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Q: How do I partition a matrix? I have a data file with fields x y z. When I import it to "data", I get a matrix if the form:
{{193.303, 601.595, 0.001079}, {193.383, 612.928, 0.000071}, {199.129,
   476.9, 0.000828},..,{199.21, 488.223, 0.000761}}

Now z is a function of (x,y) that I need to interpolate. Also, the data (x,y) is unstructured. In order to use the interpolation function, I need to convert the data into a form data1:
{{{193.303, 601.595}, 0.001079}, {{193.383, 612.928}, 0.000071}, {{199.129,
   476.9}, 0.000828},..,{{199.21, 488.223}, 0.000761}}

I'm not sure how to do that. I know I have to use Partition in some way, but it ends up partitioning the data as if it were a list of rows. What I need is to partition the elements within the row.
Thank you for reading.

A: data =
{{193.303, 601.595, 0.001079}, {193.383, 612.928, 0.000071},
 {199.129, 476.9, 0.000828}, {199.21, 488.223, 0.000761}}

Method 1
{{#1, #2}, #3} & @@@ data

{{{193.303, 601.595}, 0.001079}, {{193.383, 612.928}, 0.000071},
   {{199.129, 476.9}, 0.000828}, {{199.21, 488.223}, 0.000761}}

Method 2
{Take[#, 2], Last[#]} & /@ data

Method 3
{Extract[#, {{1}, {2}}], Last[#]} & /@ data

Method 4
{#[[1]], #[[2, 1]]} & /@ (Internal`PartitionRagged[#, {2, 1}] & /@ data)

A: Let's try to simplify this even further and use a handful of extra keystrokes, they are cheap, to try to make this more understandable for a new user.
Suppose you wanted to write a function that would be given a list of three elements {a, b, c} and you wanted it to return {{a, b}, c}. You might see the similarity between this and what you want to do with your data, but you need to do this to every row in your data. We will get to that in a moment.
Now in Mathematica there are at least twelve different ways of writing anything and at least several of those are completely incomprehensible. Here is one way to do this. Look up Most and Last in the documentation until you can think you understand what this is doing. You might even look up in the tutorials about how to define a function if you need to start with that.
f[v_]:={Most[v],Last[v]};

But you don't want to do that to just one list of three elements, you want to do that to every row in your matrix. The Map function does exactly that, it will take the name of a function and "do that function to every element of a list." You can think about your matrix as a list of rows and your f function will take a row and return the modified result. When Map is done it will give you all those results in a list. So you can write
Map[f, matrix]

and get what you need.
Now back to the twelve ways and saving keystrokes. There are shortcuts and abbreviations you can use in Mathematica to save a keystroke here and there. After a while you begin think that is the way you should write code. That is fine. Here is a method that saves a few keystrokes using # and & notation that does the same thing. But you have to learn anonymous functions and how to write those before this becomes obvious.
matrix = {{193.303, 601.595, 0.001079}, {193.383, 612.928, 0.000071},
          {199.129, 476.9, 0.000828}, {199.21, 488.223, 0.000761}};
Map[{Most[#], Last[#]} &, matrix]

gives
{{{193.303, 601.595}, 0.001079}, {{193.383, 612.928}, 0.000071},
 {{199.129, 476.9}, 0.000828}, {{199.21, 488.223}, 0.000761}}


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Detroit Regional Chamber > transportation
Tag Archives: transportation
Statewide Business Organizations Share Statement on Budget Negotiations
Posted on June 20, 2019 by Madison Kuhn
The Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Business Leaders for Michigan, the Detroit Regional Chamber, the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, the Lansing Regional Chamber, Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, the Michigan Realtors Association, the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the Midland Business Alliance made the following statement regarding ongoing road funding negotiations:
"As budget negotiations continue, job providers are clear that fixing Michigan's worst-in-the-nation transportation infrastructure is a top priority. As the 21st Century Infrastructure Commission and other reports illustrate, solving this problem will require a multi-year investment of billions of new dollars. We acknowledge there are differences of opinion regarding how to secure $2 to $2.5 billion annually, but the need is not in question.
"Michigan's economic competitiveness is harmed by our failing infrastructure and we expect our elected leaders to work cooperatively to dramatically improve roads and bridges across the state. The window of opportunity that exists in this nonelection year must not be wasted, and we strongly believe meaningful progress needs to be achieved prior to recessing for the summer."
Crain's Detroit Business: Michigan Business Groups to Legislature: Fix Roads Funding Before You Go on Vacation
Tagged infrastructure, road funding, transportation
GOP states discover a tax hike they have to like: for roads
Posted on April 16, 2019 by Madison Kuhn
David Eggert
"It's going to take $2.5 billion a year," said Detroit Regional Chamber CEO Sandy Baruah of Michigan's road-building needs. "Anyone who thinks you can cut even half of that out of other elements of the state budget without having significant ramifications to real people, you're smoking something that's not legal."
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer won election last year after running on the slogan "Fix the Damn Roads." Her plan would gradually add 45 cents to the cost of a gallon of gas by October 2020, which would be more than double the current 26-cents-per-gallon gas tax and make it the highest in the country. GOP legislative leaders have dismissed the proposed hike as way too much, but they are leaving open the prospect of passing a more modest increase in the face of intense pressure from the business community.
In some states, Republican-leaning interests have become the biggest backers of higher taxes for this purpose, which is seen as necessary for economic development.
While consumers are acutely conscious of prices at the pump, legislators are struggling to get around the difficult realities of the fuel surcharge that funds transportation projects. They are also facing the echoes of the tax cut promises they made in winning over many heartland states in the last decade — that getting tougher on spending wouldn't mean worse services.
In most states, the excise tax rate per gallon is fixed and doesn't rise with inflation. And the federal gas tax has remained unchanged since 1993. Meanwhile, consumers are driving more fuel-efficient vehicles or are driving less, depressing revenue. The real purchasing power of the federal gas tax has fallen by 40% over the past quarter-century, and repair costs rise significantly when roads decline to a rating of poor or worse.
This winter, Michigan's Department of Transportation had to close 10 miles of Interstate 75 in suburban Detroit — one of the state's most heavily trafficked stretches — because of vehicle damage from cracks and potholes.
View the full article here.
Tagged Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, road repair, taxes, transportation
Howes: Michigan's automakers compete for self-driving lead
Posted on March 22, 2019 by Madison Kuhn
The Detroit News
Daniel Howes
"Rooted in a century of design engineering and manufacturing expertise, Michigan is leading the automotive industry's evolution from traditional manufacturer to the research, testing, and deployment of next-generation mobility technology," says a report to be released Tuesday by the Detroit Regional Chamber's MICHauto unit.
"From key public-private partnerships to being nationally competitive in mobility-related patents, Michigan is the place for testing and deployment of connected, automated, and electric vehicles. Within the next 30 years, fully autonomous vehicles will be commonplace on roadways across the United States."
Michigan is ranked No. 1 in connected vehicle projects funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Business annually funds $12 billion in automotive research and development across the state. Michigan-based auto plants last year assembled 17 percent of all the vehicles built in the United States. More than 500 miles of roadway are ready for testing connected vehicles.
The trends are likely to accelerate, quickly, as automakers and major suppliers amp spending on electrification. Over the next decade, says Jim Tobin, chief marketing officer of Magna International Inc., automakers and suppliers are expected to invest $300 billion on electrification, up from just $90 billion a year ago.
"There's still a lot of unknowns," he said in an interview in advance of MICHauto's annual meeting Tuesday, adding that when the technology will "hit mainstream" in the U.S. market ranks among the biggest uncertainties. "The China market by far will be the biggest consumer of battery-electric vehicles near-term."
View the full article here
Tagged Magna International, MICHauto, self-driving cars, transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Michigan's heavy trucks catch flak for roads, but they are few and far between
Crain's Detroit Business
Chad Livengood
Whitmer's road funding proposal did not include any additional fees or fines for heavy commercial trucks, though the Democratic governor is open to discussing that issue with legislators.
"Heavy trucks are going to pay more in diesel … they're going to pay a lot more," Whitmer said after speaking at a Detroit Regional Chamber event last week. "But I do think that there's some work we need to do in terms of weights and that's something I've got to work with the Legislature to get done."
The head of the Michigan Trucking Association said the industry is not fazed by the prospect of higher taxes, especially for interstate haulers because their diesel fuel taxes and registration fees are spread proportionately among states based on miles traveled.
View full article here
Tagged Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan Trucking Association, transportation
Report: Michigan doesn't have money to fix deteriorating roads
Kristi Tanner
The report, published by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based transportation group, examined legislation that will help increase state transportation funding from $2.2 billion in 2015 to almost $3.7 billion by 2023 and found that despite the increase, many crucial transportation projects remain unfunded.
Some of the TRIP report findings presented at the Detroit Regional Chamber on Tuesday include:
The total cost to motorists for driving on Michigan roads in poor conditions is about $14.1 billion each year when additional factors besides wear and tear are considered, like insurance, lost time and poor road design.
Among urban areas examined by TRIP, motorists in Detroit had the highest wear-and-tear costs, or vehicle operating costs, per driver at $824.
The percentage of federal-aid eligible roads and highways in Michigan with pavement in poor condition increased from 25 percent in 2006 to 40 percent in 2017, according to the Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC).
Statewide, 11 percent of bridges were structurally deficient, meaning at least one of the major elements of the bridge was in poor condition or worse in 2017. Nationwide, that figure was 9 percent in the same year.
About 43 percent of bridges in Michigan, 4,815 structures, were built in 1969 or earlier.
Michigan's traffic fatality rate of 1.01 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled was below the national rate of 1.16 in 2017.
Tagged Gas tax, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan Department of Transportation, transportation
Study says poor roads cost Detroit area drivers $2544 a year
WXYZ Detroit
"When the system is not as maintained as it should be, they pay far greater costs," said Rocky Moretti of Trip, the national transportation research group that did the study.
He gathered with the Oakland County Road Commission's leaders and the Detroit Regional Chamber to share the results. He says in the Detroit area drivers are paying on average a whopping $2,544 because roads are in poor condition.
So – where did he get that number? He says researchers added up the cost of vehicle repairs and depreciation, of time lost to congested roads, and even of accidents caused by poor infrastructure.
"We want to drive on roads that are as safe as they can be. Unfortunately transportation leaders don't have the resources to do that," said Moratti.
"This is a very expensive problem now. The fact of the matter though is it is not going to get cheaper by not doing something now. It is only going to get more expensive," said Brad Williams of the Detroit Regional Chamber.
Williams says he has been lobbying state lawmakers to invest now, before roads get worse. He says too often they are patching potholes where they should be reconstructing roadways because the money simply isn't there.
Tagged Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Oakland County Road Commission, transportation
Democrats Picked Up Midwest Governor Seats by Vowing to Fix Schools, Potholes
Posted on November 9, 2018 by Nick
By: Valerie Bauerlein & Kris Maher
Midwesterners elected gubernatorial candidates who promised to boost teacher pay in Wisconsin, fix potholes in Michigan and reverse deep budget cuts in Kansas. These issues, divorced from national politics, fueled Democratic victories across the region. The traditional political battleground helped hand the presidency to President Trump in 2016, but Tuesday's election shows some of the states are still up for grabs. Governors are particularly powerful now as they increasingly take the lead on energy, health care and transportation policy.
"When you have gridlock in Washington, naturally people turn to the states," said Jim Hodges, a former Democratic governor of South Carolina who now advises clients on working with governors. "More and more issues are being pushed to the state stage and to the local stage." Still, political analysts cautioned against reading too much into the Democratic gubernatorial wins in the Midwest, known for its swing states.
Adding governors in the Midwest could help 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls, who would be able to rely on governors' fundraising networks and potential endorsements, analysts said. But three of the four Midwestern Democrats will be working with GOP-led legislatures, so it is unclear how much of their agendas they will be able to implement.
Blue Versus Red
Democrats picked up gubernatorial seats in the Midwest that were GOP-held for years. Democrats picked up a rare win in deep-red Kansas and reclaimed once reliably blue territory in Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois. Republicans held on to governors' seats in Ohio and Iowa. Overall, Democrats added seven governor seats on Tuesday, ending up with 23. Republicans have 26, with Georgia still too close to call. Republicans previously held 33 governorships, while Democrats had 16.
Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, a former state Senate minority leader who won the governor's seat in Michigan, ran economically focused ads and won back many blue-collar voters in places like Macomb County, part of the Detroit metro area, said Matt Grossmann, a political scientist at Michigan State University. "She ran the traditional hard-hat campaign where she was at factories with mostly blue-collar men talking about her background," Mr. Grossmann said. "That's a quintessential Michigan campaign."
Voters said they favored Democrats because of state-specific issues such as expanding Medicaid and repairing infrastructure. They played down issues like immigration, which President Trump focused on before the election. Campaign pledges to restore civility also seemed to resonate among voters in a region that often prides itself on being genial. Marsha Luetjen, 72 years old, considers herself an independent and voted for Ms. Whitmer. "We have some of the worst roads in the country," said Ms. Luetjen, of Brighton Township, Mich., a rural and mostly conservative area between Detroit and Lansing.
Ms. Luetjen said she hopes the new governor will fix roads and potentially lower the state's income tax on pensions. "I think those are things that she can probably get done without a whole bunch of hoopla from both sides," she said. The Detroit Regional Chamber endorsed a Democrat for the first time in a generation, choosing Ms. Whitmer over Republican state Attorney General Bill Schuette.
Chamber Chief Executive Sandy Baruah said he was optimistic that Ms. Whitmer's leadership would lead to key investments in education and transportation, though he worried she might face significant pressure from her base "to do some things we're going to have to push back against." Ms. Whitmer said in a press conference Wednesday she was eager to fix roads, lower auto-insurance rates, improve the quality of drinking water and help underperforming schools. She said she planned to meet Wednesday with departing two-term Republican Gov. Rick Snyder.
"The people of Michigan expect, want and deserve leaders who can work together to solve problems," she said. "I think when you talk you can find common ground. But when you're not talking, you don't have any shot at it." In Wisconsin, state schools superintendent Tony Evers narrowly defeated Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who was seeking a third term.
Mr. Evers said he was looking forward to working with the state's two top Republican lawmakers on his campaign pledges of better schools, better roads and more affordable health care with protections for people with pre-existing conditions. "Knowing we may not fix all our problems with any single person or any election vote, the real work starts tomorrow," he said Tuesday. "As I said throughout this campaign, it's time for a change. The voters of Wisconsin spoke, and they agree."
In Kansas, Laura Kelly, a Democratic state senator who touted her family's military background, defeated Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a Trump ally and strong backer of the administration's immigration policies. Ms. Kelly campaigned on education and a shift from recent GOP governors' policies of tax and spending cuts. In a victory speech Tuesday, Ms. Kelly said she would aim to work in a bipartisan way with state lawmakers, and that one of her first priorities would be funding schools.
"I will listen every day to leaders from both parties and to the people of this state," she said. "We'll take the best ideas no matter where they come from, and we'll work together despite our political labels." Looking ahead, some cautioned there is little correlation between midterm election results and a sitting president's re-election chances. "The Midwest was historically the swing region, and it remains so," said Mr. Grossmann of Michigan State. "They'll be swing states from here on out."
Tagged Gretchen Whitmer, Midwesterners, rick snyder, transportation, Wall Street Journal
Pentastar Aviation Completes Certification for Gogo AVANCE L5 System
Posted on March 14, 2018 by Saji .
Pentastar Aviation, a leader in the world of business aviation, is at the forefront of meeting the connectivity needs of its clients by working with Gogo Business Aviation to complete the first Approved Model List (AML) Supplemental Type Certification (STC) ST04273CH for the Gogo AVANCETM L5 system. The STC issued on March 5, 2018, includes the Gulfstream G-IV, GV, GIV-X and GV-SP airframes.
Gogo AVANCE L5 connects aircraft to the Gogo Biz 4G network enabling a 4G experience and more robust in-flight internet capabilities such as streaming audio and video, email with large attachments, and faster web browsing. The new STC brings it all directly to business travelers using the onboard Wi-Fi network delivered by Gogo, the leader in in-flight connectivity.
"We were excited to work with Gogo on this STC, as our team remains focused on the future of in-flight connectivity," said Jesse Beard, Pentastar Aviation's Director of Engineering & Inside Sales. "Business travelers need 4G broadband connectivity to be truly productive during their travels, and Gogo's system provides this for them."
Gogo's 4G service operates on its proven air-to-ground network comprised of more than 250 towers throughout the US and large portions of Canada and Alaska, and fiber backhaul and technology. Gogo's technology on the plane also features dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi service for a faster, more consistent in-cabin experience. Designed with business aviation in mind, the company's systems are currently flying on thousands of business aircraft, delivering proven and quality service to customers.
"Pentastar Aviation is a valued long-standing Gogo partner and we are very appreciative of the investment they have made in this AML STC for the new AVANCE L5 to benefit our mutual customers," said Dave Salvador, vice president of aftermarket sales for Gogo Business Aviation.
The Pentastar avionics team delivers an unmatched combination of quality, technology, superior customer service, and meticulous attention to detail. This outstanding group of professionals has decades of experience providing industry-leading avionics system integration design, STC development, and service and maintenance on the most sophisticated avionics systems in the marketplace today.
About Pentastar Aviation
Pentastar Aviation, wholly owned by Edsel B. Ford II, is a leader in the world of business aviation, providing aircraft management, advisory services, aircraft maintenance, avionics services, interior services and award-winning FBO services. Air charter transportation services are provided by Pentastar Aviation Charter, Inc., a U.S. FAR Part 135 on-demand air carrier, or by other U.S. FAR Part 135 certificated on-demand air carriers arranged by Pentastar Aviation, LLC. Their team is committed to delivering the highest standards of safety and service excellence to their customers.
Pentastar Aviation has been servicing regional and global travelers for more than 50 years and is headquartered at Oakland County International Airport (PTK). For more information, please visit www.pentastaraviation.com.
About Gogo
Gogo is the in-flight internet company. They are the leading global provider of broadband connectivity products and services for aviation. Gogo designs and sources innovative network solutions that connect aircraft to the Internet, and develops software and platforms that enable customizable solutions for and by their aviation partners. Once connected, they provide industry-leading reliability around the world. Their mission is to help aviation go farther by making planes fly smarter, so their aviation partners perform better and passengers travel happier.
You can find Gogo's products and services on thousands of aircraft operated by the leading global commercial airlines and thousands of private aircraft, including those of the largest fractional ownership operators. Gogo is headquartered in Chicago, Ill., with additional facilities in Broomfield, Colo., and locations across the globe. Connect with us at www.gogoair.com and www.business.gogoair.com.
Tracy Neil
Pentastar Aviation
Tagged aerospace, Aviation, services, transportation
Posted on December 8, 2016 by Nick
Principal, Transportation, Bloomberg Associates
Janette Sadik-Khan is the principal transportation consultant for Bloomberg Associates. A leading voice on urban transportation policy, Sadik-Khan advises mayors around the world in developing street redesigns to help improve quality of life for citizens.
Sadik-Khan previously served as commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg. During her tenure, the city added nearly 400 miles of dedicated bike lanes and the first parking-protected bike paths in North America. She also launched the city's first rapid bus lines and oversaw the redesign of streets and intersections that contributed to record-low traffic fatalities. As chair of the National Association of Transportation Officials (NACTO), she led the development and publication of NACTO's Global and Urban Street Design Guides and the Urban Bikeway Design Guide.
Prior to joining Bloomberg Associates, Sadik-Khan served as a deputy administrator at the U.S. Department of Transportation. She is the author of "Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution."
Tagged Bloomberg Associates, Detroit Policy Conference, Janette Sadik-Khan, NACTO, speakers, Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution, transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Urban Street Design Guides
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We teach seminars -two upcoming in July- provide on site training tailor made to your company and can help with any import / freight forwarding need that you might have!
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Here are my picks for this week's Frugal Round-up.
First up, a pretty Thanksgiving table scape shared by Making Lemonade. The touches of metallic gold are perfect!
Welcome your guests with this adorable DIY entry table shared by Fort Ledbetter. I just love the chevron top! So cute!!
And finally, check out these cute free holiday printable tags shared by Pretty Providence and get a jump on your Christmas gift wrapping.
2. Please link back the Shabby Nest (you can use the pretty button on my side bar to make it easy.) I only feature projects in my Frugal Round-up that link back to The Shabby Nest. I have passed up some great features because they didn't link back..so please use common courtesy and return the link! MWAH!!
Thanks Wendy for getting the party up each week!
Thanks so much for hosting! Have a great Thanksgiving next week.
Thank you so much for hosting. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving.
Thanks for having me, have a great weekend!
Hey Wendy Hyde!!! I am leaving you a link to a kitchen blog-but I don't know if a link to your page in the comments suits you. (I'm still a bit reliant on those kids of mine to help with technical matters.) Trying to blog every day this month.
Thank you for hosting. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving week.
Thank you for your hard work hosting this fab party. Awesome inspiration here….. Appreciate ya!!
Thanks so much for hosting! I LOVE the features this week, especially the modern plates that say, "Glad You're Here." LOVE THOSE! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Thank you for hosting, Wendy!
Thanks so much for including my Thanksgiving tablescape. That made my heart skip a beat when I saw it!
Thanks for hosting, Wendy. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
You just featured a modern table setting - I linked up my low-cost vintage Thanksgiving table setting. I used only vintage items I already owned.
Wonderful link party - thanks for hosting!


They have a grayish brown back and shoulders, a white throat and chest and a dark stripe along their spine. They have a distinct white stripe on their cheeks (looks like a mustache) and most possess a white tip on their tail. The males are larger than the females.
Smallest of the Macropus family, they reach heights of between 17-21 inches, with their tail equaling that length, and weighing between 7-13 pounds.
They are considered solitary, though you can find 2-3 gathered if there is enough food.
Single young are born after gestation of 35 days. Leaves the pouch at about 6-7 months and is fully weaned at 8-9 months.
Listed as "lower risk/near threatened" on the IUCN Red List and are listed as endangered with the USFWS. They are in Appendix II of CITES and are in an AZA Species Survival Plan.
Parmas were thought to be extinct until a group was found on an island in New Zealand in 1965. They were going to be re-introduced until a group was found in New South Wales in the 1970s.
Difference between kangaroos and wallabies: size. Kangaroos are normally 42 inches or above and wallabies are 42 inches and below, size of their feet (kangaroos are bigger) and tail (the kangaroos tail is usually thicker). Wallabies also tend to be more colorful.


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Save The Ruby Slippers: Smithsonian Seeks Funds To Preserve Dorothy's Shoes
Dorothy's ruby slippers could use a little more magic these days — or at least some preservationist TLC.
The famous shoes from The Wizard of Oz are among the most popular items on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. But they're showing their age, and the museum is asking the public to pitch in to help keep the shoes intact for decades to come.
The Smithsonian launched a Kickstarter campaign seeking $300,000 in donations to fund preservation work, research and a new display case. Three days in, the museum had received nearly $200,000 in pledges.
The size-5 shoes in question are one of the few known surviving pairs that Judy Garland wore in the classic 1939 film. They were made a vivid red (unlike the silver shoes in the book version) to take advantage of Technicolor, and they are covered in sequins.
This particular pair of shoes has been on display at the Smithsonian for decades, since being donated anonymously in 1979. But these days the ruby slippers are less spectacularly red than they used to be — and showing their age in other ways.
The Kickstarter campaign lays out the situation:
"Movie costumes and props are made quickly and cheaply, to last only for the brief duration of the shoot, not forever. Now in their eighth decade, the shoes are fragile and actively deteriorating. Even to the naked eye the damage is quite obvious: the color has faded and the slippers appear dull and washed-out. The coating on the sequins that give the shoes their hallmark ruby color is flaking off its gelatin base. Some threads that hold sequins in place have broken."
The goal is not to restore the slippers to an earlier, more pristine state. Instead, the museum wants to fund research and work to determine how to "stabilize" the shoes and stop any more damage.
That means figuring out the right temperature, light and humidity conditions for the shoes and building a new case to maintain that environment. The museum's head of conservation told The Associated Press the case would probably need to contain a gas other than oxygen and have controls for barometric pressure.
Preservationists will also treat the shoes to stop further loss of paint or sequins.
"While the slippers undergo treatment their appearance will not change drastically, and we don't want them to," the Kickstarter summary says.
The idea is they'd remain as they are now for "another 80 years and longer."
And why does the public need to chip in, since the museum is federally supported? A press release from the Smithsonian says federal funds support the museum's core functions, like building operations and staffing, but that the Smithsonian "also relies on private donations to support many of its priorities, including the conservation and exhibition of precious objects such as the Ruby Slippers."
Donors to the Kickstarter campaign can get posters, tote bags and T-shirts — or, for donations of $7,000 or more, their own replica ruby slippers.
This is the second major Kickstarter campaign from the Smithsonian museum. Last year, it crowd-sourced well more than half a million dollars partly to preserve and display Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit.
The ruby slippers at the Smithsonian are among five known surviving pairs of red shoes from the film production (including the "Arabian Test Pair," in a more ornate style, which was made for the movie but never actually used in the film).
One pair was stolen from a museum in Minnesota in 2005 and has never been found. Another was purchased in 2012 for a planned movie museum from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science that is slated to open in 2018.
Another pair of on-screen slippers is owned by a group of private collectors who reportedly keep it in a bank vault, and the Arabian Test Pair is also believed to be in the hands of a private collector,


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Q: python while loop, variable current_question is not updating What my goal is:
I am currently trying to build a simple troubleshooting program. the variable, current_question is meant to update as the value of each input/question along a nested if statement. This is so the code can identify which question it is currently asking. As a result, I can loop back to the current question in case the user enters the wrong data (not yes and not no)
The issue
However, when I test the code and it continues to the second question, this variable is not updated to questions 2,3,4 BUT the loop works only with the first question whenever I type in the wrong data. I have been trying to solve this for a long time but still haven't reached a solution, so I thought this would be a good place to start.
The code!
import time
current_question = ()
i = 1
while i <= 4:
    q1 = str(input('Is your phone wet? ')).lower()
    current_question = q1
    i = i + 1
    if q1 == 'yes' or q1 == 'Yes':
        print('dry it out')
        break
    elif q1 == 'no' or q1 == 'No':
        q2 = str(input('is your phone cracked? ')).lower()
        current_question = q2
        i = i + 1
        if q2 == 'yes' or q2 == 'Yes':
            print('replace screen')
            break
        elif q2 == 'no' or q2 == 'No':
            q3 = str(input('are you able to download apps/videos? ')).lower()
            current_question = q3
            i = i + 1
            if q3 == 'yes' or q3 == 'Yes':
                print('delete any apps or videos that you don\'t need')
                break
            elif q3 == 'no' or q3 == 'No':
                q4 = str(input('Is your phone unresponsive? ')).lower()
                current_question = q4
                i = i + 1
                if q4 == 'yes' or q4 ==  'Yes':
                    print('restart it')
                    break
                elif q4 == 'no' or q4 == 'No':
                    print('contact the supplier')
                    break
while current_question != 'yes' and current_question != 'no':
    print('try again')
    time.sleep(1)
    print(current_question)

A: If your intention is to loop for every possible question if-elif won't do. You must use individual if for every possible scenario, and must remove the break statement.
if q1 == 'yes' or q1 == 'Yes':
        print('dry it out')
if q1 == 'no' or q1 == 'No':
        q2 = str(input('is your phone cracked? ')).lower()
        current_question = q2
        i = i + 1
if q2 == 'yes' or q2 == 'Yes':
        print('replace screen')
if q2 == 'no' or q2 == 'No':
            q3 = str(input('are you able to download apps/videos? ')).lower()
            current_question = q3
            i = i + 1
etc..

A: Your second while is reached when the question-loop has ended - caused by any reason. After the user types in wrong data, the question is asked again and the program ended, because you don't tell python to resume the main loop.
Get rid of the current loops ans instead of the ifs use your loops there:
q1 = str(input('Is your phone wet? ')).lower()
while q1 != "yes" and q1 != "Yes" and q1 != "no" and q1 != "No":
    q1 = str(input('Is your phone wet? ')).lower()
if q1 == 'yes' or q1 == 'Yes':
    print('dry it out')
elif q1 == 'no' or q1 == 'No':
    q2 = str(input('is your phone cracked? ')).lower()
    while q2 != "yes" and q2 != "Yes" and q2 != "no" and q2 != "No":
    [...]

and so on

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LoCash Singer Preston Brust Reveals Longtime Struggle With Bell's Palsy: 'I Count My Blessings'
Sterling Whitaker Published: August 17, 2022
LoCash have been on a professional high recently, as they've been out promoting a new single, "Beach Boys," that they got to record with the actual Beach Boys. But in a new interview with People, LoCash singer Preston Brust reveals that he's been privately dealing with a health struggle after a recurrence of Bell's palsy left the right side of his face paralyzed in December of 2021.
Brust tells People he knew what had happened immediately when he looked in the mirror to find his face paralyzed, since he was first diagnosed in 2009. Though he's still recovering nearly eight months after his most recent attack, he says it's comforting knowing more about what to expect.
"I count my blessings. I'm getting stronger every day, and I don't worry about it quite as much — especially the second time around," he states. "It's like, 'OK, we got through this once, we can do it again. We know this is going to be a long journey, so pack your bags — and let's roll, let's do this.'"
Brust — who makes up one-half of the country duo alongside Chris Lucas — was first diagnosed with Bell's palsy in December of 2009, after an incident that left him shaken.
"I was brushing my teeth, and all of a sudden I looked in the mirror and there was toothpaste just coming out of the right side of my mouth — all down my beard and onto my shirt," he recounts.
Brust rushed to the hospital, fearing he might have suffered a stroke. He had never even heard of Bell's palsy before he was diagnosed. He admits his initial reaction was that he didn't want anyone to see him in his condition, but he got back to work with Lucas' full support.
" ... Chris had my back, and I didn't want to stop working," he says. "I was like, 'I'm letting LoCash down if I don't go out and work and tour.'"
Brust says he never fully regained all of the strength in his face after his first battle with Bell's palsy, even though doctors told him he should recover in six weeks to three months. When he experienced his second attack in December, he admits he felt like all of his work and progress was "down the drain."
"Everything I had worked to gain back, the strength, was gone," the singer says. "I was like, 'Are you kidding me?' I remember waking up my wife [Kristen] and telling her Bell's had hit me again. We just hugged for a few minutes, and I didn't want to let go because I knew when I did, my next journey was going to begin, and the only way [out] is through."
Brust had already learned how to disguise his condition on stage by placing mics at certain angles, wearing sunglasses and staying out of the spotlight. But even though his condition is not painful and does not affect his voice, he admits it still takes an emotional toll.
"You can find yourself in a dark place," he acknowledges. "I try to tell myself, 'Don't look in the mirror so much. Don't stand there so long and worry about it. Just walk away and blow it off and don't let it win that day.'"
Brust says he's especially thankful for his solid support system, which includes Lucas, his wife Kristen and their two kids: 6-year-old daughter Love and 4-year-old son Legend.
"I'm surrounded by so many great people," he notes. "My wife reminds me that she thinks I'm handsome even on the days when my face ain't working at all. And when we're onstage and there are thousands of people's hands up and everybody's jumping up and down and they're singing… somehow I forget about it while I'm out there."
Source: LoCash Singer Preston Brust Reveals Longtime Struggle With Bell's Palsy: 'I Count My Blessings'
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Product Led Growth as a force for good
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Canva, Stripe, Substack, Replit, Freshworks as flag-bearers of Product Led Growth (PLG) as a force for cultural change in the world
Rahul Krishnan
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👋🏻 Hey, Ruchin here! Welcome to another edition of the Growth Stories series 🙌🏻 Every week we break down growth strategies employed by the hottest SaaS PLG Cos and share tactics that you can experiment with at work! If you're a new subscriber or if you couldn't find our emails this last month, fret not - We have you covered ❤! Here are some of our recent editions to take you up to speed.
Product led growth: What makes Canva, Figma & Shopify the best
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It's been nearly six months since we started this crazy journey called Toplyne. Over the last few years, we'd fallen in love with PLG (Product Led Growth) companies through our time in venture capital and wanted to participate in the product-led world in our own little way. There was something about these companies, their stories, and their missions that entirely captured our imaginations.
Was it the fact that they were great businesses? Of course, they are, but that wasn't it. Was it the conversations with the brilliant minds that ran these businesses that we enjoyed? Most definitely, but not entirely! So what was it? It's been six months and the answer is clear as day to us today.
It's the positive impact these businesses can have on the world and its people.
Whether it's Shopify empowering individuals to own their own businesses and therefore their destinies. Or Replit empowering 10s of millions of young students to learn to code (for free) thereby giving them a shot of uplifting their families and communities. Or Canva and its founders pledging a majority of their equity to do good in the world through the "Canva foundation."
We truly believe that the success of Product-Led Growth (PLG) companies can be a force for good in our world, and we are truly fortunate to be able to contribute in our own little way.
✨ Product-Led Growth and the cultural shift it pioneered
Coming up against the incumbents in 2009, on paper, Stripe's only advantage was their top-of-the-line product. None of the big boys were worried about what the Collison brothers were cooking up out of Palo Alto. It didn't take Stripe long to turn the tables, and seriously worry them, but to their surprise, there was surprisingly no competitive backlash as a result.
What was playing out was the culmination of a couple of decades of evolution in product discovery. Stripe was about to ride the first waves of the product-led growth era and a completely new way of product adoption and discovery. In this new playing field, companies competed on the merit of the product itself, and on this playing field, Stripe was always going to win.
Replace Stripe with any other up-and-comer in any industry and the story remains the same. If all your GTM eggs were in the sales or marketing baskets, you were a sitting duck for the big names to come after with a bigger billboard or louder TV ad. The common wisdom of the time suggested that Stripe was never going to make it. On paper, Stripe was dead before they had even started.
The shift in focus away from sales and marketing to the core product represented a fundamentally new way of thinking: In this new democracy, the incentives were different. It wasn't about appearances anymore. Your success depended directly on end-user experience.
Suddenly, individuals mattered. This is a tectonic cultural shift in how software is built.
Product-led growth puts the individual at the center and incentivizes companies to improve not just the user experience, but everything that contributes to it. This alignment of user well-being with company incentives has given and continues to give the world a lot to be optimistic about in the product-led era, and we are excited to build for this world.
🤝 Canva and the virtuous circle of doing good in the world
With 60 million active users in 190 countries and a mission to "empower the world to design", there aren't many better examples of a great product-led motion than Canva. Canva's deeper mission revolves around a two-step plan:
Earlier in September of 2021, Canva announced that their valuation had jumped to $40B on the back of their $200 million funding led by T. Rowe Price. Step 1, check ✅
Bringing step 2 to life has been part and parcel of the product, and as participants in the 1% pledge, Canva has always been committed to allocating 1% of their equity, profits, time, and product to be a force of good in the world.
But on the back of their fresh round of funding, CEO Melanie Perkins announced an update to their two-step plan: That she and her husband/co-founder Cliff Obrecht were going to donate the vast majority of their equity (30% of Canva) to doing good in the world through Canva Foundation.
"We have this wildly optimistic belief that there is enough money, goodwill, and good intentions in the world to solve most of the world's problems, and we want to spend our lifetime working towards that." - Melanie Perkins, CEO
Canva's deeper mission underscores the alignment of incentives with the end-user.
The more Canva is able to give back to the world, the more valuable Canva was going to be as a company, ad infinitum.
👩🏻💻 Replit and the power of code in the hands of everybody
20-30%. That's the contribution technology companies have towards global market capitalization! And who writes the code that powers this modern-day renaissance? Roughly 30 million software developers. That's less than 0.4% of the world's population.
The world needs more developers. A few 100 million to be precise. But developers don't apparate out of thin air 🪄
They need to be coached from a young age, exposed to technology, taught to code, be given the freedom to try and fail, and be equipped with tools that aid their education.
In short, it takes a village to raise a developer. Or… maybe it takes just one visionary product.
Today, Replit has 5M+ users under the age of 18 using the product not to ship features for their employer but to explore and hack their way into the limitless possibilities of software. Many of them in the developing world with limited access to learning resources. Fast forward a few years, millions of them will go on to become trained developers, write code, create value for the world, start the next set of legendary companies, and in the process uplift the lives of their families, communities, and inspire millions of children looking up to them as role models for a better tomorrow.
And all because, a young startup decided to give them free access to a power programming environment - no strings attached 😌
📜 Stripe & the importance of being good ancestors
Back in July, 2019, Stripe founder Patrick Collison and economist Tyler Cowen lit a fire under the conversation around "progress studies" through a piece in the Atlantic. The progress studies piece in the Atlantic starts with the story of Collison's alma mater - MIT, which was established back in 1861 when William Barton Rodgers published a manifesto calling for a new kind of research institution.
Academic structures and the way they have come to the aid and sometimes stand in the way of researchers today is hardly a new concern for the Stripe CEO. Earlier this month, the Stripe founder announced a new kind of research institution.
He established the Arc institute in partnership with Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCSF. Arc is an independent non-profit research organization that will conduct basic research in a fundamentally new way. The Institute aspires to mitigate the bureaucratic resistance that researchers today are met with, and return science to the scientists. On the back of the learnings from an effort to speed up scientific funding during the pandemic (fast grants), Arc will explore a variety of institutional configurations through talent clusters, and start out by focusing on genetic diseases, cancer, neurodegenerative and immune-related disorders.
While he's fully focussed on Stripe, in establishing Arc, Collison clearly has a Jonas Salk quote in mind - the one that he quotes in this terrific must-read interview here:
"It's important to be good ancestors!"
✍🏻 Substack: Empowering voices that the world needs to hear
Words. The atomic unit of collaboration. Despite innovation on cutting edge collaboration tools, lightning-fast communication networks, and asynchronous work paradigms, the written word remains the #1 system of record and communication medium for the best of humanity's ideas. But with power comes great responsibility. And that's where the venerable public institutions of the past have recently dropped the ball. In fact, of the largest public institutions that come to mind - 'the Press / Media' ranks the lowest in public trust!
Despite the divisive nature of our press/media institutions - Substack was able to see through the clouds of negativity. The answer?
We don't trust the press as an institution, but we sure do trust our best reporters and thought leaders.
2021 was a pivotal year for Substack's mission of "Building a better future for writing". Hundreds, if not thousands of esteemed journalists, left the institutions they worked at for decades to start their own independent publications on Substack. And guess who followed? Tens of thousands of enthusiastic readers and fans. Ready to pay a premium to read their unbiased thoughts. That's the power of product-led growth.
💡 Freshworks and the power to inspire billions
There are IPOs and then there are IPOs that inspire 1.4 billion people.
Freshworks is a case study of the latter. Building global products out of emerging geographies isn't easy. It's a tough world out there. Your product, go-to-market motion, roadmap, and right to win need to be several times more apparent and impressive than a counterpart building in the US, EU, or ANZ. And that's exactly the challenge that Freshworks faced from Day 1. Repeatedly accused of building a Zendesk copycat, cut to 10 years later, Freshworks' market cap today is within striking distance of Zendesk, briefly surpassing it a month ago!
Freshworks' Nasdaq IPO was a watershed moment for the Indian SaaS ecosystem. The IPO created 500 millionaires, in the process uplifting the lives of 1000s of families, creating 100s of angel investors armed with the capital and more importantly the know-how of building large-scale global SaaS companies.
SaaS is moving eastward and PLG is making this inevitable. 😉
⏭ What's next?
Product Led Growth has begun to align the incentives of individuals and end-users with that of big tech, and we're beginning to see how that plays out through the examples of early surfers of the PLG wave. While we take stock of the good that PLG has brought to the world so far, it's important to also note that we're still at the cusp of the PLG evolution in SaaS.
As another year comes to a close, what lies in store for 2022 is truly exciting.
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Video: Searching for the Perfect Shot with Wildlife Photographer Michel d'Oultremont
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 3:00 PM National Geographic, Photography, Video, Wildlife
What does it take for a photographer to get the perfect wildlife shot? Patience. Lots and lots of patience. In this video we head out into the wilderness with wildlife photographer Michel d'Oultremont of Belgium. He sometimes spends days at a time in the wild hoping to get that elusive image that no one else has seen before. It is often frustrating, demanding, and even boring work, but that moment where his patience finally pays off can be exhilarating and extremely fulfilling.
Video: How to Make GoPro Footage Look Cinematic
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 1:00 PM Filmmaking, General Adventure, GoPro, Photography, Video
I know there are a lot of Adventure Blog readers who own and use GoPro cameras to capture footage of their adventures. So when I came across this video, I thought that it was definitely worth sharing. It is a handy "how to" on ways to make the footage that you shoot look much more epic and cinematic. The GoPro cameras do a good job of shooting the action and the landscapes we visit, but there are some ways we can make those clips look a lot better. And even if you've been shooting on a GoPro for awhile, chances are you can pick up a tip or two from the video. I hope it helps!
Video: Getting the Shot - What it Takes to be an Adventure Photographer
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 3:00 PM Endurance Sports, Photography, skiing, Snowboarding, Video, XGames
Ever wonder what it takes to be a great outdoor and adventure photographer? As you can imagine, it is a fun, rewarding job, but one that is also incredibly tough too. That is especially true for a woman, as there aren't many in the industry. But Erin Hogue is one of those ladies, and in this video she talks about what it takes to get the perfect shot. Erin will also be the only woman participating in the inaugural World of X Games: Zoom Photography Contest next week, which is awarding prizes for the best action sports images as well. If you're an aspiring photographer, you'll want to check out this clip, and subscribe to her YouTube channel to catch the ongoing series starting soon.
10 Compact Cameras Specifically Built for Travelers
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 11:00 AM Camera, Gear, National Geographic, Photography, Technology
Photography is an integral part of travel. It not only helps document where we've been, but it captures a moment in time from our adventures that might otherwise have been lost. It is for those reasons that so many avid travelers and outdoors enthusiasts are also aspiring photographers too. But choosing the right camera to take with us on our adventures can be a real challenge. You want some that fast and responsive, with great image quality and color reproduction as well. It doesn't hurt if it is rugged enough to survive in the outdoors either, and if it can also be small and lightweight, it would pretty much be the perfect option. But does such a camera actually exist?
National Geographic has compiled a list of the top ten compact cameras built for travelers, and if you're in the market for a new model – or simply want to see what's new – the article is definitely worth a look. You'll find everything from durable point and shoot models to full-fledged DSLRs, with pretty much everything in between, including the mirrorless options that are so popular today. What's more, most of the major brands are represented on the list, so no matter if you're a fan of Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Sony, or something else, chances are you'll find something to your liking while still being able to maintain your brand loyalty.
So which cameras earned a spot on the Nat Geo list? The Fujifilm X-T2 was a particular favorite, as was the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8. The Olympus TG-4 took top honors for ruggedized point and shoots, while Sony's A6500 earned praise for being for its all around performance as well. Each of the cameras on the list is accompanied with an explanation of what makes it especially good for travel, as well as technical information on its sensor size and other features. There are also handy "Pro Tips" to help users get the most out of that particular model as well.
Over the years, I've been able to pair down my travel gear in some impressive ways, cutting a lot of weight and learning to leave nonessential items at home. But, a good camera remains a must and by the time you add a body and a lens or two, the weight adds up fast. I'd love to find a camera that helps me shed some weight, without compromising performance and image quality along the way. These new options are a step in the right direction, with 4K video, full-frame sensors, and fast performance. One of these days it's going to be time to get serious and invest in a new unit, and this article will certainly be helpful when that time comes.
The Best Travel Photography of 2016
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 11:00 AM Adventure Travel, General Adventure, National Geographic, Photography, travel
Few things can inspire us to want to travel to a new destination like a great photo. Those of us who are lucky enough to hit the road on a regular basis for our adventures often have a desire to capture the places we visit in stunning images that we can share with friends and family. In my case, I'm happy if I just don't screw up the shot or inadvertently get my finger in front of the lens. Thankfully, there are others who are far more talented than I am to make up for my lack of skill.
Some of the most talented of those photographers have submitted their images for the 2017 National Geographic Photo Contest, of which the finalists have recently been revealed. As you can imagine, the images are beautiful – sometimes haunting – with great shots captured at some of the best destinations around the globe, ranging from Botswana and South Africa, to Rio de Janeiro and Northern Ireland. Some of the images are landscapes, some are of the wildlife, and others are candid shots of the people that inhabit these places. All are colorful and mesmerizing.
For those of us who aspire to be better photographers ourselves, the photos are a good reminder that taking a great shot isn't just about the technical details. It's also about capturing the moment, framing the image properly, and recognizing what is truly interesting about that snapshot of a moment in time. Too often we get caught up in just pointing and shooting with our cameras that we forget to truly take in the moment. But I've found that my best photos over the years have been taken when I slow down, observe the world around me, and look for the right combination of elements. My patience is usually rewarded at some point, and the image is one that means more to me long after I've returned home.
The winners of the travel photo contest will be officially announced on February 28. To check them all out before that, click here.
Video: A Man Amongst Wolves in Yellowstone
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 1:00 PM National Geographic, Photography, Video, Wildlife, Yellowstone
We have another beautiful video today courtesy of National Geographic. This time we travel to Yellowstone National Park with photographer Ronan Donovan, who has gone to that place to capture images of the wolf population that lives there. If you know anything about the recent history of Yellowstone, you know that the reintroduction of the wolves back in the mid-90's was highly controversial, but has also brought a balance to the ecosystem there, making it much more healthy all around. Of course, this being Yellowstone, Ronan doesn't just capture images of the wolves, as some of the park's other amazing inhabitants put in an appearance as well. A beautiful video of one of my favorite places on the planet.
Video: Essential Gear and Skills for an Adventure Photographer
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 1:00 PM General Adventure, National Geographic, Photography, Video
Now that a new year is upon us, I'm sure more than a few of us are already planning some adventures for the upcoming months. Part of those adventures is always capturing great photos to share with friends and family back home. In this video from National Geographic, we get some great tips for doing just that from pro photographer Keith Ladzinski, who talks about some of the kit that he always takes with him in the field. Want to improve your photo game? Keith can help.
Video: Alive in Alaska with Photographer Alex Strohl
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 3:00 PM Adventure Travel, Alaska, Photography, Video
Join adventure photographer Alex Strohl has he takes us deep into the Alaskan wilderness to show us how he does his job. For many, the idea of making a living as an freelance photographer sounds like a dream, but it is also a lot of hard work and sacrifice too. But when the landscapes that you see here are your office, you can understand why Alex and others are so passionate about the possibilities. This is a great video to wrap up the week. It is filled with not only stunning scenery but plenty of wisdom too. Enjoy!
Alive in Alaska from Mathieu Le Lay on Vimeo.
Stunning Photo Gallery Highlights the Beauty of Antarctica
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 9:30 AM Antarctic, Photography, South Pole
When ever we think about Antarctica, images of frozen, windswept landscapes stretching from horizon to horizon usually come to mind. While that isn't altogether completely inaccurate, the icy continent can also be a place of unspeakable beauty as well. It is a wild, remote, and spectacular place that remains largely untouched by man, and while few of us will ever get the chance to actually see it, it is a memorable place nonetheless.
Recently, the website Mashable posted a gallery of jaw-dropping photos that were shot in the Antarctic. Each image was taken by Alasdair Turner, who spends three months each year living at McMurdo Station on the Ross Ice Shelf, working with scientists and researchers who are conducting a wide variety of experiments.
While there, Alasdair gets a chance to experience the Antarctic that is unlike what adventurous travelers see along the coastline. Instead, he gets to travel into the interior of the continent, which is the highest, driest, and coldest place on Earth. The landscapes that are found there are indeed often covered in snow and ice, and they can be vast and forbidding. But, as you'll see in the photos, they can also be incredibly gorgeous too.
I haven't had the chance to visit Antarctica yet. It is the only continent I haven't been to, and it his extremely high on my bucket list. One day, I'll get there. But for now, I'll have to settle for these photos, which only serve to increase my desire to see this amazing place. I think they'll probably have a similar effect on you.
Video: Moments in the Italian Dolomites
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 3:00 PM Dolomites, Italy, Photography, Video
This video takes us to the Italian Dolomites with professional photographer Gürel Sahin as he captures some of the beautiful landscapes that exist in that place. Over the course of the clip, he shares with us his love for nature and passion for photography, two things that come together to create lasting memories of the places he visits in his journeys. Those are the moments that stay with us for the rest of our lives, and are captured in the images that he takes. He finds plenty of them in these mountains.
MOMENTS with Gürel Sahin - Dolomites, Italy from Palatina Media Group on Vimeo.
Are You the 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year?
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 9:00 AM Environmental, Landscapes, National Geographic, Photography, Wildlife
Listen up all aspiring photographers out there. National Geographic has begun accepting entries into this year's Nature Photographer of the Year contest, and is giving away some great prizes to winners. If you've taken an outstanding photo of nature in 2016, they want to see it. And it could send you off on an impressive adventure of your own.
The contest website says "We're looking for photos that showcase the awe-inspiring and diverse natural world around us. That could be a powerful wildlife shot, a stunning landscape, or a look at a complicated environmental issue—whatever nature means to you." In other words, there is a pretty broad interoperation out there of what exactly Nat Geo means by "nature." I'm sure more than a few have you have captured some great images over the past 12 months that you can submit to the contest. Entries are begin accepted until November 4, after which a panel of judges will decide which photos are worthy of making the cut.
Of course, there are some great prizes for those who win the contest. Each of the categories – Landscapes, Animals, Action and Environmental – will have three winners. First place will be awarded $2500 in case, while second place will get $750 and a signed National Geographic book. The third place winner goes home with $500. But best of all, the Grand Prize finisher will receive a 10-day trip for two to the Galapagos Islands courtesy of Natural Habitat Adventures. I can't think of a better place to take more photos of nature than that destination.
As you would expect, competition is sure to be tough in this contest, but you just might have the wining photo sitting on your hard drive right now. Pick out your best and submit them for consideration. Who knows, you just might be on your way to the Galapagos in the near future.
Video: Awakening - A Timelapse Journey Through Colorado's Rocky Mountains
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 3:00 PM Colorado, Landscapes, Photography, Rocky Mountains, Timelapse, Video
We'll finish out the week with this beautiful six-minute video that takes us on a journey through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It is an amazing look at a part of the world that always captivates me every time I visit. Enjoy and have a great weekend!
AWAKENING 4K from Taylor Gray on Vimeo.
Video: Meet Nat Geo Wildlife Photographer Joe Riis
Joe Riis has one of those jobs we all dream of. He is a wildlife photographer for National Geographic an occupation that takes him to wild and remote places all over the world. In this video, we learn more about Joe and his job, but also discover that even when you lead an adventurous life, there are still plenty of challenges to finding happiness and contentment. This is a clip you shouldn't miss. Particularly if you're looking to lead a more fulfilling life.
Joe from Andy Maser on Vimeo.
Video: Winter in the Dolomites
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 3:00 PM Dolomites, Italy, Photography, Timelapse, Video
The Italian Dolomites are one of the most beautiful places in all of Europe, if not the world. This video confirms that, providing almost three minutes of fantastic timelapse imagery from this fantastic setting, which is where many great Italian climbers have cut their teeth over the years. If you want to know just how magical of a place the Dolomites are, just sit back and enjoy this short clip. It is definitely worth the time.
WINTER | DOLOMITES 4K TIMELAPSE from Martin Heck | Timestorm Films on Vimeo.
Video: Nat Geo Photographer Captures the Wildlife of the Arctic
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 1:00 PM Arctic, Photography, Video, Wildlife
Think the Arctic is lifeless? Think again. In this video, we travel north with National Geographic photographer Vincent Munier, who visits the frozen landscapes of our planet to shoot the amazing wildlife that is found there. He captures great photos of wolves, foxes, arctic hares, owls, and of course polar bears. Munier has compiled many of these images in his book Arctique.
National Geographic Photographers Share Their Favorite Wildlife Photos
By Tâm Gà Hoàng 11:00 AM National Geographic, Photography, Wildlife
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In Search of a Moment - 4K from David Fontneau on Vimeo.
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Arctique from vincent munier on Vimeo.


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FULL NAME: Kunle Afolayan
DATE OF BIRTH: 30 September 1974 (age 41
OCCUPATION: Producer,Director and Actor
Kunle Afolayan is a popular Nigerian Filmmaker, actor and film director. He can be said to one Nigeria's most hardworking and successful movie producers. Many of his his movies are among the top 20 highest grossing Nigerian movies ever.
EARLY LIFE AND BACKGROUND
Kunle Afolayan is of Yoruba descent. He is the son of the famous theater and film director and producer Ade Love. He majored in economics
Before he became a filmmaker, He started off as an actor in 1998, and when the zeal , anxiety and dream of wanting to become a filmmaker came, he approached established filmmakers like Tade Ogidan and Tunde Kelani.
Tunde Kelani gave him audience and when he said he wanted to be a filmmaker,Kelani asked him said what does he know about films? Told him filmmaking is not a fluke – you have to learn it, you need to go to school – Kelani adviced him he start as an actor, that if he started as an actor, he could start like his father.
When it was time for them to shoot Saworoide movie, they invited him for an audition and he scaled through and that was how he started as an actor. But, the following year, he started working in the bank so that didn't give him room to feature in so many films, so while in the bank between 1998 and 2004 he didn't feature in up to ten films.
So in 2004 he said to himself that he does not belong in the bank, Even though he was making money, he was comfortable, had a car, and was living in a 4 bedroom flat but it wasn't really what he wanted to do and one day he resigned, stayed home for 8 months doing research on what he wanted to do.
Afterwards he went to school, did a diploma in digital filmmaking, and came back, set up a production office, it was quite small, just two people.
When Asked About His Challenges As A Movie Producer In An Interview He Said:
"Well, setting up, as an entrepreneur, like getting an office was not difficult for me because there was someone who was just moving out of an office and the person had six months' rent still available and he said to me, "Kunle, you can take over this office and when the rent lapses you can pay", and I just said to myself, I doubt if I would be able to pay, because it was in Opebi, but I let me at least enjoy the first six months and I took over the office, I got an office assistant and it was just two of us, then I got myself a computer to learn editing, you know, then this idea of Irapada film came.
From 'Irapada' I bought my first camera, you know, so every project that I have done I'm always equipping myself for those projects, that was how it all started. After Irapada, we grew to maybe a company of five staff and we moved out of there to another office, a bigger space, but I would say we have really done well in Golden Effect between 2004 and now, and I think what has really helped or what has been keeping going is the fact that once I dreamt it, it had to be actualized, and I've always worked with practically the same people as crew, some of them on contract, some of them as permanent staff but I would say what has really helped is the fact that I'm able to combine my creativity in art with business, and that is why the show is still on because a lot of people don't break even in art, because when you are doing film or you are doing painting, it's art so it doesn't really come with so much reward except a good name and all of that but here we've been able to balance it."
CAREER AND LIFE
Before deciding to move into full-time filmmaking and taking a course at the New York Film Academy. Since 2005 he has been active in the Nigerian film industry. He has made several extremely popular titles including: The Figurine: Araromire which was in the Yoruba and English languages and Phone Swap which featured Nse Ikpe Etim and the legendary Chika Okpala. The Figurine won five major awards in the African Film Academy and experienced tremendous success in the Nigerian movie theaters. Kunle Afolayan appeared at the Subversive Film Festival in 2011 where he represented the second largest film industry in the world, the Nigerian film industry, with his colleague Zeb Ejiro.
In May 2013, Phone Swap premiered in France at the first edition of NollywoodWeek Paris and won the Public Choice Award. Afolayan's father Adeyemi Josiah Afolayan (Ade-Love) was a renowned Nigerian artist of the second half of the 20th century. He worked in traveling theater and turned to the film making industry. Afolayan's father felt strongly about education and therefore Afolayan completed his studies in accounting.
IN AN INTERVIEW HE WAS ASKED:
Out of all the movies you've produced and directed, which one is your favourite so far?
Kunle Afolayan: That's a tough question because I think they
are different genres, they are different kinds of films so people relate
to them differently so they have their advantages. Irapada, which was the first film, cut across the lower Yoruba crowd; Figurine was
what did it for me, it went really international, recognized all over
the world; it cost me. In fact that was the most difficult film I have
ever done in my entire life. October 1 is not even as difficult as Figurine.
SUI: And why is that?
Kunle Afolayan: Well, it's because after Figurine, I did Phone Swap, so I've been able to master the flow, the trade and business. October 1
is supposed to be more difficult because it's even set in a particular
period and it benches you to a particular work flow, you can't shoot in a
modern setting and you can't have cables and masts and billboards,
mobile phones, you can't have all of these showing in your film, meaning
our direction must be accurate.
While for Figurine – going from Irapada to Figurine was a bold step. Figurine was
a step that nobody in this country has ever tried before, so it cost
arm and leg – we lost a lot of equipment, a lot of people fell ill after
the shoot, it was really tough and it's because we embarked on
something that seemed bigger than we bargained for.
Kunle Afolayan is now one the most prolific film makers in Nigeria, he is one of the few film makers who was able to propel African
films into cinemas. Nollywood is mainly a home video industry, which
means once a film is completed, the videos are distributed straight to
DVD distributors. so in Nigeria, only a small number of films make it
to the cinema. but Kunle Afoloyan changed this, he was able to draw the
Nigerian audience by creating films that are worthy of the African
cinema and the international market at large.
One of his movies Figurine was nominated in 10 categories at the 2010 African Movie
Academy Awards (AMAA) the film received great reviews both locally and
internationally. His other films include Irapa which means redemption in
Yoruba and Phone swap was also welcomed by Nigerian audiences.
After the release of october 1 movie Kunle Afolayan became the producer of the second highest grossing Nigerian of all time, the movie gained a lot of awards and positive reviews.
As of 2015 Kunle annouced another film in the making a movie titled "The CEO" many Nigerians already fell in love with the movie before its release following the social media talks.
Kunle got married to Tolu and they have 3 kids
AWARDS AND ENDORSEMENTS
Has won too many awards beyond mentioning.
Signed a multimilion naira endorsement deal with France's National carrier, Air France in 2015.
Also signed a huge deal with GLOBACOM Nigeria in 2014
In 2015 he was concluded by many Nigerians to be a tribalistic person when he mentioned Igbos are the major pirates of Nigerian movies
Kunle On Set
Kunle and family in Dubai for vacation
Kunle 2015 award pic
SOURCES: africainterviews.com risikatraji.wordpress.com, wikipedia.org www.takemetonaija.com
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How to Wrestle a Girl
Venita Blackburn
A Paris Review Staff Pick and an Amazon Editors' Pick. Finalist for the 2022 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, and longlisted for the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.
"Bold, witty, ominous and vulnerable . . . How to Wrestle a Girl shines in its propensity to magnify small moments, challenge our presumptions and dissect the beauty, danger and wonder of girlhood." --The New York Times Book Review
Hilarious, tough, and tender stories from a farseeing star on the rise
Venita Blackburn's characters bully and suffer, spit and tease, mope and blame. They're hyperaware of their bodies and fiercely observant, fending off the failures and advances of adults with indifferent ease. In "Biology Class," they torment a teacher to the point of near insanity, while in "Bear Bear Harvest™," they prepare to sell their excess fat and skin for food processing. Stark and sharp, hilarious and ominous, these pieces are scabbed, bruised, and prone to scarring.
Many of the stories, set in Southern California, follow a teenage girl in the aftermath of her beloved father's death and capture her sister's and mother's encounters with men of all ages, as well as the girl's budding attraction to her best friend, Esperanza. In and out of school, participating in wrestling and softball, attending church with her hysterically complicated family, and dominating boys in arm wrestling, she grapples with her burgeoning queerness and her emerging body, becoming wary of clarity rather than hoping for it.
A rising star, Blackburn is a trailblazing stylist, and in How to Wrestle a Girl she masterfully shakes loose a vision of girlhood that is raw, vulnerable, and never at ease.
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"How to Wrestle a Girl is a work of stunning grace and rhythm. In these stories Venita Blackburn reminds us she is a writer unlike any other, her stories propelled by voice and wit and harsh beauty."
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Friday Black
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Danielle Evans, author of The Office of Historical Corrections
"[Blackburn] vividly renders the vulnerability of girlhood on the margins, revealing the aches of that time in one's life when everything feels at once carefree and world-ending. The 30 stories here appear on the page like snapshots from an off-color Polaroid—dazzling and disorienting." --Michelle Hart, Oprah Daily"Blackburn, a prolific, stylish short-story writer in great command of her medium, dexterously revels in the humor and horror of coming of age whilst weary of the ways of the world."
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Michelle Hart, Oprah Daily
"A bold, witty, ominous and vulnerable second book of stories that is as resolute and original as its author . . . With detailed imagery, keen observation and an ability to subvert expectations, Blackburn commands the page in few words . . . How to Wrestle a Girl shines in its propensity to magnify small moments, challenge our presumptions and dissect the beauty, danger and wonder of girlhood." --Jared Jackson, The New York Times Book Review"This collection of extremely short stories builds its power as it goes along; characters and themes begin to emerge in fugue-like variations. I love how Blackburn lets the rawness into her voice in a number of the stories, many of which push against gender norms and expectations of sexual desire." --Lauren Groff, Jezebel "[Blackburn] vividly renders the vulnerability of girlhood on the margins, revealing the aches of that time in one's life when everything feels at once carefree and world-ending. The 30 stories here appear on the page like snapshots from an off-color Polaroid—dazzling and disorienting." --Michelle Hart, Oprah Daily"Blackburn, a prolific, stylish short-story writer in great command of her medium, dexterously revels in the humor and horror of coming of age whilst weary of the ways of the world."
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Q: When button clicked +1 This is about the easiest thing ever. I'm doing some exercises and already did this one but deleted it. I remember this took me 2 min, and now i don't know how to do it.
All I want is when the button is clicked a Label will go + 1
private void Button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
int Amount;
Amount = 0;
Amount++;
Label.Content = Amount;
}

I know this is wrong because every time you press Amount will become 0  again.

A: You need to store the amount as a field, or some other way of having the value exist beyond the life of the button click handler:
private int Amount = 0;
private void Button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    Amount++;
    Label.Content = Amount;
}

Here, the Amount because a field associated with the instance of your Window.

A: This is because of the scope of the variable amount. Declare amount at a class level and it should work.
private int Amount = 0;
private void Button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    Amount++;
    Label.Content = Amount;
}

A: That's because when you hit the button, first you set Amount to zero, then you increment it. You have to remove this variable from the button and set it on another place.

A: Declare Amount outside of all methods. You're just resetting it every time you click to 0.


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Q: How to make my custom neural layer only apply noise during training (similar to how DropoutLayer behaves)? Utilizing some undocumented Mathematica functionality, I implemented it like this:
noisyLayer = NetGraph[
   {
    NeuralNetworks`RandomElementwiseLayer[NormalDistribution[0, 0.1] &],
    ThreadingLayer[Plus]
    },
   {{NetPort["Input"], 1} -> 2}
   ]

I use it as a softer replacement for DropoutLayer, and a slightly more complex variant of it for image augmentation by randomly adjusting brightness, contrast and gamma. The only problem is that (as expected) NetTrain would compute validation errors with noise on, so to see my neural net's performance on unaugmented validation data, I have to stop training, manually NetDelete the layer and call NetMeasurements on the half-trained network. I would rather like to see validation errors nicely plotted in real-time, just like they would be if I used built-in layers like DropoutLayer or ImageAugmentationLayer. Is this possible?


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