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LEAVING THE FRIEDMANS ALONE
by Shubha Ghosh
The appeal of the movie Capturing
the Friedmans rests on two obsessions in popular culture.
The first is the fascination with family drama, especially ones
involving dysfunction and sexual trauma. The second is the interest
in legal cases, especially ones involving miscarriages of justice
or, at least, ambiguity in the result of a legal process. Director
Andrew Jarecki delivers on both counts and hence the almost unanimous
rave that he has created a masterpiece with his first film. I
respectfully dissent.
We
are told early on that the arraignment of Arnold and Jesse Friedman
in 1987 was the first time that a television camera was allowed
into a courtroom in Nassau County. And so we witness the beginning
of voyeurism in the courtroom, the birth of law as spectacle.
The need to watch and be watched explains why the Friedmans themselves
recorded many of the family meltdowns and agreed to allow Mr.
Jarecki to include their home movies as part of his documentary.
They may have been motivated by the need to exonerate themselves
or reopen the case, as Jesse Friedman contends. But the need
to be seen seems the primary motivation of this family. The Friedmans
were, on the surface, a typical middle class household in Long
Island that was put under extensive scrutiny as a result of the
hundreds of charges of child molestation brought against the
father, Arnold, and the youngest son, Jesse. In many ways, they
can never escape public scrutiny, and it is understandable that
once the public begins to stare, it is hard to ignore or avoid
the gaze. Only Seth Friedman, the middle son who did not participate
in the documentary, seems to have been able to flee the limelight.
The rest of the family seems captured in a need to constantly
perform and replay the traumatic episodes from 1987-1988.
But what do we get from watching?
Half an hour into the film, when Emily Friedman, Arnold's wife,
describes her revulsion at learning that her husband collected
child pornography and was possibly a pedophile, I felt dirty.
The documentary itself had turned into pornography, not because
of the lurid details or the occasional shots of child rape, but
because this poor family lay emotionally naked in front of me
and I had no idea how to react.  I also knew
that perhaps all of the charges against Arnold and Jesse were
the result of either hysteria or hypnotically induced memory.
But at an emotional level, I kept asking myself why do we need
to know all this, why should we be so fascinated.
On one level, Capturing
the Friedmans fits into a line of films that expose the sickness
of middle class suburban life in the U.S. The Academy bestowed
its highest honor on one film in this genre when American
Beauty was given the award for Best Picture in 1999. However,
the films of Todd Solondz, particularly Happiness, are
the true masterpieces. There is much in common between Happiness
and Capturing the Friedmans. Both occur in the weird backwaters
near New York City, Happiness in suburban New Jersey,
Friedmans in suburban Long Island.
Both see the social and familial dysfunction as rooted in repressed
homosexuality and a repressive heterosexuality. But Happiness
has so much more edge, largely because it is fictional. In contrast,
Capturing the Friedmans is so real that it simply becomes
creepy to watch or even write about. The real sickness being
exposed is that we are willing to pay and watch this mirror reflection
of what we all may really be.
The mirror reflects not only
the sickness of suburban life, but also the disturbing workings
of the legal system. Arnold and Jesse Friedman were convicted
almost exclusively on the basis of testimonial evidence. Arnold
pled guilty to make Jesse's trial easier, and Jesse pled guilty
because of the fear that he would fare badly in a trial, especially
in light of his father's guilty plea. Post-McMartin, it is easy
to say that they would have been better off going to trial and
pointing out the lack of physical evidence and the implausibility
of the testimony. Pre-McMartin, however, the hysteria that child
sex abuse generated and perhaps the state of lawyering in Nassau
County at the time seemed to preclude that stratagem. As a law
professor, I was disturbed by the ease with which the state was
able to imprison these two men, one of whom was probably totally
innocent, the other guilty of perhaps only displaced and repressed
sexual tendencies. Many commentators have compared the movie
to Rashomon, with its play of multiple perspectives on
a set of facts known to the audience. In fact, Capturing the
Friedmans is not about multiple perspectives; it is about
the elusiveness of facts in the legal system, the slippery line
between what we know as fact and what we think we know as fact.
The best example of this theme
is a five minute or so segment roughly two-thirds of the way
into the film, in which the director cuts between Jesse Friedman
and his lawyer Mr. Panaro. We are shown earlier that Mr. Panaro's
office is a few doors down from what appears to be a strip club
and an adult bookstore in Massapequa, Long Island. He slickly
dismisses Arnold Friedman as a pedophile, child molestor, and
abuser of his son Jesse. Mr. Panaro is clearly replaying his
defense in the case. Cut to Jesse who categorically denies every
one of Mr. Panaro's allegations about child molestation and abuse
by his father. This discrepancy is not simply a matter of perspective.
It is about the plaything of lawyers: facts, perceptions, and
beliefs. Director Andrew Jarecki, wittingly or accidentally,
reveals a great deal of what the legal system is built upon.
There are, however, great movies
that expose the inadequacies of our legal system. Errol Morris'
The Thin Blue Line, about a wrongful death penalty conviction
in Texas, is a classic because not only does the director capture
the confession of the true killer on tape, he also demonstrates
how the mistake could have occurred. Andrew Jarecki, on the other
hand, exposes, at best, sloppiness in the legal system. Instead
of a solid critique of the legal system, we see, presented before
us, a truly dysfunctional family, which , like every family,
is dysfunctional in its own way. What we should see is how hysteria
and facts are fungible commodities in the legal system. In an
age of terror alerts, profiling, and detention of aliens for
possible terrorist activities, it is sad that Mr. Jarecki did
not provide us with a film more reflective of what we should
be noticing in our times.
Posted August 8, 2003
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by Sumir KarmakarA student from Japan, who was doing an internship at IIT Guwahati was found dead inside his hostel room on Thursday afternoon.
IIT Guwahati officials suspected it to be a suicide case.
IIT-G assistant registrar (public relations), Labanu Konwar told DH that the body of Kota Onoda, a student of Gifu University in Japan was found hanging from the ceiling of his hostel room around 3 pm. He was doing an internship in the department of bio-sciences and bio-engineering in IIT Guwahati, as part of a student exchange programme between the two institutions. Onoda's internship was scheduled to conclude on November 30.
Some other Japanese students are also doing the internship in the IIT-G, situated about 20-km west of Guwahati.
"His friends tried to contact him but found his mobile phone switched off. When they visited his hostel room, they found his body hanging from the ceiling and informed us," Konwar said.
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1. Installing scikit-learn¶
There are different ways to get scikit-learn installed:
- Install the version of scikit-learn provided by your operating system distribution . This is the quickest option for those who have operating systems that distribute scikit-learn.
- Install an official release. This is the best approach for users who want a stable version number and aren’t concerned about running a slightly older version of scikit-learn.
- Install the latest development version. This is best for users who want the latest-and-greatest features and aren’t afraid of running brand-new code.
Note
If you wish to contribute to the project, it’s recommended you install the latest development version.
1.1. Installing an official release¶
1.1.1. Installing from source¶
Installing from source requires you to have installed python (>= 2.6), numpy (>= 1.3), scipy (>= 0.7), setuptools, python development headers and a working C++ compiler. Under Debian-based systems you can get all this by executing with root privileges:
sudo apt-get install python-dev python-numpy python-numpy-dev python-setuptools python-numpy-dev python-scipy libatlas-dev g++
Note
In Order to build the documentation and run the example code contains in this documentation you will need matplotlib:
sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib
Note
On Ubuntu LTS (10.04) the package libatlas-dev is called libatlas-headers
<IP_ADDRESS>. Easy install¶
This is usually the fastest way to install the latest stable release. If you have pip or easy_install, you can install or update with the command:
pip install -U scikit-learn
or:
easy_install -U scikit-learn
for easy_install. Note that you might need root privileges to run these commands.
<IP_ADDRESS>. From source package¶
Download the package from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/scikit-learn/ , unpack the sources and cd into archive.
This packages uses distutils, which is the default way of installing python modules. The install command is:
python setup.py install
1.1.2. Windows installer¶
You can download a windows installer from downloads in the project’s web page. Note that must also have installed the packages numpy and setuptools.
This package is also expected to work with python(x,y) as of <IP_ADDRESS>.
Installing on Windows 64bit
To install a 64bit version of the scikit, you can download the binaries from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#scikit-learn Note that this will require a compatible version of numpy, scipy and matplotlib. The easiest option is to also download them from the same URL.
1.1.3. Building on windows¶
To build scikit-learn on windows you will need a C/C++ compiler in addition to numpy, scipy and setuptools. At least MinGW (a port of GCC to Windows OS) and the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 should work out of the box. To force the use of a particular compiler, write a file named setup.cfg in the source directory with the content:
[build_ext]
compiler=my_compiler
[build]
compiler=my_compiler
where my_compiler should be one of mingw32 or msvc.
When the appropriate compiler has been set, and assuming Python is in your PATH (see Python FAQ for windows for more details), installation is done by executing the command:
python setup.py install
To build a precompiled package like the ones distributed at the downloads section, the command to execute is:
python setup.py bdist_wininst -b doc/logos/scikit-learn-logo.bmp
This will create an installable binary under directory dist/.
1.2. Third party distributions of scikit-learn¶
Some third-party distributions are now providing versions of scikit-learn integrated with their package-management systems.
These can make installation and upgrading much easier for users since the integration includes the ability to automatically install dependencies (numpy, scipy) that scikit-learn requires.
The following is a list of Linux distributions that provide their own version of scikit-learn:
1.2.1. Debian and derivatives (Ubuntu)¶
The Debian package is named python-sklearn (formerly python-scikits-learn) and can be installed using the following commands with root privileges:
apt-get install python-sklearn
Additionally, backport builds of the most recent release of scikit-learn for existing releases of Debian and Ubuntu are available from NeuroDebian repository .
1.2.2. Python(x, y)¶
The Python(x, y) distributes scikit-learn as an additional plugin, which can be found in the Additional plugins page.
1.2.3. Enthought Python distribution¶
The Enthought Python Distribution already ships a recent version.
1.2.4. Macports¶
The macport’s package is named py26-sklearn and can be installed by typing the following command:
sudo port install py26-scikits-learn
1.3. Bleeding Edge¶
See section Retrieving the latest code on how to get the development version.
1.4. Testing¶
Testing requires having the nose library. After installation, the package can be tested by executing from outside the source directory:
python -c "import sklearn; sklearn.test()"
This should give you a lot of output (and some warnings) but eventually should finish with the a text similar to:
Ran 601 tests in 27.920s
OK (SKIP=2)
otherwise please consider posting an issue into the bug tracker or to the Mailing List.
scikit-learn can also be tested without having the package installed. For this you must compile the sources inplace from the source directory:
python setup.py build_ext --inplace
Test can now be run using nosetest:
nosetests sklearn/
If you are running the development version, this is automated in the commands make in and make test.
Warning
Because nosetest does not play well with multiprocessing on windows, this last approach is not recommended on such system.


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When you are unable to use your Rocket Launcher, you may want to use your shotgun. It provides adequate power that can chip away at enemy health to help deliver a finishing rocket blow or pick off retreating enemies with low health. Using the shotgun for longer range can guarantee damage is being dealt, whereas the rocket launcher may be too slow to reach any foes in your sight. Enemies on elevated ground are also valid shotgun targets, because your rockets can't be aimed at the ground in front of them to deal damage. Also, use this against Scouts, because it can be nigh impossible to hit them with your very slow Rocket Launcher.
As with all melee weapons, the shovel is very fun to use, but only use it when you are close and have a clear shot. One misstep and you can be dead.
Rocket-jumping is a technique used by many Soldiers. Rocket-jumping allows you to jump to huge heights. You can use it to escape, attack, get to a place, or just for fun. To Rocket-jump, you need to jump, then shoot and crouch at the same time. You should be in the air in no time. Remember that this will injure you. It is sometimes a good idea, if you have the time, to get a nearby medic to beef you up to 150% health to lower the health lost.


Health check¶
- Health checking architecture overview.
- If health checking is configured for a cluster, additional statistics are emitted. They are documented here.
HealthCheck¶
{
"timeout": "{...}",
"interval": "{...}",
"interval_jitter": "{...}",
"unhealthy_threshold": "{...}",
"healthy_threshold": "{...}",
"reuse_connection": "{...}",
"http_health_check": "{...}",
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(HealthCheck.HttpHealthCheck) HTTP health check.
Precisely one of http_health_check, tcp_health_check, redis_health_check must be set.
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(HealthCheck.TcpHealthCheck) TCP health check.
Precisely one of http_health_check, tcp_health_check, redis_health_check must be set.
- redis_health_check
(HealthCheck.RedisHealthCheck) Redis health check.
Precisely one of http_health_check, tcp_health_check, redis_health_check must be set.
HealthCheck.HttpHealthCheck¶
[HealthCheck.HttpHealthCheck proto]
{
"path": "...",
"service_name": "..."
}
- path
- (string, REQUIRED) Specifies the HTTP path that will be requested during health checking. For example /healthcheck.
- service_name
- (string) An optional service name parameter which is used to validate the identity of the health checked cluster. See the architecture overview for more information.
HealthCheck.TcpHealthCheck¶
[HealthCheck.TcpHealthCheck proto]
{
"send": "{...}",
"receive": []
}
- send
- (HealthCheck.Payload) Empty payloads imply a connect-only health check.
- receive
- (HealthCheck.Payload) When checking the response, “fuzzy” matching is performed such that each binary block must be found, and in the order specified, but not necessarily contiguous.


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