From m at funkyhat.org  Fri Jul  1 09:39:48 2016
From: m at funkyhat.org (Matt Wheeler)
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 14:39:48 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] July London Python Code Dojo
Message-ID: <CAG93HwEaWiOvWcyrK0D2PTM9EgjBZO7ngAufBURCr_qZ8WXmgw@mail.gmail.com>

Tickets are now available for the next Dojo, which is happening on the
7th of July 2016, 6:30 PM onwards :
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-7-episode-11-tickets-26370027462

Apologies for the slightly later-than-usual posting.

All programming abilities welcome, we have diverse attendants ranging
from beginners to core Python contributors.

This time, we will be hosted by Fry-IT, our original host:
(PLEASE NOTE! Fry-IT have recently moved, don't go to New Inn Yard!)

Fry-IT
Unit 28, Chocolate Studios
7 Shepherdess Pl
London, N1 7LJ

See you at the Dojo!

-- 
Matt Wheeler
http://funkyh.at

From tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk  Fri Jul  1 19:00:20 2016
From: tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk (Tibs)
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2016 00:00:20 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] Next CamPUG meeting: now Wed 13 July 2016
In-Reply-To: <81569FF2-E2EF-4C5E-83E8-29A7D5F4A93E@tibsnjoan.co.uk>
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Apologies for the short notice, but Damien George's talk on MicroPython is rescheduled to:

    7pm, Wednesday 13th July

still at the Raspberry Pi offices at 30 Station Road.

There will be no meeting on Tuesday 5th July - unforeseen circumstances mean we haven't got access to a room for it - and postponing the talk seemed the best alternative.

I've updated the page at http://www.meetup.com/CamPUG/events/229848428/

Again, many apologies, and I hope to see people on Wednesday 13th July.

Tibs


From sophie.hendley at digvis.co.uk  Wed Jul  6 10:45:56 2016
From: sophie.hendley at digvis.co.uk (Sophie Hendley)
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 15:45:56 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] python-uk Digest, Vol 155, Issue 2
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Message-ID: <CAA5cwyVCGtD_TKdZ+ZrRLjuWXqqnFEg+V4SU2fm1GX33hvAGfQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hey guys,

I'm looking for a couple of Senior Developer contractors to work on the
development of a SaaS product using Python following a Microservices
architecture style. It's based in London and I can pay up to ?500 per day.
Contract length is 6 months rolling. If you have experience in
Microservices or can champion TDD or help out with DevOps then it's likely
to be a good fit. Let me know if you would like to have a chat to go into
more detail.

thanks guys,

Sophie

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> Apologies for the short notice, but Damien George's talk on MicroPython is
> rescheduled to:
>
>     7pm, Wednesday 13th July
>
> still at the Raspberry Pi offices at 30 Station Road.
>
> There will be no meeting on Tuesday 5th July - unforeseen circumstances
> mean we haven't got access to a room for it - and postponing the talk
> seemed the best alternative.
>
> I've updated the page at http://www.meetup.com/CamPUG/events/229848428/
>
> Again, many apologies, and I hope to see people on Wednesday 13th July.
>
> Tibs
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From sam at adrocgroup.com  Thu Jul  7 05:30:26 2016
From: sam at adrocgroup.com (Sam Suleyman)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 09:30:26 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] =?windows-1252?q?4_x_Senior_Python_Developers_=28Back?=
 =?windows-1252?q?end=29_=96_6-12_Month_Contract?=
Message-ID: <DB6PR0901MB1576E20ACB9775570DE96B8ACE3B0@DB6PR0901MB1576.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com>

Good Morning,

I help our clients which include tier 1 banks and VC backed start-ups build and scale Agile Product and development teams.

AdRoc Group are seeking a 4 x Senior Python Developers to join a government client of ours.

As a Senior Python Developer you will work with four other Senior Python Developers alongside the Technical Architects, WebOps engineers, Delivery Managers and Product Managers to deliver the implementation of a data?heavy web service backend which is used by millions of people in the UK.

As a Senior Python Developer you will have experience with the following tech stack:

?         Extensive Python expertise

?         Django/flask

?         oauth2

?         Elasticsearch

?         PostgreSQL
You will have to be comfortable working within a TDD and BDD environment.
If you are a Senior Python Developer looking for a new contract to start in the next two weeks please contact me directly for in an informal and confidential discussion.
Please include your github repro link when e-mailing your CV.
Senior Python Developer (Backend) ? Contract x 4
Location: South West London
Onsite/Remote: 5 days onsite
Contract Length: 6 months

Apologies if this is not relevant to you at present, however if you know of anyone else happy to log any introductions as a referral.

Kind regards,

[AdRoc Group Email Logo]

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From sophie.hendley at digvis.co.uk  Thu Jul  7 09:44:56 2016
From: sophie.hendley at digvis.co.uk (Sophie Hendley)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 14:44:56 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] London based Python Contract
Message-ID: <CAA5cwyXt0hcd1ZcUFWPdTanbmumNei3RxdpbAxWq4yjtGZMDVw@mail.gmail.com>

Hey guys,

I realised I forget to edit the headin so thought some of you may have
missed the below. Get in touch if interested.

I'm looking for a couple of Senior Developer contractors to work on the
development of a SaaS product using Python following a Microservices
architecture style. It's based in London and I can pay up to ?500 per day.
Contract length is 6 months rolling. If you have experience in
Microservices or can champion TDD or help out with DevOps then it's likely
to be a good fit. Let me know if you would like to have a chat to go into
more detail.

thanks guys,

Sophie

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> Hey guys,
>
> I'm looking for a couple of Senior Developer contractors to work on the
> development of a SaaS product using Python following a Microservices
> architecture style. It's based in London and I can pay up to ?500 per day.
> Contract length is 6 months rolling. If you have experience in
> Microservices or can champion TDD or help out with DevOps then it's likely
> to be a good fit. Let me know if you would like to have a chat to go into
> more detail.
>
> thanks guys,
>
> Sophie
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> On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 5:00 PM, <python-uk-request at python.org> wrote:
>
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> > From: Tibs <tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk>
> > To: UK Python Users <python-uk at python.org>
> > Subject: [python-uk] Next CamPUG meeting: now Wed 13 July 2016
> > Message-ID: <32387BAF-CCF1-4935-90D4-51B9EFE4E7D9 at tibsnjoan.co.uk>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> > Apologies for the short notice, but Damien George's talk on MicroPython
> is
> > rescheduled to:
> >
> >     7pm, Wednesday 13th July
> >
> > still at the Raspberry Pi offices at 30 Station Road.
> >
> > There will be no meeting on Tuesday 5th July - unforeseen circumstances
> > mean we haven't got access to a room for it - and postponing the talk
> > seemed the best alternative.
> >
> > I've updated the page at http://www.meetup.com/CamPUG/events/229848428/
> >
> > Again, many apologies, and I hope to see people on Wednesday 13th July.
> >
> > Tibs
> >
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From sebastian_cheung at yahoo.com  Thu Jul  7 12:02:41 2016
From: sebastian_cheung at yahoo.com (sebastian cheung)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 17:02:41 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] 
 =?utf-8?q?4_x_Senior_Python_Developers_=28Backend=29?=
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What is the day rate thanks



Sebastian

Sent from my iPhone

> On 7 Jul 2016, at 10:30, Sam Suleyman <sam at adrocgroup.com> wrote:
> 
> Good Morning,
>  
> I help our clients which include tier 1 banks and VC backed start-ups build and scale Agile Product and development teams.
>  
> AdRoc Group are seeking a 4 x Senior Python Developers to join a government client of ours.
>  
> As a Senior Python Developer you will work with four other Senior Python Developers alongside the Technical Architects, WebOps engineers, Delivery Managers and Product Managers to deliver the implementation of a data?heavy web service backend which is used by millions of people in the UK.
>  
> As a Senior Python Developer you will have experience with the following tech stack:
> ?         Extensive Python expertise
> ?         Django/flask
> ?         oauth2
> ?         Elasticsearch
> ?         PostgreSQL
> 
> You will have to be comfortable working within a TDD and BDD environment.
> If you are a Senior Python Developer looking for a new contract to start in the next two weeks please contact me directly for in an informal and confidential discussion.
> Please include your github repro link when e-mailing your CV.
> Senior Python Developer (Backend) ? Contract x 4
> Location: South West London
> Onsite/Remote: 5 days onsite
> Contract Length: 6 months
>  
> Apologies if this is not relevant to you at present, however if you know of anyone else happy to log any introductions as a referral.
> 
> Kind regards,
>  
> 
> Sam Suleyman
> Product & Dev Recruiter 
> Tel: +44 (0) 20 3786 3420
> E-mail: sam at adrocgroup.com
> Website: www.adrocgroup.com
>   
> 11th Floor, Beaufort House, 15 St Botolph Street, London, EC3A 7BB
> Scrum Masters | Agile Delivery Managers 
> Product Owners & Product Managers
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> Company Registration Number: 07760482.
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From alistair.broomhead at gmail.com  Fri Jul  8 09:25:49 2016
From: alistair.broomhead at gmail.com (Alistair Broomhead)
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2016 13:25:49 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] London Python Project Nights Wednesday 20th of July
 2016 (AKA Build Something)
Message-ID: <CADocXU8CRx=mb1YOaDffyg5eui2Myw1h4bc_SvYqwRuVFYN+qQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hey hey!

The last session of this meetup for this summer will be running on the
Wednesday after next, you can get tickets at
http://www.meetup.com/London-Python-Project-Nights/events/232081504/.

This month we will be hosted by Empiric, who are kindly providing food and
refreshments.

We shall be taking a break for a couple of months, and coming back in the
Autumn. If you or your company would like to volunteer sponsorship, venues
and refreshments especially but sponsorship of any kind would be
appreciated, don't hesitate to contact us at ldnpyprj at gmail.com.

Al and Sandy
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From david.winterbottom at octoenergy.com  Tue Jul 12 10:05:19 2016
From: david.winterbottom at octoenergy.com (David Winterbottom)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:05:19 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] Job ad - Permanent role at Octopus Energy - London
Message-ID: <CAFjfWEESnWAEO+ikwMy0J+6DAb4yUha_qRYckiVAVHUeiB1XqQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone,

At Octopus Energy, we're looking for Python developers to join our team.

We're a new tech-focussed energy supplier for the UK, based in London with
around 25 staff (7 in the engineering team).

We're building a modern, event-driven infrastructure for interacting with
both consumers (via the web, mobile apps and smart-meters) and the industry
(eg data flows, consumption forecasting, trading on the wholesale market).

We use Python heavily: our consumer-facing site is powered by Django and
the Django-REST-framework amongst other things - we also use Pandas, Numpy
and Jupyter for analysis and forecasting. We also use React and
React-native for client-side and mobile development.

We use AWS heavily, employing most of the Hashistack (Vagrant, Packer,
Consul, Terraform) in some form. We use Kanban and employ CircleCI and
Atlas to coordinate a continuous deployment pipeline. See, for example,
http://tech.octopus.energy/2016/05/05/django-elb-health-checks.html

Engineering standards are high.

Aside from the tech, this is a great opportunity for several reasons:

   - We have lots of difficult *design* challenges to solve. The UK energy
   market is very complicated and process-heavy - there's an awful lot of
   domain modelling that we need to get right.
   - We have difficult *technical* problems to solve. With the advent of
   smart meters, we'll soon be processing millions of meter readings a day. We
   need the right technology in place to handle this smoothly as well as
   feeding data into a machine learning pipeline that models and predicts
   consumption.
   - There's a great opportunity for disruption in the UK energy market.
   The big suppliers still dominate, but are not exactly popular.  The energy
   landscape is changing as we move to more disaggregated forms of generation,
   with less predictability, more dynamism and smarter technology.
   - You'll be working for a company that is helping address climate
   change. We'll be helping move people onto using greener technology and
   consuming energy from renewable sources. This will all help transition the
   UK towards a lower carbon future.

If this sounds interesting, drop a note to talent at octopus.energy

Cheers, David

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From sophie.hendley at digvis.co.uk  Wed Jul 13 09:21:58 2016
From: sophie.hendley at digvis.co.uk (Sophie Hendley)
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:21:58 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] =?utf-8?q?Python_Contract-_London_up_to_=C2=A3500_a_d?=
 =?utf-8?q?ay?=
Message-ID: <CAA5cwyU+0w-YZ9bMiRZr0eysgrVzBFr0CzFD3X8KLE40Os=eRA@mail.gmail.com>

Hey all,

I am searching for immediately available Python developers who can join a
great team here in London for a super exciting start-up utilising all the
latest technologies. email me if you are interested.

Sophie

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From daniele at vurt.org  Wed Jul 13 09:58:02 2016
From: daniele at vurt.org (Daniele Procida)
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:58:02 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] 
 =?iso-8859-1?q?Python_Contract-_London_up_to_=A3500_?=
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Message-ID: <20160713135802.809115877@mail.wservices.ch>

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016, Sophie Hendley <sophie.hendley at digvis.co.uk> wrote:

>I am searching for immediately available Python developers who can join a
>great team here in London for a super exciting start-up utilising all the
>latest technologies. email me if you are interested.

Your best bet is to come to PyCon UK in September - <http://2016.pyconuk.org>. There'll be recruitment events, and opportunities for recruiters to speak to hundreds of Python developers.

Daniele


From d.leem at wellcome.ac.uk  Sun Jul 17 15:47:04 2016
From: d.leem at wellcome.ac.uk (Deborah Leem)
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 19:47:04 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Volunteers wanted for an academic project
Message-ID: <BF23325A62CF434AB887694D5870AD3E4C8A48A1@VM-Kenya.wellcomeit.com>

Hi everyone,

I am working on a digital humanities project and have a very rudimentary knowledge of Python. A friend of mine recommended to me to reach out to the Python UK community as I am looking for some help from Python developers on my text-mining project.

Skills required:

*         Natural Language Processing

*         Text-mining experience

*         Regex

*         GIS experience desirable

Funding may be available. Full credit will be given for all assistance provided.

It is a great opportunity for you to get involved in a very creative academic research project with researchers. Please get in touch for more details if you are interested in helping.

Kind regards,

Deborah Leem

Wellcome exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive. We're a global charitable foundation, both politically and financially independent. We support scientists and researchers, take on big problems, fuel imaginations and spark debate.

The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales, no. 210183. Its sole trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, no. 2711000 (whose registered office is at 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK)


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From ntoll at ntoll.org  Sun Jul 17 16:11:17 2016
From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey)
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 21:11:17 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] Volunteers wanted for an academic project
In-Reply-To: <BF23325A62CF434AB887694D5870AD3E4C8A48A1@VM-Kenya.wellcomeit.com>
References: <BF23325A62CF434AB887694D5870AD3E4C8A48A1@VM-Kenya.wellcomeit.com>
Message-ID: <578BE665.7060105@ntoll.org>

Hi Deborah,

Sounds intriguing.

You've told us what the skill-set is but not much else about the
project. For people to get a better sense of the time commitment and
skill level you need, can you let us know what you're expecting?

For example, it *could* be something really simple for an experienced
programmer to do, or it may be the moon on a stick. One immediate way
the Python community can help you is by giving you an estimate of the
time and amount of work you'll need to make your project work.

Looking forward to hearing more...

Also, if you want to meet real Python programmers and learn some Python
yourself, you should probably book yourself a ticket to this year's
PyCon UK in Cardiff (http://pyconuk.org/)

Best wishes,

Nicholas.


On 17/07/16 20:47, Deborah Leem wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
>  
> 
> I am working on a digital humanities project and have a very rudimentary
> knowledge of Python. A friend of mine recommended to me to reach out to
> the Python UK community as I am looking for some help from Python
> developers on my text-mining project.
> 
>  
> 
> *Skills required*:
> 
> ?         Natural Language Processing
> 
> ?         Text-mining experience
> 
> ?         Regex
> 
> ?         GIS experience desirable
> 
>  
> 
> Funding may be available. Full credit will be given for all assistance
> provided.
> 
>  
> 
> It is a great opportunity for you to get involved in a very creative
> academic research project with researchers. Please get in touch for more
> details if you are interested in helping.
> 
>  
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
>  
> 
> Deborah Leem
> 
>  
> 
> *Wellcome exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas
> to thrive. We're a global charitable foundation, both politically and
> financially independent. We support scientists and researchers, take on
> big problems, fuel imaginations and spark debate.*
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From ed.hartley at gmail.com  Sun Jul 17 23:49:42 2016
From: ed.hartley at gmail.com (Edward Hartley)
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 04:49:42 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] Volunteers wanted for an academic project
In-Reply-To: <BF23325A62CF434AB887694D5870AD3E4C8A48A1@VM-Kenya.wellcomeit.com>
References: <BF23325A62CF434AB887694D5870AD3E4C8A48A1@VM-Kenya.wellcomeit.com>
Message-ID: <DB952284-B06C-40D0-91BA-1DEEFC7FBA7A@gmail.com>

Hi,
If NLP is what you're after it may benefit you and the project to take a look at UCREL and license CLAWS http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/claws/. Also look at http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/usas/
Best Ed 

> On 17 Jul 2016, at 20:47, Deborah Leem <d.leem at wellcome.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
>  
> I am working on a digital humanities project and have a very rudimentary knowledge of Python. A friend of mine recommended to me to reach out to the Python UK community as I am looking for some help from Python developers on my text-mining project.
>  
> Skills required:
> ?         Natural Language Processing
> ?         Text-mining experience
> ?         Regex
> ?         GIS experience desirable
>  
> Funding may be available. Full credit will be given for all assistance provided.
>  
> It is a great opportunity for you to get involved in a very creative academic research project with researchers. Please get in touch for more details if you are interested in helping.
>  
> Kind regards,
>  
> Deborah Leem
>  
> Wellcome exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive. We're a global charitable foundation, both politically and financially independent. We support scientists and researchers, take on big problems, fuel imaginations and spark debate.
> 
> The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales, no. 210183. Its sole trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, no. 2711000 (whose registered office is at 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK) 
> 
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From d.leem at wellcome.ac.uk  Mon Jul 18 09:00:43 2016
From: d.leem at wellcome.ac.uk (Deborah Leem)
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:00:43 +0000
Subject: [python-uk] Volunteers wanted for an academic project
Message-ID: <BF23325A62CF434AB887694D5870AD3E4C8A4E8A@VM-Kenya.wellcomeit.com>

Thank you for the email, Nicholas and Ed.

The project involves text mining a large OCR'd text of historical records on public health of 19th century London. I already have a set of words I'd like to extract that are related to smell. I'd then like to geo reference these words in order to visualise the data.

I have already attended a week long python and natural language processing workshop. From this I have some of the code and workflow drafted for the project. I think the input required is approximately one week's worth.

The first phase of the project is due by the end of August.

Best wishes,

Deborah



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Hi everyone,

I am working on a digital humanities project and have a very rudimentary knowledge of Python. A friend of mine recommended to me to reach out to the Python UK community as I am looking for some help from Python developers on my text-mining project.

Skills required:

*         Natural Language Processing

*         Text-mining experience

*         Regex

*         GIS experience desirable

Funding may be available. Full credit will be given for all assistance provided.

It is a great opportunity for you to get involved in a very creative academic research project with researchers. Please get in touch for more details if you are interested in helping.

Kind regards,

Deborah Leem

Wellcome exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive. We're a global charitable foundation, both politically and financially independent. We support scientists and researchers, take on big problems, fuel imaginations and spark debate.

The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales, no. 210183. Its sole trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, no. 2711000 (whose registered office is at 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK)


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Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 21:11:17 +0100
From: "Nicholas H.Tollervey" <ntoll at ntoll.org>
To: python-uk at python.org
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Hi Deborah,

Sounds intriguing.

You've told us what the skill-set is but not much else about the project. For people to get a better sense of the time commitment and skill level you need, can you let us know what you're expecting?

For example, it *could* be something really simple for an experienced programmer to do, or it may be the moon on a stick. One immediate way the Python community can help you is by giving you an estimate of the time and amount of work you'll need to make your project work.

Looking forward to hearing more...

Also, if you want to meet real Python programmers and learn some Python yourself, you should probably book yourself a ticket to this year's PyCon UK in Cardiff (http://pyconuk.org/)

Best wishes,

Nicholas.


On 17/07/16 20:47, Deborah Leem wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> I am working on a digital humanities project and have a very
> rudimentary knowledge of Python. A friend of mine recommended to me to
> reach out to the Python UK community as I am looking for some help
> from Python developers on my text-mining project.
>
>
>
> *Skills required*:
>
> ?         Natural Language Processing
>
> ?         Text-mining experience
>
> ?         Regex
>
> ?         GIS experience desirable
>
>
>
> Funding may be available. Full credit will be given for all assistance
> provided.
>
>
>
> It is a great opportunity for you to get involved in a very creative
> academic research project with researchers. Please get in touch for
> more details if you are interested in helping.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
>
> Deborah Leem
>
>
>
> *Wellcome exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas
> to thrive. We're a global charitable foundation, both politically and
> financially independent. We support scientists and researchers, take
> on big problems, fuel imaginations and spark debate.*
>
> The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales, no.
> 210183. Its sole trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company
> registered in England and Wales, no. 2711000 (whose registered office
> is at 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK)
>
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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 04:49:42 +0100
From: Edward Hartley <ed.hartley at gmail.com>
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Hi,
If NLP is what you're after it may benefit you and the project to take a look at UCREL and license CLAWS http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/claws/. Also look at http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/usas/ Best Ed

> On 17 Jul 2016, at 20:47, Deborah Leem <d.leem at wellcome.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am working on a digital humanities project and have a very rudimentary knowledge of Python. A friend of mine recommended to me to reach out to the Python UK community as I am looking for some help from Python developers on my text-mining project.
>
> Skills required:
> ?         Natural Language Processing
> ?         Text-mining experience
> ?         Regex
> ?         GIS experience desirable
>
> Funding may be available. Full credit will be given for all assistance provided.
>
> It is a great opportunity for you to get involved in a very creative academic research project with researchers. Please get in touch for more details if you are interested in helping.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Deborah Leem
>
> Wellcome exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive. We're a global charitable foundation, both politically and financially independent. We support scientists and researchers, take on big problems, fuel imaginations and spark debate.
>
> The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales, no.
> 210183. Its sole trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company
> registered in England and Wales, no. 2711000 (whose registered office
> is at 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK)
>
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From: PyUK at getaroundtoit.co.uk (PyUK at getaroundtoit.co.uk)
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:36:18 +1200
Subject: [python-uk] Python beginners' course
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From peter.inglesby at gmail.com  Tue Jul 26 14:58:07 2016
From: peter.inglesby at gmail.com (Peter Inglesby)
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:58:07 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] Fwd: News about Rob Collins
In-Reply-To: <579747A7.9040404@europython.eu>
References: <CAPOH6L4rZoxBMV33vaPU8Md6Oyg_Fxv5Cd8P_3mMykuejcUtRw@mail.gmail.com>
 <579747A7.9040404@europython.eu>
Message-ID: <CAENJrP=VfPvW-w82b2feSYi-wBKq0OTm7UbbWOmZ3KtHNgpmhw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

Please see the forwarded message below for some news about Rob Collins --
I'm afraid it's not good news.  Rob has been a member of the Python
community in the UK for a very long time, and is a regular at PyCon UK.

When John Pinner was ill, Rob organised a card-signing for John at PyCon
UK, and I would like us to do the same for Rob.  If you have any messages
of support or reminiscences that you would like to share with Rob, please
send them to me by the end of Saturday.  The PyCon UK committee will
collate them and we'll send them on to Ann.

Thanks,

Peter.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Anthon van der Neut <avdn at europython.eu>
Date: 26 July 2016 at 12:21
Subject: News about Rob Collins
To: EuroPython Society Board <board at europython.eu>, Harry Percival <
hjwp2 at cantab.net>, board at python.org, Peter Inglesby <
peter.inglesby at gmail.com>


L.S.

I wrote to Rob Collins, because he was a fixture for me at EuroPython
doing the massages, collecting money for the PSF, and because I missed
him this year. I asked around if anybody knew why he was not there and
since nobody knew, decided to write him. Unfortunately the news I got
back from his wife Ann is not so good, see below.

Please forward this information within the Python community as Ann asked
in her reply. I am not sure if we should necessarily coordinate
responses, but I would like to ask anyone writing to Rob (through Ann)
to **explicitly state that you don't expect an answer**, so that those
(e)mails become a support for Rob and Ann without being a possible
burden for Ann, who might feel guilty if she cannot find the time to
answer in such a stressful time.

Regards
Anthon



-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:        Re: EuroPython 2016
Date:   Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:49:26 +0100
From:   Rob Collins <rob.collins at agiledata.co.uk>
To:     Anthon van der Neut <avdn at europython.eu>



Hello Anthon, this is Rob's wife Ann here.

That's really kind of you to message Rob, especially regarding the
massages! He was excited to raise money for the Python Foundation doing
the massages, and encouraging others to do them too. I'm so glad Harry
organized some massage this year!

Rob is currently in hospital. He was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma
Multiforme, essentially brain tumours, inoperable, quickly fatal, and
rather a shock to us all. The diagnosis was further complicated by a
major bleed from the tumours, resulting in a massive stroke. Rob can't
move his right side at all, and has problems swallowing, and has until
this week only been able to communicate by grunting. At last he is
beginning to make words, but any concentrated effort wears him out very
quickly- but it is wonderful to hear him speaking a little again. We are
getting a room ready at home for him to return to, with hospital bed,
hoist, wheelchair, and carers. He is desperate to come home, and we all
want to spend his last few weeks with him here.

Please do pass this news within the Python community as you need to.
Thanks again for sending your message! Hope you enjoyed EuroPython. I
came with Rob to Florence when it was held there, and had a wonderful
time visiting the sights, and then took Rob to the Boboli Gardens when
the conference ended and he had a couple of days of holiday before we
flew home. I also came to the Saturday evening meal last year at PyCon
UK, and it was good to put faces to the names I'd heard Rob mention before.

Best wishes to you, Ann

On 24 July 2016 at 21:28, Anthon van der Neut <avdn at europython.eu
<mailto:avdn at europython.eu>> wrote:

    Dear Rob,

    I don't know if you remember me, but I missed you at EuroPython this
    year. I had seen you there every time I went to EuroPython (several
    times since 2006) and PyCon UK (a few times in 00's).

    At the social event Harry (who did the lightning talks last year, in the
    absense of Harald) organized the massage and I realised I had not seen
    you yet. I asked around if you are OK, but nobody could give me any
    information.

    I just wanted to let you know that I like to think your absence was
    because you had even better things to do than go to EuroPython, and that
    I hope to see you again at a future event.

    Regards
    Anthon van der Neut
    Boardmember/Treasurer EuroPython Society
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From ntoll at ntoll.org  Tue Jul 26 15:23:59 2016
From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas H.Tollervey)
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 20:23:59 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] Fwd: News about Rob Collins
In-Reply-To: <CAENJrP=VfPvW-w82b2feSYi-wBKq0OTm7UbbWOmZ3KtHNgpmhw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPOH6L4rZoxBMV33vaPU8Md6Oyg_Fxv5Cd8P_3mMykuejcUtRw@mail.gmail.com>
 <579747A7.9040404@europython.eu>
 <CAENJrP=VfPvW-w82b2feSYi-wBKq0OTm7UbbWOmZ3KtHNgpmhw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <c5411ba0-4432-8dfd-e170-e14c70d391cc@ntoll.org>

Peter,

This is very sad news. :-(

I remember Rob giving me a massage in Florence. As he was doing so he
explained that his massage-a-thons were the second highest source of
donated income for the PSF. A truly wonderful result for which Rob
should be congratulated. I also appreciated the good grace he showed as
people paid him NOT to massage them while eating their conference dinner
at EuroPython.

Best wishes to Rob and Ann.

N.

On 26/07/16 19:58, Peter Inglesby wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Please see the forwarded message below for some news about Rob Collins
> -- I'm afraid it's not good news.  Rob has been a member of the Python
> community in the UK for a very long time, and is a regular at PyCon UK.
> 
> When John Pinner was ill, Rob organised a card-signing for John at PyCon
> UK, and I would like us to do the same for Rob.  If you have any
> messages of support or reminiscences that you would like to share with
> Rob, please send them to me by the end of Saturday.  The PyCon UK
> committee will collate them and we'll send them on to Ann.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Peter.
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Anthon van der Neut* <avdn at europython.eu <mailto:avdn at europython.eu>>
> Date: 26 July 2016 at 12:21
> Subject: News about Rob Collins
> To: EuroPython Society Board <board at europython.eu
> <mailto:board at europython.eu>>, Harry Percival <hjwp2 at cantab.net
> <mailto:hjwp2 at cantab.net>>, board at python.org <mailto:board at python.org>,
> Peter Inglesby <peter.inglesby at gmail.com <mailto:peter.inglesby at gmail.com>>
> 
> 
> L.S.
> 
> I wrote to Rob Collins, because he was a fixture for me at EuroPython
> doing the massages, collecting money for the PSF, and because I missed
> him this year. I asked around if anybody knew why he was not there and
> since nobody knew, decided to write him. Unfortunately the news I got
> back from his wife Ann is not so good, see below.
> 
> Please forward this information within the Python community as Ann asked
> in her reply. I am not sure if we should necessarily coordinate
> responses, but I would like to ask anyone writing to Rob (through Ann)
> to **explicitly state that you don't expect an answer**, so that those
> (e)mails become a support for Rob and Ann without being a possible
> burden for Ann, who might feel guilty if she cannot find the time to
> answer in such a stressful time.
> 
> Regards
> Anthon
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:        Re: EuroPython 2016
> Date:   Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:49:26 +0100
> From:   Rob Collins <rob.collins at agiledata.co.uk
> <mailto:rob.collins at agiledata.co.uk>>
> To:     Anthon van der Neut <avdn at europython.eu <mailto:avdn at europython.eu>>
> 
> 
> 
> Hello Anthon, this is Rob's wife Ann here.
> 
> That's really kind of you to message Rob, especially regarding the
> massages! He was excited to raise money for the Python Foundation doing
> the massages, and encouraging others to do them too. I'm so glad Harry
> organized some massage this year!
> 
> Rob is currently in hospital. He was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma
> Multiforme, essentially brain tumours, inoperable, quickly fatal, and
> rather a shock to us all. The diagnosis was further complicated by a
> major bleed from the tumours, resulting in a massive stroke. Rob can't
> move his right side at all, and has problems swallowing, and has until
> this week only been able to communicate by grunting. At last he is
> beginning to make words, but any concentrated effort wears him out very
> quickly- but it is wonderful to hear him speaking a little again. We are
> getting a room ready at home for him to return to, with hospital bed,
> hoist, wheelchair, and carers. He is desperate to come home, and we all
> want to spend his last few weeks with him here.
> 
> Please do pass this news within the Python community as you need to.
> Thanks again for sending your message! Hope you enjoyed EuroPython. I
> came with Rob to Florence when it was held there, and had a wonderful
> time visiting the sights, and then took Rob to the Boboli Gardens when
> the conference ended and he had a couple of days of holiday before we
> flew home. I also came to the Saturday evening meal last year at PyCon
> UK, and it was good to put faces to the names I'd heard Rob mention before.
> 
> Best wishes to you, Ann
> 
> On 24 July 2016 at 21:28, Anthon van der Neut <avdn at europython.eu
> <mailto:avdn at europython.eu>
> <mailto:avdn at europython.eu <mailto:avdn at europython.eu>>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear Rob,
> 
>     I don't know if you remember me, but I missed you at EuroPython this
>     year. I had seen you there every time I went to EuroPython (several
>     times since 2006) and PyCon UK (a few times in 00's).
> 
>     At the social event Harry (who did the lightning talks last year, in the
>     absense of Harald) organized the massage and I realised I had not seen
>     you yet. I asked around if you are OK, but nobody could give me any
>     information.
> 
>     I just wanted to let you know that I like to think your absence was
>     because you had even better things to do than go to EuroPython, and that
>     I hope to see you again at a future event.
> 
>     Regards
>     Anthon van der Neut
>     Boardmember/Treasurer EuroPython Society
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From tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk  Wed Jul 27 14:59:55 2016
From: tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk (Tibs)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 19:59:55 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] CamPUG: Next meeting Tue 2nd Aug 2016
Message-ID: <FF932D8D-3CD0-4793-9D5C-CF073DD2554D@tibsnjoan.co.uk>

The next meeting of the Cambridge Python User Group will be on Tuesday 2nd August at 7pm

Note that this meeting will be in Room LR4 (on the ground floor) of the Department of Engineering

Charlotte [http://charlottegodley.co.uk] will be talking about her Music library project [http://github.com/Godley/Music-Library], a multi platform app she wrote for her final year project as part of her BSc Computer Science degree last year. The app is intended to be an open and extendible platform for organising sheet music (the notation for classical music given to players in an orchestra or similar), a problem which hasn't really been solved by other software even though there's plenty of software which can help you compose new music. 

Charlotte will talk about reasons she thinks the problem hasn't been addressed, problems she had working with music formats, including some thoughts on how we think about and perceive sheet music and Optical Music Recognition, particular issues technically with Python and forcing a single codebase to work on Windows, OSX and GNU/Linux, and how the app turned out in the end.

Please note that we are now on meetup.com, at http://www.meetup.com/CamPUG/. If possible, please RSVP there for meetings so we have an idea of numbers. As an incentive, there's normally more detail about each meeting there, and you can also find out about future meetings.

Tweeting may occur at https://twitter.com/campython

Tibs

From PyUK at getaroundtoit.co.uk  Thu Jul 28 17:51:54 2016
From: PyUK at getaroundtoit.co.uk (PyUK at getaroundtoit.co.uk)
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 09:51:54 +1200
Subject: [python-uk] edX/MIT course: Introduction to Computer Science and
 Programming Using Python
Message-ID: <b102ba54-f76f-1983-780f-f4d464e1da36@getaroundtoit.co.uk>

For your use in encouraging Python-converts:


Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python
Starts on August 30, 2016

A new and updated introduction to computer science as a tool to solve 
real-world analytical problems using Python 3.5

About this course
This course is the first of a two-course sequence: Introduction to 
Computer Science and Programming Using Python, and Introduction to 
Computational Thinking and Data Science. Together, they are designed to 
help people with no prior exposure to computer science or programming 
learn to think computationally and write programs to tackle useful 
problems. Some of the people taking the two courses will use them as a 
stepping stone to more advanced computer science courses, but for many 
it will be their first and last computer science courses. This run 
features updated lecture videos, lecture exercises, and problem sets to 
use the new version of Python 3.5. Even if you took the course with 
Python 2.7, you will be able to easily transition to Python 3.5 in 
future courses, or enroll now to refresh your learning.

Since these courses may be the only formal computer science courses many 
of the students take, we have chosen to focus on breadth rather than 
depth. The goal is to provide students with a brief introduction to many 
topics so they will have an idea of what is possible when they need to 
think about how to use computation to accomplish some goal later in 
their career. That said, they are not "computation appreciation" 
courses. They are challenging and rigorous courses in which the students 
spend a lot of time and effort learning to bend the computer to their will.


What programming language(s) will this course use?
     6.00x will be using the Python programming language, version 3.5.
     You are not expected to have any prior programming knowledge - this 
course is intended for students who have little to no experience with 
any programming language.

What is the format of the class?
     The class will consist of lecture videos, which are broken into 
small chunks, usually between eight and twelve minutes each. Some of 
these may contain integrated "check-yourself" questions.
     There will also be programming assignments and standalone 
exams/quizzes, which are not part of the video lectures.

Will the text of the lectures be available?
     Yes, transcripts of the course will be made available.

Do I need to watch the lectures live?
     No. You can watch the lectures at your leisure - you do not need to 
watch the lectures at any set time.

How much does it cost to take the course?
     Nothing: the course is free.

  What you'll learn
     A Notion of computation
     The Python programming language
     Some simple algorithms
     Testing and debugging
     An informal introduction to algorithmic complexity
     Data structures

Meet the instructors
     Eric Grimson
     Professor of Computer Science and Engineering MIT
     John Guttag
     Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Computer Science and Electrical 
Engineering MIT
     Ana Bell
     Lecturer, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering MIT

     Length: 9 weeks
     Effort: 15 hours per week
     Price: Free
     Add a Verified Certificate for $49
     Institution: MITx
     Subject: Computer Science
     Level: Introductory
     Languages: English
     Video Transcripts: English




Source: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python | edX
Address : 
<https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-mitx-6-00-1x-8>
Date Visited: Fri Jul 29 2016 09:43:57 GMT+1200 (NZST)

-- 
Regards,
=dn

From thomas at kluyver.me.uk  Fri Jul 29 09:58:09 2016
From: thomas at kluyver.me.uk (Thomas Kluyver)
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:58:09 +0100
Subject: [python-uk] Southampton User Group - CircleCI talk,
 Thursday 4th August
Message-ID: <1469800689.3024625.680394121.135AC5F8@webmail.messagingengine.com>

Hi all,

The next Southampton Python User Group talk will take place next
Thursday evening. This will be a bit more hands on than our previous
talks, so it's best to bring a laptop if possible.

Continuous Integration with CircleCI

Date: 6 p.m. 4th August 2016
Venue: Nuffield Theatre Room 1083 (6/1083), University of Southampton
http://maps.southampton.ac.uk/
Speaker: Ryan Pepper, Alvaro Perez-Diaz, Uni of Soton

As usual, refreshments will be provided before the talk, and everyone is
welcome to join us in the pub afterwards.

There will also be a chance to give brief lightning talks - perhaps
about other tools for testing code. If there's something you'd like to
tell people about, let me know!

----
Continuous integration (CI) is an integral part of modern software
development. It is very useful to check that changes have not broken
features in software in an unexpected way, and it would be very rare to
find software developers based in companies not using at least some form
of regular testing to ensure that regression does not occur. Major
scientific software projects such as Numpy, Scipy and Jupyter are good
examples of how to use CI in practice.

In this talk, we'll give a brief introduction to continuous integration,
how it can be used in scientific software development, and demonstrate
how to set up CircleCI to automatically test an open source project
which is written in Python and stored on GitHub. Bring a laptop with you
if possible, to get the most out of the talk.