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Riverdance 20th Anniversary World Tour Opens at The Venetian Theatre
International Phenomenon Riverdance – The 20th Anniversary World Tour Opens at The Venetian Theatre
Still time to book tickets for one of the most-loved productions in dance history,
at The Venetian Macao
(Macao, Jan. 24, 2017) – Featuring new costumes, lighting, projections and dance routines, Riverdance – The 20th Anniversary World Tour has opened in spectacular style at The Venetian Theatre, The Venetian Macao, and will run until Feb. 5, 2017 for a limited season
Riverdance is an innovative and exciting blend of dance and music that draws on Irish traditions and has been seen live by over 21 million people worldwide, capturing the imagination of audiences across all ages and cultures.
Based around the story of the Irish people's history and global movement, the show enthralls with its power, precision and sensuality. In addition to new costumes, lighting and projections, a brand new song, "Anna Livia", featuring the female members of the dance troupe in an a cappella hard-shoe number have been added.
Riverdance – The 20th Anniversary World Tour also incorporates thrilling international flavours, such as flamenco dancing and an acrobatic Russian ensemble. A definite crowd pleaser is the humorous routine 'Trading Taps', which pits Irish and tap dancers against a New York backdrop.
As one of the world's top theatrical productions, Riverdance has been dubbed an "evergreen Broadway show", "Irish national treasure" and "world's dance textbook". During the past 20 years it has staged over 18,000 performances, won over an audience of 36 million at more than 117 countries and region. Its soundtrack has been recognised by the Grammy Awards as Best Musical Show Album, and is certified platinum, selling more than 11 million albums, making it the number one in theatrical show soundtrack history.
For the 20th Anniversary World Tour, the original Riverdance team of composer Bill Whelan, producer Moya Doherty and director John McColgan have been reunited. The set design is by Robert Ballagh, lighting design by John Comiskey, costume design by Joan Bergin and sound design by Michael O'Gorman.
Tickets for the international phenomenon are priced between MOP / HKD 288 and MOP / HKD 888 and can be purchased from all Cotai Ticketing box offices, online now at www.cotaiticketing.com or by phone at +853 2882 8818 (Macao) / +852 6333 6660 (Hong Kong) / 4001 206 618 (China toll-free).
Website: www.riverdance.com
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Twitter: @Riverdance
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Entertainment at Sands China Properties
Sands China Ltd. has as a clear vision to establish Macao as Asia's top entertainment destination.
The 15,000-seat Cotai Arena and 1,800-seat Venetian Theatre are the only venues in Asia ranked in Pollstar's Top 100 Worldwide Arena Venues and Pollstar's Top 200 Worldwide Theatre Venues based on ticket sales. It is the top entertainment destination in southern China, hosting the world's and the region's biggest names in music, sports and awards shows. Superstars frequently choose the venue as the starting point of their Asian tours.
The 1,800-seat, multi-purpose Venetian Theatre is one of the most luxurious entertainment venues in greater China. Featuring ushers in black tie, champagne service, gourmet food and beverage items and other unique, premium amenities, it offers an intimate, luxurious and exclusive venue experience. The Venetian Theatre is playing a key role in bringing the best in international and Chinese entertainment to Macao, with a theatre experience like no other in the region.
The 650-seat Sands Theatre regularly features internationally-renowned singers, performers and artists of the highest calibre. From traditional Chinese-costumed dance to modern performances, everything from Western rock to Cantonese pop is covered.
The 1,200-seat, purpose-built Parisian Theatre is Sands China Ltd's latest entertainment venue. The Paris-style theatre offers an elegant experience for world-class entertainment of all kinds.
Offering world-class diversity and quality, Sands China Ltd.'s next generation of live venues is ushering in a new era of entertainment in Macao.
For information about upcoming shows and events, visit https://www.venetianmacao.com/entertainment.html.
Public Relations, Venetian Macau Limited
Lily Cheng
Email: lily.sw.cheng@sands.com.mo
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David Duke on the Alex Jones Show
August 28, 2015 /86 Comments/in Featured Articles /by Edmund Connelly, Ph. D.
Why in the world did Alex Jones invite David Duke on to his Aug. 18th show?
Anyone with the slightest knowledge of what Duke has been focused on for almost the last two decades would know that Duke consistently and forcefully talks about Jewish power — and the abuse of that power.
After all, as early as 1998 he published a book called My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding in which openly wrote about Israel and Jewish power. This theme expanded into the 2003 tome Jewish Supremacism: My Awakening to the Jewish Question, the title of which aptly describes the contents.
For years after, Duke has been hosting his own radio show, and the topic of Jewish domination is a constant. Further, a visit to http://davidduke.com will show untold stories about Israeli misbehavior, the Jewish role in an number of modern ills, and the ongoing Jewish attempt to destroy Western civilization, if not White Europeans themselves.
Dr. Duke has bent over backward to make these topics as publicly open as he can, so there is no way to misconstrue his position on these critical topics.
Yet Alex Jones seemed to be uncharacteristically caught off guard when Duke came onto his show Aug. 18th. What a mystery — but also what a show!
Now, let me offer a bit of background on Mr. Jones. I've listened to his show often over the years and check his website almost daily. I like much of what he discusses and believe he has offered enlightenment to his listeners and viewers, at least those with the ears and eyes to understand him.
I even enjoy his bluster, much of which is done in good humor, and I accept that he is the P. T. Barnum of our day, what with his hawking of all kinds of vitamin supplements and survival gear. But this is all done in the open, and people are free to turn off his message or listen to it if they so choose.
As for the Jewish Question, Jones, of course, famously will not directly discuss it. Still, for someone even mildly informed about these issues (and certainly for regular TOO readers), Jones provides enough information about those who dominate us and what their schemes and plans are that all we need to do is connect the dots. Why not be thankful for that?
Further, how far does one suppose Jones would have gotten if, for example, he had openly discussed Zionist power? Good Lord, he would be very likely to suffer a mysterious fate along the lines of the late Andrew Breitbart.
We White Nationalists should be grateful that Alex Jones has so openly talked about attempts at taking down Western, i.e., White, civilization. Jones even acknowledges that there are elite attempts to genocide the White people. That is saying far more — and to a massive audience — than any other major figure today.
Having said that, I still have to consider what some critics of Jones say — that Jones is controlled opposition and his role is to mislead Whites as to who exactly is pushing these programs so harmful to Whites and White interests. If that is the case, however, then I'm back to my original question: Why in the world did Alex Jones invite David Duke on to his August 18th show?
In a nutshell, Duke was able to get abundant airtime and used that time to forcefully assert that Jews had world power far out of proportion to their actual numbers. He names Jews as the leaders of the Bolshevik era in which tens of millions of White Christians died. He named Jews as the leaders of modern mass media such as Hollywood, where Whites and their culture are constantly slandered and attacked. He pointed out that Jews control Harvard and the other Ivies despite European-derived Whites having better scores. He emphasized that for the last three decades the chair of the Federal Reserve has been a Jew.
Remarkably, Jones seemed unprepared for this. He offered tepid responses and often tried to mildly mock Duke, for instance, joking about his past participation in the KKK and using terms such as "Grand Cyclops" to belittle the whole episode. (To be fair, this is part and parcel of Jones' normal approach, and I felt Jones was on the whole quite courteous to Dr. Duke.)
One amusing result of Duke's aggressive use of such facts was that Jones faltered at least twice and said that such talk was giving him a headache. I'll bet it was, as he envisioned what powerful Jews were going to say to him after the show finished. Sure enough, very little of the two-hour interview was posted on Jones' site, which is not the norm.
Because this could be a watershed event, I'll post a brief timeline of resources about it.
For a few days before the interview, Jones proudly announced that he had risen to the occasion and invited Duke on his show for Tuesday Aug. 18th. On that day, prior to the show, Duke announced that he would appear later in the day on the Alex Jones Show (see here and scroll down to 8-18).
Because Jones has yet to post the debate, here is the full high-definition version. Later that evening, Duke appeared on the Jeff Rense Radio show for a "debriefing" of his appearance on the Alex Jones Show.
The following day, August 19, TOO editor Kevin MacDonald, a frequent guest on Duke's show, joined Duke's radio program to discuss Jewish power. As Duke's archives say, "Professor MacDonald and Dr. Duke also presented evidence not just of the massive Jewish over-representation in the various aspects of the American elite but also their ability to repress discussion of Jewish power" (see here and scroll down to 8-19). One thing I appreciated about this day's show was the fact that Duke offered sincere praise to Jones for having him on the show at all and giving him so much airtime. In the original appearance, Duke was slightly aggressive in his claims that Jones was cutting him off.
On Thursday Aug. 20, Duke's show featured the following:
In his postmortem of his debate with Alex Jones he again expressed his appreciation for being invited on the show and recognized the important areas of agreement between himself and Mr. Jones, but also noted the weakness in Jones' blindspot regarding Jewish tribal domination of our society, and by proxy of the world.
Dr. Slattery pointed out that Jones is mis-identifying who is dividing us. Listening to Jones one would think that "leftists" are dividing Jews from Gentiles. Jewish domination of the controlling heights of our society is obvious, and Dr. Slattery contended that Jewish tribalists get the "left" to implement their social agenda just as the Jewish Neocon-dominated "right" pushes Jewish foreign policy priorities, as the Republican debates make abundantly clear. (scroll down to 8-20)
On Aug. 21 Duke had an interesting guest, one Andrew Anglin, publisher of the Daily Stormer website. Anglin's site is brash and not for the faint of heart. His goal, however, seems laudable: "Mr. Anglin explained how his goal was to counter the prevailing Jewish domination of culture by propagating ideas and images and memes that can replace the sick Jewish-imposed social norms (scroll down to 8-21).
Also on this show, Duke explained why he was so aggressive with Jones regarding time allotted for speaking. Explaining that Jones was known for cutting off speakers, Duke opted for a "preemptive strike" by giving Jones notice that he would demand time to make his points in full.
Last week's events surrounding Duke's appearance are perhaps the highlight of my summer podcast listening. I recommend that TOO readers see or listen for themselves, tell friends to do the same about parts that may help wake people up, and post to our comments section to tease out further insights regarding all this.
Frankly, I approached the August 18 interview viewing Jones and Duke as potential allies. Despite the occasional rancor during the interview, in some ways they were allies but it never came out that way.
How Jones has acted since the interview and how he will act from here on out may answer some questions about Jones' motives. We should all be attentive to these developments.
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Westland Welkin Airplane Videos and Airplane Pictures
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Westland Welkin Aircraft Information
Picture - Welkin Mk I DX282
Role: high altitude fighter
Manufacturer: Westland Aircraft
Designed by: W.E.W. Petter
First flight: 1 November 1942
Introduced: May 1944
Retired: November 1944
Primary user: Royal Air Force
Number built: 75 + 2 prototypes + 26 engine-less airframes
The Westland Welkin was a British twin-engine heavy fighter from the Westland Aircraft Company, designed to fight at extremely high altitudes, in the stratosphere; the word welkin meaning "the vault of heaven". First conceived in 1940, it was built from 1942-43 in response to the arrival of modified Junkers Ju 86P bombers flying reconnaissance missions that suggested the Luftwaffe might attempt to re-open bombing of England at high altitudes. The threat never materialised, consequently, Westland produced only a small number of Welkins.
Westland put forward their P.14, essentially an adaptation of Westland's Whirlwind fighter layout (and a more experimental double-engine design, the P.13), to meet Air Ministry Specification F.4 of 1940 for a high altitude fighter. The most obvious feature was the enormous high aspect ratio wing, with a span on the production aircraft of 70 feet (21 m). The compact but troublesome Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines of the Whirlwind were replaced by the more powerful Rolls Royce Merlin Mk.76/77. However, the most significant feature was a pressurised cockpit. The last item required the majority of the effort in designing what would become the Welkin. After extensive development a new cockpit was developed that was built out of heavy-gauge duraluminium bolted directly to the front of the main spar. The cockpit hood used an internal layer of thick perspex to hold the pressure, and an outer thin layer to form a smooth line. Heated air was blown between the two to keep the canopy clear of frost.
Picture - A production Welkin (DX318, an aircraft retained by Westland for test purposes) in high-altitude blue finish with low visibility national insignia[5]
In January 1941, the Ministry of Aircraft Production authorised the building of two P.14 prototypes. The F.4/40 specification was revised into F.7/41 that year. The Welkin design was now in competition with the Vickers Type 432 with Merlin 61 engines.
The pressurisation system was driven by a Rotol supercharger attached to the left-hand engine (this was the difference between the Merlin 76 and 77), providing a constant pressure of 3.5 psi (24 kPa) over the exterior pressure. This resulted in an apparent altitude of 24,000 feet (7,300 m) when the aircraft was operating at its design altitude of 45,000 feet (14,000 m). This apparent altitude is still too high for normal breathing, so the pilot had to wear an oxygen mask during flight. A rubber gasket filled with the pressurized air sealed the canopy when the system was turned on, and a valve ensured the pressure was controlled automatically. Moreover, the pilot also had to wear a high altitude suit as he may have required to bail out at altitude.
The Welkin required a sophisticated electrical system. This was to minimise the number of seals and points of entry in the cockpit for the controls and instrumentation. It took an electrician experienced in the features of the Welkin four hours to undertake a pre-flight check of this system. The wings were so large that the high lift Fowler flaps of the Whirlwind weren't needed, and were replaced by a simple split flap. The extra wing area also required more stability, so the tail was lengthened to provide a longer moment arm. The armament − four Hispano 20 mm cannon − was the same as the Whirlwind's, but the Welkin carried the guns in a tray in its belly, which facilitated loading. In that position, muzzle flash was also less likely to dazzle the pilot.
Picture - Welkin Mk I, emphasising the great span of the high-aspect ratio wings.
By the time the Welkin Mk.I was complete and rolling off the line, it was apparent that the Luftwaffe was no longer conducting high altitude missions, due largely to successful interceptions by specially modified Supermarine Spitfires. In the end, only 77 complete Welkins were produced, plus a further 26 as engine-less airframes. Two Welkins served with the Fighter Interception Unit based at RAF Wittering from May to November 1944, where they were used to gain experience and formulate tactics for high altitude fighter operations. A two-seat, night fighter version known as the Welkin NF.Mk.II for specification F.9/43 was developed but only one was eventually produced as the variant was not ordered into production.
Information on the Welkin was only released at the end of the war.
The Welkin was seriously handicapped by compressibility problems exacerbated by its long but thick wings, causing the flight envelope (flyable speed range) between high-incidence stall and shock-stall to become very small at high altitudes - any decrease in airspeed causing a "normal" stall, any increase causing a shock-stall due to the aircraft's limiting critical Mach number. This reduction of the speed envelope is a problem common to all subsonic, high altitude designs and also occurred with the later Lockheed U-2. When W.E.W. Petter came to design his next high altitude aircraft, the English Electric Canberra jet bomber, it was distinguished by noticeably short wings.
Welkin Mk.I : Single-seat twin-engine high altitude fighter aircraft.
Welkin NF.Mk.II : Two-seat night fighter prototype.
Fighter Interception Unit based at RAF Wittering
Specifications (Welkin F.Mk.I)
Crew: One pilot
Length: 41 ft 6 in (12.67 m)
Wingspan: 70 ft 0 in (21.30 m)
Wing area: 250 ft (23 m)
Empty weight: 8,310 lb (3,768 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 11,410 lb (5,175 kg)
Powerplant: 2x� Rolls-Royce Merlin 76/77 liquid-cooled piston engine, 1,233 hp (920 kW) each
Maximum speed: 385 mph (625 km/h)
Range: 1,480 mi (2,380 km)
Service ceiling: 44,000 ft (13,420 m)
Rate of climb: 3,850 ft/min (19.58 m/sec)
Wing loading: 41 lb/ft� (204 kg/m�)
Power/mass: 0.11 hp/lb (0.18 kW/kg)
Guns: 4 x 20 mm Hispano cannon
Vickers Type 432
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Goulding, James and Robert Jones. "Meteor, Whirlwind and Welkin". Camouflage and Markings: RAF Fighter Command Northern Europe, 1936-45. London: Ducimus Books, 1971. ISBN 0-90323-400-9.
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James, Derek N. Westland: A History. Gloucestershire UK: Tempus Publishing Ltd., 2002. ISBN 0-7524-2772-5.
Mondey, David. Westland (Planemakers 2). London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1982. ISBN 0-7106-0134-4.
Velek, Martin, Michal Ovčx�čx�k and Karel Susa. Westland Welkin F Mk.1, NF Mk.II. Prague, Czech Republic: Mark I Ltd., 2005. ISBN 80-86637-01-8.
Webb, D. Collier. "Tested & Failed, Flight Test Accidents of the 1940s-1960s: Westland Welkin." Aeroplane Monthly, February 1996.
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A Public Health Crisis in Our Schools: How PILOTs help
It must have been at least 80 degrees in the classroom that afternoon. The school was not air conditioned, and Philadelphia was in the middle of a heat wave, but school was starting soon, and the classroom needed to be ready. My mother had bought a floor fan for me, one of the many "contributions to the cause" she had made during my teaching career; it was blowing in the corner and providing some merciful relief from the heat. Unfortunately, it also magnified the smell of the yet-to-be-discovered dead mouse in my classroom. Finding it was a task I was not thrilled to add to my arm's length to-do list. I felt nauseated and unable to eat from the heat, but the stress of starting a new year and meeting my new first-grade students in four days was enough to keep me going for at least seven more hours. At least I had the cool relief from the setting sun to look forward to.
These conditions are not unfamiliar to many teachers in the Philadelphia area, and unfortunately, they are some of the better conditions teachers and students in Philadelphia face. Most Philadelphia schools do not have air conditioning, a public health issue in and of itself as global warming pushes temperatures higher each year. But there are more concerning health dangers: more than 80% of Philadelphia schools have damaged asbestos [1]; 2016-2017 district lead testing indicated half of Philadelphia School District elementary schools had at least one water outlet with unsafe lead levels [2]; and, the combination of rodent and cockroach dander and droppings, mold, and poorly-maintained ventilation creates an unsafe breathing environment, especially for students and staff with allergies and asthma [3].
Our school district is in a state of disrepair due to old buildings in need of major restoration, but concerns about staffing, proper student services, and closing schools also plague the district due to state funding cuts and a tight budget. The money they have can only go so far.
I left teaching after four years because I felt like my hands were tied. I felt like my influence stopped at the classroom door. I saw students and families facing trauma and living conditions that I could not even imagine. How were my students expected to learn how to read when they were hungry? How could they grasp adding and subtracting when they were working in an overheated classroom? How were we, as teachers, expected to mitigate all the concerns of our students and advocate for change while working multiple jobs to cover the cost of classroom supplies and our own living needs?
Over the course of two years, I considered my options and made the difficult decision to leave teaching and go back to school to work towards medical school, in the hopes of returning to serve in the areas I once taught.
Today, as a second-year medical student, I still think about my students, I still question my decision to leave teaching, and despite the unbelievable rigors of medical school, I still have not faced anything as challenging as teaching in Philadelphia.
The world I have entered is vastly different and vastly more privileged compared to the world I left. Medical universities and their affiliates make up a large portion of the top 25 largest nonprofits in Philadelphia [4], which is probably not news to most Philadelphians. Philadelphia is, after all, known for its "Eds and Meds" economy, and education and medical jobs make up a substantial portion of its economy. What many Philadelphians may not know is that these "Eds and Meds" nonprofits and their affiliates gross millions, if not billions, of dollars and have cumulative assets worth billions of dollars [5].
It's time to recognize we are not silos in this city of brotherly love; we are members of the Philadelphia community and therefore have the responsibility to help our community survive.
But these massively wealthy organizations are exempt from paying property taxes, which are a significant portion of the School District's revenue. Non-profit organizations like hospitals and universities, as well as government-owned properties, are exempt from property taxes, per state law. While government properties account for about 40% of the tax-exempt properties, nonprofits account for the rest of the properties, with educational institutions owning about 25% of the value of tax-exempt properties, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer [6]. Although that 25% includes the School District of Philadelphia property as well, there is clearly a difference between the crumbling, unsafe infrastructure of many Philadelphia schools and the expansive real estate owned by Philadelphia universities.
Enter PILOTs, or Payments in Lieu of Taxes, a solution that would have universities and hospitals pay a portion of their foregone property taxes. Millions of dollars could be generated, even if only the top five wealthiest nonprofits in Philadelphia paid 40% of their waived property taxes. Organizations like Philadelphia Jobs with Justice are advocating for PILOTs to be contributed to a publicly controlled Education Equity Fund that would direct PILOT-generated funding towards the Philadelphia public school system. The end result would be a publicly administered fund with community input for the school district to use towards necessary projects, like renovating its unsafe infrastructure and remediating environmental hazards.
So far, though, despite the urging of their respective students, faculty, alumni, and community members, no University has stepped up to pledge their commitment to the PILOTs program. Some universities are even attempting to suppress PILOTs-specific activism on their campuses [7].
It doesn't seem right: universities and health organizations that are dedicated to the well-being of the people of Philadelphia are turning a blind eye to the public health crisis in the city's schools. Medical students learn about the impact of social determinants of health, while the institution dictating the curriculum ignores the potential impact it could have on these very determinants.
Our public schools are suffering, and our universities can help heal this suffering. These mega non-profit universities, which also train our future health professionals to serve the health of their community, must stand by their mission statements. It's time to recognize we are not silos in this city of brotherly love; we are members of the Philadelphia community and therefore have the responsibility to help our community survive. Our influence can and must extend beyond the lecture halls and exam rooms and into the classrooms of the School District of Philadelphia.
Author: Casey Swann
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are my own and do not represent the opinions of any organization with which I am affiliated.
1. Ruderman W, Laker B, Purcell D. Dangerous asbestos levels could pose risks to students, teachers in Philadelphia schools. https://www.inquirer.com/news/inq/asbestos-testing-mesothelioma-cancer-philadelphia-schools-toxic-city-20180510.html. Published May 10, 2018. Accessed October 3, 2020.
2. Laker B, Ruderman W, Purcell D. Children face potential poisoning from lead, mold, asbestos in Philadelphia schools, investigation shows. https://www.inquirer.com/news/inq/lead-paint-poison-children-asbestos-mold-schools-philadelphia-toxic-city-20180503.html. Published May 3, 2018. Accessed October 3, 2020.
3. Laker B, Ruderman W, Purcell D. Toxic city: see how much lead, asbestos and mold is in Philadelphia schools. https://media.inquirer.com/toxic-city/lead-poisoning-paint-asbestos-mold-asthma-philadelphia-schools-map-search-tool.html. Accessed October 3, 2020.
4. Zeglen J. The 25 biggest nonprofits in Philadelphia - Generocity Philly. Generocity.org. Published May 15, 2017. https://generocity.org/philly/2017/05/15/25-biggest-largest-nonprofits-incorporated-philadelphia-penn/. Accessed October 3, 2020.
5. Candid. GuideStar. GuideStar. http://Guidestar.org. Accessed October 3, 2020.
6. McCrystal L. $29.6 billion of Philly real estate is exempt from property taxes. Should nonprofits be asked to pay up? https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-nonprofit-exempt-property-tax-pilots-penn-aramark-20190930.html. Published September 27, 2019. Accessed October 3, 2020.
7. Thomas J. Penn board of trustees refuses to meet with Faculty and staff on payments to public schools. https://www.pennforpilots.org/press/press-release-penn-board-of-trustees-refuses-to-meet-with-faculty-and-staff-on-payments-to-public-schools. Published September 18, 2020. Accessed October 6, 2020.
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ST. PETERSBURG — Florida reached another ominous mark Thursday with a record 156 deaths from the coronavirus reported in a single day as the state continues to experience a swift rise in cases. Officials in the hard-hit Miami area, meanwhile, were weighing another blanket lockdown.
The state Department of Health reported 13,965 new coronavirus cases in Florida, bringing the total throughout the pandemic in Florida to nearly 316,000.
In Miami-Dade County, the state's most populous and the current epicenter of the outbreak, there were more than 3,100 new coronavirus cases reported.
The 156 deaths statewide eclipsed the previous record set Tuesday of 132 reported deaths. On a seven-day average, Florida is now at over 100 deaths per day — well above previous months.
In Polk County, the death toll went up by four to 159, matching Wednesday's grim total, and pushing the number of deaths this week to 21.
Overall, Polk saw a jump of 292 cases of the virus that were reported, bringing the total to 8,498.
Hospitalizations also have been surging, filling up ICU units at several hospitals. Statewide, the number of patients being treated in a hospital for the coronavirus was at 8,809 Thursday morning, up from 8,276 at the same time the day before.
Dr. Steven Merta, Chief Medical Officer of Memorial Hospital in Tampa, said his facility is not at capacity yet. But he is bracing for a surge of patients in the coming weeks.
"I don't really see a lot of behavioral change," Merta said. "When you're in health care and you understand virology and the safety precautions, and then see individuals choosing not to abide by these guidelines, it's concerning. I wish we could get more people to understand, and not have this cavalier attitude about masks and social distancing."
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said the situation there has become so dire that he is considering another stay-at-home order and business shutdown. Suarez said at a news conference Thursday he would meet with business leaders before making a decision, possibly Friday.
"It's important for us to understand the reality of the situation we're in and the gravity of the decisions in front of us," Suarez said on Twitter. "We know how impactful a stay at home order could be and we're doing everything we can to avoid it but this is a public health crisis and lives are at stake."
Thursday's number of coronavirus deaths pushes the total for Florida during the pandemic to 4,766, the health department reported.
Also Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis and first lady Casey DeSantis held a roundtable discussion in Tampa on the impact of the coronavirus on mental health.
The Republican governor said the stress of the illness will affect people even if they didn't catch the disease or know anyone who did and whether they are children whose schooling, socializing and activities have been disrupted or adults who've taken an economic hit.
"Many have had no personal impact at all in terms the actual illness, but who have been profoundly impacted with the changes that have occurred in society. You're worried about a paycheck, you're worried about kids, you're worried about family members," DeSantis said. "I understand that, and that is something we're going to continue to put a lot of attention on as well."
Meanwhile, Florida's jobless claims last week nearly doubled to more than 129,000 new applicants compared to the prior week, according to federal figures released Thursday.
The jump came after state officials placed restrictions on the onsite consumption of alcohol in Florida bars in response to a spike in the number of coronavirus cases.
"Everything that has been happening in the economy in this cycle has been driven by public health measures," said Sean Snaith, an economist at the University of Central Florida.
Unemployed Floridians have filed more than 2.8 million unique jobless claims since mid-March, according to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
As of Wednesday, more than 1.7 million Floridians have been paid more than $10 billion in unemployment claims.
Associated Press writers Mike Schneider in Orlando, Brendan Farrington in Tallahassee and Tamara Lush in St. Petersburg contributed to this story.


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With a long running show like The Big Bang Theory there are bound to be tons of plot holes and inconsistencies. It's hard for writers to keep things sealed tight after 10 years. One thing we've noticed is there are quite a few characters we've heard of but never seen on The Big Bang Theory. Perhaps we'll get to meet them in the next two seasons.
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First of all, Halley Wolowitz is a pretty major character. Despite an entire season seeming to revolve around her birth, we still have yet to meet Halley. When will we get to see Bernadette and Howard's first born? She was born December 17th, 2016, so it's been almost 6 months without a big reveal.
Many people think Halley Wolowitz will be heard and not seen in honor of Howard's mother, the late Debbie Wolowitz. Mrs. Wolowitz was an infamous character throughout the series, constantly yelling to Howard from off camera. After her death many fans speculate that Halley will carry on the tradition of being an off screen woman in Howard's life.
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Another character we know exists, but have yet to meet is Michael Hofstadter. We have been told that Leonard's brother is a law professor. We also know that Leonard's mother favors his younger brother. That's no surprise, considering Beverly likes almost everyone more than Howard. We also know that Michael is eight inches taller than him, and Howard assumes this is because he was loved and nurtured as a child.
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Q: Using "and" and "or" operator with Python strings I don't understand the meaning of the Python code line:
parameter and (" " + parameter) or ""

which is using strings along with logical operators and and or. Also the type of the variable parameter is a string.
In this context, as I can't imagine a case where usage of boolean operators on strings would make sense, I want to ask the question:
Why would one want to use logical and and or operators with python strings in general and especially which sense does it make in the case of the above expression?
The answers on stackoverflow to the question  How do "and" and "or" act with non-boolean values? and the up to now given answers explain what the above line of code does, but are still missing to address the question "Why would one want to use logical and and or operators with python strings in general and especially which sense does it make in the case of the above expression (compared to another possible options for writing code to achieve the same effect)?
The above question addresses the specific case of logical and and or operators applied to strings which wasn't addressed yet by another questions present on stackoverflow, so isn't a duplicate one.

A: Python considers empty strings as having boolean value of "false" and non-empty strings as having boolean value of "true".
So there're only two possible outcomes of the expression, i.e. for empty string and for non-empty string.
Second thing to notice is that which value of "or" and "and" operator are returned. Python does not return just true or false value, for strings and or/and operator it returns one of the strings (considering they have value of true or false). Python uses lazy approach:
For "and" operator if left value is true, then right value is checked and returned. if left value is false, then it is returned
For "or" operator if first value is true, then it is returned. otherwise if second value is false, then second value is returned
parameter = 'test'
print( parameter and (" " + parameter) or "" )

ouput: test
parameter = ''
print( parameter and (" " + parameter) or "" )

output:(empty string)

A: Empty string in Python is equivalent of a False boolean value, the same way as an empty list. The line you've presented is Python version of a ternary operator (as noted in the comment below, nowadays an obsolete construction, as Python now has a real ternary operator). It is based on three rules:

*

*a and b: if a is False then b won't be evaluated

*a or b: if a is True then b won't be evaluated

*the value of a logical clause is the value of its most recently evaluated expression

If parameter evaluates to True the second part of the and clause will get evaluated: (" " + parameter). So it will add leading space to a parameter if it's not an empty string. The second part of the or clause won't get evaluated, as you can already tell the whole expression is True (True or "anything" is always True).
If parameter is False (empty string in this context) the second part of the and clause won't get evaluated, and as you can already tell it's False (False and anything is always False). Therefore the second part of the or clause gets evaluated returning an empty string.
You can write it in a more verbose way:
if parameter:
    return " " + parameter
else:
    return ""

A: Suppose you are using the value of parameter, but if the value is say None, then you would rather like to have an empty string "" instead of None. What would you do in general?
if parameter:
    # use parameter (well your expression using `" " + parameter` in this case
else:
    # use ""

This is what that expression is doing. First you should understand what and and or operator does:

*

*a and b returns b if a is True, else returns a.

*a or b returns a if a is True, else returns b.

So, your expression:
parameter and (" " + parameter) or ""

which is effectively equivalent to:
(parameter and (" " + parameter)) or  ""
#    A1               A2               B
#           A                     or   B

How the expression is evaluated if:

*

*parameter - A1 is evaluated to True:
result = (True and " " + parameter) or ""

result = (" " + parameter) or ""

result = " " + parameter

*parameter - A1 is None:
result = (None and " " + parameter) or ""

result = None or ""

result = ""

As a general suggestion, it's better and more readable to use A if C else B form expression for conditional expression. So, you should better use:
" " + parameter if parameter else ""

instead of the given expression. See PEP 308 - Conditional Expression for motivation behind the if-else expression.

A: It checks if parameter has a value. If it does it prepends a space. If not it returns an empty string.
$ python
Python 2.7.2 (default, Oct 11 2012, 20:14:37)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> foo = 'bar'
>>> foo and (" " + foo) or ""
' bar'

A: Consider this TTL. Then it's just plugging in different scenarios to see what happens :)
Note that and and or evaluate to the first value that made them "succeed" or "fail" - and this need not be True or False!
a    b    a or b   a and b
--   --   ------   -------
T    T    a (T)    b (T)
T    F    a (T)    b (F)
F    T    b (T)    a (F)
F    F    b (F)    a (F)

T and F represent "Truth-y" and "False-y" values. This expression-chaining works because the operators need not return True or False - it will be either the value of a or b.

A: With all the good answers, I found these statements help me remember this better and fit how my brain works (and hopefully for for some more out there) :

*

*"and" returns the first False item (e.g., None, "", [], (), {}, 0) or the last item if none (e.g. no False found)

*"or" returns the first True item or the last item (e.g. no True found)
In summary they all return the first item that decides the outcome of the statement. (In the worst case, the last item in the sequence)
Note this rule also applies to a chained all "and" or all "or" statement

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Former BYU guard Jimmer Fredette had a huge offensive performance, but it wasn't enough as the Guangzhou Long Lions knocked off the Shanghai Sharks 118-102 on Sunday.
After a cold start, Fredette caught fire in the final period, but it was too little too late as the Long Lions handed the Sharks the opening round road loss. After putting up 22 points through three quarters, Fredette went off in the fourth as he scored 16 points, including an impressive shooting performance from beyond the arc as he connected on four straight three's to try to keep the Sharks close.
He also got his teammates involved with two key assists in the quarter, but the Sharks just couldn't do enough to climb back into the game after an early deficit. It was an uphill climb for the Sharks for most of the night after scoring just nine points in the first quarter and finding themselves in a 20-point hole.
Fredette led the way with a game-high 38 points on 12-for-25 shooting from the floor, including a blistering 6-for-11 from beyond the arc and 8-for-9 from the foul line. He also contributed six rebounds, five assists and a steal in 42 minutes. Nick Minnerath added 19 points and nine rebounds in his first regular season game with the Sharks.
The American duo of Kyle Fogg and Tyler Hansbrough did most of the damage for the Long Lions in the big win. Fogg finished with a team-high 34 points to go along with six rebounds, two assists and a steal while Hansbrough totaled 26 points and eight rebounds on a night where he didn't play in the fourth quarter.
Sani Sakakini also had a huge night for Guangzhou as he registered 21 points and 15 rebounds while Chen Yingjun added 13 points and three boards.
The only other players to score in double figures for the new-look Sharks were Luo Hanchen who managed 18 points and Dong Hanlin who had 14 points on 7-for-7 shooting from the floor.
Up next for Fredette and the Sharks is another road game as they travel to Tianjin to face off with the Gold Lions on Tuesday night.
The Gold Lions are 0-1 on the season after a hard-fought 119-117 loss to Qingdao on Saturday. Some players to watch for Tianjin are Elijah Holman and Pooh Jeter.
Holman carried the offensive load in the opening game with 32 points on 11-for-15 shooting from the floor and 10-for-12 from the foul line while grabbing 15 rebounds. Jeter also had a strong showing in the loss with 25 points, four rebounds and four assists.
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 Februari – Engelske kaptenen Richard Hawkins ändrar namnet på Davis' Land till Hawkins Maydenlande.
 1 februari – Johan III begravs i Uppsala domkyrka.
 19 februari – Sigismund kröns till svensk kung tillsammans med sin hustru. Sigismunds krav på fri religionsutövning för katoliker godtas inte av rådet. Frågorna om adelns ställning och kungens makt under frånvaron från Sverige löses inte.
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Typhon Apollodorus describes Typhon as a huge winged monster, whose head "brushed the stars", human in form above the waist, with snake coils below, and fire flashing from his eyes: In size and strength he surpassed all the offspring of Earth.
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Q: Issue on IE with LinkedIn Share plugin I am working for my client and there we have used LinkedIn share plugin (https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins/share) but we have been facing an issue with this plugin while using MS Internet Explorer. When the user clicks on the LinkedIn share plugin on IE, another popup window opens, this popup works fine over other browsers like Firefox, Chrome however on IE (with most users on IE11 and IE Edge), it shows an alert saying: "The webpage you are viewing is trying to close the window." If user clicks on "No" then it redirects to LinkedIn 404/Page not found (https://www.linkedin.com/404). We are looking for your help to investigate the issue to find the root cause and get it addressed.
Any help in fixing this issue will be greatly appreciated.

A: The issue is that you're relying on the SDK and the plugin JS library for making and generating the button.  That means all of LinkedIn's JS libs could be do any number of things to make the button appear and behave as it does.  To have a URL-sharing link to Linkedin, all you really ought to need is...
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Then you can just make any button, using any HTML, CSS, or JavaScript that you like, and hyperlink it to allow sharing of a page.  Like so...
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Lieutenant Joseph McCullough investigates a traffic violation on Friday, Sept. 23.
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A 22-year-old female and 18-year-old male were arrested for a home invasion in the 00 block of Daniel Street at 6:00 p.m. Sunday.
According to the report, the two suspects were arrested after forcing their way into the victim's residence and striking the victim in the head with a BB gun. The victim was injured and the suspects stole one cellphone and one computer from the residence.
An attempted burglary was reported in the 2000 block of Moreland Boulevard at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
According to the report, when the victim returned home they found that an unknown offender had attempted to knock in their door.
A burglary was reported at Windcrest Apartments in the 400 block of Briar Lane at 9:00 a.m. Monday.
According to the report, the door to the victim's apartment was damaged and some money was stolen.
A University student reported his bicycle had been stolen at his Orchard Downs apartment in the 2000 block of Hazelwood Court between 3 and 5 p.m.
According to the report, the bicycle is worth about $120 and was locked to a bike rack.
A University employee reported that someone used a marker to write on a projection screen in the Foreign Language Building, 707 S. Mathews Ave., on either Thursday or Friday.
According to the report, it will cost about $1,000 to replace the screen.
Two University students reported that someone stole their bicycles between 3 and 5 p.m. at Eichelberger Field.
According the report, the bicycles were not locked or attended, and have an estimated value of $940 total.
A burglary was reported in the 900 block of Gregory Street at 4:00 a.m. Monday.
According to the report, the offender entered the victim's residence through a window and stole one bicycle and some money.
A burglary was reported in the 1300 block of Lincoln Avenue around 10:00 p.m. Monday.
According to the report, the offender damaged the door of the victim's apartment and it is possible that the offender entered the apartment, although no items were reported missing.
A burglary was reported in the 2000 block of Michigan Avenue around 6:00 pm Monday.
According to the report, an unknown offender broke into the residence by breaking a window, but nothing was taken from the residence.
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As readers here know I am becoming more and more of a Sony Reader fan due to their continued support of open formats and public library checkout systems. I was reading some feeds this morning and stumbled upon some great news on Mobility Site that links to a new press release announcing even more support for ebook content. Independent authors and small publishers can now access the re-launched Sony Publisher Portal, powered by Smashwords, and get books out in EPUB format for Sony Reader owners to enjoy.
I love to write and have been thinking of writing science fiction books for years. This capability to get work out to the Sony eBook store may spur me to finally put pen to paper and create some original stories. Smashwords and Authors Solution will work with their existing authors to get their titles on the Sony store. Authors upload their manuscript to Smashwords in Word format, select a price, and then they manage the conversion and distribution. It will be interesting to see how discoverable these titles are, but I imagine this will greatly enhance the number of available titles for those with Sony Readers and other ebook devices that support the EPUB format.


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Laker Men's and Women's Tennis Defeat Davis & Elkins 7-0
DAVIS, W. Va. — The Lake Superior State men's and women's tennis teams both defeated Davis & Elkins College 7-0 in nonconference action on Wednesday.
In men's doubles action, Lake State picked up the doubles point. Freshman Ali Sahibzada and junior Joe Gilman fell at the No. 1 spot, 6-4. At No. 2, sophomore Diego Penz and senior Luis Valderrama won 6-4. The No. 3 pairing of freshmen Harris Irfan ul Haq and Krishan Taneja won 6-3.
At No. 1 singles, Gilman won 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Sahibzada also picked up a win at the No. 2 spot, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Taneja, at No. 3, won 6-3, 6-1. At No. 4, Valderrama won 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Penz won 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 5 spot, and Irfan ul Haq won 6-0, 6-2.
The Laker women started off by picking up the doubles point after winning each doubles match. Senior Tara Harvey and freshman Nadege Koua won 6-3 at the No. 1 spot. At No. 2, sophomore AlexiAnn Drouin and freshman Keegan Malpass won 6-1, and at the No. 3 pairing, seniors Kirsten Malpass and Allison Grandfield won 7-6 (3).
In singles action, Drouin won at the No. 1 spot, 6-2, 4-6, 10-4. At No. 2, Koua won 6-1, 6-3. Harvey, at No. 3, won 6-2, 6-1. Keegan Malpass won 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 at No. 4, while Kirsten Malpass also picked up a win at the No. 5 spot, 8-3. Grandfield picked up an 8-1 win at the No. 6 spot.
The Lakers continue nonconference road action on Thursday when they face West Virginia Wesleyan College, followed by Lawrence Tech on Saturday. They begin Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on March 22 when they visit Northwood and then head home for matches against Grand Valley State on March 23 and Ferris State on March 24. Home matches begin at 10 a.m. EST in the Arbuckle Student Activity Center and are free of charge.
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Submodules¶

pdsimage.PDS_Extractor module¶

class pdsimage.PDS_Extractor.BinaryTable(fname, path_pdsfile='/Users/thorey/Documents/repos/pdsimage/pdsimage/PDS_FILE')¶

Bases: object

Class which is able to read PDS image file for LOLA/WAC images.

LROC LOLA - Informations can be found at LROC/LOLA website.
In particular, the header, located in  a separate file .LBL file,
contains all the informations. Read manually

LROC WAC - Informations can be found at LROC/WAC website.
In particular, HEADER in the binary file that contain all the information -
Read with the module pvl module for informations about how the header is
extracted directly from the file.

This class has a method able to download the images,
though it might be better to download them before
as it takes a lot of time, especially for larger resolution.

Both are NASA PDS FILE - Meaning, they are binary table whose format depends on
the file. All the information can be found in the Header whose
reference are above. Line usualy index latitude while sample on the line
refers to longitude.

THIS CLASS SUPPORT ONLY CYLINDRICAL PROJECTION FOR THE MOMENT.
PROJECTION : [WAC : ‘EQUIRECTANGULAR’, LOLA : ‘“SIMPLE”’]
FURTHER WORK IS NEEDED FOR IT TO BECOMES MORE GENERAL.

fname¶

str – name of pds file.

path_pdsfiles¶

str – path where pds files are stored.

LOLApath¶

str – path for LOLA images

WACpath¶

str – path for WAC images

grid¶

str – WAC or LOLA

img¶

str – name of the image

lbl¶

str – name of the lbl file, where information are stored. Empty for WAC.

Note

I also integrate all the specification of the image contained in the header or the
.LBL file as attribute of the class. However, the list is long and I do not introduce
them into the documentation. See the file directly for details.

Array(size_chunk, start, bytesize)¶

Read part of the binary file

<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />

Parameters:

size_chunk (int) – Size of the chunk to read

start (int) – Starting byte

bytesize (int) – Ending byte

Returns:
Array of the corresponding values

Return type:
(np.array)

Boundary()¶

Get the image boundary

<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />

Returns:	A tupple composed by the westernmost_longitude,
the westernmost_longitude, the minimum_latitude and
the maximum_latitude

Cylindrical_Window(radius, lat0, long0)¶

Cylindrical projection of a window centered
at(lat0, long0) with a given radius of radius.

<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />

Parameters:

radius (float) – Radius of the window in km

lat0 (float) – Latitude at the center(degree)

long0 (float) – Longitude at the center(degree)

Returns:
A tuple (longll, longtr, latll, lattr) with longll
the longitude of the lower left corner, longtr the
longitude of the top right corner, latll the latitude
of the lower left corner and lattr the latitude of the
top right corner

Note

All return coordinates are in degree

Extract_All()¶

Extract all the image

<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />

Returns:	A tupple of three arrays (X,Y,Z) with X contains the
longitudes, Y contains the latitude and Z the values
extracted from the image.

Note

All return arrays have the same size.

All coordinate are in degree.

Extract_Grid(longmin, longmax, latmin, latmax)¶

Extract part of the image img

<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />

Parameters:

longmin (float) – Minimum longitude of the window

longmax (float) – Maximum longitude of the window

latmin (float) – Minimum latitude of the window

latmax (float) – Maximum latitude of the window

Returns:
A tupple of three arrays (X,Y,Z) with X contains the
longitudes, Y contains the latitude and Z the values
extracted from the window.

Note

All return arrays have the same size.

All coordinate are in degree.

Lambert_Window(radius, lat0, long0)¶

Squared azimutahl projection of a window centered
at(lat0, long0) with a given radius of radius.

<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />

Parameters:

radius (float) – Radius of the window in km

lat0 (float) – Latitude at the center(degree)

long0 (float) – Longitude at the center(degree)

Returns:
A tuple (longll, longtr, latll, lattr)` with ``longll
the longitude of the lower left corner, longtr the
longitude of the top right corner, latll the latitude
of the lower left corner and lattr the latitude of the
top right corner

Note

All return coordinates are in degree

Lat_id(line)¶

Return the corresponding latitude

<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />

Parameters:	line (int) – Line number

Returns:	Correponding latitude in degree

Line_id(lat)¶

Return the corresponding line

<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />

Parameters:	lat (int) – latitude in degree

Returns:	Correponding line

Long_id(sample)¶

Return the corresponding longitude

<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />

Parameters:	sample (int) – sample number on a line

Returns:	Correponding longidude in degree

Sample_id(lon)¶

Return the corresponding sample

<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />

Parameters:	lon (int) – longidute in degree

Returns:	Correponding sample

defaut_pdsfile = '/Users/thorey/Documents/repos/pdsimage/pdsimage/PDS_FILE'¶

class pdsimage.PDS_Extractor.LolaMap(ppd, lonm, lonM, latm, latM, path_pdsfile='/Users/thorey/Documents/repos/pdsimage/pdsimage/PDS_FILE')¶

Bases: pdsimage.PDS_Extractor.WacMap

Class used to identified the image (or the groupe of images) necessary
to extract an array around a particular structure.
4 Cases are possible:
1 - The desired structure is entirely contained into one image.
2 - The span in latitude of the image is ok but not longitudes(2 images).
3 - The span in longitude of the image is ok but not latitudes(2 images).
4 - Both latitude and longitude are not contained in one image(4 images).

ONLY THE FIRST CASE IS IMPLEMENTED FOR THE MOMENT

parameters:
ppd: Resolution required
path_pdsfile: path where are stored the PDS_FILE. LOLA File should
be contained within a folder LOLA. By default, the path is set
to the folder where the library is install. See defaut_pdsfile
lonm, lonM, latm, latM: Parameterize the window around the structure

methods:
Image: Return X, Y, Z values for the window.

implemented_res = [4, 16, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024]¶

class pdsimage.PDS_Extractor.WacMap(ppd, lonm, lonM, latm, latM, path_pdsfile='/Users/thorey/Documents/repos/pdsimage/pdsimage/PDS_FILE')¶

Bases: object

Class used to identified the image (or the groupe of images) necessary
to extract an array around a particular structure.
4 Cases are possible:
1 - The desired structure is entirely contained into one image.
2 - The span in latitude of the image is ok but not longitudes(2 images).
3 - The span in longitude of the image is ok but not latitudes(2 images).
4 - Both latitude and longitude are not contained in one image(4 images).

ONLY THE FIRST CASE IS IMPLEMENTED FOR THE MOMENT

parameters:
ppd: Resolution required
path_pdsfile: path where are stored the PDS_FILE. WAC File should
be contained within a folder LROC_WAC. By default, the path is set
to the folder where the library is install. See defaut_pdsfile

lonm, lonM, latm, latM: Parameterize the window around the structure

methods:
Image: Return a BinaryTable Class containing the image.

Image()¶

Return three array X, Y, Z corresponding tp
X: longitudes
Y: latitudes
Z: values

defaut_pdsfile = '/Users/thorey/Documents/repos/pdsimage/pdsimage/PDS_FILE'¶

implemented_res = [4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256]¶

pdsimage.Structure module¶

Module contents¶

A library to produce images from the LROC LOLA and LROC WAC experiment from NASA

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