""" Operator Interface This module exports a set of functions corresponding to the intrinsic operators of Python. For example, operator.add(x, y) is equivalent to the expression x+y. The function names are those used for special methods; variants without leading and trailing '__' are also provided for convenience. This is the pure Python implementation of the module. """ __all__ = ['abs', 'add', 'and_', 'attrgetter', 'concat', 'contains', 'countOf', 'delitem', 'eq', 'floordiv', 'ge', 'getitem', 'gt', 'iadd', 'iand', 'iconcat', 'ifloordiv', 'ilshift', 'imatmul', 'imod', 'imul', 'index', 'indexOf', 'inv', 'invert', 'ior', 'ipow', 'irshift', 'is_', 'is_not', 'isub', 'itemgetter', 'itruediv', 'ixor', 'le', 'length_hint', 'lshift', 'lt', 'matmul', 'methodcaller', 'mod', 'mul', 'ne', 'neg', 'not_', 'or_', 'pos', 'pow', 'rshift', 'setitem', 'sub', 'truediv', 'truth', 'xor'] from builtins import abs as _abs # Comparison Operations *******************************************************# def lt(a, b): "Same as a < b." return a < b def le(a, b): "Same as a <= b." return a <= b def eq(a, b): "Same as a == b." return a == b def ne(a, b): "Same as a != b." return a != b def ge(a, b): "Same as a >= b." return a >= b def gt(a, b): "Same as a > b." return a > b # Logical Operations **********************************************************# def not_(a): "Same as not a." return not a def truth(a): "Return True if a is true, False otherwise." return True if a else False def is_(a, b): "Same as a is b." return a is b def is_not(a, b): "Same as a is not b." return a is not b # Mathematical/Bitwise Operations *********************************************# def abs(a): "Same as abs(a)." return _abs(a) def add(a, b): "Same as a + b." return a + b def and_(a, b): "Same as a & b." return a & b def floordiv(a, b): "Same as a // b." return a // b def index(a): "Same as a.__index__()." return a.__index__() def inv(a): "Same as ~a." return ~a invert = inv def lshift(a, b): "Same as a << b." return a << b def mod(a, b): "Same as a % b." return a % b def mul(a, b): "Same as a * b." return a * b def matmul(a, b): "Same as a @ b." return a @ b def neg(a): "Same as -a." return -a def or_(a, b): "Same as a | b." return a | b def pos(a): "Same as +a." return +a def pow(a, b): "Same as a ** b." return a ** b def rshift(a, b): "Same as a >> b." return a >> b def sub(a, b): "Same as a - b." return a - b def truediv(a, b): "Same as a / b." return a / b def xor(a, b): "Same as a ^ b." return a ^ b # Sequence Operations *********************************************************# def concat(a, b): "Same as a + b, for a and b sequences." if not hasattr(a, '__getitem__'): msg = "'%s' object can't be concatenated" % type(a).__name__ raise TypeError(msg) return a + b def contains(a, b): "Same as b in a (note reversed operands)." return b in a def countOf(a, b): "Return the number of times b occurs in a." count = 0 for i in a: if i == b: count += 1 return count def delitem(a, b): "Same as del a[b]." del a[b] def getitem(a, b): "Same as a[b]." return a[b] def indexOf(a, b): "Return the first index of b in a." for i, j in enumerate(a): if j == b: return i else: raise ValueError('sequence.index(x): x not in sequence') def setitem(a, b, c): "Same as a[b] = c." a[b] = c def length_hint(obj, default=0): """ Return an estimate of the number of items in obj. This is useful for presizing containers when building from an iterable. If the object supports len(), the result will be exact. Otherwise, it may over- or under-estimate by an arbitrary amount. The result will be an integer >= 0. """ if not isinstance(default, int): msg = ("'%s' object cannot be interpreted as an integer" % type(default).__name__) raise TypeError(msg) try: return len(obj) except TypeError: pass try: hint = type(obj).__length_hint__ except AttributeError: return default try: val = hint(obj) except TypeError: return default if val is NotImplemented: return default if not isinstance(val, int): msg = ('__length_hint__ must be integer, not %s' % type(val).__name__) raise TypeError(msg) if val < 0: msg = '__length_hint__() should return >= 0' raise ValueError(msg) return val # Generalized Lookup Objects **************************************************# class attrgetter: """ Return a callable object that fetches the given attribute(s) from its operand. After f = attrgetter('name'), the call f(r) returns r.name. After g = attrgetter('name', 'date'), the call g(r) returns (r.name, r.date). After h = attrgetter('name.first', 'name.last'), the call h(r) returns (r.name.first, r.name.last). """ __slots__ = ('_attrs', '_call') def __init__(self, attr, *attrs): if not attrs: if not isinstance(attr, str): raise TypeError('attribute name must be a string') self._attrs = (attr,) names = attr.split('.') def func(obj): for name in names: obj = getattr(obj, name) return obj self._call = func else: self._attrs = (attr,) + attrs getters = tuple(map(attrgetter, self._attrs)) def func(obj): return tuple(getter(obj) for getter in getters) self._call = func def __call__(self, obj): return self._call(obj) def __repr__(self): return '%s.%s(%s)' % (self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__qualname__, ', '.join(map(repr, self._attrs))) def __reduce__(self): return self.__class__, self._attrs class itemgetter: """ Return a callable object that fetches the given item(s) from its operand. After f = itemgetter(2), the call f(r) returns r[2]. After g = itemgetter(2, 5, 3), the call g(r) returns (r[2], r[5], r[3]) """ __slots__ = ('_items', '_call') def __init__(self, item, *items): if not items: self._items = (item,) def func(obj): return obj[item] self._call = func else: self._items = items = (item,) + items def func(obj): return tuple(obj[i] for i in items) self._call = func def __call__(self, obj): return self._call(obj) def __repr__(self): return '%s.%s(%s)' % (self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__name__, ', '.join(map(repr, self._items))) def __reduce__(self): return self.__class__, self._items class methodcaller: """ Return a callable object that calls the given method on its operand. After f = methodcaller('name'), the call f(r) returns r.name(). After g = methodcaller('name', 'date', foo=1), the call g(r) returns r.name('date', foo=1). """ __slots__ = ('_name', '_args', '_kwargs') def __init__(*args, **kwargs): if len(args) < 2: msg = "methodcaller needs at least one argument, the method name" raise TypeError(msg) self = args[0] self._name = args[1] if not isinstance(self._name, str): raise TypeError('method name must be a string') self._args = args[2:] self._kwargs = kwargs def __call__(self, obj): return getattr(obj, self._name)(*self._args, **self._kwargs) def __repr__(self): args = [repr(self._name)] args.extend(map(repr, self._args)) args.extend('%s=%r' % (k, v) for k, v in self._kwargs.items()) return '%s.%s(%s)' % (self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__name__, ', '.join(args)) def __reduce__(self): if not self._kwargs: return self.__class__, (self._name,) + self._args else: from functools import partial return partial(self.__class__, self._name, **self._kwargs), self._args # In-place Operations *********************************************************# def iadd(a, b): "Same as a += b." a += b return a def iand(a, b): "Same as a &= b." a &= b return a def iconcat(a, b): "Same as a += b, for a and b sequences." if not hasattr(a, '__getitem__'): msg = "'%s' object can't be concatenated" % type(a).__name__ raise TypeError(msg) a += b return a def ifloordiv(a, b): "Same as a //= b." a //= b return a def ilshift(a, b): "Same as a <<= b." a <<= b return a def imod(a, b): "Same as a %= b." a %= b return a def imul(a, b): "Same as a *= b." a *= b return a def imatmul(a, b): "Same as a @= b." a @= b return a def ior(a, b): "Same as a |= b." a |= b return a def ipow(a, b): "Same as a **= b." a **=b return a def irshift(a, b): "Same as a >>= b." a >>= b return a def isub(a, b): "Same as a -= b." a -= b return a def itruediv(a, b): "Same as a /= b." a /= b return a def ixor(a, b): "Same as a ^= b." a ^= b return a try: from _operator import * except ImportError: pass else: from _operator import __doc__ # All of these "__func__ = func" assignments have to happen after importing # from _operator to make sure they're set to the right function __lt__ = lt __le__ = le __eq__ = eq __ne__ = ne __ge__ = ge __gt__ = gt __not__ = not_ __abs__ = abs __add__ = add __and__ = and_ __floordiv__ = floordiv __index__ = index __inv__ = inv __invert__ = invert __lshift__ = lshift __mod__ = mod __mul__ = mul __matmul__ = matmul __neg__ = neg __or__ = or_ __pos__ = pos __pow__ = pow __rshift__ = rshift __sub__ = sub __truediv__ = truediv __xor__ = xor __concat__ = concat __contains__ = contains __delitem__ = delitem __getitem__ = getitem __setitem__ = setitem __iadd__ = iadd __iand__ = iand __iconcat__ = iconcat __ifloordiv__ = ifloordiv __ilshift__ = ilshift __imod__ = imod __imul__ = imul __imatmul__ = imatmul __ior__ = ior __ipow__ = ipow __irshift__ = irshift __isub__ = isub __itruediv__ = itruediv __ixor__ = ixor

RE-INVENTING THE TELEVISION NEWS BUSINESS*

A revolution in video storytelling

Creating entirely new & cost-effective production methods

From the world leaders in video production training and the creators of Character Driven Storytelling™

*and every other business that uses video

WHAT WE DO

Over the past 35 years, we have designed, built or restructured some of the most powerful news and journalism companies in the world.

We replace the traditional TV news ‘crew’ with one highly trained journalist, working alone with nothing but an iPhone.

No more TV news ‘crews’, no editors and no field producers.

This is television news done the way newspaper journalism is done – one reporter with their electronic pad and pencil.

In doing this, we can cut the cost of production by as much as 75% while increasing ratings and audience engagement.

In the place of conventional TV news ‘packages’ – ie, reporter stand up, interview, b-roll, man on the street, we marry great journalism with Netflix and Hollywood storytelling.

It’s a combination that works.

We have taken most of our clients to #1 in their respective markets.

And it’s not just for news. Any company, any profit, any NGO and anyone else who is online needs to tell their story in compelling yet cost-effective video. We can teach you to do that. Either in person or virtually.

EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN TEACH YOUR STAFF TO PRODUCE

ITAY HOD

Itay Hod, MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2018.

Because he works alone, with only an iPhone, he was able to embed himself with a homeless family.

Here’s the story he produced in a one-day turn.

KIET DO

Kiet Do, an MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2021.

Here is a story he produced, all on his own, with only an iPhone and in a one-day turn.

TAYLOR SCHAUB

Taylor Schaub, an MMJ with Spectrum News 1 in LA, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2023.

Here is a story he turned in only one day, using only an iPhone. It was the first video story he ever did and it was nominated for an Emmy.

THE BOOTCAMP

How do we convert stations and whole networks to working in this way?

Since 1988, we have run intensive 5-Day Video Storytelling Bootcamps

We have done these all over the world.

These are hands-on bootcamps, and participants learn an entirely new way of creating TV news stories.

-We shoot at a 3:1 ratio or lower, so turnaround times are fast.

-We go directly from camera to timelilne and edit – no written scripts. We work in the medium of pictures and sound.

-We are entirely character-driven.

-We are driven by pictures and real events.

-We are focused almost entirely on ’the viewer experience’.

Since 1988, more than 70,000 journalists around the world have taken our bootcamps, either in person on virtualy.

Case Studies

CBS News

We have started to work with CBS News, bringing our ideas of character-driven storytelling to one of the most successful and biggest networks in the United States. Since beginning to work with them ratings have climbed and more importantly, audience engagement is through the ceiling.

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New York Times Television

We started New York Times Television in 1990 and it was the first paper to be brought into the world of TV. It quickly became one of the most successful non-fiction production companies in the United States. The series and documentaries we produced won many awards including multiple Emmys.

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The BBC

We have been working with the BBC since the year 2000 helping to convert their national news network to our visual storytelling technique. Most recently we have trained teams from their sports, documentaries, and comedy divisions to make character-driven stories using only smartphones.

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Spectrum News

For the past five years we have worked with Spectrum News to introduce and train their journalists on visual, character driven storytelling using smartphones helping to create a different kind of local news for their network of 24-Hour News Stations across the United States.

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The United Nations

In 2006, we were approached by the United Nations. Rather than rely on news outlets, it would be much easier to train the field operatives to produce their own stories. We spent two years working with the UN, training more than 100 of their staff in bootcamps in Geneva and Nairobi.

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The Newark Star-Ledger

We trained 50 print reporters at the paper to shoot and tell their own stories, in conjunction with their print work. We built a TV newsroom in their existing print newsroom – you could not ask for a better set and they began to live stream their stories in conjunction with their print work.

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Mcgraw Hill

We spent two years with McGraw Hill, training more than 150 of their staffers, making them completely video literate. McGraw/Hill media properties we transit included Business Week, Aviation Week, (what was the name of the architecture magazine), and JD Power and Associates.

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Voice of America

In 1990, we were approached by The Voice of America, the official broadcasting agency for the United States Government. When we met with VOA, they were only a short wave radio broadcaster, but working with them, we took them into television, launching VOA-TV.

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Oyster Yachts

British based Oyster Yachts makes some of the finest yachts in the world. Like every other company, they had to find a way to feed the never-ending video demands of social media – sites like Instagram and TikTok. We trained the Oyster staff to tell their own stories, using only iPhones.

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Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

We were approached by SEPA, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency because they had to continually find a way to ‘feed the media beast’. The result was that SEPA was able to tell their own stories, whenever they wanted, and at almost no additional cost.

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Michael on Media

Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.

He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.

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RE-INVENTING THE TELEVISION NEWS BUSINESS*

A revolution in video storytelling

Creating entirely new & cost-effective production methods

From the world leaders in video production training and the creators of Character Driven Storytelling™

*and every other business that uses video

WHAT WE DO

Over the past 35 years, we have designed, built or restructured some of the most powerful news and journalism companies in the world.

We replace the traditional TV news ‘crew’ with one highly trained journalist, working alone with nothing but an iPhone.

No more TV news ‘crews’, no editors and no field producers.

This is television news done the way newspaper journalism is done – one reporter with their electronic pad and pencil.

In doing this, we can cut the cost of production by as much as 75% while increasing ratings and audience engagement.

In the place of conventional TV news ‘packages’ – ie, reporter stand up, interview, b-roll, man on the street, we marry great journalism with Netflix and Hollywood storytelling.

It’s a combination that works.

We have taken most of our clients to #1 in their respective markets.

And it’s not just for news. Any company, any profit, any NGO and anyone else who is online needs to tell their story in compelling yet cost-effective video. We can teach you to do that. Either in person or virtually.

EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN TEACH YOUR STAFF TO PRODUCE

ITAY HOD

Itay Hod, MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2018.

Because he works alone, with only an iPhone, he was able to embed himself with a homeless family.

Here’s the story he produced in a one-day turn.

KIET DO

Kiet Do, an MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2021.

Here is a story he produced, all on his own, with only an iPhone and in a one-day turn.

TAYLOR SCHAUB

Taylor Schaub, an MMJ with Spectrum News 1 in LA, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2023.

Here is a story he turned in only one day, using only an iPhone. It was the first video story he ever did and it was nominated for an Emmy.

THE BOOTCAMP

How do we convert stations and whole networks to working in this way?

Since 1988, we have run intensive 5-Day Video Storytelling Bootcamps

We have done these all over the world.

These are hands-on bootcamps, and participants learn an entirely new way of creating TV news stories.

-We shoot at a 3:1 ratio or lower, so turnaround times are fast.

-We go directly from camera to timelilne and edit – no written scripts. We work in the medium of pictures and sound.

-We are entirely character-driven.

-We are driven by pictures and real events.

-We are focused almost entirely on ’the viewer experience’.

Since 1988, more than 70,000 journalists around the world have taken our bootcamps, either in person on virtualy.

Case Studies

CBS News

New York Times Television

The BBC

Spectrum News

The United Nations

The Newark Star-Ledger

Mcgraw Hill

Voice of America

Oyster Yachts

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

Michael on Media