Enjoy 3-D animation if you have Power Point

I have a subscription for Microsoft Office 365 products and presently I have the Version 1806 (Build 10228.20134 Click-to-run).

With this launched, I can see under the Insert | Illustrations group 3D Models. After you insert the model you can highlight it and click the Animations Menu item which brings up the  3-D animation related  'ribbon' displaying the various effects possible.

You can create your own 3D-Model using the Paint 3D program on most Windows 10 computers; or use models created by others in the Gallery which is accessible from Paint 3D.

You can then animate the models and even add regular animation as well.

Here is an example of 3D animations on Your tube:

Hawaii Watercolor Class Art Show Reception - July 22, 2018

Art Show of Watercolor works by the students of Tom Tomita was opened for public on July 22nd at the Honolulu Country Club gallery. The show will be open till August 26.

Here are some pictures from the Opening Reception.

Honolulu Country Club (2018)

Gallery Entrance

The Attrium

Event Notice

The central corridor

Tom Tomita with some of the guests

An artist felicitated by a guest

Artist with guests

Tom Tomita with some of his students

This color of a automobile is very sexy

Toyota introduced recently  Etios Liva line with new Inferno Orange Color.

It is available in both Gasoline (1.2 liter) and Diesel (1.4 liter) options. The dual-tone Liva is offered in four variants:
V, VX, VD and VXD

Here is a picture from this site.
https://www.toyotabharat.com/showroom/etios-liva-le/

The equivalent web color is:
#F13F03

Indians in USA should hang their head in shame

I assume that the news in MSN is not fake news.

"https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-breaks-up-fake-irs-phone-scam-operation/ar-BBL0jmj?ocid=spartanntp"

With that being said, these US based culprits; their Indian colloborators and the Indian Call Centers that participated should be punished with the harshest allowable under law.

They are sullying the others who are trying to lead a honest life.

Here is a short quote from the above site:

"The defendants were of Indian origin living in the United States and coordinating with the call centers in India, federal officials said, citing information obtained partly through their plea agreements.

Workers at the call centers impersonated officials from the I.R.S. or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, threatening people in the United States with arrest, imprisonment, fines or deportation if they did not pay alleged debts to the government, the Justice Department said"

I say, just payments are not good enough, if they are not appropriately punished we are missing the point of it all.

Honolulu Event: Check out the Water Colors by students of Tom Tomita

Come and participate in the Water Color exhibition (Art Show) by students of Honolulu artist, Tom Tomita. All the exhibits are creations of his students.

Make yourself free on July 22 between 5:00 pm to 7:pm to attend the reception. The works will be on exhibit from July 15 to August 26.

Here is the location of the exhibits: The Honolulu Country Club Gallery

The Country Club building:

Follow this link to know more about Tom:
http://www.firstfridayhawaii.com/d/d/tom-tomita.html

France makes a comeback in World Soccer

France gave a great show at World Cup 2018 beating Croatia by a respectable 4-2. They played well, they played forcefully and took France to the 2 * status.

France went crazy over this victory. See the picture of President Macron jumping with joy!

Not only Macron but the whole of France danced with joy.

Here is a video (short one).

All pictures and video were captured from the TV screen. 

Here is the winning team.

Screen capture of a YouTube video.

I think migrants have contributed a lot for this success. 

Best place to see Orchids

We recently visited the Big Island, the largest of the Hawaiian Islands where the big, bad volcanoes are bellowing lava and gases and destroying homes. We skipped the volcano area and visited this nice Orchid Gardens.

Here is a video of the garden:

The wait was too stressful

It is nice to know the 'cave boys' and their coach were rescued finally. My best wishes to them and lots of thanks for the whole team, Thai and International.

While so much was spent and so many participated in rescuing, I wonder why we still have gun violence that takes lives away on a daily basis. Should we not spend time, effort and organization to fix this?

How do you find the type of a variable in Python?

Sometimes they can be found by inspection but the correct way is to use the type() function.

These are the standard data types in Python.

Numbers
String
List
Tuple
Dictionary
Bool

But there are many more.

You can easily find the type using the type() function in Python. Here are some examples.

type_0

Here are some more.

type_1

Using an existing 3D model in Paint 3D

There was Paint which was Paint 2d. Recently after Windows 10 debut Microsoft added Paint 3D.

Using Paint 3D you can create 3D objects or use existing 3D models.

In what follows you will be using Paint 3D app which you can download from Windows Store, or it may even bundled with some of the computers with Microsoft OS.

PowerPoint3d_0

Launch Paint 3D and this user interface will be displayed where you can create a 3D object or use an existing model.

PowerPoint3d_1

In what follows you will be using an existing models.

Click on the available 3D models and click the dog icon shown.

PowerPoint3d_2

After clicking DOG enter the editor area, your cursor arrow turns to a cross. Now move your cursor without lifting on the surface and you will see a dog model on the editor area.

PowerPoint3d_3

You can edit the color with various options as shown.

PowerPoint3d_4

You can save to your computer using Save As. It can be anywhere you save to, or to the 3D Objects directory.

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Take note of the different formats that you can save to.

Orvieto, a fun city to visit in Italy

How do you get there? Once there what you do.

September 25: As per our tour itinerary, we are moving to Orvieto in Umbria

As I continued to have throat problems and mild fever, we decided to call a doctor to the hotel. Our tour director had found this doctor (Dott. Guerreiro Andrea) on Saturday and he promptly showed up at the hotel this Monday morning. He looked at me, tapped my chest and looked into my throat and prescribed me some antibiotics and cough medicine. He had a pleasant personality and could speak English quite fluently. Since it is more like a home visit, the visit charges were 100 euros. The pharmacy was close by and Zithromax was a common enough FDA approved antibiotic which means four more days sans vin.

We had our lunch at Lampada one more time as it had guaranteed vegetarian dishes. As usual I was not disappointed.

Orvieto is about 75 miles north of Rome. We left Rome around 2:30 PM and we arrived at one of the entrances of Orvieto. It has a couple of entrances from the highway and this is not the main entrance but where tourist buses park.

We carried out suitcases on the cobbled streets of Orvieto under shades of oak and chestnut trees. Orvieto is about 1000' above sea level and I recall the road to the hotel was steep as well part of the way.

We arrived at the Grand Hotel Italia situated almost in the center of this historic town. The hotel, as I recall, was comfortable. Room assigned to us was on the 3rd floor. There was a lift as well, but we took the stairs. The hotel staff were friendly. I especially liked the coffee and breakfast room at the entrance where one could have different brews and of course the famous wines of Umbria.

The rooms were spacious, and our window commanded the view of roof tops and the narrow streets down below.

Today was supposed to be an exciting day and we were going to experience the making of pasta at one of the local restaurants called Zeppelin. It appears that this restaurant excels in this activity.

Here are some photos of the day and later a few videos.

Lampada Buffet

Orvieto Municipal Building

The Dodecagonal Bell Tower and Church of St. Andrea and Bartholomew

Group entering Zeppelin

Getting seated and wine is coming in..

Singing after wine and pasta ...

Pasta making with the chef

More photos here:

From Rome to Orvieto:

https://youtu.be/jdldKMHdd9M

Pasta 1 Preparation _Demo at Zeppelin, Orvieto, Italy

Pasta 2 KneadingRolling

Pasta 3 PreppingCutting 

Pasta 4 Fettuccine Cutting demo

Pasta 5 Singing after wine and pasta