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|Fully Escorted & Guided
Dedicated tour escorts & guides throughout
|November 2014 – April 2015
|Miami (MIA) (flight schedule)
|Havana, Cojimar, Callejon de Hamel, Las Terrazas, Ernest Hemingway's Finca Vigia, Varadero, Cardenas, Coliseo & Matanzas
|Included in the Price
|What to Expect
|This fast-paced, escorted educational program includes a reasonable amount of walking or hiking and requires an average level of physical fitness.
First and foremost, as a couple that has travelled extensively around the globe, this trip was without question the "best of the best" in all material respects. From the point of arrival, to the point of departure, your "on-the-ground" team did an outstanding job of maintaining the right balance between chaperone and tour guide. From the perspective of an educational experience, this trip completely dispelled our "American" perceptions, presumptions and preconceived notions of the country, the people and the culture. We left Havana with a clear sense of the history, economy, and political environment within "today's Cuba" -- a compliment to our Itinerary so carefully crafted by your team. We also left wanting more, which is always a good feeling. We would gladly return to Cuba (via Friendly Planet) down the road. Our compliments to you and your staff for an exceptional experience!
Dennis J. Pitocco
Special note: First day of listed departure date is an overnight stay in Miami, Florida with an included pre-tour introductory briefing.
All prices, fees and deposits are per person. Prices below are subject to availability and confirmation. After we receive your booking, we will confirm all prices and availability within 1–2 business days. Prices are subject to change at any time and not guaranteed until we receive your final payment. More about our prices.
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Want to stay longer? Unfortunately, we don't offer early departures or late returns on this package.
|Separately Paid Fees
|Cuba Departure Tax1 (paid separately)
1. All departure taxes are paid locally in cash at the time of departure in local currency 25 CUC (Cuban Convertible Peso) per person. Amount in USD is approximate and reflects current exchange rates.
|Highlights of Havana & Varadero
|Cuba Visa Fee
|Rooming Selection
|Double Occupancy
|Single Room Supplement
|Sep 7
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|Optional Post-Night Crowne Plaza Miami
|Optional Post-Night Crowne Plaza Miami
|Jan 6, Jan 27, Feb 17, Mar 10, Mar 22, Mar 31
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|Double Occupancy
|Single Room Supplement
|Jan 6, Jan 27, Feb 17, Mar 10, Mar 22, Mar 31
|All other departures
|Departure Airports
|Miami (MIA)
Coming from somewhere else? Unfortunately, we don't offer departures from cities that are not listed, but you can book your own connecting flights separately.
|Booking Deposit
|Standard Deposit
To make a reservation, we only require a per-person deposit payment, which you can pay with your credit card. This non-refundable deposit will be applied towards the cost of your package. You can pay the balance due later by credit card, check or money order. Your final payment is due 75 days prior to departure, or within 72 hours of booking, whichever is later.
Just 90 miles from U.S. soil, the Caribbean island of Cuba has remained elusive to most Americans. But thanks to the People to People program, now entering its third year, more and more American travelers are visiting Cuba as part of these unique educational exchanges. Friendly Planet Travel is proud to be among the first operators to be awarded a People to People license, and we're especially excited about our newest program, Highlights of Havana & Varadero, featuring a 3-night stay in Havana and a 2-night stay in Varadero, long considered one of Cuba's most beautiful beaches.
You'll begin your Cuba travel tour in Havana, where you'll be introduced to a rich culture with indigenous, African and European roots. You'll meet artists in their studios in Old Havana, visit schools, tour organic farms and explore an ingenious, creative society with much to share and an eagerness to learn. In Varadero, you'll meet a young teacher who has become another of Cuba's emerging private sector stars. You'll tour a "coincidental" farm in nearby Cardenas and discover what growing fruit and making pottery have in common, and in Matanzas city, you'll discover the ingenuity and artistry that goes into puppetry. Your 5* beachfront resort hotel is perfectly situated to offer opportunities to enjoy the Caribbean in your spare time.
We guarantee you it'll be a travel experience unlike any other. But don't wait too long to book. Cuba is in hot demand, and these tours will sell out quickly!
Day 1: Miami Overnight/Pre-tour introductory briefing. Your unforgettable journey to Cuba begins today with an overnight stay in Miami, Florida. If you are arriving at Miami International Airport, complimentary hotel shuttle service to the Crowne Plaza is available every 20 minutes from any 2nd level departure terminal, simply hail the driver as they pass. This evening at 7:30pm, participate in an introductory briefing to get acquainted with your fellow travelers and review your documents and program itinerary. You will be informed of the departure time of the group shuttle leaving the hotel tomorrow morning. Accommodations: Crowne Plaza Miami Airport.
Day 2: Miami/Havana. Today, transfer to the Miami International Airport to board your non-stop flight bound for Havana, Cuba's capital city and designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Bienvenidos a Havana! You are welcomed by your private Cuban people-to-people representative holding a Friendly Planet sign outside the arrivals terminal at the Havana Airport. Board your air-conditioned coach, and jump right in as you head directly to your first destination in Cuba.
In the center of Old Havana, set out on a leisurely orientation walk through the cobblestone streets of this vibrant area. You will find many Cubans out strolling with their families offering you a perfect opportunity to interact with locals and immerse yourself in the colors of Cuba which surround you.
Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.
Next, visit the colorful Callejon de Hamel, one of the shortest but most interesting streets in Havana. Here you will discover how the African Cuban religion of Santeria, a fusion of African belief systems like spirit worship and Christianity, is portrayed in the street art and music. Meet with artists, including Salvador Gonzalez Escalona (when in residence), whose prolific murals that adorn the neighborhood reflect the culture and religious beliefs of this area.
Now that you've had a taste of what lies ahead during your visit to Cuba, it's time to check in to your hotel.
This evening, enjoy a welcome dinner at the hotel. Accommodations: Hotel Nacional. Lunch & dinner provided.
Day 3: Old Havana & Cuban Ration Store. After breakfast this morning visit one of Havana's most famous cigar factories where you'll see hundreds of workers rolling the Cuban cigars by hand.
Then, visit a primary school in Havana (ages 5–12) and meet with some of the school's administrators and teachers about Cuba's education system and how it compares to that of the United States. Please note that should a school not be available or not in session, Friendly Planet will substitute the school visit with an equally enjoyable and interesting visit to another community project in Havana.
Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.
After lunch visit a local ration store in the Vedado section of Havana. Your Cuban host will explain the system of rationing and the two-currency system as well as the difference between Ration Stores, Cuban Peso Stores, and CUC Stores.
Return to the hotel and gather in a pre-reserved, private meeting room where you will engage in a discussion with an English-speaking Cuban expert on the history of U.S./Cuban relations in the 20th & 21st centuries with the opportunity to ask questions in an uncensored format.
This evening take a short stroll from your hotel to Café Laurent, a privately owned restaurant, for dinner. The restaurant this evening is a classic example of Cuba's recently revised policies allowing private enterprise to flourish. Breakfast, lunch & dinner provided.
Day 4: Havana & Las Terrazas. Depart for Las Terrazas in Artemisa Province, a "must see" in Cuba and known worldwide for its magnificent, scenic beauty.
Las Terrazas was founded shortly after the Cuban Revolution in 1959 as a model community, where local farmers, known as campesinos, moved closer together in order to help each other overcome the hardships of sleeping in huts with thatched roofs, of living without electricity and of living without local schools or medical services.
First, stop briefly at the Clinica Las Terrazas† to learn how medical services are handled in rural Cuba. Locals visit this small, multi-purpose center for medical advice, often non-traditional and homeopathic, and referrals to larger medical centers in the city, dental care by the area's sole dentist, and even a haircut by the town hairdresser, with whom the space is also shared.
At our next stop, we'll visit the town's only coffee shop, Café Maria. Café Maria is owned by the oldest member of the community, Maria. She and her family have been welcoming visitors for years to enjoy the "best coffee in the country." Discuss coffee culture in Cuba and throughout the world and how cafes act as places for social interaction.
Las Terrazas is now part of UNESCO's Biosphere Reserve, much of it reforested coffee plantation. Real reforestation began in the late 1960s by the local farmers who were concerned that their land had been degraded by former French coffee barons.
Visit the art studio of Lester Campa (When in residence).
Now you're in for an authentic, country-style lunch prepared and served outdoors at a local farmhouse near Las Terrazas.
On the way back to Havana after lunch, you'll have the distinct pleasure of visiting "Fusterlandia", the home and surrounding neighborhood of "The Picasso of the Caribbean", Jose Fuster. Starting with a small wooden home as his canvas, Mr. Fuster has turned his dream into reality and transformed not just his own home but the entire neighborhood into a unique and colorful artistic landscape. Using the money he makes from selling his artwork, Jose adorns the community with sculptures and mosaics galore.
This evening, enjoy dinner on your own. We recommend dining at a paladar. Feel free to choose one from the list we provided or ask your Cuban guide for recommendations. Breakfast & lunch provided.
Day 5: Havana, Alamar, Cojimar, Matanzas & Varadero. This morning, drive to Finca Vigia, Hemingway's Cuba retreat. Then, drive to the district of Alamar on the outskirts of Havana. Started as an expansive social housing project in the 1970's, these Soviet-style pre-fabricated concrete apartment blocks are now home to hundreds of thousands of Cubans.
Among the buildings in Alamar are community gardens, called Organoponicos, where residents grow fruit, vegetables and herbs for their own consumption and local sale. Similar to co-op and community gardens in the United States, these Organoponicos facilitate community development and offer Alamar's residents access to fresh produce. Enjoy a visit to one of these Organoponicos, which few visitors to Cuba have the opportunity to do.
Visit Cojimar, the fishing village that was the setting for Hemingway's book, The Old Man and the Sea, and enjoy lunch at a local paladar.
On the way to Varadero, stop to visit the wonderful world full of puppets in Matanzas city, often called the City of Bridges and the Athens of Cuba. Visit the Pelusín del Monte Cultural Center, a space for the magical and wonderful world of dolls. Pelusín del Monte, a puppet created in 1956, became a national icon, In this cultural site that bears his name, there are different areas for the promotion, development and enjoyment of theater puppets. There is a workshop led by puppet master Zenén Calero, recognized artist in Cuba and abroad, and an outdoor theater with 150 seats amidst a tropical forest. The puppeteer, Dora Alonso, created over a 1000 written works on this popular theater specialty. Visit the center and engage in a discussion about how the puppets are created and why this particular character remains a beloved figure throughout the country. Discuss the various American iconic puppets, some of which may also be known in Cuba
Then, continue to the beautiful town of Varadero. Accommodations: Melia Varadero. Breakfast, lunch & dinner provided.
Day 6: Varadero, Coliseo & Cardenas. This morning drive to visit a Craft Workshop. Artisans Mariela Alemán Orosco and Marilín Martínez Barrio, members of the Cuban Cultural Fund and the Cuban Association of Artisans and Artists, have received prizes and recognition for their creative work. During the visit you'll tour the workshop and experience the creative process as it is taking place.
Then, visit the community project, Arte Urbano, in the Cardenas Cultural Center. Arte Urbano is a musical theater project for children who struggle with shyness or hyperactivity. During the visit meet the director, Aida Phinney, and enjoy a theatrical performance by the children. After the performance, engage in a discussion with Ms. Phinney and the children at the center.
Continue to the provincial town of Coliseo, passing by the city of Cardenas. Here you'll observe village life first hand, including the varied (and often quite creative) means of transportation that residents rely on, like handmade bicycles and horse-drawn carriages. Then, drive to the Coincidencia Farm, founded in 1987 by Héctor Correa, an agriculturist with an interest in preserving certain native species of fruit that he knew and loved as a child. With a cart full of seedlings, he began to plant his farm. In order to multiply the effort, he created a seed bank so that any interested farmer could also cultivate the plants. In addition to farming, Correa created the first ceramics workshop in Matanzas, blending art with nature, essential sources of inspiration for any artist. Correa's children have kept the family tradition, studying and working hard both on the farm and in the workshop.
After touring the farm and ceramics workshop, engage in a discussion about opportunities for creative expression in Cuba and the US, and how in both countries, artists often find perfect incubators for their creative drives through farming. Breakfast, lunch & dinner provided.
Day 7: Varadero & Havana/Miami. Today, bid farewell to Cuba as you transfer to Havana's Jose Marti International Airport and check-in for your charter flight back to Miami. Adios Havana! Breakfast provided.
NOTE: This itinerary provides a full time schedule of educational activities that will result in meaningful interactions between you and individuals in Cuba. U.S. law requires that all persons who participate in this program adhere to this full time schedule, and imposes on Friendly Planet the obligation to ensure such adherence.
Infrastructure in Cuba, including even the best hotels, may not always be up to U.S. standards. The hotels really do try to maintain quality accommodations, and in the properties we select for our tours, they generally do a good job. However, Cuba's resources and climate do sometimes impact a hotel's ability to keep up with maintenance and indoor air quality. For example, in Cuba's tropical climate, you might notice musty odors in some buildings, including hotels. We do our best to select the highest quality hotels, restaurants and paladars that Cuba has to offer, but we appreciate your flexibility and understanding when you encounter a minor imperfection. Cuba has a long way to go before it's hotels, highways, public restrooms and other features reach US levels, but all in all, you will not suffer any major difficulties in tolerating the small issues that may occur. If you have any medical or dietary concerns, however, please inform us when you make your reservation, so we can take whatever special precautions are required to assure your comfort and well-being.
† These visits are subject to availability. When not possible to visit, appropriate alternate visits will be included.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook?
The nation's largest school system is preparing to release social media guidelines for teachers. It's feeding a discussion about how to balance risks of inappropriate contact with social media benefits.
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Three city school staffers were fired in 2010 over inappropriate dealings with students on Facebook. Investigators said one teacher friended several female students and wrote comments like "this is sexy" under their photos.
Some teachers say social media can be a vital resource if used right. One New York City teacher says "the old methods of engaging our students and our parents are starting to die."
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Fifty students from the College of the Canyons nursing program graduated Wednesday in the traditional pinning ceremony marking the completion of each nurse's training.
Celebrating the accomplishments of newly graduated registered nurses, the pinning ceremony serves as a symbolic welcoming for all those entering the nursing profession.
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"The pinning ceremony represents a special transition when the student has completed their foundations in nursing," Dorroh said. "And it represents a ceremony where they step across a crossroads and leave the role of student and become the role of colleague."
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Salma Breastfeeds Someone Else's Baby
Not only is Salma Hayek gorgeous AND a talented actress -- she also breastfeeds starving babies in Africa.
On a recent trip to Sierra Leone, Salma Hayek (a spokesperson for UNICEF) was kind enough to offer up her breasts, and her one-year-old daughter's milk, to a malnourished baby. Coincidentally, the baby was born on the same day as her daughter Valentina, which made Salma feel even more bonded to him.
"I actually think that my baby would be very proud to be able to share her milk, and when she grows up, I'm going to make sure she continues to be a caring, generous person," says Hayek.
Salma says she isn't the first in her family to offer her breast milk to a starving child -- her great-grandmother did the same exact thing years ago in Mexico.
We asked Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz to weigh in on a custom that seems unusual to Americans, but is commonplace in impoverished countries.
"When I first heard the news that the beautiful and talented star Salma Hayek had breastfed another woman's baby while promoting infant immunizations and health on a trip to Sierra Leone, I have to admit, I thought, 'Not another wacky celebrity escapade!' But as I learned more about what actually happened and why it happened, the phrase 'You go, girl!' is what entered my mind.
Infant mortality remains high in much of Africa and apparently a social stigma attached to prolonged breast feeding is preventing many women in Sierra Leone from doing what comes naturally, free, always the right temperature and chock full of nutrients, breast milk is the best known food for babies. This 'event' has caused quite a stir and brings up so many interesting issues:
- Empowerment of women to feed, if at all possible, their babies what is best;
- The right to show a boob and put that boob into a baby's mouth for sustenance; and
- De-sexualizing a favorite body part. Salma Hayek made a powerful statement about all of the above.
I think this is a beautiful act of kindness and selflessness.
I already thought she was fantastic. Now, I am in awe.
i agree. i don't see anything wrong with it.
It made me cry to see how hungry the little baby was, he didn't come close to looking a year old. The simplest of gifts, it was beautiful to watch.
This brought tears to my eyes. Such a beautiful act of love for a child.
What a blessing for the baby. A hungry baby deserves to be fed. Period.
I cried. Plain and simple, as a mother who breastfead her babies, that was a beautiful moment. When she walked away that baby was no longer hungry. I would have done the same thing.
this act is probably the polar opposite of the infamous mom of 14
I love Salma!
What an inspiration!!! It's amazing, I have always looked up to her, and now she made me admire her even more!!!!
What a beautiful woman both inside and out. I breatfed both of my children for 2 years each and would not trade that experience for the world. When I saw how hungrily the baby ate it made me tear up…what a blessing to see someone be so gracious with a most simple but meaningful gift. May God Bless her for her tender heart and may she see the fruits of her wisdom in her own child. An amazing woman…..
this is the most beautiful thing ive read in a long time. Salma's awesome!
Made me cry too, I wish the innocents in this world didnt have to suffer, but kindness is universal.
tHE POOR BABY WAS SOOOOOOOOOO HUNGRY…WAIT……..I'M HUNGRY TOO!
It is beautiful.
I wish more women were more open to this very NORMAL practice. What a beautiful thing.
That is awesome! Go Salma!! =D
Maybe this means wetnursing will make a comeback?
This is truly admirable!
This is truly admirable!
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the shocker is that the well off white woman would breast feed a poor African baby. Will guerrilla breast feeding become the next step in feminism's evolution?"
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Oracle claims that the European Commission's public policy against Oracle's takeover of MySQL runs counter to open source freedom and the growing database market.
Yesterday Sun Microsystems informed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about the European Commission's objections against Oracle's acquisition of Sun's MySQL. The Commission's "Statement of Objections" reflects their assessment of the proposed combining of Sun's open source MySQL database product with Oracle's commercial products and the "potential negative effects on competition in the market." Sun said in their short report to the USSEC that the Commission's document is merely a proposal and open for further discussion.
Oracle itself issued a concurrent statement that the commission misunderstood that nobody can control open source. The statement also mentioned six other database providers that provide enough of a competitive market to counter any anti-trust claims in the Oracle-Sun merger as it pertains to MySQL.
According to a Forrester Research study in July 2009, MySQL is the most used database product next to Ingres. Reacting to Oracle's Sun takeover in April, MySQL founder Monty Widenius started an Open Database Alliance together with Percona to protect the open source status of essential MySQL components. Oracle initially refused to commit to MySQL's future and the EU was against the takeover from the beginning. More recently Oracle finally committed itself to promising significant funds to secure MySQL.
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Date: February 21, 2001
To: AAF Members
From: Clark Rector, Jr., Vice President-State Government Affairs
Re: Connecticut Legislation Concerning Pharmaceutical Advertising
Legislation (Proposed Senate Bill 39) has been introduced in the Connecticut General Assembly:
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Colorado State women's basketball Head Coach Ryun Williams on Wednesday announced the additions of guards Jamie Patrick and Hannah Tvrdy to the 2014-15 roster.
Patrick, who hails from Hutchinson, Kan., will come to Colorado State to begin her junior season from Hutchinson Community College. The 5-10 guard was recently named a third-team NJCAA DI All-American after becoming the Dragon's all-time and single-season scoring leader. She totaled 1,098 career points, 404 rebounds, 170 assists, 119 steals and 41 blocks in just two years a HCC, while shooting .520 from the field, converting 132 three-point field goals.
In two years Patrick and her teammates compiled a 71-3 overall record, which included two NJCAA Tournament trips where HCC finished third and second. In her career she averaged 17.4 points per game and was named to NJCAA Tournament All-Tournament team. She was a two-time all-Jayhawk West recipient, a two-time Jayhawk Conference Player of the Week and she also earned the NJCAA National Player of the Week.
"The thing I love about Jamie, is that she is all about winning and team," commented Williams. "She is a guard with nice size and length that can really shoot and score the ball as well as make those around her better. Jamie is just a really good basketball player that can do so many things on the court. The fact she has 60-plus college games under her belt and has played in a NJCAA National Championship game really helps add to the experience and maturity of our team."
A native of Seward, Neb., Tvrdy (pronounced Tu-VER-dee) just completed her freshman year at Nebraska, coming off the bench in 21 games. NU won the Big Ten tournament and advanced to the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament this season, falling just short of the Sweet 16 in a loss to BYU. The Huskers were ranked as high as 10th in the national polls this year, finishing the season ranked No. 17 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Tvrdy is a 5-10 guard from Seward High School where she played for her father, head coach Tom Tvrdy. ESPN HoopGurlz ranked her as the No. 28 point guard in the nation coming out of high school in 2012. She was named second-team Super-State by the Lincoln Journal Star in 2012 and 2013, and was named to the all-state team all four years of her high school career, earning first-team Class B All-State in 2012 and 2013, second-team in 2011 and honorable mention in 2010. She was the Class B All-State Honorary Captain in 2012, and was a three-time Class B Nebraska state champion (2010, 2011 and 2012).
Tvrdy, who chose to pursue other options for more playing time, will redshirt the 2014-15 season due to NCAA transfer rules, but she's expected to play a big role for the Rams upon the graduation of combo guards AJ Newton and Gritt Ryder.
"Hannah is a very strong and skilled guard who plays with an incredible toughness," praised Williams. "She is a proven winner, and her interchangeable game will fit well with how we play. She comes to CSU from a really solid basketball background, playing in the Big 10, playing for one of the country's elite club teams as well has one of the most respected high school programs in Nebraska. She will definitely be a wonderful addition to the line- up after Gritt and AJ are done. The timing of Hannah joining our team could not be better."
The addition of Tvrdy and Patrick brings the total number of signees to four for next season. The Rams signed Alana Arias and Myanne Hamm last fall.
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The Pike Road Planning Commission must approve the project before homes are built.
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It's been nearly three years since Saucony resurrected 1987′s Spot-Bilt Hangtime. They've had such great success with collaborations on the classic running catalog, it's only natural to see this vintage basketball hightop get the deluxe guest star treatment as well. Here we see Japanese label White Mountaineering apply their elegant touch to the Hangtime across three colorways, each of which emphasizes the now logo-free ankle area with pronounced piping and contrasting suede within. Have a look at all three pairs after the jump, then get with your overseas connects because this is one of those collabs that's unlikely to reach US retailers.
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Cooking with Python, Part 1
Pages: 1, 2
Recipe 5.10: Selecting the nth Smallest Element of a Sequence
Credit: Raymond Hettinger, David Eppstein, Shane Holloway, Chris Perkins
You need to get from a sequence the
nth item in rank order (e.g., the middle
item, known as the median). If the sequence
was sorted, you would just use
But the sequence isn't sorted,
and you wonder if you can do better than just sorting it first.
Perhaps you can do better, if the sequence is big, has been shuffled
enough, and comparisons between its items are costly. Sort is very
fast, but in the end (when applied to a thoroughly shuffled sequence
of length n) it always takes
) time,
while there exist algorithms that can be used to get the
nth smallest element in time
Here is a function with a solid implementation of such an algorithm:
import random
def select(data, n):
" Find the nth rank ordered element (the least value has rank 0). "
# make a new list, deal with <0 indices, check for valid index
data = list(data)
if n<0:
n += len(data)
if not 0 <= n < len(data):
raise ValueError, "can't get rank %d out of %d" % (n, len(data))
# main loop, quicksort-like but with no need for recursion
while True:
pivot = random.choice(data)
pcount = 0
under, over = [ ], [ ]
uappend, oappend = under.append, over.append
for elem in data:
if elem < pivot:
elif elem > pivot:
pcount += 1
numunder = len(under)
if n < numunder:
data = under
elif n < numunder + pcount:
return pivot
data = over
n -= numunder + pcount
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This recipe is meant for cases in which repetitions
count. For example, the median of the list
[1, 1, 1, 2, 3] is
1 because
that is the third one of the five items in rank order. If, for some
strange reason, you want to discount duplications, you need to reduce
the list to its unique items first (e.g., by applying the Recipe 18.1), after which you may
want to come back to this recipe.
Input argument
data can be any bounded iterable; the
recipe starts by calling
list on it to ensure
that. The algorithm then loops, implementing at each leg a few key
ideas: randomly choosing a pivot element;
slicing up the list into two parts, made up of the items that are
"under" and
"over" the pivot respectively;
continuing work for the next leg on just one of the two parts, since
we can tell which one of them the
nth element
will be in, and the other part can safely be ignored. The ideas are
very close to that in the classic algorithm known as
quicksort (except that quicksort cannot ignore
either part, and thus must use recursion, or recursion-removal
techniques such as keeping an explicit stack, to make sure it deals
with both parts).
The random choice of pivot makes the algorithm
robust against unfavorable data orderings (the kind that wreak havoc
with naive quicksort); this implementation decision costs about
log2N calls to
random.choice. Another implementation issue worth
pointing out is that the recipe counts the number of occurrences of
the pivot: this precaution ensures good performance even in the
anomalous case where data contains a high
number of repetitions of identical values.
Extracting the bound methods
.append of lists
under and over as local variables
uappend and oappend may look like a
pointless, if tiny, complication, but it is, in fact, a very
important optimization technique in Python. To keep the compiler
simple, straightforward, unsurprising, and robust, Python does not
hoist constant computations out of loops, nor
does it "cache" the results of
method lookup. If you call under.append and
over.append in the inner loop, you pay the cost of
lookup each and every time. If you want something hoisted, hoist it
yourself. When you're considering an optimization,
you should always measure the code's performance
with and without that
optimization, to check that the optimization does indeed make an
important difference. According to my measurements, removing this
single optimization slows performance down by about 50% for the
typical task of picking the 5000th item of
range(10000). Considering the tiny amount of
complication involved, a difference of 50% is well worth it.
A natural idea for optimization, which just didn't
make the grade once carefully measured, is to call
pivot) in the loop body, rather than making separate tests
elem < pivot and
elem >
pivot. Unfortunately, measurement shows that
cmp doesn't speed things up; in
fact, it slows them down, at least when the items of
data are of elementary types such as
numbers and strings.
So, how does select's performance compare with the simpler alternative of:
def selsor(data, n):
data = list(data)
data.sort( )
return data[n]
On thoroughly shuffled lists of 3,001 integers on my machine, this
recipe's select takes about 16
milliseconds to find the median, while selsor takes
about 13 milliseconds; considering that
sort could
take advantage of any partial sortedness in the data, for this kind
of length, and on elementary data whose comparisons are fast,
it's not to your advantage to use
select. For a length of 30,001, performance becomes
very close between the two approaches—around 170 milliseconds
either way. When you push the length all the way to 300,001,
select provides an advantage, finding the median in
about 2.2 seconds, while selsor takes about
The break-even point will be smaller if the items in the sequence
have costly comparison methods, since the key difference between the
two approaches is in the number of comparisons
performed--select takes
O(n), selsor takes
log n). For example, say we need to compare instances of a
class designed for somewhat costly comparisons (simulating
four-dimensional points that will often coincide on the first few
class X(object):
def _ _init_ _(self):
self.a = self.b = self.c = 23.51
self.d = random.random( )
def _dats(self):
return self.a, self.b, self.c, self.d
def _ _cmp_ _(self, oth):
return cmp(self._dats, oth._dats)
Here, select already becomes faster than selsor when what we're computing is the median of vectors of 201 such instances.
In other words, although select has more general
overhead, when compared to the wondrously efficient coding of
sort method, nevertheless,
if n is large enough and each comparison
is costly enough, select is still well worth
See Also
Library Reference and Python in a
Nutshell docs about method
sort of
list, and about module
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When working with unicode, a few other things are worth noting:
If you're writing unicode literal strings in your source code, consider using the magic source encoding somment:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
to tell Python that your source is in utf-8 not the default 7-bit ASCII. This lets you avoid doing ugly things with the unicode(...) constructor when you just want to use a non-ASCII literal. See PEP 263 (http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html) for the gory details.
There is a shorthand for a unicode string: u'' . Again, this can be useful with unicode literals, etc. For example, u'fred' .
Also, DO NOT change sysdefaultencoding. You should never need to, and it can potentially cause some interesting effects in other modules. Access to it is deleted from the sys module for a reason. In most cases people change sysdefaultencoding because they haven't put an encoding specifier comment in their source.
Another thing to be aware of is that some code, mostly Python/C extension modules, may not handle unicode gracefully. Python/C code must handle Unicode and byte strings very distinctly, unlike pure Python (eg it must specify which it wants in argument processing). This means such code won't work without explicitly handling unicode. Problems aren't common, but they're incredibly annoying when they do turn up.
Overall, I find unicode in Python to be somewhat troublesome, but nowhere near as bad as in most other languages. C++ with Qt probably does it as well, but Python is more explicit and strict (you'll get an error instead of garbage text when you screw up). The main thing is to *understand* text encodings, and to make sure to be explicit about text encodings at all your I/O points in the program.


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Goats, man. Why you gotta fuck with 'em? 'Cause you think they're all docile and shit? You think a goat can't get gangsta? No, a goat can get gangsta. And unfortunately a goat got medieval on a hiker who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. You don't hear about something like that every day, do you? But that's probably because you don't hear about park rangers encouraging visitors to hurl rocks at aggressive goats, either.
Let me be clear with you: Never taunt, harass, or torture anyone who has been called "aggressive." Now, maybe that's clear to me because I have years of psychological training, but I thought that was pretty much common sense in general. You don't stand within throwing distance of (or even approach) Naomi Campbell, you don't welcome Bjork to Bangkok, and you certainly, CERTAINLY do not toss rocks at a wild animal who is known to get riled up. No matter who tells you to do it. QUICK STORY ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THROWING ROCKS: When I was seven I had to wear an eye patch to deal with my Paris Hilton eye (later corrected) with surgery. Patches don't do shit except make you look like an awesome pirate! (Thanks, mom!). My brother and his friend thought it was hilarious that I couldn't see anything and as I was wandering around the playground looking like a lonely pirate, they decided to throw a rock at me because it would surprise/stun/kill me. Luckily for me, they had bad aim. They hit a nursing mother instead. Everyone was fine, but the moral of the story is DON'T FUCKING THROW ROCKS!
Here's the thing: The man-killing goat was known to be aggressive, but things could have been done differently. Instead of "hazing" the goat to be frightened of humans by chucking things at it, they could have airlifted it to another area—like they did in the 1980s when the high goat population endangered the environment—where people aren't as likely to happen upon it. There could have been a protocol of something other than "throw rocks at it to make it go away" when people encountered the goat. I'm sure the rangers could have held a town hall meeting or something. Instead, a gentleman who was enjoying his lunch was gored to death and the goat was found and killed. That sucks.
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That's all for today. Please join me next week when we will be preparing for Halloween with awesome/awful costumes. SPOILER: Butchers are saying that people should refrain from making meat dresses of their own. That's a small relief at least. I was getting pretty worried that the meat dress was going to be this year's Borat.
Send me costume pictures and ideas! Or comment below! I'm basically begging for your help here!
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