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Sax Rohmer, the creator of the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, described his villain as "tall, lean, and feline, high-shouldered, with a brow like Shakespeare, a face like Satan . . . and long magnetic eyes of the true cat-green." By contrast, the character who plots the destruction of the white races in Young Jean Lee's Songs of the Dragons Flying up to Heaven is a pretty Korean American woman (Becky Yamamoto) sporting a pink shirt with a picture of a giraffe on it. Looking out from beneath her long bangs, shuffling her Vans-clad feet, she threatens, "Minorities have all the power. We can take the word racism and hurl it at people and demolish them and there's nothing you can do to stop us. . . . The wiliness of the Korean is beyond anything. You may laugh now, but remember my words when you and your offspring are writhing under our yoke."
Many of Young Jean Lee's previous works are predicated on avoiding writing the play that she wants to write. Of The Appeal, she has said that she set out to write the worst possible play. Of Pullman, WA, she claims, "I had horrible writer's block. What came out was this." So it isn't such a surprise that when Lee set out to write a play examining Asian American culture and minority politics, it would produce a perverse, provocative, and very funny festival of racism. The opening lines: "Have you ever noticed how most Asian Americans are slightly brain-damaged from having grown up with Asian parents? It's like being raised by monkeys, these retarded monkeys." Songs of the Dragons apparently grew out of a dread Lee had of writing "a predictable, confessional, Korean American identity play with a flowery Asian-sounding title." But Lee won't content herself with mere parody. Confessions and identity do feature, but they're subsumed by a relationship drama featuring two white people and Lee's relentless self-inquiry.
Lee is a queen of unease; chuckles never come unaccompanied by squirms. She's a distressingly self-aware writer who will play with theatrical forms and then have one or two characters speak about how she's playing with theatrical forms and whether that was really such a good idea. Songs offers not only chauvinistic monologues and ass-slapping Korean dances, but also a rigorous exploration of art-making and its associated terrors. In a smash speech, spoken in unison by the Korean American and three traditionally dressed Korean schoolgirls, Lee explains, defends, and apologizes for nearly every aspect of the show. "I wasn't interested in any wonderful message about racism and identity," shout the four women. "It was an exercise in ego-inflation. . . . I apologize for bringing shame upon my country." For work this troubling and dense and droll, there's no apology necessary.
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After 'Star Trek' and 'Avatar' is Zoe Saldana really a 'Loser'?
It's been a warm day on the set of Warner Bros. new action picture "The Losers," but what else would you expect from Puerto Rico in August? After a busy morning of shooting a complicated fight gun fight scene on a busy shipping pier, the film's one leading lady, Zoe Saldana, took some time to chat with the visiting press about latest genre outing.
At the time of the interview, Saldana was coming off her first high of 2009, the massive success of "Star Trek," and while she knew it was special, there were still doubts among the media and public, about the year-end phenomenon known as "Avatar" which may have cemented her as a true breakout star. In "The Losers," she stars alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgan ("Watchmen") and Chris Evans ("Fantastic Four," the upcoming "The First Avenger: Captain America") in an adaptation of the comic book series of the same title. Her "mysterious" character, Aisha, joins a group of disgraced, ex-CIA agents who all have a beef to settle with another peculiar foe, Max (Jason Patric).
Sitting under a lunch tent with the Atlantic Ocean breeze cooling everyone off, Saldana is visibly pumped and in extremely good spirits as the assembled, select members of the press prepare to barrage her with questions. Saldana takes it all in stride and enthusiastically discusses being an "action" phase of her career, the camaraderie of the "Trek" crew and divulges her feelings about working with James Cameron and Sam Worthington on "Avatar." And to think she had no idea what she was in for only four months later.
Q: What can you tell us about Aisha and her relationship with the guys on the team?
Obviously, we know that Clay's team, their objective is to find a way to get back home. And Aisha's objective is later revealed and it's just as personal and it's just as profound, but it's compelled her to play some shady cards with the boys, especially Clay [Jeffrey Dean Morgan].
Q: Aisha has very specific motivations in the comic. Are they the same in the movie?
Very similar. In terms of the piercings and how avid she is when she's fighting. They don't come off. We [had] the motel fighting scene and I'm now healing and my arms were about to fall to fall off.
Q: Do you have a lot of difficult fight scenes in the film?
I do. There is a scene where they fight in a motel room and its sort of like "The Losers" version of "When Harry Met Sally." It's really romantic and that room, by the end of that meeting, that room is just an absolute disaster. No lamp is like standing.
Q: Can you talk about the relationship between Aisha and Clay?
They have very similar professions. They can only be stimulated by somebody that challenges them mentally and physically and Aisha is definitely down his alley. And she soon realizes that he's hot too. I mean have you guys seen Jeffrey Dean's little eyes? His luscious, little eyes?
Q: Jeffrey was describing the picture in the vein of a "Die Hard" or "Lethal Weapon" with lots of comedy thrown in the action. Is this even funnier than the mix in "Star Trek"?
I almost feel like they are pretty similar. Lots of witty jokes and stuff. You have a Chris Evans who is know to be a very, very funny guy and so is Columbus [Short]. And who knew that I also have a little funny part there too. It's already dark. They are being framed, they can't go back home. You have a very dark villain, Max, [in] that I mean this man is really evil. And if we only played the drama of the intensity of what was being experienced than you might as well slash your wrists. You've got to keep it light in order to keep going with the story and to really care about the characters.
Q: We've heard that at the end of the film there is a big stunt where your character jumps 120 feet in the air. Are you going to do it yourself?
I hope so. I think I can. My mom isn't that keen on it. [She shows her bruises]. This is not Jane Austen. I was an athlete my whole life, but to be able to challenged not only emotionally, but try to tackle a character which would also be challenged physically, I'm in my phase of action film exploitation. After "Avatar," for two years of being harnessed and jumping off of wires I wanted to keep exploring that. In "Star Trek" I had so much fun, but the boys had all the action. J.J. promised me in the sequel she will have at least one little fight. At least kick a guy in the groin or something.
Q: Have you been E-malling J.J. Abrams about what you are doing here so he realizes what you're ready for?
[Expletive] yeah! If you guys could really see, we all have each other on a massive E-mail group and all the producers and J.J. and just to read the back and forth between Karl Urban and Simon Pegg and Chris Pine and John Cho. I've been having tons of fun. The last two years have been fun because I've been working with amazing actors and amazing directors. Whether they have been prolific directors or fairly new directors or highly promising like ["The Losers" Sylvain White] or J.J. I just have been having so much fun.
Q: Do you think you are lucky you've gotten such great characters to play?
I mean I am a sucker for vulnerable parts, but like I said, I'm in my action phase and I really enjoy. You just catch that bug. (Laughs.)
Q: What's it like shooting in more real gritty and dirty locations as opposed to the usually sterile environment of a Hollywood soundstage?
Sometimes it's not that cool and you wake up at 5:15 in the morning and you are working in a warehouse with no ceilings and we have to stop for rain. 'Wait, this is supposed to be an interior scene of a warehouse, but we can't shoot because it's raining.' It's that kind of filmmaking that we'll complain or we'll be grumpy for two nanoseconds about it, it's really awesome because it helps a lot for your character and having an environment that matches what you're trying to say.
Q: How has it been like doing something so visceral as compared to "Avatar" or "Star Trek" where there is tons of CG?
Every film that I have done stands on its own grounds. There is no such thing as me being able to compare "Avatar" to this or to "Star Trek" even, because I would be cheating the filmmakers and the cast. Everything was special. "Avatar" definitely had a purpose and will also have a great place in my heart because it was the one film I got to shoot over two years. Usually we only shoot for three months and spend an amazing time with the cast and director and crew and then the films live forever with you guys, but our experience of shooting that will only live for three months and sometimes we feel cheated. To have that opportunity to work with an amazing director like James Cameron and to work with Sam Worthington who by far -- he's one of the most selfless actors I've met and we are literally like brother and sister now. But not incestual! It was amazing and to come here to work with bad ass actors. I mean, Jeffrey is hot. (Laughs.) He's [expletive] hotter than he is on screen and we talk about each other's level of hotness, because that's the objective. Sometimes I'll give myself a 9, sometimes I'll give myself a 7, he'll agree with me, he'll disagree with me. (Laughs.) We'll go back and forth, but I really have fun. I really have fun with the roles I'm taking and I think for women that's very important.
Q: But you did take a break because you shot the comedy "Death at a Funeral" right?
I did. I was in my "No, no, no, must kill! Must climb!" phase and my team, my agents and managers they were like, 'Please meet the director.' And I'm very good friends with Clint Culpepper who was the producer and the script I really loved and I saw the [original] movie and I loved it. I didn't even know that I needed any of that break, but I really did. It was good to wear a dress and have my hair all [made up]. (Laughs.) And it was a wonderful cast. It was a lot of fun.
Q: How long do those tattoos take to come off or do you leave them on?
[Expletive] yeah! Do you know how cool it is to go out here with them? People think they are really real and I want to go to church with them.
Q: Your arm is bandaged, what happens to it in the film?
Oh, the night before we're supposed to end up on the pier and the docks, Jeffrey's character and I and the rest of the team, we have a little bit of a disagreement in Jeffrey's room in the motel.
Q: Is this the motel scene you were talking about before?
No, this is another one. There are two trash the motel room and we are both in them. She is not wearing much so of course she's gonna get [hurt]. That's the baggage of doing these kinds of films. Oh, right, not only do i need to be tough, I need to be sexy.
Q: This is part of like a 45 minute sequence at the end of the film all this action. The scene we saw today, with everyone coming out of the van, where is that in context of that sequence?
It's sort of in the middle of the shoot out. At this point we're all together and we're just trying to get the hell out of this place, but also kill bad guys. Because he needs to be reprimanded for all the bad stuff.
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MP3 Cut is an intuitive piece of software designed to help you split audio tracks with the MP3 format into multiple pieces. It features support for encoder configuration when it comes to the output files. Although it comes packed with some advanced options, the tool caters to first-time and power users alike.
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Ideal place to stay in Prague
We just returned from a week in Prague, and stayed at the Pachtuv Palace based on the previous reviews in Tripadvisor. The hotel was everything we had hoped for and more -- beautiful, ideal location and great service. Since we were travelling with our two young children, we got a two bedroom suite, which allowed the kids room to spread out, and keeping the kitchenette stocked with milk, bread, juice etc. kept the children in good humor and contributed to a very pleasant experience overall. We highly recommend the Pachtuv Palace and are looking forward to a return trip.
Absolutely loved the Pachtuv Palace
My husband and I just spent our wedding night at Pachtuv Palace. We were absolutely satisfied and amazed, and highly recommend the hotel to travellers who prefer boutique luxury hotels. The hotel has been carefully renovated with a great style, preserving all the historical features. It has very spacious and original suites, with interior finishes of very high quality. A stay at this hotel is made all the more special by attentive, but personal service. We stayed in the Honeymoon Suite and it was magnificent. It was beautifully prepared for our arrival, rose petals everywhere, fresh gorgeous flowers, special candles, luxury soap basket, etc. Everything was top quality; there were frescos on all the walls, special lighting made it stand out even more. All the suites are equipped with self-contained kitchens; there is also free internet service in all the room and wi-fi in the lobby area. The location is superior too. Just steps from the Charles Bridge, most of the great rooms have direct view on the bridge and Prague Castle. I cannot imagine better location in Prague. Everything together, surely one of the best hotels in Prague. We are definitely returning. We can't speak highly enough about our experience at the Pachtuv Palace. Don't miss out on the experience.
Superb, superb, superb .....
Visited Prague in April 2006 for my friends birthday. We found the Pachtuv Palace on the internet and it exceeded all of our expectations. The service by the staff was very attentive and professional. Concierge enjoyed telling us about the good places to eat and drink. Our two rooms were the very best with spectacular views of the river, castle, cathedral and Charles bridge. The attention to detail was excellent and it was a mix of traditional Czech and modern. Wonderful parquet flooring, traditional furniture with sumptuous fabrics. Our bedroom had a wonderful four poster bed with drapes, excellent for a good nights sleep after pounding the streets of Prague.
The hotel has an excellent position and you can walk from the lobby to the main square in about 5 minutes provided that you dont stop and browse in all the interesting shops along the way.
A fantastic hotel, I am so impressed that I plan to return with my parents for a long weekend and they are very choosy about where they stay.
The Pachtuv Palace was Perfect!
We want to proclaim that the Pachtuv Palace in Prague was the "grand finale" of our trip to Europe! Located within steps of the Vlatava River, with a view of the Charles Bridge, we couldn't have asked for any place nearer to "the action".
Our room was a beautiful suite, stocked with all the amenities of a comfortable home. The view to the Prague Castle and Charles Bridge was stunning. As for the service, the staff at the Pachtuv was highly professional, courteous, friendly, and more than accommodating to our every need.
Breakfast was served in their inviting dining room, a place of gracious coziness. The buffet was ample, but we could also order special egg dishes or a variety of other foods and drinks.
The fact that we appreciate the history of Prague and its culture made the Pachtuv even more delightful, knowing that Mozart had stayed there when it was a private residence.
On our next visit to Prague,we will be looking forward to the elegance and secured privacy of the Pachtuv Palace. It is just the right size to make one feel as if they are staying in "private quarters" in the center of that lovely city.
Different from a normal hotel, and we loved it
Pachtuv has now been open for 1.5 years. From the room we were in, we thought we were the first to stay in it, as it was in excellent condition.
Pachtuv is no ordinary hotel. From the moment you walk in you are not met with a large scale reception, but instead a low key, plush entrance hall with welcoming desk. The staff are extremely friendly and efficient. For example, we were offered complimentary tea and coffee when we returned to the hotel following our last day in Prague, even though we had checked out that morning.
To get to the rooms, often requires going outside into a courtyard. The old part of the Palace is full of history. Rooms are individual in nature, so this review could differ from other reviews when comparing facilities. The room we were allocated included, hall, kitchen, large living area, four poster bed and large bathroom. There was double glazed windows, which reduced the noise from outside (we were in the old "original part" of the hotel).
The rooms tastefully balance, old style (high ceiling, large chandiler) with new, (under floor bathroom heating, large modern sinks etc). We found the bed to be extremely comfortable.
The location of the hotel is second to none for tourists, being no more than 3 minute walk to Charles Bridge (you see the hotel from the bridge), 3 minutes to the National Theatre, and 2 minutes to the old centre and 10 minutes walk from the main shopping area.
The one negative for the hotel is its breakfast area and the breakfast. As an apartment hotel the breakfast area is small, and we found the breakfast selection disappointing.
Overall however we would be more than happy to revisit this excellent establishment and would recommend it for a hotel experience that is a little different from the ordinary upper tier hotels you could choose to stay in.
Great hotel!
We have just returned from another great trip to Prague and stayed this time in the Pachtuv Palace. This beautiful hotel is on the bank of the Vltava river next to the Charles Bridge. We got a great winter deal and managed to get a lovely riverside room as well which was a nice size (with 3 large windows) and had a bathroom and separate W.C. It also had a tiny kitchenette hidden away in a wardrobe - hob, kettle, microwave, toaster, fridge/minibar and sink!! The staff were very friendly and helpful. The rooms were cleaned every day, the bath was enormous and there were fluffy bathrobes supplied as well! The road could be a bit noisy with the windows open but the double glazing was superb and no noise could be heard with the windows shut. I would recommend this hotel to anyone as it is in a great location for seeing all the sights and will definitely stay there again.
A real palace!
I have just returned from spending 4 nights in a 'studio' room in the Pachtuv Palace and it was amazing! The main room was incredibly spacious with a massive four poster bed, sofa and dressing table. The kitchen and bathroom were extremely modern and very clean. The hotel staff were also very polite and helpful. The only piece of advice I would give is to save yourself �12 each every day and make breakfast in your own lovely, fully equipped kitchen. From what I saw the hotel breakfast is simply not worth this amount of money.
The hotel itself is situated on a road parallel to the river so as soon as you exit the hotel you have a great view of Charles bridge and Prague Castle. Old Town is simply around the corner and there are quite a few nice little restuarants nearby. I would recommend Cafe Rincon , which is a few doors down from the hotel, for some lovely home cooked food and cheap cocktails!
I would not hesitate in recommending this hotel - it is extremely clean, quiet and just as palatial as you would hope!
Treated like a princess at the Pachtuv Palace
I recently returned from a four night stay at the Pachtuv Palace and I felt just like a princess. The staff are meticulously professional but warm and friendly.
We had a great size room with a four poster bed, table and chairs, and a sofa seating area. We also had a very stylish, fully equiped kitchette. The bathroom was fantastic with beautiful tiling and separate shower and toilet.
With regard to location the Pachtuv wasn't in the centre of the tourist area, but bearing in mind the crowds and noise this was a definite plus. The bed was really comfy and it was nice to have a turn-down service in the evenings. Due to it's location as well there were no problems with unwanted noise.
It's only about a 5 minute walk to the main shopping/sightseeing areas and there's a fabulous italian restaurant next door which I highly recommend - it also makes up for the lack of restaurant in the hotel (although there was room service).
Speaking of food - one of the things I really appreciated was that breakfast concluded at 11.30, so you could go out for a late night without worrying that you'll have to go out first thing the next morning for something to eat.
All in all I had a great stay and would recommend it to anyone who wants to visit Prague, but wants to stay in a more refined atmosphere and be indulged rather than deluged.
Pachtuv Palace-- delivered on every count. Fantastic.
We have just returned from Prague, where we stayed at Pachtuv Palace for eight nights, one of the highlights of our trip. It is an amazing "residence hotel", with an attentive and friendly staff, and just a minute or two away from one end of the Charles Bridge.
Our "room" in every aspect was amazing-- spacious with high ceilings, beautifully and elegantly designed and furnished. Our room had a kitchenette (with pots, toaster, stove, refrigerator, sink, utensils, cups, plates, cloth napkins-- all of the highest quality) all conveniently designed and hidden into a large armoire that looked like an antique but was actually built to accomodate the kitchenette. We had a huge living room, and an equally large adjacent bedroom, with four poster bed, chaise lounge, clothes armoire, chest of drawers, and another television. The split-bathroom was also well appointed with toiletries and plush robes, designed in more of a modern style, but perfectly blended with the old world charm of the overall room and building.
Housekeeping was excellent and totally unobtrusive.
Last year we stayed in Prague at a sister hotel to the Pachtuv Palace (same ownership)-- The Riverside -- and our experience was equally satisfying. We choose the Pachtuv Palace this time based on that experience, and because we wanted a kitchenette, which we used extensively, especially for breakfast and small snacks/meals.
We highly recommend Pachtuv Palace because of its excellent facilities, professional staff, and central location. If possible, ask for a tour of the building where you will see some amazing architecture, and even a room where Mozart composed. Also, note, that although the whole building is called Pachtuv Palace, the original "Pachtuv Palace" is just part of the building "complex". When making a reservation you may want to request that you be located in that part of the building if history matters to you, although I think you get the best views from the other part of the building.
A great, great place to stay while visiting a truly amazing city.
An Excellent place to stay
We have just returned from two nights at the Pachtuv Palace having been 'bumped' from the Iron Gate for an unspecified 'technical problem' and don't think that we lost out on the swap. The Pachtuv appears to have recently been converted/refurbished and has been done to a very high standard, high quality materials and fittings have been used throughout. The staff were at all times friendly, smiling and politely efficient. The hotel is set around a central courtyard garden and has the slightly odd arrangement whereby you go out of the strair well/lift area onto a veranda and walk along to another door where you enter the lobby outside your room. Our suite had a view of the castle and the Charles bridge and although a tram route runs along the side of the river such is the quality of the soundproofing that no traffic noise could be heard at all. A mini kitchenette was hidden inside a huge cupboard to enable you to cater for yourself if required (no restaurant on site only a buffet breakfast) but although there is a filter coffee machine no filters were supplied or other tea/coffee supplies although there is a minibar, well more of a fridge really,(since the Pachtuv is advertised as an appartment hotel I assume they work along the lines of a furnished appartment doesn't come with 'consumables'). About 10 minutes walk takes you to the Old Town Square, Charles Bridge is less than 3 mins and the National Theatre about 5.
All in all we were very impressed and would certainly consider returining to the Pachtuv.
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Market pundits aver that the Indian economy has grown to $1T in 60 years since independence. In 6 years we're going to grow to $2T and then exponentially at a similar rate to that of China - only 10 years behind. This growth will prove a drastic challenge to our youngsters like never before. How do we meet the demands of a rapidly modernising economy with its 1.2B people with challenges such as limited trained manpower and limited automation in our industries? This is going to cause demographic upheavals like never before - urban families already find domestic help is difficult to find. The rural NREGA scheme has rendered labour scarce like never before. These are the tip of the iceberg that indicate a severe need for automation in the economy. But who is going build these machines for us - and at what cost? Imported technology costs us between 8-10 times as much as locally produced technology so it is clear that we need to find these resources within ourselves by preparing our youngsters for these challenges.
The progress of our nation lies in being able to produce high quality engineers who have the education and adequate exposure to technology at a young age to think innovatively and develop indigenous appropriate technology. Project E-Yantra at IIT Bombay is an initiative in Embedded Systems sponsored under the NMEICT program (National Mission for ICT in Education) by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. E-Yantra has been conceptualized by Prof Kavi Arya and Prof. Krithi Ramamritham of the CSE Dept. at IIT Bombay as a way to transfer their experience in building embedded systems as a fun exercise for engineering students all over the country.
The modus operandi is to provide hands-on learning-infrastructure to engineering students with limited access to labs and mentors. The goal is to create a practical outlook in students to help them articulate problems that they see around them and to solve them using a little robot developed by the IIT-Bombay team over the last 5 years at IIT Bombay. This project is an outcome of years of the experience of these professors teaching Embedded Systems course to students both at IIT-Bombay and at remote engineering colleges through the Distance Education Program of IIT-Bombay.
Opines Prof. Arya, "It is only when students articulate a problem and then solve it themselves, using a little machine with flashing lights and things that move, that they acquire confidence as embedded systems engineers." After all, the important part of this exercise is to instill a "can do" attitude in the students as a first step to achieving anything in life. The next step being to prototype a solution by solving the problem in the small - this being the classical way engineers usually work. Once the idea is understood in the small we can scale up to a larger more realistic solution.
In the Embedded Systems course projects which are completed in 6-8 weeks we see working examples of "Jhadu pocha" robots, fruit picking robots, autonomous vehicle robots, "servant bot," factory automation robot, pothole filling robot, and so on. Each solves a relevant problem picked up from around us and solved in the small. From here the transition to a "real" machine is not as large as it might have been otherwise. This experience is now being taken to the next level through a National Robotics Competition where students from all over India will participate in theme-wise solving of such problems. This climaxes in a final competition at Techfest in IIT Bombay in Jan. 2013. Interested participants are advised to register at http://www.e-yantra.org/register to participate in the competition as teams. There is a selection process following which 120 teams (4 strong) will be selected to participate in the competition and put through the necessary training to take part in what promises to be an exciting formative experience.
A large amount of foreign exchange is used to purchase software. If we were to use legal copies, which most businesses have to nowadays, the costs nationally would run into billions of dollars - a cost scarce affordable to our important Small Scale Sector. An important observation made by faculty is that all aspects of their work in E-Yantra uses Open Source software. Even the design of the robots is open source. Prof. Arya mentioned how whenever he used to visit colleges he found evidence of half-finished robotic projects where, because students could not buy "standard robots" they spent their energy on building the platform rather than solving an interesting problem. "Every year this happens" with the result that there is never any progress. "Our robots being a commodity may be purchased off the shelf or built according to our design." Then there are over a hundred open source projects on our website which students can build upon to create even more sophisticated projects. "We must be one of the few faculty to encourage copying or reuse" Prof. Arya chuckles. All the material developed in this project is Open Source material licensed under a Creative Commons License. Permission is granted for download/ use/ modification/ distribution of this material, for non-commercial purposes. The experiments are released under the Creative Commons - Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 India license.
If the enthusiasm of Craig Mundy, the Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft, is anything to go by when he visited Prof. Arya's lab at IIT Bombay - robotics is here to stay and just as we program PCs today we will be programming robots tomorrow. There will certainly be a lot of work in making machines do our bidding in a variety of sectors. Perhaps that's why he commissioned IITB to port their open source Firebird robot into their Microsoft Robotics Studio, Microsoft's proprietary robotic application development platform. Clearly robotics is here to stay. For those who feel threatened we have this to say - there are a whole lot of dangerous, monotonous and painful jobs out there in the world which are best done by machines. Other than this it is also believed that due to the drastically lowering costs brought on by robotic manufacturing technology and the increasing cost of transportation, a lot of manufacturing sector jobs are going to migrate back to the Developed countries. So it is not a question of whether we can afford to get into robotics but whether we can afford to keep out of this most important race in the future. We need to protect the future of our youngsters in this fast changing world - like never before. Don't you agree?
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Is it okay to use floating-point numbers as indices or when creating factors in R?
I don't mean numbers with decimal parts; that would clearly be odd, but instead numbers which really are integers (to the user, that is), but are being stored as floating point numbers.
For example, I've often used constructs like
(1:3)*3 or
seq(3,9,by=3) as indices, but you'll notice that they're actually being represented as floating point numbers, not integers, even though to me, they're really integers.
Another time this could come up is when reading data from a file; if the file represents the integers as 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, etc, R will store them as floating-point numbers.
(I posted an answer below with an example of why one should be careful, but it doesn't really address if simple constructs like the above can cause trouble.)
(This question was inspired by this question, where the OP created integers to use as coding levels of a factor, but they were being stored as floating point numbers.)


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Janet Daley was born in America, and taught philosophy before beginning her political life on the Left (before moving to Britain, and the Right, in 1965) - all factors that inform her incisive writing on policy and politicians.
Janet Daley is American-born, but has lived in Britain since 1965. She was educated at the University of California at Berkeley (BA in Philosophy), and Birkbeck College, London (post-graduate).
She spent twenty years in academic life, teaching philosophy at the Open University, the external department of London University and the Royal College of Art. She wrote art and literary criticism from the late 1960s to early 80s, and left teaching to become a freelance journalist in 1987, writing for The Times, Sunday Times, Independent, Sunday Telegraph and Spectator.
Janet Daley joined the Independent as a columnist in 1989, before starting at The Times as a columnist and leader-writer (1990-1996). She then joined the Daily Telegraph as columnist and leader-writer.
She is now a political columnist for the Sunday Telegraph and was a panellist on Radio 4's "Moral Maze" for ten years. Her other broadcasting includes Radio4's "Any Questions?", BBC's "Question Time", "Newsnight" and "Breakfast with Frost"; she is a regular on the BBC News Channel's "Dateline London".
Her two novels are All Good Men (Chatto and Windus, 1987) and Honourable Friends (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1989). In 2005, she became a Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies; she was Visiting Professor of Journalism at University of Buckingham from 2005-2007.
She married Michael Daley in 1967. They have two daughters, born 1972 and 1974.
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