.
Dirty code but shows the perf improvement. Output:
1e+06
59031558
1e+06
18710703

The speedup you get is ~3x.
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

unsigned long long int rdtsc(void)
{
  unsigned long long int x;
  unsigned a, d;

  __asm__ volatile("rdtsc" : "=a" (a), "=d" (d));

  return ((unsigned long long)a) | (((unsigned long long)d) << 32);;
}

double f(std::vector<double>& xs)
{
  double sum2 = 0.;
  double prev = xs[0];

  vector<double>::const_iterator iend = xs.end();
  for (vector<double>::const_iterator i = xs.begin() + 1;
       i != iend; ++i)
    {
      sum2 += (prev - (*i)) * (prev - (*i)); // only 1 - with compiler optimization
      prev = (*i);
    }

  return sum2;
}

double f2(double *xs, int N)
{
  double sum2 = 0;

  for(int i = 0; i < N - 1; i+=1) {
    sum2 += (xs[i+1] - xs[i])*(xs[i+1] - xs[i]);

  }

  return sum2;
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  int N = 1000001;
  std::vector<double> xs;
  for(int i=0; i<N; i++) {
    xs.push_back(i);
  }

  unsigned long long int a, b;
  a = rdtsc();
  std::cout << f(xs) << endl;
  b = rdtsc();
  cout << b - a << endl;

  a = rdtsc();
  std::cout << f2(&xs[0], N) << endl;
  b = rdtsc();
  cout << b - a << endl;
}

A: Addition can be free when done as x+=a*b.  The compiler should be able to figure that out in the first version, if the architecture supports it.
The math is probably happening in parallel with *i which could be slower.
Do not call xs.end() at every loop iteration unless you expect the return value to change.  If the compiler cannot optimize it out it will dwarf the rest of the loop.

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Q: MATLAB: wild cards in vectors (E.g. [1,2,3,*,*,*,*]) Simple enough question, but I'm not finding a simple solution:
I want to say, "is this vector 1, 4, 7, and then 5 of whatever number?"
For example:
[1,4,7,2,6,5,8,3]

...or:
[1,4,7,2,8,5,9,2]

The final five numbers can be anything, as long as they're numbers.
Thank you!

A: Subscript can itself be another vector in Matlab. So you can test any values in vector:
x=zeros(1,10);
x(1)=1;x(2)=2; x(3)=3;x(6)=4;x(9)=5;
x                 % x =   1   2   3   0   0   4   0   0   5   0
L=[1:3,6,9];      %subscipt of vector v
y=[1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
isequal(x(L),y)   % ans = 1

A: You can test these two conditions separately and then combine them with and.
x1 = [1,4,7,2,6,5,8,3];
is147 = all(x1(1:3)==[1,4,7]);
and(is147,length(x1)==8)

I think, for a list, the last 5 numbers have to be numeric, but if not you can put in extra tests, such as isnumeric(). Also if the input changes between column and row vectors, you can force a row vector with x_col = x1(:)

A: Here is a solution that will check if your variable is a vector, isvector, verify it has a length of 8 and check that the first 3 elements are [1 4 7], isequal.
>> v = [1 4 7 2 6 5 8 3];
>> isvector(v) && numel(v) == 8 && isequal(v(1:3), [1 4 7])
ans =

     1

>> v = [1 4 7 2 6 5 8];
>> isvector(v) && numel(v) == 8 && isequal(v(1:3), [1 4 7])
ans =

     0

>> v = [9 4 7 2 6 5 8 3];
>> isvector(v) && numel(v) == 8 && isequal(v(1:3), [1 4 7])
ans =

     0

>> v = [1 4 7 2; 6 5 8 3];
>> isvector(v) && numel(v) == 8 && isequal(v(1:3), [1 4 7])
ans =

     0


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New study shows: people are at risk
American authorities currently report the strong spread of a mysterious disease dubbed by the American media as the "Zombie disease". The Name was derived from the symptoms of the disease, because the Affected with a drastic weight loss, coordination difficulties, increased saliva flow, lack of fear and aggression. So far, only animals, predominantly moose and deer are affected. In the laboratory, however, showed that even monkeys can be infected. Thus, a danger to the people was, according to the American authorities.
Researchers from the American health authority, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warn currently in front of a strong spread of the so-called "Zombie disease". This is the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD – literally affects: Chronic wasting disease), mainly deer, elk, and reindeer. According to the CDC's latest study is of concern that people could be at risk. The disease ends with the animals lethal and there are currently no treatments or vaccines.
So far, no human cases known
How the American authority reported, so far, no cases of CWD infections in people reported. "Animal studies suggest, however, that CWD poses a risk for some types of monkeys", to warn the authorities in a communication. In laboratory studies, showed that monkeys who ate meat from infected animals or in contact with the brain or body fluids came, the sick to CWD. Thus, a contagion for the people not to be ruled out.
USA, Canada, Norway, Finland, and South Korea affected
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CWD is a progressive, fatal disease that affects the brain, the spinal cord and many other tissues. The disease belongs to the diseases to the family of the so-called Prions, in which harmful proteins are responsible for the symptoms. Belongs to the family of the mad cow disease, which manifests itself in humans as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, for example. Researchers believe that the abnormal proteins (prions) cause damage to other healthy proteins in the body, thus leading to massive damage in the entire body, but mainly in the brain and spinal cord cause. CWD completed in all cases fatal. The incubation period of CWD can be over a year until the first neurological signs. Typical symptoms are:
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Infobox on Alum
Example of Alum
Stowage factor (in m3/t) 1,64 (casks, kegs)
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1 Alum
1.2 Application
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Alum is a salt that in chemistry is a combination of an alkali metal, such as sodium, potassium, or ammonium and a trivalent metal, such as aluminum, iron, or chromium.
The most common form, potassium aluminum sulphate, or potash alum, is one form that has been used in food processing. Another, sodium aluminum sulphate, is an ingredient in commercially produced baking powder.
The potassium-based alum has been used to produce crisp cucumber and watermelon-rind pickles as well as maraschino cherries, where the aluminum ions strengthen the fruits' cell-wall pectins.
Alums are useful for a range of industrial processes. They are soluble in water; have an astringent, acid, and sweetish taste; react acid to litmus; and crystallize in regular octahedra. When heated they liquefy; and if the heating is continued, the water of crystallization is driven off, the salt froths and swells, and at last an amorphous powder remains.
Potassium alum is the common alum of commerce, although soda alum, ferric alum, and ammonium alum are manufactured.
Aluminium sulphate is sometimes called alum in informal contexts, but this usage is not regarded as technically correct. Its properties are quite different from those of the set of alums formally described above.
In order to obtain alum from alunite, it is calcined and then exposed to the action of air for a considerable time. During this exposure it is kept continually moistened with water, so that it ultimately falls to a very fine powder. This powder is then lixiviated with hot water, the liquor decanted, and the alum allowed to crystallize. The alum schists employed in the manufacture of alum are mixtures of iron pyrite, Aluminium Silicate and various bituminous substances, and are found in upper Bavaria, Bohemia, Belgium and Scotland. These are either roasted or exposed to the weathering action of the air. In the roasting process, sulfuric acid is formed and acts on the clay to form aluminium sulphate, a similar condition of affairs being produced during weathering. The mass is now systematically extracted with water, and a solution of aluminium sulphate of specific gravity 1.16 is prepared. This solution is allowed to stand for some time (in order that any calcium sulphate and basic ferric sulphate may separate), and is then evaporated until Ferrous sulphate crystallizes on cooling; it is then drawn off and evaporated until it attains a specific gravity of 1.40. It is now allowed to stand for some time, decanted from any sediment, and finally mixed with the calculated quantity of potassium sulfate (or if ammonium alum is required, with ammonium sulphate), well agitated, and the alum is thrown down as a finely-divided precipitate of alum meal. If much iron should be present in the shale then it is preferable to use potassium chloride in place of potassium sulphate.
In the preparation of alum from clays or from bauxite, the material is gently calcined, then mixed with sulphuric acid and heated gradually to boiling; it is allowed to stand for some time, the clear solution drawn off and mixed with acid potassium sulphate and allowed to crystallize. When cryolite is used for the preparation of alum, it is mixed with calcium carbonate and heated. By this means, sodium aluminate is formed; it is then extracted with water and precipitated either by Sodium Bicarbonate or by passing a current of carbon dioxide through the solution. The precipitate is then dissolved in sulfuric acid, the requisite amount of potassium sulphate added and the solution allowed to crystallize.
Alum is used in vaccines as an adjuvant. Alum is commonly used as a coagulant in water treatment. It is also used for various other purposes, including dyeing, tanning and printing.
Shipment / Storage
A white crystalline substance shipped in canvas bags.
Carries a large percentage of water which may be lost through rise in temperature and drop in humidity. May be subject to loss in weight due to loss of moisture. The effect of this is a powder formation on the crystals, with occasionally a complete breakdown of the crystals to a fine powder.
There is, however, no fundamental chemical change. Bags are prone to rotting and tearing, with subsequent loss of weight. Should be stowed away from goods susceptible to moisture, and kept clear of textile goods.
Loss of moisture/weight
Foreign odour
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Researchers have discovered two new gene regions connected to bipolar disorder.
The disorder is a type of mental illness which is characterised by episodes of elevated or agitated mood, known as mania, which often alternates with episodes of depression.
Scientists from Bonn, Mannheim and Basel, who worked with an international collaboration of researchers, discovered two new gene regions that are connected to the prevalent disease. Three additional, previously known gene regions were confirmed.
Sven Cichon, professor for human genetics at the University of Basel, said the search for genes involved in the manic-depressive disorder is extremely difficult. He explained: "The search for genes involved in the manic-depressive disorder is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The contributions of individual genes are so minor that they normally cannot be identified in the 'background noise' of genetic differences.
He added: "Only when the DNA from very large numbers of patients with bipolar disorder are compared to the genetic material from an equally large number of healthy persons can differences be confirmed statistically."
As of yet, the causes of the disease are not yet fully understood. It is believed psychosocial triggers may contribute to the illness, as well as genetic factors. Cichon added: "There is no one gene that has a significant effect on the development of bipolar disorder. Many different genes are evidently involved and these genes work together with environmental factors in a complex way."
Known environmental causes include the upbringing of patients. It is estimated that a person who has one parent with bipolar disorder has a 15 to 20% chance of having the condition.
Using automated analysis methods, researchers recorded about 2.3 million different regions in the genetic material of patients and comparators. The subsequent evaluation using biostatistical methods revealed a total of five risk regions on the DNA associated with bipolar disorder.
In recent years, scientists have already successfully decoded several genes associated with bipolar disorder. New genetic data from 2,266 patients with manic-depressive disorder and 5,028 control persons were obtained, merged with existing data sets and analysed together. In total, data on the genetic material of 9,747 patients were compared with data from 14,278 healthy persons.
The gene ADCY2 on chromosome five and the so-called MIR2113-POU3F2 region on chromosome six were the two new gene regions identified. The risk regions ANK3, ODZ4 and TRANK1 have already been described in prior studies.
Professor Marcella Rietschel, from the Central Institute of Mental Health of Mannheim, said: "These gene regions were, however, statistically better confirmed in our current."
Researchers are paying particular attention to the gene region ADCY2 and the part it plays in bipolar disorder. It codes an enzyme which is involved in the conduction of signals into nerve cells.
Professor Markus Nöthen from Bonn, explained the connection further: "This fits very well with observations that the signal transfer in certain regions of the brain is impaired in patients with bipolar disorder."
The result of the research, he added, it to clarify the cause of the illness and pinpoint new therapies. The research was published in Nature Communications.
Around 1% of the population suffers from bipolar disorder throughout the course of their lives. Patients shift between emotions, such as manic phases with delusions of grandeur and increased drive, during which they may feel they do not require sleep. Those with bipolar disorder will also experience episodes of deep depression, in which they may have suicidal thoughts.


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Truck rollover spills fertilizer near Hwy. 35 in City of Kawartha Lakes
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Posted April 20, 2021 10:00 am
Updated April 20, 2021 10:01 am
0:39 Truck spills fertilizer near Hwy. 35 south of Pontypool in City of Kawartha Lakes
A truck carrying fertilizer rolled over on Monday evening in the City of Kawartha Lakes near Pontypool – Apr 20, 2021
No injuries were reported after a truck hauling fertilizer rolled over Monday evening in the City of Kawartha Lakes.
The crash happened around 6:30 p.m. on Boundary Road at the intersection of Highway 35, just a few kilometres south of the village of Pontypool.
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Crews worked to contain a diesel spill and clean up fertilizer from the roadway. The total amount of fertilizer spilled is not yet known.
The westbound lane of Boundary Road and a section of the southbound lane of Highway 35 was blocked by police and cleanup crews.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by City of Kawartha Lakes OPP.
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Your low salt heart attack risk is increased by 500%. Stop the madness, Eat more salt.
Also Check the CDC Salt Shake Up Take Note on 'lowering blood pressure with salt."
There is science that proves the dietary low salt heart attack risk increases by 500%.
This is not some vitamin pushing salt loving group that is promoting this. This could be subtitled: Lower Your Salt to Increase Your Dependence on Heart Drugs and die young.
The study looked at over 3600 patients for almost 8 years. It made major headlines. It was what we already knew in the water cures community. We need salt to live. We need more than the current guidelines recommend, that is, unless we want to be on drugs and chemicals to correct the deficiency.
The researchers found that the less salt the test subjects took in the more deaths related to hear and vascular problems. The opposite is also true. The more salt the patients took in, the lower the heart attack and vascular problem rates.
How much change. The baseline or lowest salt intake group had a 4.1 death rate. The next group, the middle had a 1.95 death rate and the high salt consumption group had an 0.8% death rate. The more salt they ate, the less likely they were to die from cardio-vascular disease.
This means that if you have a low salt diet, you are 5 times more likely to die from heart problems than someone with high salt intake.
As you will read in the water cures testimonials and experiences from holistic nurses who are also hydration coaches, salt and especially unprocessed salt is the ultimate treatment to lower blood pressure in someone who does not have compromised kidneys or is not on a lot of medications.
Unrefined salt has over 80 minerals, many of which are essential to human health and wellness. Numerous studies have shown that adding magnesium to the diet can lower blood pressure. Some people need more potassium to lower their blood pressure. The unprocessed salts have all of these and in the appropriate proportion.
Those who try it, usually start doing it just in the AM and PM for starters. Get a feel for it, or as we say, get a feel better for it before proceeding. Only do what feels better and feels right.


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That One Angry British Guy on TV
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From behind the TV screen alone, it may be difficult to view Gordon Ramsay as anything other than a constantly enraged madman. As his loud and proud personality is served up in the entertainment industry as the main course instead of his raw talent as a chef, it becomes increasingly more difficult to get to know and understand the well accomplished chef that he truly is.
It is easy to assume that Ramsay has simply forced his way into the cooking industry kicking and screaming, but that statement could not be any further from the truth. Ramsay has earned his spot in the culinary world, yet instead of being known as the chef with sixteen total Michelin stars, he is often reduced to "that one angry British guy on TV."
Although he screams and shouts with a thunderous English accent, Ramsay is actually Scottish. Born on November 8, 1966, in Glasgow, Scotland, he moved to Stratford-upon-Avon, England with his family when he was five years old.
Growing up, Ramsay's dream was to play soccer for Rangers F.C. When he was presented with the chance to do so at the age of fifteen under a youth policy, he was ecstatic. Unfortunately, however, he injured his knee three years later before ever actually playing in a certified league match. He continuing to train and play on his injured knee, and as a result, suffered irreparable damage, leaving the Rangers with no other choice but to release him from the team.
Around the same time, Ramsay's mother divorced his abusive alcoholic father and, consequently, his younger brother Ronnie developed an addiction to heroin. Ramsay's father grew resentful towards the family, especially towards Gordon as he wanted him to become a professional soccer player, even though he was not physically able to be one. This created a terrible environment for the dismantled yet determined Gordon, so he decided to get away from it all.
After visiting a local career enrolling office, Ramsay was directed towards a hotel and dining foundation focused on catering. Since he couldn't easily afford to go to school, he attended North Oxfordshire Technical College only once a week and worked six days a week in a nearby pub and hotel.
Ramsay quickly became obsessed with and excelled in the culinary arts, memorizing recipe books and discovering new, profound uses for different ingredients. After graduating, Ramsay moved to London to work at Harveys under his first mentor Marco Pierre White. This was where Ramsey was primed to be the hot-headed chef that everyone knows today.
"Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's
too assertive to the naked eye" -- Gordon Ramsay (photo credit: The Straight Times)
Pierre White was an amazing chef but he was a tyrant. While Ramsay was training under him, Pierre White attained three Michelin stars and was the youngest chef to ever do so. He was known as the godfather of modern cooking and had also been dubbed the first celebrity chef by many cooking enthusiasts.
Such a status was not without its sacrifices, however, and everything in Pierre White's kitchen had to be perfect. If everything was not exactly how it should be, he would tear the entire place apart in disappointment-based frustration.
One famous incident with Ramsay occurred when Pierre White randomly hurled some sauces at him making him cry. While a feud between the two chefs still exists to this day, without the perfectionistic qualities Pierre White had instilled in Gordon, he would not be the man we all know and hear today.
Nearly three years later, Ramsay found a second mentor in Albert Roux, and eventually he moved to Paris to work under Michelin-starred chefs Guy Savoy and Joël Robuchon. In 1993, Pierre White opened a new restaurant and, knowing Ramsay's talent, offered him a position there as head chef along with a ten percent stake in the business. There, Ramsay received his first two Michelin stars. Two years later at the same restaurant, Ramsay was awarded the Newcomer of the Year award at the prestigious Catey Awards, an Oscars-like event for restaurant and hotel businesses.
In 1998, Ramsay opened his first restaurant under his own name. This was a huge financial gamble, and to offset the costs he invited a television camera crew to film a reality show called Ramsay's Boiling Point, which ended up transforming into more of a documentary. The show was successful and Ramsay's hot-temperedness was the main attraction. The popularity of this film sparked a follow-up mini series called Gordon Ramsay: Beyond Boiling Point and, as time has gone on, Ramsay has starred in more than twenty shows most famously, The F Word, Hell's Kitchen, Master Chef, and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares."
Today, Ramsay has over thirty-five luxury restaurants around the world and currently holds seven Michelin stars. In 2000, he was named "Chef of the Year" and, in 2006, he was named "The Most Influential Person" in the UK hospitality industry, awarded "Independent Restaurateur of the Year," and was granted the title of "Officer of the Order of the British Empire." In 2008 and 2009, stemming from his performances on his various TV shows, Ramsay was awarded "Favorite International Personality." In 2013, he was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame and, along with all his work on TV and in his restaurants, Ramsay has more than twenty books.
His trademark stubbornness, combativeness, ego, and anger can all be entertaining at times, and highly offensive at others. Without getting to know him, Ramsay can be unjustly dismissed simply as another enraged TV personality. What separates him as an individual from other great entertainers, however, are certain traits that aren't so easily apparent from behind the TV screen, such as his willingness to go out of his comfort zone, his confidence in himself, and his passion and love for what he does.
When he first began to devote himself to becoming a chef, Ramsay purposely threw himself into uncomfortable situations, leaving behind and exchanging his family and everything he knew for harsh cooking environments and an entirely new career path. Since he did not come from the best cooking education system available, he had to put his head down and work harder than everyone else to gradually work his way up the restaurant industry.
Even when his dreams of becoming a professional soccer player were crushed, it may have slowed him down but it never completely stopped him. Finally, while Ramsay has been professionally cooking for well over twenty years, he still enjoys every second of it.
There is a level one reaches when they work their absolute hardest, and there is an exceedingly higher level where one works their absolute hardest and loves what they do. Ramsay is on this elevated level, which is the most significant reason why he is so successful. If he truly hated cooking and if he was truly the furious psycho seen on TV, only then would it be acceptable to refer to Gordon Ramsay as "that one angry British guy on TV."


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Q: Theoretical Approach to iteration matrix multiplication on a vector I am having trouble with explaining my answer and I was wondering if I could receive some guidance on how to better phrase it.
Question: Consider a $2$x$2$ real symmetric matrix $M$. Suppose that is eigenvalues are $\lambda_1$ and $\lambda_2$ such that they are not equal with corresponding eigenvectors $w_1$ and $w_2$. (I apologize for not using proper vector notation with the arrows on top.
Explain why an arbitrary vector $a$ can be written as a linear combination of the eigenvectors, aka, $a=c_1w_1+c_2w_2$ where $c_1,c_2 \in R$.
b) what is the result of $Ma$?
c) result of $M^2a$? $M^3a$?
d) From this idea, explain how you can find one of the eigenvectors of $M$ by finding $M^nw$ as $n$ approaches infinity. Why does this work regardless of vector you pick? Which eigenvalue will the eigenvector correspond to?
I can show explicitly the linar combination and do the same thing for part b and c, but that is not what I want to do. For part d I know that for iterative matrix multiplication, the end vector will have the same angle from the origin as the eigenvector with the largest eigenvalue. However, how does one find one of the eigenvecors of $M$ by calculating $M^nw$? It works because of part a. Essentially the vector can be formed by the linear combination, hence...

A: the reason why $a=c_1w_1+c_2w_2$, a linear combination of eigenvectors , is because for distinct eigenvalues we got two linearly independent eigenvectors, which in turns spans R^2.
in general,$ M^na$ is still a vector in $R^2$ so the eigenvectors can still span $M^na$.
now for part (d), take an arbitary vector $a$ in R^2. write $a$ as $a=c_1w_1+c_2w_2$. Assume $c_1$ and $c_2$ are both nonzero, (if $c_1$ or $c_2$ is zero, $a$ is already an eigenvector, which we are done)
$ A^na= A^n(c_1w_1+c_2w_2) = c_1A^nw_1+c_2A^nw_2 = c_1\lambda_1^nw_1 +c_2\lambda_2^nw_2 $
now divide by the bigger eigenvalue n times, say $\lambda_1$
$\frac{A^na}{\lambda_1^n}= c_1w_1 +c_2(\frac{\lambda_2}{\lambda_1})^nw_2 \rightarrow c_1w_1$
so this way you found an eigenvector $w_1$, corresponding to the bigger eigenvalue


Not sure why the movie was pushed back. It could be because of any number of reasons. Fans will just have to wait a little longer.
The Wonder Woman sequel is set in 1984 and is said to follow Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) as she reunites with Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) to fight evil. There were some details revealed about how Trevor might end up returning that you think read about here.
The movie also stars Kristen Wiig as the villain Cheetah, and Pedro Pascal will be a "key role." You can read some rumored information about who he might be playing here.
WB previously screened some footage of the film at Comic-Con and you can read our description of it here. I really hope this sequel turns out to be good as the first movie.
The screenplay was written by director Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns, and Dave Callaham.


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Welcome! The Writing Circle is a part of Newham Young People Online ( NYPO ), an online community built for young people in Newham. However the audience here is much bigger, as is usual for anything on the internet. The contributions (poetry, stories etc) are from people all around the world, which can be seen from the visitor statistics.
The Writing Circle is here to showcase young people's creative writing talents as well as providing inspiration for others to start their own creative juices flowing.
There are various interactive features, such as voting for your favourite poems and stories, tagboard and guestbook to leave your opinions and reviews in. For further, more regular and more indepth interaction, see the Writer's Circle forum in the NYPO Discussion Board.
Thanks to Kholil Uddin aka Jokeness Monster, for the content of the Jokes section.
Thanks to all the contributors who gave in their writings. Keep them coming!


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Stating the Real Sublime
16 mm film, modified projector suspended from the ceiling with a loop of film, 2:30 min loop
All images: Installation view at MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge MA, USA, 2015
Photo: Peter Harris © Rosa Barba
"Stating the Real Sublime consists of a 16-mm film projector suspended from the ceiling. Clear leader runs through it to cast a bright rectangle of light onto the opposite wall, before threading through a series of rolls mounted above and feeding back into the device. Because the projection registers the scratches and dust accumulating on the leader, Nam June Paik's 1965 Zen for Film, consisting of light projected through clear leader, becomes an evident point of reference. But Barba's objective, unlike Paik's, was not to capture the traces of time. The leader of her hanging sculpture is replaced regularly throughout the run of an exhibition, so ultimately Stating the Real Sublime is about a single, repeated moment, a singular gesture that is locked in a kind of perpetual present" (Huldisch 2016: 49).
Rosa Barba, born in 1972 in Agrigento, Italy, lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Henriette Huldisch, "Dark Matter and Deep Time: Rosa Barba's Uncertain Landscapes," in Rosa Barba: The Color Out of Space. In conjunction with the exhibition The Color Out of Space at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, October 23, 2015 – January 3, 2016. Curator: Henriette Huldisch (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2016), pp. 41–68.
https://www.rosabarba.com
Repurposing the Hardware
©reset the apparatus!


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import os
import subprocess
from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element, SubElement, tostring

LIBRARY_JAR_ROOT = os.path.join('bazel-genfiles', 'external')
BUILD_EVERYTHING_COMMAND = ['bazel', 'build', 'src/...']

def main():
    # Using relative paths for certain things makes our lives much easier, but
    # this requires being run from the root of the Bazel workspace.
    if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'WORKSPACE')):
        print('This script must be invoked from the WORKSPACE root.')
        return

    # Build the project to make sure all jars are present.
    print('Building project...')
    subprocess.check_output(BUILD_EVERYTHING_COMMAND)

    print('Generating .classpath file ...')
    with open('.classpath', 'w') as file:
        file.write(generate_classpath_contents())

    print('Generating .project file ...')
    with open('.project', 'w') as file:
        file.write(generate_project_contents())

    print('Done')

def generate_project_contents():
    project_name = os.path.basename(os.getcwd())
    print('Using project name: ' + project_name)
    return PROJECT_FILE_TEMPLATE % { 'project_name': project_name }

def generate_classpath_contents():
    jar_paths = discover_jars(LIBRARY_JAR_ROOT)
    jar_entries = '\n'.join([CLASSPATH_INDENT + jar_entry(p) for p in jar_paths])
    return CLASSPATH_TEMPLATE % { 'jar_entries': jar_entries }

def jar_entry(jar_path):
    return JAR_CLASSPATH_ENTRY_TEMPLATE % {'path': jar_path}

def discover_jars(root):
    jar_paths = []
    for root, _, files in os.walk(LIBRARY_JAR_ROOT):
        for file in files:
            if os.path.splitext(file)[1] == '.jar':
                jar_paths.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root, file)))
    return jar_paths

CLASSPATH_TEMPLATE = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<classpath>
        <classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/java"/>
        <classpathentry kind="src" path="src/test/java"/>
        <classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
%(jar_entries)s
</classpath>
"""

CLASSPATH_INDENT = """        """

JAR_CLASSPATH_ENTRY_TEMPLATE = '<classpathentry kind="lib" path="%(path)s"/>'

PROJECT_FILE_TEMPLATE = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectDescription>
        <name>%(project_name)s</name>
        <comment></comment>
        <projects>
        </projects>
        <buildSpec>
        </buildSpec>
        <natures>
                <nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
        </natures>
</projectDescription>
"""

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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The consumption and production of goods have a much wider impact than simply on the country or region where they are used or made. For example, the carbon footprint of global supply chains varies within and between countries, mostly according to economics and trade. Using spatial modeling, Kanemoto et al.linked carbon emissions maps to industrial activity across 187 countries from 1970 to 2008. The carbon footprints of developed countries such as the United States have become more globally diffuse over that time span, whereas hotspots of carbon footprints in rapidly developing economies such as India and China are located in their expanding urban areas.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 10.1021/acs.est.6b03227 (2016).


"Airlines don't seem to place a priority on customer service despite the fact that they advertise to the contrary," says Jeffrey Wong, a professor and department chair of the University of Nevada, Reno's College of Business Accounting Department. "And yet, some airlines are still profitable."
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G'Day For LGBTQ Equality: Australia Legalizes Same Sex Marriage
Featured, Politics
On December 7, Australia became the 25th country to recognize same-sex marriage. The nation's parliament passed a nearly unanimous bill allowing any two adults to wed. This legislative effort was prompted by an historic mail-in referendum survey vote that demonstrated 61.6% of the participants were in support of legalizing same sex-marriage.
This series of events changes a 2004 law defining marriage as a union only between opposite sexes.
The marriage equality bill cleared the Australian Senate last week. On Thursday, almost all members of the House of Representatives voted the bill into law (with only four no votes).
Elucidating the Australian legal process, it is reported Tony Smith, the House of Representatives speaker, "declared the vote carried," as less than five Members of Parliament opposed the measure. Embedded video shows the emotional standing ovation erupting from parliamentarians and observers in the gallery. Some attendees began singing "I am, you are, we are Australian," an unofficial national anthem.
"Australia has done it—every Australian had their say, and they said 'it's fair, get on with it,'" said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in praise of the legislation. "We've voted today for equality, for love, it's time for more marriages, more commitment, more love, more respect. This is Australia: fair, diverse, loving and filled with respect."
Australia's attorney general George Brandis named December 9 as the day same-sex couples can officially begin their rightful legal process to get married, entailing a 28-day notice period, which could have ceremonies happening as soon as January 6, 2018.
Many famous LGBTQ Australians were present in Canberra (Australia's capital) in anticipation of this important vote, including swimmers Ian Thorpe and Daniel Kowalski, actor Magda Szubanski, and activist Kerryn Phelps.
"We came, we saw and loved finally conquered. Marriage equality is finally the law of the land," stated Equality Campaign co-chair Alex Greenwich after the vote.
There are thousands of same-sex couples who are already married in other countries (like Kerryn Phelps and her spouse Jackie Stricker-Phelps). Their status will automatically be recognized this month when "the bill gets royal assent from the governor general." Some couples married over a decade ago, and have children as old as 12.
"When Sarah and I got married…our son was nine months old," said Jacqui Tomlins, a Rainbow Families spokesperson. "And our daughters, who are 10 and 12, were just a twinkle in their mother's eye."
Dean Smith, a senator and first openly gay federal parliamentarian in the Liberal party, is the author of the cross-party bill. Of its passage, he praised it as an example of "a measure of what can be done when people put some of their partisan politics behind," and that it is "owned by everyone, it is owned by the Australian people."
tags: australia marriage equality, chris hemsworth, george brandis, ian thorpe, love is love, magda szubanski, prime minister malcolm turnbull, same sex marriage australia