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Kate Greene
From OpenwaterpediaKate Greene is an open water swimmer who won the initial Adventure Swim Contest organized by Jamie Patrick.
Kate Adventure Swim consists of many individual swims. She plans to swim her way across the United States by doing an open water swim in every American state between Tennessee and California. Greene will document her swims here.
Greene is a naturally inquisitive science and technology journalist, born and educated in Kansas who currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Previously the information technology editor with the highly touted MIT Technology Review magazine, Green is now a freelance writer who has written more than 350 stories about emerging technologies in areas that include computers, mobile devices, displays, communication networks, Internet startups and more.
She is technology trend-spotter, highlighting early work in Reality Mining, Plasmonics, Adaptable Networks, and Racetrack Memory, and has contributed to The Economist, U.S News & World Report, Gizmodo, New Scientist, Science News, SELF and other publications. She is writing a book with Nathan Eagle called Reality Mining: Using Big Data to Engineer a Better World (MIT Press) and is teaching a course on science and technology communication at Vanderbilt. Greene also shoots and edits video, speakes at technical events and conferences, and provides opinions and insight on emerging technologies and scientific research fields.
Swimming Career
The admittedly nerdy kid who studied chemistry in college and physics in graduate school wanted to learn to swim. She self-taught herself how to swim by watching every YouTube video she could find on technique. Within months, she had completed a 1.5-mile Alcatraz swim in San Francisco Bay, Thoreau's Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts, a 1-mile crossing in the 48°F water Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, a 4.5-mile race course in the Tennessee River.
Kate Adventure Swim
The Kate Adventure Swim is a cross-country swimming adventure from Nashville, Tennessee to San Francisco, California. She will do solo swims between 1-3 miles in in each state as she and her wife drive across the United States.
May 28: Percy Priest Lake, outside Nashville, TN
May 31: Mississippi River, outside Memphis, TN
June 1: Sardis Lake, outside Oxford, MS
June 3: Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, LA
June 6: Beaver Lake, Beaver Lake, AK
June 8: Missouri River, Kansas City, MO
June 10: Clinton Lake, Lawrence, KS (Kansas 70.3 Triathlon)
June 13: Kanopolis Lake, outside Ellsworth, KS
June 17: Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO
June 18: Green River, Green River, WY
June 19: Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT
June 22: Saguaro Lake, outside Phoenix, AZ
June 25: Salton Sea, Salton City, CA
June 26: La Jolla Cove, San Diego, CA
June 28: Millerton Lake, outside Fresno, CA
June 29: Aquatic Park, San Francisco, CA
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- Kate Greene Wins 2011 Adventure Swim Contest
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A 14-year-old Ralston High School student has been arrested and could face felony charges after saying he was going to shoot up the school in front of teachers and students on Tuesday.
Police say an investigation and search revealed that the teen had no weapons or intent to actually go through with the threat. Police believe the threat was made by the teen during a moment of frustration and anger over an upcoming transfer to another school.
Police and Ralston schools have a zero tolerance policy. The teen was arrested Tuesday night and taken to the Douglas County Youth Center.

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President Obama May Not Be the Best Constitutional Scholar
As a graduate of Harvard Law School and former professor of constitutional law, President Obama has acquired a deep knowledge of legal history. Using that rich historical knowledge, Obama declared on Monday that the Supreme Court striking down a federal law like Obamacare would be "unprecedented."
You know, "unprecedented," like when something has happened at least a dozen times before…
The Supreme Court routinely reviews laws passed by Congress and either upholds or overturns them. For Obama to suggest that such an action would be unique in American history is something of a head-scratcher. We could name numerous examples of the Supreme Court tossing laws passed by a "democratically elected Congress," starting with Marbury vs. Madison, in 1803.
OK, but he didn't mean unprecedented unprecedented. Just unprecedented when it comes to important laws, like the ones he writes…
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Quote Unquote: Make-Believe People I Have Known
PolitiFact editor Bill Adair writes about some "people" that he "met," in an editorial justifying his site's choice for "Lie of the Year"…
"At a Republican campaign rally a few years ago, I asked one of the attendees how he got his news. 'I listen to Rush and read NewsMax,' he said. 'And to make sure I'm getting a balanced view, I watch Fox.'
"My liberal friends get their information from distinctly different sources — Huffington Post, Daily Kos and Rachel Maddow. To make sure they get a balanced view, they click Facebook links — from their liberal friends."
You know, I used to know this guy who was always inventing these make-believe over-the-top caricatures and then writing about the crazy things that they did and said as a means of kind of exonerating himself for the silly things that he himself would do or say. And you know what? That guy was hunted down and eaten by a pack of crazed weasels.
True story.
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Either Republicans Voted to End Medicare or They Didn't (Spoiler: They Did)
It's December, which can only mean one thing. After wading through a whole year's worth of distortions and falsehoods from America's patrician class, PolitiFact has chosen the Democrats for its coveted "Lie of the Year" award…
Republicans muscled a budget through the House of Representatives in April that…kept Medicare intact for people 55 or older, but dramatically changed the program for everyone else by privatizing it and providing government subsidies.
Democrats pounced. Just four days after the party-line vote, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released a Web ad that said seniors will have to pay $12,500 more for health care "because Republicans voted to end Medicare."
It's no secret that health care is fun and easy to lie about. (Rumor is that death panels come from when John Boehner and Michele Bachmann got hammered and kept trying to one-up each other.) But not everybody is impressed with PolitiFact's decision. Read what Steve Benen has to say…
"Medicare is a single-payer health care system offering guaranteed benefits to seniors. The House Republican budget plan intended to privatize the existing system and replace it with something very different — a voucher scheme. It would still be called 'Medicare,' but it wouldn't be Medicare."
Well now I don't know what to think. On the one hand, we've got a federal health care program that has been ended. On the other hand, we've got a once-reputable website that says it's a lie to say that it's ended.
The only thing to do now is work on a health care lie of my own. Maybe something about how Democrats want to replace flu shots with bat guano.
Look, I'm just spit-balling here.
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Tags: Democrats, Health Care, PolitiFact, Republicans
Michele Bachmann on "Founding Father" John Quincy Adams
Oh, Michele Bachmann! You're so close to actually for real maybe winning the GOP nomination! Which would be a dream come true for a huge chunk of America's Republican base (and an even huger chunk of its Democratic base). Don't go screwing it up now by… well, talking.
Look, didn't you learn your lesson by talking yesterday? That clearly didn't work out well. Why are you gonna go and talk all over again. This is not your forte!
I understand the motivation to attempt to blink George Stephanopoulos for asking you these questions. But surely there must be other options.
Tags: ABC, Founding Fathers, George Stephanopoulos, John Quincy Adams, Michele Bachmann, PolitiFact, Primaries, Republicans, Slavery
Jon Stewart Is Overrun with Fox News' False Statements
Oh, Jon Stewart… How brazenly you mock Fox News' misstatements as reported by PolitiFact. But would you as brazenly mock all the ways all the ways that a morning bird can fly silhouetted and majestic through a sunrise? Would you poke so much fun at a mountain for rising up and kissing the storm clouds over a still calm desert? Or at a dying sun for bursting into a brilliant supernova and seeding the empty space with the elements of life?
Such forces of nature are not to be trifled with lightly…
See also
Jon Stewart on Fox News Sunday
Jon Stewart on Jon Stewart on Fox News Sunday
The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11/10c.
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...If we set aside the highest decks for the moment, you're looking at a footprint for the complete ship in "Steve Cole big enough to be playable" scale that is going to be about 4.5 x 8 feet, enough for one pingpong table. Doing the D7 in Traveller scale would take four such tables, and few rooms in American homes can hold four pingpong tables.
But how much of that actually needs to in use at a given time?
Perhaps if you're playing a boarding party raid with marines splitting up and working their way through a ship, you may want the whole thing, but in most RPGs, the only time you need minis on a mapboard is if the characters are involved together in a single setting conflict where individual tactical movement matters: the appearance of an alien on the bridge, an ambush in a hallway; crew defending against boarders in a transporter room or shuttle bay, etc.
It would be impressive to have full-sized deck plans, but I suspect most GMs wll only use one relatively small section at a time.
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Until you can accurately predict exactly which section that is, you're going to have to provide them all.
Try telling a player that he cannot go through that door because you didn't print out the plans for it.
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Until you can accurately predict exactly which section that is, you're going to have to provide them all.
Try telling a player that he cannot go through that door because you didn't print out the plans for it.
Oh, I totally agree a GM needs to be ready, I'm just not sure he necessarily needs to worry about finding room for a four-ping-pong-table layout of them all at once.
Although that would make for a wicked cool convention game!
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Nobody ever said you needed them all at once, but you need to have all of them, and the difference from the standpoint of the publisher is zero.
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SVC wrote: Pushed forward partly by the Traveller thing, we're going to embark on a push to do a lot of deck plans. I'm talking serious plans like those done to date for the Fed FFG, Klingon G1, Romulan SkyHawk, Free Trader, Federation Express, and whatever others we have done.
I'm going to be using the services of, well, just about anybody who can actually perform the work, paying something like $100 for a destroyer and $150 for a cruiser. (If you want a job, email me.)
But what keeps coming up is "What goes on the plans?" and I don't know. I mean, I can design a house (I've been in several and know that they have a garage, a kitchen, a laundry room, a dining room, a living room, a den, other entertaining spaces, bedrooms, bathrooms, and closets. Oh, and doors and an HVAC system.)
I've never been on a starship and have no idea what is on one beyond the SSD. I could, I guess, look at all of the plans we have, and make a list of features, and at least I'd know if a deck plan artist forgot the turbolift.
So what I want from you guys is to construct a protocol list. What's on a ship? How many square feet do we need? How much storage?
I hope you see my point and can contribute some information.
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Does every deck need to be depicted for larger ships? Some decks need to be available such the bridge, main engineering, hanger deck, and sickbay. However, some may not be. Crew quarters look the same. So do main transporter rooms. Overlays?
My home doesn't have the room for four ping pong tables.
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Yes, every deck needs to be depicted, because you don't know where the characters will go.
Doesn't necessarily have to be done in huge detail or playable size.
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While every deck should be available they're rarely, in my experience, ever needed at the same time. Most RPGs I've been in usually have 4 to 6 players, and one's table space is limited.
The number of maps needed is based on the number of PCs and their locations. Using the bridge crew setting, you will usually see at least one PC on the bridge depending who plays what PC. In my game, I have at least four PCs on the bridge especially during combat.
The less-used areas can be at a smaller scale for a GM to copy on to a battlemat.
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I believe I said that, Doctor.
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Spring 2013 Softball: Spring Break Tournament - Myrtle Beach, S.C. Norwich
March 14, 2013
Lacy Lose recorded five strikeouts on the day
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The Pennsylvania College of Technology softball team had a tough day three of the Snowbird Softball Tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C. losing 15-2 to Norwich College and 9-2 to SUNY-IT. Sophomore Casey Davis (New Albany) and freshman Samantha Hill (Montgomery) both recorded multi-hit games on the day. With the losses, the Lady Wildcats fall to 1-5 overall.
Against Norwich, freshman Kimberly Walter (Beavertown) pitched the first three innings strong with six strikeouts and allowing only two runs. She ran into trouble though in the fourth allowing eight runs. Freshman Katie Kratzer (Selinsgrove) came into the game but was unable to get out of the jam giving up four runs. Junior Lacy Lose (Avis) was able to settle things down getting the final outs.
Penn College's runs came early in the game. In the first, freshman Alexandra Brennan (Saint Clair) hit an RBI single to score Kratzer who reached on a single. In the second, Brennan again was the catalyst this time reaching on an error that scored Davis.
Davis ended the gme 2 for 2. As a team, the Lady Wildcats were held to five hits.
Lose got the start in game two pitching five innings with two strikeouts. SUNY IT peppered five runs in the first six innings before putting together a four-run seventh. Freshman Delaney Blubaugh (Waynesboro) pitched the seventh for the Lady Wildcats.
Penn College scored its runs in the sixth and seventh with sophomore Stephanie Koleno (Moshannon) and Brennan recorded the RBI.
In the game, Penn College totaled four hits with Hill going 2 for 3.
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Hillcrest Apartments in Nederland has returned to its generally quiet atmosphere one day after Hollie Arredondo was shot to death and her son Joseph Garrett Arredondo arrested.
David Tran, manager at Nederland Hillcrest Apartments, 1516 South 27th St., has an open door policy and remembered speaking with Hollie Arredondo on occasions. He called her "easygoing and quiet, not the type of person to bother anyone."
Tran was out running errands on Wednesday when, at about 5 p.m., police arrived at the apartment complex and discovered the 55-year-old woman dead and her 26-year-old son outside the apartment with a pistol.
"When she came into the office she was very respectful, said yes sir and no sir," Tran said. "She paid her rent on time and was by herself most of the time."
The News called several of the victim's friends and a family member but no one wanted to go on the record to talk about Hollie or her son.
Police were first alerted to the domestic disturbance at 5:09 p.m. April 10 when the local Spindletop Center (formerly Spindletop MHMR) called Nederland's dispatch.
Police were initially given the incorrect address by Spindletop, he said. Dispatch then cross-referenced the names and found the correct address.
Nederland Police Chief Darrell Bush said Hollie was on the phone with Spindletop and was reportedly telling them of a problem when the door to the apartment was kicked in and shots were fired.
"There was no indicated she (Hollie) was trying to get him (Joseph Arredondo) into there," Bush said.
The police chief said he doesn't know why the victim chose to call Spindletop instead of the police.
A total of seven shots were fired in the apartment, six of them striking the victim.
Joseph Garrett Arredondo is charged with capital murder and is being held on a $2 million bond.
Homicides in the city of Nederland are fairly rare. In 2008, Dennis James Sattler shot and killed his estranged wife, Susan Sattler, at her Nederland home. There were no homicides from 2009-2011. Then in 2012 there were two homicides; Kurt Ray Kasper reportedly stabbed Timothy James Melancon to death then Travis Wade Smith fatally shot Holly Crenshaw, the mother of his child.
The police did not have any information regarding funeral services for Hollie Arredondo.
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The victim in Wednesday night's shooting in Nederland has been identified as Hollie Ann Arredondo, 55 of Nederland. The suspect is identified as her son, Joseph Garrett Arredondo, 26, also of Nederland.
Joseph Arredondo is currently held in Jefferson County Jail, formal charges of capital murder are expected to be filed later today.
A 55-year-old woman was shot to death in her Nederland apartment Wednesday evening, which is the first shooting death in the city for 2013.
The 55-year-old woman was shot to death in her Nederland apartment Wednesday evening, which is the first shooting death in the city for 2013.
When police arrived at Hillcrest Apartments, 1516 South 27th Street, they discovered a 26-year-old man outside the apartment with a pistol and the back door kicked in, said Nederland Police Chief Darrell Bush.
Bush confirmed that it was a domestic disturbance call and the man was the 55-year-old deceased woman's son. The son was immediately taken into custody.
David Tran isn't used to seeing police vehicles at Hillcrest Apartments where he resides and serves as apartment manager. The complex with the forest green rooftops, he said, is generally quiet with few disturbances.
"I just found out," Tran said while standing on a sidewalk at the complex. "I went to do some errands, came back and saw a whole bunch of police cars here."
Tran said the victim, whose name has not been released, had lived at the apartment complex for almost a year. He said that sometimes her son and other family members would visit.
Police were first alerted to the domestic disturbance at 5:09 p.m. when the local Spindletop Center (formerly Spindletop MHMR) called Nederland's dispatch.
"We were initially given the incorrect address so when we got there, we had to contact our dispatch to cross-reference the names we were given and find the real address," Bush said.
Bush said the woman had called the Spindletop Center, but did not know what she told them.
"Neighbors heard multiple gunshots," Bush said, then added that he did not know if the man lived with the woman at the time.
Bush said that it was too early to know if the man had a previous criminal record or any specifics on the woman's death.
Justice of the Peace for Pct. 8 Tom Gillam ordered an autopsy on the woman's body, Bush said.
"This is not a common occurrence in this area," Bush said of the complex, which is located directly behind CVS Pharmacy off of TX 365. "We had two homicides last year."
The man is awaiting arraignment at the Jefferson County Correctional Facility.
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ONE INJURED - POTSDAM - One person was injured in a two-vehicle colloision at 4:40 p.m. Friday on state Route 56, near Country Lane, in the town of Potsdam, Canton-based state police said. The vehicles were operated by Michele A. Francello, 49, of Brasher Falls and Jarika M. Donalis, 18, of Massena.
PETIT LARCENY - WINTHROP - Winthrop-based state police charged a 15-year-old male from Winthrop with petit larceny early Friday evening following an investigation into an incident reported at 3:20 p.m. that afternoon from the town of Stockholm. His case was turned over to the petition department to determine if the juvenile will be petitioned to St. Lawrence County Family Court.
DWI - WINTHROP - Winthrop-based state police charged Bryan L. Deon, 22, of Potsdam with driving while intoxicated and ticketed him for two counts of moving from lane unsafely at 7:25 p.m. Friday following a traffic stop on state Route 11C in the town of Stockholm.
HARASSMENT - NORFOLK - Massena-based state police charged Charlie S. Sipos, 26, of Raymondville with second-degree harassment Thursday following an investigation into a domestic dispute reported Feb. 18 from the town of Norfolk.
PETIT LARCENY - MASSENA - Massena-based state police charged Everett J. Dibble, 38, of Ogdensburg with petit larceny following a shoplifting complaint received at 5:52 p.m. Friday from the town of Massena.
PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENT - ST. REGIS FALLS - Malone-based state police investigated a one-vehicle property damage accident at 5:48 p.m. Friday on the Waite Road, near state Route 458, in the town of Waverly. Troopers said the vehicle was operated by Marie T. Kirwan, 65, of Massena.
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Python Update
What's been happening to Python since J. Bauer's article in Linux Journal #35? Like most free software, Python is being continually developed and enhanced. At the time of the original article, Python was at version number 1.2, and betas of 1.3 were floating around. Since then, version 1.3 has been officially released, only to be replaced by 1.4 in late October.
Versions 1.3 and 1.4 have both added new features to the language. The really significant new item in 1.3 was the addition of keyword arguments to functions, similar to Modula-3's. For example, if we have the function definition:
def curse(subject="seven large chickens", verb="redecorate", object="rumpus room"): print "May", subject, verb, "your", object
then the following calls are all legal:
curse() curse('a spaniel', 'pour yogurt on', 'hamburger') curse(object='garage') curse('the silent majority', object='Honda')Arguments not preceded by a keyword are passed in the usual fashion; non-keyword and keyword arguments can be used in the same function call, as long as the non-keyword parameters precede the keyword parameters. By that rule, the following call is a syntax error:
curse(object='psychoanalyst', 'a ancient philosopher')and the following call would cause an error at runtime, because an argument is being defined twice:
curse('the silent majority', subject='Honda')As a pleasant side effect, adding keyword arguments required optimising function calls, reducing the overhead of a single function call by roughly 20%.
Most of the changes in the 1.4 release made Python more useful for numeric tasks. Many of the changes were proposed by the members of the Matrix special interest group (or Matrix-SIG), which has defined a syntax and built a data type for manipulating matrices. (The Python SIGs are small groups of people tightly focused on one application of Python, such as numeric programming or database interfaces; see http://www.python.org/sigs/ for more information about the existing SIGs.)
One such enhancement is support for complex numbers. The imaginary component of a complex number is denoted by a suffix of "J" or "j"; thus, the square root of -1 is symbolized as 1j . The usual mathematical operations such as addition and multiplication can be performed on complex numbers, of course.
>>> 1+2j*2 (1+4j) >>> (1+2j)*2 (2+4j) >>> (1+2j)/(2+1j) (0.8+0.6j)
The presence of complex numbers also requires mathematical functions that can perform operations on them. Instead of updating the existing math module, a new module called cmath was added; old software might malfunction if an operation returns a complex value where an error was expected. So math.sqrt(-1) will always raise a ValueError exception, while cmath.sqrt(-1) will return a complex result of 1j.
>>> import cmath >>> cmath.sqrt(-1) 1j >>> a=cmath.log(1+2j) >>> print a (0.804718956217+1.10714871779j) >>> cmath.exp(a) (1+2j)For the sake of users comfortable with Fortran's notation, the ** operator has been added for computing powers; it's simply a shorthand for Python's existing pow() function. For example, 10**2 is equivalent to pow(10,2) and returns 100.
One minor new function has been requested by several people in comp.lang.python. Python has long had a tuple() function which converts a sequence type (like a string or a list) into a tuple; the usual idiom for converting sequence types to lists was map(None, L). (The function map(F,S) returns a list containing the result of function F, performed on each of the elements of the sequence S. If F is None, as in this case, then no operation is performed on the elements, beyond placing them in a list.)
Many people found this asymmetry—tuple() existed, but not list()—annoying. In 1.4, the list() function was added, which is symmetric to tuple().
>>> tuple([1,2,3]) (1, 2, 3) >>> list( (1,2,3,4) ) [1, 2, 3, 4]
An experimental feature was included in 1.4 and caused quite a bit of controversy: private data belonging to an instance of a class is a little more private. An example will help to explain the effect of the change. Consider the following class:
class A: def __init__(self): self.__value=0 def get(self): return self.__value def set(self, newval): self.__value=newvalPython doesn't support private data in classes, except by convention. The usual convention is private variables have names that start with at least one underscore. However, users of a class can disregard this and access the private value anyway. For example:
>>> instance=A() >>> dir(instance) # List all the attributes of the instance ['__value'] >>> instance.get() 0 >>> instance.__value=5 >>> instance.get() 5A more significant problem; let's say you know nothing about A's implementation and try to create a subclass of A which adds a new method that uses a private __value attribute of its own. The two uses of the name will collide. Things are slightly different in 1.4:
>>> instance=A() >>> dir(instance) ['_A__value']Where did this new value come from? In 1.4, any attribute that begins with two underscores is changed to have _ and the class name prefixed to it. Let's say you have a class called File, and one method refers to a private variable called __mode the name will be changed to _File__mode.
>>> instance.get() 0 >>> instance.__value=5 >>> instance.get() 0 >>> dir(instance) ['_A__value', '__value']Now, this still doesn't provide ironclad data hiding; callers can just refer explicitly to _A__value. However, subclasses of A can no longer accidentally stomp on private variables belonging to A.
This feature is still controversial and caused much debate in comp.lang.python when it was introduced. Thus, its status is only experimental, and it might be removed in a future version of the language, so it would be unwise to rely on it.
Both the 1.3 and 1.4 releases included some new modules as part of the Python library, and bug fixes and revisions to existing modules in the library. Most of these changes are only of interest to people who've written code for earlier versions of those modules; see the file Misc/NEWS in the Python source distribution for all the details. If you're just coming to the language, these changes aren't really of interest to you.
The news isn't just limited to the software. The first two books on Python were published in October: Programming Python, by Mark Lutz, Internet Programming with Python, by Aaron Watters, Guido van Rossum, and James C. Ahlstrom. At least one more book is scheduled for release next year.
Two Python workshops have taken place, one at the Lawrence Livermore National Labs in California last May, and another in Washington, D.C. in November. Speakers discussed all sorts of topics: distributed objects; interfacing C++ and Python, or Fortran and Python; and Web programming. See http://www.python.org/workshops/ for more information about the workshops and the papers presented.
In November 1996, the 5th Python Workshop was held, in association with the FedUnix '96 trade show. The two most common topics were numeric programming and Web-related programming. For numeric work, there's a lot of interest in using Python as a glue language to control mathematical function libraries written in Fortran or C++. Code can be developed quickly in Python, and once the program logic is correct it can be ported to a compiled language for speed's sake. There's also a benefit from using a general programming language like Python, instead of a specialized mathematical language; it's easier to make the numeric code accessible with a GUI written in Tk, or with a CGI interface.
Another popular topic was Web-related programming. The Python Object Publisher was an especially interesting system, which enables accessing Python objects via HTTP. To take an example from the Object Publisher presentation, a URL like:
causes a Python Car object named Pinto to be located, and its purchase() method will be called with 'Bob' as a parameter. Other presentations discussed generating HTML, writing tools for system administration, and collaborative document processing. Brief notes on the papers are at http://www.python.org/workshops/1996-11/, with links to HTML or PostScript versions.
As you read this, plans for the next workshop are probably in progress, though there's no news at the time of writing; see the Python Web site for the current status. In the past, the meetings have alternated between the Eastern and Western U.S., so workshop #6 will probably be on the West Coast.
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Frillman, the owner of Frillman Farms on Aptakisic Road, hopes to raise $2,500 by Feb. 11. The money would be used to purchase a heating system for his hoop house, a structure that shelters his homegrown vegetable plants.
Pledges are being accepted on Kickstarter.com.
In his video, Frillman explains how donations would benefit his business venture. The temperature inside the hoop house was 32 degrees when the video was made, he said. A heating system would allow him to bring the temperature to 70 degrees, protecting his peppers and tomatoes from frost and giving him a jump start on the 2013 season, he said.
"Keeping seedlings at 70 degrees is critical during the germination process. This heating system will ensure that plants stay warm during the threatening, cold nights; protecting my investment," he wrote on Kickstarter.
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The Dodgers have a projected opening-day payroll of $230 million and a roster that includes a dozen former All-Stars.
Several of these players were acquired in the middle of last season, which ended with a shocking collapse that left them eight games back of their division rival, the San Francisco Giants. General Manager Ned Colletti thinks that spending the spring together could allow these Dodgers to meet the incredibly high expectations of their ambitious and free-spending owners.


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Volkswagen says it uses production technologies to enable a car to drive itself at speeds up to 80 mph.
Flying cars might still be on the drawing board, but automakers are making progress toward futuristic advances in driving. The latest example from Volkswagen is a car that can essentially drive itself.
Volkswagen presented its Temporary Auto Pilot (TAP) system this week at the European Union research project HAVEit (Highly Automated Vehicles for Intelligent Transport).
Monitored by the driver, the car can drive semiautomatically at speeds of up to 80 mph.
Intended to reduce driver errors, the system uses technologies such as like lane-keeping assist and adaptive cruise control to maintain a safe distance from the vehicle ahead, drive at a speed selected by the driver, reduce speed before a curve and maintain proper lane position.
"Nonetheless, the driver always retains driving responsibility and is always in control," said Juergen Leohold of Volkswagen. "The driver can override or deactivate the system at any time and must continually monitor it."
Unlike the Google Street View and artificial-intelligence software that Google is using on its driverless-car project, the Volkswagen system uses the radar, camera and ultrasonic-based sensors available on production-level vehicles and adds a laser scanner and electric horizon monitor.
"One conceivable scenario for its initial use might be in monotonous driving situations," Leohold said, "in traffic jams or over sections of a driving route that are exceedingly speed-limited."
No word on when this system could be brought to market, but it is likely sooner than Google's, as the VW system uses a lot of already-implemented technology.
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We begin our muse overview today with Natalie (top row, far left) from Richmond, Canada. The stylish teenager caught our eye by pairing popular lace tights with an understated plaid skirt. The textured hosiery is an unexpected delight with the dark tartan skirt, and the overall look is fashion-forward and fun. Try this chic combo by coupling your own lace tights from last season or Urban Outfitters' Lace Fishnet Tights ($14) with BCBGeneration's Katia Skirt ($62).
Since inspiring street style is a worldwide occurrence, we strive to include girls from as many different places as possible in this column. A case in point is our second gal, Eszter (top row, middle), who hails all the way from Vienna, Austria. Eszter earned our accolades by balancing out her all-leather ensemble with a gray sweater. To get a similar style, consider wearing one of our Top Five: Gray Pieces or Banana Republic's Long Shawl Cardigan ($70) with a leather jacket and Silence & Noise's Moto Zip Matte Leggings ($58).
Next up, we present you with a stylish resident of Hannover, Germany: Ricky (top row, far right)! She charmed the WhoWhatWear.com team on account of her military jacket and feminine bow. The juxtaposed look can be emulated via ASOS' Moleskin Asymmetric Military Jacket ($43) and Miu Miu's Bow Alice Band ($130).
Yet another engaging combo is the outfit Krystal (bottom row, far left) put together. The Los Angeles native stood out amongst other MySpace Muse entrants, thanks to her bold red bag and bright purple trousers. A like-minded statement-making getup can be achieved with Forever 21's Vintage Chain Braided Handbag ($25) and American Apparel's Mineral Wash Stretch Bull Denim Slim Slacks ($74).
To address one of our favorite new trends, we turned to Juley (bottom row, middle) from New Orleans, who flaunted a fashion-forward belted sweater for staggering results. Since belted jackets and coats are a sure-fire hit for springÂ--see the Marc Jacobs runway for one of our favorite examplesÂ--stay ahead of the curve by investing in Vince's Belted Cotton Cardigan ($285) or cinch in a sweater you already have with Miu Miu's Double Buckle Belt ($370).
Last, but certainly not least, we present you with Florida-local, Trang (bottom row, far right). The fashionista updated her timeless trench coat with some of-the-moment accessories. If you want to get the look, we suggest complementing Banana Republic's Short-Sleeve Trench Dress ($150) or JCrew's Icon Trench ($298) with Urban Outfitters' Cable Stitch Beret ($28).Â--Jessica Amento
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State Rep. Larry Pittman has a divinity degree and a knack for sermonizing, but for all he understands about the power of the pulpit, hes still learning about the power of the Internet.
Pittman, (R-Cabarrus), spoke to a We The People tea party gathering April 27 and he didnt hold back. He praised Jesus and dissed House Speaker Thom Tillis.
Pittman said Tillis was wary of pushing bills relaxing gun laws and other measures favored by tea party supporters. He suggested that the speaker was putting his plans for a possible U.S. Senate run ahead of the true conservative agenda.
Some of our leadership is squeamish about being bold and doing what the people want done, he said.
When a video of the speech went online, Pittmans audience grew, especially in Raleigh. Republican leaders did not greet his preaching with hosannas. The 58-year-old representative, a political newcomer appointed to 82nd District seat last term and elected in his own right in 2012, apologized and released a letter asking the speaker for forgiveness. (See the video on The N&Os Under the Dome blog)
Thinking out loud in such a setting is not the best thing to do, it seems, Pittman wrote. He did not return calls for comment last week.
Tillis declined to comment beyond saying he disagreed. But Rep. Ruth Samuelson (R-Mecklenburg), a potential successor to Tillis, who is not seeking another term, said Pittmans rebellion was his alone.
Larry doesnt speak for the caucus, she said. I wouldnt take Larrys comments as indicative of anybody but Larry.
Samuelson may be right. Pittman is hardly conventional. (He drew attention last year with a private email he mistakenly sent to all legislators in which he said he favored public hangings for murderers.) But this time his outburst of candor may reveal a tension that goes beyond his own opinion.
In his speech, Pittman said conservatives who share his views feel ignored by their own partys leadership.
They tell us all the time about how bad it was when they were in the minority and the Democratic leadership wouldnt let them get their bills moved or anything. Well now the constitutional conservatives in the Republican part of the House know what thats like, he said.
Republican leaders in Raleigh are facing the same conundrum as Republican leaders in Congress. Theyre trying to win broad public support even as theyre trying to appease and contain some fringe thinkers who were swept into office by tea party fever and conservative Christian alarm.
That internal tension has made the first few months of Republican control rocky. Republicans say their takeover of both the state House and Senate and the governors office represents the ascendance of fiscal prudence and business savvy. But the tone of this session has been chaotic as Republicans have offered bills that range from amusing (a ban on women going topless in public), to foolish (cutting support for renewable energy), to mean-spirited (drug tests for welfare recipients) to dangerous (allowing concealed handguns in bars).
It was one of those odd measures that touched off Pittmans complaint. He co-sponsored a resolution offered by Carl Ford (R-Rowan) asserting North Carolinas right to declare a state religion. He said the bills intent was to make it possible for people to practice religion openly. Specifically, it would have let Rowan County commissioners continue to begin their meetings with Christian prayers, a practice that prompted the ACLU to sue to have it stopped.
The bill brought wide ridicule as unconstitutional and became fodder for comics until Tillis announced it wasnt going anywhere. At the We The People meeting, Pittman said the speakers office told Ford that if he didnt accept the bills demise, his other bills wouldnt go anywhere.
Im potentially getting myself in real trouble telling you this stuff because the speakers office doesnt want you to know this stuff, he said.
The video reveals more about Pittman and those who share his views than it does about the speaker. From Pittmans description, his work at the legislature sounds like half a legislative session, half a religious retreat. His speech opened with a declaration of his obedience to Jesus and he described how other legislators shared his Christian commitment. In Raleigh, they attend a Bible study meeting on Monday night, a Tuesday morning prayer group and a chapel service every Wednesday. And some 30 lawmakers recently formed a Prayer Caucus. So there are some good Christian people trying to do the right thing up there, he said.
Conservative Christians are hardly new to the General Assembly, but their numbers are higher since Republicans gained a majority in both chambers in 2010 and theyre getting restless. That schism may become apparent as this turbulent session gets down to the hard business of deciding whose ideas will become law.
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Hopeful business owner Troy Koput, who has been trying to launch Deville's Lounge in the former Foxys Bar space, has requested a public meeting to discuss the approval of the retail alcohol beverage license needed to open the business.
Koput has faced an enormous amount of opposition from city officials since he first proposed opening the bar in November. At that time, former Foxys employee Christian Zaja was set to be the manager of the bar.
Zaja is no longer with the business in hopes that the negative publicity tied to his background — an OWI six years ago as well as an after hours violation cited in Port Police Chief Kevin Hingiss' report recommending denial of the license — will go away.
- Replacing Foxys: Follow the story on Patch's page about the issue
The issue was to be addressed in closed session by the Port Washington Common Council on Tuesday, until Koput called City Administrator Mark Grams this week requesting an open session. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Port's City Hall.
But Grams said the fact that Zaja would be out of the picture doesn't change his mind, as he doesn't think the addition of another bar benefits the city.
"I guess in my mind it still doesn't change anything. ... Those are all just regular bars — how many does a city of our size have to have?" Grams said, adding he would prefer a restaurant-type bar where the primary focus would be on food.
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Koput is also facing challenges securing a change of occupancy permit because of building code violations. A building inspection found 25 code violations, including:
- missing electrical junction box covers;
- extension cords being used incorrectly where permanent wiring should be;
- inoperable cooking equipment;
- a loose sink, crushed ductwork and missing drywall in the bathroom;
- and cracked windows, among other issues.
And while some argue that these problems have long existed at Foxys and it should not be a reason to hold up the process for Deville's, Grams said the process for reapproving the license for Foxys year-after-year makes it hard to bring such problems to the surface.
"It's a different process that you have to go through — whenever somebody changes ownership that's when you get kind of a new kick at the cat," Grams said. "It's difficult to turn (a renewal) down."
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Parents and students told the Fairfax County School Board on Monday night it worried the 2014-2018 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) wouldn't adequately address overcrowding in all places.
Doing small boundary adjustments to overcrowded areas and then readjusting the plan's renovation queue, which calculates the order in which major school repairs will occur, might be a better, more efficient long-term strategy, they said.
The five-year CIP budget will total $871.2 million or roughly $174.2 million per year. Funds approved in the 2011 School Bond Referendum and previous referenda will address approximately $190.8 million of the five-year requirement, leaving a balance of $680.3 million unfunded.
Officials expect another school bond referendum in 2013.
Along with detailing renovations at 63 Fairfax County school buildings, the CIP -released in December - anticipates needing two possible elementary schools in the Richmond Highway Corridor and the eastern area of Fairfax County and two more elementary schools in the Fairfax/Oakton area and in western Fairfax County, in the vicinity of Route 28 and the Dulles Airport Access Road.
The plan also explores a potential new high school in the southwestern portion of the county to provide relief to overcrowding at existing high schools such as Centreville, Chantilly and Reston South Lakes High School.
utilization for 2012-13 and will be at capacity utilization of 140 percent by 2017-18 if an addition or a nearby area high school is not built.
The latter number would make South Lakes the most overcrowded school in the county.
Capacity utilization refers to the percentage of capacity that is being utilized by a building based on the building's program capacity and the number of enrolled students. A school is considered overcrowded when the enrollment of the school is higher than its capacity.
To see the entire CIP report, click here.
Despite a contentious redistricting battle five years ago, there was little input from SLHS-area parents at Monday's public hearing. Most speakers were from Haycock Elementary. Speakers from Haycock, set to be renovated by Fiscal Year 2016, said renovations would diminish the remaining green space at the school, something parents called already sorely lacking.
They also said renovations would fail to accommodate the high numbers of students expected in the future.
"Does the current design really solve all of our problems?" asked Christie Johnson, a member of the Haycock PTA.
Between September 2011 and 2012, total FCPS membership grew by nearly 3,000 students; enrollment has grown by more than 17,000 since 2006, Dale wrote in the CIP report. By 2017-18, he predicted membership would reach 195,800 students.
Parents urged the school board to consider rezoning the school and revising the design, because once it was renovated, officials likely wouldn't come back to it for decades.
Some parents at the meeting used the opportunity to remind the school board about how renovations and overcrowding impact its potential restructuring Advance Academic Programs (AAP).
Amy Yam, Benjamin's mother, agreed with officials that Haycock, a school currently at 120 percent capacity, desperately needed a renovation, but not at the expense of her son's classes.
Benjamin Yam, a 4th grader at Haycock and a student in AAP classes, may have to attend AAP classes at Lemon Road Elementary School as part of an overcrowding solution, his mother said.
"I'd like to stay at Haycock," Benjamin, the evening's first speaker, said. "I think that I should stay with my friends … I love it there."
But Sally Johnson, another Haycock parent, didn't think it would be fair to keep extra AAP students in a school so overcrowded.
"It's just not fair," she said. "We're stretched too thin."
The school board is scheduled to have a work session on the CIP on Jan. 14. It will vote on the five-year plan Jan. 24.
Jessie Biele and Karen Goff contributed reporting to this story.
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St. Paul - Gregory Wayne Horachek, 44, formerly of Goodridge, died Tuesday, August 23, 2005 in St. Paul.
Mass of Christian Burial was held on Saturday, August 27, at St. Ann's Catholic Church, Goodridge, with Father John Kleinwatcher presiding. Casket bearers included Ryan Horachek, Corey Larson, Nick Siverling, Adam Horachek, Melanie Kline and Kris Johnson. Honorary casket bearers included Jaclyn Siverling, Kristy Potter, Tony Horachek and Mason Siverling. Interment was held at Czech National "Bohemian" Cemetery, Goodridge.
Gregory Wayne Horachek was born on May 28, 1961 at St. Luke's Hospital in Thief River Falls, the son of George and Donna (Lee) Horachek. He was baptized at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Goodridge and attended school in Goodridge.
Following school Greg worked for Dick Smith Septic and area farmers. In 1981 he moved to Phoenix, Ariz., where he owned and operated his own cleaning business, the Mid-Knight Magic, which he had for about seven years. Greg then went to work for a construction company as a mechanic. In November of 1999 he moved to Minneapolis/St. Paul, where he worked for ABC Movers, Matthew Construction, Bonnie's Diner and several other jobs.
Greg had a very outgoing personality, music was a big part of his life, writing, listening and playing in bands. He loved playing his guitar. Greg believed in helping everyone and was a very caring person, took time for the "Little People" and enjoyed talking to children and the elderly. He also enjoyed hiking, rock climbing, swimming, fishing, horticulture and loved spending time with his loved ones.
Greg is survived by his son, Elijah John in Arizona; his mother, Donna Horachek of Goodridge; brothers and sisters, Kathrine Siverling of Stevens Point, Wis., Beverley Horachek of Minneapolis, Douglas (Heidi) Horachek of Goodridge, Vincent Horachek of Thief River Falls, John Horachek of Madison, Wis., and Valarie Horachek of Williams; several nieces and nephews; and one great nephew.
He was preceded in death by his father, George; brothers, Ronald and infant brother; his grandparents; and several aunts and uncles.