Tour both floors of this historic home at your own pace!
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Edward Steves was a German-born immigrant who came to the San Antonio area as a young man in 1849, during a period of heavy immigration from Germany to central Texas. He married Johanna Kloepper, also German-born, in New Braunfels in 1857.
They established their home in Comfort, TX and welcomed their three sons, Edward Jr., Albert, and Ernest. Their life was simple and harsh, as could be expected on the frontier. In 1866, the Steves family moved to San Antonio and opened the city's first lumber company.
From humble beginnings, the company grew and prospered. Ten years after its establishment, Edward and Johanna were able to begin construction on their home at 509 King William, in what would become the fashionable King William neighborhood. The house, a native limestone beauty with a signature mansard roof, was completed in 1877.
Shortly thereafter, their three sons returned home from university and began work in the family business. Edward, Jr. and Albert married and moved into newly-built residences across the street from their parents, while Ernest remained at home. Edward Steves died in 1890 while Johanna lived on until 1930, adding onto the home and constructing the first natatorium, or indoor swimming pool, in the area.
After Johanna's death in 1930, at the age of 90, the future of 509 King William was uncertain. Ernest, the logical inheritor of the home, died three weeks before his mother. Edward Jr. was gone as well, and Albert lived across the street in his own impressive home. The neighborhood was in a decline and many grand old homes were being rented out, so the family chose to do the same, renting out the home for the next 22 years.
In 1952, Edna Steves Vaughan, the youngest granddaughter of Edward and Johanna, donated 509 King William to the San Antonio Conservation Society. After a restoration period, the home opened to the public as a historic house museum in 1954.
509 King William has seen some changes since those early days as a house museum. While the Steves Homestead was open for only an hour a day then, we're now open 6 days a week, offering self-guided tours and guided tours for groups.
The Homestead is also the site for educational programming for all ages and for parties and weddings. The home is still owned by the San Antonio Conservation Society and is operated by Villa Finale: Museum & Gardens.


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Betting: Dagnall To Score A Brace At 10/1!
Crewe have won three out of four as they start to climb the table and can be backed at 9/5 with Sky Bet to claim another three points from their journey to Carlisle.
Keith Curle's side have slid down to sixth in the standings on the back of five defeats from six matches but they are still favourites at 7/5 to get back on course with three points.
The draw can be backed at 5/2.
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It's been a treacherous few days on Iowa roads and we've learned that four people have been killed in separate crashes, in the last 24 hours.
The first fatal accident happened early Sunday afternoon in Des Moines. According to We Are Iowa, 32-year-old Grant Stokka of Des Moines died following a crash in a parking lot in the 2600 block of Ingersoll Avenue. Stokka's 8-year-old son suffered minor injuries in the accident. Witnesses say the vehicle was traveling west on Grand Avenue at an excessive speed before going over a concrete wall and ultimately crashing into the parking lot below.
The other three fatal accidents all happened on Interstate 80. Sunday night at approximately 10:30, 9-year-old Joshua Tavares of Grand Island, Nebraska was killed when the vehicle he was riding in slid off the interstate near Walnut, Iowa. The vehicle came to rest on its passenger side in the ditch. According to the accident report from the Iowa State Patrol, the driver, 40-year-old Jesus Cantero Perez of Grand Island, was one of five other people in the vehicle that were transported to the hospital after the one-vehicle crash.
Monday just before 1 a.m., 31-year-old Joshua Peterson of Johnston, Iowa crashed his vehicle into a pole on I-80 west of the exit to Merle Hay Road in Des Moines. The accident report shows the vehicle he was driving was traveling at a high rate of speed when it struck the pole. Peterson was ejected from the vehicle.
Monday around 7:45 a.m., KJAN says one person was killed when a car was rear-ended by a semi on I-80. The accident happened on the eastbound lanes of the interstate between Walnut and Avoca. A female passenger in the backseat of the vehicle was the person killed. Her name has not been released.


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Kent obtained a 1st class honours degree from National University of Malaysia (UM) in July 2008. In August 2008, he commenced his career as a Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Attorney General's chambers, Malaysia. During his period with the Attorney General's Chambers, he was attached with the Narcotics Unit in the prosecution division, the Penang State Prosecution Office and the Selangor State Prosecution Office, to conduct criminal prosecutions in the Magistrate's Court, Sessions Court and High Court. Subsequently, he joined the Malaysian Co-operative Societies Commission as a Prosecuting Officer in March 2010 to conduct criminal prosecutions in the Sessions Court for offences committed under the Malaysian Co-operative Societies Commission Act 2007 and the Co-operative Societies Act 1993.
Kent then decided to pursue private legal practice and he was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya on 23 July 2010 and commenced legal practice with a mid- sized Kuala Lumpur law firm in April 2011 as a legal associate handling property and banking matters. He joined MKP's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department in June 2013 and has been handling civil and corporate litigation matters since joining the firm.


Rhode Island's all-Democratic Congressional delegation is none-too-pleased with Trump's tax plan that seems poised to reach his desk today or tomorrow.
"Republicans just pulled off one of the biggest cons in the history of American politics," said Congressman David Cicilline.
Both chambers of Congress have approved the first major rewrite of the federal tax code since 1986; and it's been noted that it's the first time the tax code has ever been retooled on strict party line votes.
Critics say corporations and the super rich got the best deals and any middle class tax relief sunsets in a number of election cycles, while proponents claim there will be trickle down benefits to the economy.
Below are the full statements from Rhode Island's Congressional delegation.
TrumpTax reads like a list of broken promises to the middle class. Instead of boosting the middle class, it limits popular deductions and threatens home values in Rhode Island and across the country. Instead of honoring the President's commitment to protecting Medicare and Social Security, it sets the stage to slash them. Instead of making taxes simple enough for Americans to file on a postcard, it opens new loopholes and leaves the tax code every bit as complicated. TrumpTax even gives real estate developers a massive tax cut – just in time for Christmas at Trump Tower. Jamming through this tax plan is regrettable.
The Republican tax bill is a giveaway to the wealthy that ignores the needs of the majority of Americans and will actually raise taxes on tens of millions households. I have long said that we need reform to make the tax system simpler and fairer in a fiscally responsible manner.
This Republican tax bill fails on all accounts. It will explode the national deficit to the tune of $1.5 trillion over the next decade. It adds needless complexity to the tax code with enormous new loopholes. And, in the end, it will give 83 percent of its benefits to the wealthiest one percent of Americans.
Most prominently, the top tax rate for the rich is reduced from 39.6 percent to 37 percent. Giving millionaires a break will not jumpstart our economy, nor will it help the hardworking middle-class Rhode Islanders who will be hit by new restrictions on their ability to fully write off their state and local taxes. The few crumbs that are offered to the working class all expire in a few short years in order to keep the cuts for corporations permanent.
Big business is the other real winner in the bill. The permanent cut of the corporate rate comes at a time when businesses are sitting on record amounts of cash. Corporations don't need a handout, they need a more efficient tax code. New rules for so-called pass-through entities will disproportionately benefit complex holding companies like those the President still owns.
Gaming the pass-through system is just the first of what is sure to be a bonanza of loopholes Republicans either put in at the request of lobbyists or failed to close in their rush to get the bill passed. We will be paying for these failures for years to come in the form of higher deficits and investments in tax lawyers instead of workers.
This bill is not only filled with bad tax policy. Despite having failed again and again to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Republicans are continuing their attempts to sabotage health care markets.
According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, 13 million Americans will no longer have health insurance coverage as a result of this tax bill.
It is unconscionable that Republicans would put the health of their constituents at risk in order to line the pockets of their friends, but that is exactly what this bill does.
And, because it is not paid for, Republicans face an immediate Medicare crisis of their own making, with $25 billion in cuts now scheduled for next year. We cannot cut vital programs like Medicare and Social Security, yet that is exactly what Republicans intend to do as they try to deal with the trillion dollar hole in the deficit they've created.
If Republicans were willing to prioritize tax cuts for the middle-class and Main Street businesses, we could have passed bipartisan tax reform to simplify the tax code and strengthen our economy.
Instead, Republican leaders rushed this slap-dashed, partisan, trickle-down tax scheme through with a reckless disregard for facts and independent analysis.
I oppose the Trump tax bill because it is unfair and irresponsible. It is an historic transfer of wealth from students, seniors, and working families to multi-national corporations and wealthy estates.
It weakens America's financial stability and undermines the integrity of our tax system, baking corporate tax avoidance into the system. Republicans added so many new loopholes that some wealthy individuals with armies of tax lawyers may escape taxation altogether. They also got rid of targeted tax deductions that middle-class Rhode Island families have relied upon.
The Trump tax will adversely affect Rhode Islanders in so many ways. The temporary benefits some families may see won't cover the long-term damage from this bill or offset the increased costs for things like child care, education, health care, and housing.
Republicans currently control the House, Senate, and White House and are using their leverage to run up the federal debt and cut holes in the social safety net. They will soon demand cuts to Social Security and Medicare to reduce the deficit they just created. Rhode Islanders pay into Social Security and Medicare with every paycheck they earn, and I will strongly oppose any effort to take away or lessen their retirement security.
Instead of simplifying the tax code, the Trump tax bill opens more loopholes than it closes. Instead of prioritizing tax relief for the middle-class and small businesses, it lines the pockets of the powerful at the expense of working families. There is not a single, respected economist or tax scholar on the left or right who contends that this bill simplifies the tax code and pays for itself. Not one.
President Trump and Congressional Republicans sold the American people a bad bill of goods. Now President Trump is trying to claim his short-term political victory is a win for everyday Americans, but they will see all the benefits going to his family and very few going to theirs.
Republicans just pulled off one of the biggest cons in the history of American politics. This job-killing bill gives companies even more incentive to ship American jobs overseas. It lays the groundwork for devastating cuts to Medicare and Social Security. It robs working people in order to give even more money to the wealthy. And it will force the next generation to pay off more than $1 trillion in new deficit spending.
The American people are going to see through this scam. Working men and women deserve real tax reform that begins with a tax cut for middle class families and promotes the creation of good-paying jobs. That's what Democrats will deliver when we control the House again.
Bob Plain is the editor/publisher of Rhode Island's Future. Previously, he's worked as a reporter for several different news organizations both in Rhode Island and across the country.


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BEAVER � A Sewickley man was acquitted Thursday by a Beaver County jury of several charges in connection with an allegation that he stabbed a man last May.
The jury found Edward P. Bacon, 44, of 311 Chadwick St., not guilty on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment. Also, Beaver County Judge Harry Knafelc rendered a not guilty verdict on a summary offense of harassment.
Bacon was accused of stabbing Wayne Mathews, no age or address available, during an altercation around 11:30 p.m. May 14 at 1027 Beaver Road in Ambridge.
Ambridge police said Bacon had begun to argue with his girlfriend Vicky Reagan, no age or address available, and Mathews stepped in.
Mathews told police he told Bacon to leave the apartment and Bacon shoved him, so Mathews punched Bacon in the head.
Mathews said that after he hit Bacon, Bacon stabbed Mathews in the abdomen with a hunting knife.
�The jury believed he acted in self-defense and was justified in doing so,� Valsamidis said.


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Today DreamWorks Animation's TROLLS came out on BLU-RAY™ & DVD. If you haven't seen this movie yet, I am telling you straight out, that this one you need to add to your collection. We got a pre-release copy of the movie (all opinions are my own) and my kids have watched it no less than 8 times in the last few days. The music, fun and dancing keep them entertained and engaged and the storyline is great. My kids love it so much that we made TROLLS Valentine's Day Cards. They are super easy to put together and look so cute!
We got a package of the 3″ x 4″ craft bags, a few containers of cotton candy, and a box of the TROLLS Valentine's Day cards at Walmart. Just take some of the cotton candy and stuff it into the bags, tape the TROLLS Valentine on one side (so they can flip it over and see the To/From). The cotton candy reminded me of TROLLS hair – and I thought this would be a fun way to display it!
A hit with audiences and critics alike, DreamWorks Animation's TROLLS, is the "feel-good" movie of the year receiving an outstanding audience reaction with a coveted "A" CinemaScore® and a Certified Fresh rating on RottenTomatoes.com. DreamWorks TROLLS, the fresh, music-filled adventure packed with humor and heart is now available from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
The colorful, richly textured Troll Village is full of optimistic Trolls, who are always ready to sing, dance and party. When the comically pessimistic Bergens invade, Poppy (Anna Kendrick), the happiestTroll ever born, and the overly-cautious, curmudgeonly Branch (Justin Timberlake) set off on an epic journey to rescue her friends. Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to get the job done.
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For a high-end take on Cantonese in Hong Kong, Lung King Heen at the Four Seasons does it best.
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Fine dining Italian in a mall in Central Hong Kong at 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana.
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The modern spin on classic French food at Épure is fine dining at it's greatest.
Ippoh Tempura Restaurant
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Pompey celebrated Checkatrade Trophy final success thanks to a 5-4 penalty shootout victory over Sunderland.
With the game deadlocked at 2-2 after 120 minutes of pulsating football at Wembley, the match came down to the final kick – and it was substitute Oli Hawkins who handed Kenny Jackett's side victory with the coolest of penalties in front of an ecstatic travelling Fratton faithful crowd.
He penalised Lee Cattermole's missed spot-kick as Pompey secured a superb victory over their League One promotion rivals.
The outcome is one not many Blues fans would have anticipated following the first half.
Aiden McGeady's 38th-minute free-kick put the Black Cats deservedly in front.
But Pompey responded brilliantly in the second half, equalising through Nathan Thompson on 82 minutes.
The Blues thought they had won it deep into extra-time when Jamal Lowe lobbed keeper Jon McLoughlin with just seven minutes left on the clock.
But somehow Sunderland levelled right at the death through starman McGeady to send the game to penalties.
The Blues had a full house, with Gareth Evans, Brett Pitman, Lee Brown, and Lowe setting Hawkins up for a dramatic moment in Pompey history.
And the former non-league man stepped up to the mark to hand Jackett's men the sweetest of victories.
Sunderland stamped their authority on the first half with less than one minute of the clock when George Honeyman's cross from the right caused panic in the Blues defence and Thompson had to divert the ball behind for a corner.
The Blues responded with a Christian Burgess header from a Brown delivery that Black Cats keeper McLoughlin gathered easily.
Then Sunderland really started applying the pressure, with Lewis Morgan and McGeady at the epicentre.
The former had an effort deflected narrowly over on 13 minutes, before space opened up in front of him seven minutes later - yet all he could do was curl this effort straight into the arms of MacGillivray.
A stray Ronan Curtis effort relieved the pressure on the Blues defence.
But it was only a temporary break in the tide Pompey were fighting, with Grant Leadbitter's free-kick delivery deflected over by Tom Naylor, while Brown could only slice Jack Baldwin's cross over the bar.
With the Blues struggling to find an outlet when possession was regained, it was only a matter of time before a breakthrough.
Morgan thought he'd found it on 33 minutes when he volleyed goalwards from 20 yards.
MacGillivray was up to the effort - but there was little he could do when Sunderland's dominance was rewarded five minutes later.
After Thomspon fouled McGeady 25 yards out, the Irishman picked himself up and curled a fantastic effort into the top corner of the net, via a slight deflection off Clarke.
It was a breakthrough they deserved - and one they, unsurprisingly, kept until half-time.
A Pompey improvement was needed for the second half, and Omar Bogle nearly provided the pick-me-up the travelling Fratton faithful desperately needed on 46 minutes.
His header from Brown's cross - right in front of the Blues fans - was cleared off the line by Luke O'Nien, only for play to be pulled back for a foul on Baldwin.
It was the type of response that was required and there was further proof that Pompey weren't going to give up without a fight when Lowe fired a dangerous ball across the face of goal, with a finishing touch all that was needed.
Pompey were starting to show their capabilities at the home of football, with Evans now on for Curtis, and again Blues hopes were raised when Pitman's first-time shot on the hour mark smacked against the beaten McLoughlin's post.
Minutes later, Thompson found himself unmarked at the back stick, only to see his effort go over the bar.
Then, with Jackett's men in full flow, Lowe dragged an effort wide after being picked out by Pitman.
Pompey attempted a different approach to their now attacking prowess on 68 minutes, with Hawkins replacing Bogle.
The Black Cats' response was two substitutions of their own, with the second - midfielder Max Power for striker Grigg - reflecting their need for assistance to protect their now slender lead.
Power was nowhere to be seen, however, when Evans powered forward and shot wide from the edge of the box on 78 minutes.
And that extra defensive cover was found wanting three minutes later when Thompson fired home an equaliser the Blues' second-half heroics fully deserved.
Surging forward, Clarke picked out Evans on the left, whose first-time cross was headed home by the right-back for his first goal in 70 appearances.
Despairing Sunderland fans were able to lift their heads from their hands when Brown was alert to clear Reece James' cross at the back post.
But they resumed said position in stoppage-time when Evans' shot was blocked, before Clarke's header from the resulting corner was deflected over.
With the game now requiring extra-time, Pompey reasserted control when Lowe fired wide following good work from Ben Close and Hawkins.
Brown's shot from a move instigated by Pitman provided further proof that the Blues posed the greater threat.
Meanwhile, the skipper, too, was getting in on the act when he volleyed over from the edge of the box immediately after ends were swapped.
His decision to fire over on 108 minutes was the wrong one, with Evans free to his left.
But it didn't matter as Pompey still had a trick up their sleeve.
With seven minutes of extra-time remaining, Clarke's ball forward found Lowe.
He turned Baldwin and found himself with just McLoughlin to beat - and he did so in style with a deft chip over the advancing keeper.
The Blues now had one hand on the trophy, but there was still time for late drama - at the other end.
Looking for a lifeline, Sunderland were given just that when substitute Charlie Wyke picked out McGeady, and he did the rest, despite Clarke's attempt to keep the ball out.
It was a cruel blow, particularly with the Black Cats looking a spent force.
And within minutes of the Irishman finding the back of the net, referee Dean Whitestone blew time on a breathtaking affair to signal the need for penalties.
Cattermole's missed penalty, which was saved MacGillivray provided the platform for the Blues to take advantage.
And with Evans, Pitman, Brown and Lowe all proving successful before him, Hawkins stepped up to apply the finishing touch to a game, which in the end Pompey deserved to win.
Pompey: MacGillivray, Thompson, Burgess, Clarke, Brown, Close (Walkes 112mins), Naylor, Lowe, Pitman, Curtis (Evans 55mins), Bogle (Hawkins 68mins).
Sunderland: McLaughlin, O'Nien, Flanagan, Baldwin, James (Hume 87mins), Cattermole, Honeyman, Leadbitter (Wyke 94), Morgan (Gooch 72mins), McGeady, Grigg (Power 75mins).


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Q: Parse Variables Using DCG I am having trouble parsing sequences that begin with capital letters into variables using Prolog's DCG notation. For instance, if I have the string
f a X y Z X

and a DCG that parses this string, is there any way to parse each capitalized letter into a unique Prolog variable. E.g., parse Y to a variable and each X to a variable? The intended application would be to build the functor
T = f(a,X,y,Z,X)

via a DCG rule ending with the statement
{T =.. [Head|Args]}

A: If you are using capital letters as an atom, you have to surround them between single quotes. E.g. 'X' and 'Z'.
Otherwise, they will be considered as prolog variables.

A: Maybe you are looking for term_to_atom/3:
?- term_to_atom(Term, 'f(a,X,y,Z,X)').
Term = f(a, _G304, y, _G306, _G304).


Today (Feb. 23) is the day that Kacey Musgraves is sharing new music. Finally.
The Texas native teased that new music was coming on Instagram saying, "I couldn't be more excited and proud of the two new songs I'm releasing on FRIDAY!" The long awaited music is finally out. Kacey released two songs, "Space Cowboy" and "Butterflies," from her upcoming sophomore album, Golden Hour.
"Butterflies," written by Kacey, tells the story of wondering aimlessly through life until meeting the person that makes her feel that fluttery feeling and also transforms her into a new person. "I was hiding in doubt, 'til you brought me out of my chrysalis / and I came out new," she sings.
"Now you're lifting me up, 'stead of holding me down / Stealing my heart, 'stead of stealing my crown / Untangled all the strings, round my wings, that were tied / I didn't know him and I didn't know me / Cloud nine, was always out of reach / Now I remember what it feels like to fly / You give me butterflies, hmm / You give me butterflies," Kacey sings in the chorus.
Kacey's new album, Golden Hour, is set to release on March 30 and is the follow-up to her 2015 sophomore album, Pageant Material.


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Happy 2010 from the Pinocchio Museum
Foam core window display, at World of Disney windows during the 2009 holiday season
Birdhouse Art
Inspired by the Disney classic this birdhouse uses a recycled copy of Pinocchio....
9 inches wide (rooftop)
8 inches deep (rooftop)
Added on Jul 10, 2009
Artist is: Branched on etsy
Labels: Bird House, Original Art
Pinnochio Decoupage Box
From Etsy. Arrived today...
This ONE-OF-A-KIND decoupaged box features the well-known fairy tale "Pinocchio," by Carlo Collodi. It tells the story of Pinocchio, a wooden boy, carved by Gepetto, a lonely old man. The ungrateful Pinocchio runs away instead of going to school and gets into trouble with unsavory characters. When he finally meets a lovely fairy to help him, he lies to her, which causes his nose to grow. His lesson learned, she grants him his wish to be a "real boy." Decoupaged inside as well as out, top as well as bottom, this box will hold your secrets (and lies) as well as trinkets and tie-clips. . . .
Measures 9" x 9" x 2.5"
Text and illustrations are from "Pinocchio" a 1954 Wonder Book, illustrated by Art Sieden
Artist is Bellhorse: Hi! I'm a small-town Iowan living and working in suburban Chicagoland with my punk-rocker husband and our three crazy cats.
I worked for about 20 years in educational publishing (as an editor and writer), mostly on literature textbooks. When I got laid off in March, I decided to pursue a business that combined my love of literature, animals, paper crafts, and vintage items.
I have help putting together my vintage gift baskets from my good friend and fellow bibliophile Cate (Thanks, Cate!).
Female, Born on December 1
Labels: Original Art
Original SculpWood Marionette
This is limited edition hand painted 8 inches /20 cm Pinocchio marionette made of SculpWood epoxy putty.
Will be shipped 1 week after payment.
This marionette is my own design. You won't find it anywhere else.
Sold on Aug 8, 2009
tags Tags dolls and miniatures, art doll, puppets, limited editions, ooak other, marionette, pinocchio
materials Materials sculpwood_fabric
About the artist Alexander Mergold, Toronto, Ontario, Canada puppetry and dollmaker from the etsy site:
my website http://www.freewebs.com/amcreatures/
my blog http://amcreatures.livejournal.com/
Male, Born on January 4
Labels: Marionette, Original Art
Art: Every Good Boy
Notes about the artist from etsy site: I am a thirty-sum year old female with hips like the bride of Frankenstein (or yer grandma) and the mouth of a truck driving salior from Dr. Jeykels basement....All proceeds from these sales will be helping me to get a much needed face transplant! Thank you. Thank you very much.
www.myspace.com/hahray
Female, Born on April 1
12x7 wall hanging...
great for the kids room or the mens room!
tags Tags art, mixed media, humor, doll face, kids room, funny, collage, polymer, people, fairy tale, super hero, geek, vintage, men
materials Materials shoe_box_lid, cardboard, felt, polymer, doll_face, doll_parts, kids_magnetic_letters, metallic_spray_paint
Artatelier Art Print
this is an art print,
from her original picture, printed on
high-quality paper with a matte surface.
Original signature on the back.
Size (including small white edges)
10.5 x 15 cm (circa 4 x 6 inches)
About the artist: io
Czesc! I'm 32 years old. I come from Poland
(you should visit cultur and art center Krakow!
It is where I grew up) My husband is American,
we are living now in very lovely Munich.
We met during I was studying for my art diploma in Hamburg.
Now I have sometimes exhibitions in art cafes, sell my works
in funky little shops around Germany, etc.
But more important, most important, paintings and drawings is my passion
since a little child. I also remember making puppet theatre very often.
I think creating another world is very exciting.
So I hope you can enjoy looking at my art! And maybe come into
my other worlds.... Thank you!
You are welcome to look
etsyart.com
artspace.dawanda.com
Female, Born on April 20
Pelham Puppet Versions
Labels: Marionette, Wish List
1000pc Round Jigsaw Puzzle by Sunsout
The Story of Pinocchio - 1000pc Round Jigsaw Puzzle by Sunsout
Rating: (Advanced)
Artwork by Greg Hildebrandt
Labels: Puzzle
3 Limited Edition Resin Pinocchio Figurines
Set of 3 Limited Edition Pinocchio Figurines
Was:$99.50 (Item #S6452X0002P)
Makes no difference who you are, you'll be enchanted by our Set of 3 Limited Edition Pinocchio Figurines. These remarkably detailed Pinocchio maquettes portray four of your film favorites on three mini-statues that authentically capture the essence of Walt Disney's original animated characters. The angelic Blue Fairy casts her spell of life in a graceful pose accented by shining translucent wings. Proud papa Geppetto sends his ''little woodenhead'' off to school with the smiling support of kitten Figaro at his heels. Pinocchio himself holds an apple for the teacher, ready to prove his worth so one day he can become a real boy. This collector's dream come true is fated to take center stage in your own home or workshop. Imported.
Set of 3 Pinocchio figurines includes:
Geppetto with Figaro
The Blue Fairy
Metallic character nameplate on base of each statuette
Felt pad on bottom with original ''Walt Disney's Pinocchio'' logo
Hand-painted, sculpted resin
Pinocchio 5'' H, Geppetto 8'' H, Blue Fairy 9 1/4'' H
Limited Edition of 1200
Labels: Disney, Limited Edition
Sculpted Fine Art Frame with Pinocchio Poster
Geppetto's skilled craftsmanship is recalled in this amazing Sculpted Fine Art Frame with Pinocchio Poster. Cast in highly detailed resin, the carved Pinocchio frame depicts ten characters from Walt Disney's classic film in an expressive dimensional relief that captures the charm and personality of their animated counterparts, all set amidst a beautiful filigree pattern. This stylish Pinocchio frame includes a textured poster print on canvas featuring the cast of the beloved film. Imported.
Sculpted frame depicts Pinocchio, Geppetto, Jiminy Cricket, Figaro, Cleo, Honest John, Gideon, Stromboli and two of his marionettes
Textured print features Pinocchio, Geppetto, Jiminy Cricket, Figaro, Cleo, Honest John, Gideon, Lampwick, Stromboli, the Coachman and the Blue Fairy
Hand-tinted, sculpted resin and canvas
Frame 26'' H x 19'' W
Pinocchio Journal
Deluxe Pinocchio Journal
When you wish upon a star, anything becomes possible. Detail your dreams in this Deluxe Pinocchio Journal. Reproducing the Old World storybook from the film's opening sequence, our handsome Pinocchio diary features a soft bound cover embossed with an icon of Geppetto's ''Little Woodenhead.'' This Pinocchio notebook features metal clasps as seen in the original animation so you can keep your most treasured wishes, sketches and personal writings secure. Imported.
Embossed faux-leather cover with ribbed spine
Metal clasp closure
Fine-quality blank paper pages
Satin book mark
Polyurethane/paper/metal
9 1/2'' H x 7'' W x 1 3/8'' D
Keith Haring Pinocchio
OK, so who has this baby that they want to donate to PinocchioMuseum.org?
There is at least one other Haring Pinoc that I have a photo of that I will upload eventually...
Labels: Original Art, Wish List
Philip Gladstone Ltd Ed Print
My friend Phillip told me about an artist who combines nude adults with interesting things. Including a Pinocchio marionette.
So guess what I had to have...
Just bought this. $49.95 for a limited edition print of 15 signed by the artist...
One shot here is the piece "Boy Blue Bow Tie". The other two smaller ones are a self-portraits of the artist, Philip Gladstone.
Support: 61 lb. matte white paper
Image Size: 11 by 14-3/4 Inches
Paper Size: 13 by 16-3/4 Inches
Signed and dated lower right in margin "Philip Gladstone 2009" and numbered lower left.
Edition limited to fifteen plus two artist's proofs for a total of seventeen prints produced.
Pinocchio the Clown Animation
I thought I used this on here once before... But since Nicomar reminded me of it, it's worth a second shot. Fun.
Pinocchio's Revenge
Video link sent by Nicomar.
Labels: DVD, Wish List
Bob Baker Performance and Interview 70th Anniversary of Disney's Pinocchio Release
Thanks to Nicomar for the link
Labels: Disney, Video
Pop-Up Pinocchio Illus by Harold Lente
Thanks to Nicomar for sending this.
Notes for Pinocchio From Turner Classic Movies
Source: Turner Classic Movies
Notes for Pinocchio (1940)
According to material contained in the production file for this film at the AMPAS Library, the original Carlo Collodi story was written in installments for an Italian weekly magazine. Although the onscreen credits do not specify which animators worked on which characters, these credits were obtained from a March 4, 1940 ad in Hollywood Reporter, in which producer Walt Disney thanks his staff. It is possible that animators credited with work on specific characters also worked on other animation for the film. The onscreen credits list Leigh Harline, Ned Washington and Paul J. Smith as writing the music and lyrics, although contemporary sources indicate that Harline and Washington collaborated on the songs while Smith wrote the film's score.
According to contemporary sources, work on Pinocchio, which was Disney's second feature-length cartoon, began while Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was being completed in 1937. A March 6, 1938 New York Times article noted that Pinocchio had been "held up by story difficulties," and therefore Bambi, which was also in production, would probably be released first. (Bambi was ultimately not released until 1942, due partially to the difficulty of drawing the animals realistically.) A June 12, 1938 New York Times article reported that Disney "had just discarded 2,300 feet of Pinocchio because it had missed the feeling he had in mind." According to a modern source, this footage was the result of at least five months of work. Another modern source asserts that this footage was supervised by David Hand, who did not receive onscreen credit but is credited in the Hollywood Reporter ad mentioned above. According to contemporary sources, a large part of the problem was the characterization and "look" of Pinocchio, who in the original stories was not a very appealing hero. Disney and his staff gave the puppet a more sympathetic personality, and the depiction of him progressed from an angular stick-like figure to a more rounded, "cute" shape. One New York Times article stated that when they first began work on the production, Disney artists used the drawings of Attilio Massino, which accompanied Collodi's story, as a basis for Pinocchio. According to modern sources, children's book illustrator Gustaf Tenggren drew the initial sketches and paintings that inspired the picture's "European storybook flavor." Tenggren left the project before it was completed, however, and did not receive onscreen credit for his work. A May 20, 1938 Hollywood Reporter news item noted that the studio had created a new department to design and manufacture character models, and that Disney had placed Bob Jones in charge of the department. According to the 1985 reminiscences of Jones, located in the Disney Archives, "at least 12 Disney artists struggled over an 18 month period-each contributing their own ideas-before the design [for Pinocchio] was finalized." Jones states that Joe Grant was in charge of the character model department, which produced models of all of the characters and "scenic 'props' such as unusual furniture, tools, toys, clock, and other items for Geppetto's workshop and anything else that needed designing." In addition to the character designers and animators listed above, Jones states that the following people helped to create the designs and models: Charles Cristadoro, Teddy Kline, Helen McIntosh, Shirley Sodaholm, Duke Russell and Wah Ming Chang.
As Pinocchio's features were refined, Disney decided to include the cricket character from Collodi's story (although in Collodi's version, the puppet kills the cricket). Naming him Jiminy, Disney asked his artists to create a cricket who looked "like a human being" and "talked and wore clothes." Also according to a New York Times article, Cliff Edwards, who provided the voice of Jiminy, was originally tested for the voice of Pinocchio, "but Disney had turned him down because there was a 'drop of adult' in his voice." According to a March 11, 1940 Life article, the "voice actors" worked intermittently for nineteen months "projecting dialogue and song into a microfone [sic] for transfer to a sound track. When this track was broken down into charts allotting footage for every vowel, consonant and syllable, Disney animators drew pictures to fit." According to a 1984 Los Angeles Times article on Dick Jones, who was the voice of Pinocchio, "the facial expressions and lip movements of Jones and the other actors were shot on 8-millimeter film as a reference for the animators." Jones also dressed as the character and acted out various scenes. A April 7, 1940 New York Times article on sequence director T. (Thornton) Hee, reported that Hee "donned a Stromboli costume, got up in front of Walt [Disney] and the other story men, spoke the dialogue and acted exactly as Stromboli would." Other contemporary sources also note that the animators often acted out scenes for each other for visual references on expressions and movements. Marjorie Bell, who was also known as Marge Belcher and Marge Champion, was the model for Snow White as well as The Blue Fairy, and was married to animation director Art Babbitt at the time of production. A February 25, 1940 New York Times article noted that although Walter Catlett provided the voice of J. Worthington Foulfellow, "the characterization was based upon a couple of famous actor brothers whose last name begins with B." It is likely that the article is referring to Lionel and John Barrymore.
A contemporary study guide for the picture stated that 2,000,000 drawings were created, of which 300,000 were used in the final film. The studio's use of the multiplane camera helped create the realism and detail lauded in contemporary reviews. The multiplane camera was first used in the 1937 Disney short The Old Mill, and Disney's first feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. According to Life and New York Times, the picture cost $2.5 million, and modern sources note that much of this cost went into the scenes filmed by the multiplane camera, single sequences of which cost up to $48,000. According to a 1940 New York Times article written by Disney, the cameras were much improved from those used previously. Disney stated: "Among the most important [new development] is a type of universal camera crane, a development whereby instead of using a vertical method of shooting, as on the original Disney multiplane camera, the camera dollies into a scene or away from it, on the same principle as motion-picture photography in a live action studio. The backgrounds which we were able to use on this camera for Pinocchio were twice as big as those which fitted into the original multiplane set-up used in Snow White." For more information on the multiplane camera, please see the entry below for Snow White. Another advance Disney describes in the New York Times article is "the blend," a "technique which gives roundness and dimensions to the characters." "The blend" was accomplished by twelve ink and paint "girls," who would use a variety of special paints and rouge to add depth, roundness and highlights to the scenes. The example Disney gives is the scene in which Geppetto, thinking that someone has broken into his workshop, looks around while holding a candle. The highlights on his turning head and body as reflected by the candle are a result of "the blend."
The film had its world premiere in New York at the Center theatre on February 7, 1940. A Hollywood Reporter news item noted that the picture had "one of the biggest and most widespread exploitation and merchandising campaigns seen in years." According to the news item, stories and pictures about Pinocchio had appeared in sixty-three national magazines and hundreds of newspapers. A February 10, 1940 Motion Picture Herald article reported that "The Pinocchio opening...received one of the largest foreign coverages in motion picture history. Sixty-seven representatives of foreign publications, news syndicates and wire services, covering thirty-eight countries with a total population of more than one billion attended. The notices by the foreign writers are expected to be read by over one million persons in seventeen different languages." Motion Picture Herald also reported that "art shows have been arranged in three New York galleries, including a special exhibit of three Walt Disney originals at the Brooklyn Museum. A comprehensive display showing a Disney film in the various stages of production is on view at the New York Museum of Science and Industry in Radio City. Two hundred original paintings from Pinocchio are displayed inside the Center theatre." The day after the premiere, Hollywood Reporter reported: "One of the greatest ovations ever accorded a motion picture was given Walt Disney's Pinocchio....At least ten times during the running of the picture the audience broke into applause, and the close was cheered for several minutes."
According to articles in Motion Picture Herald, publicity stunts for the picture included mayors in Los Angeles, Buffalo and Niagara Falls proclaiming the opening day of the film "Pinocchio Day," and in numerous cities, leading citizens bought theater tickets for underprivileged and handicapped children to attend the show. RCA Victor released a three-record set of songs and selected scenes from the film, which were recorded "exactly as in the picture." According to information in the film's file at the AMPAS Library, Paolo Lorenzini, author Collodi's nephew, asked the Italian ministry of popular culture to sue Disney because he distorted the character of Pinocchio to make him seem more American. Lorenzini stated that "Pinocchio's adventures are an Italian work of art and must not be distorted to make it American." No indication that action was taken on his complaint has been found. A modern source states that the character of Gideon, who is mute in the film, was originally conceived as a chatterbox, and that Mel Blanc recorded his dialogue. After Gideon's personality was changed, all that remained in the finished film of Blanc's work was two hiccups.
In a November 3, 1940 New York Times article, Disney "dismissed as 'false rumor' the report that he suffered a severe financial jolt because Pinocchio was a dud." Contemporary sources noted that the picture did not gross as much money as did Snow White, only because of war conditions (New York Times stated that "Disney's European market fell 80 percent with the start of the war"), and that Pinocchio was only translated into two foreign languages, Spanish and Portuguese, whereas the earlier film had been translated into many more. Although some modern sources state that the film did not make a profit in its initial release, others say that it made a profit of approximately $1,000,000. According to a modern source, RKO, which distributed the picture, actually lost $94,000, but was nonetheless pleased because the quality of the product enhanced RKO's standing with exhibitors. The picture won an Academy Award for Best Original Score, and Leigh Harline and Ned Washington won an Academy Award for their song "When You Wish Upon a Star," which has since become a signature Disney song. John Garfield performed in a version of Pinocchio, inspired by the yet-to-be released Disney film, for the Lux Radio Theatre, broadcast on December 25, 1939. The film was re-issued in October 1945, February 1954, January 1962, July 1971, December 1978, December 1984 and June 1992. It was released on video in July 1985, and appeared on cable television on The Disney Channel September-October 1986. According to modern sources, a 16-millimeter extract from the picture, entitled Pinocchio: A Lesson in Honesty, was released for use in schools. Modern sources also note that Jiminy Cricket is one of the few characters from Disney feature films to be used repeatedly in later Disney projects, such as the I'm No Fool series of shorts. He also appeared in the 1947 Disney feature film entitled Fun and Fancy Free. In the later film, Jiminy (Cliff Edwards) sings "I'm a Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow," which according to a modern source, was originally written and recorded for inclusion in Pinocchio.
Among the many filmed versions of Collodi's story are a feature-length color cartoon made in Italy and distributed in the U.S. in 1936; a 1938 feature-length 16-millimeter picture produced in the U.S. by Jerry Bresler; a 1965 color Swallow Ltd.-Belvision cartoon directed by Ray Goossens entitled Pinocchio in Outer Space; a 1974 X-rated live-action version, directed by Corey Allen and starring Alex Roman and Karen Smith; and a 1987 Filmation Studios animated feature entitled Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night, which featured the voices of Edward Asner, Tom Bosley and James Earl Jones. Television productions of Pinocchio include a October 13, 1957 NBC live-action broadcast, directed by Paul Bogart and starring Mickey Rooney and Walter Slezak; an animated series, entitled The New Adventures of Pinocchio, produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr., which ran for 130 episodes beginning September 25, 1961; and a live-action Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation on December 8, 1968 that was directed by Sid Smith and starred Burl Ives and Peter Noone.
Labels: Disney, Film
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Q: Finding the average of a list How do I find the mean average of a list in Python?
[1, 2, 3, 4]  ⟶  2.5

A: I tried using the options above but didn't work.
Try this:
from statistics import mean

n = [11, 13, 15, 17, 19]

print(n)
print(mean(n))

worked on python 3.5

A: For Python 3.8+, use statistics.fmean for numerical stability with floats. (Fast.)
For Python 3.4+, use statistics.mean for numerical stability with floats. (Slower.)
xs = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]

import statistics
statistics.mean(xs)  # = 20.11111111111111

For older versions of Python 3, use
sum(xs) / len(xs)

For Python 2, convert len to a float to get float division:
sum(xs) / float(len(xs))

A: Or use pandas's Series.mean method:
pd.Series(sequence).mean()

Demo:
>>> import pandas as pd
>>> l = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]
>>> pd.Series(l).mean()
20.11111111111111
>>>

From the docs:

Series.mean(axis=None, skipna=None, level=None, numeric_only=None, **kwargs)¶

And here is the docs for this:

https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/generated/pandas.Series.mean.html

And the whole documentation:

https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/10min.html

A: xs = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]
sum(xs) / len(xs)

A: Why would you use reduce() for this when Python has a perfectly cromulent sum() function?
print sum(l) / float(len(l))

(The float() is necessary in Python 2 to force Python to do a floating-point division.)

A: I had a similar question to solve in a Udacity´s problems. Instead of a built-in function i coded:
def list_mean(n):

    summing = float(sum(n))
    count = float(len(n))
    if n == []:
        return False
    return float(summing/count)

Much more longer than usual but for a beginner its quite challenging.

A: as a beginner, I just coded this:
L = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]

total = 0

def average(numbers):
    total = sum(numbers)
    total = float(total)
    return total / len(numbers)

print average(L)

A: If you wanted to get more than just the mean (aka average) you might check out scipy stats:
from scipy import stats
l = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]
print(stats.describe(l))

# DescribeResult(nobs=9, minmax=(2, 78), mean=20.11111111111111,
# variance=572.3611111111111, skewness=1.7791785448425341,
# kurtosis=1.9422716419666397)

A: There is a statistics library if you are using python >= 3.4
https://docs.python.org/3/library/statistics.html
You may use it's mean method like this. Let's say you have a list of numbers of which you want to find mean:-
list = [11, 13, 12, 15, 17]
import statistics as s
s.mean(list)

It has other methods too like stdev, variance, mode, harmonic mean, median etc which are too useful.

A: Use numpy.mean:
xs = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]

import numpy as np
print(np.mean(xs))

A: In order to use reduce for taking a running average, you'll need to track the total but also the total number of elements seen so far.  since that's not a trivial element in the list, you'll also have to pass reduce an extra argument to fold into.
>>> l = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]
>>> running_average = reduce(lambda aggr, elem: (aggr[0] + elem, aggr[1]+1), l, (0.0,0))
>>> running_average[0]
(181.0, 9)
>>> running_average[0]/running_average[1]
20.111111111111111

A: Both can give you close to similar values on an integer or at least 10 decimal values. But if you are really considering long floating values both can be different. Approach can vary on what you want to achieve.
>>> l = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]
>>> print reduce(lambda x, y: x + y, l) / len(l)
20
>>> sum(l)/len(l)
20

Floating values
>>> print reduce(lambda x, y: x + y, l) / float(len(l))
20.1111111111
>>> print sum(l)/float(len(l))
20.1111111111

@Andrew Clark was correct on his statement.

A: suppose that
x = [
    [-5.01,-5.43,1.08,0.86,-2.67,4.94,-2.51,-2.25,5.56,1.03],
    [-8.12,-3.48,-5.52,-3.78,0.63,3.29,2.09,-2.13,2.86,-3.33],
    [-3.68,-3.54,1.66,-4.11,7.39,2.08,-2.59,-6.94,-2.26,4.33]
]

you can notice that x has dimension 3*10 if you need to get the mean to each row you can type this
theMean = np.mean(x1,axis=1)

don't forget to import numpy as np

A: For Python 3.4+, use mean() from the new statistics module to calculate the average:
from statistics import mean
xs = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]
mean(xs)

A: Instead of casting to float, you can add 0.0 to the sum:
def avg(l):
    return sum(l, 0.0) / len(l)

A: EDIT:
I added two other ways to get the average of a list (which are relevant only for Python 3.8+). Here is the comparison that I made:
import timeit
import statistics
import numpy as np
from functools import reduce
import pandas as pd
import math

LIST_RANGE = 10
NUMBERS_OF_TIMES_TO_TEST = 10000

l = list(range(LIST_RANGE))

def mean1():
    return statistics.mean(l)

def mean2():
    return sum(l) / len(l)

def mean3():
    return np.mean(l)

def mean4():
    return np.array(l).mean()

def mean5():
    return reduce(lambda x, y: x + y / float(len(l)), l, 0)

def mean6():
    return pd.Series(l).mean()

def mean7():
    return statistics.fmean(l)

def mean8():
    return math.fsum(l) / len(l)

for func in [mean1, mean2, mean3, mean4, mean5, mean6, mean7, mean8 ]:
    print(f"{func.__name__} took: ",  timeit.timeit(stmt=func, number=NUMBERS_OF_TIMES_TO_TEST))

These are the results I got:
mean1 took:  0.09751558300000002
mean2 took:  0.005496791999999973
mean3 took:  0.07754683299999998
mean4 took:  0.055743208000000044
mean5 took:  0.018134082999999968
mean6 took:  0.6663848750000001
mean7 took:  0.004305374999999945
mean8 took:  0.003203333000000086

Interesting! looks like math.fsum(l) / len(l) is the fastest way, then statistics.fmean(l), and only then sum(l) / len(l). Nice!
Thank you @Asclepius for showing me these two other ways!

OLD ANSWER:
In terms of efficiency and speed, these are the results that I got testing the other answers:
# test mean caculation

import timeit
import statistics
import numpy as np
from functools import reduce
import pandas as pd

LIST_RANGE = 10
NUMBERS_OF_TIMES_TO_TEST = 10000

l = list(range(LIST_RANGE))

def mean1():
    return statistics.mean(l)

def mean2():
    return sum(l) / len(l)

def mean3():
    return np.mean(l)

def mean4():
    return np.array(l).mean()

def mean5():
    return reduce(lambda x, y: x + y / float(len(l)), l, 0)

def mean6():
    return pd.Series(l).mean()

for func in [mean1, mean2, mean3, mean4, mean5, mean6]:
    print(f"{func.__name__} took: ",  timeit.timeit(stmt=func, number=NUMBERS_OF_TIMES_TO_TEST))

and the results:
mean1 took:  0.17030245899968577
mean2 took:  0.002183011999932205
mean3 took:  0.09744236000005913
mean4 took:  0.07070840100004716
mean5 took:  0.022754742999950395
mean6 took:  1.6689282460001778

so clearly the winner is:
sum(l) / len(l)

A: sum(l) / float(len(l)) is the right answer, but just for completeness you can compute an average with a single reduce:
>>> reduce(lambda x, y: x + y / float(len(l)), l, 0)
20.111111111111114

Note that this can result in a slight rounding error:
>>> sum(l) / float(len(l))
20.111111111111111

A: l = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]

l = map(float,l)
print '%.2f' %(sum(l)/len(l))

A: Find the average in list
By using the following PYTHON code:
l = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]
print(sum(l)//len(l))

try this it easy.

A: print reduce(lambda x, y: x + y, l)/(len(l)*1.0)

or like posted previously
sum(l)/(len(l)*1.0)

The 1.0 is to make sure you get a floating point division

A: Combining a couple of the above answers, I've come up with the following which works with reduce and doesn't assume you have L available inside the reducing function:
from operator import truediv

L = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]

def sum_and_count(x, y):
    try:
        return (x[0] + y, x[1] + 1)
    except TypeError:
        return (x + y, 2)

truediv(*reduce(sum_and_count, L))

# prints
20.11111111111111

A: I want to add just another approach
import itertools,operator
list(itertools.accumulate(l,operator.add)).pop(-1) / len(l)

A: You can make a function for averages, usage:
average(21,343,2983) # You can pass as many arguments as you want.

Here is the code:
def average(*args):
    total = 0
    for num in args:
        total+=num
    return total/len(args)

*args allows for any number of answers.

A: Simple solution is a avemedi-lib
pip install avemedi_lib

Than include to your script
from avemedi_lib.functions import average, get_median, get_median_custom

test_even_array = [12, 32, 23, 43, 14, 44, 123, 15]
test_odd_array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

# Getting average value of list items
print(average(test_even_array))  # 38.25

# Getting median value for ordered or unordered numbers list
print(get_median(test_even_array))  # 27.5
print(get_median(test_odd_array))  # 27.5

# You can use your own sorted and your count functions
a = sorted(test_even_array)
n = len(a)

print(get_median_custom(a, n))  # 27.5

Enjoy.

A: numbers = [0,1,2,3]

numbers[0] = input("Please enter a number")

numbers[1] = input("Please enter a second number")

numbers[2] = input("Please enter a third number")

numbers[3] = input("Please enter a fourth number")

print (numbers)

print ("Finding the Avarage")

avarage = int(numbers[0]) + int(numbers[1]) + int(numbers[2]) + int(numbers [3]) / 4

print (avarage)


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Well, Sen. McCain has decided to attend tonight's debate after all. According to a statement from the McCain campaign, Sen. McCain "is optimistic that there has been significant progress toward a bipartisan agreement now that there is a framework for all parties to be represented in negotiations" (including a designated representative for House Republicans).
No, to me Sen. McCain's decision looks more like a reaction to polls that show overwhelming support by the American public for the debate to be held tonight. Polls came out a few days ago that showed that Sen. Obama had taken the lead, in large part due to the economy, so Sen. McCain tried to deflect attention. Now, when polls show that people don't like his decision, he changes his mind.
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for leading the country over the next four years.
[M]ade a "huge mistake" by even discussing canceling the debate.
"You can't just say, 'World, stop for a moment. I'm going to cancel everything,'" Huckabee told reporters Thursday night in Alabama before attending a benefit for the University of Mobile. He said it's more important for voters to hear from the presidential candidates than for them to huddle with fellow senators in Washington.
When your own supporters tell you that your strategy was a huge mistake? Ouch. You know, I'd kinda like Gov. Huckabee if his views on every issue that is important to me weren't so completely contrary to my own. Other than that, he seems like a pretty good guy.
Couldn't agree with you more about Mike Huckabee. His appearances on NPR's current events quiz show Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me are a scream, and he seems to be a truly nice, self-effacing, funny guy.
If only his beliefs weren't so wacko.


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Emphasis on agriculture, water and waste; transportation; and information and communications technology, with a class of 35 companies, plus three CDP teams from across the Northeast
Boston, MA -- June 24, 2019 -- Cleantech Open Northeast, the Northeast region of the world's oldest and largest cleantech accelerator program, today announced its 2019 class of 35 startups developing clean technology solutions related to transportation, information and communications technology, energy, energy efficiency, agriculture, water, waste management, advanced materials, and more. Here is a full list of companies participating in the 2019 Cleantech Open Northeast accelerator.
"In this year's cohort some companies have already raised significant funding, and there are quite a few that are running pilots," said Cleantech Open Northeast Director Beth Zonis. "We just completed the Cleantech Open National Academy East in Boston. The entrepreneurs were a pleasure to work with; they understand the value of participating in the Cleantech Open accelerator, and they are very enthusiastic.
Alicia Barton, President and CEO, NYSERDA said, "With New York's recent historic commitment to fully decarbonizing our economy by mid-century, we have no time to waste in advancing Governor Cuomo's nation-leading clean energy plans. We need all innovators to participate in this ambitious transformation of our economy, so I am thrilled to see the exciting crop of New York companies participating in this year's Cleantech Open Northeast to further accelerate their pace to developing the solutions we need to fight the climate crisis."
"Massachusetts cleantech sector is well served by Cleantech Open Northeast, which provides essential support to our local entrepreneurs as they pursue solutions to our most pressing energy challenges," said Massachusetts Clean Energy Center CEO Stephen Pike. "I am pleased to see that over a third of the companies participating in the 2019 Cleantech Business Accelerator are from Massachusetts, providing another boost to the thriving innovation sector here in the Commonwealth."
Along with the 35 companies participating in this year's accelerator, Cleantech Open Northeast will be working with an additional three companies through the Company Development Program (CDP), which provides mentorship and curriculum to help early-stage companies prepare for participation in a future accelerator program.
Out of the 35 participating companies and three CDP teams, there are 13 from Massachusetts, nine from Canada, six from New York, four from Rhode Island, three from Pennsylvania, two from New Jersey, and one from Connecticut.
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Cleantech Open Northeast works in conjunction with partner accelerators and incubators across the region. This year's cohort includes teams who have previously participated in one of New York State's proof-of-concept centers (PowerBridge NY) and a clean energy incubator (Clean Energy Business Incubator Program at Stony Brook University), which are administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Additional teams have participated in Massachusetts' EforAll, IDEA, MassChallenge, MIT $100k, MIT Clean Energy Prize, MIT Energy Club, MIT Food & Agriculture Club, MIT Sandbox, MIT SOLVE, MIT Tata Center, MIT Waste Alliance, MIT Water Club and MIT Water Innovation Prize, Sloan Energy Club. The 2019 cohort includes companies that are currently based out of CEBIP, CIC, Greentown Labs, and Urban Future Lab.
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Cleantech Open Northeast's 2019 Cohort, which was selected from a pool of 91 applicants, represents all eight technology categories eligible to participate in Cleantech Open. The combined category of Agriculture, Water and Waste has the most companies. For the first year, the Transportation is in the top three in terms of number of companies represented in the cohort. This is really exciting, because in the US, 28% of energy consumption is in the transportation sector, according to the US Energy Information Administration. There are six companies in the Transportation category. There are five in Information and Communications Technology; four in Water; three in Waste; three in Energy Distribution; two in Energy Generation; two in Chemicals and Advanced Materials; two in Agriculture; one in Green Building; and one in Energy Efficiency.
Cleantech Open strives for diversity and inclusion among startups, as well as staff and volunteers. The 2019 cohort is quite diverse. There are nine teams led by women, 14 led by people of color, and four teams led by students.
The 2019 Cleantech Open Northeast accelerator officially began with the Cleantech Open National Academy East on June 10 and 11 in Boston. The academy is a rigorous two-day program during which companies heard from and interacted with leading cleantech business leaders, received specialized startup mentoring, began to refine their value propositions and business plans, and networked with each other and with the speakers and mentors. Throughout the accelerator, companies will be connected with mentors, they'll access more entrepreneurship education, they'll gain visibility and opportunities to access capital. Overall, they will develop vital resources to enable them launch and grow successful cleantech companies.
About Cleantech Open
Cleantech Open is the world's oldest and largest cleantech accelerator and is dedicated to providing entrepreneurs and technologists the resources needed to launch a successful cleantech company. Our mission is to find, fund and foster entrepreneurs with big ideas that address today's most urgent energy, environmental, and economic challenges. A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, the Cleantech Open provides the infrastructure, expertise and strategic relationships that turn clever ideas into successful global cleantech companies. Over the past eight years, the Cleantech Open has awarded over $5 million in cash and services. During that time, our 1200 alumni companies have raised more than $1.2 billion in external funding. Fueled by a network of more than 2,000 volunteers, Cleantech Open unites the public and private sectors in a shared vision for making America's cleantech sector a thriving economic engine. For more information, visit us at cleantechopen.org or follow us on Twitter.
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Guerin and Curley will discuss Richter's career-long interrogation of the medium of painting -- from aesthetic, philosophical, political, and art historical perspectives. From his explorations of the color grey to his blurred photo-paintings, the artist has long dismantled the assumptions and tenets associated with the medium.
"Dismantling Concepts. A Conversation on the Paintings of Gerhard Richter with Frances Guerin and John J Curley" is a DAAD-supported event.


The Ultimate Health Solution, Where to start?
According to Rock Health, the first half of 2017 saw more than half a billion dollars of financial investment go into health startups focused on Big Data, Wearable Tech, Machine Learning, Genetic Engineering, and much more.
Why does that matter? What can we gather from what these companies are working towards?
There is a race going on to solve the biggest problems facing health in the world. Right now we are witnessing the start of some of the biggest revolutions in healthcare since the invention of penicillin. One of these companies starting now could rise to the ranks of Facebook, Amazon, and Google if they solve the right question first.
What is the question we are trying to solve?
We are evolving faster than our biology knows how to handle it.
Yes, biologically we are slowly evolving where it is almost negligible, but the evolution of human capabilities due to technology, research, and artificial intelligence is opening up opportunities that we are not ready to handle.
Humans are living longer than ever before but are unhealthier than we have ever been. We understand more now about how to be healthy but suffer from chronic diseases and obesity on levels never seen before. 7.5 billion people live on Earth, more than ever before, but we are destroying the world we live on.
Because we are evolving faster than our biology knows how to handle it. You can also think of it as, we are creating human capabilities so quickly that we are trying to shove a square peg in a round hole. WE ARE THE SQUARE PEG!
Our biology is not meant to handle what we are creating, or we are creating things that are specifically meant to manipulate our very own biology. For Example, we create technology specifically meant to encourage more and more utilization. The more addictive the better! Also, we have designed our cities to promote over consumption. Where should I build my store, place my product, design my food to make it as cheap, accessible, and desirable as possible?
Back to the Topic at Hand, Where are these companies racing towards?
As we continue to innovate and advance in human capabilities, we need to figure out how to mesh the exploding human capability with human health and wellness. Many people are finding out that the solution lies in the marrying of technological advancement more harmoniously with our biology to expand the human capability of self awareness.
Since humans, not maliciously but more accidentally, destroyed our bodies innate ability to understand how to thrive and survive, we now must help bring that back.
These companies are doing just that! They are working to find out how can we create a world where it is easy to be healthy.
Steven Downs does a phenomenal job in his 3 Part Series called, It's Time to Build Health Into the OS, describing these goals.
Also, Sal Di Stefano goes in deep into this topic in Episode 015 of the Podcast, The Paradigm Shift Changing America – Sal Di Stefano.
As this race continues it will be interesting seeing who raises in the ranks trying to solve this problem. The one thing I can guarantee is that whoever wins will be one of the most powerful companies in the world.


CMJ17, CMJ27 Fully Hydraulic Jumbo is designed for blasting hole drilling in the underground roadway. It is widely used in the construction of coal mine, metal mine, hydropower station, railway, etc. The machine can not only drill holes in working face but also drill holes on roof, sidewall, floor and so on. It can also be used as a roof bolter.