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LeBron is Coming To Town, Let's Be Nice About It
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How you hanging in there Miami? I know, I know - you don't want to talk about it. But we need to talk about this. He's gone. He left and I know it hurts, but it is what it is. These things happen, people change and they move on and you just have to figure out how to deal. Here's the thing...and you're not going to like it, but...he's coming back to town. We need to talk about how to handle this.
Miami, you have a bit of a reputation for being something of an asshole. Don't get me wrong, it's undeniably part of the charm, but sometimes it goes too far. And I get that it helps smooth out that big ol' chip on your shoulder to be petty and piss on anything that isn't MIAMI, it might just be time to show a certain degree of restraint and, dare I say it - maturity. And with Lebron rolling into town for Christmas, we ought to take a minute to talk about how to go about showing a little class and civility - neither of which are your strong suits - namely by not booing number 23 when he takes to the hardwood at the American Airlines Arena come the 25th.
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So...the Decision 2.0 sucked. It sucked for a lot of reasons, from the fact that Bron wouldn't even see Pat in good faith to his nonchalant description of Miami as being like going to college in his Sports Illustrated essay attempting to explain why any man in his right mind would leave Miami for Cleveland.
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And there's no arguing that we are hurting without him. Watching the Heat play (and lose for the most part) over these last few weeks has been unpleasant to say the least. Hope springs eternal that we will start to break a bit better, but so far, this season has made it rather difficult to ignore just how heavy his absence weighs on our team and our city's sporting sentiments.
That being said, we simply need to be better at this than Cleveland was. It would be so fucking easy to fill the AAA with a howling wave of boos and "vete pa la pinga"s and in doing so, justify every con word ever said about Miami's merits as a place to bring your talents. It would prove us to be just as petulant and fickle and fundamentally childish. Sure, it's fun to throw up the 305 and tell anyone and everyone who'll listen 'I'm from Miami, so fuck you.' But that moniker has done nothing but keep us firmly stuck at the kids table as far as the rest of the country is concerned. This is a chance to show we can sit with the adults.
How often have we defied expectations as a city? From face eatings to bankrupt backers for public projects to trafficking and prostitution at the strip club (I'm shocked - SHOCKED - to find that gambling in here!), Miami has earned itself a reputation as a city full of degenerates, crazies, and short-sighted crooks. And while there may be a fair degree of validity to that, there is so much more to this city and so much more that we can be that our reputation gives us credit for.
Everyone is expecting us to boo Lebron and boo him hard. The country will be waiting to see that those Miami mongrels are not only just as bad as the Cleveland hypocrites who burned his jerseys and then welcomed him back with open arms and shit eating grins - they're worse! The rest of the country would like to sew up this going home story by cementing Miami as the bad guy and the image of the American Airlines Arena exploding into a chorus of heckling louder, meaner, and more viciously colorful than any Clevelander could ever imagine would do just that.
But if we turn the other cheek and cheer - cheer for this man who brought us two championships, who led us to 4 consecutive NBA finals appearances, who electrified his adopted city's basketball culture and gave us some of the most amazing ball we'll ever see in this town - then we can do something far more lasting than the momentary instant gratification you might get from stroking your bruised ego and booing your former favorite player. We can show class and gratitude in return for 4 amazing years, and we can show the rest of the world that Miami is growing up after all.
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Lab 1
From 6.034 Wiki
This lab is due by Tuesday, September 20 at 10:00pm.
To work on this lab, you will need to get the code, much like you did for Lab 0. You can:
- Use Git on your computer: git clone firstname.lastname@example.com:/mit/6.034/www/labs/lab1
- Use Git on Athena: git clone /mit/6.034/www/labs/lab1
- Download it as a ZIP file: http://web.mit.edu/6.034/www/labs/lab1/lab1.zip
- View the files individually: http://web.mit.edu/6.034/www/labs/lab1/
All of your answers belong in the main file lab1.py.
You will probably want to use the Python feature called "list comprehensions" at some point in this lab, to apply a function to everything in a list. You can read about them in the official Python tutorial.
Those who think recursively may also benefit from the Python function reduce (the equivalent of Scheme's "fold-left" or "accumulate"), documented in the Python library reference.
A note on nomenclature: Wherever possible, we try to be consistent with our use of certain keywords. In particular, the words clause, expression, and statement are very vague and overloaded, but we attempt to use them mostly consistently in this document:
- IF, THEN, and DELETE commands are clauses
- AND, OR, and NOT commands are expressions
- AND and OR expressions comprise zero or more statements; NOT expressions comprise a single statement (which is semantically negated)
We will occasionally use expression or statement in a different context, but the context of usage should make their intended meaning clear.
Forward chaining
This section is an explanation of the system you'll be working with. There aren't any problems to solve, but read it carefully anyway.
This problem set will make use of a production rule system. The system is given a list of rules and a list of data. A datum is simply a statement (string) declaring a fact or a relation, e.g. 'Jake is a person'. A rule is a combination of a predicate (antecedent) and a resultant action or set of actions (consequent).
The system compares its rules against the data, attempting to find data that "matches" the antecedents of its rules. If it finds a datum that matches a particular rule's antecedent, it may activate that rule to produce a new piece of data, the consequent. Rules can also delete existing data.
Importantly, rules can contain variables. This allows a rule to match more than one possible datum. The consequent can contain variables that were bound in the antecedent.
A rule is an expression that contains certain keywords, like IF, THEN, AND, OR, and NOT. An example of a rule looks like this:
IF( AND( 'parent (?x) (?y)',
'parent (?x) (?z)' ),
THEN( 'sibling (?y) (?z)' ))
This could be taken to mean:
- If x is the parent of y, and x is the parent of z, then y is the sibling of z.
Given data that look like 'parent marge bart' and 'parent marge lisa', then, it will produce further data like 'sibling bart lisa'. (In this particular case, it will also produce 'sibling bart bart', which is something that will need to be dealt with.)
Of course, the rule system doesn't know what these arbitrary words "parent" and "sibling" mean! It doesn't even care that they're at the beginning of the expression. The rule could also be written like this:
IF (AND( '(?x) is a parent of (?y)',
'(?x) is a parent of (?z)' ),
THEN( '(?y) is a sibling of (?z)' ))
Then it will expect its data to look like 'marge is a parent of lisa'. This gets wordy and involves some unnecessary matching of symbols like 'is' and 'a', and it doesn't help anything for this problem, but we'll write some later rule systems in this English-like way for clarity.
Just remember that the English is for you to understand, not the computer. The computer's only concern is to pattern match the data with the rules.
Rule expressions
Here's a more complete description of how the system works.
The rules are given in a specified order, and the system will check each rule in turn: for each rule, it will iterate through all of the data (also known as assertions) searching for matches to that rule's antecedent, before moving on to the next rule.
A rule is an expression that can have an IF antecedent and a THEN consequent. Both of these parts are required. Optionally, a rule can also have a DELETE clause, which specifies some data to delete.
The IF antecedent can contain AND, OR, and NOT expressions. AND requires that multiple statements are matched in the dataset; OR requires that at least one of multiple statements are matched in the dataset; and NOT requires that a statement is not matched in the dataset. AND, OR, and NOT expressions can be nested within each other. When nested like this, these expressions form an AND/OR tree (or really an AND/OR/NOT tree). At the bottom of this tree are strings, possibly with variables in them.
As explained above, for each rule, the system searches the data, in order, for data items that match the requirements of the rule's antecedent. Data items (assertions) that appear earlier in the data take precedence over data items that appear later in the data. If an AND or OR expression comprises multiple statements, we always try to match those statements in the order given. This is particularly important for AND expressions, because if one of the AND expression's statements contains variables and we match that to a datum, we must apply those same variable bindings to the subsequent statements in the AND expression.
If there is a NOT expression in the antecedent, the data is searched to make sure that no data item matches the pattern. A NOT expression should never introduce new variables: the matcher won't know what to do with them, and it will certainly not behave as you expect it to. Generally, NOT expressions will appear inside an AND expression, and earlier parts of the AND expression will introduce the variables. For example, the following expression will match objects that are asserted to be birds, but are not asserted to be penguins:
AND( '(?x) is a bird',
NOT( '(?x) is a penguin' ))
The other way around will not work:
AND( NOT( '(?x) is a penguin' ), # don't do this!
'(?x) is a bird' )
This is not a valid expression, because we introduced the variable x in a NOT expression.
The terms match and fire are important. A rule matches if its antecedent matches the existing data. A rule that matches can fire if its THEN or DELETE clauses change the data. (Otherwise, it fails to fire.)
Only one rule can fire at a time. When a rule successfully fires, the system changes the data appropriately, and then starts again from the first rule. This lets earlier rules take precedence over later ones. (In other systems, the precedence order of rules can be defined differently.)
Running the system
If you call from production import forward_chain, you gain access to a procedure forward_chain(rules, data, verbose=False) that will make inferences as described above. It's important to note that in our code, rules and data may either be supplied as lists or tuples; either is acceptable. (However, it may be most appropriate semantically to represent data as a list since it's mutable, and data may be added or removed.) This method returns the final state of its input data.
Here's an example of using it with a very simple rule system:
from production import IF, AND, OR, NOT, THEN, DELETE, forward_chain
theft_rule = IF( 'you have (?x)',
THEN( 'i have (?x)' ),
DELETE( 'you have (?x)' ))
data = ( 'you have apple',
'you have orange',
'you have pear' )
print forward_chain([theft_rule], data, verbose=True)
We provide the system with a list containing a single rule, called theft_rule, which replaces a datum like 'you have apple' with 'i have apple'. Given the three items of data, it will replace each of them in turn.
Here is the output if you copy-and-pasted the code above and ran it as a python script:
Rule: IF(you have (?x), THEN('i have (?x)'))
Added assertion: i have apple
Rule: IF(you have (?x), THEN('i have (?x)'))
Deleted assertion: you have apple
Rule: IF(you have (?x), THEN('i have (?x)'))
Added assertion: i have orange
Rule: IF(you have (?x), THEN('i have (?x)'))
Deleted assertion: you have orange
Rule: IF(you have (?x), THEN('i have (?x)'))
Added assertion: i have pear
Rule: IF(you have (?x), THEN('i have (?x)'))
Deleted assertion: you have pear
('i have apple', 'i have orange', 'i have pear')
NOTE: The Rule:, Added assertion:, and Deleted assertion: lines come from the verbose printing. The final output is the set of assertions after applying the forward chaining procedure.
You can look at a much larger example in the zookeeper data in data.py, which classifies animals based on their characteristics.
Multiple Choice
As you answer the multiple choice questions below, keep in mind:
- that the computer doesn't know English, and anything that reads like English is for the user's benefit only
- that there is a difference between a rule having an antecedent that matches, and a rule actually firing
Indicate your answers as strings assigned to ANSWER_i in lab1.py under "Part 1".
Questions 1-2: New assertions
Question 1: In forward chaining, after all the variables in a rule have been bound, which part of the rule may appear as a new assertion in the data?
1. the antecedent
2. the consequent
3. both
4. neither
ANSWER_1 should be '1', '2', '3', or '4'.
Question 2: In backward chaining, after all the variables in a rule have been bound, which part of the rule may appear as a new assertion in the data?
1. the antecedent
2. the consequent
3. both
4. neither
ANSWER_2 should be '1', '2', '3', or '4'.
Questions 3-5: Hypothetical cats
Consider the following rules about hypothetical cats.
rule1 = IF( AND( '(?x) is a hypothetical cat', '(?x) is alive', NOT('(?x) is alive')), THEN( '(?x) is a paradox' ) ) rule2 = IF( AND( '(?x) is a hypothetical cat', '(?x) is alive', '(?x) is dead')), THEN( '(?x) is Schrodinger's cat' ) ) rule3 = IF( AND( '(?x) is a hypothetical cat', NOT('(?x) is alive'), NOT('(?x) is dead'))), THEN( '(?x) is amortal' ) )
Question 3: Consider the following set of assertions about Kitty.
assertions = ( 'Kitty is a hypothetical cat', 'Kitty is alive', 'Kitty is dead' )
Which rules would match in the first round of forward chaining? Answer with a string of numbers in ANSWER_3. (For example, if the assertions match rule1 and rule2, answer '12'.) If no rules match, answer '0'.
Question 4: Consider the following set of assertions about Nyan.
assertions = ( 'Nyan is a hypothetical cat', 'Nyan is alive', 'Nyan is not alive' )
Which rules would match in the first round of forward chaining? Answer with a string of numbers in ANSWER_4. If no rules match, answer '0'.
Question 5: Consider the following set of assertions about Garfield.
assertions = ( 'Garfield is a hypothetical cat', 'Garfield likes lasagna' )
Which rules would match in the first round of forward chaining? Answer with a string of numbers in ANSWER_5. If no rules match, answer '0'.
Questions 6-7: Pendergast
In a completely different scenario, suppose we have the following rules list:
( IF( AND( '(?x) has feathers', # rule 1 '(?x) has a beak' ), THEN( '(?x) is a bird' )), IF( AND( '(?y) is a bird', # rule 2 '(?y) cannot fly', '(?y) can swim' ), THEN( '(?y) is a penguin' ) ) )
and the following list of initial data:
( 'Pendergast is a penguin', 'Pendergast has feathers', 'Pendergast has a beak', 'Pendergast cannot fly', 'Pendergast can swim' )
Question 6: After starting the system, which rule fires first? In ANSWER_6, answer '1' or '2', or '0' if neither rule fires.
Question 7: Which rule fires second? In ANSWER_7, answer '1' or '2', or '0' if neither rule fires.
If you're confused about any of the answers, look in tests.py for an explanation.
Rule systems
Poker hands
We can use a production system to rank types of poker hands against each other. If we tell it the basic things like 'three-of-a-kind beats two-pair' and 'two-pair beats pair', it would make sense for it be able to deduce by transitivity that 'three-of-a-kind beats pair'.
You're given this data about poker hands:
poker_data = ( 'two-pair beats pair', 'three-of-a-kind beats two-pair', 'straight beats three-of-a-kind', 'flush beats straight', 'full-house beats flush', 'straight-flush beats full-house' )
Write a one-rule system that finds all other combinations of which poker hands beat which, transitively, given some of the rankings already. For example, it should be able to deduce that a three-of-a-kind beats a pair, because a three-of-a-kind beats two-pair and a two-pair beats a pair. The rankings (data) will all be provided in the form '(?x) beats (?y)'.
Put your one rule in the section "Part 2" of lab1.py, and assign it to the variable transitive_rule, so that your list of rules is [transitive_rule].
You can test your transitive_rule on two additional data sets by uncommenting some or all of the print statements in lab1.py:
print forward_chain([transitive_rule], abc_data) print forward_chain([transitive_rule], poker_data) print forward_chain([transitive_rule], minecraft_data)
Family relations
You will be given data that includes two kinds of statements:
- 'person x': x is a person
- 'parent x y': x is a parent of y
Every person in the data set will be explicitly defined as a person.
Your task is to deduce, wherever you can, the following relations:
- 'sibling x y': x is the sibling of y (x and y are different people, but share at least one parent)
- 'child x y': x is the child of y
- 'cousin x y': x and y are cousins (a parent of x and a parent of y are siblings, but x and y are not siblings)
- 'grandparent x y': x is the grandparent of y
- 'grandchild x y': x is the grandchild of y
You will probably run into a problem where the system wants to conclude that everyone is their own sibling. To avoid this, you may want to write a rule that adds the relation 'self (?x) (?x)' for every person, and make sure that potential siblings don't have self. (Hint: The order of the rules will matter.)
Note that for this problem, you are not limited to only defining rules that generate one of the five familial relations enumerated above. You are welcome to include rules that inform other relations (such as self, as described above). You're also welcome to implement additional familial relations such as great-grandparent or nibling (which is a gender-neutral form of niece/nephew), if you feel so inclined.
Keep in mind that some relations are symmetric, so you need to include them both ways. For example, if a is a cousin of b, then b is a cousin of a.
First, define all your rules individually -- that is, give them names by assigning them to variables. This will enable you to refer to the rules by name and easily rearrange them if you need to. Then, put them together into a list in order, and call it family_rules, so that the rules can be plugged into the forward-chaining system.
We've given you two larger sets of test data -- one for the Simpsons family, and one for the Black family from Harry Potter -- as well as a couple smaller data sets to help with debugging. To debug what happened in your rules, you can set verbose=True.
You will write your solution in lab1.py in the section labeled "Part 3". Note that lab1.py will automatically define a variable called black_family_cousins which will include all the 'cousin x y' relations you find in the Black family, per your rule set. There should be 14 of them.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you implement all five relations defined above. In this lab, the online tester will be stricter, and may test some relations not tested offline.
Backward chaining and goal trees
Goal trees
For the next problem, we're going to need a representation of goal trees. Specifically, we want to make trees out of AND and OR nodes, much like the ones that can be in the antecedents of rules. (There won't be any NOT nodes.) They will be represented as AND(...) and OR(...) objects. In our production code, AND and OR are subclasses of RuleExpression, which itself is a subclass of the Python built-in type list. Hence, you may iterate, slice, index into, and otherwise do any other standard list-like operation on AND and OR objects.
Strings will be the leaves of the goal tree. For this problem, the leaf goals will simply be arbitrary symbols or numbers like g1 or 3.
An AND node represents a list of sub-goals that are required to complete a particular goal. If all the branches of an AND node succeed, the AND node succeeds. AND(g1, g2, g3) describes a goal that is completed by completing g1, g2, and g3 in order. Similarly, AND can take in an iterable of arguments, so e.g. AND([g1, g2, g3]) is equivalent to AND(g1, g2, g3).
An OR node is a list of options for how to complete a goal. If any one of the branches of an OR node succeeds, the OR node succeeds. OR(g1, g2, g3) is a goal that you complete by first trying g1, then g2, then g3. Similarly, OR can take in an iterable of arguments, so e.g. OR([g1, g2, g3]) is equivalent to OR(g1, g2, g3).
Unconditional success is represented by an AND node with no requirements: AND(). Unconditional failure is represented by an OR node with no options: OR().
A problem with goal trees is that you can end up with trees that are described differently but mean exactly the same thing. For example, AND(g1, AND(g2, AND(AND(), g3, g4))) is more reasonably expressed as AND(g1, g2, g3, g4). So, we've provided you a function that reduces some of these cases to the same tree. We won't change the order of any nodes, but we will prune some nodes that it is fruitless to check.
We have provided this code for you. You should still understand what it's doing, because you can benefit from its effects. You may want to write code that produces "messy", unsimplified goal trees, because it's easier, and then simplify them with the simplify function.
This is how we simplify goal trees:
- If a node contains another node of the same type, absorb it into the parent node. So OR(g1, OR(g2, g3), g4) becomes OR(g1 g2 g3 g4).
- Any AND node that contains an unconditional failure (OR()) has no way to succeed, so replace it with unconditional failure.
- Any OR node that contains an unconditional success (AND()) will always succeed, so replace it with unconditional success.
- If a node has only one branch, replace it with that branch. AND(g1), OR(g1), and g1 all represent the same goal.
- If a node has multiple instances of a variable, replace these with only one instance. AND(g1, g1, g2) is the same as AND(g1, g2).
We've provided an abstraction for AND and OR nodes, and a function that simplifies them, in production.py. Everything you need to know about production.py is described below, so you shouldn't need to read the source code. There is nothing for you to code in this section, but please make sure to understand this representation, because you're going to be building goal trees in the next section. Some examples:
simplify(OR(1, 2, AND())) => AND()
simplify(OR(1, 2, AND(3, AND(4)), AND(5))) => OR(1, 2, AND(3, 4), 5)
simplify(AND('g1', AND('g2', AND('g3', AND('g4', AND()))))) => AND('g1', 'g2', 'g3', 'g4')
simplify(AND('g')) => 'g'
simplify(AND('g1', 'g1', 'g2')) => AND('g1', 'g2')
Backward chaining
Backward chaining is running a production rule system in reverse. We start with a conclusion (the hypothesis), and then we find which rules, when fired, would yield that hypothesis; then, we test those rules' antecedents to figure out how we can successfully match them.
In this problem, we will do backward chaining by starting from a conclusion, and generating a goal tree of all of the statements we may need to test. The leaves of the goal tree will be sentences (strings) like 'opus swims', meaning that at that point we would need to find out whether we know that Opus swims or not.
We'll run this backward chainer on the zookeeper system of rules, a simple set of production rules for classifying animals, which you will find in data.py. As an example, here is the goal tree generated for the hypothesis 'opus is a penguin':
'opus is a penguin',
OR('opus is a bird', 'opus has feathers', AND('opus flies', 'opus lays eggs'))
'opus does not fly',
'opus swims',
'opus has black and white color' ))
You will write a procedure, backchain_to_goal_tree(rules, hypothesis) (in "Part 4" of lab1.py), which outputs the goal tree containing the statements you would need to test to prove the hypothesis. Note that this function is supposed to be a general backchainer, so you should not hard-code anything that is specific to a particular rule set. The backchainer will be tested on rule sets other than zookeeper_rules.
The rules you work with will be limited in scope, because general-purpose backward chainers are difficult to write. In particular, for this problem, make the following assumptions:
- All variables that appear in a rule's antecedent also appear in its consequent (so there are no "unknown" variables in the antecedent). In other words, you will not need to do backtracking.
- All assertions are positive: no rules will have DELETE parts or NOT clauses.
- Rule antecedents never have nested RuleExpression nodes. For example, something like (OR (AND x y) (AND z w)) will never appear within an antecedent, since that comprises an AND expression nested under an OR expression.
Note that an antecedent can be a single hypothesis (a string) or a RuleExpression.
The backward chaining process
Here's the general idea of backward chaining:
- Given a hypothesis, you want to see what rules can produce it, by matching the consequents of those rules against your hypothesis. All the consequents that match are possible options, so you'll collect their results together in an OR node. If there are no matches, this hypothesis is a leaf, so output it as a leaf of the goal tree.
- If a consequent matches, keep track of the variables that are bound. Look up the antecedent of that rule, and instantiate those same variables in the antecedent (that is, replace the variables with their values). This instantiated antecedent is a new hypothesis.
- The antecedent may have AND or OR expressions. This means that the goal tree for the antecedent is already partially formed. But you need to check the leaves of that AND-OR tree, and recursively backward chain on them.
Other requirements:
- The branches of the goal tree should be in order: the goal trees for earlier rules should appear before (to the left of) the goal trees for later rules. Intermediate nodes should appear before their expansions.
- The output should be simplified as in the previous problem (you can use the simplify function). This way, you can create the goal trees using an unnecessary number of OR nodes, and they will be conglomerated together nicely in the end.
- If two different rules tell you to check the same hypothesis, the goal tree for that hypothesis should be included both times, even though it seems a bit redundant.
Some hints from production.py
match(pattern, datum) - This attempts to assign values to variables so that pattern and datum are the same. You can match(leaf_a, leaf_b), and that returns either None if leaf_a didn't match leaf_b, or a set of bindings if it did (even empty bindings: {}).
- match("(?x) is a (?y)", "John is a student") => { x: "John", y: "student" }
- match("foo", "bar") => None
- match("foo", "foo") => {}
Both arguments to match must be strings; you cannot pass a consequent (an object of type THEN) to match, but you can index into the THEN (because it's a type of list) and pass each element to match.
Note: {} and None are both False-like values in Python, so you should explicitly check if match's return value is None. If match returns {}, that means that the statements match but there are no variables that need to be bound; this does not need to be treated as a special case.
populate(exp, bindings) - given an expression with variables in it, look up the values of those variables in bindings and replace the variables with their values. You can use the bindings from match(leaf_a, leaf_b) with populate(leaf, bindings), which will fill in any free variables using the bindings. Note that the expression input to populate may either be a string or a more complicated tree:
- Example: populate("(?x) is a (?y)", { x: "John", y: "student" }) => "John is a student"
- Example: populate(AND("(?x) is a (?y)", "(?x) loves (?z)"), { x: "John", y: "student" }) => AND("John is a student", "John loves (?z)")
rule.antecedent(): returns the IF part of a rule, which is either a leaf or a RuleExpression. Recall that RuleExpression objects act like lists, so you can iterate over them.
rule.consequent(): returns the THEN part of a rule, which is either a leaf or a RuleExpression.
By the way, if you need to know to what class an antecedent belongs, you may find the isinstance function helpful. For example, isinstance(my_antecedent, OR) returns True if my_antecedent is an OR object, otherwise it returns False.
Please answer these questions at the bottom of your lab1.py file:
- NAME: What is your name? (string)
- COLLABORATORS: Other than 6.034 staff, whom did you work with on this lab? (string, or empty string if you worked alone)
- HOW_MANY_HOURS_THIS_LAB_TOOK: Approximately how many hours did you spend on this lab? (number or string)
- WHAT_I_FOUND_INTERESTING: Which parts of this lab, if any, did you find interesting? (string)
- WHAT_I_FOUND_BORING: Which parts of this lab, if any, did you find boring or tedious? (string)
- (optional) SUGGESTIONS: What specific changes would you recommend, if any, to improve this lab for future years? (string)
(We'd ask which parts you find confusing, but if you're confused you should really ask a TA.)
When you're done, run the online tester to submit your code.
Q: I'm getting a somewhat baffling "unhashable type: list" error when working on the family rules part.
A: This probably means your syntax for THENs is incorrect. A THEN with multiple consequents should look like THEN('consequent 1', 'consequent 2', 'consequent 3').
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Hanging in the balance
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On some machines it'll say a program is installed but under that individual workstation's installed software that program will have no version or install date. Upon connecting to the workstation it's apparent the program is not installed. Is there a way to clean up programs that are listed like this? It makes software auditing difficult when it shows up in the network software list and then the individual workstations don't have it installed. Thanks.
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Apr 2, 2007 at 10:34 UTC
Apr 2, 2007 at 10:38 UTC
I am having the same problem.. Anyone know what to do?
Apr 2, 2007 at 12:46 UTC
Can you attach a screenshot of the page in Spiceworks that shows S/W installed with no version or install date?
Apr 2, 2007 at 1:13 UTC
There looks like two separate issues here:
Some third-party or device software/drivers may not display Install date/Version.
So you've confirmed the application is indeed NOT installed on those machines, yet it shows the apps in the list?
If so, Can you isolate that machine's IP address plug it in Settings > Network run a rescan of just that machine does the software still populate in the list?
Are these machines successfully scanned and NOT in the "unknowns" category?
Apr 3, 2007 at 10:10 UTC
It's hard to say how many machines this occurs on as we only require certain applications to not be installed. Google toolbar is a good example but not the only applications this occurs with. It says 13 machines have it installed. I have confirmed none of them have it installed. On the software tab in spiceworks there is no version number or install date.
I could take a screenshot but that won't prove more than what I have already said. These machines are scanned daily and none of them show up in the unknown category.
Apr 3, 2007 at 10:38 UTC
Thanks for the feedback. Google Toolbar is a good example and I'm going to test this on my own. Going to Add/Remove Programs and uninstalling the app along with a fresh rescan should work but, you state that Spiceworks is still detecting it. I will follow up.
Apr 4, 2007 at 4:28 UTC
Hi Brett1/Mr Spicy,
I could not reproduce your issue both Yahoo Toolbar and Reg Cure apps do not reappear after a rescan. In many cases the Version/Install date will not appear. Yahoo Toolbar for example did not display in either category and Reg Cure only displayed the version.
Once removed properly from Add/Remove Programs and perform a rescan they should not be showing up. Please keep us posted
Apr 5, 2007 at 10:18 UTC
For some reason this doesn't seem to be an issue anymore. Spiceworks now shows the correct number of installs.
Apr 5, 2007 at 11:03 UTC
Excellent! It would be great to isolate your resolution. A network rescan should have done the trick but, there are unique cases : ) Mr Spicy?
Jan 23, 2013 at 1:01 UTC
I'm also having this issue starting from 6.0 to 6.2. I've a few microsoft softwares whereby they are not installed in certain PCs but SW shows they are. One of them is MS Visio 2003. I have a 3 licenses and only my laptop is installed with it but SW shows I've got 23 units installed with it. I've checked and none of them are installed with this software. Done a NWS (Network Scan), but still shows.
Jul 9, 2013 at 8:02 UTC
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I'm having the same issue. One node shows "MS Office 2007 SB" as well as "MS Office 2003 Access" to be installed in Spiceworks, but it is definitely not actually installed. Tried to rescan several times, but to no avail. I uninstalled other software a few minutes ago and this was captured alright. Still Office is listed as installed (without version and installation date). Spiceworks version is 6.2.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. University of Florida defensive end Carlos Dunlap was well aware of Oklahoma's gaudy offensive numbers, but there was a strong belief Thursday that the Gators could slow down the nation's highest scoring offense.
Each time the Sooners — they of the staggering 702 points this season and almost automatic success near the goal line — drove into the red zone, Dunlap and his defensive mates vowed not to break apart.
And primarily because Florida twice turned away Oklahoma inside the 10-yard line early in the game and Dunlap blocked a Jimmy Stevens 49-yard field goal late, Florida was able to defeat Oklahoma 24-14 and win another BCS title.
"What I did when they got down there was look at my brother next to me and promise that I was not going to let down and he did the same to me," Dunlap said, referring to the close-knit bond along Florida's defensive front seven. "There were a lot of ups and downs throughout the game and no defense wants to be backed up in the red zone as much as we were. But we just pulled together and got stops when we had to have them."
Dunlap, a 6-foot-6, 290-pound sophomore from North Charleston, S.C., was the unlikely winner of the Defensive Player of the Game award. He split snaps with fellow sophomore Justin Trattou, but still managed four tackles, a half-sack, two stops for losses, a quarterback hurry and the pivotal field goal block.
The fact that Oklahoma entered as one of the most prolific offenses in the history of college football motivated the Florida defense. The Sooners shredded foes much of the season, averaging a whopping 54 points and scoring at least 60 in their last five games of the season.
Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford (256 passing yards, two TDs) and scatback Chris Brown (110 rushing yards) helped the Sooners race up and down the field. But the closer the Sooners got to the goal line, the stiffer the Florida defense tightened.
Defensive tackle Torrey Davis made the first big play of the night, stopping Brownon a fourth-and-goal run from the 1-yard line. And just before the half, Florida safety Major Wright intercepted a tipped Bradford pass at the 3-yard line to stop another drive.
What makes Florida's defensive stands more impressive was just how dominant Oklahoma was finishing drives during the season. Before Thursday, the Sooners had scored on 76 of its 80 trips inside the 20-yard line (69 touchdowns).
"We had opportunities in the red zone all night and the ironic thing is that we had been so efficient down there all season," lamented Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops. "But we just came up short and left some opportunities out there on the field."
When many of Oklahoma's players said after the game that it was mistakes — not Florida's defense — that stopped the drives, several annoyed Gators took exception. First and foremost was Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes.
"They were making statements throughout the whole game," Spikes said. "We felt like we were disrespected, like they thought they were going to come out and run up and down the field. It was just another challenge and I think we stepped it up."
Florida spent much of the 33 days between the SEC title game and the BCS game preparing for Oklahoma's no-huddle, fastbreak offense. Practices were up-tempo to simulate Oklahoma relentless attack, and that work helped harden a Florida defense eager to prove itself the equal of the high-scoring Sooners.
"A game like this lets us know that all the hard work that we put in preparing for Oklahoma's offense was worth it. Really, holding that offense to just 14 points is a big relief for us," said Dunlap, who insisted that he would give his Defensive MVP trophy to his parents. "We played with a chip on our shoulder. With them being the No. 1 offense in the country and having the Heisman quarterback, that was motivation for us. We had to prove that we belonged in this game. I think we did that."
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The Dorset Walk – Ibberton
Matt Wilkinson and Andy Farrer head for the hills
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The walk starts on the line of hills that forms the south-eastern boundary of the Blackmore Vale – Bulbarrow, Woolland, Ibberton, Bell and Okeford. It crosses Bell Hill, which supposedly takes its name from its shape. Any resemblance to a bell is not immediately obvious, but the hill's label has been established long enough to be part of the name of Belchalwell, the village that nestles under its north-western slopes.
Turnworth Park used to surround Turnworth House, a particularly handsome Jacobean mansion that burnt down shortly after the War. It had been the home of, among others, the Parry-Okeden and Twinyhoe families. Thomas Hardy, who as a young architect had masterminded the renovation of Turnworth's parish church and knew the village well, used Turnworth House as the inspiration for Hintock House in his novel, The Woodlanders.
There is more arable in this part of Dorset than in most, interspersed with pasture and dotted with patches of woodland that enhance the landscape at any time of the year. It is not a spectacular corner of the county, but it is very satisfying and provides some wonderful views.
1 Walk back onto the road from the parking area and turn right. Pass Bakers Folly on the left and then a turning to Ibberton, also on the left. About 180 yards after that, turn right on a track that leads up to two gates. Go through the left-hand one and continue on a track that leads up onto, and along, the ridge of Bell Hill. The track becomes a path, and 350 yards after that, turn right onto a path that leads up to a gate.
2 On the other side of the gate, turn right to pick up the right-hand edge of the field. Keep a sharp lookout for a gate in the right-hand fence about 300 yards after entering the field and just before the remains of some earthworks. Go through the gate and bear left to follow the hedge on the left initially. The path then bears right into an open field; cross this field diagonally to its far right-hand corner and continue down a track through a wood. Emerge into a valley with impressive trees on the other side and follow the track as it curves downhill and becomes paved.
3 At the bottom of the hill turn left and in 25 yards right to join a track which curves to the left, uphill. Entering an open field, bear right off the track towards a post visible on the skyline. Continue in the same direction over the shoulder of the hill to reach a stile on the far side of the field. Bear slightly right from the direction in which you were previously walking, to an opening about three-quarters of the way along the field's left-hand edge. Continue in the same direction to cut off the corner of the next field and to reach an opening onto a track that runs straight downhill. Ignore the track and bear left, downhill, to a gate in front of some buildings in the bottom of the valley.
4 Here double back to the right, on the track along the valley, which soon forks. Take the left fork, uphill. At the top of the rise, turn right then left onto a track that runs along the left-hand edge of a large field. Follow it right to the very bottom of the field (ignoring an opening about halfway along), where there are two openings about 80 yards apart. Go through the right-hand one and follow the left-hand field-edge downhill.
5 At the bottom of the hill, turn right onto a track. In about 700 yards the track forks twice in quick succession. Take the right-hand option at the first fork and the left-hand option at the second, through a gate and onto a track that heads uphill and crosses under some power lines. A mile further on, the track finishes.
Go straight ahead through two gates onto an enclosed path. The path becomes a track again and leads back to the parking space. ◗
Distance: About 4¾ miles
Terrain: So much of the route is on tracks that it takes a lot of rain to create a serious mud problem. There are some climbs, but nothing exceptionally demanding.
Start: The parking space on Ibberton Hill. OS reference ST792071. Postcode DT11 0EN.
How to get there: At the staggered crossroads on top of Woolland Hill (approach via Milton Abbas from the south-east, via Hilton and Ansty from the south-west, via Woolland from the north or via Hazelbury Bryan and Stoke Wake from the north-west), take the road that runs north-east along the hillside. The parking space is on the right in one mile.
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Fricassee of Game Hen With Creamy Leeks and Vadouvan
Recipe by Annacia
This recipe is from Epicurious and they say: "This fricassee couldn't be more French, but its velvety sauce carries the flavor of vadouvan, a South Indian spice blend that has started to crop up on Parisian menus. We find it irresistible.". Time given does not include making vadouvan (make a couple of days ahead and have ready)
Top Review by Bev in San Jacinto
Even though this recipe takes some time and effort, it is really worth it. Wonderful, bold flavor with just enough spice to make it interesting. Served with simple brown rice steamed with chicken broth and broccoli. Added bonus; the leftover sauce, with mushrooms added, makes a wonderful soup.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 6 cups cold water
- 1 medium carrot, finely chopped
- 1 celery rib, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 3 large fresh thyme sprigs
- 1 whole clove
- 1 turkish bay leaf (or 1/2 California)
- 1⁄8 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 3 Cornish hens, quartered, reserve backbones and wing tips for stock, removed with kitchen shears
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 6 leeks, about 3 pounds (3 cups chopped greens reserved for stock )
- 1⁄2 cup dry white wine
- 2⁄3 cup heavy cream
- 1⁄4 cup mixed spice (vadouvan)
- 2 lbs onions, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 lb shallot, halved
- 12 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- 1 tablespoon thinly sliced fresh curry leaf (optional)
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon brown mustard seeds
- 3⁄4 teaspoon turmeric
- 1⁄2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
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- (Make ahead).
- Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
- Pulse onions in 3 batches in a food processor until very coarsely chopped (there may be a few large pieces remaining), transferring to a bowl.
- Repeat with shallots, then garlic.
- Heat oil in a deep 12-inch heavy nonstick skillet over high heat until it shimmers, then sauté onions, shallots, and garlic (stir often) until golden and browned in spots, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Grind fenugreek seeds in grinder or with mortar and pestle. Add to onion mixture along with remaining ingredients, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper and stir until combined.
- Transfer to a parchment-paper-lined large 4-sided sheet pan and spread as thinly and evenly as possible.
- Bake, stirring occasionally with a skewer to separate onions, until well browned and barely moist, 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
- *COOKS NOTE: Vadouvan keeps in the refrigerator 1 month (cool before covering) or in the freezer 6 months.
- Heat oil in a heavy medium pot over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Cook backbones and wing tips until well browned on all sides.
- Add water and bring to a boil, skimming froth occasionally. Add 3 cups reserved chopped leek greens, plus remaining ingredients and boil, uncovered, 30 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean saucepan, pressing on and then discarding solids.
- Boil stock until reduced to about 2 cups.
- Pat hens dry and season with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Heat oil in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until it shimmers.
- Brown hens in batches (without crowding), turning once, about 8 minutes per batch. Transfer to a plate.
- Halve white and pale green parts of leeks lengthwise, then cut into 1-inch pieces and wash.
- Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from skillet, then cook leeks with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally and scraping up brown bits, until leeks begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
- Add wine and bring to a boil.
- Stir in stock, cream, and vadouvan. Nestle hens, skin sides up, into leeks. Cover with a round of parchment paper.
- Gently simmer 10 minutes.
- Remove parchment and simmer until hens are cooked through, about 10 minutes more.
- Transfer hens to a platter and simmer sauce to thicken slightly if desired.
- *COOKS NOTE: Fricassee can be made 1 day ahead and chilled. Reheat gently.


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Baby Moose Play in Sprinkler, Adorableness Ensues [VIDEO]
If nature is your backyard, you must live next door to these folks.
Spring has sprung (at least for most of us), and that means adorable baby cervidae are right around the corner. Moose typically have their calves in May or June, but that's not going to stop us from sharing this video with you a little early here in April.
Below you'll see a pair of moose calves (called twins in the video title) playing in a backyard sprinkler while mother moose watches over. The family who filmed this is obviously familiar with what these moose like, as they can be seen prancing around the backyard and playing with the sprinkler like a long-lost friend.
These beauties were filmed in Anchorage, Alaska in 2008, but that's all the info we have for now. Enjoy!
Twin Baby Moose Play in Sprinkler
Aren't they just the cutest? Moose are very intelligent animals, and should never be confronted in the wild due to their unpredictable tempers. You may remember a story going around a month or so ago about a snowmobiler who took out a moose for coming into his path. To see what moose are like on the other end of the spectrum, and in our opinion what you should NEVER do when confronted by a moose, watch the video by clicking the link below.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-2694?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12973591#action_12973591 ] Michael McCandless commented on LUCENE-2694: -------------------------------------------- Patch looks awesome! Really, ord() support is a function of the terms dict impl, not the codec (well, indirectly codec has ord() support if its terms dict impl does). PrefixCodedTermsDict, in turn, supports ord() only if its terms index does. Can we move TermStateBase (now under codecs.standard) up into codecs and rename it to PrefixCodedTermState? Ie, it's awkward that PrefixCodedTermsReader (a terms dict impl shared across many codecs) is reaching into standard codec to get its TermState impl. Then, the private static class in StandardPostingsReader can be renamed to StandardTermState? I like this new ReaderView! I think it can be more generally useful outside of PerReaderTermState, eg Filter/Collector could receive this so that they can map sub reader to context in parent. But let's leave that for another day. Still some small whitespace issues, eg if( > MTQ rewrite + weight/scorer init should be single pass > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: LUCENE-2694 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-2694 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Search > Reporter: Michael McCandless > Assignee: Michael McCandless > Fix For: 4.0 > > Attachments: LUCENE-2694-FTE.patch, LUCENE-2694.patch, LUCENE-2694.patch, LUCENE-2694.patch, LUCENE-2694.patch, LUCENE-2694.patch > > > Spinoff of LUCENE-2690 (see the hacked patch on that issue)... > Once we fix MTQ rewrite to be per-segment, we should take it further and make weight/scorer init also run in the same single pass as rewrite. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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I jumped back and called for my hubby, knowing the monitor in our bedroom was still on. "Honey," I said. (OK, I may have shrieked.) "We need you up here." You see, he and I have an arrangement. I kill the roaches. He kills the spiders.
He came running upstairs thinking something terrible had happened. (I believe I mentioned I may have shrieked.) When he saw what SB and I were both pointing to, he said, "Oh, crap!" Which SB promptly repeated.
Lest you think I am being overdramatic, hubby later described the spider in question as being at least as big as his palm. And he's not a small man.
I refer to Florida as The Land of Many Creatures. We have bugs the size of rodents here. Rodents the size of dogs. Alligators and snakes and sharks. Oh, my!
I once had something called a "nutria" run in front of my car. It's a rodent, basically a rat, bigger than a Jack Russell Terrier. (Which always makes me think of the ROUSes from The Princess Bride.)
My hubby cannot stand the massive flying roaches we have. They are known here as Palmetto Bugs. And they are nasty. But I can handle them. I don't like to; but I can. So my job is to kill the roaches.
And btw, having one in your house is in no way a measure of your cleanliness. Here in Florida, they are in everyone's homes.
The one thing I cannot stand is spiders. And since our home backs up to some deep woods, we get big, nasty, hairy ones up in here. I'm shaking just writing this. They seriously creep me out.
Hubby gets the better end of this deal, I think. The spiders are just easier to kill. He gets out the vacuum and uses the attachment to reach out and suck them up. They try to get away, but rarely do.
The roaches? Those suckers can MOVE! And they usually come right at you as you are trying to aim the spray, or rolled up newspaper, or whatever you are using to try to get them. They take to the air and fly at your face. Also? They are practically impossible to kill.
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An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury
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Common symptoms include the following:
- A pop, snap, or tear when your ACL is injured
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As a four-star offensive line prospect out of Youngstown (Ohio) Boardman, Linsley stands 6-4, 280 pounds heading into his senior season. However, he will not turn 17 years old until mid-July, meaning he could still yet be growing.
Factor in the fact that his father is 6-8, and there is plenty of potential for Linsley to grow.
"He's only 16," Boardman head coach D.J. Ogilvie told BuckeyeSports.com. "He should be a sophomore (right now), so who knows how tall he's going to be."
That can only come as good news to OSU head coach Jim Tressel, who found himself accepting his second verbal commitment from an offensive lineman for his class of 2009 when Linsley got in touch with him April 28.
In Linsley, Ogilvie said the Buckeyes are getting a tough, physical kid who is stronger than all other players on the field. An offensive tackle in high school, Linsley will likely play guard when he gets to OSU.
It did not take him long to decide upon the Buckeyes, apparently – and for that, Tressel has his Youngstown roots to thank.
"Coach Tressel has a lot of ties around Youngstown and a lot of people around here have a lot of great things to say about him," Ogilvie said. "I told him, 'Corey, if I have a son that ever has the honor to be a big-time recruit, there'd be no question: He'd be the guy I'd put him towards playing for.'
"The character of him stands above the rest, and all the success (offensive line) coach (Jim) Bollman has had with coaching the offensive line … he's going to be taught by one of the best offensive line coaches in America."
Together, Ogilvie and Linsley made a list of the pros and cons of the schools recruiting him. Other schools on the list included Notre Dame and Stanford.
When they compared all the schools, the answer became obvious, Ogilvie said.
"Obviously being raised in Ohio, he was always a fan of Ohio State," he said. "A huge factor was Coach Bollman and Coach Tressel. There's other great coaches recruiting him, but those two are unparalleled in that profession."
Part of the reason Linsley made his decision when he did is that other parts of his life were starting to slip as he endured the recruiting process. An accomplished shot-put thrower – Ogilvie said he has the second-best throw in Ohio this year – Linsley was seeing his production in that arena decrease.
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I'm trying to validate a simple orifice plate model for use in a larger assembly, but it is not behaving as I would expect. As you can see below the 'tail' from the orifice adheres to one side of the duct, rather than remaining symmetrical. Is this expected? Duct is 25mm wide, air, inlet velocity = 0.5m/s.
This might be the Coanda effect at work, where a jet attaches itself to a boundary. There are papers out there that describe this phenomena.
Is this result from steady state simulation?
Maybe transient run shows fluctuation of this tail up and down?
I would guess, that's not impossible for this kind of flow to show such a behaviour.
Long time ago this has been. But I am experiencing something similar at the moment. The strange thing is: While using an incompressible solver, everything looks fine and qualitatively similar to ISO 5167-2 results.
But if I use rhoSimpleFoam instead of simpleFoam I get kind of two layers, one behaving normally in the outer half of the flow and something close to a jet in the middle half of the flow...
Any ideas concerning that?
Could you maybe tell which solver you used at that time, if it was compressible or incompressible, if you solved the "problem" or accepted the flow to be different from what one would have expected?
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Arteta is adamant the club need to bring in new faces and welcome reinforcements, believing new signings can improve the squad and help them end an eight-year wait for silverware.
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They have become the pied pipers of soccer in this country. Ambassadors, role models and, in many ways, sporting rock stars -- minus the scandalous arrests and bloated bank accounts.
Next week Canada's women's national soccer team will be showcasing their skills in front of more than 25,000 fans at Investors Group Field against the top-ranked country in the world and their longtime nemesis, the United States.
"The fans have done their part, it looks like we'll have great atmosphere at the game," said Canadian head coach Jon Herdman during a conference call with national media on Thursday. "This game is absolutely gold for us because you can't replicate stepping out in front of a truly passionate Canadian crowd that want you to do so well.
"But the more we experience it, the more we'll be able to work together with the fans to create our 12th woman in 2015."
Front and centre in that crowd will be the family and friends of midfielder Desiree Scott, the Winnipeg-born and raised soul of Canada's side whose spirited play has earned her the nickname 'The Destroyer.'
Scott was en route from Nottingham, England on Thursday -- she plays for the Notts County Ladies when she's not wearing Canadian colours -- and Herdman spoke of how her teammates might help her manage all the emotions of playing in her hometown.
"Believe it or not, this is going to be the first time her mom and family are going to see her play live," he said. "And for any player that's just a wonderful achievement, to be able to put that shirt on not only in front of your hometown but in front of the people that have really helped you to get to where you get to. The team will sense that, they know it will be important for Des. Part of the team's job will be help her focus on being Desi 'The Destroyer' and doing the things she does well and not over-thinking this whole situation and being part of enjoying the experience.
"It's a massive thing for Desiree and we've all got a big smile on our face that the local kid can come back home and show her talent on the world stage."
The game will be Canada's first on home soil in 2014 and another opportunity to implement systems and tactics in advance of the 2015 World Cup, which runs June 6-15 in Winnipeg, Edmonton, Montreal, Moncton, Ottawa and Vancouver.
But it's also a chance for this squad, which won over so many fans during the 2012 Olympics when a controversial loss to the U.S. robbed them of a chance to play for the gold medal, to reach out to its growing fan base here in Winnipeg.
Just as they have done in Edmonton and Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal...
"These girls have captured the hearts and minds of different populations, from young players, to mom and even dads now," Herdman said. "They're starting to recognize that these girls are world-class athletes, world-class players, and great role models for any player or young person because they live simple lives.
"They're not professional athletes in the sense of earning millions of dollars on big contracts. They represent to a lot of people the last bastions of amateur sport, where this is a group of women who genuinely play for the love of what they do and for the love of their country. And I think people resonate with that.
"Canada Soccer has done a wonderful job of bringing this team to Canada and actually putting it in front of populations such as Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver. That exposure is really heightened and that's a big part of our success."
The Canadian side will feature Scott along with Christine Sinclair, this country's all-time leading scorer, and will feature the return to action of forward Melissa Tancredi, who is back after taking time off after the 2012 Olympics to complete a chiropractic program degree. As well, Canada's side will feature five younger players who could see action this summer at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Sura Yekka, Ashley Lawrence, Jessie Fleming, Kadeisha Buchanan and Rebecca Quinn. (Another Canadian Sophie Schmidt, was born in Winnipeg, but went to high school in B.C.).
A Canada-U.S. matchup in women's soccer always brings out the best in both.
"Whenever you bring the U.S .across the border into Canada it's a derby match and we like to see it like that," Herdman said. "Those derby matches just bring that extra fight and spirit and desire and meaning to the game. But one of the things in prep for this game is try and remove the clutter of all the thinking this game and selling the game internally, because it is quite a burden for the group because when you look at the statistics they don't bode very well.
"We're looking at some new strategies to maintain the passion but remove the psychological burdens of it being such a big game. I know for the U.S., at times, they just look at it as another game and come into the game nice and light and bright whereas our girls often see it as something bigger than it is."
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Date of Visit: May 19, 2005
I rode on a cyclo to this tiny, picnic table filled restaurant with a wall-mounted menu that lists only four items.
As with many restaurants in Vietnam, what they list and what they have can be very different things.
The table told more tales. Still, I was happy with two dishes I got: bun bo and gio.
Bun bo is a bowl of rice vermicelli topped with shredded lettuce, grilled beef, sprouts, toasted peanuts, fried shallots, and marinated slices of green papaya. It came with a side of red chili sauce spiked with orange juice, sugar and garlic. This made for a terrific (and healthy) one dish meal. The bun bo set me back 15000 Dong, less than $1.
I also got a six pack of gio, rubber-banded banana leaves filled with cigars of glass noodle-fused pork pate, springy and vinegar-laced.


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28 November 2007,
Price realised GBP 34,100
Mstislav Valer'ianovich Dobuzhinskii (1875-1957)
A folder comprising one hundred and sixteen studies for designs and costumes of antiquity; A folder with thirty-one studies for 19th Century fashion, including Hungarian and Bavarian national costumes; A folder comprising one hundred and forty five costumes, stage and drop-curtains for theatrical productions including Cleopatra (1909), Papillions (1914) and Woe from Wit (1917)
some signed, inscribed and dated
the majority pencil and watercolour on paper
12½ x 19 in. (32 x 48.5 cm.); and smaller (3)
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Given by the artist to Nikolai Zaretskii, Prague.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Can the Internet still route around censorship?
I'm in the US this week for Computers, Freedom & Privacy in Washington DC and then the Privacy Law Scholars' Conference at UC Berkeley. Yesterday I spoke at a CFP session organised by Wendy Grossman. John Gilmore famously observed in 1990 that "the Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." Is this still true?
My position, explained in much greater detail in a recent book chapter, was that even the more sophisticated filtering technologies of the last five years can be trivially circumvented by skilled users, absent a totalitarian state that will break down doors in response. However, they provide the ability to impose mass censorship on the vast majority of Internet users. States that value freedom of expression should therefore think very carefully before starting off down this road.
Derek Bambauer has more at Info/Law.
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