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A controversial education bill passed in a Florida House vote on Friday. One Republican lawmaker used the opportunity to wonder why educators don’t talk about how some slaves were paid for their labor. The bill, known as CS/HB 1291, would ban teacher preparation programs and similar courses that teach “identity politics … or based on theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege are inherent in the institutions of the United States.” During debate over the bill, state Rep. Alex Andrade (R)…

Gloria Trevi has filed a graphic new lawsuit alleging she suffered “horrific abuse” at the hands of her ex-manager Sergio Andrade that was compounded by her status as the “most valuable asset” in his “sadistic” sex ring. She says the torture was so “grotesque,” it pushed her to the brink of suicide. Trevi, who was known as Mexico’s Madonna, filed her new claims in Los Angeles as a counter-lawsuit to the blockbuster complaint filed by two Jane Does who sued her and Andrade last year with related claims of sexual…

Brazilian influencer Luana Andrade died a day after the procedure on her knee was performed by a private doctor and anaesthetist hired by her family in Sao Paulo, Brazil. As per metro.co.uk. plastic surgeon and president of the Brazilian College of Plastic Surgery Dr Diovane Ruaro told local media that Andrade had appeared to be in good health before the surgery. The model and fashion designer’s cause of death has been listed as a pulmonary embolism after complications during the surgery. Sao Luiz Hospital said:…

Leny Andrade, the jazz singer described as “the Ella Fitzgerald of Brazil” by Tony Bennett, has died aged 80. She died on 24 July of Lewy body dementia, her carers told NPR.Born in Rio de Janeiro in January 1943, Andrade became one of the most successful jazz singers in her country, and earned substantial fanbases in Europe and the US, where she later settled.She studied classical piano as a child but as a teenager segued into performing bossa nova and samba-inflected jazz at Rio nightclubs, with her recording career…

Ram V and Filipe Andrade, the critically acclaimed, award nominated team behind The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, are reuniting for a new series, Rare Flavours, set to debut from BOOM! in September 2023. According to the PR: “Meet Rubin Baksh, a Rakshasa with a down-to-earth dream of becoming the next Anthony Bourdain. To make his dream come true, Rubin enlists Mo, a down-on-his-luck filmmaker, to document the world-renowned cuisine of India and the people behind the glorious, flavourful food. “But little does Mo know…

Creating regular expressions in Python has never been easierPhoto by Pixabay on PexelsMemorizing metacharacters in regular expressions (regex) isn’t hard, but building one that matches a complex text pattern is sometimes challenging.What if we could build regex using plain English?Well, now you can write easy-to-understand regular expressions using a Python library named PRegEx. This library can gently introduce beginners to the world of regex and even help out those who already know regex.Here’s how it works.Installing…

Get data about the World Cup, Champions League, La Liga, and more in a couple of minutesImage via Shutterstock under license to Frank AndradeEvery minute of a football match generates data that can be used to get high-quality insights that could power player recruitment, and match analysis and help coaches make better decisions.Unfortunately, most free datasets available online only contain basic stats such as goals, team names, and the day of the match.We can’t get many valuable insights with only basic stats.To get…

Using Python to find the dream team, best formation, and ideal starting XI for each national team in the World Cup 2022Image via Shutterstock under license to Frank AndradeThe FIFA World Cup 2022 has already started and there are many insights we can get from data about this competition.Things like the World Cup 2022 dream team, the best 26-man squad for each national team, and their ideal starting XI can be obtained using Python.But we won’t only do that! We’ll also add some data visualizations to make this analysis more…

And the winner is…Image via Shutterstock under license to Frank Andrade (edited with Canva)Many people (including me) call football “the unpredictable game” because a football match has different factors that can change the final score.That’s true … to some extent.It’s hard to predict the final score or the winner of a match, but that’s not the case when it comes to predicting the winner of a competition. Over the past 5 years, Bayern Munich has won all Bundesligas, while Manchester City has won 4 Premiere…

How to create PDF files in a few minutes using Python and HTML templatesImage via Shutterstock under license to Frank AndradePDF is probably one of the most common file types that we can find on our computers.We use PDFs for our resumes, reports, invoices, you name it!A common way to create a PDF file is by saving a Word file as .pdf, but we can also create a PDF file using Python.The pros? If you plan to create multiple PDFs using the same template, you could do it with Python! But first, we’ll see how to create a PDF…