Congratulations on reaching the final project of the Robotics Nanodegree!
Previously, you worked on the Semantic Segmentation lab where you built a deep learning network that locates a particular human target within an image. For this project, you will utilize what you implemented and learned from that lab and extend it to train a deep learning model that will allow a simulated quadcopter to follow around the person that it detects!
Most of the code below is similar to the lab with some minor modifications. You can start with your existing solution, and modify and improve upon it to train the best possible model for this task.
You can click on any of the following to quickly jump to that part of this notebook:
We have provided you with a starting dataset for this project. Download instructions can be found in the README for this project's repo. Alternatively, you can collect additional data of your own to improve your model. Check out the "Collecting Data" section in the Project Lesson in the Classroom for more details!
import os
import glob
import sys
import tensorflow as tf
from scipy import misc
import numpy as np
from tensorflow.contrib.keras.python import keras
from tensorflow.contrib.keras.python.keras import layers, models
from tensorflow import image
from utils import scoring_utils
from utils.separable_conv2d import SeparableConv2DKeras, BilinearUpSampling2D
from utils import data_iterator
from utils import plotting_tools
from utils import model_tools
In the Classroom, we discussed the different layers that constitute a fully convolutional network (FCN). The following code will introduce you to the functions that you need to build your semantic segmentation model.
The Encoder for your FCN will essentially require separable convolution layers, due to their advantages as explained in the classroom. The 1x1 convolution layer in the FCN, however, is a regular convolution. Implementations for both are provided below for your use. Each includes batch normalization with the ReLU activation function applied to the layers.
def separable_conv2d_batchnorm(input_layer, filters, strides=1):
output_layer = SeparableConv2DKeras(filters=filters,kernel_size=3, strides=strides,
padding='same', activation='relu')(input_layer)
output_layer = layers.BatchNormalization()(output_layer)
return output_layer
def conv2d_batchnorm(input_layer, filters, kernel_size=3, strides=1):
output_layer = layers.Conv2D(filters=filters, kernel_size=kernel_size, strides=strides,
padding='same', activation='relu')(input_layer)
output_layer = layers.BatchNormalization()(output_layer)
return output_layer
The following helper function implements the bilinear upsampling layer. Upsampling by a factor of 2 is generally recommended, but you can try out different factors as well. Upsampling is used in the decoder block of the FCN.
def bilinear_upsample(input_layer):
output_layer = BilinearUpSampling2D((2,2))(input_layer)
return output_layer
In the following cells, you will build an FCN to train a model to detect and locate the hero target within an image. The steps are:
encoder_block
decoder_block
Create an encoder block that includes a separable convolution layer using the separable_conv2d_batchnorm()
function. The filters
parameter defines the size or depth of the output layer. For example, 32 or 64.
def encoder_block(input_layer, filters, strides):
# TODO Create a separable convolution layer using the separable_conv2d_batchnorm() function.
output_layer = separable_conv2d_batchnorm(input_layer, filters, strides)
return output_layer
The decoder block is comprised of three parts:
def decoder_block(small_ip_layer, large_ip_layer, filters):
# TODO Upsample the small input layer using the bilinear_upsample() function.
upsample_layer = bilinear_upsample(small_ip_layer)
# TODO Concatenate the upsampled and large input layers using layers.concatenate
cocat_layer = layers.concatenate([upsample_layer, large_ip_layer])
# TODO Add some number of separable convolution layers
output_layer = separable_conv2d_batchnorm(cocat_layer, filters, 1)
return output_layer
Now that you have the encoder and decoder blocks ready, go ahead and build your FCN architecture!
There are three steps:
def fcn_model(inputs, num_classes):
# Encoder Blocks.
# Remember that with each encoder layer, the depth of your model (the number of filters) increases.
enc1 = encoder_block(inputs, 64, 2)
enc2 = encoder_block(enc1, 128, 2)
enc3 = encoder_block(enc2, 256, 2)
# 1x1 Convolution layer using conv2d_batchnorm().
onetimesone = conv2d_batchnorm(enc3, 256, kernel_size=1, strides=1)
# Decoder Blocks
dec3 = decoder_block(onetimesone, enc2, 256)
dec2 = decoder_block(dec3, enc1, 128)
dec1 = decoder_block(dec2, inputs, 64)
return layers.Conv2D(num_classes, 3, activation='softmax', padding='same')(dec1)
The following cells will use the FCN you created and define an ouput layer based on the size of the processed image and the number of classes recognized. You will define the hyperparameters to compile and train your model.
Please Note: For this project, the helper code in data_iterator.py
will resize the copter images to 160x160x3 to speed up training.
"""
DON'T MODIFY ANYTHING IN THIS CELL THAT IS BELOW THIS LINE
"""
image_hw = 160
image_shape = (image_hw, image_hw, 3)
inputs = layers.Input(image_shape)
num_classes = 3
# Call fcn_model()
output_layer = fcn_model(inputs, num_classes)
Define and tune your hyperparameters.
learning_rate = 0.005
batch_size = 16
num_epochs = 25
steps_per_epoch = 100
validation_steps = 50
workers = 4
"""
DON'T MODIFY ANYTHING IN THIS CELL THAT IS BELOW THIS LINE
"""
# Define the Keras model and compile it for training
model = models.Model(inputs=inputs, outputs=output_layer)
model.compile(optimizer=keras.optimizers.Adam(learning_rate), loss='categorical_crossentropy')
# Data iterators for loading the training and validation data
train_iter = data_iterator.BatchIteratorSimple(batch_size=batch_size,
data_folder=os.path.join('..', 'data', 'train'),
image_shape=image_shape,
shift_aug=True)
val_iter = data_iterator.BatchIteratorSimple(batch_size=batch_size,
data_folder=os.path.join('..', 'data', 'validation'),
image_shape=image_shape)
logger_cb = plotting_tools.LoggerPlotter()
callbacks = [logger_cb]
model.fit_generator(train_iter,
steps_per_epoch = steps_per_epoch, # the number of batches per epoch,
epochs = num_epochs, # the number of epochs to train for,
validation_data = val_iter, # validation iterator
validation_steps = validation_steps, # the number of batches to validate on
callbacks=callbacks,
workers = workers)
# Save your trained model weights
weight_file_name = 'model_weights'
model_tools.save_network(model, weight_file_name)
Now that you have your model trained and saved, you can make predictions on your validation dataset. These predictions can be compared to the mask images, which are the ground truth labels, to evaluate how well your model is doing under different conditions.
There are three different predictions available from the helper code provided:
# If you need to load a model which you previously trained you can uncomment the codeline that calls the function below.
# weight_file_name = 'model_weights'
# restored_model = model_tools.load_network(weight_file_name)
The following cell will write predictions to files and return paths to the appropriate directories.
The run_num
parameter is used to define or group all the data for a particular model run. You can change it for different runs. For example, 'run_1', 'run_2' etc.
run_num = 'run_1'
val_with_targ, pred_with_targ = model_tools.write_predictions_grade_set(model,
run_num,'patrol_with_targ', 'sample_evaluation_data')
val_no_targ, pred_no_targ = model_tools.write_predictions_grade_set(model,
run_num,'patrol_non_targ', 'sample_evaluation_data')
val_following, pred_following = model_tools.write_predictions_grade_set(model,
run_num,'following_images', 'sample_evaluation_data')
Now lets look at your predictions, and compare them to the ground truth labels and original images. Run each of the following cells to visualize some sample images from the predictions in the validation set.
# images while following the target
im_files = plotting_tools.get_im_file_sample('sample_evaluation_data','following_images', run_num)
for i in range(3):
im_tuple = plotting_tools.load_images(im_files[i])
plotting_tools.show_images(im_tuple)
# images while at patrol without target
im_files = plotting_tools.get_im_file_sample('sample_evaluation_data','patrol_non_targ', run_num)
for i in range(3):
im_tuple = plotting_tools.load_images(im_files[i])
plotting_tools.show_images(im_tuple)
# images while at patrol with target
im_files = plotting_tools.get_im_file_sample('sample_evaluation_data','patrol_with_targ', run_num)
for i in range(3):
im_tuple = plotting_tools.load_images(im_files[i])
plotting_tools.show_images(im_tuple)
Evaluate your model! The following cells include several different scores to help you evaluate your model under the different conditions discussed during the Prediction step.
# Scores for while the quad is following behind the target.
true_pos1, false_pos1, false_neg1, iou1 = scoring_utils.score_run_iou(val_following, pred_following)
# Scores for images while the quad is on patrol and the target is not visable
true_pos2, false_pos2, false_neg2, iou2 = scoring_utils.score_run_iou(val_no_targ, pred_no_targ)
# This score measures how well the neural network can detect the target from far away
true_pos3, false_pos3, false_neg3, iou3 = scoring_utils.score_run_iou(val_with_targ, pred_with_targ)
# Sum all the true positives, etc from the three datasets to get a weight for the score
true_pos = true_pos1 + true_pos2 + true_pos3
false_pos = false_pos1 + false_pos2 + false_pos3
false_neg = false_neg1 + false_neg2 + false_neg3
weight = true_pos/(true_pos+false_neg+false_pos)
print(weight)
# The IoU for the dataset that never includes the hero is excluded from grading
final_IoU = (iou1 + iou3)/2
print(final_IoU)
# And the final grade score is
final_score = final_IoU * weight
print(final_score)


Thai woman severely burned when overhead power line falls on her
by Coconuts BangkokA woman and her son can be seen calmly stepping into a street when sparks and an explosion hit the scene, leaving her leg savagely burned.

“That’s my girlfriend in the incident and most importantly my son was also there. Right now we’ve spent THB1,000,000 [US$33,000] on treatment already,” Facebook user Ester Chill wrote in a Facebook post along with photos, a video and description of what happened.
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Thailand is famous for its large coils of overhead power and data lines that accumulate over the years into large and potentially dangerous messes. Indeed walking down many streets involves carefully avoiding contact with dangling wires that may or may not be live. Bangkok has embarked on a long and expensive campaign to underground them, but little progress has been made.
In the clip, Malini can be seen dropping to the floor when the cable falls, the end of which can be seen for a moment. It sends up wash of sparks, smoke and flame. A couple of nearby moto taxi drivers rush to help her while her son, standing on the sidewalk, runs away terrified.
One man stamps out the remaining flames before dragging Malini, who appears to be writhing in pain, onto the sidewalk. That’s when a second blast occurs just off camera. Fortunately no one appeared harmed the second time.
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Ester posted additional images of Malini’s badly burned leg in a hospital bed. She spent most of September in the hospital, and other photos show her undergoing physical therapy for her leg because, he said, “she cannot walk.”
As of publication time, he had not responded to messages seeking comment.
According to a statement published on Ester’s Facebook the provincial electrical authority did apologize for the incident and promised to examine the cable. It said the incident occurred due to a short circuit that severed the cable and exploded.
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This example shows how to set a map style that was created in the HERE Style Editor.
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In randomized studies involving severely ill patients, functional outcomes are often unobserved due to missed clinic visits, premature withdrawal or death. It is well known that if these unobserved functional outcomes are not handled properly, biased treatment comparisons can be produced. In this package, we implement a procedure for comparing treatments that is based on the composite endpoint of both the functional outcome and survival. The procedure was proposed in Wang et al. (2016) <doi:10.1111/biom.12594>. It considers missing data imputation with a sensitivity analysis strategy to handle the unobserved functional outcomes not due to death.
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Understand the problem
This process ensures you can define the future state that you are trying to achieve.
You should be able to clearly describe the business problem, and what would be the outcomes, including changes to user experience, that would result from successfully resolving it.
You want your reader to understand why this problem deserves attention.
Play description
Outline the problem the business case seeks to resolve. You should fill gaps in your knowledge as they appear and identify factors that impact the problem. Think about how the problem relates to your current environment, and how it sits within a broader context. Analyse the problem against the backdrop of your organisation and your government’s priorities.
Understand how the business problem interacts with user needs and experience. You should keep users at the centre of your solution design and delivery. Conduct user research to identify existing pain points. Use these insights to design effective options. You should use surveys and quantitative and qualitative research methods interviews to identify user needs and inform your business case options. User research and engagement should happen throughout the development of the business case.
You need to retest your understanding of the users’ pain points and experience as you develop and consider different solutions to the business problem.
Define the outcomes you aim to achieve to address your business problem. The future state will need to deliver on these outcomes by changing your organisation's culture, ways of working, processes, business models and technologies.
Once you understand the problems you are trying to solve, you need to understand what solving those problems could look like.  What would a day in the life of your users look like? What would a day in the life of your organisation's employees look like?
Keep in mind that your understanding of the future state design will evolve as you develop and refine your options.
You want your reader to understand why this problem deserves attention.
Key activities
Put the problem in context
Identify how the business problem came about and what factors impact the problem. This will help you understand the potential complexity of the problem. You also need to identify the priorities for your organisation. Think about how resolving the business problem might align with these priorities.
Understand user needs and the reason for change
Conduct research with users to understand how people interact with your service or product, and why the current state is not working. Summarise why the change is required and how an investment in technology, processes and people could support this change.
Explain ‘why now’
Describe why the problem needs to be addressed now, and not later. Help the decision-maker understand why this is a priority and what will happen if the current situation continues. A clear description of the current situation will form an important part of the “No Change” option.
Design with the user at the centre
Design the future state with the user at the centre of the solution. in mind. The business case should identify who are the users and what they need. Engage with the people who will be using the service.
Define the future experience
There are various ways you can create a positive experience for your users. Think about how you can change functions across your organisation to meet the needs of the user. This includes functions relating to people, processes and technology.
Understand and identify what evidence and data would be available for you to measure the change.
Questions to consider
- What government outcomes is your organisation delivering?
- What is the strategic direction of government?
- What issues need to be addressed in the current environment?
- What is the problem that the business case is trying to solve?
- What is the context in which the problem occurs?
- What are the strategic priorities of your government?
- Who are the stakeholders that are impacted?
- What data do you need to investigate and understand the business problem?
- Do you understand how users currently interact with your service?
- Do you understand the policy behind your service and how this defines your response?
- How does the future state help achieve government outcomes and organisational objectives?
- What are the priority user needs?
- How are you planning to address these?
- What does the future user experience look like?
- What do your people, process and technology need to look like to enable the future user experience?
Resources
Concept Case (Canada) – This document is used to describe a business problem or opportunity and the conceptual future state and intended outcome(s) that could result from a potential digital project
Business Case Canvas (Estonia) – Estonia has adopted a business canvas approach for reviewing and prioritising Digital and ICT projects. This presents the key element of the business case in a one-page (A4) format.
Business case model (Denmark) – Denmark has established a governance framework around business cases that includes an independent Council for ICT undertaking an annual assessment of ICT projects on a variety of parameters as part of a portfolio management approach.
Digital Service Standard Criteria (Australia) – Provides detail across Australia’s Digital Service Standard criteria which is made up of 13 best practice principles for designing and delivering government services
Agile and Government services: an introduction (United Kingdom) - Introduction to how some organisations approach different implementation methods.
User research (United Kingdom) – A guide to help you understand user needs: plan research, prepare for sessions, share and analyse findings.


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Young Limerick woman dies in tragic late night accident in Ancona, Italy
Local police are said to be investigating the incident
by Cormac ByrneA young Irish woman has tragically died off the coast of Italy.
According to local news reports the woman, who had been working as a crewhand on a yacht in the city of Ancona died during the late hours of Friday night.
It is understood that the woman is originally from Co Limerick and died after slipping into water after returning to the vessel that she was working on.
Local police are said to be investigating the incident.
According to the Irish Times, the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that they are assisting the woman’s family.
Her name will not be released until all family members have been informed of her death.
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Super Mario Kart
Console: SNES Released: 1992
The first kart racing game to star Mario. There have been a total of 14 titles in the series: 5 for
home consoles, 3 portable games, 4 arcade games co-developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment, a port,
and an upcoming mobile game. The success of Mario Kart has spawned many cartoon-style racing games
published by various gaming companies from the 16-bit generation onwards. The games in the series
have sold a combined total of over 100 million copies worldwide.
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Console: SNES Released: 1996
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is a role playing video game designed by Square
(currently Square
Enix). It was the first Mario role-playing game, with an action-command battle system. In this
game, Mario,
with the help of Mallow, Geno, Bowser, and Princess Toadstool (aka Princess Peach), needs to stop a
new enemy,
the Smithy Gang, while collecting seven Star Pieces so that peace may return and wishes may be
granted once
more.
Mario Golf
Console: N64 Released: 1999
Mario Golf is the first installment for the Mario Golf series. It was developed by Camelot Software
Planning. Though several sports games featured Mario characters in the past, Mario Golf is
considered the first game in the modern "Mario Sports" line. It would be followed by several titles
encompassing a variety of sports. Its Game Boy Color counterpart was released later that same year.
Mario Party
Console: N64 Released: 1999
Mario Party is a video game based on a board game for the Nintendo 64, and the first game of the
Mario Party series. Players choose one of six characters and move around the board. As they go
around, they collect coins and various other items that can help them or hinder others in their
quest to collect Stars. The game is known for pioneering an iconic and renowned sub-series of the
Mario franchise that has stayed to this day, and has become one of the most well-known series in
gaming.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Console: GCN Released: 2004
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the second installment in the Paper Mario series, with the
first being Paper
Mario. Its plot revolves around Mario, who embarks on a mission to collect the seven Crystal Stars
in order to open the
Thousand-Year Door. After learning that Princess Peach has been kidnapped, he also sets out on a
mission to rescue her
from the X-Nauts. The game has intermissions between each chapter, in which the player assumes the
role of Bowser, as
well as Peach, who have their own stories that complement the main plot.
Mario&Sonic at the Olympic Games
Console: Wii Released: 2007
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is a sports game for the Wii with a Nintendo DS version of the
game released as
well. The game places Mario, Sonic, and their various allies against each other in Olympic events.
The game has the
official Beijing 2008 Olympics license, and features environments based on actual Olympic venues.
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
Console: WiiU Released: 2015
A multiplayer sports game in the Mario Tennis series, developed by Camelot Software Planning, for
the Wii U. It is the
third home console installment in the series (fourth if Mario's Tennis is included) and the seventh
overall. Initially
announced at E3 2015 in June, it is one of the few games to be released in the same year it was
announced. Up to four
players can locally play the game, while up to two players can also use its online capabilities to
play with other
people around the world.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Console: Switch Released: 2018
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a game in the Super Smash Bros. series. The game was announced
through a teaser trailer
in the March 2018 Nintendo Direct, and was released on December 7, 2018.


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Can governments read people’s minds with radio waves? Many people believe so. In fact, in order to combat this unseen menace, a paranoid subculture has arisen around the wearing of tin foil hats. This seemingly bizarre practice has garnered such credibility that an MIT student conducted empirical research in order to debunk it. Curiously, his findings indicated that tin foil in fact amplifies certain radio frequencies. Ironically, or perhaps tellingly, the frequencies amplified are the very same governmental and corporate frequencies that paranoids are trying to avoid.
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BY EDWIN JAHIEL
Not quite "Viva Villa"
UP AT THE VILLA (2000) ** Directed by Philip Haas. Edited by and written by Belinda Haas, based on the novella by W. Somerset Maugham. Photography, Maurizio Calvesi. Production design, Paul Brown. Music, Pino Donaggio. Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas (Mary Panton), Sean Penn (Rowley Flint), Anne Bancroft (Princess San Ferdinando), James Fox (Sir Edgar Swift), Jeremy Davies (Karl Richter), Derek Jacobi (Lucky Leadbetter), Massimo Ghini (Beppino Leopardi). Produced by Geoff Stier. An October/Intermedia production, released by USA Films. 115 minutes. PG-13 (sex)
Playwright, novelist, short story writer W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was in his lifetime as known and as read an English-language author as anyone, especially for his short stories. Crisp, unfussy writing, a cosmopolitan life, and sharp observation led to a host of movie adaptations --over 50 -- from "Rain" (made four times) to "The Razor's Edge" (made twice) to autobiographical spy thrillers, to international manners and/or intrigue, to the British at home or abroad.
"Abroad", for affluent Americans and for Brits who could afford it, more often than not meant "Italy." In 1940 Maugham published the novella which this film adapts. That was during the first year of World War II which began in September 1939. The story tells mostly of British expatriates in Italy, with a light seasoning of Americans. Its background included the Fascist Mussolini regimes. but this aspect was attenuated. It is underlined and expanded in the movie version which starts after September 1938, that is, after the infamous Munich agreements were signed by Hitler, Mussolini, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and French PM Edouard Daladier.
There's no more blind a person that the one who does not want to see, goes a saying. The depicted English in Italy were among those who, whether because of delusion, inertia or stupidity did no return home to the British Isles, but instead took Chamberlain's foolish "Peace in our time" at face value.
The movie's little colony in and around Florence (where the film was shot, as well as partly in Siena), go through their small, effete, even stultifying social life.
The picture's center is Mary Panton, about 40. A widow with no palpable funds, she is staying at a villa loaned her by friends. Her confidente (in some ways) is the colorful, cynical, flamboyant doyenne (in rank and fortune) of the colony, also a widow, the English Principessa San Ferdinando, played with the gusto that Anne Bancroft can command so effortlessly. I am not sure whether the Princess is a Brit or an American. Her accent sounds like stage English, reinforced by her repeated addressing Mary as "duckey."
The other Brits are by and large pallid, dull types, with the exception is Lucky Leadbetter, a gay and indigent artist (Derek Jacobi) who is also queenishly flamboyant, but merely on the fringes of the local high society. His presence is really not needed in the story. It is something of a conundrum. I read Maugham's novella ages ago, could not find a copy in a hurry, so that I don't know whether this character was in the source text or was added in the script
At one of the regular, society dinners, American newcomer Rowley Flint meets Mary.  It looks as if that all spouses,whether dead or alive, were or are negative entities. Flint immediately starts his seduction number on Mrs. Panton. But, though attracted to him, she is hesitant. Having been left fortune-less, she is considering a match with Sir Edward Swift, a civil servant who is 25 years older than she, properly proper --in fact almost comically so,-- in love with Mary, an old friend forever, and a candidate for Governor of Bengal. (It was unclear to me whether he is a widower or an old bachelor).
He proposes. She needs a few days to think it over. He leaves for a short time -- during which Mary a) rebuffs Flint's advances and b) meets again by chance Karl Richter, a young (and overly grungy, unkempt and gauche) refugee from Austria. Frustratingly, we never learn why he is a refugee? Is he anti-Nazi? Is he a Jew? Why has he not a Teutonic accent, even a mild one?
Mary, for reasons unclear and somewhat improbable --libido? pity? a passing fancy? -- has sex with the awkward youth in "her" bedroom at the beautiful villa. The next day madly amorous Karl shows up, is politely informed by Mary that "basta is basta," and it was only a one-night stand. His reaction is as unforeseen as it is radical. Major things happen which now throw Mary into the company of Rowley Flint who helps her and.....
This film is heavy on accents and dialogues. The clearest English accent belong to Italian performer Massimo Ghini who plays the local political top dog, as Secretary of Florence's Fascist Party. He too desires Mary, which complicates matters.
The movie loves local Italian color, meaning interiors, architecture and nature. It also loves to talk. There is much stress on lovingly elaborated Tuscan details--which please the eye but slow down the action.
No true three-dimensional characters rise up. The improbable casting of Bad Boy Penn as a man of the world, a classy womanizer, is hard to swallow,both in part and in whole. If you reflect on the fact that Penn's was once married to Madonna, his sophistication becomes even less likely. The electricity between him and Scott Thomas is about like that of two AAA batteries.
Ms. Scott Thomas is not particularly appealing in any sense of the word. What a pity! After the full or part failure of her last two films ("Random Hearts" and "The Horse Whisperer") she deserved a better role. She is a very special case. Her filmography is far larger than most viewers suspect, but it is also obscure, in that the majority of her films (mostly European) have not been released in the USA. I first saw her in the Rumanian "An Unforgettable Summer" (1994, by Lucian Pintillie), a gem where she gives a four-star performance. Get it if you can. Or else the interesting "Angels and Insects" (1995) by the same husband and wife team that made "Up at the Villa." "Le mauvais gout mene au crime"(Stendhal)
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It's been a long and winding road to get me here in coding bootcamp. Below I list out some of my history that brought me here.
I graduated in 2009 from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management & Tourism. While I haven't used the degree much, I had a great time, learned a lot, and met some lifelong friends.
After graduating I spent a few years working seasonal jobs at national parks and ski resorts. Yellowstone was my first destination and really opened my eyes to the opportunities seasonal work provides and to our amazing national park system!
After traveling around a bit I settled into a job managing a fine dining restaurant in Lexington KY called Sabio. Here I really learned the value of hard work and polished up my bartending skills.
A few years later I moved to Portland and started dating a photographer. She became a mentor of sorts and helped get my foot into the professional photography world. I found I don't love the hustle of running a photography business, but my passion for the hobby remains. (We are no longer together)
And now we arrive at present! I'm currently attending Epicodus and learning some really amazing coding skills. I'm incredibly excited to learn how to program and to see where this path takes me.


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Greg Hurrell
Thanks for submitting the feature request. This is a good idea; I think somebody asked me about this before, but I can't find the request in the database. In any case, I'll keep you posted here about progress on the feature request. Basically I see it as consisting of two parts:
1. The ability to define the hot key itself.
2. The ability to define a name for the playlist which will be used to gather the tracks in question.
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Greg Hurrell
Comments from a user email:
"You might want to add a hotkey option to add the currently playing track to an already-created playlist.
For instance, I have a playlist of the best track from my library. When I hear a track I'd like to put in the playlist, I have to open the iTunes window, find the track and drag it to the playlist. A hotkey would be ideal for this purpose and I think a lot of users would like this option as well."
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Greg Hurrell
Changing assignment to reflect my new email address.
https://wincent.com/a/news/archives/2006/05/change_of_email.php
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High Lifestyle equivalent, or 20 SR4 advanced lifestyle points, for a permanent lifestyle on a legal SIN
The home is setup to be a (conceptual) recreation of the fictional Sherlocke Holmes living spaces. Upgraded / updated to incorporate current technology, but with the feel / ambiance of what the literature shows for 221B Baker Street. Specifically the sitting room. Modified by the needs of a mage (magical lodge).
Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, 1887
We met next day as he had arranged, and inspected the rooms at No. 221B, Baker Street, of which he had spoken at our meeting. They consisted of a couple of comfortable bed-rooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows.
wikipedia
In the United Kingdom, postal addresses with a number followed by a letter may indicate a
separate address within a larger, often residential building. Baker Street in Holmes' time was a
high-class residential district, and Holmes' apartment was probably part of a Georgian
terrace. For (my) purposes of the lifestyle concept, an apartment suite is difficult to reconcile with the
extended below ground workspace. Row housing is possible, if that is compatible with the
middle and high lifestyle ratings being used to fit the rest. A large duplex/4-plex would be
usable. The converted insdustrial facility seems to work as well. I started the concept
using a single family dwelling built on a hill side, where the
front door was separated from the street by only the sidewalk, and the back dropped sharply to have
a walk out basement, and garage entrance from the back alley. Some yard space in the back for
garden party situations. The back facing south, to get sun for a bit of green space. Magical lodges are not limited to the magic rating of the mage. In fact, they need to be at
a higher rating to be able to use for learning the next level. They need materials and
time/ritual to create and increase. Sherlocke can afford both, so a force 10 Magical lodge
seems about right for now. SR4A194 says Mana Lodges are approximately force meters in radius. 10 meter
radius comes to just over 314 square meters (floor space), with a total (above and below) height
of 20 meters. High lifestyle necessities RC155 goes to only 300 sq m
total. Going to need to add Workplace RC162 quality as part of the base
lifestyle to get enough room. That quality increases space component of Necessities by 2
levels. Next above High is Luxury, which says mansion with extensive grounds. Unless
the base necessities is dropped to medium, there is going to be LOTS of space. Even Medium
necessities, with workplace, is going to be luxury RC156 class space, which seems to
start at 750 sq m. The simplest way to incorporate that amount of space with the rest of
the (approximately) high lifestyle, and Holmes emulation, seemed to be to go down to caves.
That also fits with the bat cave / owl's nest concept, and gives benefits of thick earth walls for a
barrier. Chaos Magic Tradition (SM37) By nature, this magic system is a hodge-podge of styles and trappings that drinks from numerous
sources. A chaos ritual circle might include qabbalistic, runic, and even shamanic design
elements, and their lodges range from hermetic-style libraries to stone circles to cavernous
basements decked in elaborate Aboriginal drawings. A possible alternative would be something like a warehouse, that has been (partially) converted to
middle to high lifestyle apartment suites. With the caves, it makes sense to include an
escape tunnel. With a warehouse, that is not such an obvious enhancement. Also the
Corporate Owned negative does not make as much sense. Cave system below a corporate gated community. Minor variation: decrease Necessities from 4 to 3, increase Security from 3 to 4. That would
reduce the total space to the equivalent of Luxury, which should still be more than enough. It
does also reduce the potential for entertaining guests that fits the Holmes persona.
Descriptions for Middle and High RC155 Partially converted warehouse / industrial facility. Owl’s Nest variant, in a better neighborhood.
Magical Lodge
The Owl’s Nest
Magic Factory
Personalized Suburbia
NOTES
Lifestyle qualities incompatible with concept
Lifestyle qualities that do not make sense to take
Thoughts on other lifestyle qualities


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How to contribute¶
General informations¶
Contributions should include tests and an explanation for the changes they propose. Documentation should be added.
Testing¶
This projects use unittest to automate testing. Add tests to BioPlate/tests/
folder. Before submeting your change, make sure everything work proprely by running BioPlate/tests/run_all_test.py
Documentation¶
If you made change on existing function, you should update documentation accordingly. Else, you should create a new .rst file with useful informations as you would like read as end user.


Handle HTTP chunked responses
Objects I need a lot of objects. When dealing with APIs there is one fundamental question to answer: how much data do you want to retrieve?
The old school answer: let's page results, 25 at a time. Then infinite scrolling came along and changed expectations.
I got some chunk for you
One way to operate is for the server to send all data, but using Transfer-Encoding: chunked
(RFC 9112) in the header and deliver data in several packages, aptly named chunks. A client can process each chunk on arrival to allow interactivity before data transmission concludes.
However this requires adjustments on both sides. The server needs to send data with a clear delimiter, e.g. \n
(newline) and the client needs to process the data as a stream
The usual way won't work
We typically find code like this:
fetch(url)
.then((resp) => resp.json())
.then((json) => {
for (let row in json) {
addRow(json[row], parentElement);
}
});
fetch
hides a lot of complexity, we need to handle when we process a chunked result as it arrives.
HTTP data arrives as stream of char, not as string. So the first transformation is a conversion to string using a TextDecoderStream
This is followed by a transformation into text snippets, using the TransformStream interface, that can be treated with JSON.parse
. The special challenge there is that a chunk might split a line in the middle leaving the first and last line unusable. The solution is not to process the last line, but prepend it to the next chunk and only flush it once the stream ends.
/* Chops arriving chunks along new lines,
takes into account that a chunk might end middle of line */
const splitStream = () => {
const splitOn = '\n';
let buffer = '';
return new TransformStream({
transform(chunk, controller) {
buffer += chunk;
const parts = buffer.split(splitOn);
parts.slice(0, -1).forEach((part) => controller.enqueue(part));
buffer = parts[parts.length - 1];
},
flush(controller) {
if (buffer) controller.enqueue(buffer);
}
});
};
Next step is to convert the text lines into individual JSON objects, again using the TransformStream interface. Note the conditions. They ensure we don't process [
or ]
.
/* Parses JSON if row looks like JSON (with eventual comma at end of line) */
const parseJSON = () => {
return new TransformStream({
transform(chunk, controller) {
// IGONRES THE [ and ]
if (chunk.endsWith(',')) {
controller.enqueue(JSON.parse(chunk.slice(0, -1)));
} else if (chunk.endsWith('}')) {
controller.enqueue(JSON.parse(part));
}
}
});
};
Finally a WritableStream provides the destination where data gets processed.
The whole thing gets wired up using pipeThrough and pipeTo methods
await httpResponse.body
.pipeThrough(new TextDecoderStream())
.pipeThrough(splitStream())
.pipeThrough(parseJSON())
.pipeTo(jsonToTableRow(insertPoint));
You can try for yourself. Tip: to see the effect fully use the browser's developer tools to simulate a slow connection.
Just to be clear: There's no all-over speed gain to be had. I simulated 5000 entries over 5G, both fetch and chunked took about 9 seconds. However using "classic fetch" users stared for 9 seconds at an empty screen, while in the other case they instantly can interact with the data. Big win in "perceived speed".
As usual YMMV
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A report from the course web development
S01
The answer regarding Git and GitHub is yes since we have used it during the past two years in the university, but it was good to review and read more about them, plus there were some techniques about them that I wasn't aware of. Markdown and GitHub pages, these two techniques are completely new to me and so it's a great beginning to use or learn new tools. Well, I have not done that before to create my own website or any, but few years ago I have tried once but at that time I had no knowledge regarding creating a new website, so I stopped. As my answer in the second question, my experience and the knowledge I have regarding web development are so little and it was when I tried to create my website from scratch, at that time I tried to learn some tools and technologies such as HTML and CSS and it was great stuff to learn but it needed time to create the website that I needed so I stopped. My "Today I Learned" for the section was almost everything inside the section excluding some small thing and I was aware of, but for example, the GitHub pages it was completely new to me, and how to link files from on to another and from inside a directory to another one
S02
The knowledge that I have about HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is so little, and so I have a little experience in HTML and CSS but nothing regarding JavaScript. Every Website we open in our browser uses HTML, it used to describe the structure of information on a web page. While CSS plays the role of the page's appearance and JavaScripts does the functionality or let's say that it programming its functionality. ' The browser in other word a client sends and the server plays an important role to establish the connection over HTTP protocol, to establish the connection. The client(Browser) sends requests for services for example, and this request is known as an HTTP request, it goes to the server and the server searches for the data, if it finds it,it sends a response to the client, and the response called HTTP respond. I have learned how to create my own website and write in it and change pictures and sizes.
S03
No, I had no knowledge regarding client-side JavaScript. I can't compare it to Java since it's the only programming language that I know, and I can't see the difference yet except that the structure of the code is different. For now I did the requarments for grade 3, and since everything is new to me, it was hard to finish, and have it fixed.
S04
This is my first time working with node/npm and I had no experience in another or equal programming tool, however it was a great tool to learn and do some small exercises on them. Regarding the assignment, I had to do the steps or trainging before starting the actual task because I don't think I would get it work without doing that, for now I finished level three.
S05
Well, in my opinion, it was like other programming languages. Comparing PHP to another language is not easy for me since I don't know many languages, so comparing it to java is not ok from my point of view. First of all, I aim to do grade 3 but after solving grade 3, I found it interesting to continue to grade 3.
S06
Well, I'm pretty confident that the first language I leared was Java, since it's one of the largest languages plus it continue to be number one programming language. My own choice would be c# I guess, this language is easy, or let's say that it's very similare to Java from my point of view, as well as it has many features. My comparison was between c# and Java, why c# and Java?, because I think C# is really handful language while Java is because it's the most programming language, I found that in worldwide they both are very equal.
S07
All I can say about .NET is a nice and easy technique to use. It supports websites as well as desktop apps. Regarding the grade I aim for, it was 5, but I had some difficulties with some tasks which lead me to end up with grade 4, in any way it was a great opportunity to learn something new.
S08
Authors:
Amir Salaheldin Gissel
Mohamad Rami Al Naser
Elias Haloun
Web performance matters are it affects the user’s experience on certain websites, slow website response leads to user dissatisfaction with the service and avoid using it, whereas good and fast response leads to user satisfaction. Therefore, is it is importance to enhance the performance of the websites. Web performance is measured by the time that is needed to completely load a website. It is We have selected three websites that we and other students at HKR tend to use frequently, the websites are specified in the table below. We ran performance check on the three websites, using PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse Audits and Devtools Network tab. For more performance details Googlesheet.
| student.ladok.se/student/#/aktuell | hkr.instructure.com | hkr.se | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | 100 | 97 | 99 |
An overall analysis concludes common improvements such as:
- Keep request count low and transfer sizes small
- Values of id attributes should be unique
- Stop using insecure javascript libraries
- Add a passive flag to every event listener that Lighthouse identified.
- Add a meta description element to the head of each of your pages.
- Add accessible names to links
- Optimizing image sizing
- Ensure text remains visible during webfont load
- Use HTTP2 instead of HTTP1.1
- Remove unused CSS
S09
I have seen and fall in many issues, for example, bad links or evil links that if a user does something in that site, might lead to load bad scripts, and this is related to "Cross-Site Scripting XSS", another attack that called SQL injection attack is when an attacker uses a web form field or URL parameter to gain access to or manipulate a database. Uploading files from users, by allowing users to upload files might risky without having strong security since these files can or could contain scripts that can open the website completely. Guidelines: such as enforce a strong password policy, SSL encryption which is really important in my point of view, secure and reputable web hosting company, as well as web application firewalls. This section provides good information or has guided me to find some interesting information regarding website security.
S10
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Write your own personal report by answering and reflecting on these questions. Write freely. Write a general paragraph about how the project was implemented. Problems / solutions / simple / difficult / fast / long time, etc. Was the project easy or difficult? Did it take a long time? What was difficult and what went easy? Was this a good and reasonable project for this course? How was it to work in a team? Finish with a final paragraph with your thoughts on the course and what you think about the material and the guide (about 5-10 sentences). Provide feedback to teachers and suggest any improvement suggestions for upcoming course opportunities. Are you satisfied / dissatisfied? Will you recommend the course to your friends / colleagues? On a scale of 1-10, what grade do you give the course?
The project was implemented using asp.net technique. Why asp.net? In fact our group first of all decided to do the project using php language, we had faced some problems that stopped us, one of the these problem and the most important one is the knowledge, even though we had worked on some assignments during the course using php language, our knowledge was not that enough to make such a progress in the project, therefore we planned to switch to develop the project using asp.net, since we have a better understanding and experience programming in c#. The project itself was not hard to do, but it took some time to get it done. There was another difficult part in our project which was the web socket server, in fact this part was for one of group’s member, but I had to work with on it to get it done fast, we have used signalR and this option was a great to use. Working in team was great, and we helped each other during implementing the project, as well as me and my group had worked together on other projects. The course was helpful as well as to learn some new techniques that I personally had completely no experience in them, and I liked that the teacher was recording the lectures. But actually, having this much of techniques at the same time was a bit confusing. The question here, if the propose of this much of techniques at the same time to get a little knowledge of each of them, then the answer is yes, but my opinion is, it would be better if we had focused on one inside of this much ,or for example to have this course as 15hp, then yes we will have time to get these techniques in details. Finally, I would recommend this course to my friend if there was some changes in it, since it was too much to do such as many techniques, assignments, reports, project and finally an exam.


"The Omega Code" gets my vote for one of the best, cheeriest comedies ever made. It is often so damn funny that I could not hold back my laughter - a deliberate hark back to the kind of spoof that Mel Brooks used to make.
The film stars Casper Van Dien as Dr. Gillen Lane, a mythology guru who believes he has unlocked the secrets of the Bible Code that tells of prophecies, past and future. Yes, these codes foretold of Princess Diana's demise not to mention the assassination of Kennedy, and so on. I wonder if any mention was made of the rape of the Central Park jogger back in the 1980's, or the recent Colombine massacre, or how about the Oklahoma bombing. But never mind, obviously, it dictates events among the rich and famous only.
Enter the wealthy businessman, Stone Alexander (Michael York), who wants to rule the world and needs to find the key to the ancient city of Jerusalem - he just needs the good doctor to unlock the remaining bible codes to determine the future. Or something like that. And what can we make of the two prophets, who appear and disappear at will? And will the overworked Dr. Lane fix his marriage to the sweet, lonesome Jennifer (Devon Odessa)? And is Alexander's trusted emissary, Dominic (Michael Ironside), intent on double-crossing his boss?
Okay, so "The Omega Code" is not a comedy, it is a timely biblical thriller that is too unintentionally funny to really score on a dramatic level. I knew the movie would not work as soon as Casper Van Dien's overacting began when he explains on a talk show, with his motivational speaking skills intact, the veracity of the Bible Codes. Amazingly, no one in this film questions whether such codes exist. Of course, there is controversy over such codes in today's world but wouldn't we be more interested in what those codes say about our future rather than the accidental death of Princess Diana?
"The Omega Code" is not humorous enough on a good bad movie scale to sit through, and hardly thrilling for one second. It is preposterous and dull with garden-variety special-effects that are equalled on the level of the defunct "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" show. The film also has the kind of hammy performances that would have delighted the "MST" crowd. The funniest thing about this movie is that it was financed by the Trinity Broadcasting Network - such funding should have been used for more worthwile endeavors.
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`Entrapment' - Stealthful Thieves in a Story that Stumbles by Homer Yen (c) 1999
In a recent article in PEOPLE magazine, the topic highlighted the growing but strange trend that more and more films have seasoned leading actors who are paired with much younger female co-stars. They mentioned Harrison Ford and Anne Heche in the summer fluff "Six Days and Seven Nights" as well as Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow in the sometimes-chilling "A Perfect Murder." What would be the draw of a film featuring a couple where one is twice as old as the other? Can't they find similarly talented and similarly aged actors? That is not to say that Douglas and Ford are not great leading men. What girl wouldn't fall for them? It also goes without saying that the venerable Sean Connery (playing an accomplished thief named MacDougal) possesses an undeniable charm and sophistication. However, when I see this, in the back of my mind I feel that Hollywood is just trying to force two individually good actors into a movie so that it can sell tickets. But the drawback of this kind of pairing is that it's hard to find (or accept) chemistry between two such disparately aged people. Immediately, my defenses go up knowing that this will become more of a distraction rather than a plus.
What is a plus for this film, however, is it's glossy production of two skillful thieves. MacDougal is one of them. His skills have caught the attention of insurance agent Jinn (the curvaceous Catherine Zeta-Jones). Her specialty is art, and she convinces her boss that he is responsible for the recent theft of a Rembrandt painting in order to get the okay to find him. But, it takes a thief to catch a thief and she embarks on a trip to track him down with her own secret agenda. The result is an uneasy partnership ("first we try, then we trust," they say to one another) with the ultimate goal of first stealing a heavily guarded ancient Chinese mask inside a fortress of a museum and then one final caper to a bank computer installation where they will attempt to download enough money to rival the Gross Domestic Product of a small country.
The best parts of the film are watching these two commit near-impossible robberies. All of these sequences are well executed, hold-your-breath, nail biters. They use incredibly sophisticated devices to scale down the side of a skyscraper, to disarm alarms, or to enter well-guarded strongholds. To prepare for one of their jobs, which involves maneuvering through a room full of infrared beams, they practice by creating a mock-up of the room with yarn used to simulate the laser beams. In another sequence, they force their way through a heavy marble floor, timing their entry to the chimes of Big Ben, which will drown out their sound. It's all very neat stuff. Locales are also beautiful, which enhances the look of the film. Despite these zippy scenes, the romantic aspect between these two thieves seemed awkward and begins to bog the film down. As individual thieves, they are something to behold. As a couple, they lack energy and excitement. And that's too bad, because this film is actually a fairly slick production with some fine sequences.
Grade: B-
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Serban-Matei Constantin
Tel. (+40) 0731 896 936
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Professional Objective
To advance my professional career, to extend my skills and to build upon my
current experience by working with a challenging IT company.
Computer Skills
Begginer to medium
C, C#, Java, OOP
Begginer
C++, Assembly, Bash, Matlab, HTML
Education
Polytechnic University Bucharest, 2016-present
Student at the Polytechnic University Bucharest, Computer Science profile
National College Gheorghe Lazar, 2012-2016
High School student at Gheorghe Lazar National College in Bucharest
Personal Achievements
C# pet project
Developed a Football application with usecases that can see a list of matches, a
leaderboard and others. More details
here.
University Project
Developed a tic-tac-toe game in Matlab
University Project
Developed a command-line paint simulator in C language
High School Activity
Worked in a group of seven to create a C++ application about stacks and queues
Languages
- Romanian (mother tongue)
- English (fluent)
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Mauramania hits Dublin shopping centre as hundreds queue to meet Love Island star
Hundreds of diehard tweens and teens queued from 10.30am to see their hero at a one-off Meet and Greet
by Michelle FlemingMauramania swept Blanchardstown Shopping Centre in Dublin on Saturday and the Longford lass even left Santa Claus – who flew in on his chopper – for dust.
Hundreds of diehard tweens and teens queued from 10.30am to see their Love Island hero at a one-off Meet and Greet at Ann Summers.
A giant Maura poster with the caption: “Be More Maura” gazed out from the window as her fans waited until doors opened at 1pm.
When the devotees caught a glimpse of her deeply-tanned, teeny tiny frame in the store and the first of them were ushered inside, it was utter bedlam.
An hour and a zillion selfies later, and Maura’s time was up.
But there were still around 100 – mainly teenage girls – still to see her.
As the shrieking mob clamoured around the window, Maura marched out to say hello.
Some girls hyper-ventilated while others cried real tears.
They lunged and squealed. Beatlemania had nothing on this.
“We love you Maura – Oh my GOD – Jesus, MAURA!!”.
A brave Maura – encircled by panicky-eyed bouncers – even pushed into the stampeding mob so as many as possible could snatch a selfie.
But there was no hope of a chat with the Queen of Straight-talking.
Maura’s entourage announced she’d no time for chats.
Questions could be emailed to her agent and and they’d be answered by Monday.
Maura was mad to get going. She’d a rare night home in Longford tonight before heading back across the pond for Dancing on Ice rehearsals.
“I’m back in Longford for one night only,” she revealed. “I have to fly back to London tomorrow as I’m so busy.
“Back to London where I live – it’s one night only at home.”
Maura, who is still loved up with her Love Island partner, pro dancer Curtis Pritchard, recently told how she cried after being chased by paparazzs – so how did she feel after today’s stampede?
“Ah no, they’re not going to harm me – they’re all so sweet,” trilled Maura.
“They’re all so lovely. And they waiting so long.”
And 20 minutes later, as Maura mingled and jumped into selfies with shop assistants, the mob hadn’t shrunk.
Maura was trapped.
And in true Beatlemania style – and unlike poor Santa – she had to leave by the back door.
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Strictly's dance routines revealed as Bruno Tonioli to give surprise performance
Strictly Come Dancing has revealed the dance routine line-up for this week’s show – but it’s judge Bruno Tonioli that has a surprise up his sleeve (and we literally can’t wait for it).
This Saturday Strictly fans will be excited to know that Saffron Barker and AJ Pritchard will be dancing the Samba to Walking on Sunshine, while Kelvin Fletcher will be performing a street dance to Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) with partner Oti Mabuse.
But it’s judge Bruno that viewers won’t be able to take their eyes off (see what I did there?) – as he will be performing a live rendition of Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, accompanied by a dance from the show’s team of professionals.
Last weekend saw Michelle Visage eliminated from the show after landing at the bottom of the leaderboard after scoring 32 points – and Strictly fans were less than impressed.
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And while we’d hoped that fan power could’ve saved the RuPaul’s Drag Race judge, it wasn’t to be, with the 51-year-old Michelle facing her second consecutive bottom two as she faced off against a teary eyed Saffron Barker in the dreaded dance off.
With both celebs having been pegged for the final, the audience was naturally shocked by the bottom two, while the judges unanimously chose – despite Craig Revel Horwood calling the choice ‘really difficult’ – to save 19-year-old Saffron.
However, despite saying goodbye to Strictly and her partner Giovanni Pernice, Michelle seemed not to regret her decision to bring voguing to Blackpool.
‘We wanted to take a risk for Couple’s Choice,’ she told Tess Daly.
‘We love dancing Ballroom, we love doing our Latin but we wanted to bring something different for Couple’s Choice and do a dance with a mission statement behind it and we’re really proud.’
What are the dance routines for this week’s show?
Alex Scott and Neil Jones will perform an Argentine Tango to Never Tear Us Apart, as performed by Bishop Briggs
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Emma Barton and Anton Du Beke will dance a Quickstep to Sparkling Diamonds from the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack
Saffron Barker and AJ Pritchard will dance the Samba to Walking On Sunshine, as performed by the Tame Me To Rio Collective
Chris Ramsey and Karen Hauer will perform a Paso Doble to Run Boy Run by Woodkid
Strictly Come Dancing returns next Saturday at 7pm on BBC One.
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