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Good Grief: European Union Wins Nobel Peace Prize
It looks like the Nobel Prize Committee has been hitting the Juleøl (yule beer) a bit early this year
(Christian Science Monitor) The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year's Peace Prize to the European Union, in a nod to its record of building peace and democracy on a continent long roiled by war — and perhaps as a reminder of the need to stay the course in troubled times.
The choice surprised many speculators, who had widely tipped an East European human rights activist or promoter of inter-religious dialogue. Although a candidate for the award in the past, the EU was regarded as less likely this year because of the widening economic crisis among some states in the 27-member economic and political union.
But Thorbjørn Jagland, Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman, told journalists gathered at the Nobel Institute in Oslo that the union and its forerunners deserved the prize for having "contributed over six decades to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy, and human rights in Europe." He said the prize was both recognition of the EU's early role as a peace broker between Germany and France, but also to mark the EU's recent progress in the reconciliation process in the Balkans.
(Tom Chivers) The Nobel Peace Prize this year has been awarded to the European Union. Without wanting to go into whether or not that's a good idea (it seems a bit strange, even to me), does this confirm at last that the prize's organisers have stopped worrying so much about whether the recipients are actually deserving, and instead decided simply to pick people who will annoy Right-wingers?
That's as good an explanation as any other.
I mean, come on. In 2009, Barack Obama while the ink was still wet on his inauguration documents. In 2002, Jimmy Carter ("History's greatest monster!"). Now the EU, even while the Greek public are burning Nazi flags for Angela Merkel's visit. In 2007, Al bloody Gore (thanks ArtificialIntelligence in the comments for reminding me of that one). Next year, will it be George Monbiot? Or possibly me? Do I need to start getting a speech together? "I'd like to thank Antonio Gramsci and the Frankfurt School…"
Does the NPP realize that quite a few EU nations were involved in both Afghanistan and Iraq? Or that France and Britain pushed for and participated in the air attack on Libya? Or that rioting and burning cars is a Muslim seasonal sport in France, and sometimes Germany? That France and Germany were selling banned goods to Saddam Hussein? That there's plenty of anarchist violence in Europe? That there's plenty of anti-Jewish violence in Europe? How about all the violence at sporting events? The continuing rise of Muslim extremism in Europe?
Based on the history of the Nobel Peace Prize, I think we can expect widespread violence with a year or two. Hey, they gave it to Obama who then went on to expand the war in Afghanistan, attack Libya, and use drone strikes on a constant basis.
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While still entertaining, this time it's all business. Today, signifying Warhammer Online's one-week retail anniversary, Hickman returns to discuss the launch, future add-on content and address some of the issues with the game.
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We're Joined by Jeff Hickman, executive producer at Mythic Entertainment which just launched Warhammer Online. How are you Jeff?
I am absolutely fantastic, Xav. How can I not be?
(laughs) Well, the first question I think a lot of people have on their mind is ... obviously you're playing Warhammer Online. What are you currently rolling (Faction/Class)?
What am I rolling personally? Witch hunter. I'm on the side of Order. I was just telling Chris (WAR's PR Ninja) I'm level 17 and I'm working on reknown rank 15, I have an epic set of Realm vs. Realm boots that I got killing one of the players out there and it requires level 17, reknown rank 15 and I'm almost there. I'm having an awesome time. I was just doing some scenarios this morning in Tier 2 Dark Elf/High Elf on Phoenix Gate (server), as a matter of fact.
A lot of people know that before Warhammer Online launched, in the summer there were quite a few careers that were cut from the final product. Of the careers that were cut, name a favorite you were sad to see go.
Woo! That I was sad to see go? Of course. I was sad to see all the careers go. Probably the ones that made me the most happy were the two tanks. It's something we are very interested in revisiting as soon as we possibly can after launch.
"I'm bragging and boasting a little bit and people can poke at me about it but we probably had the smoothest MMO launch in history."
The game is really being received well. We all love playing it so we're all at work, during lunchtime, playing the game or playing with each other online at night. So, the mood is ecstatic. We're working really hard also, it's important for us -- and the most important issue for us is -- "Okay, let's pay attention to what the players are saying both in-game and in the forums. Let's identify the things they are complaining about or asking for with improvements. Let's analyze those things and make sure they're right for the game and if they are right, let's put them in."
That's kind of our deal right now. We're constantly doing little revisions. We've got patches coming up very, very soon. I don't want to give you a date but they're very, very soon that will introduce improvements to the game that players are asking for. That's kind of our take for the next month to two months, let's hit it hard and fast. Let's be proactive. Let's show the community that the amount of effort and community awareness that we were showing throughout beta doesn't end with beta it was only the beginning and that we are here to stay and we want to know what you guys think. We're going to make the game as goof for you as we possibly can.
Does working on an online specific title feel like you're working on CRUNCH every time you walk into work?
(laughs) Um, no it's probably not quite that bad. But there definitely is, there's a sense of urgency that is a little different from crunch. It's more a daily sense of urgency where, in crunch you're shooting for a goal at the end of the month or the end of your milestone however long your milestones are and you have this stretch goal that you're pounding away and have planned 15-hour days.
Now -- you walk in the door -- every morning literally at 8 o'clock we have a report that comes back from the community teams from CS, the community teams, and from QA. We look at that report and go, "Hmm. What are the big issues today?" And we nail them. If we can we nail them that day and if we can't nail them that day we nail them over the course of a couple of days. So it's a sense of urgency, "Let's stomp on this stuff right now." Which is very different from, "(Groan) I'm going to work 15 hours today." A little bit different but definitely high-stress.
Yeah, absolutely. We pay really close attention to how the public quests are put together and how players are playing through them. There's a couple things that we took into consideration when we were designing. Number one, it wasn't our intent that public quests would be piled into, 100 percent all the time by everyone who was in the area. It was our intent that this was a place you could go and you could have a good time and sometimes public quests, just like any other area in the game, are going to be heavily populated sometimes they're going to be less populated -- which we why we made the initial stages of public quests very easy for a solo player. So, as a solo player I can go into a public quest and I can actually work towards my influence in the area, working towards a goal. The goal may not be, "I'm going to finish this quest and get the treasure chest at the end." The goal might be, "I'm going to get my influence rewards instead."
"As we move forward we'll be modifying and looking at public quests, making them easier if we need to and making them more attractive if we need to."
Having said that, as we move forward we'll be modifying and analyzing and looking at public quests and making them easier if we need to and making them more attractive if we need to. Our game is ever growing and so we'll change it as we need to change it.
Is it dangerous leaving this large of a factor out of your hands, especially in the early stages as players are still trickling in?
I don't think it's out of our hands. I think that it's definitely influenced by the population in the game but ... like, our game is ... any MMO is influenced by their population and our game stands really well with high populations or low populations. It plays differently. I don't think that it plays badly.
When you go into an area and there's ten people there, you're going to get a different experience than you are with a hundred people and some people will like one over the other. But, that's kinda the nature of MMOs. Kinda, one of the interesting things about MMOs is there's a lot of other people around you; you're not playing a single-player game and the game changes depending on who's around you.
So, dangerous? Uh ... we pay close attention to it, we're going to continue paying close attention to it. We're not going to let the game fall on its face because there's nobody there and again, what you see in MMOs is you see an initial wave of people go through and then forever you see a constant trickle of people go through. If you look at the areas, and we can see the metrics on the areas, there's huge populations in every area right now and even in games like Dark Age of Camelot -- which we still see metrics for -- there's still people in the low level areas playing in a game that's seven-years-old now. So, I don't have too much fear for it.
I think we're going to play that by ear as we move forward, you know? When we start to see what kind of problems actually loom then we'll decide how we're going to fix them. We have a lot of design pieces that we've talked about - like, "What if this happens?" And different scenarios where we said, "What if this happens? Well, we'll do this or what if this happens? Then, we'll do this."
So we have plans in place that we can put in motion if we need to. But, I think it's premature to look at that and go, "Woo, well this is what we're going to do in six months." It's going to be that long before that kind of stuff is really talked about.
So, we mentioned the content that was cut and it has been said that some of that content will find its way back in the game as an update at a later time.
Is there a time frame for adding that content? Is that not really a focus now?
It is definitely a focus but I can't talk about what that time frame is, I'm sorry. We haven't announced it yet and until we have officially announced it I can't talk about it. But, I can tell you that we think about it all the time. We've thought about it for over a year now as to exactly when and how we want to position those things and we all want as much in the game as we possibly can. Not just in content that we've talked about that didn't make it into the game but new content. Of course, we're going to keep pushing forward with that. I can tell you that we talk about the classes specifically very, very much.
(laughs) Okay.
One of the things we wanted to know, because a lot of people in the network are playing the game, is if they've had any issues or ran into any bugs. One of the ones that, I think, a lot of people are running into is clipping. Especially when you're fighting mobs and they clip into the ground making looting problematic or sometimes impossible.
Hmm ...
Do you have a dedicated team that that is looking into those bugs and some of the issues as opposed to the entire team?
"We literally have a top ten strike list (of issues) that we prioritize out and everyday we go through and just try to knock them off."
We literally have a top ten strike list that we prioritize out and everyday we go through and just try to knock them off. Like, "Boom-boom-boom." Some of the players will see them going into the game immediately like, we'll work stability fixes into the game almost every day. In fact there are stability fixes going up tomorrow morning (Morning of September 25, specifically). So, you'll see those types of things that are super impactful probably a small percentage of the play base but are impactful to those guys so we want to fix them.
Having said that, we do have a lot of people working on this stuff. They are split up into specific teams. We have a core tech team that are looking into issues like what you're talking about. We have an RvR team. We have a combat and careers team. We have a UI (user-interface) team. We have a communities team. Each one of those teams is probably 90% dedicated to just improving the quality of the game as it stands right now.
So, keeping with that: we've had some comments from readers saying they are having issues with the Oceanic servers.
Specifically, log-in troubles. The one thing that we've heard a couple of times now is, when people are trying to log in they receive password errors even though when they try to log into a North American server it works fine.
Is this an issue that you're looking into? Is there a log-in limit for certain geographical locations?
No, no. What is it, um ... and I don't want to get too much into the tech of this because I'm not a techie. I can give you a quickie overview of what it is. So, number one it is super high on our list. It is one of our, probably, top three issues. We know what the problem is. The problem is related to, even though we have our game servers in Australia; so when you're playing on an Australian server you have very low latency. But some of the authentication architecture is in North America and so what is going on is we're running into a latency problem with our authentication server. It returns this funny authentication error that is not actually correct.
The reality is that it's a latency issue. So, we have things in planning that are fixing that and hopefully we'll see something soon on that, I don't know the exact time line. But, believe me it is probably the number one operational issue that we have. We care deeply about the Australian fans as I think we show by putting servers on location down there. We want to do everything we can to make the experience great for them.
So, we're aware of it. We're working on it. Hopefully we'll see something really soon to resolve those issues.
Boy, that's a great question. I asked that question the other day because I'm planning on buying a new computer and I'm like, "Hey, what should I buy? Should I buy a dual core? Should I buy a quad core?" So I was talking to my CTO (chief technical officer, Matthew Shaw) and he was like, "So the game scales well across multiple CPUs, dual core especially. The game will just love you to death if you go dual core. Quad core, it will use as much as it can but it is probably a little bit overkill."
Moving to dual GPUs if you're talking about graphics cards, not as big of a bang for the buck. Just so you know. Our game wants CPU more than it wants GPU. So, I don't know if that helps you out.
(laughs) Are there any future plans to support DirectX 10?
Hmm ... It's something that we talk about but we don't have any announced plans in place (laughs).
The one question I have pertaining to the actual launch of the game is how close to achieving the goal do you think Mythic Entertainment has come since Warhammer Online was first announced?
Oh, wow. You mean the goal of launching a great MMO? Is that the goal you're talking about?
Yeah. I mean, the goal of "these are the things we set out to do when we launch this game" when you announced Warhammer Online. Internally, "these are the things we want to do." How close did you get to that goal?
I understand. I think we came super close. The game isn't perfect. Nobody is going to say that. I don't think any game is and I especially don't think any MMO is. It's a living, growing world which is what I think makes MMOs great. I think that we launched, first and foremost, a super fun product to play. That was my number one goal when I was driving the team, is it fun? And you can ask anyone on the team that would say, "So, what we want to do is we want to do this..." and my first question would be, "Is it fun? Does that make the game more fun?"
And then there is a lot more criteria that we put in place. Do I think that we hit the "fun" goal? I think we nailed it. I think we blew it out of the water. I think PvE is fun. I think RvR is mindlessly, crazy, awesomely fun.
I can't get enough of it. I think that most of our players feel that way. Do I wish there are things that we could have got done? Things that we talked about and would have loved to gotten in? Absolutely. But again one of the great things about MMOs is that we're going to put those things in, in the future. But I think that we hit our goal really close. Do I wish that we could have crushed more of the little bugs that are bothering people? Yeah. But, we'll get there and we'll get there soon. We are all over this stuff. So, I feel super good about the game.
So, besides the bug fixes that we've already mentioned, where is the focus now for the WAR team? Is everyone now working on content? When do you start looking at proper retail expansions? What happens next for the team?
So, again I can't give you dates or anything like that but I can give you an idea of how we're structured and what we do. We've been looking at an expansion for two months now. I don't want anybody to get the wrong idea when I say that - we got four people out of 250 (Mythic Entertainment staffers) who have been doing pre-production on an expansion.
"It is going to be months, before we actually start going 'balls to the walls,' working on an expansion."
We are very confident that it will be awesome. I'm super-excited and I know our players will be too when they see what we're doing. The other 245 people, or whatever it is, they are - again - mostly dedicated to improving the quality of the game as it stands now. Stability, all the little bugs and crap that pop up. Things that bug the players that aren't actually problems in the game but the players go, "You know if only we had a widget that did X or if only I could do this a little bit differently." You know? Just the little desires. We're focused on that, we're focused on stability. That kind of stuff.
And then we're just now starting to look forward into the two-to-three month or longer time-frames of, "What are we going to do for free content upgrades and beyond content?" And system upgrades that allow players to expand their play schedule. So we've got some absolutely fantastic plans that we're putting into place really starting this week where we're going to start, hopefully within the next month or two, we're going to start cutting off pieces of the team to work on forward thinking, cool, content system patches that will give free stuff to the players that they'll love.
It is exciting for us and I'm really excited about it because the world is so big that we have so much to choose from and we're kind of just plucking and going, "that is really cool. Let us do that." So, the players are going to dig it. It'll be great.
And again, the game is Warhammer Online. Jeff, thank you for joining us and good luck with everything.
Thanks. I appreciate it.

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University senior runner Sarah-Anne Brault has been named to the 2013 Capital One Academic All-District 2 Women's Track and Cross Country Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday.
Brault advances to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballots, where first-, second- and third-team Academic All-America selections will be named in the coming weeks.
This is the second time in her career that Brault has been named to the All-District 2 team. Brault garnered the same award in 2011 and went on to be named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America Second Team.
The Winnipeg, Manitoba, native is a four-time letterwinner in cross country and track and field and also qualified for the NCAA cross country championship all four years. She is a three-time All-Mid Atlantic Region honoree in cross country and was named all-conference the past two seasons. Brault placed 10th in the 10,000-meter run at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, earned All-America honors and was first alternate in the triathlon for Canada at the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games.
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It is pretty disgusting, really. And that's why as each of my favorite games goes down this path (Fruit Ninja, Cut the Rope, now Doodle Jump) I steadily delete them. It's really sad to see the good ones go but I can't stand it when I have ads to buy more useless crap shoved in my face AFTER I bought the damn app. Pretty soon it's just going to be me and Tilt to Live...
Doodle Jump adds ninja theme and in-app purchases
The classic endless jumping game Doodle Jump has had a big update that includes a bunch of new unlockables and a big change in its pricing structure. There's now a store built in, where players can buy new outfits with different abilities. For example, a sumo outfit stomps platforms to shake off enemies off the screen, a shadow outfit which hides you from monsters, and another which enables double jumping. Coins are now peppered throughout levels to help you acquire your new items, upgrades to the propellor hat and jetpack, and one-off power-ups.
If you've never played it, Doodle Jump has you perpetually ascend by leaping on an endless series of platforms. The controls are deceptively simple, since all you really have to do is tilt your iPhone or iPad to drift towards your next target, but the challenge of landing on firm ground without falling and avoiding enemies can make things rather challenging.
Good on Doodle Jump for keeping things fresh after this long, and as a fan of ninjas, this theme gets my personal seal of approval. Are any of you guys still playing Doodle Jump, or have you burned out on that one years ago? Is it a terrible thing that basically every game, paid or otherwise, is drifting towards in-app purchases?
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As of now I'm resisting updating because I don't want the icon *ruined* by this latest ninja crap they are advertising. Hopefully the icon will return to normal with the next update as it sometimes does.
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Bath travel store Itchy Feet to close
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A couple who have helped thousands prepare to travel the world are now heading off on their own adventure.
Nancy and John Coppock, owners of Itchy Feet, are saying bon voyage to Bath and closing shop so they can go travelling.
The pair settled in the city fifteen years and opened their shop on Bartlett Street selling travelling essentials and offering invaluable advice.
Mrs Coppock, 48, said running the shop had been fun but hard work and deciding to close had not been easy.
"It's been a very, very difficult decision. It's been really hard because we have lots of loyal customers and fantastic staff.
"Retail is difficult and we want to retire while we are still young enough and have lots of energy to go travelling and enjoy things."
The closure will mean the loss of ten full and part time jobs in the city.
Exploring the globe is a return to a previous life for the pair who met in Africa when Mr Mr Coppock, 53, was working as an overland driver. He had previously worked for Trailfinders. The couple married in Kenya before returning to the UK.
When Itchy Feet opened in 1998 it was unique in the equipment and advice it offered customers but Bath is now home to several well-known outdoor and travel shops such as Oswald Bailey, Blacks, Cotswold Outdoor and Millets.
However, Mrs Coppock said the competition had been healthy and had not negatively affected business.
"This is a really good business and doing well. We just think it's time to do something else."
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Nueces County Sheriff Jim Kaelin said Juan Zapata was released on a $15,000 bond when he should not have been.
"This happened on my watch, and I take full responsibility for it," Kaelin said.
Zapata, who was arrested on June 27 on suspicion of kidnapping and other offenses, still hadn't been found as of late Monday.
"I don't see him as a danger. There were alleged kidnapping charges made by his girlfriend during a chase and whether it's true or not are up to a court to decide," Kaelin said.
Zapata's initial arrest last month also was on suspicion of evading detention, violation of a protective order and reckless driving. He bonded out on those charges on a $15,000 bond but recently was rearrested after being accused of violating the conditions of his release and was supposed to be held without bond, Kaelin said.
Instead, a clerk incorrectly inserted data in the computer indicating that Zapata could be released on $15,000 bond, he said.
"Human error happens -- who of us hasn't made a mistake?" Kaelin said.
He pointed out that the county handles about 1,200 inmate releases every month.
He did not say whether the clerk who filed the incorrect information that led to the release would be disciplined, but said the incident would be investigated.
Kaelin said the jail has not accidentally released a prisoner since he has held office.
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challenging and rewarding, and it requires both technical precision and
creative design.
In this course, you will begin to learn:
Prerequisites: None. This course is intended for students who have not done any programming.
Textbook: There is no textbook to buy. Instead, I will direct you to online readings chosen specifically for each topic.
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order to let you explore an area of interest to you. For this
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If you normally work with a partner, you may work together on the project, but you may also choose to work separately if your interests are in different areas.
Ideas for topics
You don't have to use one of these ideas-- you can propose an idea of your own as well.
If you are using pygame in your project, you will need to install the pygame library from here and check out this tutorial.
|Current coursework
Tuesday, December 8: Web search. Class examples: web_crawl.py, capital.py
Thursday, December 3: Webpages and HTML. Class example: webpage.html
Tuesday, December 1: Security. Class examples: break_caesar.py, permute_cipher.py, good_password.py
Thursday, November 19: Bioinformatics. Class examples: make_dna.py, find_pattern.py, find_snp.py
Tuesday, November 17: Artificial Intelligence (AI). Class examples: tictactoeAI.py
Thursday, November 12: Computer games. Class examples: tictactoe.py
Tuesday, November 10: Human-computer interfaces (HCI). Class examples: coordinates.py, drops.py, graphical_convert.py
Thursday, November 5: Computer graphics & animation. Class examples: falling.py, snowfall.py, growing.py, tunnel.py
Tuesday, November 3: More graphics in Python. Class examples: stoplight.py, face.py
Thursday, October 29: Graphics in Python. Class examples: drawing.py
Tuesday, October 27: In-class exam.
Thursday, October 22: Review for the exam on Tuesday in class.
Tuesday, October 20: Sorting. Class examples: filesort.py, compare_sort.py
Tuesday, October 13: File input and output. Class examples: files.py, wordcount.py
Thursday, October 8: Searching. Class examples: search.py, new_months.py, compare_search.py
Tuesday, October 6: Lists. Class examples: months.py
Thursday, October 1: Functions. Class examples: functions.py, probability.py, findprime.py
Tuesday, September 29: Review and practice for the exam tonight at 7pm in Bloomer Auditorium.
Thursday, September 24: Review and practice. Class examples: coinflip.py, testprime.py
Tuesday, September 22: Loop statements. Class examples: username_best.py, annoying.py, new_average.py
Thursday, September 17: If statements. Class examples: new_greeting.py, new_convert.py, username_better.py, guess.py
Tuesday, September 15: Programs with strings. Class examples: username.py, backwards.py, savings_better.py, vowels.py
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others' misunderstandings, see alternate ways of approaching difficult
programs, and learn with a broader perspective than you would
alone. A challenging class can also be much more enjoyable
you're working with others. The very real possibility of
benefits is the reason I do encourage collaboration on homework.
To get the benefits, though, you have to go about
the right way. Here are some basic suggestions for doing so.
Before working with a partner: Outline the program by yourself. Some programs may be simple enough not to need pair programming at all. Others may be difficult enough that you can only really contribute if you've done some thinking already.
While working with a partner: Make sure that each partner takes control of the keyboard for about half the assignment. It will be tempting to have the faster typer or the stronger programmer at the keyboard the entire time. Resist the temptation! Remember the point is not to finish the program in front of you as fast as possible; the point is for both of you to develop your programming skills.
After working with a partner: Both partners should turn in the same code, and both partners' names should be in the files.
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Installing and Running Python
Coding in PythonThis is the first semester that CS 140 is using Python, which means that the TAs may not be familiar with the language. Don't be concerned though; Python has a great deal of similarity to Java, which the TAs will know. They may need to consult the Python documentation about syntax differences, but the ideas are the same. To make this easier, here is a quick-reference list of differences between Java and Python syntax.
Python is intepreted, not compiled.
Code can be run one line at a time in the interpreter. It can also be run from a file, but there's no separate compile step as there is in Java.
Python can have code outside of any class or method.
While Python is object-oriented, it does not require a program to contain any classes or even a main method as Java does.
Python comments start with #
Unlike the // symbol in Java.
Python variables do not have to be declared.
You can introduce and use a Python variable without declaring a type as in Java.
Python does not use semicolons.
Lines do not have to end in semicolons as in Java. There are some regular colons in Python, though -- at the top of an indented block for a loop, function, etc..
Python does not use brackets.
Loops, functions, etc. do not use any brackets. Instead, you indicate what is inside a loop, function, or other block purely by indentation. The convention is to have code start with 0 spaces, to put code inside a top-level loop 4 spaces in, to have the next level 8 spaces in, and so on.
Whitespace at the beginning of the line matters in Python.
Since indentation is meaningful, each line must have exactly the right number of spaces before it, or there will be an error. It could be an interpreter error, say if the first line of a program has a space in front of it, or the code could just not work as intended, say if a line meant to be inside a loop doesn't have enough spaces in front of it.
Python arrays are called lists.
They have lots of built-in functions associated with them that Java doesn't, allowing you to do things like sorting and accessing a sub-list. There's also a built-in data structure called a dictionary, which is a hash.
Some mathematical operators are different.
Python does not contain the increment (++) and decrement (--) operators, but it does include exponentiation (**) and floor division (//).
Python function headers have fewer words.
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Manatee Schools Get More Good News in Second Wave of FCAT Scores
BRADENTON -- The Florida Department of Education released more FCAT results Friday and Manatee County Schools again posted significant gains. The district scored above the state average for math in four of the six grades tested, including a 10 percent jump in 4th grade. The scores were the district's best math performance since 2008 and a significant improvement over last year. The school also made gains in reading and science scores.
3rd and 6th grade math lagged behind the state average, but still improved from last school year by 5 and 4 percent respectively. FCAT Science is given only to grades 5 and 8. Those grades were also released Friday. 5th grade scores in Manatee County improved five percent from last year to close within four points of the state average, while 8th grade improved two points to close within two points of the state average.
FCAT Reading assessments are given in grades 3-10. Manatee improved in three grades, held even in three others and lost ground in two (7th and 9th grades), the only two categories the district saw a decrease in scores this year. Manatee Schools posted gains in all five FCAT categories when the first wave of scores was announced May 23. The FCAT Writing portion has also been released by the state. Grade 4 scores beat the state average for the first time ever. Grade 8 and 10 writing scores fell short by 11 and six points respectively, but still improved.
"We're very proud of our students, teachers, principals and parents for showing a tremendous level of improvement this year," said Superintendent Rick Mills. "It's a testament to their professionalism and dedication that even during this challenging school year our schools have remained focused on our number one mission of educating our children."
In the last year, the district has executed a financial turnaround of more than $16 million and continues to be plagued by the discovery of past financial misdeeds that have set it back more than $20 million. Mills came on board in late March of 2014 and has replaced nearly the entire top tier of leadership, including Deputy Superintendent of Curriculum Dr. Dianna Greene. Greene has earned widespread praise for focusing attention on the district's weak spots and helping to improve performance, especially at Title 1 schools.
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Does Kim Zolciak Regret Not Going to Anguilla? She Says …
Kim Zolciak surprised her co-stars from The Real Housewives of Atlanta when she backed out on the cast trip for the second season in a row, but the protective mama — who was about eight months pregnant at the time — stands by her decision to stay in the ATL.
In one her final BravoTV.com blogs, Kim explains the situation from her perspective. "Going to Anguilla would have been the trip of a lifetime, but under DOCTOR'S ORDERS I was unable to travel," she says. "Traveling 32 weeks pregnant is such a scary risk and for the women to think that I was willing to take that risk FOR THEM is absurd, especially since I don't consider them my friends."
Oh c'mon, Kimmie, y'all may be going through a rough patch now, but surely you can still remember some of the fun times you've had over the years!
Still, Kim was understandably concerned with her in-utero Biermann, making the bun in her oven a top priority. She explains, "My health is more important than arguing and bickering with people … You know there are going to be fights on that trip. I made no mistakes by staying home."
And now that Kim has her own spin-off, she certainly isn't looking back. But do you think she made the right decision not to go to Anguilla? Vote below!
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I recently made a custom garter for our friend's daughter who got married last weekend. She and her husband are both Alabama graduates and she wanted a houndstooth garter to wear for her wedding. So I came up with one- made from 2 ribbons- One a houndstooth check- and the other a sheer ribbon to use for the ruffle (see pictures above). I also made another garter just with the houndstooth check (without a ruffle)- to throw at the reception- so the bride could keep this one for a keepsake!
I made a small rosette from the piece of sheer ribbon left over and attached over the seam that held the two ends together. I finished it with a small black beaded button in the center of the rosette- that I had in my sewing box.


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12:26 a.m. -- Pierce Street, Karoon Q. Grant, 30, 500 block of Pearl St., Sandusky, charged with drunk driving, driving under suspension, open container, and possession of marijuana. Cited for expired plates and improper turn.
1:10 a.m. -- Hancock Street, Janel L. Koch, 1000 block of W. Monroe St., Sandusky, cited for driving under suspension.
1:24 a.m. -- 1900 block of Barker St., boy, 16, charged with a curfew violation. Girl, 14, charged with a curfew violation and possession of marijuana.
3:05 a.m. -- 200 block of Meigs St., Jeffery A. Thompson, 32, 500 block of Neil St., Sandusky, charged with disorderly conduct while intoxicated.
7:24 a.m. -- 200 block of Meigs St., Michael Marshall, 27, 100 block of W. Parish St., Sandusky, served a bench warrant.
11:07 p.m. -- Columbus Ave., Tyrone L. Goudy, 21, 1100 block of W. Market St., Sandusky, charged with aggravated menacing, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
3:16 a.m. -- 2000 block of First St., Freddie D. Goff Jr., 23, 300 block of Dewitt Ave., Sandusky, charged with disorderly conduct while intoxicated.
3:28 a.m. -- 100 block of Columbus Ave., Robert A. Worrell, 33, 300 block of W. Water St., Sandusky, charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing justice and resisting arrest. Served a teletype warrant.
8:07 p.m. - Hayes Avenue, Richard L. Notestine, 23, 200 block of E. Washington St., Sandusky, cited for expired registration.
1:48 a.m. -- 4300 block of Hayes Ave., Michael E. Falk, 26, 10000 block of King Road, Davisburg, Mich., charged with physical control of a vehicle while under the influence and open container.
9:45 a.m. -- Ohio 2 west of Columbus Avenue, Steven D. Wilds Jr., 23, 200 block of School St., Cassopolis, Mich., cited for speeding.
10 a.m. -- 1000 block of Fun Drive, Jonathon T. Harwood, 25, 19000 block of Spring Leaf St., Southfield, Mich., charged with drug abuse and possession of drug paraphernalia. Jeffrey M. Marguilies, 24, 4900 block of Rands Road, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., charged with drug abuse.
8:29 p.m. -- 500 block of W. Perkins Ave., Tedd R. Avey, 55, 1100 block of Third St., Sandusky, charged with theft.
8:59 p.m. -- Campbell St. at City Side, Cheryle L. Louis, 36, 2000 block of Camp St., Sandusky, served a bench warrant.
1:30 a.m. -- 900 block of East Drive, Huron, James L. Shook, 36, 4900 block of Hollyview Drive, Vermilion, charged with disorderly conduct. Terry A. Johnson, 52, 4000 block of E. Cleveland Road, Huron, charged with disorderly conduct.
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On New Year's Eve Snooki will be hurtling toward the pavement in a very familiar part of town, only this time it won't be because she drunkenly toppled out of her heels. TMZ reports that the Snooki New Year's Eve ball has been spotted in none other than Seaside Heights. The translucent orb with light-up Snooki sign will deposit the guidette gently onto New Jersey soil, meaning that after Snooki goes down, she'll be able to walk to her house in the morning. Which is probably how she prefers it anyway.
Insiders revealed earlier today that it was Times Square officials that stopped Snooki from crawling into her hamster ball this Friday. "The Snooki ball drop isn't going to happen in Times Square. At midnight, the crowd and the media will be watching Mayor Bloomberg, Dick Clark and the official ball drop, not a cast member of the Jersey Shore," a source explained. We guess since we watch the Jersey Shore crew the other 364 days of the year, maybe we can let this one slide. Besides, whenever we look at Snooki times stops, which would make the count down seem of anti-climactic. [Photo: Getty Images]


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Linda and the entire Top Mission team are stellar. Purchased my home with them in the Tri-City area and they were fantastic through the entire process, including during a major hiccup with my lender where Linda's team consulted with me and helped bail me out of a very bad situation. Thanks to them I got the house I wanted at the price I wanted to pay. Would recommend to anyone buying and will use again! Eric W.
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Hi Linda, We cannot thank you and your team at Top Mission Realty enough for the fantastic job you all did, not only in driving the recent sale of our house, but also in shepherding us through the entire, overwhelming ordeal. We feel that your good judgment and knowledge played a key role in its timely, successful sale, to the point of even exceeding our expectations. Throughout this process, you put our minds at ease, guiding us through all the major steps --- from preparing and updating the house for sale (no small feat after having lived in it for over three decades), sprucing up the landscaping, setting up the internal staging, helping us complete all the needed paperwork, and successfully negotiating towards the sale. We appreciate that it was your professionalism, experience and great personal touch that made all the difference. Throughout it all, it was a pleasure working with you, and we would gladly recommend you and your group to anyone seeking similar realty services. Best regards and we wish you and your team continued success in the future. Please convey our thanks to them as well, Leslie and Dan 305 Jacaranda, Fremont, CA 94539
We selected Linda for our agent to sell our house since she is specialized in Fremont area and we see her open house signs everywhere. After talking and discussing with her, we found that she is very knowledgeable in the market price and market trend and strategy. Before signing the contract, she gave us lot of advice for home improvement for better selling. Once signed the contract with her, she immediately helped us to get her connected re-model contractor and painting contractor to start the remodel work in 3 days. In short 1 week, Linda and her team scheduled to have professional people coming over for the house cleaning, carpet deep cleaning, planting flowers and finally beautiful house staging and all these were free of charge. Linda's office manager James helped coordinate all the things for us. He is very nice, detail and patient. Linda's office lady Denise was very kind, responded all our emails and answered questions very promptly. Linda herself is very smart and professional, having very good strategy on selling our house. We had a lot of questions for her. She always answered my questions very promptly. Her team coordinated things and work on them in parallel and efficiently. From open house 4/25 to close the escrow 5/29, it took only one month 5 days. The most importantly, Out house is sold in a very good price. I will definitely refer Linda to any of my family and friends. Thanks, Linda, James and Denise. Kathy
We looked for homes in Fremont and enjoyed working with Leon and James. Never actually met Linda. The experience was great. Leon who showed us several homes was always prompt and willing to work around our availability. These folks are eager to help you buy. Besides there was never a pressure to buy or sign any contracts. Thanks so much.
I got introduced to Linda by a long time trusted friend, who is a real estate professional in Palo Alto. Linda is specialized in Fremont area for more than 20 years. She is knowledgeable in the market price, market trend and school districts. Most importantly, she gave me the best advice for home improvements before selling to maximize my ROI. In short 2 weeks, Linda and her team did the home staging, cleaning and hold multiple open houses free of charge. My home was in escrow after a short 10 days on MLS listings with multiple offers above asking price. I will definitely refer Linda to any of my family and friends. Thank you Linda and your team, Kevin
If you are looking to buy or sell a home in Mission San Jose area of Fremont, then look no further and save yourself the time and trouble. Linda and her entire staff cannot be duplicated by any other agents/brokers. We interviewed Linda back in October of 2014, along with several other so-called " Experts in Mission San Jose". When we decided to sell in late January, we brought Linda back for a second " Interview ". Professional, energetic, knowledgable, helpful, confident are just a few of the superlatives that come to mind. Our home was immediately set upon by experts in cleaning, staging, design and presentation. Professional photo's and brochures were produced in days, open house in less than 2 weeks, and it sold in 6 days, for WELL over our asking price of 7 figures. My wife and I cannot thank Linda enough for her ideas, presentation, negotiation ( she's tough! ) and sale. thank you Linda! Sincerely, Mike and Karen Murray
I recently bought house and working with Linda and Leon during the whole process is Excellent. Since iam the first time home buyer they guided me in each and every step from the begining till the end(signing and getting the keys) and it was smooth. Linda is too professional and she has very good knowledge on the fremont market, so it was easy for me from the first day when i started looking for a home to buy with in my budget. she explored me all the options which i have with in my budget and all my concerns,questions are answered immediately. I would like to appreciate even the staff - Denise Lebon and James as well..They are very nice too. Overall iam very very happy during all the transaction and a big thank you to Linda
Leon Hu is an outstanding Agent. I am a first time homebuyer and he was very patient with answering all my questions. He would always put his client's priorities on top of his priorities. Leon and his team would always go an extra mile to schedule an appointment and show us houses. He has excellent knowledge of building materials and would correctly estimate the costs for any repairs required. Most importantly is very honest in giving his feedback. Leon has a very good team in form of Top Mission Realty and they compliment each other so well. You will get a feeling that a strong team is working for you throughout the process. They are so flexible in working around your timings.Once you like any house, they were so meticulous in doing their research and would get to the correct value of the house. Leon is excellent in outsmarting the competition and would also magically get to understand the seller's mindset. He is excellent in putting out a strategy to prepare a winning offer. Leon is very methodical in negotiating and he is your best bet in winning through multiple offers in this competitive market. What makes him special is that he truly feels every transaction as his own and works so hard on it. Finally, I would say that if Leon is in your team, it's like having the leagues MVP in your team
We recently worked with Linda Young/Leon on selling our house in Fremont mission. (She had sold our neighbors house and when we decided to hire him, we did our research and found out that Linda Young's group had done the most number of transactions in our area, so it was no brainer for us). Needless to say, it was one of the best decisions we made for ourselves. We got a very good deal on our house. Things have gone very smoothly from the initial call I made to Elite realty till the day we signed our offers. She was at my house within an hour after my initial call to go over the details of the selling process and what we should be expecting throughout. The level of services and the professional that Linda/Leon and her team has displayed is way above all the other realtors that we have dealt with ( this is our third transaction in real estate). Questions are answered immediately no matter what time of the day it is, no false expectation given and their marketing materials and marketing strategy is top notch. What was an added bonus was that Leon helped us in our rental pursuits and was able to get us a very good rental at a very good rental rate. I guess the biggest factor that we liked about them was the personalized attention they give to every single client, even though they have a huge client base they somehow make sure that every single client gets the same level of service. Sellers of 409 Escobar, Fremont, Ca Anju/ Satheesh
Dear Linda,
Farzaneh and I want to thank you and your team for the excellent service you provided in marketing and selling our home in Fremont. We have both retained Realtors before and can honestly say, in our experience, Top Mission Realty & Investment offers the most comprehensive service. The benefit of dealing with one organization for selling and purchasing is obvious. However, the advantages of having other services, such as staging, under 'one roof' made the whole process much easier for us. Your excellent market knowledge and contacts within the industry were invaluable in marketing our property. We are very happy with outcome.
We enjoyed working with the whole team. Everyone we dealt with was punctual, professional and communicated with us everything that was happening. We would happily recommended Top Mission to any future clients.
Best regards, Graeme & Farzaneh
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BURLINGTON, VT - Candace Williams (Norfolk, Mass.) led the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team with 22 points and ten rebounds, but it was not enough as the Wildcats fell to the University of Vermont, 70-48, on Sunday afternoon at Patrick Gymnasium.
Lauren Wells (West Chester, Pa.) chipped in with 10 points for the Wildcats to go along with two assists and a block. Williams, who earned America East Player of the Game honors for the Wildcats, earned her ninth career double-double.
Though the Wildcats led 4-0 led early on, the Catamounts went on a 12-0 run to make it 12-4 with 15:22 remaining in the opening frame. Simpson hit a 3-pointer to end the Wildcats' scoring drought and Williams followed with a jumper to cut the deficit to just three, 12-9 with 14:37 to go in the first half.
Williams, who hit a jumper to even the score (15-15) with 8:37 to play, connected on a layup just over a minute later to give the Wildcats the lead, 17-15 with 7:30 remaining.
Sy Janousek hit shot to even the score (17-17) with just over seven minutes left in the half, but Hall countered with a trifecta to put the visitors back on top (20-17) with 6:52 remaining.
Vermont, sparked by Janousek's five straight points, went on a 9-0 run to make it 29-20 with three minutes to play in the half.
The Wildcats, led by Williams' 12 first-half points, chipped away at the deficit to make it 31-26 at the half.
To open up the second half, the Catamounts went on an 11-0 run to garner a 42-26 lead with 15:29 remaining in the game.
Jill McDonald (Middlebury, Vt.) hit a shot just over five minutes into the stanza to get the second half scoring started for the Wildcats. She finished the game with six points, all of which came during the final frame.
The Catamounts, led by May Kotsopoulos' 16 second-half points, led by as many as 28 points (68-40) with 4:34 remaining in the game.
Kotsopoulos totaled 21 points, including six 3-pointers and was selected as the America East Player of the Game for the Catamounts. Also posting in double figures were Janousek, Courtnay Pilypaitis and Amy Rozenkrantz, who all tallied 13 points for the Catamounts.
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That said, there are better and worse ways to prepare Many candidates just read through
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- Write the code for the algorithm on paper You've been coding all your life on a computer, and you've gotten used to the many nice things about it But, in your interview, you won't have the luxury of syntax highlighting, code completion, or compiling Mimic this situation by coding on paper .
- Type your paper code as-is into a computer You'll probably have made a bunch of mistakes Start a list of all the mistakes you made, so that you can keep these in mind in the real interview .
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I have very mixed feelings about Weinergate.
On one hand, I don't think a politician's personal life ought to be a consideration if it does not interfere with his/her job. If he cheats on his wife, it isn't really any of my business, much as I privately think it makes him a colossal douchebag. In the case of Anthony Weiner, I have a bit more sympathy than I would if we were talking about a "family values" conservative. Hypocrisy combined with douchebaggery is simply too much for me.
On the other hand, I have serious doubts about someone with this level of poor decision-making skills being able to represent his constituency effectively.
There's a certain level of embarrassment I feel for Anthony Weiner. The pictures are just so silly, so absurd. They aren't particularly lewd to me, to be honest. When I saw them and read the texts, I found myself wondering, "What on earth was he thinking?!" Followed by laughter. Followed by asking "Is his name really Weiner?" It would be next to impossible to take Mr. Weiner seriously after this. The unfortunate coincidence of his surname puts it over the top on the comedy scale.
I have to be honest though, and remember that I supported Bill Clinton and did not think he should resign after the Monica Lewinsky affair. I wonder if I would have felt differently if there had been photographic evidence of his infidelity. I have to admit, I believe I may have. There's something about actually seeing a photo that makes it very difficult to move past that moment and imagine the person getting on with his career. I'm trying to imagine what would happen if a woman got caught doing something similar, perhaps a woman with the surname of Bush? The media would burn her at the stake.
I have to put myself in Anthony's shoes. I imagine that I have just gotten caught sending sexy pictures of myself to several men by my boss. Should I be fired for this? Did I mention I took the pictures in the office gymnasium using my company-issued blackberry? I have a feeling I'm about to be unemployed.
In my relationship, I would consider sexting to be cheating. Cheating, to me, is knowing what you are doing will hurt your partner but doing it anyway. I guess maybe some people don't feel that way and consider it harmless flirting. Thanks to Weiner-Gate, I have made my feelings on the matter known to my boyfriend and he agrees: sexting is cheating. So at least we're clear on that.
People simply cannot seem to resist taking sexy photos and videos of themselves. It's a different ballgame now though. Once your digital photo reaches cyberspace, you lose control of it for good. You have no idea who will see it or where it will end up. Most people wouldn't walk into a room and take off their clothes. If you wouldn't do that, you probably want to avoid sending naked pictures of yourself to anyone. My personal internet policy is "If you wouldn't want your parents or your boss to see it, don't put it on the internet." Sending photos via cell phone isn't secure either. You don't really know if the recipient is going to keep it to himself or share it with his buddies.
A few of my friends have said something to the effect of "What is wrong with men these days?" I have to say, I am not so sure this is a male problem.. There are plenty of women sexting as well, teenagers especially. More girls are sending nude or semi-nude photos of themselves than boys. This is about sexuality in an unknown venue. It feels private, but in actuality it is much more public than making out in the back seat. Online relationships can sometimes feel more perfect than real life relationships because you don't get the whole picture of a real person, flaws and all. You fill in the blanks using your imagination.
Anthony Weiner has resigned in a flurry of chaos after his sexting scandal. Part comedy and part tragedy, perhaps his rise and fall will be cautionary tale for others who feel a bit too comfortable and secure with their personal business on the internet.


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The new Dynamo GM gives a little insight into his first few weeks on the job, discussing the move to Texas, scouting trips overseas and USL Pro plans for the future.
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Watch the press conference as Memo Rodriguez is announced as the sixth homegrown signing in club history.
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Carli Lloyd is close to adding another prestigious award to her résumé, as she has been named one of five nominees for 2014 U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year. The winner will be announced this Saturday, Dec. 6, during FOX Sports 1's coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final Draw at 11 a.m. CT.
Lloyd, who joined the Dash via trade in October, started 19 games for the USWNT in 2014, scoring 10 goals and adding eight assists. Both marks are second-best among American women this year. Lloyd played every minute of the CONCACAF Women's Championships and tallied five goals and four assists en route to the Golden Ball award as the tournament's MVP and the gold medal.
Lloyd has won Female Athlete of the Year once before, in 2008, and has been a finalist in each of the past two years.
Dynamo assistant coach and former New England Revolution great Steve Ralston joined George Quraishi on Howler's DUMMY podcast discussing the Revs, his MLS Cup memories (which included two losses to the Dynamo) and what it takes to build a great team in MLS. Ralston's interview begins at the 26:30 mark below, but you can catch NBC's Kyle Martino talking MLS Cup before that as well.
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Boy or girl?
Gender reveal parties are becoming a popular trend for parents-to-be. It's a surprise party for friends and families, who find out the sex of the unborn baby together.
• The party revolves around the cutting of a cake. If the interior is pink, it's a girl. Blue, it's a boy.
• This isn't just for the ladies. The men are equally involved in the festivities.
There are many ways to throw this type of party. Here are a few places to find ideas:
• Etsy
• BabyCenter
Melissa Ridgeway of Suwanee didn't want to know the sex of her first baby until it was born. Her husband, Collin, on the other hand wanted to know as soon as possible.
After the flip of a coin, Collin won.
The compromise: a gender reveal party.
Think of it as another reason to celebrate -- a new type of surprise party for the parents of unborn babies. Instead of finding out the gender of a baby at the doctor's office, couples opt to keep it a secret from themselves.
An ultrasound technician places the baby's results in a sealed envelope, which is then given to a bakery where a cake is designed to reveal the gender with colors -- the interior of a cake pink for a girl and blue for a boy. The outside of the dessert is covered in frosting to keep the surprise.
The Ridgeways held their soiree this past December with 30 friends and family.
"The compromise was that we would find out in a fun way with family and friends rather than in the doctor's office with goo all over myself," Melissa Ridgeway said. "It was the best of both worlds."
When people arrived to the party, each guest made their gender guess -- and everyone wore either pink or blue. After mingling, eating and chatter, it was time to cut the cake.
"And the cake was blue," Ridgeway said. "We had the name picked out the next day. Since it was a boy it was a lot easier, because we liked plenty of boys names. I think I also bought the bedding that weekend, too."
This type of party is a hot trend, gaining popularity around the country.
"The gender reveal party trend has exploded in the last year," BabyCenter.com's community manager Rebecca Michals wrote on the company's site. "People are looking for reasons to celebrate."
Other parents have bought pink and blue food, asked the guests to pick teams, Sykped the event and even posted it to YouTube. There is almost always a cake involved with the reveal.
And the folks at the Baking Grounds Bakery are happy with that.
The Suwanee bakery, which built its business making traditional wedding cakes, has made its fair share of gender reveal cakes in the past year.
"Sometimes we have three in a week, then we may not have any, but they are pretty common," owner Melinda McCaslin said.
Parents-to-be, future grandparents or siblings are usually the ones to drop off the concealed ultrasound to the bakery. The inside of the girl cakes are pink (strawberry) and the boys are blue (white cake dyed blue), and the designs range from pink and blue dots to a baby's bottom to a wrapped present.
"It's not uncommon to bring in swatches and themes for the nursery, like Winnie the Pooh," McCaslin said.
According to the baker, gender reveal parties have only become popular in the past year. The first time she received the confidential information and instructions, she was thrilled at the chance.
"I thought it was a cool idea," McCaslin said. "It's exciting being a part of this thing because we get to know the gender of the baby before the parents."
The idea of giving this type of information to a stranger may seem odd to an outsider, but Collin Ridgeway was up to the task.
"He took care of everything for the cake," Melissa said. "He was in charge, knew what to do and had no problem asking the baker. That was OK with me."
If the Ridgeways have another child, there probably won't be another gender reveal party -- or at least, not of the same magnitude as their first.
"I would say no, but you never know," Melissa said. "It was a fun way to have a surprise and to know. Maybe it won't be such a big party, just family only."
The Ridgeways are expecting their baby boy on April 15.
More like this story
- THE DISH: The Baking Grounds Bakery Cafe ( July 24, 2014 )
- All in the family
Baking, cake decorating business spans three generations of McCaslins ( September 14, 2008 )
- THE DISH: Cakes by Miko's ( December 12, 2013 )
- THE DISH: CheeseCaked ( February 14, 2013 )
- Made with care: Norcross woman's bakery caters to those with food allergies ( January 25, 2010 )
kevin 2 years, 5 months ago
I've seen and heard of many ways to come up with an idea just to throw a party, but this one "takes the cake!"
TOWG 2 years, 5 months ago
This is so sweet! I think I am going to throw up.
Why_not 2 years, 5 months ago
Never seen so many "grumpy" people in my life as the ones who post on these stories.


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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — "American Hustle" could be a little closer to hustling up an Oscar. American Hustle won several Golden Globe Awards last night, including best picture for a comedy or musical. Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence win Golden Globes for their roles in the film.
The award for best movie drama went to "12 Years a Slave."
Matthew McConaughey won the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama for "Dallas Buyers Club" and Cate Blanchett wins actress in a drama for "Blue Jasmine."
Leonardo DiCaprio won his second Globe for his best actor in a comedy for his work in "The Wolf of Wall Street."
The Golden Globes saved the best for last for "Breaking Bad." The show won best TV drama for its last season on AMC. Creator Vince Gilligan says it's "one more chance to thank the fans of the show." Bryan Cranston won the TV acting honors for his role of meth-making high school teacher Walter White. Cranston says it's "a lovely way to say goodbye."
"Behind the Candelabra" wins the best TV movie Globe. Michael Douglas wins best actor for his performance as Liberace in the HBO movie. Matt Damon was also nominated. Douglas says the only reason he won is that he "had more sequins."
Andy Samberg wins best actor in a comedy TV series, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and Amy Poehler got the TV comedy actress honors for "Parks and Recreation." Poehler and Tina Fey hosted the Globes for the second-straight time.
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As we noted several days ago (here), there is a new book out, Justification: Five Views. The contributors include Michael Bird (Progressive Reformed), James D. G. Dunn (New Perspective), Veli-Matti Karkkainen (Deification), and Gerald O'Collines and Oliver Rafferty (Roman Catholic). The fifth view, the traditional Reformed view, is represented by our own Dr. Horton. This book is quite helpful in a number of ways. First, you can read a terrific essay by Dr. Horton, one that sets forth a biblically sound and faithful account of the doctrine of justification. Second, there are a number of troubling trends that one finds in the other essays.
For example, one of the repeated mantras throughout the book by the other essayists is that justification is but one metaphor for redemption; there are other important metaphors (124, 133, 234-35). Justification, it is claimed, cannot take precedence over other metaphors, such as sanctification, adoption, or reconciliation. Metaphor? Really? If the antonym of justification is condemnation, are we to believe that condemnation is just a metaphor for not being saved? What of Jesus' justification? Is that a metaphor too? What about standing in the presence of a holy God and being declared righteous is metaphorical?
As a group, New Testament scholars do not read historical theological texts and the entries from the NT scholars in this volume only confirm this statement. If you read these contributions you might be led to believe that the church began with Bultmann and Kaseman and throw in a light sprinkling of Calvin. For those claiming to being indebted to Reformed theology, there is little to no interaction with classic Reformation and post-Reformation texts. In a word, there is no historical depth (145, 146n 17, 150, 150n 29, 180, 200). For example, one of the repeated ideas is that union with Christ (120, 135, 211, 232, 241) is superior to the idea of the "straight jacket of the ordo salutis" (131, 152). Yet, no attention is given to the fact that countless theologians, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, and Arminian, have all embraced the doctrine of union with Christ. The doctrine did not arise with the NT guild in the nineteenth century. Arminius, for example, embraces the twofold grace of union with Christ, justification and sanctification. And everyone, whether they like it or not, has an ordo salutis. Who believes that election and glorification are identical? Does not the former come before the latter? And for Dunn, for example, who believes in an initial justification before a final justification, is not the former before the latter? And for those such as Bird, who argue that one must be incorporated into Christ in order to be saved, do not the believer's good works come after incorporation into Christ, not before? However, there is a wholesale rejection of the ordo without any research given into how Reformed theologians actually use the doctrine. There is no Reformed theologian of which I am aware that uses the ordo to indicate a temporal or chronological sequence or parceling out of the benefits of redemption. There are numerous instances where classic Reformed texts indicate that the ordo is another way to express, surprise, surprise, union with Christ. For all of the claims to read the Scriptures communally and covenantally, too many NT scholars read the text isolated from the rest of the church. As G. K. Chesteron once quipped, consulting tradition is to give a vote to the most disenfranchised constituency in the church—the dead!
Another element that we find is the clear rejection of perseverance of the saints. Dunn writes: "A major weakness in many of the responses to the 'new perspective' at this point is what appears to be the assumption that the justification of conversion will assuredly be ratified at the last judgment; that those born of the Spirit will, of course, be led by the Spirit and produce the good works which are the (inevitable?) fruit of grace. Paul himself did not make that assumption" (166-67; cf. 218). So much for the eschatological nature of justification—it might not be that final verdict after all. It might just be a mistaken verdict. You'll die, ascend to the presence of Christ, hang out for a while, and then you'll get that tap on the shoulder, "Umm . . . I'm so sorry . . . things didn't quite work out as we all had hoped. You may collect your things and quietly leave the New Jerusalem. Oh, and please do not take the towels or the complimentary robe of Christ's righteousness. It was only temporarily yours."
One last pet peeve is the continual misuse of the semper reformanda slogan. Semper Reformanda does not mean that we always change our doctrine. True, our doctrine must always be subject to the testing and final authority of the Scriptures. But, as Richard Muller explains, "the true sense of the old Reformed maxim, Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda—[is], that the doctrine of the church has been reformed but the life of the Christian is always to be reformed, guided by the teachings of the Reformation."
To say the least, this book is certainly worth the read—it is eye opening in many ways. But in the opinion of this writer, it is also a testimony to the abiding validity of the classic Reformed doctrine of justification. Tolle et lege (take up and read) and judge for yourself.


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